Bill Roper featured in Champions Online's newest Meet the Team
by Kyle Horner 
Nov 12th 2008 at 4:00PM
Filed under: Interviews, New titles, News items, Champions Online
Even though former Blizzard veteran and Flagship CEO Bill Roper just recently joined Cryptic Studios as a design director, it hasn't taken them long to sit him down and put together a brand new "Meet The Team" segment for his position with the Champions Online team. If you haven't read many (or any) of these often interesting interviews just yet, we highly recommend giving this one a chance. Not only does Bill speak about his time with Blizzard, but also the essential lessons he's taken from being the CEO of Flagship and how he plans on applying them to his work at Cryptic.Attentive readers will notice that the interview also hints at the progress of Champions Online. With Bill discussing his interest in implementing the crafting system, which isn't in the game yet, but also mentioning that the title is pretty far along. Most MMOs in development experience a delay or two, but by the sounds of it we may actually get to play this one on time.
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mandarin said on 4:25PM 11-12-2008
Who cares? Hellgate went to hell
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John said on 4:39PM 11-12-2008
Good for Bill. I remember meeting him twice when I went to Comic Con and Digital Life here in NYC. He was very committed to making sure Hellgate was designed so people would have fun. Unfortunately it didn't turn out good but he was a very nice guy. You could tell he really lived for his games.
Anyone using his talents will really benefit.
And Mandarin... I'm sure Hellgate will be happy to see you in hell...loser!
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Wjowski said on 6:54PM 11-12-2008
Y'know, at least Brad McQuaid had the common decency to exile himself.
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Urban Monkey said on 8:18AM 11-13-2008
How can a company use Bill Roper as a positive hype generator after the Hellgate London fiasco is beyond me.
I am not saying he should go to exile, but at least let him work quietly on another successful project before shooting for glory.
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ScytheNoire said on 9:24AM 11-13-2008
Bill looks like he put on a bit of weight. I guess he eats when he's stressed or depressed.
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