Emily “Domino” Taylor Leaves EQ2 Team
From Calthine at EQ2 ZAM:
Good-bye, Domino!
Emily “Domino” Taylor, beloved Associate Producer of EverQuest II, announced on Facebook today that she’s leaving EQII. “… today is my last day on the EQ2 team and it’s been nothing but the best times, the best of co-workers, and the best of players, all of whom I’ll miss ridiculously much,” she posted. Emily is best known for being the Tradeskill Developer who took Norrathian tradeskills from a harvesting and creation grind to a playstyle filled with lore, quests, and rich rewards. She made no mention of what she’ll be doing next.SOE Announced a new EverQuest II Producer, Holly “Windstalker” Longsdale, earlier this month.
Correction: It’s important to note that ZAM only reported that Domino had left the EQ2 team.
UPDATE: Emily’s Facebook page now states “Worked at Sony Online Entertainment (Associate Producer)”.
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Dethdlr
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Sorry to see Domino leaving. I think she did a lot of good while she was here.
BTW: As far as an official announcement about her departure, I heard that Smokejumper and Windstalker both posted announcements about it in the forums. But then SOE-MOD-02 and SOE-MOD-04 deleted the announcements since they broke the forum policy against “sharing personal information about other individuals” and then banned both of them.
Kidding of course.
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Calthine
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Heyas Feldon!
I wanted to clarify that we (ZAM) did not say Emily was leaving SOE. In fact, our news piece specifically says “She made no mention of what she’ll be doing next.” http://eq2.zam.com/
Rumors abound, but don’t attribute them to us
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Dedith
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where’s the Like button for Dethdlr’s comment.. lol
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Ragnaphore
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Domino was the best EQ2′s TS dev, no question about that.
As an associate producer ? Meh, dunno… Maybe things would have been even worth without her but other than soothing the decorator’s revolt over SC blocks I’ve a hard time remembering any of her accomplishement.
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Kalako
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and with Domino leaving, so goes a long line of caring devs. Is there anymore left?
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CheesePirate
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According to her Facebook page at least, she no longer works at SOE.
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Landiin
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Yea she’s gone:( I would have a hard time working for a CO that has done what Sony/SOE did. I can’t blame here for seeking employments elsewhere.
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Katz
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EQ2Wire “Credit cards with legs.” – Kelly Flock, former CEO Sony Online Entertainment, describing customers to other #SOE top management.
Saw that on a cheese pirate page. Is that true? An actual quote? If so, it verifies what I’ve been feeling lately. Sadly, this has become the norm for many businesses lately.
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Feldon
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Yes this is an actual quote.
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Cuteypie of Permafrost
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I am really scared. I may not have been around while Domino was in the glory days but I remember being younger and watching my parents play (even EQ1
). The early days were fun times.
Now, you’re either a decorator or a raider. It’s sad. I’ve really loved Norrath and its lore and environment and people are wild and imaginative – it’ll be sad to see it get corrupted by the real-world “need” for more and more money.
To be honest, I had hoped that I’d get to see newer things… Luclin, maybe? But now it seems just a lot of wishful thinking and being in the dark.
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Wanda_Clamshucker
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Re: Kelly Flock
Wow, all the goodness keeps pouring out of the woodwork, eh?
Re: Domino
Its really sad to read that she’s left. She really cared for the team and the community. I have to assume she took the moral high-ground on this whole fiasco and turned her back on SOE in disgust. Normally when someone leaves there is a pretty farewell letter on the main site, but not in this case, so (for me) its obvious it was sudden and not something SOE wanted to give a glorious fanfare and parade about. In other words, she probably flipped SJ the bird on her way out as well (please Jesus make that true).
She get tons of kudos from me for her work, her presence, her spirit, and for supporting the community in this upheaval. I wish her all the best in whatever she does.
(pssst, Emily: please give us the scoop!)
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Kryvak
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She was on test chat last night, and said she was leaving SOE on good terms, so at least she’s moving on to something better for her.
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Noctew
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Re: “credit cards with legs”. Note that this Kelly Flock left SOE 10 years ago…don’t know if this quote should be considered relevant to the current SOE situation.
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Aethn
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Noctew is correct, nothing Kelly Flock posts about SOE is relevant, since he has been gone before every game but Everquest was made. Sounds more like a disgruntled former CEO then anything else to me.
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Charn
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Damn . . . wonder if she’ll still go to Fan Faire as a guest at least . . . she’ll be missed.
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Kwill
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She’s really a great example of how to build a career in the gaming industry: an active player, hired to do tradeskills by the game company, promoted to Associate Producer, and now moving on to a new job. I wish her the best of luck. I am sure we will see her name again in the gaming industry.
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Khaer of Unrest
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I guess in a way I’m glad that it isn’t EQNext. The way that the MMO business seems to be consolidating behind what WoW-players and former-WoW-players want in various “WoW-plus” forms, I would be highly doubtful that EQNext could have the rich environment of EQ2 or even EverQuest. If that’s the case, I feel that Domino would be wasted there.
‘Course the same will be true of other companies, but at least there’s a chance that a new game will have some depth instead of being a straight market response, which is the way SOE seems to be heading. I’m looking forward to discovering where she has moved to.
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Vatec
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Mind you, the TS dev =before= Beghn was good (Frizznik?). But Domino was one of those people who really did contribute 110%. She is, quite likely, the reason my highest level character is my level 90 Provisioner, while my second-highest is my 55 Ranger.
Hey, if I’m lucky she’s going to Trion to work on Rift….
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Tyanu
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OH NOOO =( You will be missed Domino! Good luck with your next adventure!
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