I couldn’t possibly comment on this list from Beckett, who publish a print magazine (how quaint!) called Massive Online Gamer (I assume that’s not a cutting reference to one’s weight). It is apparently, a list of the 20 most influential people in the MMO industry. Like I said, I can’t comment.
But you can.
Discuss….
The complete list of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry:
1. Rob Pardo, Senior VP of Game Design, Blizzard Entertainment 2. Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer, Turbine 3. John Smedley, CEO, Sony Online Entertainment 4. Hilmar Pétursson, CEO, CCP 5. Jack Emmert, CCO, Cryptic Studios 6. Rob Seaver, CEO, Vivox 7. Min Kim, Director of Game Operations, Nexon America 8. Scott Hartsman, Formerly Senior Producer, SOE 9. Raph Koster, President, Areae 10. James Phinney, Lead Designer, ArenaNet 11. Richard Garriott, Creative Director, NCSoft 12. Starr Long, Producer, NCSoft 13. Cory Ondrejka, Formerly CTO, Linden Labs 14. Mark Jacobs, GM and VP, EA Mythic 15. Sulka Haro, Lead Concept Designer, Sulake 16. Sage Sundi, Global Online Producer, Square-Enix 17. Jess Lebow, Lead Quest Designer, Carbine Studios 18. David Perry, CCO, Acclaim 19. Sanya Weathers, Director of Community, Guildcafe.com 20. Daniel James, CEO, Three Rings Design
#1 by Geoffrey at May 29th, 2008
Where are you? :/
(Heh, Jack Emmert… Though to be fair, it was his ‘baby’)
#2 by welshtroll at May 31st, 2008
haha John Smedley (Real influential 0.o), when it come to massive donut purchases I hear he’s a master.
I’ll not dirty up this post with anymore comments.
Interesting list tho.