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Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is undoubtedly a free-to-play MMOG favorite among the staff and community members here at Ten Ton Hammer. Runewakers, developers of RoM, offered up a practical and ambitious resolution. (But who will free them from their cubicles?)


"In 2010, Runes of Magic will be in over 20 countries and in 16 languages on an even higher level of quality. That means we need larger teams to push out more high quality content at an even faster pace. Looks like we will have to lock everyone to their cubicles. Bring on the Caffeine!”

- John & Tony Tang, Runewakers

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Sleepy Giant

Sleepy Giant is dedicated to running persistent online games and their communities.

MMOGs are nothing without community, and operating online games and their communities  is what Sleepy Giant Entertainment is all about. Their clients include Vogster, developers of CrimeCraft.


"With so many developers offering all these great resolutions…I thought you might like to hear from the operations and community side as well. After all, we have the distinct honor of seeing that many of these developer resolutions are, well…managed. So, here are the resolutions for Sleepy Giant in the New Year:

1. Faster interwebs in the SG bunker.  Being near the beach is nice, but the poor connection makes us prime AWP fodder.
2. Better marketing. We are a pretty honest group of people here, so marketing ourselves has always been a problem (no offense, marketing people!)  Too many studios don’t know we exist.  That really seems like something we should take care of if we want to work with more studios.
3. Always be thankful. With a lot of friends out of work, we resolve to be thankful for family, friends, health, employment, above average monetization rates, solid QA, and servers that don’t crash at 2AM.
4. And finally, we resolve to spend a little more time seeing what other teams are doing.  2009 was spent with nose to grindstone. This upcoming year we’ll be more active as players.
   

Those seem achievable, don’t they?"

- Matthew Hannus, CEO, Sleepy Giant

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Fallen Earth

Jeremiah "Chuck One" McCoy

The folks at Fallen Earth collaborated on some New Year's promiseswith a healthy dose of humor. A good sense of humor always bodes well for a healthy and doable resolution, don't you think?


"I am of semi-sound mind and pudgy body. I therefore resolve to work on both of those facts in the New Year. Away with Mountain Dew and the super energy drink of the week. I will have a nice soothing tea instead, and enjoy the fact that I don't have enough caffeine in me to count as a combat drug. I will exercise muscles besides the fingers involved in typing and mouse use. I will, in fact, go for walks without the internet for a while.

"I will sleep the sleep of the just and try to stop dreaming in 1280x800. I will not contemplate forum posts to the point of distraction. I will seek my calm center and not obsesses over the state of my crafting queue, the bug list, or the state of my beard. I will leave the Dark Cave of QA testing and see the sun once in a while. I understand it is a bright ball of fire in the sky and warms the soul as well as the skin. Won’t that be nice? These things I resolve and hope everyone else has a wonderful year."

- Jeremiah "Chuck One" McCoy, lead tester

"I resolve to stop laughing maniacally at players who lose all their chips in our casinos, even though the pain I have caused fills me with joy."

- Michael Bacigalupo, scripter

"In 2010, I'm going to have to get my primary Fallen Earth character out of the Casino in New Flagstaff. I know that having drains out of the economy are good for the game, but they don't have to come directly from my character's pocketbook. He needs to get out, get some fresh air, and start digging through the garbage.

"I also need to refine my pitch for that epic storyline featuring the talking Prairie Chicken. This year they'll say yes. I just know it."

- James Lowe, content designer/writer

5: Go to work on time.
4: Find time to play more games.
3: Quit smoking…so much.
2: Graduate College.
1: Make sure not to delete the Fallen Earth Facebook page again…

- Sombat Southivorarat, intern for Fallen Earth

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Nathan, an angel in Spandex.

CCP (EVE Online, Dust 514)

CCP, developers of EVE Online, rarely fail to inject a little humor into many of the things they do. Executive Producer Nathan Richardsson's simple, yet eloquent, resolution left us stunned and amazed. Now we're wondering whether CCP's next game will be an angel-themed superhero MMOG that combines elements of Aion and Champions Online. (No, not really.)

Anhow, preach it, Nathan!


"Less beer, more Spandex."

- Nathan "CCP Oveur" Richardsson, Executive Producer, CCP

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We've got still more New Year's Resolutions from the Ten Ton Hammer team. Check them out!

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