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Bad news at SOE/Daybreak

hravikhravik Member Posts: 1,203 Arc User
edited February 2015 in Ten Forward
My condolences to Dave Georgeson, formerly of SOE.

Some may know that SOE was recently bought out, and today Dave, among others was laid off. Dave had a big contribution to my early MMO years and my hopes for EQN have dimmed with the loss of him guiding the vision of the game forward.
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  • aedayaeday Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    God damnit, I knew my Spidey Senses were tingling more than usual when the takeover was announced. :(
    "I'm a science officer. It's my job to have a better idea."
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    That's unfortunate. I'm sure given his experience and portfolio he should have little issue getting work elsewhere in the area.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    with SOE in effect gone, i wonder where that leaves a number of the mmo projects and current games like planetside 2 in all of this. they may have to announce their plans fairly soon so the playerbase to these games dont start asking what is going on. this also means that columus north will have to make a few choices in what direction they will take for their newest chaotic acquisition. wonder if one of those goals would be better customer service?:P


    ... ahh who am i kidding?!! customer service in the mmo industry is a myth.
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  • steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited February 2015
    I understand acquisition and the need to clean house to make a profit, but removing the guy whose interactions with the public fuel your next big thing, and quite possibly the next big step in MMOs...that's just insane. That'd be like KFC getting rid of Colonel Sanders. With such cuts, I'm worried for EQN, whose portfolio of changes to the MMO concept I've been following with great interest.

    I wonder if these new top dogs are related to the CEO who took over the company where I founded my IT career. The first month, he literally just pointed fingers and announced that person was gone. The bonehead wiped out the entire marketing department for the billion dollar company, and a month later said "oops", then had to rebuild a marketing department from scratch. It is a wonder the company survived him.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    mirrorchaos wrote: »
    with SOE in effect gone, i wonder where that leaves a number of the mmo projects and current games like planetside 2 in all of this. they may have to announce their plans fairly soon so the playerbase to these games dont start asking what is going on. this also means that columus north will have to make a few choices in what direction they will take for their newest chaotic acquisition. wonder if one of those goals would be better customer service?:P


    ... ahh who am i kidding?!! customer service in the mmo industry is a myth.
    I'm guessing Vaporware.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    markhawkman wrote: »
    I'm guessing Vaporware.

    mmm.. indeed.

    frankly, dont know what an investment group wants with a computer games group for. its not the first time an investment group has done such a thing, but something so alive like mmo's.. and then killing off new projects on their way up. all creibility goes into the toilet and their acquistion isnt worth a paper weight to the value they bought it for.

    was thinking if they split the games up by selling the various games off to other interested parties and that leaves the games group itself and a whole load of money after all that other stuff? perhaps too simple thinking, but it is a passing thought as well.
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  • saihung423saihung423 Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Did not know this. Sucks.

    I wish him and the others the best in their next adventure.
  • hravikhravik Member Posts: 1,203 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The unofficial list thus far (in no particular order):
    Dave "Smokejumper" Georgeson (Director of Development for the EverQuest brand, @DaveGeorgeson)
    Jeff Butler (Creative Director for the EverQuest brand, @JButlerDaybreak)
    Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Community Manager, @Brasse)
    Akil “Lyndro” Hooper (Everquest II developer, @akilh)
    Aaron “Gnobrin” Bisnett (Weapon and Armor designer for 12 years, @Gnobrin)
    Douglas “Endymion” VanDerveer (Everquest II game designer, @douglastweets)
    Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske (Community Relations Project Manager, @Ashlanne)
    Eric "Felgon" Smith (Associate Producer for EverQuest Next and Landmark, @F4Felgon)
    Steve "Moorgard" Danuser (Lead Content Designer and Head of Story, @Moorgard)
    Tiffany "Amnerys" Spence (Social Media, @JustTiffy)
    Kyle "Hats" Manchester (Community Manager, @Hats)
    Racheal "Afista" McKenny ( Everquest II community Manager, @Afista)
    Noah Watkins (Graphic designer, @noahwatkins)
    Kelduum Revaan (Programmer for H1Z1, @Kelduum)
    Katharine Anderson (Build master for PlanetSide 2, @katharinelilly)
    Xander Clauss (Base designer for PlanetSide 2, @XanderClauss)
    Taylor Dowell (Systems designer for PlanetSide 2, @Tayradactyl)
    David Carey (Systems designer for PlanetSide 2, @dcarey7761)
    Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske (Community Relations Project Manager, @Ashlanne)
    Michael “Xelgad” Ganz (Systems designer for EQII, @Xelgad)
    Jeffrey Bard (Everquest II development)
    Possibly all contracted employees - Not confirmed
  • saihung423saihung423 Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Holy TRIBBLE.

    There are a lot of familiar names there that have been around, seemingly, forever.
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