deadlines for projects are made because they “sound good”. again, management with no background in this area makes obscene demands and deadlines for artists and programmers. the entire art and design team was once told that they were expendable by management. the feedback is difficult for an artist to understand and to find a way to meet their requests. the suggestions made by management about changing the artwork is vague include phrases like, “make it more special”, or “make something that kids will like”. i have almost lost my job at fantage on more than occasion for this reason, and i was told that i couldn’t handle the pressure when i went home because i was tired. they cannot go home or may have their job threatened the next day.
when an artist has worked on something all day, it will get changed by management for an unnecessary reason at the end of the day therefore that designer will have to stay late and fix it until completion. – fantage is a flash based kid’s website so the work involves art and programming which management (one person mostly) has no background or experience in. they have taken employees aside to talk about lateness in several cases. you can work until 1am, but they don’t like it when you’re a minute late. when we first had the electronic system installed management sent an email saying that coming in at 10:01 is considered late (work is from 10-7, but most of the company must stay overtime). management told us that your total hours worked will reflect on your performance reviews, so people that don’t stay and do unpaid overtime are frowned upon. this is not because we are paid by the hour. – you have to clock in and out every day with an electronic card because management wants to know exactly when you come in and leave. if you would like to use a vacation day for something personal, or add your personal day onto your vacation, this may not get approval by management. if you had 5 vacation days and didn’t use them for the year you will only get paid for a maximum of 3. – you get 1 personal day, 1 sick day, and 3-6 vacation days depending on your length of employment. Pros – the building has electricity, AC and heat? Not what you imagined, right? I’m guessing it’s the Fantage parking lot. Since I was bored, I searched it up on Google Maps. Now, the HQ is located at 400 Kelby Street Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024. used to be in Palisades Park, New Jersey. There’s also lots of ways to get eCoins for free! I’ll make a page about that later. ^.^Ĭlick the banner to buy premium membership!īuying eCoins is another way to get awesome stuff in Fantage. Also, members have a higher chance of winning fashion shows. Whoever writes for Fantage’s current blog sounds like a robot. (Lucky…)įantage also had a super epic WordPress blog which you can visit here! (Seriously.
^.^ To thank them, Fantage gave all 80,000 beta testers got 1 month of free premium membership, 1000 stars, and special beta tester crowns. You can visit Fantage’s beta blog here! =)įantage officially opened On March 17, 2008. O.O Fantage’s Early YearsĪ beta version of Fantage launched on October 29, 2007. I’ve also heard that David and Cindy Hwang used to own a Coldstones Ice Cream Shop. Together, David and Cindy Hwang, Peter Bae, and Frank started creating the virtual world that is now known as Fantage!
In 2007, a guy named Frank (I think his last name is Kim, but I’m not sure.) joined them. The next morning, they both quit their jobs and started designing a virtual world. Later in 2006, David Hwang talked about his idea all night with his business school BFF, Peter Bae. They decided not to since it was too hard. Alyssa missed her friends from California, so her parents thought about designing a virtual world so she and her friends could play together. )ĭavid and Cindy Hwang moved from Silicon Valley (A part of California) to the East Coast (I’m guessing New Jersey) in 2002 when their daughter, Alyssa, was 3 years old. Story #2 (This one sounds way more awesome.
Then, they thought of creating a fun virtual world called Fantage that also had some educational games. It probably wouldn’t be popular since not many people like learning, so they decided not to make one. So basically, these 2 guys, Peter Bae and David Hwang, wanted to make an online education website. I’ve heard 2 different stories on how Fantage came to be. Lots of people (including me) pronounce Fantage like Fant – edge, but it’s actually pronounced as Fant – ayge.