Back when we first heard of Henrique's departure I said:
QUOTE (Ren @ Sep 22 2009, 06:21 PM)
I guess the question now is whether the Head of MechScape job will go to an existing Jagex employee (e.g. Janaway - who I think would be awesome) or an external applicant.
Alex Janaway (who we interviewed back when he was Associate Producer of MechScape) has been named as a Head of Content (next to Christoph V who is Head of Content for RuneScape). Congratulations to Alex on his new role, which I presume to be the Head of Stellar Dawn. Whether this is a permanent or temporary (acting) position for Mod Captain I do not know as there has been no official announcement yet.
iCould video:
Darth Irule
Oct 7 2009, 04:23 PM
Congratz Alex and good luck.
jmb
Oct 7 2009, 04:23 PM
Excellent, appointed from within, so hopefully some continuity will follow and they won't feel like going back a stage or two and ripping things apart too much.
He did an icould video too, his mod name appears to be Mod Captain.
Max
Oct 7 2009, 04:24 PM
Wow, Ren you transcended past resourced and foretold the future, maybe.
Cheers for new Jagex head of MS/SD (whoever they may be!)
jmb
Oct 7 2009, 04:40 PM
I compared today's list with one on 29 Sept.
There are now two people in each of the top jobs, on 29/9 there was only one, so possibly the appointments are also linked to this one?
Lead Designer - Graham B has been added Senior Technical Developer - Adam B has been added
These two people were listed in the content development team before.
Ren
Oct 7 2009, 04:48 PM
I heard about Graham B's promotion back in June but it seems like they've only just updated the credits to reflect this.
It's possible that Graham B has been working on MechScape for a long time. Note these comments from December 2007:
QUOTE (Jonny_Blaze @ Dec 1 2007, 10:29 AM)
this site is really interesting!
do you think we could work out which people have been moved and what they have done on runescape by looking at the credits lists for quests and things from the knowledgebase?
the recent summoning develpoment diary said
QUOTE
"Mod Bennett had recently finished the Slayer skill (January 2005), so started on the design brief for Summoning as a skill, laying out how it would work," says Mod Mark. The concept was good, but it didn't fit in with what we were doing with the rest of the game. Considering the other content we were working on and that the game was growing, we decided that first concept for Summoning wouldn't have a broad enough appeal. So, after another few months break and a move to larger offices, we approached it from a different angle - widening the scope of the skill to make it as good as it could be.
A dedicated follower
"That's when ideas like the beasts of burden came in. It was at this point that the skill name changed to Animal Lore," says Mod Mark. The core idea being that these summoned animals would do more than just fight for you. "We were also thinking Animal Lore would be to Hunter, what Smithing is to Mining," he continues - you'd either catch and train up animals or call them out of the wild to aid you. Mod Bennett had since moved to another of our development teams, so Mod Wilson was given the task of writing a new design brief from scratch, taking this more follower-based approach.
so it might be the person who develpoed slayer working on it???
are there any otherpeople whove worked on runescape working on it do you think? it might let us get an idea what the game might be like if we look at their previous work, although the only develpoer whos got named is oscar and i couldnt find anything hes done on runescape by looking at the credits
QUOTE (Ren @ Dec 1 2007, 04:30 PM)
Interesting that it says that senior developer Mod Bennett was moved to a different team, as Graham B[ennett] is still listed as being part of a Content Team in the credits. But which content team, I wonder.
Note: Graham Bennett was one of the earliest Jagex employees and has been there since September 2002. Back on the old list of employees (then only 13) he was credited as doing Customer Support. He then moved onto Games Tester, Developer, Senior Developer and is now Lead Designer.
Tom
Oct 7 2009, 05:02 PM
Good luck Alex, Probably the best person to fill the space, Have fun! This is a good theme to base an MSP on, Would be quite interesting!
Pliigi
Oct 7 2009, 05:08 PM
Congratulations, Alex. Good luck on your new position.
Walshy
Oct 7 2009, 06:41 PM
Great stuff.
Kaur
Oct 7 2009, 06:42 PM
Aye Captain!
