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Posted by: Overdose 28 Aug 2009, 3:55

Greetings, everyone! We at SWR are looking for a talented individual to do lore for us and our mods such as Rise of the Reds and other/future projects. This job would include the following tasks:

1) Creating and designing updates (Photoshop knowledge not a necessity but its a plus)

2) Write descriptions for units and other objects

3) Write stories for our mods

4) Write dialog for scripted events in game (coding knowledge not necessary)

5) Write community announcements


The applicant MUST:

1) Work as a team

2) Have a flexible schedule (Especially on Sundays)

3) Be communicative and sociable

4) Always try to release high quality material

5) You must at least be fluent in English

6) Be capable of making swift decisions and be capable of writing suddenly under a deadline

7) Be an exemplary team member

8) Be familiar with the lore of the project you are working on

So you are interested? Here's what we want from you:

1) You must give us a sample of your work (preferably something recent so its closer to how you are writing currently)

2) Tell us your time zone

3) A paragraph explaining why you want the job and why we should pick you.


This thread will remain open until an applicant is picked then it will be closed without notice. The lucky writer that gets to join our family will initially be put into a beta besting position for a limited time in probation but if successful he/she will become eventually a full fledged SWR Team Member. Everything must be sent to me (Overdose). I'll answer any questions you might have in this thread.

Good luck to all applicants!

Posted by: Massey 28 Aug 2009, 4:48

I would love to do this but one thing fails me

5) You must at least be fluent in English
... i speak it. i dont spell it

Posted by: Pickysaurus 28 Aug 2009, 4:58

Good luck to everyone who applies. From what I have been told, it's unusual for the team to put out an ad like this.

I recall the "Don't call us, we'll call you" policy for becoming part of the team.

I have a question however, would the accepted writer gain access to any .PSD files of standing SWR updates?
As you've seen, I tried before to copy some of the style elements you all use, but I can't do it too well. I only worked out how to get scanlines on it recently

Posted by: Gen.Kenobi 28 Aug 2009, 4:59

Already tried my apply...let's see...let's see...

Posted by: Overdose 28 Aug 2009, 5:48

All the person would have to do is ask Comr4de for the PSDs. Some were lost however.

Posted by: IonCharge 28 Aug 2009, 14:48

Would like to do it but don't have a sample of work Plus i'm useless at photoshop

Posted by: Overdose 28 Aug 2009, 15:29

What is important here is your ability as a writer. Everything else matters very little or doesn't matter at all.

A small note: From now on if you wish to link to something just paste the URL directly. It makes it easier to show your application to the leaders.

Posted by: KamuiK 28 Aug 2009, 18:29

I would like to try it, however those points speak definitivly against me.

Posted by: Overdose 28 Aug 2009, 19:37

Don't give up before you even start. Give it a try so you have no regrets.

Posted by: Massey 29 Aug 2009, 4:38

im not applying. but i like to think throughing ideas out there will spark other ideas. so with this i hope to spark the inner writer of some random person out there.
and here a little some thing i wiped up! (on a scale of bad-1-10-good its a 3 )



Massey

Posted by: KamuiK 29 Aug 2009, 15:39

That one is based on my ROTR RP 5 lore, right?

Posted by: Massey 29 Aug 2009, 17:27

it was base on the update where Russia set up a blockade on the freach border..... but lets say its base on RP5 .... i wont tell any body

Posted by: Destiny 29 Aug 2009, 18:00

I'd like to give it a shot, however I have only basic Photoshop knowledge I mainly use PS to resize images, edit images pixel-for-pixel (I use paint for this if it's proving to be hard with PS) and make transparent parts of an image. I sorta have writer's block and need a topic/template for a sample, strangely. My timezone is pretty funny, although I have over 10+ hours to spare at home after school for 2009, you guys are probably sleeping

Posted by: AZZKIKR 29 Aug 2009, 18:20

:sends PM:

Posted by: IonCharge 29 Aug 2009, 19:56

Sent in my app... good luck to everyone else!

Posted by: Overdose 29 Aug 2009, 23:54

Don't worry about Photoshop, my experience with it is the same as yours. I just put that there because it doesn't hurt having more people that know how to use it. Let's see around 10pm to 2am (My timezone is -3) Sundays we work on updates usually. Go ahead and send the info if you still want to try.

Posted by: DerKrieger 30 Aug 2009, 3:09

Hmm, sounds like I'll be making an application...first I need to get some stuff together though.

Posted by: GDIZOCOM 30 Aug 2009, 4:29

So...writing?I think i can do that but you'll have to wait until next week.



But i'm not sure about doing this yet.

Posted by: Overdose 30 Aug 2009, 8:45

This thread will likely be closed by Tuesday with a verdict and I'll stop accepting applications Monday evening. We're currently processing and reviewing all the applications sent so far.

Posted by: KamuiK 30 Aug 2009, 14:57

Seems like many people applicied. Good luck everyone.

Posted by: FIRE STORM 30 Aug 2009, 16:00

you guys accept ideas for new mods?... if you do, then you might be intrested in what I have

Posted by: Pickysaurus 30 Aug 2009, 19:17

There is nothing stopping you from posting you ideas on the forums, however it's unlikely that SWR will take them on board.
Welcome to the forums btw.
If you haven't seen already, the SWR Team are working on several mods at the moment and intend to finish what they started before taking on any new projects (this was said in another topic).

Posted by: FIRE STORM 30 Aug 2009, 23:30

believe me, I know that you guys are pretty busy with SW and ROTR ..... I'm not saying that you start working on the project tomorrow or something... all I mean is that you might find these ideas helpful when you start your next project AFTER getting done with the curreent projects!

got the point?????

Posted by: Shock 31 Aug 2009, 13:20

In spite of your posts here, that is not the topic here, so please discuss it elsewhere. Thanks.

Edit: Apologies to the mods if I have been doing your job lately, I'm a bit too enthusiastic at times.

Posted by: Jester 1 Sep 2009, 2:30

I have one free day left of my summer holidays unfortunately so ill write something up tommorrow id do it know but its going into morning hours now anyway i will whip something up and ill post it ASAp here and you have a look and see what you think

Posted by: Pickysaurus 1 Sep 2009, 2:33

Remember to apply by PM Jester.
Overdose said in the first post to do it that way.

Posted by: Jester 2 Sep 2009, 1:18

When and where will the person who applied be notified just curious

Posted by: Gen.Kenobi 2 Sep 2009, 2:06

Read

Posted by: Overdose 2 Sep 2009, 5:08

I have just shown the final application and I'm now closing this thread. We should reach a decision by tomorrow.

Once again, good luck to everyone that applied.

Posted by: Overdose 9 Sep 2009, 3:47

We've reached an unanimous decision a few days ago.

Shock will be interviewed and if everything is green he'll become a writer for SWR. We just were waiting for him to return.

Thanks to everyone that participated.