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Post by DragonRacer on Nov 9, 2023 18:42:57 GMT
We all know that the big W is from this classic movie. My gosh, I haven’t thought about that mad, mad movie in a looooong time. LOL
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 5, 2023 12:31:37 GMT
Well, one thing is for certain - those who theorized that BioWare might attempt to re-hire these folks later down the road if they became more financially solvent or as occasional contract work have been torpedoed by this. No company is going to associate in the future with an employee who sued them, so Mary and the other 6 are forever gone after this. Also speaks to the amount of bad blood in the water between the veterans and BioWare. Woof.
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Post by DragonRacer on Sept 28, 2023 16:29:57 GMT
And now Epic laying off 870... link
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 25, 2023 11:47:39 GMT
Well, I previously had not experienced any of this before, but now that I am visiting the forum more frequently than quietly lurking once a day, I am beginning to encounter Err Bears when trying to post. It does always seem to eventually post when I close out and revisit again. But it has made posting/navigating rather hit or miss now both on laptop and mobile.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 25, 2023 11:34:19 GMT
For some of us, BioWare was the old guard who gave it heart and soul. As more of the old guard now get carved away and cast aside as if garbage after 20+ years of writing some of our most beloved characters such as Varric... then, yes, for those of us who loved THAT BioWare, that version of it is slowly dying/gone. As much as you ask for people to understand you, it would be pleasurable if you would try to understand where others are coming from as well. Even then, people HATED Dragon Age 2 with a passion. Back then when I first joined, the old fans would often say cruel things to DA:2 fans. Insults, slurs, and I remember one person said that an artist deserved to have his hands chopped off for creating a picture of Hawke and Morrigan. To see it now being part of the "old guard" even though people thrashed it and thrashed me when I first joined the Bioware forum is ridiculous. People here never gave me a chance to understand why I loved games like DA: 2. Bioware fans treated me like trash and it's hilarious that DA: 2 is considered to be an "old guard" when I saw so much death threats to fans back then. So yeah, I can barely stand this site and these people who hate me for liking games that were hated and yet I sat and took it for years while you guys mourned Bioware dying. Honestly, Dragon Age fans have been awful to me and sometimes I wonder why I'm here talking to you guys. It's not like you guys cared about what I experienced for over a decade of being called every name in the books by a fanbase who CLAIMS to be diverse and caring but in reality are horrible people who treated me like garbage from 2011. COD and Overwatch fans were more welcoming to me than the Dragon Age fanbase ever was. Please stop speaking to me as if I was one of the ones who attacked or insulted you. I've been one of "the few" who liked DA 2 from the start (while also acknowledging some of its faults, which all games have). Varric has been one of my favorite characters in any media form for a long time so, yes, I'm quite perturbed by the letting go of his writer and others who drove the narratives of the games I enjoyed. I haven't bashed any of the games nor the people who enjoyed them, and this iteration of the forum didn't even exist back during DA 2 so that was on BioWare to police. Not really sure why I am being hung for the sins of others in your response but, again, I guess this should serve as a lesson that I need to pull back away from the forums like I have the past several years.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 20:31:07 GMT
I am on mobile so copy-paste, but Karin Weekes confirmed on Twitter an hour ago that Luke is also a casualty:
“Luke Kristjanson and @biomarykirby taught me so, so amuch about all aspects of writing and creating for video games. You are both such skilled creators and are such good humans. May your futures bring only good things.”
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 17:55:21 GMT
"It is also likely that some of the long-term veterans are quite expensive to keep - they have high salaries and have been around long enough to collect on many of the big benefits EA offers, like sabbatical leave and the like."
That´s a good point which i haven´t thought much about it.
I've managed to survive a couple of 30% staff reductions at work and each time there were some superstars in there who I assume only got let go due to having a high salary, because otherwise it would make no sense whatsoever. Having said that, years later, they are still missed. Some people really aren't easily replaceable. Same. Everyone I see getting purged in layoffs my whole life has been senior members who you presume make more money than you do. And/or close to retirement age because big business is lined at the top with honestly just evil human beings who view people as somehow even less than cogs in their machine.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 14:53:07 GMT
No, you are just being deeply bad faith at interpreting my comments. Jesus Christ you're insufferable. Thank you for reminding me, in the space of 3 pages, of why I left the forum.
