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[EDMIX]

Someone running multiple social media accounts full-time it's not just some passive hobby , that sounds like an extremely difficult thing to actually handle.

So I'm not gonna just make some wild assumption because of pictures on Instagram, I literally have friends who are doctors and all of their Instagram shots are simply from maybe 1 or 2 vacations they went on but you would not know the majority of the 8 or 9 years of their lives based on those 1 or 2 vacations in fact you might fucking assume they're always on vacation in reality the series of pictures you're seeing was from literally several years ago.....

So this means a lot of times especially people fucking assume a lot of shit they see on social media and start to build up an entire narrative with very little actual context.


For all you know these are all work-related type things where she's turning it into photo opportunities for Instagram

Who knows. Maybe she wrote content.

Personally, I think they hired her to be a pretty face online for gamers.

I mean, if that was the case why would they hire her as a writer? If they wanted her in some public thing to market the company, her position would support them hiring her for "a pretty face" as why the fuck isn't she hosting all the State Of Plays or something?

So...I don't see any actual evidence to support this. She would be been in some front facing position like marketing or something like that

She was there for like 2 years and didn’t do anything impactful.

Well you don't know that as what she worked on may have not released yet and who cares? Let me remind you, you are the one acting as if what she did MUST be impacted full and comparing her to a game developer, she never makes any of theses claims or statements to then question, its you yourself who is assuming this with little reason to lol

Like...no one is fucking saying this person was directing a game, creating a game or anything even remotely like that....

Why make a video about it?

Cause she has many social media accounts...

who does she think she is?

A human that worked at Sony Santa Monica that was to tell people she is leaving lol Sir, she is allowed to do all of that as much as it upsets you, its apparently not against the law for some reason

This behavior of announcing everything on social media and making videos about themselves

..the person has many social media accounts, it would make sense to do this. This person literally got a lot of those opportunities because of that social media following, would be fucking dumb not to.

Why should she not post something cause Gaiff from NeoGaf video game site will be upset? lol the fuck? vs all the actual real opportunities she goes from that following?

i'm sure all that money she makes might be a reason...

Regardless, she is free to share her reasons for leaving as I don't think anyone should take family lightly or cancer lightly. This person is still a real human and I'd say this for anyone of you 100% if someone tried to question why you where leaving a company like this.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Chechack]

This place is worse than 4Chan and you wonder why people in the industry don't frequent this forum.

Yeah good,we dont need people in industry shilling here like albert penello or retarded destiny gamedev psycho spewing crap here

 

[AmuroChan]

Americans on average get 7 days of paid sick leave and 11-20 days of paid vacation leave per year depending on seniority.

Also depends on the state. Some states have very generous paid medical leave policies that stack on top of federal FMLA coverage.

 

[Ridicululzz]

Yeah gotta put family first.

 

[bender]

People in the USA get 10 vacation days in 10 years?

What?

I think she has a bunch of side hustles and does contracting so her lack of vacation time was more than likely her choice to fulfill those obligations. When you are younger, it is easy to get caught up in what you are doing only to regret it later when you have a free moment or two to reflect. Tragedy often spurs this.

 

[nial]

She was one of the writers.

Thats explain a lot.

She was not a writer on God of War Ragnarok, only credited as an accessibility consultant. I don't know about the next game, though.

 

[jason10mm]

It can’t be easy living across the world from your family, and rarely getting to spend time with them. She’s reevaluating after a big loss in her family.

Those vacation days are awful though. I work 5-6 days a week and get five weeks vacation. That doesn’t include sick days. To be with a company for ten years and only getting ten days?! That’s ridiculous.

I have little doubt she is counting "posing in a bathing suit for my social media image" as WORK, thus reducing the number of days where she does absolutely fuck-all for any of her side-hustles, of which she seems to have several.

Maybe her work visa got denied so she's gotta scram?

 

[ByWatterson]

I was never sure what she did there, seeing as how she was hired during the Ragnarok dev period and didn't receive a credit on the game.

 

[SHAKEZ]

Damn what a loss...

 

[CLW]

I doubt she EVER put in a legit 40 hours of work in a week in 10 years

 

[DinoD]

Those will be sorely missed.

 

[MarkMe2525]

already posted

Alanah Pearce is leaving Sony Santa Monica

TLDR: Her stepdad got cancer and passed away recently. She feels she has missed out on life, family and birthdays at home. Not sure it's the right decision but she is hoping to freelance and still make enough money. Sounded like USA had drained her as well as working for ten years and only...

www.neogaf.com

 

[cash_longfellow]

So, whatever dirt she had on someone there fell through, or the blackmail term expired? Sounds good. Good luck to her in her future endeavors. Probably OF.

