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Deathaxe
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| QUOTE | For those of you who have not heard yet, I will be moving to a new role at ArenaNet. When I first heard about Gaile’s decision to step away from CR, I started thinking about my career and my future. You could say I found myself at a sort of crossroads where I could either continue on my current path of serving on the community relations team moving towards GW2, or explore new possibilities.
It has always been a dream of mine to be involved in game development. I have been a gamer since I was old enough to sit up, and ever since getting horribly addicted to the StarCraft map editor when I was a teenager, I have always been particularly interested in the development side of the industry. While community relations is a very enjoyable job (most of the time, heh) it does not really teach the skills and knowledge necessary to move into the development role I am interested in.
I spoke with Jeff Strain about my long-term goals and he told me what pretty much anyone in the industry will tell you—the best place to learn the skills and gain the knowledge needed to move into game development is the QA team. Their hands-on interaction with the pre-release game, the dev team, and the overall development process gives members of the QA team invaluable insight that directly correlates to a number of other jobs in the industry. Jeff also felt my knowledge of the game and the community would be valuable tools that would allow me to contribute a lot to the QA team. So, I’ve accepted a position on the team and will be moving there next week.
Deciding to make this change was not an easy thing to do, but taking all things into consideration, I feel it is the right decision. I am getting married this summer and, as many people do while staring down life as a family man, I have started thinking a lot about my future. Getting more directly involved with the development team now will open many doors for my career down the road. Not only that, but the irregular hours that go along with community relations have prevented me from spending as much time with my fiancé as she or I would like. With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife.
I truly enjoyed serving on the Guild Wars Community Relations Team but for both my family life and my career, I feel now is a good time to move on to new things. I will still be playing practically every day like I do now, so if you ever need a guest for GvG or HA, give me a shout! Also, I will continue to handle ATS prize distribution through the conclusion of the Anniversary MAT in April.
Good Luck and Have Fun! --Andrew Patrick 17:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC) |
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| 04/03/08 09:45 |
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Kanna
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Yea, I've read this yesterday. Really is a shame. The community losing two great people. I'll miss talking to them both. Hopefully they will still come ingame to chat with us.
I hope to see whoever replaces them, ingame soon. ^^
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| 04/03/08 10:00 |
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Good luck to him, he was at least doing his job pretty well.
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| 04/03/08 10:01 |
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Deathaxe
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I really hope it's some hot blonde chick replacing Gaile or Andrew, I really do.
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| 04/03/08 10:03 |
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I only seen Gaile a few times, haven't ever even heard of Andrew until this topic, im presuming he made regular appearances like Gaily or something?
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| 04/03/08 10:14 |
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Deathaxe
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Andrew is on the development department. Nice guy to talk to. :)
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| 04/03/08 10:16 |
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hmm, i'm not convinced by this whole gaile leaving thing...
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| 04/03/08 10:17 |
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| QUOTE | | hmm, i'm not convinced by this whole gaile leaving thing... |
Whether your convinced or not, she is leaving.
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| 04/03/08 10:24 |
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Blazings
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| QUOTE | | Good luck to him, he was at least doing his job pretty well. |
I hate short posts, but this timme all I can say is: QFT
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| 04/03/08 10:29 |
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Deathaxe
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | hmm, i'm not convinced by this whole gaile leaving thing... |
Whether your convinced or not, she is leaving. |
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| 04/03/08 10:33 |
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Deathaxe
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| QUOTE | | I really hope it's some hot blonde chick replacing Gaile or Andrew, I really do. |
I don't see why I got -10 cred for that.
Someone is a girl here or gay.
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| 04/03/08 11:39 |
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| QUOTE | | Someone is a girl here or gay. |
That's a rather offensive comment. If you didn't deserve -10 before, you certainly do now...
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| 04/03/08 11:54 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | Good luck to him, he was at least doing his job pretty well. |
I hate short posts, but this timme all I can say is: QFT |
that was completely uncalled for, what else is there to say?
and i dont know much about andrew but from what ive gathered i think hes gaile's pvp counterpart as all of his apperances(that ive seen) have been in the great temple of balth
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| 04/03/08 11:58 |
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Kanna
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Yes, Andrew was the PvP counterpart to Gaile. I've seen his visits a few times. I hope he keeps visiting us ingame.
And Please guys, keep the replies clean. >.>
X-Fire = kannasesshou
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| 04/03/08 12:06 |
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dikke hamster
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Well, never heard of this guy actually. He probably did alot for the community but I'm really starting to wonder if all of this heisa is really needed.
/sigh
 
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| 04/03/08 12:59 |
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Blazings
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| QUOTE | Well, never heard of this guy actually. He probably did alot for the community but I'm really starting to wonder if all of this heisa is really needed.
/sigh |
Haha well tbh, I don't care a lot either but the forum is not all about us ;)
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| 04/03/08 13:29 |
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HackingHippie89
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | Well, never heard of this guy actually. He probably did alot for the community but I'm really starting to wonder if all of this heisa is really needed.
/sigh |
Haha well tbh, I don't care a lot either but the forum is not all about us ;) |
not trying to be nosy here but....shouldnt you be banned?
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| 04/03/08 13:38 |
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Kanna
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Its always good to let people know news like this. Some people just wouldn't know without forums.
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| 04/03/08 13:38 |
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Rogue
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Saw this yesterday. He's done more with putting up with this community than Gaile did. At least he wasn't afraid to respond with rage every now and then.
Gaile and Andrew gone = room for new people who actually have a clue about the game.
IGN: Rogue Mysst. Guest me for GvG.
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| 04/03/08 14:03 |
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Blazings
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| QUOTE | | not trying to be nosy here but....shouldnt you be banned? |
24 hours have passed ;)
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| 04/03/08 14:04 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | not trying to be nosy here but....shouldnt you be banned? |
24 hours have passed ;) |
damn, and here i thought you were gone for good as you deserve....whatever i guess
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| 04/03/08 14:13 |
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Chrisworld
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | QUOTE | | not trying to be nosy here but....shouldnt you be banned? |
24 hours have passed ;) |
damn, and here i thought you were gone for good as you deserve....whatever i guess |
Look... im not gonna flame.. but can we PLEASE stay on topic and set out problems aside, ignore each other. Come on, don't be the one that starts a war and continuously gets topics locked.
Right off the bat were asking each other wtf are they not banned, why they here and stuff, just stay on topic, half the threads made today end up off topic because nobody can get along with each other, It's TEXT on a web forum, not like you are getting personally attacked in real life.
Back to topic, guys seriously now.
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| 04/03/08 14:27 |
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*flex* i was right, nothing has changed at all, the flaming and bait-taking continues unhindered ;D
A Winnar Is M3!
Anyways, no wonder i didn't ever run into Andrew, i dont stick around Balthazar Temple at all.
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| 04/03/08 14:51 |
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| QUOTE | | Not only that, but the irregular hours that go along with community relations have prevented me from spending as much time with my fiancé as she or I would like. With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife. |
CommunityAdmin is p4wn3d yet again by RL.
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| 04/03/08 14:56 |
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| QUOTE | | With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife. |
| QUOTE | | With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife. |
HAHA, lrn2grammar.
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| 04/03/08 14:59 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife. |
| QUOTE | | With Gaile moving to a new position, I would likely have even less free time to spend with my soon-to-be wife. |
HAHA, lrn2grammar. |
/ponders
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