Roshen Joins Intrepid Studios as Sr. Community Manager

Hey all,

Hail and well met! Today is my first day with the Intrepid Studios team. I’m excited to be here in San Diego, and getting to know the Ashes of Creation community. Starting at Intrepid feels like a reunion to me as I come back together with great people I know from previous roles, working together on a variety of different games.

I’m an old school MMO player with way too many hours spent in game worlds like EverQuest and World of Warcraft. It’s games like these that are the reason I was motivated to work professionally in the gaming industry. I started my professional gaming career on the tabletop side of things, working on games like the World of Warcraft TCG. From there, I moved to Sony Online (which later became Daybreak Games) working on the EverQuest franchise and other titles. I’ve also worked at other studios, on MMOs like New World and Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis.

Digital worlds and the communities we build around them matter. I’m stoked to be a part of the Ashes of Creation Community Team, as we build something special together in Verra, and outside of the game in all of the places online where gamers hang out today and in the years to come.

My first few days here should be pretty chill, so if anyone wants to chat it up, this thread is a great place for us all to get to know each other.

Thanks!
-Ry “Roshen” Schueller
Senior Community Manager

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Roshen

Hi @Caww! I appreciate the warm welcome, and I'm excited to be here.

Caww wrote: »

I wonder if you have a philosophy on the kind of support or encouragement a CM would provide to the wonderful 3rd party websites that can add so much to a games general experience and knowledge for the player base?

I agree that 3rd party sites do add so much to the general experience and knowledge base for the larger community. For a huge game like Ashes of Creation, I know sites like these are going to matter a great deal to players.

My general philosophy regarding Community support for resources like these, is we should spotlight the good examples from the fan community. This makes it easier for players to find these resources, and acknowledges the people and the work that make these resources possible.

Caww wrote: »

Do you have any out reach plans you can discuss or are these considered two separate worlds?

For information on how we support creators and fansites, see the page here: https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2021-05-08-introducing-the-intrepid-studios-content-creator-program

If you've seen creators or sites with referral codes, there's a pretty good chance we're chatting with them

Gizban

Roshen wrote: »

Ozijak wrote: »

What are some of your favourite memories in MMOs?

My favorite MMO memories are the stories we tell, that OUR PEOPLE can relate to, regardless of what server we were on at a time.

A few examples:

EverQuest: Rallos Zek players organizing together as a server and deciding not to wake the Sleeper for several expansions. Later them coming together in an organized way across server to defeat the "unkillable raid boss."

World of Warcraft: Zul'Gurub corrupted blood making it into cities, and how each server reacted to the debuff spreading between players and NPCs.

Asheron's Call: The Shard of the Herald event, and players on the Thistledown server deciding to work WITH the event NPCs, instead of completing the event "as intended."

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Even if we weren't playing these games on these servers when these things happened, we can ALL geek out about these things together. MMOs are more than just games. They're the stories we tell, and how we can relate to the stories others MMO players tell.

Morningthaw server here! AC was my first MMO (live in rural farming community in AZ) and I have a lot of warm memories from that game. I loved the area around Cragstone. There was a windmill that overlooked the town. I wanted to live there haha.

Was the Shard of the Herald the Martine/Virindi arc or was that Bael'zharon(sp)? I remember the shards nuking Holtburg (or was it Arwick?).

Two of my most endearing memories of AC were loitering around above the Subway watching pvp duels. I remember a guy by the name of Paraduck with a frost Nekode. Strafe casting was an art man!

The other was during the Martine arc. I was a trader then and like everyone else our mules were down in the portal-storm-free Subway. One busy day GM controlled Martine shows up amongst the gaggle of encumbered lvl 1 mules. Blood and guts everywhere. Ahh, good times.

Nerror

Roshen wrote: »

Asheron's Call: The Shard of the Herald event, and players on the Thistledown server deciding to work WITH the event NPCs, instead of completing the event "as intended."

Oooh I was on Thistledown! My first MMORPG. Good times. I vaguely remember that event.

Gizban

Nerror wrote: »

Roshen wrote: »

Asheron's Call: The Shard of the Herald event, and players on the Thistledown server deciding to work WITH the event NPCs, instead of completing the event "as intended."

Oooh I was on Thistledown! My first MMORPG. Good times. I vaguely remember that event.

Did you spare a moment for self-flagellation and take a stroll through Darktide?

P.S. Recognize my pic?

DeeBee

Welcome to the community @Roshen !

Hope you have a great time at Intrepid !

Nerror

pyreal wrote: »

Nerror wrote: »

Roshen wrote: »

Asheron's Call: The Shard of the Herald event, and players on the Thistledown server deciding to work WITH the event NPCs, instead of completing the event "as intended."

Oooh I was on Thistledown! My first MMORPG. Good times. I vaguely remember that event.

Did you spare a moment for self-flagellation and take a stroll through Darktide?

P.S. Recognize my pic?

Only very briefly. Not long enough to really be remembered. I was with a group there, but I honestly forgot the names.

I didn't connect the pic before now, but now that you mention it, that's a pyreal scarab!

Radiglaz

Welcome Roshen!

The4thComing

Welcome @Roshen
Very happy to see the intrepid team growing.

Thoric The Brave

Welcome to Ashes of Creation.

Teyloune

I'll hope you have a blast here with all of us @Roshen

Beeper

Holy balls. I played World of Warcraft with this guy back during Cataclysm. Looks like we're in good hands.. so long as you don't mind filthy Ret Paladins.

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