 

[Madflavor]

I doubt she EVER put in a legit 40 hours of work in a week in 10 years

Based on what?

 

[Pegasus Actual]

She needs to move to Austin, shack up at the roach factory, and produce the Prince that was Promised with Asmongold. He could afford to send her back and forth to Oz on a private jet, and in 20 years their offspring will save gaming from the coming Doom.

Alanah I hope you are reading this, for it is prophesied.

 

[Power Pro]

Lol her dad died so she will leave work?
What kind of thinking is that.

Exactly my thoughts. These people are so god damn out of touch with reality. I've been taking care of my dad with vascular dementia for over a year, and you know what else I've had to do? Work full time, and finishing up college. Surprising I've had time to play games too. Life fucking sucks, family gets sick, and they die...but us people living in the real world have to keep doing what we gotta do to survive. We don't get to say "well, I should work less cuz I'm sad" We don't have that luxury.

 

[hollams]

Where I work in the US you get 2 weeks vacation until 10 years then you get 3 weeks. Another 10 years and you get a 4th week and that's the end. So she is not lying saying she may only get 10 days vacation.

 

[DavJay]

She can support herself with YouTube alone. Just don’t spent beyond your means. My brother is living off it alone with only 32,000 subs and averaging 3,000 views a vid. She got a way bigger following, twitch AND patreon.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

People in the USA get 10 vacation days in 10 years?

What?

As an ex athlete over the span of about 20 years I very seldom took much time off.

Even when the season would end in High School then College and MLB even if I did take a “vacation” every single day was hours of working out to stay in top shape because I didn’t have God given ability and knew I had to push hard and no one was out working me.

A lot of grinders endlessly push but by far most Americans get much more time off.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Never say never. That day will might come when she stops getting the views, she gets older, the endorsements start going to younger/prettier girls, and her self esteem might be at an all time low and she will need the money to continue living the life she’s used to.

Only fans is just a matter of time and patience.

 

[adamsapple]

People in the USA get 10 vacation days in 10 years?

What?

No, some wires are crossed incorrectly somewhere.

I'm far from upper management and even I get around 30~ days off a year. This year I took almost the entire month of February off.

 

[Aenima]

Never say never. That day will might come when she stops getting the views, she gets older, the endorsements start going to younger/prettier girls, and her self esteem might be at an all time low and she will need the money to continue living the life she’s used to.

Only fans is just a matter of time and patience.

She has too many conections to ever go the OF route, that ship has sailed. She could probably just do gaming streaming and youtube content full time and i bet she would probably get more money than her full time job at Santa Monica.

 

[MayauMiao]

She was not a writer on God of War Ragnarok, only credited as an accessibility consultant. I don't know about the next game, though.

Well then nothing of value was lost to the studio.

 

[FoxMcChief]

She has too many conections to ever go the OF route, that ship has sailed. She could probably just do gaming streaming and youtube content full time and i bet she would probably get more money than her full time job at Santa Monica.

Those connections might disappear or be replaced once her looks start to fade. I’m not saying she’ll do OF soon. But in maybe 10-15 years when she’s old, her options will dry up. I hate to say it, but in entertainment industry, women don’t tend to age like fine wine.

 

[CLW]

Based on what?

Gee I dunno her Insta/whatever other social media platforms where people post for attention. She’s made a living for a decade plus off being a pretty “gamer girl” that’s hardly anything close to actual work.

Take a selfie of yourself in a bathing suit or underwear or tight dress doesn’t take any skill or talent

 

[CLW]

Well then nothing of value was lost to the studio.

Hey now who’s gonna make sure the next GOW is accessible to girls with big boobs?

 

[buenoblue]

Jesus christ. This woman is talking about leaving a full time job because her stepdad died of cancer and she realized living in a different country and barely seeing her family is not working for her, specially when the one time she spent the most time with her family in 10 years was to watch someone die and she needed this wake up call to make this decision and y'all are talking about her qualifications. Have some fucking respect guys. Seriously.

Yeah I think I'm done with gaming forums (or any comment sections really lol). This place just hates on everything, era is just full of crazies. Why can't people just be normal . Why can't we just be respectful and passionate about the hobby we love.

My motto is don't say anything online you wouldn't say in real life.

