Contacting Jon...

Discussion in 'Uber Entertainment Discussion' started by icedreamer, May 21, 2014.

  1. icedreamer

    icedreamer New Member

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    So if I wanted to contact Jon Mavor and ask him some questions about his projects in his previous life (Supcom) how would I go about doing that? There appears to be no PM system on these forums, and he has no e-mail. Why is it so hard to contact an individual working anywhere but Valve these days?
  2. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    He does have an email address, and there is most certainly a PM system on these fourms. I'll send you one now as proof :p

    Note: Uber are in crunch mode at the moment for 'something big', so he might not be that responsive at the moment.

    EDIT: Is this for the press or for personal interest?
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  3. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    To be fair, the PM system is pretty well hidden.
  4. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    Nah it's not - you click on someone's name and there's a big "Start a conversation with this person" button right there under their name in the pop-out box.

    In any case, he's in touch with Jon now.
  5. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    In almost the exact same colour as the background.
  6. icedreamer

    icedreamer New Member

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    I'm in contact with Jon now, but I still don't see this mysterious and fabled button, not on the popup or your profile pages.
  7. zaphodx

    zaphodx Post Master General

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    If you click my name to the left of the post there is an option to start a conversation. If you open in a new tab (my profile page) then you go to the 'information' tab and can start a conversation there.

    You can also click inbox in the top right and and start a new conversation, then search for a username to send to.
  8. icedreamer

    icedreamer New Member

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    There really isn't! :s

    http ://snag.gy/ bt13Q.jpg

    I can't post links as a new user, so I had to split it up with some spaces, but that's what I'm seeing, and there's no conversation button... :/
  9. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    That's weird

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  10. DeadStretch

    DeadStretch Post Master General

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    Maybe they don't display for new forum users?
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  11. icedreamer

    icedreamer New Member

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    Good to know I'm not going insane!
  12. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    From all I know messages from new users should just be queued up for post moderation until they are not considered new anymore. I don't think it should actually prevent them from sending messages. Dunno.
  13. kvalheim

    kvalheim Post Master General

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    "Contacting Jon..." sounds like a film I'd never watch
  14. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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  15. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    You could reach him on Twitter.

    You could PM him on the forums.

    You could e-mail Uber through their e-mail link on their site.

    You could leave a message on their Facebook page.

    Haven't really gone above and beyond on this one, have you.
  16. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    In all fairness:
    • Jon doesn't Twit much
    • User couldn't use the forum PM sytem (see above - looks like new users can't)
    • Emailing a general Uber mailbox would likely not get him to Jon, as they probably received thousands of (mostly spam) messages and would get caught up in those. Jon's direct email address isn't made public, I don't think.
    • Facebook page - see above points about the general mailbox
    I managed to get him set up with a PM convo with Jon, so all is right in the world, it's fine :p
  17. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Well I took it to be a press contact, I mean he could just phone them! And he doesn't have to tweet Jon, he could tweet Uber, or any one of the other Uber employees.
  18. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    Nah, I looked him up. Student ;)
  19. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Well not a very resourceful one :p
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  20. Crembels

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    Another way of contacting him that I heard of is if you yell his name 3 times into a mirror at midnight, he will appear behind you and beat you over the head with a IBM Model M keyboard while yelling "IT'S STILL IN BETA DAMNIT!".

    But that might be a rumor >.>

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