Quote:Why does this myth of ssg needing to login to accounts exist.
Paranoia.
Quote:Â If they want to look at your account they just run some sql.
HAHAHAHAHA you think anyone at SSG knows SQL?
Quote:Â I know database work isn't sexy but its the foundation of things like mmo's where you need to store all the player data on a server.
Yeah SQL is complicated and I'd likely need my reference book to do it, but sit me down at a terminal that has access and I guarantee I could write the query to look at just about anything on your account.
I once got flagged down at a game developer convention and offered a DBA job because I was carrying my artist portfolio around in an Oracle backpack(if you know anything about SQL you'll get why this is funny). DBAs are in huge demand in the game industry. Yes, its not a sexy job, and a lot of game companies are a fucking nightmare to work at. Imagine having to not just listen to, but
talk to jerry all day long, and be about as well respected. The jobs don't pay as well, and the designers walk around like fuckin premadonas.
Meanwhile, any halfway decent DBA can take that same skillset, earn twice the money, and be viewed as a GOD at pretty much any other company(I'm hard pressed to name a business with over 100 employees that
doesn't need a DBA). Would you work for SSG if you had that choice?
I am exaggerating, I'm positive
someone at SSG knows SQL(you can damn near learn it in an afternoon) but that's also not going to be the guy who's tapped to screen inventories. Think about it: you can either pay your $90 an hour DBA, who has a hundred more important things to do and won't stop muttering "fuck 'em all" under his breath, or you can pay a $5 an hour jackoff to log into accounts and check manually.