Digital Press Videogames LLC: First Employee

[digitalpress]

Yeah, I haven't been around that much lately, and yeah, I probably never even mentioned that Digital Press is now a bonafide corporation - after all these years of being merely a tremendous organization of gaming fans. Well, this is certainly a groundbreaking event in our long history: the very first "real" employee since we became a "real" company.

Those of you who have been with us for awhile and have seen the positive influence of females in this organization won't be at all suprised to hear that our first employee is in fact a female. Her name is Jenn and her first day is tomorrow. Jenn has already spent a pretty good amount of time in the Clifton, NJ store learning the day-to-day stuff and was hired because she has shown such great initiative, spirit, and enthusiasm for gaming.

Her primary role at the store will be to get the store ready for the NEXT day. Organizing, packaging, prioritizing... that kind of thing. I have no doubt that she has the potential to become a key member in the DP family as well as the business.

Jenn is also known as "*Rin*" on these forums. Please join me in welcoming her to our team both on and offline!

[Flack]

Let me be the first to say ... OMG PIX!

Oh, and welcome to the family.

[Sniderman]

I probably never even mentioned that Digital Press is now a bonafide corporation - after all these years of being merely a tremendous organization of gaming fans. Don't tell DP INDUSTRIES that! @_@

Jenn is also known as "*Rin*" on these forums. Please join me in welcoming her to our team both on and offline!Met Rin yesterday, but allow me to again say, "Welcome!" and to add, "Joe's nickname is 'Taskmaster," so good luck."

[Dangerboy]

Hey Rin! Stash me some PS1 games. :D
Jason

[unwinddesign]

Congrats. Good to see that the store's going well. Gotta stop by some time, it's not too far away.

[Pantechnicon]

I wish Jenn/Rin the best of success in her new career endeavors :rocker: . I'm certain Joe picked the right person for the job. He's rationally self-interested in that way. ;)

Recommended reading for the new job: http://www.actsofgord.com.

And will an all-expenses paid trip to CGE be a possible job perk?

[kainemaxwell]

Nice to meet ya and welcome to the team!

[keiblerfan69]

Welcome to this amazing community. I've only been here since the 8th and I've already bought a SNES, Genny and I love the convos here. Hope you enjoy it also.

[Schenley]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

[JJNova]

Hey Jenn/Rin! If I was you, I'd sit on the internet all day messing around these forums, then telling Joe that you are working on some hardcore "research" so that you are better prepared to answer the grinding questions from your customers.

Say it's a "business technique used by all major competitors".

[keiblerfan69]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

Damn everytime I see a pic of that store I wish I lived near it.

[Mattiekrome]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

Musta been "black t-shirt day at DP"... :D

Anyways, congrats RIN, I'm sure you will be a wonderful fit for the job :)

[keiblerfan69]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

Musta been "black t-shirt day at DP"... :D

Anyways, congrats RIN, I'm sure you will be a wonderful fit for the job :)

Yeah well it also must of been bring you PSP day.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Cool, it's always good to have some similarly aged gamers on the boards. Even better the first employee of the grand ol' DP store. Welcome and all that fun stuff.

(I swear to god I'll eventually go to that store...)

[Balloon Fight]

Welcome to the family Rin. :)

[boatofcar]

Welcome! Congrats on having the job that most of us would love to have!

[zerohero]

I would work at that store so freaking fast it's not even funny :eek 2:

I'm jealous of all the people near it, and that ever get to work there.

[Joker T]

Welcome to DP :)

and keiblerfan69 I can't belive you noticed that people had the PSP hand straps sticking out of their pockets good eyes man LOL

[keiblerfan69]

Welcome to DP :)

and keiblerfan69 I can't belive you noticed that people had the PSP hand straps sticking out of their pockets good eyes man LOL

Yeah I notice it all the time at school and instantly go ask them what they go to see if we can play together.

[Ed Oscuro]

Yay! Keep the good luck with the store and everything going! :D

[pacmanhat]

Wait...girls play video games?

In all seriousness, this is excellent news. I have a friend who's had a store open for several years and still hasn't made enough money to hire another employee. Congrats, Joe!

[njiska]

I wonder how long it'll be till this happens?

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20030115.jpg

Seriously welcome to the Corperation.

[Blackjax]

Digital Press LLC, eh?

When's the IPO? LOL I'm sure you'd find a few investors around here. :)

[SegaAges]

I've been here for about 2 years now, and I enjoy this place. I am sure Rin will find a nice home here at DP as many of us have.

Joe, that is awesome that you know have an employee. I live in Nebraska, so just give me time, and I will eventually go up there :)

Rin, enjoy that store, it looks like an awesome place to work for.

[ubersaurus]

Congrats to Rin, and may she enjoy her role not only as an employee of the video game mecca, but as a forumer in these mad lands. :-)

[Duncan]

Wow! I really haven't been on here in a while...

First, congrats to Joe on both the store and the LLC. Big changes, though this site doesn't appear to have blinked.