Wege
Oct 7 2009, 06:58 PM
I smell good news around the corner
SkyArmada
Oct 7 2009, 07:03 PM
Glad he got it since Ren thinks he'd be good )
Flatypus
Oct 7 2009, 07:21 PM
Ooh, notice at around 0:30 he said that he liked Sci-Fi stuff :D Theres a good chance he will work on Stellar Dawn. I hope he doesn't let the project flop when the game comes out The pressure is on
MadMech13
Oct 7 2009, 07:23 PM
QUOTE (TopHat @ Oct 7 2009, 12:21 PM)
Ooh, notice at around 0:30 he said that he liked Sci-Fi stuff :D Theres a good chance he will work on Stellar Dawn. I hope he doesn't let the project flop when the game comes out The pressure is on
He's been working on it for quite some time.
Human
Oct 7 2009, 07:29 PM
They found one so quickly from the mechscape team.
Max
Oct 7 2009, 07:38 PM
QUOTE (Human @ Oct 7 2009, 02:29 PM)
They found one so quickly from the mechscape team.
They were probably given a goods months notice or something like that to prepare for the switch. No doubt taking someone with a lot of experience on the inside will keep MechScape well on its way. As it sounds from Ren he as been working on this for a while so hopefully there is no bump back in time. Sad to see someone leave from the team though. One less.
Human
Oct 7 2009, 07:47 PM
QUOTE (Max @ Oct 7 2009, 07:38 PM)
QUOTE (Human @ Oct 7 2009, 02:29 PM)
They found one so quickly from the mechscape team.
They were probably given a goods months notice or something like that to prepare for the switch. No doubt taking someone with a lot of experience on the inside will keep MechScape well on its way. As it sounds from Ren he as been working on this for a while so hopefully there is no bump back in time. Sad to see someone leave from the team though. One less.
Yes but gladly that One less (henrique) did his job well and now Mod Captain will take control.
Crash Jordan
Oct 7 2009, 09:17 PM
Awesome.
Golf
Oct 7 2009, 09:20 PM
how do you think of these things?
great job again Ren.
Gl to Janaway.
Aslancsc
Oct 7 2009, 10:23 PM
QUOTE (SkyArmada @ Oct 7 2009, 02:03 PM)
Glad he got it since Ren thinks he'd be good )
I think he got it simply because ren thinks he is good
Gandaf007
Oct 7 2009, 11:19 PM
Congratz for the promotion Alex. Hope you have fun
Sofee
Oct 8 2009, 03:12 AM
That's great. Maybe he could speed this game up a bit
SuperStevee
Oct 8 2009, 03:23 AM
Nice job Alex, I hope something good happens soon. *Cough* beta *Cough*
Lord John
Oct 8 2009, 06:27 AM
Sign him up to our forums. :) (Like Heinrique was) Perhaps he will release the game sooner than we expected.
ZarkonisR
Oct 8 2009, 11:29 AM
Mr. Captain, I am calling you to attend our unique forums, to sign up, and enjoy them... And perhaps take suggestions from some of our loyal forumers. We would like to have you around, to take the place of Henrique in these forums, and hope you do choose to join.
Hoping everything goes well, Dezerus Richardson
me9374
Oct 8 2009, 01:04 PM
:D Good job Cap'in
Orbie
Oct 8 2009, 03:44 PM
Very happy to here that they've promoted from within, instead of hiring someone totally new. I was afraid of a 'bungee boss' type scenario ("Hi I'm your new boss let's change everything before I get reassigned wait too laaaaate...")
jmb
Oct 8 2009, 05:53 PM
bungee boss, thats brilliant, love it!
DjIceman
Oct 8 2009, 06:08 PM
I'm sorry, but I don't find this really any good. Until we know what the hell is it exactly that happened to Olifiers, I cannot say that I'm pleased with these news. Perhaps even then, I can't be pleased with these news. Who knows.
Fact is, Jagex needs to tell us what the heck is going on there!
Thank you Iceman
oribital
Oct 8 2009, 06:41 PM
I don't understand your point Dj iceman, as much as we all would like to know what caused the leave of Henrique, it could of been personal reasons and if it was that then he probbably gave a notice to give Jagex enough time to plan their steps for MS/SD. i doubt that MS/SD will be slowed down by any of this, as to me it seems we can hope MS/SD will be out by 2011
HollowaysEve
Oct 8 2009, 08:39 PM
I remember Henrique Ollifers saying, "I've finnaly completed my game and I feel accomplished like I'm walking in the clouds" I think it's odd that he just leaves all of the sudden.
