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Meet Our New EP, Andre Emerson!

ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael
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Longtime STO Executive Producer, Stephen Ricossa, is moving to another part of Cryptic Studios. Join us in wishing him well.

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10960983-it's-been-a-long-road...

And please join us in welcoming our new Executive Producer, Andre Emerson!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10960993-meet-our-new-executive-producer!
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  • tasshenatasshena Member Posts: 542 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    A change in executive producers? Wow, better batten down and brace for all of the 'DOOM' threads to start! ;)

    Seriously though, welcome aboard. Don't let the forum posts get you down too much. ^_^

    ... Unless you're just a 'yes' man to get the Discovery expansion pushed in, in that case you're not welcome at all.

    Expansion for a paywalled show that a large part of the fandom doesn't like? Yeah, that's a backwards move.​​
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  • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
    Welcome aboard :)

    Just remember, don't overfeed the tribbles. They tend to gum up the game servers.... ;)
  • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
    Hmm, link to Stephen Ricossa only goes to a page, and the 'Discuss on the Forums' button just leads to the main page of the forums....

    To make due, thank you, Mr. Ricossa for your time on STO! Bon Voyage! :smiley:
  • daiphdaiph Member Posts: 149 Arc User
    With Andre's appointment, and given his history with run and gun shooter styled games (Dead to Rights, Wet...), does this mean we'll FINALLY get some reworked hitboxes that actually select properly when you click on them and perhaps some properly workable ground UI?
    What everyone buying Zen are really saying while all these bugs are still floating freely:
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    Stop new content until quality returns
  • shadowfirefly00shadowfirefly00 Member Posts: 1,026 Arc User
    Yes; thank you, and welcome aboard, as appropriate. I for one hope Mr. Emerson's time in the center chair also brings a greater focus on finding and resolving long-standing bugs - new and shiny furniture and decorations are all well and good, but if they come at the expense of maintaining foundations and load-bearing elements... that won't end well.
  • totenmettotenmet Member Posts: 592 Arc User
    Cool Andre Emerson has friendly eyes. Looks like a real nice and friendly person. I which him lots of succes and even more fun in his endeavor.

    Hopefully I now finaly get the Geordi Boff that was promised to me on the German Startrek Convention last time, but which I never got. Even not after several PMs to the community manager(s).
  • salvation4salvation4 Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    We are the STO community..You have been assimilated into STO..You will not overfeed the Tribbles and clog up the unimatrix...Resistance is futile...

    Welcome aboard..Join us crazy fun people we have here on Risa!!
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    Dubsa-RRW Mnaudh (LVL 50 FED allied ROM Delta ENG) Warbird (May 2018)
    Marop-IKS Orunthi (LVL 50 KNG Delta ENG) BoP (May 2018)
    Kanak'lan-TRIBBLE (LVL 65 DOM Gamma ENG) TRIBBLE (June 2018)
  • nalas#7377 nalas
    nalas#7377
         Member Posts: 1 New User
    Hopefully this guy can actually fix pvp instead of having it being broken even more.
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,963 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    Welcome aboard, Andre! Maybe you can finally figure out what the code is in the game, to carefully get out the coding errors and make the game more stable and optimized. As well as make the UI less crash inducing. Live long and prosper. God bless. :)
    Where there is a Will, there is a Way.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    Welcome aboard, feel free to stop by and say hi from time to time. :smile:

    I know the community can seem harsh at times, but I think you'll find that on the whole we're much easier when we feel like there is a dialogue.. a line of communication.

    I'm just saying, we're happy to have you and would love the chance to interact with you from time to time. Welcome to STO, we look forward to the great things you surely have planned for the future.

    Jolan Tru! :smile:
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  • tremblingbloomtremblingbloom Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    "high fidelity visuals to kick off … well, you’ll hear more about that later today."

    How can this be? For he IS the Kwisatz Haderach.
  • karistasogare#3038 karistasogare
    karistasogare#3038
         Member Posts: 18 Arc User
    as a comedian once saidm (paraphraseing) :'without intyeligence, nothing can be fixed'. that said I share your hopes for thinsg to get better, and welcome a new face to the process. but as an OLD gamer (40 years and counting) I have long realised that what I see as errors/bugs are what others see as 'good stuff' to be encouraged.
  • shadowfirefly00shadowfirefly00 Member Posts: 1,026 Arc User
    sthe91 wrote: »
    Welcome aboard, Andre! Maybe you can finally figure out what the code is in the game, to carefully get out the coding errors and make the game more stable and optimized.
    Or, more fittingly, get and retain people willing and able to do so... after all, to defeat the bug, one must know the bug.

    Additionally, more exhaustive testing of new content should be a norm, as is a willingness to delay things in order to make them right (for instance, it is my understanding that the issues with the Tzenkethi BZ were documented and reported by Tribble players well before its release, yet not only was it released in that state, but little if anything was done about it to this day)... and being forthcoming with the players about developments on these fronts.
  • bubblegirl2015bubblegirl2015 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    Goodbye Ricosa and thanks for re-inventing STO with the addition of console platform. This game was almost in life support when the console served to inject a huge number of fans into STO. This was certainly a true test for you and for what it's worth at least this MMO got some more new life. This was a huge accomplishment worth of the annals of former EPs come and gone. No matter what else came out you did give it a great shot. Thanks for that and bittersweet to see you go.

    Welcome new MR EP Andre and joined my fellow players by extending an open invitation to capture what makes this community so lively.
    I hope you do have as many visions for this game as Ricosa did but also the community interactions once in a while as other long gone EPs had and we do miss around. On a personal note I hope PvP is brought back, the box business plan redesigned (at least to make it account wide rather than bind on pick up) and invest in long term goals like console and C store options to make revenue. Pet tabs and R&D tabs are a great source of fast income and so are ships.

