Can you tell me what each dev does?

Hello,

Can anyone tell me who are the devs who post usually or sometimes on poe' forum? And what is their job, specifically?

Chris: Head of GGG, producer(not relevant to poe forum), lead designer.
Specifically:
-Write announcements and read feedback on it.
-Have a word to say about general poe development(i guess it's Qarl who decide of the broad lines)
-Handle marketing and administive heavy papers for different deals and different GGG responsibilities.
-more..?

Qarl: Responsible for broad lines of poe general "balance"? Whether it's the passive tree or the RNG.
Specifically:
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Rhys: Codewarrior, Programmer.
Specifically:
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Mark: Make skills+ Ballance.
Specifically:
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Russel: poe graphic arts/(like aura/items drawing)
Specifically:
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Damien: Works in poe marketing service.
Specifically:
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I know there are many many others, but i would like to know about those who post on forum.

Not everyone but some of them: http://grindinggeargames.com/?page=staff

Founding members are considered for heavy design decisions, from what I have heard.
Really don't know for sure who is a founding member.

Chris:
CCO of GGG.
Founding member.

Formerly working in software security.
Bachelor of Computer Science and Commerce.


Erik:
Lead Artist.
Doing concept art?

Design degree.


Brian:
Executive Producer.
Writing game lore?
Founding member.

Responsible for foreign communication (US I think).
Degree in History.


Rhys:
Codewarrior. Lord Trolldemort.
He is a pretty cool guy. He accidentally code and doesn't afraid of anything.
Also responsible for terrain generation. And fishing.
Founding member. (?)

Degree in Computer Science.


Mark:
Programmer.
Skillmaker and masterburner.
Founding member?

Degree in Computer Science.
Former Game designer?
His facebook?


Ari:
Animator.
Doing character animation.

If you think "Who the fuck is Ari!?", you do not frequent Art Feedback subforum. :P


Russel:
Effect artist, great.
So wow.
Much train.

People feel like blaming him for desync all the time.
His deviantArt.


Qarl:
Game Designer.
Working on general game balance.

Degree in history and strategic studies.
Former infrastructure system engineer.
Designer of board games.


Rory:
Quality Assurance.
Testing patches on the internal servers before Alpha does.
Heavily involved in design questions by now, I think.
Founding member?

He is a nerd.
Digital Media Degree with focus on Game Design Theory.


Neon:
Quality Assurance. Race design.
Testing patches on the internal servers and doing live tests.
Heavily involved in Race and Ladder design decisions.

Former Alpha Member.


Andrew:
Graphic programmer.
New guy in house. Always on vacation with his chair.
Already done some heavy optimization after joining some time ago.


Samantha:
Human Resources.
Supervising Support Staff and hiring new GGG Staff, I think.

Sister of Chris?

Most likely : Daughter of Chris. But she is not a dev:)

Very nice writeup Night, as you can see we really are in the mist, i have a suggestion:

Who is up for some GGG HQ stream? Jk

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INEXFadeXFHONOR wrote:

Most likely : Daughter of Chris. But she is not a dev:)

Very nice writeup Night, as you can see we really are in the mist, i have a suggestion:

Who is up for some GGG HQ stream? Jk

Well, she does hire Devs if she really is HR. :P
Don't think Chris has a daughter named Samantha. I only know of his sister.

I am up for GGG HQ stream but only if they show us the toilet.

I once contacted GGG support about creating list of staff and details (ie. what they're responsible for, etc) but it got vetoed :) (checked the date of mail exchange, says 08.2013) It could be a fun project.

Afaik Samantha is Chris' sister.

I've seen how design teams work, and the lines you're trying to draw are typically quite blurry.

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Nightmare90 wrote:

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INEXFadeXFHONOR wrote:

Most likely : Daughter of Chris. But she is not a dev:)

Very nice writeup Night, as you can see we really are in the mist, i have a suggestion:

Who is up for some GGG HQ stream? Jk

Well, she does hire Devs if she really is HR. :P
Don't think Chris has a daughter named Samantha. I only know of his sister.

I am up for GGG HQ stream but only if they show us the toilet.

I am not very fond of this kind of stuff.. maybe dressing room instead?
I was thinking of watching a desk+ a computer with all secret poe devlopment stuff or maybe just videos describing their daily routines with actual 'stuff' they do.

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peachii wrote:

They do ...

Stuff.

Everyone of them does their stuff. I'm sure with enough research here on the forum you can answer the questions you have, they haven't really been secretive about it.

Well yeah with enough research i was able to write what you read at op.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I've seen how design teams work, and the lines you're trying to draw are typically quite blurry.

If they gave more details, some persons might start to feel 'connected to them' and will be willing to support GGG.

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