Welcome back to another random blog/rant of mine. So let me catch you up. As you all know from my last post, I work for Curse. I am a Wiki Manager for them. When I wrote that last blog I was working on our Reckoning Wiki. Now I am working on our wiki for a new game, that is just in development. The game is called, Castle Story. I need to fix the css coding, as it is still very buggy/needs much improvement but feel free to go check it out! Castle Story Wiki ~ The best way to describe this game, is that it looks similar to MineCraft, however it is an RTS. ^^ So things with my job are going pretty well. Curse also released a League of Legends based website, that you should also check out and use. This site is called LoLPro.com. So that gives you guys the update in regards to my job.
Alright so when it comes to E-Sports and my involvement, I have been very busy. I had the pleasure of meeting 2 very nice gentlemen and have been working with them for the last 2 weeks in regards to casting. They go by ZanderFeverSc & Handfromabov. You guys should check them out and follow them. Anyhow, the 3 of us have been Tri-casting the Zotac Cup on Saturday’s lately. So it has been a very nice experience.

So now comes the rant. I posted in the title that I am Jaded. It is true, however I have yet to say about what. So I am going to refer back to an earlier blog. That blog will kind of lay the base for my rant for this particular post. So originally I told people that I was going to reapply for Riot Games, after that blog was posted. However, I did put it off quiet sometime. The last time I applied, I had a referral. I also applied for the position of “Community Manager” at that time. Now I got told how much experience the “Community Manager” position required. However, I met all the requirements on the website and still feel I would have been great for the job. As per that earlier blog, I had to wait for over a month to get ANYWHERE in the hiring process. I had to follow up with bothering people who worked at Riot, to figure out who to talk to or who to contact, to figure out what the status was. I eventually got very discouraged and posted about it on twitter, when I was out of state. Thankfully one person, helped push it along to whomever and I heard back later that week. When I heard back it was to take a test, which took sometime to get past the php errors. When I finally did get to do it, I treated it as a state test. I honestly hate guessing on tests. However they don’t really count those against you. I should have guessed instead of treating it more like a State Standard Test. I am pretty sure that I bombed that part of the process, cause later on I got the rejection letter.

So I decided to finally reapply in January this year, with some encouragement of friends. However, since I did reapply, I decided to go for something that I KNOW for FACT is right up my ally. This time I decided to apply for “E-Sports Coordinator”. This time I decided to NOT worry about having a referral, because it did me NO good the last time I applied. I sent in that application on January 23rd. It is now March 3rd…I have sent in a follow up email since then and still have heard nothing back. So at this point, I am very jaded in the idea of getting a job with Riot or to work for them. If all of that wasn’t bad enough, I now know at least 2 other people in the group that I hang out with, that both heard back on their application very fast. When I say fast, I mean within a week. One of them now works for Riot and the other has his interview with them, face to face, coming up… So with that being said, I am pretty upset and jaded. I must admit my disappointment and my defeat in this case. I’ve done all I can and I did try again, but as much as I love League of Legends, Riot and its employees, I don’t think I will apply ever again.

(For those who were curious about how my application looks or at least some of my experience:

Community Organization

• Advisor for ICCup Tv (Now known as ESV Tv)
• Tournament Organizer (Starcraft 1, Starcraft 2, League of Legends)
• Organized & Hosts many events inside of Guild Wars
• Event Coordinator (Blade Radio)
• GoSc (Girls of Starcraft) Founder

Multiple Leadership Roles

• Super Ladder Admin (ICCup)
• Super Forum Admin (ICCup)
• Super News Admin (ICCup)
• ICCup Tv Advisor (ICCup)
• Director’s Assistant (ICCup)
• DotA Head Admin (ICCup)
• Assistant Dj Manager (Blade Radio)
• Dj Trainer (Blade Radio)
• Production Manager (Blade Radio)
• Event Coordinator (Blade Radio)
• Community Relations (Blade Radio)
• CEO Executive Assistant (Blade Radio)
• Curse Wiki Manager (www.curse.com)
• CEO & Founder of Girls of Starcraft (GoSc)

Mind you, that is just to begin with and just to give you a small idea of my experience.)

So that ends this update and rant. I hope you guys enjoyed reading! I will try to update more often. <3

Until next time ~ Peace and good fortune to you!

