Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!debri From: debri@dds.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: job offer Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:06:12 +0200 Organization: DEbri Lines: 78 Message-ID: <1dwj2wl.73dcjztuexz2N@a1-88-116.a1.nl> References: <7nmd8s$oub9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <933176599.775373443@news.playstation.co.uk> <1dwhdiz.9ojxp1ighg3bN@a1-88-104.a1.nl> <934555627.1122836957@news.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-116.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 Craig Graham wrote: > Heh heh - I was there with my wife to see the Van Gogh museam. Yeah, we all say that ;) > It's a bithard to miss the pro's though, as the red light district's right > next to the central station. Well you sure won't get trough the red light district if you go from the central station to the Van Gogh museum as far as I know. And I've been working in Amsterdam for several years now but the first 3 years I never past the red light district allthough I do work all around in Amsterdam. I did not even know were it was until 2 years ago. > >And yes, we allow softdrugs and you can buy it legally, but don't expect > >all junks around Amsterdam.. > > There's still a problem though - Amsterdam's the only city in the world > where people have tried to sell me heroin (not just once, this happened > several times a day). Scary or what? I've been into the Golden Triangle > and never had that happen... Well, that did happen to me in Utrecht, but never in Amsterdam. It even happend to me in central London. Last year I stayed in a Hotel in Kings Cross during the ECTS. Well, several people asked me if I wanted to buy. But telling them that I was from Holland, was enought to make them understand we would not need anything.. > That said though, I was joking in my first post. Amsterdam's a nice place, > pleasent people, lovely environment, food's a bit dull - but you cann't have > everything. It just has a (deserved) reputation as a bit of a haven for > the less than legal drug industry. I'm surprised no one's done a game > about it yet ;P I know you were kidding.. I did not take it hard or anything.. And our food is not a bit dull, its complete trash. We have kroetten, frikandellen and such stuff. It looks tastfull, and it actually is sometimes, but it's made out of left-over meat. Most people like it though. And there is a very microsoft-like company in Holland called Davilex that is producing a game called "Amsterdoom". As you might expect, it's a doom clone in Amsterdam complete with all the porn and drugs. If it will be a success, there might even be a Londoom. Befor this they made A2 Racer (A2 is the biggest highway we have in Holland) And Autobohn Raser for Germany. It seems they also made a racer for the local highway in the UK. It's a crap company but the marketing is at level M$. > >What company might that be?!?! That really does not sound like formula. > >Formula is about the most professional games company we have in Holland. > >It's settled in the middle of Amsterdam and they have things really good > >taken care off. > > > >And the teams are not like those junks as you describe.. > > Humour Dennis, humour.... Yeah yeah.. I know.. I just know a littlebit of how they fight in Holland to get something off the ground.. > Although, that said it was true what I said about the devco I met crashed > outside the grasshopper near the station...but no, it wasn't formula... The Grashopper is not a real coffeshop ads far as I know and yes, it's almost in the RL district.. Next time you come to Amsterdam, give me a ring and I'll give you a tour.. And we can have a pint in one of the better places around.. Cheers my friend, DEnnis.. > >DEnnis.. > > Craig.