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Hafeal
01-14-2014, 09:47 PM
Dear Fellow DDO Forum Friends (and Trolls) -

I have a little project I have been working on and maintaining. I had recently shared it with my guild mates in MAC, as a precursor to sharing it here. Kick the tires so to speak. Alas, our web site has been hacked and I think I may as well will bring this reference guide here for a full blown exposure to the wonders of the DDO forums. *grabs and drinks pots of fire and acid resistance*

Often on these forums there are debates about developers and updates and who said what and when. Unfortunately, as I speed toward dotage, I tend to forget the exact details at times as opposed to remembering things that are important, such as my wife’s name and my childrens' birthdays.

So, to make this ramble longer, I created a spreadsheet to help track and link me to the things I know I am likely to forget or place in context. I call it my DDO Peeps Tracker. A convenient way for me to keep on eye on our beloved Turbine overlords *cough* devs and dev-like peeps. It also gives me an idea who may now be gone or moved to other Turbine projects (Where, O Where has my MadFloyd gone?)

I have tried to be thorough and keep up with information that is verifiable and important (to me). I am sure I am missing information. I am sure there are devs who are on the Turbine team who have no forum presence, as I have found reference to some. If you see missing information or corrections, let me know, I’ll make ‘em or add ‘em in. If you see a link to a particularly important post that I do not have, post it here.

Now, whilst I dearly embrace all here, prior experience tempers me to allow a ‘read only’ status. Make your own copy for playing around if you like. If you feel a warm fuzzy sensation growing in your breast and traveling down your body to nether places, it is surely the desire to assist me in maintaining or working on making this information better, PM me.

May Ghostbane clear your way and may Kobold forever hate you.

Enjoy.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AprJgQLZXDYvdDB6RE90N2NEaXVoX0NTd3V***A5b nc&usp=sharing

TinyURL.com link: http://tinyurl.com/nwrdof6


Link Trouble:

Update 1/15/2014, 7:57 a.m.: Apparently the link length from google docs might cause a problem; several solutions for everyone:

1. Copy and paste the link into IE which doesn't seem to have a problem (at least for me);
2. Use the Tiny URL now created (thank you Phoenix for the suggestion), which I can get to work.

Hafeal
01-14-2014, 09:48 PM
A couple of notes, which should be self-evident but for clarity:

1) Last post is the last post OR the last activity at times (2 notes: I tend to update this when I see a dev post, excepting Tolero and Cordovan; and some dev activity differs from their last post date, I tend to use the whichever came later).

2) Each box is 'divided' into thirds when you see a date to cover which part of the year the last activity was.

3) Boxes colored all the way to the name indicate the person is currently working on DDO; when the color stops it is because activity has stopped and the person has either left DDO or left Turbine altogether.

4) The redbox lining indicates the year Turbine announced layoffs. If you scroll down, you can take an educated guess as to which devs were caught in the layoffs.

Hafeal
01-14-2014, 11:55 PM
* reserved *

FlaviusMaximus
01-14-2014, 11:59 PM
It's telling me that it's not a valid google docs URL when I click on it.

Phoenix-daBard
01-15-2014, 01:31 AM
Looks like the forums redacted three characters in the link. A clbuttic (http://thedaily***.com/Articles/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-.aspx) error if I ever saw one.

OP: Try using tinyurl to get around that annoyance.

Hafeal
01-15-2014, 08:16 AM
Ok, link should work with the tiny URL now; I will update the main post as well. Thanks for the suggestion Phoenix (+1).

If you still have a problem, post here or PM me.

Teh_Troll
01-15-2014, 08:33 AM
I demand my own troll-tracker.

Hafeal
01-15-2014, 12:39 PM
I demand my own troll-tracker.

Ah, Teh_Troll, do you think I would forget you? Or my other favorite trolls here in the forums?

See, originally, I had a nice page prepared for trolls - including you of course - but the troll blood and spittle kept destroying the page. I then retained a not so friendly Netherese wizard to assist in solving the problem. And fortunately he did, only there was a side effect in that now you can only see the page using a mirror. I won't bore you with the details of my complaints to him on this point. So, there it is, invisible and blocked on this side, but a small mirror look away. :D

gordgray
01-15-2014, 02:20 PM
I like it as to the fact you linked the items is a A+

Hafeal
01-21-2014, 08:13 PM
Somehow SqueakofDoom didn't make it into the final published draft, that is now corrected.

adamkatt
01-22-2014, 12:59 AM
Its not even easter and you already want to start keeping track of peeps.

Hafeal
01-22-2014, 08:02 AM
Its not even easter and you already want to start keeping track of peeps.

