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John Smedley Has Left Amazon Game Studios | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited January 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageJohn Smedley Has Left Amazon Game Studios | MMORPG.com

MMORPG industry veteran John Smedley has left Amazon Games, where he was General Manager. Before he moves on, he'll be transitioning his team to complete their yet-unannounced project.

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  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    giggles.
    F2P or DIE !
  • AvanahAvanah Member RarePosts: 1,627

    OG_Solareus said:

    giggles.



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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Avanah said:

    OG_Solareus said:

    giggles.



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  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    What would be nice is the Lord of the Rings project to restart !
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    F2P or DIE !
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    edited January 2023
    sry double post
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    edited January 2023


    I'm sure everything is fine....image
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  • UwakionnaUwakionna Member RarePosts: 1,139
    I'm a little ambivalent about this news. He's had a hand in pushing some decent and different content to the market, but he floundered around a lot too, even at SOE. Not that much of a surprise AGS took a similar route on that end, through I wouldn't pin it as an issue on him alone either.
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  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    Well, I guess the industry will lose its favorite whipping horse.  Smedley contributed to a lot of games, mostly in a management (non-creative) position.  I hope he finds something different to do that fulfills his personal goals.






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  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 10,014
    Mendel said:
    Well, I guess the industry will lose its favorite whipping horse.  Smedley contributed to a lot of games, mostly in a management (non-creative) position.  I hope he finds something different to do that fulfills his personal goals.







    One of the most overrated people in the entire industry...he talks a good game and that's about it.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    Mendel said:
    Well, I guess the industry will lose its favorite whipping horse.  Smedley contributed to a lot of games, mostly in a management (non-creative) position.  I hope he finds something different to do that fulfills his personal goals.






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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485

    Deathkon1 said:

    I feel this is normal and since I don't even know who this is its even more justified for me to be ok in thinking this is normal.



    Did you read the article? It stated who he is.
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  • IceAgeIceAge Member EpicPosts: 3,203
    Finally!

    This guy has ruined everywhere in his path. Is a very weak .. in whatever his position is/was.

    I mean...having SOE under his belt and wasn't able to make a big impact and create a successful company , says a lot about his .. leadership.

    I say he's the reason for most of the fails at Amazon since his arrival. I'm sure Amazon Games will be a better company from now on.
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  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    IceAge said:
    Finally!

    This guy has ruined everywhere in his path. Is a very weak .. in whatever his position is/was.

    I mean...having SOE under his belt and wasn't able to make a big impact and create a successful company , says a lot about his .. leadership.

    I say he's the reason for most of the fails at Amazon since his arrival. I'm sure Amazon Games will be a better company from now on.

    Once again you have no idea what your are talking about.

    AGS has cancelled around a dozen games and Smedley was only involved with a few of them.

    But, sure, spew hate and misinformation, that's what you are here for after all.
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  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    Xiaoki said:
    IceAge said:
    Finally!

    This guy has ruined everywhere in his path. Is a very weak .. in whatever his position is/was.

    I mean...having SOE under his belt and wasn't able to make a big impact and create a successful company , says a lot about his .. leadership.

    I say he's the reason for most of the fails at Amazon since his arrival. I'm sure Amazon Games will be a better company from now on.

    Once again you have no idea what your are talking about.

    AGS has cancelled around a dozen games and Smedley was only involved with a few of them.

    But, sure, spew hate and misinformation, that's what you are here for after all.
    His involvement in SWG should speak for itself ?
    F2P or DIE !
  • IvidnaelaxIvidnaelax Member UncommonPosts: 67
    Smedley needs to fix Daybreak. Once he left Everquest and Everquest II went to crap.
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  • IvidnaelaxIvidnaelax Member UncommonPosts: 67

    OG_Solareus said:


    Xiaoki said:


    IceAge said:

    Finally!



    This guy has ruined everywhere in his path. Is a very weak .. in whatever his position is/was.



    I mean...having SOE under his belt and wasn't able to make a big impact and create a successful company , says a lot about his .. leadership.



    I say he's the reason for most of the fails at Amazon since his arrival. I'm sure Amazon Games will be a better company from now on.



    Once again you have no idea what your are talking about.

    AGS has cancelled around a dozen games and Smedley was only involved with a few of them.

    But, sure, spew hate and misinformation, that's what you are here for after all.


    His involvement in SWG should speak for itself ?



    I played SWG when it was in Beta back in 1996 - 1997.
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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    Ividnaelax said:

    OG_Solareus said:


    Xiaoki said:


    IceAge said:

    Finally!



    This guy has ruined everywhere in his path. Is a very weak .. in whatever his position is/was.



    I mean...having SOE under his belt and wasn't able to make a big impact and create a successful company , says a lot about his .. leadership.



    I say he's the reason for most of the fails at Amazon since his arrival. I'm sure Amazon Games will be a better company from now on.



    Once again you have no idea what your are talking about.

    AGS has cancelled around a dozen games and Smedley was only involved with a few of them.

    But, sure, spew hate and misinformation, that's what you are here for after all.


    His involvement in SWG should speak for itself ?



    I played SWG when it was in Beta back in 1996 - 1997.

    SWG didn't hit public beta until 2001. Raph Koster once said that development began shortly before the Release of The Phantom Menace and discussed how Lucas Films wouldn't share anything about the upcoming movie and were really difficult to work with. He stated that during most of the development process of SWG all the canon they could glean from was previous movies, EU books and the same trailers we all watched.
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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,649
    edited January 2023
    Come on John, go back to creating Hero's Song. I loved the early stages of that game. He worked on that game for a while and then AWS hired his team.
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  • TalinTalin Member UncommonPosts: 923
    He's a legend to old school MMO vets (with some mix of love/hate), but hard to tell what his role has been in Amazon Games and how it has affected their plans and releases. The industry has changed dramatically in the last 25 years and I do wonder if he has been able to evolve with it.
  • moosecatlolmoosecatlol Member RarePosts: 1,531
    Greediest man I've ever met, next to Angel Munoz. I'm still baffled how they went with the P2W route in Planetside 1.
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  • UwakionnaUwakionna Member RarePosts: 1,139
    moosecatlol said:
    Greediest man I've ever met, next to Angel Munoz. I'm still baffled how they went with the P2W route in Planetside 1.
    I honestly am not sure what you're referring to as P2W in PS1, and I played that 'till they shut it down.
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