    Anyway, congratulations new MR EP.​​
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,222 Arc User
    First I want to say ... Steve it has been a pleasure having you on board. Good luck to all that awaits you. To Andre Welcome on board. LLAP \\//
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    This is the first time in Star Trek Online's eight-year run where we've had an opportunity to develop in lockstep with a live Star Trek Television show.

    You say that likes its a good thing. :/ 'Lockstep' is such a comforting word when used with a barely Trek show like TRIBBLE.

    Now I know you have little real control over this; CBS says "push our new Trek" and you have to do it.
    But if really "we're listening to you, our players" you'd put that 'more TRIBBLE' in STO in a poll for players to help decide how much TRIBBLE we want in STO. I would hazard a guess that most players of STO have not paid CBS for the 'honor' of seeing TRIBBLE behind their paywall.

    If TRIBBLE gets treated like the KT timeline (aka a few 'crossover' missions) then fine, imo. But if our Klingons start looking like TRIBBLE Klingons then we have a problem. TRIBBLE is not Prime timeline, and interaction with is should be minimal.

    BTW... Welcome to STO! Where all the bitching we give means we care! :D
    (Cause if we didn't care, we'd be somewhere else.) ;)
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • dragnridrdragnridr Member Posts: 671 Arc User
    Ya know, I'm gonna get lots of hate thrown at me, but if I remember correct, wasn't it Ricossa that said he didn't like the KDF, and he wanted only more Fed stuff? I really hope Andre can give this game a massive shot of adrenaline to bring the game back.

    Good luck Andre Emerson.......You'll need it.
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  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    Here's hoping the new exec will complete the process of porting the game to console by filling out the obvious gaps, tidying up the clunky controls and UI etc. Maybe even get rid of the lander until it actually serves a purpose.

    Feel free to slap the writers when they make missions lose context to the race or faction that's playing them.

    Poke away at the QA folk who are happy to let things slide because there's a deadline.

    Encourage proof reading of blogposts to ensure information given is appropriate to the platform the post is about.

    In short improve the existing game and people might be more willing to forgive the overly abrupt nature of the VIL "expansion" because CBS want you to shill TRIBBLE.
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    postagepaid wrote: »
    Poke away at the QA folk who are happy to let things slide because there's a deadline.

    I didn't know you could poke imaginary folk. >:)

    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    ambassadorkael#6946 wrote: »
    Longtime STO Executive Producer, Stephen Ricossa, is moving to another part of Cryptic Studios. Join us in wishing him well.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10960983-it's-been-a-long-road...
    Good Bye, Ricossa! So no more Star Trek Online for you? I hope whatever the new part of Cryptic Studios does, it's fun.
    And please join us in welcoming our new Executive Producer, Andre Emerson!

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10960993-meet-our-new-executive-producer!
    So, Andre is not from Cryptic originally? Interesting, will probably need some time to get used to how things work and all? Any previous projects and experiences that could be interesting to us?

    According to IMDB:
    Miscellaneous Crew (10 credits)
    2012 Family Guy Online (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2011 Karaoke Revolution: Glee Volume 3 (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2011 Aliens: Infestation (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2011 Karaoke Revolution: Glee Volume 2 (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2011 Rio (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2010 Karaoke Revolution: Glee (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2010 Prison Break: The Conspiracy (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2010 Aliens vs. Predator (Video Game) (vp of production)
    2010 Percy Jackson: Diebe im Olymp (vp of production)
    2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Video Game) (vp of production)
    Producer(7 credits)
    2012 Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Video Game) (executive producer - live segments)
    2009 Wet (Video Game) (executive producer)
    2009 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Video Game) (executive producer)
    2005 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Video Game) (executive producer)
    2005 Dead to Rights II (Video Game) (producer director)
    2002 Dead to Rights (Video Game) (producer)
    1999 Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Video Game) (producer)
    Director (2 credits)
    2005 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Video Game)
    2002 Dead to Rights (Video Game)
    Hide Hide Writer (2 credits)
    2005 Dead to Rights II (Video Game) (story)
    2002 Dead to Rights (Video Game) (story)
    Looks like it might not be quite up to date.

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  • szimszim Member Posts: 2,503 Arc User
    Welcome aboard! I hope this will open a new chapter of active player-studio interaction. So many forum fires could have been avoided if communication had been better.

    Good luck and Godspeed!
  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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         Member Posts: 5,051 Arc User
    Best of luck to both men.

    I look forward to seeing what these new gameplay features will be.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,565 Community Moderator
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    Looking forward to seeing what you bring to STO. And... you worked on Army Men: Sarge's Heroes? HOLY SHTAKO! I LOVED THAT GAME!
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  • irm1963irm1963 Member Posts: 682 Arc User
    Welcome and good luck.
  • tunebreakertunebreaker Member Posts: 1,222 Arc User
    Welcome and good luck at this tough position. Let's hope that the addition of new blood will finally show us some positive changes regarding game balance and crushing those pesky ancient bugs.
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  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    "The King is dead, long live the King!"

    Stephen Ricossa, you will be missed. Thanks for taking such good care of STO while you were here.

    Andre Emerson, welcome aboard.

    I have one question... How soon until we get a Tribble(eme) in the game? :)

    You can find/contact me in game as @PatricianVetinari. Playing STO since Feb 2010.
  • jcswwjcsww Member Posts: 6,822 Arc User
    Welcome aboard, Andre!

    Stephen had some tough shoes to fill but did live up to the title of EP. The only other EP that I feel was an asset to this game, was Dan Stahl. You did us proud, @salaminferno!
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