New Planetside Producer and Design Lead

Strygun · 2004-09-07, 09:21 PM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=996

Rbstr · 2004-09-07, 09:25 PM

omg

FearTheAtlas · 2004-09-07, 09:27 PM

...who is this again?

Warborn · 2004-09-07, 09:34 PM

Wow, another upper echelon refitting. Wonder how long this one will last.

Also, isn't Lead Designer Smokejumper's job?

MadMerco · 2004-09-07, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by Warborn

Wow, another upper echelon refitting. Wonder how long this one will last.

Also, isn't Lead Designer Smokejumper's job?

thats what
I thought too. I hope smoke isn't moving on, planetside is his and I fear what might happen to it without his guidence. so is this guy replacing smoke and criticalmass?

Indecisive · 2004-09-07, 09:39 PM

wtf

Hayoo · 2004-09-07, 09:49 PM

Hopped onto the Stratics chat and saw that.

I are confoozed.

EarlyDawn · 2004-09-07, 10:26 PM

Yeah, defenitely worried now. This is producer 5? Plus we've lost Smokejumper. I'm questioning the game's future.

MadMerco · 2004-09-07, 10:34 PM

we don't know if we have lost Smoke, everything is just speculation until we get an official responce on his fate, either way I'm sure this is curtains for criticalmass.

Warborn · 2004-09-07, 10:44 PM

Well, looks like Smokejumper isn't the Lead Designer anymore. This guy is.

Based on the guy's letter, he does sound similar to an actual PS player, though. I hope his vision for the game is good enough to let him keep his job for a few months, at least.

ORANGE · 2004-09-07, 10:49 PM

I'd like to see what these guys have to do to get hired (what projects they worked on and such) I mean I see no reason they hired this guy over say someone like hayoo where we have seen his work and know it's cool, after all I'm the one paying SOE my 13 bucks a month, my little rant I know the higher ups have their reasons I'd just wish they would let us know what they were other than this guy has a bazillion and one br20 characters

Warborn · 2004-09-07, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Paintballboy

I'd like to see what these guys have to do to get hired (what projects they worked on and such) I mean I see no reason they hired this guy over say someone like hayoo where we have seen his work and know it's cool, after all I'm the one paying SOE my 13 bucks a month, my little rant I know the higher ups have their reasons I'd just wish they would let us know what they were other than this guy has a bazillion and one br20 characters

What they do is work at SOE and elsewhere for a significant period of time and get the experience required to advance to such a lofty position. Experience is the most important thing. No offense to Hayoo, but if he hasn't been a head figure in a commercial game's development previously, regardless of the potential some of his ideas may have on paper, there's no way they'd hire him to have this guy's job.