Yeah, I’m quickly being reminded why I largely don’t participate here anymore and just assist with technical maintenance when I can.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 12:44:56 GMT
This is a childish response and also wrong. People responsible for mismanagement has left BioWare years ago.
EA also gives their studio great amount of autonomy, BioWare especially so. Sorry time machine doesn't exist.
Also it was the Old Guard BioWare leadership that screwed it up, but clearly bunch of people here still refuse to believe that and only want to scapegoat EA suits and new gen heads.
The people getting fired—writers, technical directors, web developers, narrative programmers, etc.—are not Bioware's "leadership." Oh, but you know, it's simply assumed that they "are not be able to properly contribute" so there's that. Whole lotta assumptions flying around, which is why I am disengaging from the conversation after this. There needs to be some level of human empathy involved and I'm not seeing that here from some.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 12:33:13 GMT
But did they have to let go of Mary Kirby? Like Gaider said, is there no loyalty these days? I'm not sure how useful a writer is for a game that's taking 10 years to come out ? They must be twiddling their thumbs. Did they have to lay her off ? Nope. But 1/ at this point it's not going to change much about DAD. If they're still rewriting the game heavily at this point, it's a lost cause. 2/ it sends a message to all the old staff that they have no job security so they should do what they're told. It's kinda disgusting but EA is a big corporations and that's how it works. And speaking from experience to the bolded part - obviously experience in an industry that isn't game dev, so mileage may vary - while it does do that, it also tends to set the fear level of juniors seeking employment elsewhere because the writing is on the wall: you can do everything right and work hard for years, but your loyalty will NOT be met with loyalty from the company. Those days are very long gone. It generally drives away whatever remaining loyal talent you had to be replaced by a revolving door of lesser-paid new folks who tend not to stick around for long because they quickly realize that is what the culture is now or realize they will never make more money or be promoted so the only way to do so is to find employment elsewhere. And whoever is left behind is expected to pick up the slack at the same pay level.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 11:56:35 GMT
For some of us, BioWare was the old guard who gave it heart and soul. As more of the old guard now get carved away and cast aside as if garbage after 20+ years of writing some of our most beloved characters such as Varric... then, yes, for those of us who loved THAT BioWare, that version of it is slowly dying/gone. As much as you ask for people to understand you, it would be pleasurable if you would try to understand where others are coming from as well. Jesus Christ, they weren't tossed away as trash.
Everything appears BioWare wanted to be as much as empathetic as possible while letting go off 50 people. I doubt BioWare nor EA wanted to lose these people, but cuts were needed.
When someone who has worked at a company for that long and poured their heart and soul into it goes on the chopping block, yes, that's what it feels like. I speak from EXPERIENCE. I worked at a company that "technically" still exists today, but it was entirely gutted out over time thanks to a revolving wheel of acquisitions and mismanagement and now it exists as a literal shell of itself, no former employees who made it great left working there anymore, and it runs a bunch of AP wire content and filler instead of locally-written pieces. But, please, continue explaining to me how people should feel about it. Being "let go" feels like being thrown into the trash after all your years of efforts.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 11:52:39 GMT
Well, shit, I learned a thing today.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 11:39:21 GMT
What the Fuck also Lukas Kristjanson who has been at Bioware since 1996?!? What is happening?!? And there are rumors that Sheryl Chee has been fired. I think Patrick was listing all of Mary Kirby's written characters (Varric, Vivienne, etc), is my interpretation of the post? Not that I have seen definitie news of Lukas or Sheryl, nor would either surprise me. Seems they want to save money by cutting the oldest aka likely highest-paid non-management staff. You know, very logical for a story-driven studio, cut your veteran writers and all.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 11:30:31 GMT
This is the worst bit for me. To lay off so many is horrible, but to cut Mary Kirby and others from the old guard is, quite frankly, disturbing in regards to the future of the company. BioWare is gone. Also the start of that press release is so corporate speak it makes me teeth hurt to read it 😬 Ehhh it's more of the old guard getting laid off rather than Bioware being "gone" but it's still sad to see. For some of us, BioWare was the old guard who gave it heart and soul. As more of the old guard now get carved away and cast aside as if garbage after 20+ years of writing some of our most beloved characters such as Varric... then, yes, for those of us who loved THAT BioWare, that version of it is slowly dying/gone. As much as you ask for people to understand you, it would be pleasurable if you would try to understand where others are coming from as well.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 1:38:59 GMT
Renata Cronin was DA Keep.
