Staff ch-ch-changes

***Marek*** · 11-28-2004, 12:09 PM

As you may already know, Evan has chosen to leave his position as EIC of this site, allowing him to -- well, get his life back!

As we all know, Evan has put a tremendous amount of time and energy into this site. He will be really sorely missed, though rest assured he'll be returning as a contributing writer next year. In fact, he might just be tempted to write another Top 20.

Evan has done an absolutely stellar job of running the site during the past two years, and his departure meant a difficult transition. But the show must go on, and so I'd like to announce some new changes to the team.

First up is Jack, known on the forums of course as Jackal. He'll be the Editor of Adventure Gamers, meaning he'll be in charge of scheduling the articles and preparing all the copy for publishing. Since he had already developed the habit of nagging Evan about article deadlines, he was the natural choice!

Stepping up as Publishers/Developer Liaison is Laura. She has some GREAT new plans for the site, particularly with regard to the adventure community. She will also continue the series of developer chats we started recently, and further involve game developers in celebrating and discussing the adventure genre.

The third spot in this little triumvirate remains unchanged, with Doug taking care of our publishing back-end and server as usual. Some new features are being worked on, and one of them is even launching today.

That's it for now. Stay tuned, as ever.

emma · 11-28-2004, 01:15 PM

As sad as it is to see Evan go, loads of best wishes to the "newish" crew!

Mattsius · 11-28-2004, 01:19 PM

Congrats to Jack and Laura for your new positions and to Doug for... well... being as great as ever!

11-28-2004, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by emma

As sad as it is to see Evan go, loads of best wishes to the "newish" crew!

ditto, so long even..you'll be missed...

TigerShard · 11-28-2004, 06:30 PM

No matter the changes to the staff, Adventure Gamers will always be one of my favorite websites. Past and present, the staff of this website rocks

Ninth · 11-29-2004, 04:51 AM

So Jack, it looks like your Singer/Stinger plot to take over Evan's job was a brilliant success...
And how clever to change your username at the very last time to make people forget about your ancient identity :eek: .

***Jackal*** · 11-29-2004, 06:28 AM

Actually, I got it all backwards. I should have kept the old name so no one would notice the coup, and THEN changed the name. Much too conspicuous this way.

But no, the truth is much less insidious. I just fail upwards.

Ninth · 11-29-2004, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

Actually, I got it all backwards. I should have kept the old name so no one would notice the coup, and THEN changed the name. Much too conspicuous this way.

Nobody's perfect.

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Originally Posted by Jackal

But no, the truth is much less insidious. I just fail upwards.

I was going to answer, and then I realised I don't know what failing upwards could possibly mean. So I'll shut up. Almost.

***Jackal*** · 11-29-2004, 07:10 AM

I was already insulting myself, so it was pretty safe.

(And failing upwards refers to when people are so bad at what they do that they keep getting promoted to get them out of the way.

)

Ninth · 11-29-2004, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

I was already insulting myself, so it was pretty safe.

(And failing upwards refers to when people are so bad at what they do that they keep getting promoted to get them out of the way.

)

Oh. It kind of remind me of something, but...
Oh yeah, who's the most powerful man on the planet right now?

EDIT: And I couldn't possibly have insulted you, Mr Editor, Sir. 'would never have crossed my mind.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-29-2004, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

(And failing upwards refers to when people are so bad at what they do that they keep getting promoted to get them out of the way.

)

So you're saying that, in effect, Evan won and you lost?

Um.....

.....I guess I'll go and do some news updating then...

Mattsius · 11-29-2004, 01:50 PM

Speaking of news, Marek got some praise for his Future of Adventure Games article from Michael Samyn of Tale of Tales over at The Inventory party:

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Originally Posted by Michael Samyn

It was only after reading Marek Bronstring's article on the future of adventure games that we realised that "8" might be conisered an adventure game. Only then did we start looking at adventure games. But we didn't find much that we really liked, I'm afraid.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-29-2004, 01:53 PM

Excellent!

Wormsie · 11-29-2004, 02:02 PM

The Inventory is not going to like this. They will stop covering anything from Tale of Tales, maybe even start a boycott campaign.

pleto4_ryan · 11-29-2004, 02:10 PM

Bye

Welcome

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Excellent!

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-29-2004, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by deadworm222

The Inventory is not going to like this. They will stop covering anything from Tale of Tales, maybe even start a boycott campaign.

That publication may do hissy fits, but we are above that.

Mattsius · 11-29-2004, 02:32 PM

Muuaahhhaaahhahhahhaaa!!!