Second, congrats to Jenn on her new employment - I suspect she'll have a good time at "work". (If mastering Guitar Hero counts as work, of course.)

Third, good to see everyone here again!

[MarkMan]

Welcome aboard.

Btw, I've been here(on these forums) I forget how long(not that long) and I love it here. :)

[tom]

A big Welcome from the European gaming community. Long may you run

[hydr0x]

hey there, welcome to the big community we all know as DP :)

so, you're around Joe all the time now?? then go kick his ass and tell him to update some stuff on his site LOL

[atari_wizard]

congrats DP & Rin! i don't live very far from NJ either. any chance someone could upload a few more pictures of the store? i'm in awe! gotta love the arcade set up. :love:

[Schenley]

congrats DP & Rin! i don't live very far from NJ either. any chance someone could upload a few more pictures of the store? i'm in awe! gotta love the arcade set up. :love:
Check out this thread.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=76812

And, check out Joe's gallery:
http://www.digitpress.com/images/store/

[allsport11]

Congrats Rin, saw you there the last time I stopped by but didn''t formally introduce myself. :) Welcome aboard and see you around. ;)

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Congrats, *Rin*. Welcome to the DP fam. Hope you enjoy it.

[Mayhem]

Ah... new acquisitions ;)

Welcome to the DP fold Jenn/Rin, we promise we'll be gentle :P

[Lothars]

Welcome to DP Rin

I hope you have alot of fun and Congratulations Joe

It sounds like the Store is doing awesome, I still really want to come and visit :D

[Lady Jaye]

Congrats for the new employee -- that means things are going well! :D

And welcome, Jenn, to the great DP universe! I'm sure you will love that job!

[FantasiaWHT]

Welcome Rin!

So are you ever going to post in this thread?

[DreamTR]

Someone needs a 3rd Strike machine at the store. That will make you a TON OF CASH!!!!!

[snes_collector]

Sweet, welcome aboard. I'm sure you'll have great fun!

[*Rin*]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

Musta been "black t-shirt day at DP"... :D

Anyways, congrats RIN, I'm sure you will be a wonderful fit for the job :)

Yeah well it also must of been bring you PSP day.

D:
That's such a bad picture of me. Anyway YAY!
Thanks everyone I'll be carefull to fulfill my duties ;D

And here's a better picture of me XD

http://myspace-830.vo.llnwd.net/00446/03/89/446139830_l.jpg[/img]

[punkoffgirl]

Fulfill your duties by NOT patronizing the store with the broken ATM machine! I never knew it would be so difficult just to buy some orange juice.. :)

It was nice meeting you, and I look forward to seeing you again when you're not being quite so shy and quiet :)

[Niku-Sama]

huh, think i am in wuv....oh well

some one start some thing like this on the west coast please! i am DIEING over here buying things from Videogamerdaryll WHO IS ON THE EAST COAST MIND YOU
i like doing business with people but some times you just need something more close by

[*Rin*]

Yea, that drink problem was horrorible.
And I guess the grass is greener on the other side consitering I always wanted to go to the west coast... XP

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Yeah, *Rin*/Jenn finally posted in this thread!!


8-) X_x :D :D :-P

[*Rin*]

Sorry about that, I kinda don't have my own connection/network because 1. I can't afford it and 2. I would spend all my life on it anyway. So I can never tell when I'm going to be on. When you do see me on here, or AIM [ jennble bee ] That's how you know... that... I'm obviously on...

[Mayhem]

There's only one word here... cute ;)

[RetroYoungen]

:)

Congrats DP and *Rin*, and welcome!

Now, we're going to need some feathers, a jar of mayonnaise and somebody's cell phone for a proper welcome. ;)

And if you ever make it to the West Coast, I'll welcome you properly (you know, show you around, arcades and whatnot). :)

[*Rin*]

Do any of the western arcades have In The Groove?!

:D

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Jenn/*Rin* which would you prefer us call you?

[youruglyclone]

Do any of the western arcades have In The Groove?!

:D

I believe Chinatown Fair in NYC has a In the Groove Machine...but don't quote me on that

[The_Kodiak65]

I met Rin yesterday as well. Seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and will be a great asset to the "Corporation."

And, can play a good game of Guitar Hero!

http://63.147.233.69/clavicle/060121_Nava/img_0868_std.jpg

Musta been "black t-shirt day at DP"... :D

Anyways, congrats RIN, I'm sure you will be a wonderful fit for the job :)

Yeah well it also must of been bring you PSP day.

D:
That's such a bad picture of me. Anyway YAY!
Thanks everyone I'll be carefull to fulfill my duties ;D

And here's a better picture of me XD

http://myspace-830.vo.llnwd.net/00446/03/89/446139830_l.jpg[/img]


hmm....looks like a great pic to me

[Niku-Sama]

Yea, that drink problem was horrorible.
And I guess the grass is greener on the other side consitering I always wanted to go to the west coast... XP

well come on over then...

as for the arcade game i havent seen one arround my town but then again theres only 3 places it could be...one of which i could be working at if things go well

[kainemaxwell]

Do any of the western arcades have In The Groove?!

