One time early in my career, I pitched an idea for a game. My boss rejected the idea, saying it wasn't good enough. Oh well, it happens. I moved on to a different idea. A week goes by, my boss seems confused and asks "Why did you give up on that idea?". I was very confused and was like "Uh...because you rejected it and said it wasn't good enough?". She said "No Mort, you can't just give up on an idea after one rejection. There were very good parts of that idea. You need to re-evaluate what was good, and what didn't work, and change your approach. Maybe it was how you presented it, maybe what's in your head wasn't clear." At the time, the logical part of my brain didn't get it. But over time I came to realize how correct the advice I was given was. There can be nuggets of an idea or solution that are correct, but you just don't quite have certain details correct. Maybe the execution, maybe the delivery, but a change in approach can go a long ways. I'm now far enough in my career I have seen countless times and idea get shot down, only for it to be used 3-5 years later with different circumstances and framing. Hell, the game Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge used all the minis I had pitched almost 8 years before when I first joined Nintendo. And this advice is not game dev specific. It's true in all aspects of life. If you properly re-evaluate why something was shot down, you'll be surprised what you can learn and how you can improve. Ok, time to go read all the responses to the patch so far and have some breakfast. Until next time, take it easy :)
@Mortdog Well said, I’ve experienced the same thing in a different industry. Pitched an idea to my boss, he shot it down. Next year, another company got funded $1.5 million to do nearly the exact same thing. All about timing and wording of what you’re pitching
@Mortdog I've been seeing less wandering trainers portals lately. But then again I've been playing less too. Idk who thought a portal that decides the game at the start was a good idea. Some ideas should be given up because some are bad. Other than that the set is okay but not exciting.
@Mortdog Corporate talk is never inspiring it’s exhausting 😭
@Mortdog Even before the patch, Gnar's composition was storong . After the patch, Gnar will be further strengthened, Kaisa will increase even more, and the environment will be the worst. I'm really curious about how you work. The meta hasn't changed at all and it's in a really bad state.
@Mortdog See this is flawless logic except the bad parts keep staying in tft
@Mortdog Maybe she should’ve given some better feedback in the first instance then lol
@Mortdog These tweets are always such a good way to start my work day!