• The White Wolf
• The White Wolf.
When I was younger my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I put my heart and body and mind into it. My soul was reserved for God.
That said, I have been a storyteller since I was in the 8th grade. I brought my friends together and we did a ritual we thought was role-playing only because we saw my brother do it with his friends. We had 1 D20 and a ton of imagination then. I wove intricate and sometimes nonsensical worlds; and their successes were fueled by my will, it's cool factor, and if I like the number that they rolled. The only thing more powerful than god (me) was the 20. Oh how we worshiped it.
I played some play-by-mail games when I moved to Utah for three years, away from my friends in Idaho. I recorded some eerie narrative on a cassette, and they recorded their actions as well so we could all hear our replies.
In high-school I was introduced to the World of Darkness. I was doing a Goth thing at the time, and I picked up a Vampire LARP book while I was on summer vacation with my folks. It was near my birthday. Blade was coming to theaters, but I bought the novel (based ont he script) and my folks took my to New Orleans and bought me a Trench Coat. It was my second most awesome birthday ever. I would go on to LARP for a little less than three years.
In time I gave up LARPing. I learned that in life, and politics, the only thing after high school was... more high school. Growing into a man, and giving up childish things, I lost the girl I though I would marry over LARP drama, and moved on. I changed my major from Networking to Multimedia Technology. From here I would host sessions in my apartment, at my college, at the college of a friend, for about six years. I wrote a suppliment to the Rifts system that was close to 300 pages and all about the Star Wars universe in 5 months (I still have a few of the ones I printed for my friends).
I am a leaf on the wind. I worry not. I go where life takes me. I end up in Arizona. More college, this time, I am using my Associate's in Multimedia Tech to get a Bachelor's in Game Art and Design. I hone my skills, I pick a path. I want to make games, design them. If I can't be at the top, then I want to be passionate about being at the bottom. I want to be an Environmental and Texture Artist.
I go to GDC. I meet the folks from CCP, I am awed by the White-Wolf Party. I network with a talented writer in Australia, and help him with the layout of a book about Faeries that is -not- Changeling, but cool nonetheless. I talk, however infrequently withMatthew McFarland, Jess Hartly and Kelley Barnes-Herrmann.
Why all this? Why now? When I was younger my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I put my heart and body and mind into it.
White Wolf is soon hiring over 100 designers, programmers, and artists for their World of Darkness MMO. There is a chance for me to move to Georgia, and be closer to the woman I love, while doing the work I am passionate about.
What offering can I give to lure the Wolf from the Gauntlet? What sacrifice will it demand? In the end, will I be a changed being for it.
I hope so.
-Andrew B. Chason
((Their Hiring system was down after the job posting hit my RSS Reader. So I called their headquarters and got to know the net guy (Tom, Todd?), and ask if there were alternative to applying by web))
Watch AndrewChason.com in the next few weeks to see an update, and some changes. Thank you all for your support.
EDIT: It's 3:30am. Lord knows what time it is in Iceland. Their job board is back up, but they are not seeking -any- modelers, or texture artists. I -could- do QA Testing. At this point I need to give my portfolio more polish. I will not allow myself to get discouraged. Their MMO will be around for a long time. And they will always need more artists later.
When I was younger my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I put my heart and body and mind into it. My soul was reserved for God.
That said, I have been a storyteller since I was in the 8th grade. I brought my friends together and we did a ritual we thought was role-playing only because we saw my brother do it with his friends. We had 1 D20 and a ton of imagination then. I wove intricate and sometimes nonsensical worlds; and their successes were fueled by my will, it's cool factor, and if I like the number that they rolled. The only thing more powerful than god (me) was the 20. Oh how we worshiped it.
I played some play-by-mail games when I moved to Utah for three years, away from my friends in Idaho. I recorded some eerie narrative on a cassette, and they recorded their actions as well so we could all hear our replies.
In high-school I was introduced to the World of Darkness. I was doing a Goth thing at the time, and I picked up a Vampire LARP book while I was on summer vacation with my folks. It was near my birthday. Blade was coming to theaters, but I bought the novel (based ont he script) and my folks took my to New Orleans and bought me a Trench Coat. It was my second most awesome birthday ever. I would go on to LARP for a little less than three years.
In time I gave up LARPing. I learned that in life, and politics, the only thing after high school was... more high school. Growing into a man, and giving up childish things, I lost the girl I though I would marry over LARP drama, and moved on. I changed my major from Networking to Multimedia Technology. From here I would host sessions in my apartment, at my college, at the college of a friend, for about six years. I wrote a suppliment to the Rifts system that was close to 300 pages and all about the Star Wars universe in 5 months (I still have a few of the ones I printed for my friends).
I am a leaf on the wind. I worry not. I go where life takes me. I end up in Arizona. More college, this time, I am using my Associate's in Multimedia Tech to get a Bachelor's in Game Art and Design. I hone my skills, I pick a path. I want to make games, design them. If I can't be at the top, then I want to be passionate about being at the bottom. I want to be an Environmental and Texture Artist.
I go to GDC. I meet the folks from CCP, I am awed by the White-Wolf Party. I network with a talented writer in Australia, and help him with the layout of a book about Faeries that is -not- Changeling, but cool nonetheless. I talk, however infrequently withMatthew McFarland, Jess Hartly and Kelley Barnes-Herrmann.
Why all this? Why now? When I was younger my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I put my heart and body and mind into it.
White Wolf is soon hiring over 100 designers, programmers, and artists for their World of Darkness MMO. There is a chance for me to move to Georgia, and be closer to the woman I love, while doing the work I am passionate about.
What offering can I give to lure the Wolf from the Gauntlet? What sacrifice will it demand? In the end, will I be a changed being for it.
I hope so.
-Andrew B. Chason
((Their Hiring system was down after the job posting hit my RSS Reader. So I called their headquarters and got to know the net guy (Tom, Todd?), and ask if there were alternative to applying by web))
Watch AndrewChason.com in the next few weeks to see an update, and some changes. Thank you all for your support.
EDIT: It's 3:30am. Lord knows what time it is in Iceland. Their job board is back up, but they are not seeking -any- modelers, or texture artists. I -could- do QA Testing. At this point I need to give my portfolio more polish. I will not allow myself to get discouraged. Their MMO will be around for a long time. And they will always need more artists later.