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Bill Roper Joins Cryptic Studios

by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 03, 2008 4:29am PST

Following the failure of Flagship Studios and Hellgate: London, former Blizzard Entertainment director Bill Roper has joined Cryptic Studios, the MMO developer announced today.

Roper will serve as Design Director on Champions Online, Cryptic's new massively multiplayer online superhero title based on the Champions role playing game.

Said Cryptic Studios CEO John Needham, "Bill brings a ton of creative energy to the Cryptic office and we're thrilled to have him join our team. His years of gaming and online experience are huge assets to all of our projects, and Bill will assist us in furthering our studio's vision to create innovative, exciting MMO gameplay."

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thats too bad, champions was the first mmo in a long time that i thought i might actually be interested in playing... not anymore...

Nov 03, 2008 9:04am PST

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  I'm sure he's not going to be making any huge changes to the game, it seems like a huge percent of the ga... : CyCo_PL
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    doesnt matter. anyone retarded enough to put roper on their team is too retarded to make a game im intere... : radio_babylon
    - Hahaha, did Roper kill your dog or something. : Ellissd
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      Like Blizzard and Diablo, right? : mizeriq
      
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      it is my understanding that his contributions to the diablo games are... lets just say not as significant... : radio_babylon
      
      Based on what? Saving your '"net cred"? : Sylvanus

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Bill has worked on a lot of fun games. I hope this trend will continue.

Nov 03, 2008 11:25am PST

Bill has worked on a lot of fun games. I hope this trend will continue. : Sinizar

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Shack.... Stop treating him like he's the new Romero!

Nov 03, 2008 9:31am PST

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Shack.... Stop treating him like he's the new Romero! : melt_core
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- http://rome.ro/ : Sylvanus

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speaking purely on the image he gives off on the interweb, Roper seems like a bit of an idiot. Based on Hellgate I think he's also lost a lot of credibility - I'm surprised a decent studio like Cryptic picked him up.

Nov 03, 2008 4:53am PST

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speaking purely on the image he gives off on the interweb, Roper seems like a bit of an idiot. Based on H... : even4
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I think nabbing Roper is a great thing for Cryptic, but I'm not sure it was a wise move for Roper as Champions Online looks like just another rehash of City of Heroes and will probably go down as yet another small-time 'meh' niche MMO that will be doing good to break even. Having two failures in a row won't be good for Bill's resume should it come to pass.

Granted I'm sure the guy has bills to pay and beggars can't be choosers when the mortgage is due.

Nov 03, 2008 7:43am PST

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His forehead is fucking gigantic, one might even call it a fivehead

Nov 03, 2008 8:38am PST

His forehead is fucking gigantic, one might even call it a fivehead : shredomatic

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Too bad he didn't go back to Blizzard. Would have been interesting for Diablo 3.

Nov 03, 2008 8:12am PST

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Too bad he didn't go back to Blizzard. Would have been interesting for Diablo 3. : Sixcos
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- Pfft, they're clearly not worse off without him than with. : code-e255
- Pretty sure they wouldn't have taken him after his shenanigans with Hellgate. : kpxkrnjc

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I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE!!!
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9420/davidzayasvsbillropervz7.jpg

Nov 03, 2008 7:48am PST

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I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE!!! http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9420/davidzayasvsbillropervz7.jpg : BlitzMayhem
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- ah crap was supposed to be reply =( i fail : BlitzMayhem

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Presumably this frees up Jack to work on Star Trek Online.

Nov 03, 2008 6:56am PST

Presumably this frees up Jack to work on Star Trek Online. : Jonathan

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Anyone think he looks like a white David Zayas? (Sgt. Angel Batista from Dexter)

Nov 03, 2008 5:34am PST

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Anyone think he looks like a white David Zayas? (Sgt. Angel Batista from Dexter) : BlitzMayhem
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- A little. Put him in a hat and bowling shirt and we'll see. : baron calamity

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He doesn't look too happy about it.

Nov 03, 2008 6:33am PST

He doesn't look too happy about it. : d3pr1ved

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Good to see he found a place.

Nov 03, 2008 4:45am PST

Good to see he found a place. : pimpium

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DOH!!

Nov 03, 2008 4:35am PST

DOH!! : jonin

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