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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
I knew you were the one responsible for the hurricane here! Knew it!


 

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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Which is what makes you a great Lead. I'm not being facetious. One of the qualifications for the position is a very thick skin--realizing that at any given moment, half of the user base (if you're lucky it's only that many) is going to be calling for your head on a platter, yet still you get up every morning because you know that what you're doing is cool.

There's a huge difference between listening to the user base and being paralyzed trying to make everyone happy. I've always thought you guys do a good job at keeping things cool and moving.

But then, what do I know? I'm a dev suck-up.


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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Are you to blame for the Nekos?!?!


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Part of it is because new zones are easier. You do realized were were people upset to lose the old Faultline, right? It had some very unique visuals in it.
There's a big difference between 'revamping a whole zone visually' and 'Putting some damn content in a ghost-town', y'know?


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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Hey, you had plenty of time to hit someone else with the blame stick, rather than simply come up with marketing replies at the EU server Dev-Chat in PD a while back!


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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
QFMFT (in Samuel L Jackson voice).

Honestly as TonyV stated no lead dev is perfect and pulls in aggro from at least half (if luck, usually a lot more) the fan base from time to time.

Even our old "friend" (LOL) Jack pulled his share for stuff that rightly fully wasn't in his control.

(though some of it rightly fully was damnit. )


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Which is what makes you a great Lead. I'm not being facetious. One of the qualifications for the position is a very thick skin--realizing that at any given moment, half of the user base (if you're lucky it's only that many) is going to be calling for your head on a platter, yet still you get up every morning because you know that what you're doing is cool.

There's a huge difference between listening to the user base and being paralyzed trying to make everyone happy. I've always thought you guys do a good job at keeping things cool and moving.

But then, what do I know? I'm a dev suck-up.
^ This, agreed 100%

Doesn't mean I'll agree with all the decisions, though
Ascension armour locking is still stupid! As is gating the Celestial stuff! Boo!


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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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Which is what makes you a great Lead. I'm not being facetious. One of the qualifications for the position is a very thick skin--realizing that at any given moment, half of the user base (if you're lucky it's only that many) is going to be calling for your head on a platter, yet still you get up every morning because you know that what you're doing is cool.

There's a huge difference between listening to the user base and being paralyzed trying to make everyone happy. I've always thought you guys do a good job at keeping things cool and moving.

But then, what do I know? I'm a dev suck-up.
lol as for the bolded, you, myself, Arcanville, Bill and multiple others have been called dev sucks ups and angry dev haters so many times I think the terms no longer mean jack ****.


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lol as for the bolded, you, myself, Arcanville, Bill and multiple others have been called dev sucks ups and angry dev haters so many times I think the terms no longer mean jack ****.

Apparently I'm a Dev Apologist too.

Apparently some people haven't read my canned rage on the Art threads or on design choices to do with costume and the iTrials


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I'd like to add that being the "Lead" anything does not mean you are ultimately responsible for making the final call on projects. I am the graphic design lead in my company, but I'm still at the mercy of the Marketing Department. If they want something added, it's added. If they want something out, it's out.


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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
This is one of those situations where the feces rolls uphill. And you're up there at the pinnacle baby! Hope that armor came with a pair of optional galoshes!



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Are you to blame for the Nekos?!?!
Worse. He's actually to blame for... (shudder)... Jar-Jar Binks.


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Worse. He's actually to blame for... (shudder)... Jar-Jar Binks.


Don't I know you???

 

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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
So it's your fault that that the Freaks and the Warriors on the Talos Island streets are still out of balance after all these years?


 

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My gift to Positron:


Now fix those Warrior-Freak spawns!


 

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Hey, as long as that isn't sarcasm or butthurt then I'm impressed with the Take Responsibility and Deal With It attitude. Look at the recent scandal with Rupert Murdoch and his attempts to slough off the blame. Generally, if The Daily Show would take you to task for doing something, you might be in the wrong. (generally!)

Kudos!


 

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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Ah, but if only we could get leads to accept blame for actual mistakes, and to, say... follow through with promises to revisit ideas that didn't work... that would be progress. Whattaya say, big guy?


 

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Apparently I'm a Dev Apologist too.

Apparently some people haven't read my canned rage on the Art threads or on design choices to do with costume and the iTrials
Are you a forum apologist as well?


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Apparently I'm a Dev Apologist too.

Apparently some people haven't read my canned rage on the Art threads or on design choices to do with costume and the iTrials
/spits coffee on the screen, wha? compared to who, venture?


 

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Wait, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen War Witch and Melissa Bianco in the same room together! Say, you don't suppose... Nah, who am I kidding? That's just crazy talk.
Look this way citizen...





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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
All arrows fire upwards...

But so do pay scales!


Gotta remember when you're the boss your name becomes a synonym for the entire organisation. When people say "boo, Posi!" they mean "boo, Paragon!".

Except the ones saying "boo, urns!"


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yeah but jack caved too much over on CO. Listened too much to players. Glad CoH didn't have this issue. can't please everyone, if you try to your game will suffer.


 

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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Three years ago, I woulda taken this for black humor and excessive cynicism.

Since then, I've become a tech lead on one small part of a project, and found that it is in fact exactly correct.

You guys make a great game. Remember, if your game sucked, no one would be complaining about it; they are so furious in their complaints because they love the game, and it upsets them when it's not Even More Amazing.


 

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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
Its your fault you don't have a bigger sphere of control. You think we pay you fifteen bucks a month to meekly sit there and obey the rules of game design, balance, arithmetic, gravity?


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