Feldon From EverQuest2.com:
As you may have heard in Podcast #110, Dave “Smokejumper” Georgeson has been promoted to Executive Producer! After the podcast, EverQuest Community Manager Eric “Piestro” Cleaver took the opportunity to sit down with Dave and find out a little more about his new role and what this means for the EverQuest franchise.
Piestro: How about EverQuest II? Will you still be actively involved with that game?
Smokejumper: I’m still very much attached to EQII and work closely with the leads on that project. We recently promoted Emily “Domino” Taylor to become the Associate Producer on EQII, specifically to shore up the fact that I would have less time in each day to spend on EQII. So far, it’s been working very well. The team didn’t skip a beat during the transition, and in fact, things are probably better now than they were previously because we’re able to split up the tasks and I can focus more on the game’s quality and business direction.
Piestro: Is EQ going to shift directions now and be more like EQII?
Smokejumper: Absolutely not. EQ is its own game and we are unlikely to do anything stupid like trying to make it more like “XYZ Game,” regardless of which game we’re talking about. In fact, the team is already focused on the next expansion pack, so there are unlikely to be a large number of changes happening anytime soon. But we are discussing some fun stuff to begin after the expansion. More on that later…
You can read more Questions & Answers at EverQuest2.com.
Oh wow they need to fire this idiot already.
Why? Hes willing to do the work of two people for less pay. He may be an idiot but he also wants a job.
He’s picked up a MMO in freefall, stopping the rout and and increased its playerbase via EQ2X (even though I’m not a fan of EQ2X I have to give it credit for working).
On top of that the game hasn’t been this good for years, he’s simply good at producing games (that means organising AND figuring out what works in a game) and is also a geniune fan of games himself and not some suit, I’m not sure what there is not to like.
Murfalad is quite correct, EQ2 is not perfect by any means … BUT its in a much better state than its been in for years with Smokejumper at the Helm.
Some people are just to dumb or just bitter to realise or acknowledge it 😛
cant lay EQ2X at his feet, it was in place as a decision before he got there. In fact his performance pay was almost certainly tied to making it work, now that he has achieved the milestones and got the buck we are seeing much more emphasis on the game itself.
In short a good manager with a gaming background. Best we could hope for.
All I can say is *shrug* MeH !
I think we would be in far better shape if they just moved him full time to eq1, and let them eat him for breakfast. Then Promote Domino to Producer.
Just my 2 coppers worth.
Agreed Domi FTW!!