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Calixto

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2015, 02:54:40 AM »
They're going through and firing all the directors.


Good thing? Probably.

ngreth?

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2015, 03:55:07 AM »


They're going through and firing all the directors.




Good thing? Probably.


ngreth?
Directors:
Brasse -Community
Smokejumper (dave georgeson) - EverQuest franchise


EverQuest confirms:
Phathom (Producer)
Lyndro (lore for EQ1 & EQ2)
Ngreth (re-fired again)
Ryan Barker (lead designer)
Chandrok (itemization)
Jansan (Tradeskills)

EverQuest2:
Gnorbin (artist for EQ1 too)
Xelgad

Endymion


EQN/EQNLM:
Jeff Butler (Creative Director)
Moorgard (Creative director of lore)
felgon (Associate producer)
Mark Storer (programmer)


Planetside 2:
David Carey (producer)
Katharine Anderson ( build master)
Xander Clauss (dev)

Kevin Moyer, designer/vehicle balance
Taylor Dowell, database/marketplace
Sarah Vu, QA
Ryan Owens, QA


DCUO:
Ellen Andersen, producer


H1Z1
Kelduum Revaan- technical designer
Noah Watkins - UI artist
Ruby Opfer - programmer
Mat Broome - character lead

Community:
Ashlanne (Community Project manager)
Amnerys (Landmark CRM)
Hats (Social Media CRM)
Afista (EQ2 CRM)
« Last Edit: February 14, 2015, 02:16:06 AM by Shang »

Calixto

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2015, 06:53:48 AM »


They're going through and firing all the directors.




Good thing? Probably.


ngreth?
Directors:
Brasse -Community
Smokejumper (dave georgeson) - EverQuest franchise


EverQuest confirms:
Lyndro (lore for EQ1 & EQ2)
Ngreth (re-fired again)
Ryan Barker (lead designer)
Chandrok (itemization)

EverQuest2:
Gnorbin (artist for EQ1 too)
Afista
Endymion


EQN/EQNLM:
Jeff Butler (Creative Director)
Moorgard (Creative director of lore)
felgon (Associate producer)


Planetside 2:
David Carey (producer)
Katharine Anderson ( build master)
Xander Clauss (dev)
Taylor Dowell (associate dev)


Community:
Ashlanne
Amnerys
Hats

solid info. I flamed at least 5 of those people on the old eqlive.

Sottovoce

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2015, 08:45:59 PM »
They actually fired all of those people? Awesome.

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2015, 09:03:36 PM »
They actually fired all of those people? Awesome.
Those are the ones that I've seen confirmed, yes.

Illa

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2015, 05:56:40 AM »

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2015, 12:13:44 AM »

http://kotaku.com/big-layoffs-at-everquest-studio-today-1685243961
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As a former employee (previous to this round of layoffs; I departed a couple of years ago, after just shy of 12 years with V.I., SOE, and SOE LLC, seeing the company through several parent companies, like SCEA, SPE, and SCE), and having watched this happen no less than 3 times previously, anyone that didn't see this coming is blind.


I won't go into the internals, as I still respect a lot of people at the company, but this round of layoffs are comprised of people that dodged the bullet many, many times over, due to understanding and manipulating how the company politics worked, and if they had any common sense at all, knew this was coming for a long time, but definitely knew when the purchase was made internal knowledge.


There was a lot of bloat that continued to carry over each time a rift, or layoff, happened, and in some cases, those that actually cared about their employees left by their own choice so that rather than scraping the lower paid people off the list, the lower paid folks could keep their jobs.


Fact is, a lot of what you have seen resulted from poor management decisions by people who should have been managed out of their positions a long time ago.


I'll be honest. I am not confident that Daybreak Games is long for this world, but for the sake of the people I still respect that work there (and to all my brothers and sisters who were let go, I wish you the best), I hope beyond all hope, that all the blood, sweat, and tears that were put into the titles we shipped over the years amounts to something that will stick around for a long time to come.
Random guy comment from above link. No clue how accurate, but it sounds legit.

Illa

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2015, 01:30:07 AM »
https://twitter.com/ThomTerrazas/with_replies

Thom is gone, too.

I would have liked to see Rytan stay. Easily trade him for someone who didn't get fired.

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2015, 01:51:38 AM »
https://twitter.com/ThomTerrazas/with_replies

Thom is gone, too.

I would have liked to see Rytan stay. Easily trade him for someone who didn't get fired.
I liked wishing Thom a merry Christmas every year and having him ignore me.

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2015, 01:56:34 AM »
Higby just quit.


Planetside2 = fucked.

Sottovoce

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2015, 02:02:24 AM »
is there a thread i can watch aside from this one that keeps me up-to-date on the people leaving the EQ team

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2015, 02:07:02 AM »
Higby just quit.


Planetside2 = fucked.


Planetside2's head coder just quit too,
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It was a very difficult decision to make, but it feels like the right thing to do and the right time to do it. After around fifteen years of helping make games for the same company, I finally took something from work... some cardboard boxes full of my stuff.

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2015, 02:15:36 AM »
is there a thread i can watch aside from this one that keeps me up-to-date on the people leaving the EQ team
Jansan = axed (Tradeskills dev)

Illa

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2015, 03:07:00 AM »
is there a thread i can watch aside from this one that keeps me up-to-date on the people leaving the EQ team
reddit, rerolled, twitter, linkdin, facebook, and fan sites for each of the games.

I can't find anything on chandrok, jason leo keeps himself well hidden.

Shang

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Re: soe is sold!?!?!?!?!
« Reply #29 on: February 14, 2015, 03:32:30 AM »
is there a thread i can watch aside from this one that keeps me up-to-date on the people leaving the EQ team
reddit, rerolled, twitter, linkdin, facebook, and fan sites for each of the games.

I can't find anything on chandrok, jason leo keeps himself well hidden.
https://www.facebook.com/jason.leo.142?fref=ts


...you're fucking terrible.

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