***Jackal*** · 11-29-2004, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

So you're saying that, in effect, Evan won and you lost?

Now that you mention it, he's kicking back and enjoying the good life, and I'm stuck harassing writers over deadlines and ticking people off. So...yeah, you're right! Man, that didn't work out well at all. I need better advisors.

***fov*** · 11-29-2004, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

harassing writers over deadlines

STOP HARASSING ME! :eek:

(actually he's not, I just felt like yelling)

DomStLeger · 11-29-2004, 03:18 PM

Congratulations Jack and Laura!

11-28-2004, 12:09 PM	#1
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Last Online: Today 03:27 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	Staff ch-ch-changes As you may already know, Evan has chosen to leave his position as EIC of this site, allowing him to -- well, get his life back! As we all know, Evan has put a tremendous amount of time and energy into this site. He will be really sorely missed, though rest assured he'll be returning as a contributing writer next year. In fact, he might just be tempted to write another Top 20. Evan has done an absolutely stellar job of running the site during the past two years, and his departure meant a difficult transition. But the show must go on, and so I'd like to announce some new changes to the team. First up is Jack, known on the forums of course as Jackal. He'll be the Editor of Adventure Gamers, meaning he'll be in charge of scheduling the articles and preparing all the copy for publishing. Since he had already developed the habit of nagging Evan about article deadlines, he was the natural choice! Stepping up as Publishers/Developer Liaison is Laura. She has some GREAT new plans for the site, particularly with regard to the adventure community. She will also continue the series of developer chats we started recently, and further involve game developers in celebrating and discussing the adventure genre. The third spot in this little triumvirate remains unchanged, with Doug taking care of our publishing back-end and server as usual. Some new features are being worked on, and one of them is even launching today. That's it for now. Stay tuned, as ever. Last edited by Marek; 11-28-2004 at 12:46 PM..

11-28-2004, 01:15 PM	#2
emma soffistical Last Online: 04-01-2005 12:21 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 460	As sad as it is to see Evan go, loads of best wishes to the "newish" crew! __________________ I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on a disc somewhere. My DVDs \| My Photos \| TorrentMind

11-28-2004, 06:30 PM	#5
TigerShard Resident AG Ninja Last Online: 01-04-2012 05:32 PM Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 387	No matter the changes to the staff, Adventure Gamers will always be one of my favorite websites. Past and present, the staff of this website rocks __________________ "Funny, everytime I get involved in saving the world I turn into a kleptomanic." -George Stobbart in Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon "Intution tells me how to live my day. Intuition tells me when to walk away. Could have turned left, could have turned right, but I ended up here, bang, in the middle of a real life" - Natalie Imbruglia 'Intuition'

11-29-2004, 04:51 AM	#6
Ninth Senior Member Last Online: 08-02-2016 07:52 AM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	So Jack, it looks like your Singer/Stinger plot to take over Evan's job was a brilliant success... And how clever to change your username at the very last time to make people forget about your ancient identity :eek: . __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.

11-29-2004, 01:53 PM	#13
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Excellent! __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

11-28-2004, 01:19 PM	#3
Mattsius Mostly absent Last Online: 01-31-2010 07:28 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 2,532	Congrats to Jack and Laura for your new positions and to Doug for... well... being as great as ever!

11-29-2004, 06:28 AM	#7
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Last Online: 09-18-2013 05:02 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	Actually, I got it all backwards. I should have kept the old name so no one would notice the coup, and THEN changed the name. Much too conspicuous this way. But no, the truth is much less insidious. I just fail upwards.

11-29-2004, 07:10 AM	#9
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Last Online: 09-18-2013 05:02 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	I was already insulting myself, so it was pretty safe. (And failing upwards refers to when people are so bad at what they do that they keep getting promoted to get them out of the way. )

11-29-2004, 02:02 PM	#14
Wormsie Doctor Watson Last Online: 11-02-2013 09:27 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 4,736	The Inventory is not going to like this. They will stop covering anything from Tale of Tales, maybe even start a boycott campaign.

11-29-2004, 02:32 PM	#17
Mattsius Mostly absent Last Online: 01-31-2010 07:28 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 2,532	Muuaahhhaaahhahhahhaaa!!!

11-29-2004, 03:18 PM	#20
DomStLeger Whinging Pom Last Online: 04-26-2012 03:11 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: London, England, UK Posts: 1,032	Congratulations Jack and Laura! __________________ Dom Currently Playing Tex Murphey - Under a Killing Moon (YAY GOG.com!) Recently Completed Broken Sword Director's Cut Still Get Mozilla Firefox! Forget that Chrome and IE rubbish!