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Good for him. I'm honestly very glad if that's the case. Hopefully the other 8 will find work just as fast.
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Maybe CO will finally get some nice looking animations? That's always been one of its major problems for me
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His Linkedin profile now says he's back at Cryptic
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The traitor wasn't Manticore afterall...j/k still got love for ya BaB's
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The way people act as if marketing is the root of all evil around here is really starting to anger me. (Especially when it's portrayed as some sort of cyberpunk "cools vs. suits" thing where we free-spirited geeks are all united against the evil minions of The Corp, but that's a different rant.) What, do you expect a marketing department to constantly trash and badmouth its own game? Quite aside from that, I'm not sure what, if anything, marketing has to do with this whole situation; this is a personnel matter, not a game matter.|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Even if BaBs was offered a bigger and better position elsewhere with a huge pay-raise, it's still a tremendous loss for all of us.
And as much as I love Mod8, the fact that he's forced to muppet out Marketing's canned party response is salt in the wound. |
Also, I agree with the rest of the quoted post, and best of luck to Mr. Bruce in his continuing adventures.
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((EDIT: his Linkedin profie changed after I typed this up, my theroy below is outdated, and debunked, continue on, nothing to see here)
After reading over this thread, looking at Mr. Bruce's linkedin profile, this is what i thinked happend:
he started to pull himself away from the community around the time Cryptic launched STO, since then, he's locked his PMs, closted Twitter, and has been seen less and less.
so, I assume that when Cryptic launched STO, they either gave Mr. Bruce an offer, or Mr. Bruce gave them an offer.
However, since GR was still in the works, Mr. Bruce was more than likley obligated to Paragon stuidos until GR was completed, the temp staff that was hired to get GR out the door was more than likly obligated to stay until GR was green.
Since I19 was announched, this is a good sign that GR has had most of its post launch polishing done. so, the staff that was temped to get GR out, are no longer needed. And with that, Mr. Bruce's obligation to see GR through and through is also complete.
So, I19, announced, Mr. Bruce either took up an offer with Cryptic.
as i said,the reason I assume this, is because he started to pull himself away from the community after Cryptic launched STO, and the incredible timing of this news after I19 was announced.
Just my thoughts, If he was indeed laid off, let go, or left, I hope him the best, and hope his LinkedIn profile is legit in saying he is with Cryptic now, afterall, being without a job is more depressing...
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Hang on, an update - it seems that the info on his Linkedin profile might actually be referring to his time at CoH when it was still run by Cryptic - so we may have to drop the treason charges.
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Hang on, an update - it seems that the info on his Linkedin profile might actually be referring to his time at CoH when it was still run by Cryptic - so we may have to drop the treason charges.
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oh, yep, that changed since my post, so, that debunks my theory
*Quietly shuffles legal paperwork into a drawer* Red tape sure is messy aint it.
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Aand now it says he's looking for work. "Artist/Animator in the Game Industry (Currently Seeking Employment)"
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Hang on, an update - it seems that the info on his Linkedin profile might actually be referring to his time at CoH when it was still run by Cryptic - so we may have to drop the treason charges.
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Aww, I'd hoped he'd been picked up right away - I don't really have anything against Cryptic - after all, they did manage to make one totally awesome game
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I'm starting to think this is BAB's way of having fun with this fairly rampant rumor.|
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Aand now it says he's looking for work. "Artist/Animator in the Game Industry (Currently Seeking Employment)"
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I gotta apologize but is there hard empirical evidence to confirm or deny he's left/got canned.
Personally, I hope not since his animation work is A LOT better than the stuff I've seen whoever was responsible for DP and Kin-melee is concerned. (At least with Kin-melee's tier nine... it's just so... disappointing.)
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Pretty quick update he made -- guess he's watching how we eulogize him. Best of luck BaBs, I'll write you a recommendation ( ' :
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Hang on, an update - it seems that the info on his Linkedin profile might actually be referring to his time at CoH when it was still run by Cryptic - so we may have to drop the treason charges.
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Yes - from Mods and devs |
Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
I gotta apologize but is there hard empirical evidence to confirm or deny he's left/got canned.
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Yes.|
Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
I gotta apologize but is there hard empirical evidence to confirm or deny he's left/got canned.
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Also, there is hard evidence that he is not working at Cryptic. That rumor started from an outdated bit of information floating around on a certain website.
There were a few undercover devs at the memorial service this evening too
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Also, this is completely unrelated, but I was going through linkedin profiles for other devs and I noticed that Hero 1 says he's working on at on an unannounced MMO at Paragon Studios. Seems odd since I figured the studio would just work on CoH given the name.
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Originally Posted by Apocalypse86
Also, this is completely unrelated, but I was going through linkedin profiles for other devs and I noticed that Hero 1 says he's working on at on an unannounced MMO at Paragon Studios. Seems odd since I figured the studio would just work on CoH given the name.
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For some reason, I now have a long long forgotten melody running through my head and I need some help IDing the original.
In my head it's a song but the words are replaced with
We love you Brawler... oh yes we do.
We love you Brawler... your always true.
When your not with us we're blue
Oh Brawler we love you.
Now, what on Earth is that from? I know I didn't make it up as I have a melody to go with it.
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Pretty quick update he made -- guess he's watching how we eulogize him. Best of luck BaBs, I'll write you a recommendation ( ' :
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Yes - from Mods and devs
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I think BaBs knows we're watching. As of right now, his profile reads:
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I think BaBs knows we're watching. As of right now, his profile reads:
"Astronaut/Test Pilot/Firefighter, International Spy/Male Model/CEO of Fortune 500 Company (Currently seeking employment)" |
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Would you accept "Marcian wouldn't host a party in his honor if he didn't know for 100% sure?"
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Well, I mean beside's Ocho's somewhat vague comments.
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Well, I mean beside's Ocho's somewhat vague comments.
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Of course, they RiFed him after discovering he wasn't an ambi-turner, or that he was programmed to assassinate the prime minister or Malaysia.
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I think BaBs knows we're watching. As of right now, his profile reads:Astronaut/Test Pilot/Firefighter, International Spy/Male Model/CEO of Fortune 500 Company (Currently seeking employment)
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@Texarkana
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I know I was one of less than a hundred to be present for it.
I will say though, that those runs of testing (and breaking) the new Hami with him and Castle and Ghost Widow there at different times will always be some of my best memories of the game.
We were giving feedback there and in the forums and it really felt like what we were saying mattered.
I still kinda wish they'd listened to us when we talked about cutting the 4 waves of mitos to 3, or replacing one of them with Mito buds, but so be it.
/em salute Godspeed Mr. Bruce
I'll miss you, BAB.
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