Or, at least, was a big part of that team years ago when I was involved with the beta group for it.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 1:24:33 GMT
I just noticed something. The blog post encourages laid off employees to apply to positions within other EA studios. They actually use a supposed surge in such positions as a justification for why this is a good time to fire fifty people. But Bioware's firing squad is merely part of a larger effort by EA to downsize its studios, so what gives? Methinks the picture's not as rosy as the corporate speak would have it. Who would have thought. Its more trying to soften the blow about laying people off suddenly I think. It sounds like they’re trying to get those people first in line for the new positions at other studios in the company. Just because they’re looking to downsizing overall doesn’t mean there’s no demand for experienced devs on other projects (likely roles that aren’t in big demand for finishing Dreadwolf). That’s the charitable view at least. It’s also a tactic to try and keep long-experienced talent, but at a lower wage. As long as Mary has been there, for example, I bet she had a good salary. Now they cut her position but, oh, feel free to apply to a lesser writing position on X project at Y studio. My day job is at a giant newspaper company. You can imagine the changes and layoffs I have seen, in an industry where we all wait to see when our number will be called next for sacrifice. Several rounds of layoffs in the past few years have mentioned to those being cut to feel free to apply to open positions in the company… generally only adjacent to your old position and for much lower wage. They feed off the fear you will do it for less for the sake of staying in a company you, perhaps, were close to retirement age in rather than trying to find greener pastures after the culling. It’s disgusting, soulless, and entirely what big corporations are all about.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 24, 2023 0:17:25 GMT
I just got home and... yeah. It's been a rough day. Just going through my Twitter feed, seeing name after name I recognize. A number of long-time veterans in there. Fifty. That is a lot for a company I already thought was running lean. That's 20-25% of BioWare. Oof. It’s gutting.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 23, 2023 23:56:27 GMT
Just saw Renata Cronin post on Twitter that she is among the 50. I am not sure if she was still big in the DA Keep team, but she was my main form of contact when our beta group was working with them on the Keep. More and more these days, I know so few people left at BioWare whom were cherished contacts for all the positive cupcake shenanigans.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 23, 2023 19:38:45 GMT
Them axing Mary Kirby is pretty much a coffin nail for me.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 17, 2023 22:06:19 GMT
I know I am not on a ton these days, but so far I have not encountered this slowness either on my Safari browser when on mobile nor on Google Chrome when on my laptop.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 17, 2023 11:32:47 GMT
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 17, 2023 11:27:03 GMT
Also DragonRacer - just in case she comes along before reggie. I could not possibly begin to even tell you. I know how to rearrange board orders.
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Post by DragonRacer on Aug 5, 2023 12:28:46 GMT
lol, it just hung on the "Like" I gave your post and wouldn't let me quote you. [Stay on page?]
Yes, it's been prevalent and noticeable the past few days or so, to me at least. I thought it was my net or VPN getting screwy but other sites work as-intended.
And this happens just after I come back? Coincidence? Hmm... Maybe it's my fault, or maybe it's DKR not feeding the hamsters.
DragonRacer has anything changed recently with the site or are you the wrong person to ask? Paging regack - much more technologically literate than I am. But we don't control any actual code here or whatnot - that would be under ProBoards wheelhouse, I should think. I have not encountered those issues as of yet.
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Post by DragonRacer on Dec 6, 2022 17:30:19 GMT
Who is the Dreadwolf? What if the title was a bit different? Who is the Readwolf? - A game about a snooty bald elf who just sits around all day and reads books. Who is the Breadwolf - A game about a snooty bald elf who just always wanted to be a baker. Who is the Redwolf? - A game about a snooty bald elf who stalks some girl who goes to visit her Dalish Grandma in the forest. Who is the Fedwolf? - A game about a snooty bald elf who is lazy and just sits around eating pizza all day. Who is the Shredwolf? - A game about a snooty bald elf who fronts a death metal band.
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Post by DragonRacer on Jan 24, 2022 17:34:11 GMT
I got yer boobies, tits and ass right here: Boobies: Some great tits: and a nice ass: I am delighted at the interest shown in these beautiful animals. Delighted No appreciation for impressive cocks?
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