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Stradden 12/22/06 2:27:55 PM
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Have you ever wanted a chance to work on MMORPGs? Cryptic Studios is looking for new staff members. Managing Editor Jon Wood sits down with a number of Cryptic developers to talk about what they're hiring for, and who they would like to hire. Joining Jon for the interview are: Michael Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Jack Emmert, Chief Creative Officer, Bruce Rogers, Chief Technical Officer, Shayne Herrera, Art Director, Victor Wachter, Community Relations Manager, and Denise O'Laughlin, Senior Staffing Manager.
The full Q&A is here. |
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necrotherion 12/22/06 3:07:33 PM
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Joined: 12/08/06
"The Pope? How many divisions has he got?" - Joe Stalin |
1st! Muahaha!
Awesome interview, this is the first time I'm haering about Marvel Online. Call me ignorant, but STILL, sounds like it's going to be an awesome game :) |
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MrBook 12/22/06 3:24:19 PM
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I wonder if they need any help desk support. If so, I'm all in.
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bboyknockout 12/22/06 3:36:45 PM
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I'd like to work at Cryptic Studios. haha XD i wanna kno more about Marvel Online!
 i think its called Marvel Universe Online, theres a teaser trailer. it shows super heroes. i hope u dont pick a hero, i like making a hero MUCH MUCH MUCH more then just choosing one. but yea, looking forword to that! do i smell UI/HUD, animation, and graphical updates in CoH??? ooooh, if so, im excited! well, thanx for the info! |
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Techleo 12/22/06 3:55:49 PM
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Is it over yet... |
I highly doubt there will be a graphical update to CoH of any degree. Most likely the interview is speaking of developers for Marvel Online. THOUGH! Id love to be wrong
 I play CoH ALOT and to see it upgraded would make me cry tears of joy! 
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spookytooth 12/22/06 5:04:02 PM
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Joined: 7/25/03 |
hire me! I can get coffee and donuts!
But seriously where the hell are they getting all this cash to make all these new games? CoX has been good but I hadnt thought of it as an mmo money tree. Maybe microsoft owns their soul and is dumping truck loads of money on them. Thats almost as good as a money tree... |
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| ...lower your expectations or find a new pastime. -hanshotfirst |
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Techleo 12/22/06 5:25:05 PM
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Joined: 7/25/03
Is it over yet... |
They have a very loyal fanbase which bodes well for the permanence of there income. This taken into consideration would bode well for them getting loans. Not to mention if Marvel Comics is going to fund them for the mmorpg then they have plenty of money at hand.
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iller 12/22/06 5:49:12 PM
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This is nice and all... that they're actually willing to hire people who are fresh out of school or who lack those magical 5+ years and 3 or 4 titles 'under their belts' for these postiions.... But no where does it say that any of this is to actually expand or even maintain the CoH/CoV team which has clearly been understaffed ever since Issue-6. Infact evidence and admissions from the Devs themselves seems to indicate that Content Designers are being pulled away from Co(X) to work on these "secret projects". ...And that's also supported by their recent decision to make a planned Pay-for Expansion around the time of issue 9 -- free to subscribers instead, but with a greatly reduced list of planned-features for it.
This is just like when Blizzard told us they had 3 "Teams" all working hard on massive projects (D2- patch 1.09, Warcraft3, and then WoW) but when it really comes down to it, they're seperate and NOT equal by any stretch, and the products they claim to "continue to support" typically are expected to survive on a skelton crew, or whither away entirely.... so I don't buy it. Just sounds like the same old hype we've been hearing from every other Game Studio that's come and gone in the last decade. I look forward to playing their Next "secret" Project, even if it turns out to be just another damn Fantasy game, but it's time to face the fact that they're just leaving City of Heroes on Life-supoprt from now on. The actual content updates have been few and very far between. If I was an Exec at NCSoft, I'd storm into their little commune and tell those damn dirty hippies to GET BACK TO WORK on the first Cash Cow. There will be plenty of time/money with which to nurse these new projects LATER once all the millions of Marvel Fanboys inneviteably flock in and climb over eachother to throw their parents'/trustfund money at Cryptic.  |
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vandipep 12/22/06 5:54:18 PM
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I want to be a beta tester! That would be a job for me! I would love that.. before it went out to the public beta testing. I would love to be one to plan events! I would have them running one after another. And it wouldn't matter what server, I would run different ones for each server. Would be a fun job for me, I would probably never leave work. I wanted to be one for other online games, this would be awesome if I did it for CoX or for the new marvel lines coming out.
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bboyknockout 12/22/06 11:22:02 PM
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