Nevrax Announces the Addition of Industry Veteran to Production Team

[glipe]

Welcome to the fold.

[marct]

Welcome, and I look forward to the fruits of your labors.

I have limited MMO experience, so I would love some information on your background, and what you believe to be your impact on your cronwning achievements. Also, after having a week or so to soak in and et your bearings, it would be nice to have a 'note' from you describing what your role is and what we can expect to see as a result of your addition to the team.

As I stated, happy to have you and looking forward to more wonderful Ryzom progression.

Noin.

[moboid]

Turns out the column she wrote pre Turbine/AC is still on the web if anyones interested. http://www.skotos.net/articles/bth.html

She also has a book listed on amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 18-6887656

ok buying it might be a little too keen but theres a brief synopsis of her work.

[forever]

Welcome Jessica

[geezas]

Welcome Jessica

p.s. reading the colums and smiling broadly (thanks for that resarch!)

[vinnyq]

yeah, I am liking her more and more

*Wonders how Nevrax manage to nab her* Way to go Nevrax!

[edit to add]

Is it ok to ask her question here? Can questions be passed on to her? If they can, I (and I am sure plenty of others) would like to know:

Why does she want to be a part of Nevrax and SoR, especially at its current financial situation?

- a curious fan

[raynes]

I have some questions for her that I would love to have answered.

Jessica,
One of your columns on the biting the hand website is about story telling. The article was written in November of 1992 and from the sound of it, before you started work on AC. Here is the link:
http://www.skotos.net/articles/BTH_37.shtml

Now the basic message of the article is that a prescripted story is a bad thing to have and that the real success will come from the stories the players create. This brings up some very interesting questions, especially concerning Ryzom.

1) That article was written long ago before MMO's really took off, one might say it was written at the dawn of the MMO age. Here we are 3 years later, you have more experience with MMO's under your belt, do you still feel this way about a story in a MMO or has your view changed?

2) It's well known that the basic story of Ryzom is mapped out. There is a start and there is a finish that is already determined. How do you plan to produce a game when the basis of it is what you speak out against?

3) In reading your article I understand what you are saying. The most successful game is going to be one where the players truely can shape the game, where their actions become the lore. However the reality is that current technology limits this. Furthermore players have a tendency to jump in and focus on leveling more than creating stories. As the executive producer for Ryzom how do you plan on dealing with the limits of technology? How do you plan on getting players away from leveling and more into creating the stories that will be remembered?

I hope you don't view this as an attack or me trying to give you a hard time in your new job. I'm just a player who lives for the storyline in an MMO. I found your coments interesting and would love to know how they fit into the picture for this game.

[vinnyq]

Oh, and what does the term, "Executive Producer of The Saga of Ryzom" means?

[xenofur]

Oh, and what does the term, "Executive Producer of The Saga of Ryzom" means?

so you won't have to wait for a conclusive answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_producer
and i also strongly suggesting using google

[raynes]

so you won't have to wait for a conclusive answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_producer
and i also strongly suggesting using google

Yeah that clears things up a lot! The first sentence is "Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is difficult to define clearly." LOL

It's a good question actually.