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Post by Yakra on May 29, 2008 17:52:53 GMT -5
He did those when he was 15? ... Oh meh... wow! I was actually looking him up yesterday after reading the list but somehow I found no mention of Avenger. (I'm a bad searcher... But I can see the similarities! [Now that I just looked it up!]) I think discovering Minako Iwasaki made me the happiest though? :'D (Somehow, its incredibly when one actually finds one of these amazing artists on a sort of common [well... not common, accessible would be the word?] art places/forums? They seem almost a wee bit more human? )
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Post by Majuunun on May 29, 2008 22:19:10 GMT -5
Hmm... daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/02_profile/profile.htmlAccording to this site, Mr. Shinkai wasn't really satisfied working in games so he struck out on his own. If you read Tenmon's profile under the Partners page, working at Falcom=super strict non-compete clause. I doubt I'd put up with that. =X
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Post by Yakra on May 30, 2008 6:08:41 GMT -5
Non-compete clause = after one quits, one is not able to work for a competitive company/create work entirely similar to that which one was working upon in the previous company, right? Eitherway, I don't think I'd be able to work with such a clause. Meh... I usually can't stand any restrictions of any sort at all! Still..! Hearing Makoto Shinkai worked at Falcom was nice. And the openings of Ys I and II Complete are one of the most beautiful ever! Wyrdwad - Sorry, but I'm really curious - what on earth does AFAIK mean? O__o (So I'm an ignorant fool...)
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Post by Yakra on May 30, 2008 7:21:30 GMT -5
That... makes a lot more sense actually. Ehem... no wonder I failed so badly at contract law! X'D No, but really, I think some terms like that do exist ...I think?
Still! I find that almost as harsh and greedy!
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Post by Majuunun on May 30, 2008 12:40:15 GMT -5
Actually, non-compete clauses that remain in effect after one leaves the job do exist and they certainly do in America! A friend of mine retired from teaching and she has a non-compete clause that forbids her from taking any teaching job in a public school in the school district she worked at *and* neighboring districts as well for the next 2 years. She could work for a private school. She could return to working at a public school after the 2 years is up.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement is the standard for me. I have no qualms with NDA which just says you won't give away the trade secrets of your company to other companies.
The Non-Compete agreement I was bound to meant I couldn't be employed by a competitor at the same time I was employed by the company I was with. I am also perfectly fine with this. I've never held two 40 hour jobs at once, but I did have a few weeks where I worked close to 80 hours a week. That...was terrible. Never again! D:
If I even used one swipe of a company eraser or a post it note to jot down an idea for my own personal game, then that note would instantly become property of the company. That ownership of work clause I can also deal with.
My company at the time had absolutely no clause forbidding me from running off to create my own games using my own resources and my own time. Anything I made outside of the scope of the company was mine to do whatever I wanted with. It sounds like Falcom forbids this, which I find really puzzling. You don't want people exploring and growing on their own?
Wow. I feel old now.
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Post by FM-77AV on May 30, 2008 13:51:23 GMT -5
Wow... that's detailed! Hey... I just went poking around from this link and wandered back to the index page aaaaand.... 'Ancient Ys Vanished The Truth - Adventure of Dogi'?? Ehh?? What be this?? *utterly ignorant* There are tons of Ys (and other Falcom) games for japanese cellphones. But you can only get them (and play them) if you have a japanese phone and live in Japan.
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