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SWG Lead Game Designer Dies
Posted: 4 years ago
I don't understand how someone gets the title "Lead Game Designer" without being all that important.
What the fuck do they call the more important members? Grand Emperor of Gameplay Design and Development?
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Posted: 4 years ago
Huh. Guess I don't have much to say, I've met the guy, worked with him at SOE while I was on the EQ team. Either he is the first person that I know that's committed suicide, or the first "noteworthy" one to.
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Jeff Freeman, former Lead Gameplay Designer on Star Wars Galaxies, has tragically taken his own life.
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Freeman had previously worked at Spacetime Studios as well as on Ultima Online, but is best known for his stint on Star Wars Galaxies, where he was unfortunate enough to become the public face of the "New Game Enhancements" update, one of the most infamous debacles in MMOG history. In a story from June 2007, Allen Varney detailed how Freeman became the target of gamer rage over the NGE, even though his role in its development was minor.
Despite the fact that he continued to suffer online abuse at the hands of Star Wars Galaxies players unhappy with the NGE changes even after leaving Sony Online Entertainment in late 2006, Freeman's brother clarified that his suicide had nothing to do with the game. "I want everyone to know that it was not SWG that led him to take his life," he said. "He has been troubled for some time. There were a lot of personal issues that tore at him."
A memorial service will be held for Freeman in his hometown of Austin, Texas, on October 2. He was 39.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/86552-Jeff-Freeman-Former-SWG-Lead-Gameplay-Designer-Dies
Best MMO ever, except the nge.