Shteevie's Job Title

DonCoqui

@Shteevie If I may ask a personal question sir... are u a Psy, PR, or Cultural Anthro major? You seem to be the only one on your side of the fence who can translate Executive directives & lingo into what we want to hear w/o giving away the farm, while protecting the game's deepest secrets.

Just curious.

PS. You should ask for a raise.

MadPuppy

HTH:

Marie__Gaga

OMG! I thought he was The Governor.

Sorry, just kidding.

Dev Team Member says all or nothing. I'm part of the Development Team in my company, but I don't spend my life with coding and I'm very happy, I don't get a Developers's paycheck.

Shteevie

DonCoqui said:

@Shteevie If I may a personal question sir... are u a Psy, PR, or Cultural Anthro major? You seem to be the only one on your side of the fence who can translate Executive directives & lingo into what we want to hear w/o giving away the farm, while protecting the game's deepest secrets.

Just curious.

PS. You should ask for a raise.

I'm flattered, but I think it has more to do with being American, and therefore not as introverted and contemplative as the average Finn. [Translation: I have a hard time not expressing emotions, and I'm comfortable being loud.]

I did an AMA when I first joined the forums, which you can find in the off-topic area of the forums. If there were demand, I could do another, but I don't know if I could stand up to the battering I'd likely take from some of the more critical members of the community.

At any rate, I will pass on the sentiment, and I'm really very glad that you are enjoying the game there is more to come!

-Steve

Neil_J

'Scuse my Englishness, but what's an AMA?

MadPuppy

Ask
Me
Anything

Kaiser

@Neil_J Stands for "Ask Me Anything", like a Q&A, an interview.

DarkZero

Wait, so NG is a Finnish company? Is there something about Finnish and mobile games I don't know about? (Supercell also being Finn)

TheLostOnes

@DarkZero yes, Finland is a game hub. PS: you might want to remove the spoilers from your tag line.

GrimGael

Love me some Finns.

DarkZero

It's all starting to come together now. No Mans Land is three words. The game was released September 27. September is the 9th month, 27/9=3. The Supercell logo is divided into three lines and is also in Finland. According to Wikipedia "The first known written appearance of the name Finland is thought to be on three rune-stones." A triangle has 3 sides. Triangle is the symbol of....Oh....My....God....FINLAND IS ILLUMINATI!!!!

Top8dog

@Shteevie

Live by the sword die by the sword,..

If you honestly fully feel and agree the changes you implemented are necessary and truely geared towards the best for both players and game and not profit then you stand and face the criticism head held high,. The only thing people truly have to answer to is their own conscience,.. This is coming from one of your biggest critiques
Please don't confuse criticism with lack of respect,..
I may critisise a lot,. But I respect you more if you truely believe your working towards enjoyment over profit,.. For most your the face of NG,. Don't take it personally mate

DarkZero

I forgot to mention that "Shteevie" has 3 E's. E's in leet speak are written as 3

MizTy

NG is totally Finnish.
The good part of that is that they tend not to conjecture. So you'll rarely find a Finnish person talking out of their elbows like most Americans... The bad part is they can easily ignore you, even for a year or more!

@DonCoqui Steve started NG just about the time this job ad stopped appearing on the company website:
http://forums.nextgames.com/walkingdead/discussion/comment/107209#Comment_107209
It could have been pulled bc their customer base was offended, or bc it was filled by our Steve

@Shteevie why doesn't NG just give us their job titles/descriptions? Is it considered a form of Finnish bragging, or something far more sinister? Perhaps Finland is grappling to take over the gaming world and is still in-fighting for the job title of Master of the Universe?

Btw NG, I (and my wallet) would have left the game as well if Steve hadn't started talking to us and I guarantee I would have been the Queen of Vitriol on your social media sites after 2.2 if he hadn't explained the changes (& asked us to be patient bc the buffs were coming). I second the opinion that he deserves a raise. (Or at least an ergonomic office chair)

GrimGael

At least get him a nice ice pack for all of those burnz he jumps in front of.