 

[peek]

Jesus christ. This woman is talking about leaving a full time job because her stepdad died of cancer and she realized living in a different country and barely seeing her family is not working for her, specially when the one time she spent the most time with her family in 10 years was to watch someone die and she needed this wake up call to make this decision and y'all are talking about her qualifications. Have some fucking respect guys. Seriously.

Yeaaaah, I came into it thinking it was gonna be funny, then read the cancer bit and was like oh...

 

[Madflavor]

Gee I dunno her Insta/whatever other social media platforms where people post for attention. She’s made a living for a decade plus off being a pretty “gamer girl” that’s hardly anything close to actual work.

Take a selfie of yourself in a bathing suit or underwear or tight dress doesn’t take any skill or talent

Right so you don’t have any actual evidence, you’re just speculating because she posts pretty selfies of herself on social media like every other woman out there.

But hey if you can actually break down how Alanah manages to pay rent in LA all without doing a hard day’s work, lay it on me.

This is where you say it’s because she accepts money from simps.

 

[Alan Wake]

I never understood exactly what she was doing there, but yeah. Work is not everything in life. Most people in the US have pretty limited vacation though, right?

Greetings from a Swede (5 week vacation)

 

[DaciaJC]

Best of luck to her.

 

[gow3isben]

Charizard was my favorite pokemon too it is criminal how underutilized he was in Ash's final season

Baffling since he was a fan favorite.

 

[Boss Mog]

What did she even do?

"write".

 

[FunkMiller]

Jesus christ. This woman is talking about leaving a full time job because her stepdad died of cancer and she realized living in a different country and barely seeing her family is not working for her, specially when the one time she spent the most time with her family in 10 years was to watch someone die and she needed this wake up call to make this decision and y'all are talking about her qualifications. Have some fucking respect guys. Seriously.

Alanah always brings out the incel freakery around here.

Anyway, if I see her around Cairns next year (I assume she’s moving home, and I’m planning on buying up there in the autumn), I’ll say hi and hope she’s doing okay.

 

[Roufianos]

Santa Monica needs a new writing team anyway based on the trash served up in Ragnarok.

 

[Portugeezer]

It's for the best.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Someone running multiple social media accounts full-time it's not just some passive hobby , that sounds like an extremely difficult thing to actually handle.

This is way easier than you think it is. There are multiple GenAI tools right now all aimed at creating content for "social influencers", especially if your goal is being an influencer. I can tell you almost all top LinkedIn "Sales Leaders" post content that is obviously AI generated for maximum engagement. Check this tool and have your mind blown.

 

[Rentahamster]

Why can't people just be normal

Normal? On the internet?

 

[Randall365]

Alanah always brings out the incel freakery around here.

Anyway, if I see her around Cairns next year (I assume she’s moving home, and I’m planning on buying up there in the autumn), I’ll say hi and hope she’s doing okay.

and I’m sure she’ll be absolutely thrilled when some 30 stone loser waddles up to her and salivates that he white-knighted for her on an online video game forum.

Spoiler

just kidding - I expect she’ll be pleased to be recognised

 

[FunkMiller]

and I’m sure she’ll be absolutely thrilled when some 30 stone loser waddles up to her and salivates that he white-knighted for her on an online video game forum.

Spoiler

just kidding - I expect she’ll be pleased to be recognised

I DONT WADDLE.

I shuffle.

 

[Rentahamster]

I scurry

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Not sure it's the right decision

No offence intended, but fucking hell.

 

[Thebonehead]

I don't know who she is but she is cute

Yeah we know you don't know her.

Because otherwise you would have been quoting yourself quoting her

 

[saintjules]

Americans on average get 7 days of paid sick leave and 11-20 days of paid vacation leave per year depending on seniority.

And if you're in Civil Service like myself you get much more than that.

 

[AJUMP23]

I hope she finds success and happiness.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I can't believe you guys are even talking about this.

 

[saintjules]

2:36

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I’m still trying to figure out why it’s newsworthy every time this person begins a new job. She left IGN years ago.

 

[SlimySnake]

I was never sure what she did there, seeing as how she was hired during the Ragnarok dev period and didn't receive a credit on the game.

She was working with cory on his new game. She mentions this in the video, but isnt allowed to go into detail because the game hasnt been unveiled despite her working on it for close to 5 years and despite cory beginning dev on it 6.5 years ago. Typical poor management from Herman Cunt.

I doubt she EVER put in a legit 40 hours of work in a week in 10 years

this is dumb. she's been working at SSM, a studio known for defending crunch, for the last 5 years.