:D

I believe Chinatown Fair in NYC has a In the Groove Machine...but don't quote me on that
There was when I was last there. Along with DDR and a Para Para machine too. ^^

[Schenley]

hmm....looks like a great pic to me

Yea, I prefer my picture... The other one looks ...... too purpley or something.

[InsaneDavid]

Do any of the western arcades have In The Groove?!

:D

ITG's all over the place here. LOL Ahh, how I miss the days of DDR tournaments in Sunnyvale. :( ITG isn't that popular however, after all these years large scale networked Daytona USA machines still turn the highest profits. Nothing better than a bunch of businessmen losing small chunks of Jr's college fund to me on their lunch hour at the Milpitas Dave & Busters. LOL

Seriously though, welcome to the DP community.

[RetroYoungen]

Do any of the western arcades have In The Groove?!

:D

Of course! Every volume of DDR, In The Groove, Drummanias and Guitar Freaks... EVERYthing! We're California! Of ALL of the US, we steal the most and the best!

[*Rin*]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x
Hah, I wouldn't count on it. Smog is a bit of a problem there, last time I checked.
I'm going to assume that you've been to www.ddrfreak.com/locations/locations.php and you know that there are quite a few ITG machines (even ITG 2)in NJ. And if not, well, now you have.

[FantasiaWHT]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x

If you go to Northern California maybe...

[*Rin*]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x
Hah, I wouldn't count on it. Smog is a bit of a problem there, last time I checked.
I'm going to assume that you've been to www.ddrfreak.com/locations/locations.php and you know that there are quite a few ITG machines (even ITG 2)in NJ. And if not, well, now you have.
Yes, ITG 2 is ay fun and games... 20 minutes away from me. That arcade is the only one really around me so like... yea. ITG 2!!!!

And Cali HAS to be better than here

[InsaneDavid]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x
Hah, I wouldn't count on it. Smog is a bit of a problem there, last time I checked.

Not all of us live in the LA scumpot. ;)

[EnzoSangiorgio]

I couldn't stand Cali while I was there. From the rich neighborhoods to the slums, didn't like any of it. Hmmph!

[*Rin*]

Why didn't you like it? It's gorgeouseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

:D

[kainemaxwell]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x
Jersey's something you get used to, then you get immune to the smell. ^^

[Slate]

Welcome to DP, And..

(Even though i live too far away to go in the store and say this within a week)

Welcome to the DP Store. :)

[InsaneDavid]

I couldn't stand Cali while I was there. From the rich neighborhoods to the slums, didn't like any of it. Hmmph!

Can't judge one of the largest states in the US from select visits, gotta stay away from the touristy parts - I agree that those be crap. ;)

[keiblerfan69]

I wanna go to Cali! It doesn't smell like over here... and you can probably breath there too!
X_x

Nothing beats a Santa Barbara morning down in Cali. Fog everyone and its smells so good.

[EnzoSangiorgio]

I couldn't stand Cali while I was there. From the rich neighborhoods to the slums, didn't like any of it. Hmmph!

Can't judge one of the largest states in the US from select visits, gotta stay away from the touristy parts - I agree that those be crap. ;)
Well the single visit lasted about a week while I was on tour so I was in a different spot every day. I agree I saw but a tiny percantage of it.
Texas was way worse though. :angry:

[Gemini-Phoenix]

...and was hired because she has shown such great initiative, spirit, and enthusiasm for gaming.

Yeah... Sure. We believe you! :roll: ~ We all know the real reason... Lol.

And how did I know the first post straight after yours was going to demand pics? Lol. LOL

[digitalpress]

...and was hired because she has shown such great initiative, spirit, and enthusiasm for gaming.

Yeah... Sure. We believe you! :roll: ~ We all know the real reason... Lol.

I'll be easy on you because I've known for quite some time you're rather light in the brains department, but I DID state right off the bat that DP has a history with the female persuasion in the mix. You probably missed that part though I don't recall using any big words.

I'll try to summarize: girl gamers are the best. The ladies who run this forum should speak volumes toward that.

[GrayFox]

Welcome to DP Rin, and prepare for the worse.

And I don't know how to put this but, I'm kind of a big deal around here.

And I'm such an ass for saying this stuff? Yeah, pretty much.

[Jumpman Jr.]

Funny, I was just learning today about corporations in society (specifially, in sports).
Either way, sounds like a cool girl.

[pixelsnpolygons]

Congrats 8-)

[Kamino]

Why didn't you like it? It's gorgeouseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

:D
Well, for us crabby old wisconsinites who complain when the temperature outside exceeds 70F....
Cali is not the place to be !LOL
Best of luck at the store.

[EnzoSangiorgio]

Why didn't you like it? It's gorgeouseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

:D
It might have been the first few drug addicts we ran into, or narrowly avoiding certain doom, or the traffic, or the heat, or the traffic, or spending a few days in Oakland, or the bloated prices of everything, but it was probably the traffic.