In the last interview I read, Posi said that they have over 50 employees now and were getting ready to take a new company pic. I haven't seen the new pic yet.
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So how many people do we have working in Paragon Studios now? I saw a picture of what looked like 20 people or so, but I was just wondering how many developers and staffers we have in that same office! Is there a list somewhere that names all the active employees?
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If memory serves, they're at around 50 right now. Don't ask for a quote because I can't give you one. All I know is that it was mentioned somewhere by some redname around the anniversary.
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
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Yeah, I was trying to find where I read the 50 employees thing, but I can't find it...I seem to recall it being a forum post somewhere...but ah well. Or maybe it was a massively.com interview.
I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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Paragon Studios (the division of NCSoft that develops that game) has over 50 employees. This is not counting GMs, administrators or sales and advertising execs at the NCSoft corporate offices.
Paragon Studios employees all work in the same building in North California. I don't know if it qualifies as a cubical farm though. I haven't personally seen the interior of the building.
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
It's ALWAYS a cubicle farm..... where you often see people Prairie Dogging....
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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For reference, I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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That picture was taken just a few weeks ago. There might be a few new faces not shown there, but that's a pretty good representation of the people who are here now, at Paragon Studios, in Mountain View, in the same building, in the same 'cubicle farm', working on this game and not any other game.
As others have pointed out, that doesn't reflect the various GMs, tech support people, Customer support, NCSoft West biz peeps, etc etc.
Hopefully, that's clear enough. 
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Thanks for the answer by the way.
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In the last interview I read, Posi said that they have over 50 employees now and were getting ready to take a new company pic. I haven't seen the new pic yet.
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They also still have 12 openings.
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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For reference, I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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That picture was taken just a few weeks ago. There might be a few new faces not shown there, but that's a pretty good representation of the people who are here now, at Paragon Studios, in Mountain View, in the same building, in the same 'cubicle farm', working on this game and not any other game.
As others have pointed out, that doesn't reflect the various GMs, tech support people, Customer support, NCSoft West biz peeps, etc etc.
Hopefully, that's clear enough.
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This (long) quote seems appropriate:
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Dilios: And so my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives. Not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
[takes his spear from a soldier]
Dilios: Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes's hordes face obliteration!
Spartan Army: HA-OOH!
Dilios: Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred. Yet they stare now across the plain at *ten thousand* Spartans commanding thirty thousand free Greeks! HA-OOH!
Spartan Army: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
Dilios: The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one, good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine.
[puts on his helmet]
Dilios: Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!
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"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
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For reference, I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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That picture was taken just a few weeks ago. There might be a few new faces not shown there, but that's a pretty good representation of the people who are here now, at Paragon Studios, in Mountain View, in the same building, in the same 'cubicle farm', working on this game and not any other game.
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Wow, I think there's no doubt now that this game really does have a future.
After getting the Mission Architect last month, the I5 announcement, and then the Going Rogue announcement last night, I was thinking about how awesome the game would be right now if NCSoft had bought CoH right after Issue 7. Not that I'm not really happy with it as we speak, but the future is exciting.
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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For reference, I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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That picture was taken just a few weeks ago. There might be a few new faces not shown there, but that's a pretty good representation of the people who are here now, at Paragon Studios, in Mountain View, in the same building, in the same 'cubicle farm', working on this game and not any other game.
As others have pointed out, that doesn't reflect the various GMs, tech support people, Customer support, NCSoft West biz peeps, etc etc.
Hopefully, that's clear enough.
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yeah but none of those people are IMPORTANT
we all know who we what to know about
Who gets the Krispy Kreems each morning.
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That's _certainly_ more than fifteen people.
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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Try as I might, I can't come up with anything but 46 each time I count.
I guess we need to get an enlarged image and create an outline image so we can number each of the faces. Then we can post names of the identified people with the number.
As for the Krispy Kreme question someone asked, I think I know who gets them in the morning, but I don't think the donuts last long enough to get inside the building.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Try as I might, I can't come up with anything but 46 each time I count.
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The cameraman perhaps.
Edit: Actually is there a person behind the red shirted guy on the left? That would take my count to 47.
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Try as I might, I can't come up with anything but 46 each time I count.
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The cameraman perhaps.
Edit: Actually is there a person behind the red shirted guy on the left? That would take my count to 47.
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I begin to think there "IS" a person there who only wanted their hands showing and ducked down.
Either that or someone performed a mule kick and we are seeing the results.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Try as I might, I can't come up with anything but 46 each time I count.
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The cameraman perhaps.
Edit: Actually is there a person behind the red shirted guy on the left? That would take my count to 47.
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I begin to think there "IS" a person there who only wanted their hands showing and ducked down.
Either that or someone performed a mule kick and we are seeing the results.
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Yes... I think I see, to the left of the red-shirted person, just above where the hair hits the shoulder, is part of a forehead...
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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For reference, I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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That picture was taken just a few weeks ago. There might be a few new faces not shown there, but that's a pretty good representation of the people who are here now, at Paragon Studios, in Mountain View, in the same building, in the same 'cubicle farm', working on this game and not any other game.
As others have pointed out, that doesn't reflect the various GMs, tech support people, Customer support, NCSoft West biz peeps, etc etc.
Hopefully, that's clear enough.
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yeah but none of those people are IMPORTANT
we all know who we what to know about
Who gets the Krispy Kreems each morning.
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krispy Kreemes. The one thing that might make me give up H&D Cheesecake.
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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Personally i think it's great they hired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I'm sure the COMPANY has 50 employees, but how many of them actually work in the same cubicle farm alongside Positron, War Witch & Co.?
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I count 47 people in this picture, which is now outdated.
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Personally i think it's great they hired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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So THAT'S what he's doing now...
But... I thought he was an airline pilot?
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Oku No Te - lvl 50 MA/SR Scrapper
Borg Master - lvl 24 Bots/traps MM
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Champion
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Try as I might, I can't come up with anything but 46 each time I count.
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The cameraman perhaps.
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The cameraman actually is another dev who opted to remain anonymous and unseen. So there's another +1
So how many people do we have working in Paragon Studios now? I saw a picture of what looked like 20 people or so, but I was just wondering how many developers and staffers we have in that same office! Is there a list somewhere that names all the active employees?