The Peeps are coming tra la la la!

http://thenewforty.areavoices.com/files/2012/04/marshmallow_peeps.jpg

Hafeal
01-08-2015, 11:45 PM
... and yet another Executive Producer. And Franchise Director.

2015 starts off with yet another change.

LightBear
01-09-2015, 06:15 AM
Linkedin shows more/other information.

Hafeal
04-29-2015, 08:35 PM
Linkedin shows more/other information.

Feel free to share anything you find, I am not going through and searching for info at this time.

Hafeal
04-29-2015, 08:38 PM
Updated based on Coldblue's post:
http://support.turbine.com/link/portal/24001/24047/ArticleFolder/858/Meet-the-Team

moomooprincess
04-30-2015, 06:35 AM
An interesting thread.

Hafeal
08-10-2015, 05:10 PM
Added Cocomajobo for QA, it now appears definitively that Gazebo is no longer around.

moomooprincess
08-10-2015, 06:16 PM
I can confirm that Feather_of_Sun and MajorMalphunction are no longer at Turbine. Both work at other gaming companies.

FOS did leave quite the goodbye loot though, it was part of the 8th Anniversary Card Turn-ins.

I don't think Major left us any goodbye easter eggs.

Hafeal
08-10-2015, 06:35 PM
I can confirm that Feather_of_Sun and MajorMalphunction are no longer at Turbine. Both work at other gaming companies.

FOS did leave quite the goodbye loot though, it was part of the 8th Anniversary Card Turn-ins.

I don't think Major left us any goodbye easter eggs.

Thanks, moomooprincess, I knew about FoS. I did not know MajMal was gone from LoTRO. How quick the fall was ...

IronClan
08-10-2015, 09:01 PM
Cube just made a rare appearance (posted today in fact) I'm sure that's just the global admin account that any moderator or Dev can slip into when the need arises. Probably not an actual Dev.

Feather was fired for the posts you linked to. IMO he was known for love/hate loot and telling it like it is the moment he got promoted, the candor in his last post was astounding and a peak inside the messy world of corporate politics. At least we no longer have My Little pony references in the loot.

MajMal appears to have been laid off at least according to his tell all posted elsewhere. Professed to hate both LOTRO and DDO and talked a bunch of sour grapes typical of someone who was let go yet clearly believed he was a big thing. I personally fwiw didn't particularly care for how he carried on or what he said in his tell all, the fact that he broke news and dropped nuggets on a forum we're not allowed to talk about was... Ill advised? In poor taste? seemed like he was more interested in being a big thing in a small area and his disdain for the playerbases suggests everyone is better off.

Hafeal
08-18-2015, 05:26 PM
Has DDO inheited some help? Maybe IC going down in flames was a good thing ....

added a dev: Nohbob

(https://www.ddo.com/forums/member.php/594473-Nohbob)

Hafeal
08-18-2015, 05:35 PM
Let's not forget the newest addition to CS as well: Moose (http://support.turbine.com/link/portal/24001/24047/Article/6756/Moose)

Hafeal
12-11-2015, 10:32 AM
Doing some updating and reorganization. I have also Added tab called Topics, to track specific dev comments by subject.

Currently working from ~mid-November 2015 forward. If you find some old dev quotes you would like added to the list, please let me know by posting here or by PM. I will add more from time to time but I am not making it a huge project for just myself.

If you are here and reading this, thanks for your interest.
:)

Hafeal
02-09-2016, 12:11 PM
I have updated the Player Council tab with the newest slate.

It appears it is the largest yet and we have our first repeat members in:

Dadonk (2014)
Evennote (2014)
Kwyjibo (2014)

Hafeal
03-02-2016, 11:47 AM
I have updated to include links to most of Cordovan's Interviews with the Devs from his anniversary stream; if I missed any, please let me know.

I also managed to include a 'dev' previously missed: SC_Trader; as well as to add profile links to 2 devs who were known but had not previously posted and therefore had no profile: Kintani and lordoffire.

I will add more as they come up!

Enjoy.

Hafeal
12-22-2016, 11:32 PM
Torc is back.

And a shout out to DeadlyGazebo2 who is also back - and whom I had failed to include in the Tracker. I have his profile now linked but he has to do his own posting - ya hear DG? :D

Hafeal
12-23-2016, 04:04 PM
Looks like Zyrca is back, that or she posted 3 times for the first time in about 7 years. :p:D

Hafeal
12-23-2016, 04:07 PM
Hmmm . MadFloyd? The Rocking Dead? Eladrin? FlimsyFirewood? Codog? maybe someone else will surface ...

Hafeal
03-07-2017, 08:43 AM
Continued updates; Flimsy Interview on DDO Players News link added among other items.