DarkZero

@MizTy Well that was certainly an.........interesting read. I actually laughed out loud when I read "1- Almost every staff going on vacation right before a major release and leaving 2 unknown staff to deal with fallout " because that immediately reminded me of the Clash of Clans December Debacle update where Supercell did the EXACT same thing and mother of God did the forums go into a death spiral for the next two months. The backlash was severe that it made headline news and their stock-price dropped. I'm a business student so none of that really surprised me but yeah, they might've ran that through a PR person first

Shteevie

We have a non-standard and pretty flat team structure, so some titles aren't as informative as they are in other companies. I'm a "senior", but that's largely due to my experience in the industry and responsibility, not because I am the boss of a lot of "associates". Plus, while some people are more likely to make a decision about their area of expertise, we value contributions fro all team members. We get good game design feedback from IT. He's awesome. I trample all over TCZ's forums, and he's only given me a stern talking to once.

A team stands with all of its members, and lives with all of its decisions.

rgerkman

@Shteevie .. I bet that stern talking to was when you called me a "bird"

blynknz

Shteevie said:

I did an AMA when I first joined the forums, which you can find in the off-topic area of the forums. If there were demand, I could do another, but I don't know if I could stand up to the battering I'd likely take from some of the more critical members of the community.

The question of your job title was asked in the AMA, but you took a different spin on the question and answered it differently.

MizTy

(Shhh. .. The Finnish will never tell.)

Top8dog

Posted this else where but thought it maybe suit better here lol

@Shteevie - are you actually up there,.. Don't be shy

Shteevie

Nope, there is a certain baseline level of attractiveness that isn't available when you select the "American" trait package at character creation. So I doubt I'll be on the smile board any time soon.

Jaden

Vaseline level of attractiveness? And here people are using expensive lotions and stuff...

Shteevie

Autocorrect from 'baseline'. Boy, is my face red [and greasy] now.

OneLessTitan

@Shteevie -- if your device is changing baseline to Vaseline, I'm very interested in seeing your text message conversations...

DarkZero

It must be really weird when the head of the budgeting department asks for this fiscal quarter's vaseline budget

GrimGael

@Shteevie please edit that comment back the way it was. That was classic. Always forward...

Jaden

So your autocorrect is as mean as mine @Shteevie

I once tried to text someone I had eaten a piece of cake which I shortened to “nen Kuchen“ because I was lazy (nen is short for einen in German and Kuchen is cake - and I was sure it was obvious I meant a piece).

Well... What I sent was that I had eaten “neun Kuchen“ which is nine cakes. Nine whole cakes...

Pretty sure there's some sinister conspiracy behind that.

Top8dog

You should check some of my posts,.. Auto correct and dyslexia don't mix well at all

DarkZero

I once had a girlfriend named Macy that was dyslexic. I called her YMCA.........

DonCoqui

Shteevie said:

DonCoqui said:

@Shteevie If I may a personal question sir... are u a Psy, PR, or Cultural Anthro major? You seem to be the only one on your side of the fence who can translate Executive directives & lingo into what we want to hear w/o giving away the farm, while protecting the game's deepest secrets.

Just curious.

PS. You should ask for a raise.

I'm flattered, but I think it has more to do with being American, and therefore not as introverted and contemplative as the average Finn. [Translation: I have a hard time not expressing emotions, and I'm comfortable being loud.]

I did an AMA when I first joined the forums, which you can find in the off-topic area of the forums. If there were demand, I could do another, but I don't know if I could stand up to the battering I'd likely take from some of the more critical members of the community.

At any rate, I will pass on the sentiment, and I'm really very glad that you are enjoying the game there is more to come!

-Steve

@Shteevie Gringo or not, you have not answered my question... gringos use deflection and avoidance as a means to answer questions in a round about way... just watch the recent USA Presedential debates for what you should strive for... but last I checked there was no @Shteevie running for USA President in my voting ballot.

Enigüei dude... it's a simple question. What's your major?

Viva Puerto Rico libre!