Hate and love vent. Ended up spending my last year or 2 of EQ time raiding with a Euro guild on Xegony. Needless to say, vent would have been worthless for us... We were fairly high end, and did just fine without it. That said, there was an audio trigger for 'Heads Up' that people were 'required' to have set up. During the heat of tough encounters I basically did NO communication, because as a shaman in general I couldn't spare the keystrokes... Still, vent clearly has its place and has been very helpful and fun over the years.
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Originally Posted by Galacticus
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I am an old school gamer. People ask me how I type so fast and in reality it was because I was forced to get good at typing to play games effectively...
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This is the best comment I have seen in this thread. I type 90-100 words a minute, and it is thanks to EQ and similar games. No other single skill helps me to be as effective at work than being able to type quickly and accurately. I have worked with programmers who hunt and peck, and I can at least double their output... As an overworked manager, I rely heavily on email communication and quick typing gets it done! (I actually got my start in IT because a friend of a friend saw me typing and using a computer one day before we went out for drinks...)
Excuse me sir, but we cannot hire you because you cannot type quickly or accurately enough to communicate effectively. I suggest you play EQ for 1 year and we will then reevaluate your application. Thank you, come again.
Video games are good for something after all!