mobhunter.com - 7/11/2009
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Check out a great post by Eric at Elder Game talking about the cycle a live game goes through as it matures and a new generation of developers comes aboard.
It’s very true that a lot of game developers enjoy shipping a title and then moving on to the next. In the console world this is ...
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Daily Bog Roll 7/11 – Two Ply Edition
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... , the team that runs an MMO after it ships, often isn’t the same group that built it. Wasn’t that Scott Hartsman’s job at SOE? Anyway, he calls them the “B-Team,” at least when it comes to WoW. Live team people commiserate. ...
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