DUST Search - CCP confirms layoff if nearly 50 employees...

CRNWLLC wrote:

To quote an article in The Guardian (the first quote is by Nick Blood, former dev and gamemaster at CCP):

The Guardian wrote:

So the team just ended up building stuff and throwing it away, over and over again. It's something I saw on Eve and Dust as well - the teams would build a feature, then be told by management to make GÇÿsmall changesGÇÖ which necessitated a full, back-to-square-one rewrite.

The Guardian wrote:

Most of the sources spoken to for this piece identified the same problematic CCP manager, who had little vision for what the finished game would look like [...] "I once saw him looking over the shoulder of a programmer at some bit of User Interface the poor guy had hacked together. He straightened up, put fingers to lips and said, GÇÿNo, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhhGÇÖ He hissed on his ******* fingertips, like the air coming out of a bicycle tire, and then just walked away."

The Guardian wrote:

Sources report that, over the nine-year period, the game effectively reached alpha GÇô the stage at which all the major features have been implemented - three times, only for each version to be scrapped.

^^ This is the company behind our beloved Dust. Filled with awesome talent wasted by ret@rded management.

I am amazed that anyone still has faith in CCP. They have a history of misleading (at best) their consumers, and of reinventing the wheel. Godspeed all members of the "Mastur[...] Race". Hope you have fun with Legion, aka Dust Alpha 515.

Pages: [1] 2 :: one page

Author	Thread Statistics \| Show CCP posts - 0 post(s)
Viktor Hadah Jr Negative-Impact The East India Co. 4103	Posted - 2014.06.05 16:51:00 - [1] - Quote www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? Do you even Plasma Cannon Bro? I'll ring for free, yes really...
vlad stoich Heaven's Lost Property Dirt Nap Squad. 89	Posted - 2014.06.05 16:57:00 - [2] - Quote Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? OMG the sky is falling. Next is to pull the plug on this game. "Development teams and plans for EVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and 'Project Legion' are not impacted by the restructuring."
Repe Susi Rautaleijona 1293	Posted - 2014.06.05 16:58:00 - [3] - Quote So... If true, one could deduct from this that Legion is NOT going to be greenlighted. What the hell is happening? Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. ~ Isaac Asimov
Spartan MK420 D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 471	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:00:00 - [4] - Quote I hope that scotty bastard is one of them!! Support Balancing scouts
calisk galern BurgezzE.T.F General Tso's Alliance 2533	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:05:00 - [5] - Quote hmmmm....well so long as one of those 49 employees aren't one of the two guys working on dust, I guess it doesn't matter much.
End Is Here Onikanabo Brigade Caldari State 33	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:17:00 - [6] - Quote Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? Is it the end of the world? WOW YOUR SLOW!!!! SEE STICKIES!!!! Duh?? ALL discussions MUST take place there... Per logibrah
Viktor Hadah Jr Negative-Impact The East India Co. 4103	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:18:00 - [7] - Quote End Is Here wrote: Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? Is it the end of the world? WOW YOUR SLOW!!!! SEE STICKIES!!!! Duh?? ALL discussions MUST take place there... Per logibrah opps Do you even Plasma Cannon Bro? I'll ring for free, yes really...
knight of 6 2002	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:22:00 - [8] - Quote vlad stoich wrote: Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? OMG the sky is falling. Next is to pull the plug on this game. "Development teams and plans for EVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and 'Project Legion' are not impacted by the restructuring." "lazer focused on PS3 development" my gif is gone, DINKLEBURG!! Ko6, scout
Zahle Undt Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 1694	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:27:00 - [9] - Quote vlad stoich wrote: Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online Discuss? OMG the sky is falling. Next is to pull the plug on this game. "Development teams and plans for EVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and 'Project Legion' are not impacted by the restructuring." Yeah CCP isn't known for lying at all so if they say it won't impact development it must be true. Hell and Star Citizen hasn't even really begun to steal some of Eve's small playerbase yet. CCP is a sinking ship and while I usually don't wish for even the likes of EA to fail it couldn't happen to a worse company in this case. Sorry for the employees that lost their jobs I hope they find work at better, more reputable companies. CCP should sell the WoD IP while it still has value, it'll sell for much less when the bankruptcy auction happens. Most tankers are like sand people. They frighten easily, but will quickly return...and in greater numbers.
Sgt Kirk Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 5852	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:27:00 - [10] - Quote We all know CCPs focusing Laser is not the best quality one there is. DUST 514 (The 514 stands for the server ping)

