Comments on: Live Team Blues

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:53:39 +0000

Jason was always a great guy. You’re absolutely right Ryan, I don’t think he gets enough credit. I tend to forget him because he wasn’t as obvious as Scott, you or Steve. I dealt with you guys regularly but not as much with Jason. I didn’t meet him until later on but he was quite sharp. I thought I saw him on the 38 page. Is that right?

By: Ryan Shwayder

Ryan Shwayder — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:48:01 +0000

While Hartsman did a lot when taking the helm on EQII, some people (e.g. Jason Roberts) tend to get far too little of the credit for making EverQuest II such a better game. It took the leadership of Scott Hartsman, the incredible guidance of Jason Roberts, and the dedicated work of dozens of people to get the game into good shape after launch. I’m still proud of what little impact I had on the game, and it will always be a project and experience I look back on fondly.

By: Greg Cav

Greg Cav — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:51:31 +0000

I had structured programming crammed into me from the very beginning. But I think C++ tries to circumvent it by hiding code rather than making it more readable. I love C, but not a fan of C++; especialy reading somebody elses code, that’s a nightmare.

By: UnsGub

UnsGub — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:44:22 +0000

Software maintance is huge but not something taught at schools or even set as an expectation within the industry. If anything it is a minority that create and build new systems from scratch.

By: WeFlySpitfires

WeFlySpitfires — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:58:25 +0000

It’s very fascinating to read about the internal ‘lives’ of MMOs and their developers. Although it may be less exciting (understandably), I think being on a live team is incredibly valuable. You only need to look at the work you guys and everyone did to EQ2 to see how amazing the game became. In many ways, one could argue that it deserves more credit than the intitial creation.

By: Daily Bog Roll 7/11 – Two Ply Edition « The Ancient Gaming Noob

Daily Bog Roll 7/11 – Two Ply Edition « The Ancient Gaming Noob — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:53:40 +0000

[...] Eric the Elder Gamer points out that the live team, the team that runs an MMO after it ships, often isn’t the same group that built it. Wasn’t that Scott Hartsman’s job at SOE? Anyway, he calls them the “B-Team,” at least when it comes to WoW. Live team people commiserate. [...]

By: Zythen

Zythen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:45:23 +0000

That is a good read… I allways knew some people went to work on new projects but I never knew how extensive the change was from who made the game to who works on it once its out the door.