It has been a long time since I posted a blog on my personal blog page! So I decided to do so today. So what have I been up to in the time I haven’t written? Well in October last year (2010) I started working for Curse Gaming (Curse – www.curse.com) as a Wiki Manager. So what exactly does a wiki manager do?

* Add new content and information to wikis as applicable.

* Maintain a proper schedule to keep yourself available during business hours.

* Keep pages free of spam and offending materials.

* Build and improve templates on Curse wikis. (This included me having to learn CSS)

* Work on wiki promotions and work with the community to help drive traffic to Curse wikis. (I was also later assigned to taking feedback from the community on a few of our wikis to help see what they would like and what we could do better. I still do this )

* Manage user staff and direct them in a manner that coincides with the Fansite Manager Guidelines; designed by Curse.

It has been a pleasure to work for Curse thus far! Lets see if I can go over a few things, I started with one boss and then our wiki team acquired a new leader – Pawel – who is originally from Wikia and the founder of “The Vault”, which is a Fallout wiki. From my understand the knowledge and information he built up on there is so great that even the designers themselves may go to him if they have questions. ~ What else can I tell you? Well lets see – I have made many new friends at Curse. So its been a lot of fun. Oh! I they also sent me a DS3 for Christmas! Let me tell you that it is sooooo cool! I will try to take pictures of that later on. Its a beautiful black and it came with a little Curse carrying case. So its very cool! So thank you for that, Curse. Wikis I have mainly worked on since I started working with them: Reckoning, SWTOR, Cabal (CSS Design), Smite (CSS Design), which I had to set aside and focus on other wikis and feedback from our Minecraft (English) wiki as well as the Guild Wiki (A Guild Wars wiki) & the PvX wiki (A place for builds for players from Guild wars – both PvE and PvP which is known as PvX). Anyhow~ Lets move onto the next topic!

Besides that there has been a lot go on in my life in regards to sc2! First off I’ve had a crush during all that time, but it has faded. Second off, my co-founder of GoSc and I, are no longer talking. There was a lot of disagreements and we could not agree on how to handle certain matters. So we parted ways. I still want to think of her as a friend, regardless of what I have heard her say behind my back. GoSc (Girls of Starcraft – A large girls only Starcraft group. This is for both SC:BW & Sc2) has grown to have over 300+ members! We also had our own weekly tournament for the ladies only. We will probably be restarting that soon! There was also the Zowie Divina tournament where we saw another caster really take her wings and fly towards her dreams. That lady is known as Livinpink, who got to cast along side the wonderful Kellymilkies. GoSc has also worked in partnering with other groups such as ESL and Z33k. We also got a new logo which is beautiful! Thankfully it is not to girly and its quite professional. We have a lot more in the works but that will all be shown in time!

In yet other news, I am still a writer for Team Dignitas. I am writing my Gamer Blogs for them, which are turning out fantastic! Team Dignitas picked up a League of Legends team quite a while back, that team is formally known as Rock Solid. However a friend who was in it, Jatt, has decided to retire. I knew Jatt from Guild wars time when he was in [Rawr]. It was a sad day to see him leave, however we do have a new member who has taken his place and seems to be doing fantastic. Besides that I have started doing commentaries again both for Starcraft 2 and for League of Legends. It is more fun then I remembered! I hope though to continue giving back to the community. It is something I love doing so much.

Oh I know what I forgot to tell you guys! I am now the CEO Executive Assistant at the online radio station (Blade Radio – www.bladeradio.com). I must say that those who have ran the station prior to me, have made it look easy, but it is one hell of a learning experience and I am so happy for it!

From about the time of August – December, I was basically a nanny for a child who has autism. It was very hard, but the child was an absolute sweet heart! I was happy that I could get him a Christmas present and give it to him before I had to stop being his nanny. Maybe one of these days, I will have the ability to tutor a little bit, that way I have an excuse to make sure he is doing well!

