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RaychelSnr · 04-22-2013, 03:05 PM

As I started to settle in and understand my role, it was becoming more and more evident that the things that made sense to me, didn’t necessarily fit into what the company’s expectations were. It was very important to me to provide a voice from the gamers point of view, and I tried to stress that in every meeting, conference call, and ideation session. Sometimes the powers that be were willing to listen, other times my ideas and request just fell on deaf ears. Honestly though, there were some opportunities to offer up new perspectives, and I took full advantage of them in talking to lead developers, marketing, management and basically anyone who would listen about incorporating public desires into certain titles.

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Trick13 · 04-22-2013, 03:38 PM

I want to say thank you, both for the time you spent writing this and your honesty. I wish I could say I am surprised by any of this, but that would be disingenuous on my part. I find myself wondering what would be the extremely large dollar amount that would be required to "take over" a certain company through a stock shopping spree?
Could you find enough capitol within a group that holds similar ideas about such games to beat the "talking heads" at their own game?
Maybe not, but I would love to see it happen...

RaychelSnr · 04-22-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trick13


	I want to say thank you, both for the time you spent writing this and your honesty. I wish I could say I am surprised by any of this, but that would be disingenuous on my part. I find myself wondering what would be the extremely large dollar amount that would be required to "take over" a certain company through a stock shopping spree? Could you find enough capitol within a group that holds similar ideas about such games to beat the "talking heads" at their own game? Maybe not, but I would love to see it happen...

That extremely large dollar amount would be in the near billion range.

TreyIM2 · 04-22-2013, 04:15 PM

This sounds too much like Ian talking about EA but who knows, I could be wrong. Heh...EA has been on some rubbish for a min. Some good things have come about and so has a lot more bad. Then u look at 2KSports...

onac22 · 04-22-2013, 04:42 PM

This is about what I expected, sadly the gaming industry is only one part of our economy approving these business practices. Good read.

Trick13 · 04-22-2013, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MMChrisS


	That extremely large dollar amount would be in the near billion range.

Well then, I have a new goal - 1 billion dollars to raise to save NFL video gaming from silly suits. Seems fair enough. Now let's see, that means I need to save an additional 1 billion dollars - as I am flat broke at the moment.

Hey, I can dream right?

Jimbo614 · 04-22-2013, 05:58 PM

Gee , I wonder who he's talking about?

Wil2DaSon · 04-22-2013, 06:45 PM

This is obviously an ex EA employee....

04-22-2013, 03:05 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Working in the Gaming Industry (Part II) As I started to settle in and understand my role, it was becoming more and more evident that the things that made sense to me, didn’t necessarily fit into what the company’s expectations were. It was very important to me to provide a voice from the gamers point of view, and I tried to stress that in every meeting, conference call, and ideation session. Sometimes the powers that be were willing to listen, other times my ideas and request just fell on deaf ears. Honestly though, there were some opportunities to offer up new perspectives, and I took full advantage of them in talking to lead developers, marketing, management and basically anyone who would listen about incorporating public desires into certain titles. Read More - Working in the Gaming Industry (Part II)

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04-22-2013, 03:38 PM	#2
Trick13 Pro OVR: 0 Join Date: Oct 2012 Blog Entries: 1	I want to say thank you, both for the time you spent writing this and your honesty. I wish I could say I am surprised by any of this, but that would be disingenuous on my part. I find myself wondering what would be the extremely large dollar amount that would be required to "take over" a certain company through a stock shopping spree? Could you find enough capitol within a group that holds similar ideas about such games to beat the "talking heads" at their own game? Maybe not, but I would love to see it happen...

04-22-2013, 04:15 PM	#4
TreyIM2 MVP OVR: 30 Join Date: Apr 2009 Blog Entries: 24	This sounds too much like Ian talking about EA but who knows, I could be wrong. Heh...EA has been on some rubbish for a min. Some good things have come about and so has a lot more bad. Then u look at 2KSports...

04-22-2013, 04:42 PM	#5
onac22 Rookie OVR: 5 Join Date: Jul 2012	This is about what I expected, sadly the gaming industry is only one part of our economy approving these business practices. Good read.

04-22-2013, 05:58 PM	#7
Jimbo614 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jan 2005 Blog Entries: 27	Gee , I wonder who he's talking about?

04-22-2013, 06:45 PM	#8
Wil2DaSon Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Tennessee	This is obviously an ex EA employee....