CRNWLLC Screwy Rabbit ULC 308	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:28:00 - [11] - Quote To quote an article in The Guardian (the first quote is by Nick Blood, former dev and gamemaster at CCP): The Guardian wrote: So the team just ended up building stuff and throwing it away, over and over again. It's something I saw on Eve and Dust as well - the teams would build a feature, then be told by management to make GÇÿsmall changesGÇÖ which necessitated a full, back-to-square-one rewrite. The Guardian wrote: Most of the sources spoken to for this piece identified the same problematic CCP manager, who had little vision for what the finished game would look like [...] "I once saw him looking over the shoulder of a programmer at some bit of User Interface the poor guy had hacked together. He straightened up, put fingers to lips and said, GÇÿNo, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhhGÇÖ He hissed on his ***** fingertips, like the air coming out of a bicycle tire, and then just walked away." The Guardian wrote:** Sources report that, over the nine-year period, the game effectively reached alpha GÇô the stage at which all the major features have been implemented - three times, only for each version to be scrapped. ^^ This is the company behind our beloved Dust. Filled with awesome talent wasted by ret@rded management. I am amazed that anyone still has faith in CCP. They have a history of misleading (at best) their consumers, and of reinventing the wheel. Godspeed all members of the "Mastur[...] Race". Hope you have fun with Legion, aka Dust Alpha 515.
TechMechMeds Inner.Hell 3501	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:31:00 - [12] - Quote This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. If you stop moving You die Dance with me
TechMechMeds Inner.Hell 3501	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:32:00 - [13] - Quote Sgt Kirk wrote: We all know CCPs focusing Laser is not the best quality one there is. There was a mirror in the way so they ended up laser focussed on themselves lol. If you stop moving You die Dance with me
ResistanceGTA D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 1266	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:38:00 - [14] - Quote CRNWLLC wrote: To quote an article in The Guardian (the first quote is by Nick Blood, former dev and gamemaster at CCP): The Guardian wrote: So the team just ended up building stuff and throwing it away, over and over again. It's something I saw on Eve and Dust as well - the teams would build a feature, then be told by management to make GÇÿsmall changesGÇÖ which necessitated a full, back-to-square-one rewrite. The Guardian wrote: Most of the sources spoken to for this piece identified the same problematic CCP manager, who had little vision for what the finished game would look like [...] "I once saw him looking over the shoulder of a programmer at some bit of User Interface the poor guy had hacked together. He straightened up, put fingers to lips and said, GÇÿNo, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhhGÇÖ He hissed on his ***** fingertips, like the air coming out of a bicycle tire, and then just walked away." The Guardian wrote:** Sources report that, over the nine-year period, the game effectively reached alpha GÇô the stage at which all the major features have been implemented - three times, only for each version to be scrapped. ^^ This is the company behind our beloved Dust. Filled with awesome talent wasted by ret@rded management. I am amazed that anyone still has faith in CCP. They have a history of misleading (at best) their consumers, and of reinventing the wheel. Godspeed all members of the "Mastur[...] Race". Hope you have fun with Legion, aka Dust Alpha 515. I am curious how this game would have been had proper management been involved. I can see it now, it brings a tear to my eye. I mean, the game could be the same mess it is now... or maybe it could have been so much more. Where's my alternate dimension crystal ball at... I think I'm over Dust now...
CRNWLLC Screwy Rabbit ULC 308	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:41:00 - [15] - Quote Oh, oh, oh--don't forget Valkyrie. Let's add that to the rubbish pile.
Sgt Kirk Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 5858	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:42:00 - [16] - Quote TechMechMeds wrote: Sgt Kirk wrote: We all know CCPs focusing Laser is not the best quality one there is. There was a mirror in the way so they ended up laser focussed on themselves lol. *~CCP, Laser Focusing on Bankruptcy.* ~** DUST 514 (The 514 stands for the server ping)
Zahle Undt Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 1695	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:44:00 - [17] - Quote TechMechMeds wrote: This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. I didn't think they were a public company so they don't have shareholders. The polygon article mentions investors which are sort of a different animal than shareholders, they don't own any part of the company, but they expect a return on their investment and will certainly not put any more money in if they don't like the direction the company is heading in. Aand who could like CCP's current direction? If CCP does have public shares it must be a penny stock. Most tankers are like sand people. They frighten easily, but will quickly return...and in greater numbers.
Soraya Xel Abandoned Privilege Top Men. 2649	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:48:00 - [18] - Quote CCP Eterne apparently was on the list. Any notion EVE/DUST development wasn't affected is crazy. I'd like to be your CPM1 candidate
Viktor Hadah Jr Negative-Impact The East India Co. 4103	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:51:00 - [19] - Quote Soraya Xel wrote: CCP Eterne apparently was on the list. Any notion EVE/DUST development wasn't affected is crazy. From what i recall Eterne was on the community team not an actual game dev... Do you even Plasma Cannon Bro? I'll ring for free, yes really...
TechMechMeds Inner.Hell 3501	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:51:00 - [20] - Quote Zahle Undt wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. I didn't think they were a public company so they don't have shareholders. The polygon article mentions investors which are sort of a different animal than shareholders, they don't own any part of the company, but they expect a return on their investment and will certainly not put any more money in if they don't like the direction the company is heading in. Aand who could like CCP's current direction? If CCP does have public shares it must be a penny stock. That's actually what I meant. I'm not used to being corrected, I am humbled. If you stop moving You die Dance with me

