Mike Gillis leaves ArenaNet for WotC

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by around
I heard the horror stories.
I was actually all geared up to buy fury, but the stories totally turned me off. Does it even exist anymore?

drago34

drago34

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

California

Looking for good PvE guild ...

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by pamelf
I was actually all geared up to buy fury, but the stories totally turned me off. Does it even exist anymore?
I tried to pull up the site earlier, it wouldn't load so unless the website was down today just with me having bad luck then my guess is it's probably gone bye bye.

Masseur

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Southern California

R/Mo

ok, skimmed through this whole thing and no one said what WOTC is. If I have to ask, you know it's not a very well known or played game.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masseur
ok, skimmed through this whole thing and no one said what WOTC is. If I have to ask, you know it's not a very well known or played game.
I do believe you are mistaken.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masseur
ok, skimmed through this whole thing and no one said what WOTC is. If I have to ask, you know it's not a very well known or played game.
Are you serious?

Just because you, a single person in a world of billions, hasn't heard of a game, doesn't mean it's not well known. It's like saying you've never heard of (insert something well known here), so it's not well known. That is unless you're the person assigned to tell people what's well known or not, which you are not.

hooded player

hooded player

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

in the land of butt ass freezing weather

Mo/E

GL to you Mike!

Buster

Buster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Elona

Clan Eternal Legion

D/W

Looks like ArenaNet is playing muscial chairs over there. First Gaile switches to a new position, then Andrew, then we get Regina and now Mike leaves. I wonder who is next lol. I never knew Mike Gillis but I wish him the best of luck.

strcpy

strcpy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

One of Many [ONE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masseur
ok, skimmed through this whole thing and no one said what WOTC is. If I have to ask, you know it's not a very well known or played game.
Wizards of the Coast. I'm sure you do not know of any of their games. Things like Dungeons and Dragons and Magic:The Gathering are little known niche games that no self respecting RPG gamer will have ever heard of (along with Maple Story and Axis and Allies amongst others).

Being the all knowing God of Gamers the fact that you do not know of them (or I suppose their games) means no RPG player has ever heard - or even *gasp* played them.

Er, or maybe that is like being confused what "GW" means on this board.

seut

seut

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Europa

Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster
Looks like ArenaNet is playing muscial chairs over there. First Gaile switches to a new position, then Andrew, then we get Regina and now Mike leaves. I wonder who is next lol. I never knew Mike Gillis but I wish him the best of luck.
A little late. He left Anet last year!
Shouldn't this news-necrophilia / MtG-bashing thread be moved to off topic or get closed?

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkantos
Are you serious?

Just because you, a single person in a world of billions, hasn't heard of a game, doesn't mean it's not well known. It's like saying you've never heard of (insert something well known here), so it's not well known. That is unless you're the person assigned to tell people what's well known or not, which you are not.
I haven't heard of this country called the United States until today. It must be one of those random countries in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.

On a side note, it's r u srs?

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by pamelf
I was actually all geared up to buy fury, but the stories totally turned me off. Does it even exist anymore?
Lol there was a thread in Offtopic about it, like 2 or 3 weeks ago Fury died. But not that many people cared anyway, the game had huge potential, but devs screwed up.

Seffapotamus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Washington, DC

Mo/

Not too disappointing to me. I didn't have such a great experience dealing with him.

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?p=16700561

JR

JR

Re:tired

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by seut
A little late. He left Anet last year!
Indeed. He went from Tournament Manager to Marketing, and shortly afterwards left for WoTC. My take on this was that a Tournament Manager was no longer needed after ATs were introduced so he was shuffed internally, was uncomfortable in his new position and moved on.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Reading this thread makes me so glad I got out of M:TG when it was still a fun to play game. That was 10 years ago.

illidan009

illidan009

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

Volterra, Italy

A/

i don't see why he'd want to leave.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0
Reading this thread makes me so glad I got out of M:TG when it was still a fun to play game. That was 10 years ago.
It's still fun. Watching Wake vs. Wake was pretty lol though

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Must be personal preference...I left when WOTC was pumping out expansions every other month, the card pool got so diluted, new gimmicks started coming out and the DC started affecting even my friendly games at the local comic shop by making their rules so hardcore that casual players felt required to adhere to them. It went, in my mind, from a good game to a competitor's sport where people play to win rather than have fun.

AKB48

AKB48

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2008

みやき町

Mo/A

Man, he Finally left.

Thank God.