It's the first sign of the CoH apocalypse, Doom! Doom! I say 
However if BaBs was actually layed off it is a big bummer. Hopefully he'll land on his feet and maybe become apart of another MMO or game projects.
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Originally Posted by theOcho
Its our policy not to comment on personnel issues but rest assured that we remain as dedicated as ever to the future of the City of Heroes franchise.
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Bugger, damn shame to lose good people, especially the popular ones like BABS!
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I'm sad =[. Wish you well BaBs!!
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Great. The Marketing Empire got TheOcho's brain as well. He's been replaed with a Marketing Drone V3 Commodore...|
Originally Posted by theOcho
It’s our policy not to comment on personnel issues but rest assured that we remain as dedicated as ever to the future of the City of Heroes franchise.
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I'm not believeing it till it's actually spelled out confirmed, frankly. The rumour mill is very often so much junk.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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There's a difference between a rumor mill and The Ocho being in the same building as BAB is/was |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Great. The Marketing Empire got TheOcho's brain as well. He's been replaed with a Marketing Drone V3 Commodore...
I'm not believeing it till it's actually spelled out confirmed, frankly. The rumour mill is very often so much junk. |
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Wonder if he'll play the game as a "new player" 
*waits for a new forum member to join sounding just like him*
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Bummer. Like GG said, that's a "yes". |
Originally Posted by theOcho
Its our policy not to comment on personnel issues but rest assured that we remain as dedicated as ever to the future of the City of Heroes franchise.
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BaB coming on and posting, "No, I'm still here," would have been the response otherwise. Good luck, Bab.
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At risk of eulogizing the still living:
I recall that BABs was credited as singlehandedly advocating and doing much of the heavy lifting to get the current power customization implemented. This definitely extended the life of this game for me by several years and has provided countless moments of giddy glee as I customize each and every of my characters now.
If he is gone, he will be missed and fondly remembered.
If he's still with us... meh, ignore all the dripping sap two paragraphs up.
He's a very talented animatior, so I don't think he'll be short of offers for a new job.
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Not really - the completion of a big project is a pretty typical time to lay people off. If they beefed up the team to handle Going Rogue, then they probably have people they don't need now.
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Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Doesn't really bode well if true though, having just released an expansion and they're already having layoffs, though this might be the case of 'geared up for the expansion a little too much' and took on too many people, though it would be rare for someone so well established as BaB to be let go who knows all the ins and outs of the engine compared to a recent hire.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
He's a very talented animatior, so I don't think he'll be short of offers for a new job.
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and hugely popular on the forums by many players which will always go down well as being a vocal member of a dev team.
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They went back to the size they were a year ago.
With GR now out, I can see that they might not need so many environmental and conceptual artists.
Also, there were a lot of 'producer' hires, which left me scratching my head wondering what they all do -- which may be more ignorance on my part for what production actually does than that they might have been a bit too production heavy. So, some of the lay offs might have been production.
Also, quite a few hires in the past year weren't permanent jobs... said so in the help wanted description.
So... no doom.
Oh, and BAB has been logging in and out of the forums the past few nights... and he still has a red name.
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So? That marketing spiel is as clear as glue covered treacle in a china bowel hidden in a smog. It could mean a hundred and one things, wrapped up in words that got devoured and butchered by 'Marketing Speak', which we all know is evil.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
There's a difference between a rumor mill and The Ocho being in the same building as BAB is/was
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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It's a shame. Whoever's been doing the animations lately doesn't have the chops that Babs has. The bulk of the party pack in particular is outright jerky, which for a paid booster isn't really up to snuff, and I have to believe if it was Babs that had done it, it'd be of a higher quality.
Hopefully the new animation people can sharpen their skills a bit and new animations are of a finer quality. Babs will most certainly be missed.
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I hope that it is not true about BA (Chris). If so, I hope you land somewhere fun guy. Did you ever get that missing Hub-cap replaced?
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had me scratching my head before. Now, not so much.
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We're really excited about all the new powers choices. Our crack animator Colin Brown took a look at players' most popular requests and created alternate 'flavors' for many of them, focusing on alternate points of origin and entirely different poses. Again, really excited to get these in your hands.
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Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
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That's what i said in the other thread - it's a normal part of the development process.|
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Not really - the completion of a big project is a pretty typical time to lay people off. If they beefed up the team to handle Going Rogue, then they probably have people they don't need now.
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For example, GR would have required an above average number of people to work on the zones - but as it's unlikely we'll be getting 4-6 new zones per Issue, a lot of the people who were working on the 4-6 Praetorian zones would be at a loose end.
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It's pretty clear what "no comment" means in this situation |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
So? That marketing spiel is as clear as glue covered treacle in a china bowel hidden in a smog. It could mean a hundred and one things, wrapped up in words that got devoured and butchered by 'Marketing Speak', which we all know is evil.
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For what it's worth, his twitter's gone.
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Really? I must need new optics, then, because that 'no comment' is exactly that; it makes no point whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's pretty clear what "no comment" means in this situation
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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i totally get that. but in the past, if someone was no longer with the company, it was confimed without details. Im sure thats all what we are looking for: confirmation.|
Originally Posted by theOcho
Its our policy not to comment on personnel issues but rest assured that we remain as dedicated as ever to the future of the City of Heroes franchise.
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Sure, us gossip queens would love to know the details, but per the policy you dont-and thats fine.
Confirmation please?
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"No comment" = "yes" since like forever - it's a way of saying "yes" without actually saying "yes" |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Really? I must need new optics, then, because that 'no comment' is exactly that; it makes no point whatsoever.
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Uh oh.