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Name:	James Bond
Date Posted:	Jun 17, 2007
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Hello All
There comes a time in life when following a dream becomes derailed. After some very careful concideration I have decided that my dreams of working in game development have reluctantly come to the end of the line. Supporting my family has now taken a far higher priority, and I have to put them first.

My new venture can be found at www.cardcapers.co.uk not game related I know but still I am finding alot of enjoyment from actually running a steady business.

On the game development front, I still plan to return to it, but maybe more as a welcome distraction rather than activly working towards a full time job. There is some nice things happening around here, and I will check back often.

But for now I guess its a good night from me.
-James.

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Tom Perry (Jun 17, 2007 at 11:28 GMT)

Good luck in your new venture. Just down the road from me (well more of a motorway then a road :P). Unfortunatly my crafting skills are as poor as my modeling skills!

James Bond (Jun 17, 2007 at 11:39 GMT)

@ Tom,
You are always welcome to attend my craft workshops ;) it isnt that hard really. Thanks for the kind words.

Fucifer (Jun 17, 2007 at 13:55 GMT)

Good Luck! I will miss you. I have learn from you in the past. Thanks! I maybe doing same as you. Right now I am looking into starting something with hot peppers.
Edited on Jun 17, 2007 14:01 GMT

Canon (Jun 17, 2007 at 14:26 GMT)

Good luck!

Christophe

James Bond (Jun 17, 2007 at 14:37 GMT)

Again, thanks guys,
I have had a blast learning some cool things here, and have met some really cool people. Like I say I will be back one day.

James (Jun 17, 2007 at 14:40 GMT)

Keep in touch mate, good luck with your business and all my best to your family :)

Cheers!

J.

Will O*Reagan (Jun 18, 2007 at 06:57 GMT)

Quote:
Hello All
There comes a time in life when following a dream becomes derailed.

Just a note here, might want to delete this resource sometime before your kids are able to read it... Might be a bummer for them, thats all I'm gonna say, ;)

Leroy Frederick (Jun 18, 2007 at 08:24 GMT)

I wish you good fortune James, although it would of been interesting to know why your [b]dream[/d] has become derailed (what you think went wrong as such), so perhaps at the least we can learn from it or help you out in your approach in future some way (advice wise or something).

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Supporting my family has now taken a far higher priority

I think sometimes because game dev can take a lot longer then expected, it can be difficult to make it your sole income (especially if no other sources of money is coming in), this is why it's important (especially in the beginning) to choose the right project(s) that can be achieved in a good set time.

Forgive me advance if I'm looking too deep into all of this. It's just hard seeing this kinda thing sometimes (although I know it's a reality), especially when you haven't had chance to at least release a failed game or 2.

On the other hand, crafting is massive too (if shopping TV is to be believed) so this venture should bring in the income (which well also hopefully aid you in any future gaming projects) you are needing. The site looks pretty good and solid! :0)

James Bond (Jun 18, 2007 at 11:17 GMT)

@ Leroy
I will post a futher blog in the next week or so, to outline what went right, what went wrong and why I came about this business opertunity. I can safley say that the biggest single factor in my dream being derailed are entirly personal reasons, related to a break down in my family, leaving me as a single dad.

Thanks.
James.

Leroy Frederick (Jun 19, 2007 at 11:03 GMT)

Oh, I'm sorry to hear you had such personal problems James :0(. I think you've chosen a good new venture nonetheless, as I said before, crafting is a huge market! :0)

EDIT: James, I don't know if your aware of this, but when I enter the site, I get an error message about it's certificate, I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4
Edited on Jun 19, 2007 11:05 GMT

James Bond (Jul 13, 2007 at 01:02 GMT)

@ Leroy
Yes mate, it is now fixed. My server was changed as it went down with a hardware fault, it knocked my SSL certificate out.

Leroy Frederick (Jul 13, 2007 at 09:20 GMT)

Oh, yes I see, good stuff! :0)

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