DjIceman
Oct 8 2009, 08:54 PM
QUOTE (oribital @ Oct 8 2009, 06:41 PM)
I don't understand your point Dj iceman, as much as we all would like to know what caused the leave of Henrique, it could of been personal reasons and if it was that then he probbably gave a notice to give Jagex enough time to plan their steps for MS/SD. i doubt that MS/SD will be slowed down by any of this, as to me it seems we can hope MS/SD will be out by 2011
The point is, until I know what the hell happened with Olifiers, I can't take this as good news, nor bad news.
Thank you Iceman
Crash Jordan
Oct 8 2009, 08:58 PM
QUOTE (DjIceman @ Oct 9 2009, 07:54 AM)
QUOTE (oribital @ Oct 8 2009, 06:41 PM)
I don't understand your point Dj iceman, as much as we all would like to know what caused the leave of Henrique, it could of been personal reasons and if it was that then he probbably gave a notice to give Jagex enough time to plan their steps for MS/SD. i doubt that MS/SD will be slowed down by any of this, as to me it seems we can hope MS/SD will be out by 2011
The point is, until I know what the hell happened with Olifiers, I can't take this as good news, nor bad news.
Thank you Iceman
And you won't ever know. :]
ZarkonisR
Oct 8 2009, 11:40 PM
QUOTE (Orbie @ Oct 8 2009, 04:44 PM)
Very happy to here that they've promoted from within, instead of hiring someone totally new. I was afraid of a 'bungee boss' type scenario ("Hi I'm your new boss let's change everything before I get reassigned wait too laaaaate...")
Dillbert!
DjIceman
Oct 9 2009, 07:53 AM
QUOTE (Crash Jordan @ Oct 8 2009, 08:58 PM)
QUOTE (DjIceman @ Oct 9 2009, 07:54 AM)
QUOTE (oribital @ Oct 8 2009, 06:41 PM)
I don't understand your point Dj iceman, as much as we all would like to know what caused the leave of Henrique, it could of been personal reasons and if it was that then he probbably gave a notice to give Jagex enough time to plan their steps for MS/SD. i doubt that MS/SD will be slowed down by any of this, as to me it seems we can hope MS/SD will be out by 2011
The point is, until I know what the hell happened with Olifiers, I can't take this as good news, nor bad news.
Thank you Iceman
And you won't ever know. :]
It's possible, yes.
Orbie
Oct 9 2009, 10:08 PM
QUOTE (ZarkonisR @ Oct 8 2009, 06:40 PM)
QUOTE (Orbie @ Oct 8 2009, 04:44 PM)
Very happy to here that they've promoted from within, instead of hiring someone totally new. I was afraid of a 'bungee boss' type scenario ("Hi I'm your new boss let's change everything before I get reassigned wait too laaaaate...")
Alex Janaway is now listed in the credits as "Associate Producer" (which is the role he said he had back in April) instead of "Head of Content". He used to be credited as "Content Development Team Leader".
MadMech13
Oct 13 2009, 10:45 PM
QUOTE (Ren @ Oct 13 2009, 11:38 AM)
Alex Janaway is now listed in the credits as "Associate Producer" (which is the role he said he had back in April) instead of "Head of Content". He used to be credited as "Content Development Team Leader".
What the heck, maybe it was just temporary?
Neven
Oct 13 2009, 11:01 PM
Congrats Alex and I hope you make us proud.
MadMech13
Oct 13 2009, 11:16 PM
QUOTE (Neven @ Oct 13 2009, 04:01 PM)
Congrats Alex and I hope you make us proud.
He just got demoted, not congrats worthy (imo)
Orbie
Oct 14 2009, 12:23 AM
So does MechScape lack a Head again?
MadMech13
Oct 15 2009, 12:43 AM
QUOTE (Orbie @ Oct 13 2009, 05:23 PM)
So does MechScape lack a Head again?
Seems so, for now to us.
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