Posted to uoherald.com:

Greetings From the New Director of Community

Jeremy Dalberg
04 Dec 2007 15:54:23 Greetings All,


I’m Robert Mull, the new Community Relations Director for EA Mythic. I oversee the work our team of Community Coordinators do for Warhammer Online (James Nichols), Dark Age of Camelot (Missy Hatch and Joanne Laroche) and Ultima Online (Jeremy Dalberg). They are a great team and I am lucky to have inherited them.


As a gamer who got his start in MMOs with the Ultima Online beta, being allowed to support the same community that made that game so enjoyable to me is a real pleasure and I feel like I have come full circle. Since then a decade has passed and I have played countless MMOs. A few of these became part of my daily routine for years as I worked to found guilds, build cities, run player-events, engage in pvp conflicts, roleplay, and be an active member of the gaming community. While the games have changed over the years, the real draw for me has always been the people. A strong well-supported community makes good games great.


Prior to coming to EA Mythic, I worked at Wizards of the Coast supporting brands such as Avalon Hill, Axis & Allies, Dreamblade, Duel Masters and other products. I learned many lessons there that I have brought with me to EA Mythic, but first and foremost is that you have to be honest and open with your community.


In the coming months you will be hearing much more from me. I want to continue and extend the reputation EA Mythic has built for integrity, honesty and quality in community and customer support. Our job here is to be the voice of the community inside EA Mythic and the voice of the people working hard at EA Mythic to the community. The Community Relations team is a feedback loop and our goal is making the community better, day by day. I, for one, take that job very seriously and enjoy it immensely.


I look forward to talking to you all on the boards and at Road Trips, conventions and other public events.
Bob

"A strong well-supported community makes good games great."

That is very true and I hope he really believes it. We have heard it before from several Community Directors/Reps... one to many times ... and yet they seem to respond to only naysayers, bullies and thumbsucking whiners ....


But lets be positive ... and hope Bob believes in Quality voices over Quantity

*hopes he likes fresh baked cookies too*

Hopefully he will be a good one.



Kind of off-topic because I don't know if Mr Mull is in this video.......

Garaba posted on Stratics a link to this video he found on YouTube.

~Edit~
Wow I typed in a link and got the whole video! (when I click Preview it shows a link) Sorry guys.

LOL I'm pretty sure I saw Tim (Draconi) and Nick (Dragonhead)...Is the singing one GrimmOmen?... o.0

I choked at these words a bit


BUT

GREETINGS to you Mr.Director 'Bob' and best wishes in your new role [ not that I suppose for one moment you will ever get to know/read these boards]

However,its always good to have 'new' blood,and I am slightly encouraged by the fact you are one of the original UO beta player s from days gone by.

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GREAT catch on the vid clip Tukuram, well done.

That was fun to watch

He sounds like a great guy! Hope he will visit us here at uoforums as well!

I want to *continue and extend* completely repair the reputation EA Mythic has built for integrity, honesty and quality in community and customer support.

There is that better?




(I really tried to add strikethrough but couldn't find out how)

I didn't see Draconi in there. But Leurocian, Dragon and Grimm are in there.

D-d-d-damn, I wanted dat j-j-job.