This morning I posted my first (and hopefully not final) post on the official Evolve PR blog. It summarizes what a lot of my friends have been asking me the last few months. “So how is it?”
Expectations are a funny thing, especially when you are someone of my level of intelligence and education. You begin to assume that you can do almost anything that has a mostly mental component provided you have some related experience. I certainly didn’t expect to walk in and master public relations immediately, but I did think that I would learn the ins and outs faster than I did. Still a lot to go, but I think I am better at it than I was a month ago and the month before that and the month before that.
The sad thing is that my game playing has pretty much fallen off a cliff. So I want to spend some of the holiday weekend catching up on all the strategy goodness I have been neglecting. Pride of Nations. Frozen Synapse. Six Gun Saga. Some of the preview builds that people send me because they still want to know what I think. It’s a tall order for one weekend…and the next one is crammed with social stuff.
Anyway, if you want to comment about the blog post on Evolve, do so over there if you can. And check out some of the great stuff Tom Ohle has written about the art and science of promoting games. He’s a smart guy.
“Expectations are a funny thing, especially when you are someone of my level of intelligence and education.”
Yes, I imagine when you feel rain on your face, you start scanning the ground looking for the source.
“Expectations are a funny thing, especially when you are someone of my level of intelligence and education.”
Ugg, I just vomited in my mouth a little….
Yeah, poorly written but clear. In short, I didn’t expect this to be as hard because people like me should find it hard. Misplaced arrogance meets comeuppance. As I say in the piece, I saw people do this all the time. Of course I could it!
I fully understood your intent, yet sometimes the English language betrays us in our hour of need.
I have often felt the same way about projects that have elements that are new to me. You move forward with a sense that you can master it simply by determining all the relevant factors and applying the best solution, and after a less than inspiring result, an appreciation for actual experience at the task springs forth in your face.
Best wishes – I’m sure you are up to it.