Well that almost covers everything I have done in the last couple months. The last things I have yet to mention is that I hit over 1000 wins on League of Legends, started playing Sc2 again, made a facebook fanpage and a liquipedia2 page, I  switched to twitch tv – instead of livestream and I try to stream every night. Well besides that I am doing well! I’m sorry it has been so long since I last posted a blog! I will try to post them more often for you guys! Thank you again everyone for all your support. You are all wonderful. I want you guys to know that I think every one of you are so wonderful and amazing. Please do yourself a favor and be who you want to be, not the person that those around you want to be. Also, dont EVER give up on your dreams. They are amazing. Until next time, take care and have an amazing day! <3

This weekend is Major League Gaming (MLG) Providance (Provi). I am sure quite a few of you already knew that though. So why should I mention it? What makes this time so much more important then the past MLGs? The Mayor of Providence, Angel Taveras, has declared Friday, November 18th to be Major League Gaming Day in Providence! IF that wasn’t enough for you the New England Patriots Running Back Stevan Ridley will be joining a host of MLG pro Call of Duty: Black Ops players in an expo match during MLG Providence. This is really big guys and then there is another event which is both touching and sad at the same time. Nine year old Austin, will be attending the event to play with some of his favorite pros as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. So if you guys go, please, do your best to make that little kid smile. Its sad to hear someone so young is challenged with more than just a zergling rush to face. I am so glad he will be getting his wish. However lets move onto the real topic of this blog.

Girls in Starcraft!

I know! This sounds outrageous! Normally people are like: “There are no girls online!” Some of you might even be tempted to make the long age old joke: “What is she doing out of the kitchen?” However, I assure you, not only are they are but they are kicking some butt and taking names. So lets move onto how are becoming more involved? How are they kicking butt and where?

Want to read more of this blog?…You’ll have to go to Team Dignitas website and read it there!

So it has been a long time since I did a personal blog. I have been very busy with life. I am going to try to keep up with my personal blog again. So first off ~ You should all go like my facebook fan page. Second ~ don’t forget to follow me on twitter. So I am going to let you guys know that first off, I work for Curse Gaming (www.curse.com). However, that is ONLY as a wiki manager. I have nothing to do with their competitive teams in E-Sports. The next thing I want to let you guys know is that I have decided I am going to reapply for the job at Riot Games. I will probably update my resume later tonight and send in my application for Community Manager, again. Lets just hope I get a faster response.

The next thing I want to say is a big thank you to everyone on twitter who has followed me up to this point. You guys are all very awesome. I try to take the time to get to know about those who follow me and there are just so many of you that its very hard for me to do the #FF on Friday’s because I want to give all of you a shout out. So to my 1000+ followers, thank you and I hope you continue to remain as awesome as you are now.

Now I am sure you are all wondering what I plan to write about in the future, so allow me to enlighten you! I want to start a little series where guys can ask me questions about females or even what females have to put up with in E-Sports. Heck, this might even just turn into an “Ask Tesla” sort of column. However, just a small disclaimer here – I am not responsible if you decide to take actions on the advice I give, I am not psychiatrist, nor am I counselor. The advise I give is nothing more than for fun and if you decide to use or take anything I say, you do so with full knowledge that it is of your own free will and that you release me of any possible repercussions.  With that being said – you may leave comments on this post as questions about whatever or even ask me on twitter. Ja na! ~

So I finally got around to posting another personal blog. This one is about an on going joke on Diggity’s stream. If you dont tune into him yet, you should! www.twitch.tv/diggitysc <- Tune into this guy 10 pm pst every night. He’s a great guy! With that being said, lets get right into this blog!

The joke goes as followed:

The image you are about to see, might be shocking. It might even scare you and you have all right to be alarmed. This is a picture of the C.O.R.E Group. A group who calls themselves the “Council Of Ruining Esports”

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Casted in this image:

Mordekaiser = Endrian
Tryndamere = Diggity
Pantheon = X/David
Amumu = Mr e s
Karma = Tesla
Caitlyn = Navi
Signed = Janook
Leona = Moletrap

So as some of you know, I have been a bit down lately, however you have all been so wonderful. I have received many messages on facebook, twitter, skype and even on this blog site. So thank you everyone for your support. I figured I’d write something a bit more inspirational, just so you all know that I will be ok and that this is just like when you try to ride a bike. You might fall a few times, but you never give up! A saying I love to live my life by is:

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.” – Confucius

Songs that fit the way I feel sort of lately, since the news I received:

In fairy tales people talk about a phoenix being reborn out of its own ashes. In this case the ashes would be that of rejection and things that stand in your way. The Phoenix is a person’s feelings and their dreams. So today’s picture of the day, is going to be a phoenix! Why? The reason is because the Phoenix is passionate, strong, independent, beautiful, unique and never gives up. It is a sign of how even death can not stop it (at least in stories I have heard) ^_^

It has been a while since I have written a new blog, so I figured I would do so today. As many of you know, I applied for the Community Manager position over at Riot back on May 18th. I have followed that up for the longest time. I did get a response from Riot Games about a week ago, which said the following:

“Thank you so much for your interest in the Community Assistant position at Riot Games.  We have reviewed your resume, and as the next step in our hiring process we would like you to complete a short online assessment measuring general problem solving skills.  This exercise takes approximately 20 minutes and we ask that you complete this within the next 48 hours.  Please follow the instructions below and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.”

