How many original developers left?

[Paith]

Just wondering.

[Berephon]

As stated many times, not many at all. Most of the originals from release are still here and working.

[emerac]

As stated many times, not many at all. Most of the originals from release are still here and working.

Heh, I interpreted the question as "How many original developers [are] left?" whereas Berephon obviously interpreted it as "How many original developers [have] left?"

In any case, thanks for the info, Berephon! As one of the F2P newcomers, I am encountering LotRO's majestic vistas and delightful quests for the first time, and it gladdens my heart to know that the team who brought Tolkien's words to life remains largely intact.

[Snorii]

Heh, I interpreted the question as "How many original developers [are] left?"

Ditto

morewords

[Khafar]

Most of the originals from release are still here and working.

Obviously, some like Hakai and Floon have moved to new projects. Others like Mithril_Miser have left Turbine for other companies. Still others have basically stopped posting, but that doesn't mean they're not around .

Khafar

[Alch57]

HEY! Person with the Blue Name! Quit responding to threads that have very little value and work on new content. It's been nearly 1.5 years and all we've seen are festivals come and go.

[DemonicLemming]

Obviously, some like Hakai and Floon have moved to new projects. Others like Mithril_Miser have left Turbine for other companies. Still others have basically stopped posting, but that doesn't mean they're not around .

Khafar

When did Floon leave? Hakai was gone before I started my champ (at least I think - March 2008), but Floon must have left during my hiatus.

[Khafar]

When did Floon leave?

He moved to a new project a bit over a year ago now. Hakai left in 2009... he'd been working on MEO and LOTRO for about 7 years prior to that, starting with a concept project to try and land the MEO contract to begin with, so it wasn't any great surprise he'd want to work on something else .

Khafar

[Kyrra_T]

HEY! Person with the Blue Name! Quit responding to threads that have very little value and work on new content. It's been nearly 1.5 years and all we've seen are festivals come and go.

Berephon is the lore guy. Not a developer.

[Arbalister]

Berephon is the lore guy. Not a developer.

Well then, he should be off somewhere loring, not in here lurking. :-P

He's a lore-lurker?

Hey Berephon!

[Silverlocket]

He's a lore-lurker?

A lore-ker, maybe?

[Deusdictum]

Berephon is the lore guy. Not a developer.

Except, I think he was posting too much and the Powers That Be figured out that maybe he doesn't have enough to do. I say this because he mentioned dabbling in adding Content and his posting dropped off about that same time. Could just be a coincidence.

Am I completely misremembering or did Berephon mention a quest hub or something that he worked on?

[Maxal]

I wish to say thanks for the post Berephon.

But as always not matter what you do someone complains. Man I am glad I am not a Dev. i think I would take all these posts way too seriously and sooner or later everyone would be banned forever.

[djheydt]

HEY! Person with the Blue Name! Quit responding to threads that have very little value and work on new content. It's been nearly 1.5 years and all we've seen are festivals come and go.

Oh, hush. As someone on these forums once said (unfortunately I've forgotten who), LotRO has more content than a SuperMegaDoubleStuffedQuesadil laBurger. My husband and I still haven't gotten past II.5.5, because we can't get a fellowship together because everyone else who's attempted it remembers how [expletive] impossible it was and how many times they wiped before giving up. Looking forward to the Glorious Day of Nerfing......

[GV-Tanith]

HEY! Person with the Blue Name! Quit responding to threads that have very little value and work on new content. It's been nearly 1.5 years and all we've seen are festivals come and go.

You must have been so busy at the festivals you missed seeing wild, beautiful Enedwaith.

[Khafar]

Berephon is the lore guy. Not a developer.

Actually, Berephon is now both a "lore guy" and a content developer. He worked on some of the quests in Enedwaith.

Khafar

[Palenen]

As stated many times, not many at all. Most of the originals from release are still here and working.

My apologies, A bit hasty. Seeing Patience's thread, I was remembering 6 years ago and was wondering how many were still around since even before Alpha I suppose. I keep remember a name Nor-Or (forgive the spelling), Orion and MoL of course. Just remembering.

[Khafar]

I keep remember a name Nor-Or (forgive the spelling)...

Do you mean NobOrBob? He left the company about the time LOTRO launched, and went over to work at Harmonix.

Khafar

[GV-Tanith]

I miss Floon; his quirky posts always made me smile.

[Cithryth]

I miss Floon; his quirky posts always made me smile.

Agreed. I know some people didn't agree with the way he handled the forums, but he always told the truth when people asked for it, which is admirable seeing as sometimes the answer wasn't always what we wanted to hear.

I remember one quote of his (I've seen some people use it in their sigs actually) that he said in reply to one of "OMG my spear is clipping through my shield, the devs are totally incompetent!" threads. Don't remember the exact wording, but it was brilliant.

[Unique]

Agreed. I know some people didn't agree with the way he handled the forums, but he always told the truth when people asked for it, which is admirable seeing as sometimes the answer wasn't always what we wanted to hear.

I remember one quote of his (I've seen some people use it in their sigs actually) that he said in reply to one of "OMG my spear is clipping through my shield, the devs are totally incompetent!" threads. Don't remember the exact wording, but it was brilliant.

Here's a different one from the Where's Floon thread:

I'm working. My hands burn with the fury of a thousand suns: the forums would not survive many posts from me. Count yourselves lucky.

My favorite Floonerism was "Those are horsepants" which inspired me to post this:


Edit: Is this the quote you were thinking of

"I wonder what causes this, and if it could be changed," shows a much deeper thought process than, "Is it laziness or incompetence that prevents my desires from being fulfilled?"

[Macfeast]

I remember one quote of his (I've seen some people use it in their sigs actually) that he said in reply to one of "OMG my spear is clipping through my shield, the devs are totally incompetent!" threads. Don't remember the exact wording, but it was brilliant.

"I look forward to your MMO"?

[BellusDuFenna]

My apologies, A bit hasty. Seeing Patience's thread, I was remembering 6 years ago and was wondering how many were still around since even before Alpha I suppose. I keep remember a name Nor-Or (forgive the spelling), Orion and MoL of course. Just remembering.

I know Orion joined the Game Systems team, and as such stated he won't be posting much if anything anymore, but is still working on LOTRO.

[Ryssadis]

I thought I saw something fairly recent from MoL. Something about being responsible for the Evendim Boars quest, being a lawyer and downright evil...

[sirwillow]

"I look forward to your MMO"?

Yep, there's a Floonism! Comments like that never failed to make me laugh out loud- for real, because they so bluntly said what needed to be said. I understand why he (and Orien and some of the others) don't post as often, if at all, but they are missed on the forums. It's really to bad how some of them were treated when they did post though.