TechMechMeds Inner.Hell 3502	Posted - 2014.06.05 17:53:00 - [21] - Quote Sgt Kirk wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: Sgt Kirk wrote: We all know CCPs focusing Laser is not the best quality one there is. There was a mirror in the way so they ended up laser focussed on themselves lol. *~CCP, Laser Focusing on Bankruptcy.* ~** I wouldn't be surprised if there was some in house monetary trolling either. If you stop moving You die Dance with me
Schecter 666 Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION 41	Posted - 2014.06.05 18:02:00 - [22] - Quote I guess the game wasn't puts fingers to lips sssshhh enough. Should have made it more "pssssssst"...................
Zahle Undt Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 1698	Posted - 2014.06.05 18:11:00 - [23] - Quote TechMechMeds wrote: Zahle Undt wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. I didn't think they were a public company so they don't have shareholders. The polygon article mentions investors which are sort of a different animal than shareholders, they don't own any part of the company, but they expect a return on their investment and will certainly not put any more money in if they don't like the direction the company is heading in. Aand who could like CCP's current direction? If CCP does have public shares it must be a penny stock. That's actually what I meant. I'm not used to being corrected, I am humbled. No worries my friend. Most people wouldn't know or care about the difference, I am just one of those people with a bit of (mostly useless) knowledge in multiple areas and is enough of an @sshole to point out such minutia whenever possible . Most tankers are like sand people. They frighten easily, but will quickly return...and in greater numbers.
Cyrius Li-Moody 0uter.Heaven 5638	Posted - 2014.06.05 18:42:00 - [24] - Quote Schecter 666 wrote: I guess the game wasn't puts fingers to lips sssshhh enough. Should have made it more "pssssssst"................... This sounds to be equivalent of CCP Z's "Sexy" progression system. "We need to make it... sexier!" Youtuber. Your friendly neighborhood whiskey-fueled merc.
Chunky Munkey Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4809	Posted - 2014.06.05 18:58:00 - [25] - Quote calisk galern wrote: hmmmm....well so long as one of those 49 employees aren't one of the two guys working on dust, I guess it doesn't matter much. from what i've seen so far rattati is a pretty solid developer, and logi bro...well logi bro posts some good forum threads( no idea if he actually does anything on dust, but community feedback is appreciated. ) If Rattati is a good developer, then chances are he'll be routinely pulled from Dust to work on Legion & Valkyrie. RIP Stinky Sleeve. RIP Dust514. See you on Destiny. PSN: GSDSteVB
The-DON of-DOT-MAFIA The DOT MAFIA 12	Posted - 2014.06.05 19:01:00 - [26] - Quote Why would CCP need internal publishers now that STEAM handles EVE?
Krixus Flux Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 354	Posted - 2014.06.05 19:06:00 - [27] - Quote A development company that doesn't layoff their staff and readjust would be more shocking to me, than this standard operating procedure Saying what's on people's minds
TechMechMeds Inner.Hell 3502	Posted - 2014.06.05 19:07:00 - [28] - Quote Zahle Undt wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: Zahle Undt wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. I didn't think they were a public company so they don't have shareholders. The polygon article mentions investors which are sort of a different animal than shareholders, they don't own any part of the company, but they expect a return on their investment and will certainly not put any more money in if they don't like the direction the company is heading in. Aand who could like CCP's current direction? If CCP does have public shares it must be a penny stock. That's actually what I meant. I'm not used to being corrected, I am humbled. No worries my friend. Most people wouldn't know or care about the difference, I am just one of those people with a bit of (mostly useless) knowledge in multiple areas and is enough of an @sshole to point out such minutia whenever possible . It is the responsibility of the enlightened ones to guide and teach the blind . I have a buddy who I chuck money at to make me a return now and then, nothing major but all knowledge is good knowledge. If you stop moving You die Dance with me
Zahle Undt Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 1701	Posted - 2014.06.05 20:12:00 - [29] - Quote Krixus Flux wrote: A development company that doesn't layoff their staff and readjust would be more shocking to me, than this standard operating procedure Its SOP for a game developer who builds a game, releases it, keeps a small staff on the game to work on bug fixes and/or DLC, and then might have some "downtime" before ramping up production on another game. This is not one of those cases, no matter how much the CCP fanboys may wish to delude themselves. Most tankers are like sand people. They frighten easily, but will quickly return...and in greater numbers.
Tech Ohm Eaven L.O.T.I.S. 1773	Posted - 2014.06.05 21:09:00 - [30] - Quote Zahle Undt wrote: TechMechMeds wrote: This will be because the money that ccp basically put in a pile and burnt. I'd say they are on 2 out of 3 strikes in their shareholders books. Sht happens. I didn't think they were a public company so they don't have shareholders. The polygon article mentions investors which are sort of a different animal than shareholders, they don't own any part of the company, but they expect a return on their investment and will certainly not put any more money in if they don't like the direction the company is heading in. Aand who could like CCP's current direction? If CCP does have public shares it must be a penny stock. The sad or pathetic part is CCP barely cleared 76 million dollars for the entire year. Thats a terrible Return on Investment or ROI. Next years CCP financial statement is going to be popcorn worthy what with many investors jumping ship to Star Citizen.



Pages: [1] 2 :: one page
First page \| Previous page \| Next page \| Last page