So I went forth and did their assessment, however it was nothing like I expected. The questions were general questioned that you would be asked on a State Standardized test. It covered everything from: which number comes next, to conversions and things where they would give you a word and you had to pick the closest in definition or the opposite of it. So I treated this assessment as a state test – Which I NEVER once in my life failed a state quiz. Actually when I entered into high school my math state test scores where so good that I could have gone straight into Algebra 2, if I had wanted. However I had decided to take Geometry. Which was still better than where they had placed me in high school. Anyhow, back to topic..So I asked a friend at Riot how many questions they answered. Turns out they did a lot more than me. So I asked what was about average, he said about 80. At this point I got very nervous. First off, these questions were not based around the job I had applied for in the first place and then 80 was average for a 126 question assessment where you only had 20 minutes to do as many as possible? Now I know that they said “7. Your score is calculated based on the total number you get correct.  There is no penalty for guessing “, however I must sit here and wonder – Why should I guess? Isn’t it worth at least 30 seconds to think it over and do my best? I am almost positive that I did about a 90% accuracy rate on their assessment, however I only completed 48 questions.

So Thursday was about 1 week from when I had finished the assessment. I was starting to get very nervous and worried about my results to find this in my email as of yesterday:

“Hi Lori,

Thank you so much for your time and interest at Riot Games.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer you a position at this time.

The number of applicants in our pipeline right now far outweighs the positions available, and as such, we regret that even qualified candidates such as yourself must be cut early on in the evaluation process.

Again, we thank you for your time and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Warm regards”

Now I must admit that I did remove the name of the person who sent it to me, simply because that is not important…So I got this email last night and was just so upset. I actually finished cooking dinner and went to bed because I had started to cry. I have worked really hard on everything I have ever done in my life, even more so when it comes to something for the community and then I got that email. It makes me wonder, was there something I did not excel in? Was there a reason I didn’t even make it to telephone interview? I mean a silly assessment can only tell you so much about a person, don’t you guys agree? I feel that I should have at least had a phone interview, but nothing…

Anyhow, I just wanted to let people know since some of you saw my twitter status yesterday. I figured you guys at least deserved a full story and my blog deserved a new blog. So I didn’t get the job over at Riot Games, however I do not plan to change the activities I am doing. I am still going to continue working on giving back to the community. Well I am still pretty depressed about this, so I am going to post the picture that fits my mood for today and end the blog here. Thank you all for reading! Much love and never change guys!

(Edit: ~ After Thought: I know some people don’t like this artist, but today’s song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5-P9v3F8w&ob=av2e <- Never gonna give up; Never going to say I can’t do it!)

May 30th, 2011 – July 30th, 20111
It has been 2 months since I started this blog and already I have had over 4,000 views! So thank you everyone for the constant visits. I want to apologize about the lack of posts I have had many things happen in my life, such as:

• Many changes to the place I live with my family. We demolished an unlivable room that wasn’t actually part of the house. It made the backyard huge.
• There was the gas line and sewage line that needed to be fixed/moved.
• A brick wall was built
• One of the cars got totaled
• New furniture for inside the house (IE: Couches, bedroom sets, painting rooms, replacing old doors, etc..)
• Went to upgrade my pc and ended up breaking the cpu chip. The guy at the pc shop ordered the right one, but additional expenses came up with the brick wall, so I have been unable to get the new cpu chip.
• Also broke up with the guy I was dating – Its been almost 2 months now since he and I last spoke.

So as you guys can see, many things have happened in my life and made it so I did not have access to my pc or had other things I had to focus on. However in about a week or two, I should hopefully be able to finish fixing my pc. Though I am going out of state for about a week to a week and a half, so it could be slightly longer than that. On the bright side of things, my dads pc is up and running. It is what I have been using lately. Gamer Blog #4 & #5 are written and should be posted on: Team-Dignitas.net while I am gone though. So please enjoy them. Will try to post more later! Much love and thank you again everyone! <3