Farewells for Jeff Bard leaving Intrepid Studios

As IS announced some 11h ago now, Jeff has departed to another company to follow a project he had lots of passion for, and surely a monetary offer he couldn't refuse.

Feel free to share your well wishes, and memories of Jeff on this thread.

For me the funniest thing will forever be the creepy Thomas the train engine staring into our souls during the live streams.

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ThexBlackxKnight

Jeff was always fun on the streams , curious to see who Steven replaces him with.

Arkethos

Somewhat concerning... was there an official announcement anywhere?

Asgerr

Arkethos wrote: »

Somewhat concerning... was there an official announcement anywhere?

Reddit and twitter and website

https://t.co/oOI9FxKsjv

Asgerr

Also here is what Steven had to say about it on reddit:

Hey everyone, just wanted to pop on and reiterate what was said in the article here.

Jeff will be missed, and while I’m sad to see a friend go, I will always encourage someone to follow their passion. Jeff was given an opportunity to lead a large project with Skydance entertainment, on a particular IP that had always been close to his heart, and was also in VR, another passion of his.

I know what it means to follow your passion... that’s how and why I started Intrepid, and began building Ashes. The team has grown considerably and will be growing to over 150 developers before the end of the year. And the team and I are grateful for the time and hard work Jeff put into Ashes. I know how hard it was for him to make this decision, and say goodbye to friends and family here. But ultimately I know what weighed most for him was knowing that the project is in a great place on the eve of our major Alpha One milestone and that we will carry forward with the amazing team of dedicated developers we’ve assembled.

I will be making an announcement in the near future about Jeff’s replacement, but for now I really want the focus to be on wishing him well and thanking him for the hard work he did on Ashes 👍

I know that Reddit has a reputation of going towards the negative. But at the end of the day, please try to remember we are real people behind a screen, working tirelessly to make a game in the genre we desperately love. And nothing will stop us from doing just that

George_Black

Thanks for working on a game that a lot of us have been waiting for. Have fun whatever you do

mcstackerson

This makes me sad. Good luck Jeff!

Diura

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/49809/a-message-to-the-community/p1

There is already a thread started by Margret x
The announcement was made on the AoC Main site too under the News category!

Nonetheless... Gonna miss ya Jeffrey Bard!

Marcet

Jeff :'(

leamese

Thanks for all your contribution and leadership. Without you there would not be an Ashes as there is today. Thanks you!

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