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I read the whole message, then glanced up to see who wrote it so I"d know who to compliment in a reply. Now that I notice where it came from, I am thoroughly not surprised. Well said.

Same day that they posted some guy"s school project as "Twilight MMO in development." Not Massively"s best day ever.

Truth. While I wouldn"t worry about the game in that case, if he"s even mildly giddy, Iwouldcheck for either a nitrous leak or a fresh pile of gnome corpses.

You would have loved the 2003 version -- There were 4 classes with 24 names. (Word of advice: If your mechanics designers aretoohappy with how nice and systemic everything is, be concerned.)

You"re reading far too much into what I said. The "QA Guy" that you refer to actually does exist at most game companies. There are generally a large number of full time, highly experienced leads, managers, directors, technology specialists, and analysts who do exactly what you describe...

Please only assume that Scott continues to read these boards and still enjoys offering random tips to people where he can. While I was at SOE, I"d have (generally) PMed the answer. I"ve done that a dozen or so times with other industry-type questions, instead of posting in non-EQ2 threads...

Here"s a hint that might help: If you have a local game developer/publisher that you have your eye on, assuming you don"t have any personal contacts there, look up their number, give them a call, and ask to speak to someone in HR. Alternately, if you need a name first, search game credits...

I was tangentially involved with the first and definitely around for the second. I"m the last guy who"s going to dive headlong into "SOE is the devil!" However, I will say this much. In both of the above cases, you have a single person making a single definitive statment saying what...