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As one of you, a Planetside fan! (like what I did there? :P) I too got caught up in today's layoffs. Some of you may remember me, many may not; I was one of the few original PS2 Devs still at Daybreak and I was active is PS2 development from alpha to 2016. Before that I was a long time Planetside 1 player and forum community member. I am passionate about Planetside and the MMOFPS genre.
It's been awhile since I posted here because when I was moved from Planetside 2 development 1) I felt it we be unfair to the remaining devs and 2) I was busy focusing on the projects I was moved to (H1Z1 and then PSA). Now that I longer work for Daybreak games I’m looking forward to returning to the Planetside community. This isn’t isn’t a goodbye, it’s a welcome back post.
I was prepared for this, even considering leaving Daybreak on my own in recent months so don’t concern yourself with me, but please send your well wishes and support to all the people who were affected by todays layoffs; every single one of them are talented and passionate individuals and not one of them deserved this, to lose the caliber of people they lost today is a massive hit to the company and I hope the leadership understands what they just did for the sake of the fantastic people that remain and the future of Planetside itself.
That said three things to start my reentry into civilian posting:
Go easy on A_Sites going forward, he is a great guy and cares a great deal about the people work under him. Imo, none of the problems that plague Daybreak games/Planetside stem with him or anyone below him; he has a tough job and often requires him to be the punching bag between multiple unrelenting forces. He wouldn’t say this himself so I’ll say it for him; he is an asset to Planetside and any future Planetside project would be better off to have him involved.
Wrel; He’s smart, he’s driven, and he cares a great deal about Planetside; things are likely to get very stressful for him in the coming months. I personally believe that as a result of the layoffs there are going to be some “interesting” changes coming to PS2 in the coming months; believe me, Wrel will be fighting the good fight behind the scenes and what we all end up seeing will be the least damaging iteration of it possible. So please go easy on Wrel as well.
Remove my flair dammit! :P
Edit: lol, was pointed out that I used the words "lay off a_sites..." bad choice of words on my part, updated the wording to reflect the context and intent..
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