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DALLAS, TX (May 28, 2008) --- Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine has announced the top influential people in massively multiplayer video games for 2007 in the July-August #13 Issue.

World of Warcraft's Rob Pardo, GuildCafe.com's community mastermind, Sanya Weathers, and Richard Garriott himself are listed as three of the twenty names in the feature, The Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry.

Beckett's Massive Online Gamer highlights the most talented people in massively multiplayer video games and gives details on how they've influenced the future of the industry in this latest issue that hits newsstands May 28, 2008. Jess Lebow, now working at Carbine Studios, shares, "I've played the games these people have made for years, so to be listed alongside such industry luminaries is a tremendous honor."

The complete list of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry:

lol Smed is below the Blizzard guy.

and below the Turbine Guy (LOTRO rules)

if this list is supposed to be THE most recent who's who of MMo's...then us SWG vets have to redouble our efforts....SMED should be nowhere on this list...but only get mentioned when telling stock holders how NOT to treat it's customers....

We are losing the war in the media....and it's fought and won there my friends.

the only other possible conclusion i can come to is that this article is a fluff piece meant to foster love for it's sponsors by the companies they're fluffing....(leaning more on this theory at this point)

Faxx....once of Bria.

Being Influential does not always mean in a good way.

Aldolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin were pretty  influential in world history. Does that make them good peeps?

In all fairness Smed was a high roller for some time.  He has more  MMO exposure than most other CEOs.  He obtained many prime IPs like Star Wars and DC Comics.  He helped launch a publishing division and has helped launch more MMOs than most companies have released themselves.  Lets not forget he also helped launched the blockbuster EQ.

I'm sure he is somewhat looked upon as an aging rock star in the industry.  Not doing much anymore, but he was there back in the day.

The sad reality is that there are smaller game companies and independants that are out performing his stable of mismanged titles.  To go even further many of the props given above have turned into prime examples of how not to do things in the industry.  It has been a long fall for the former industry leader.

Yep, if he is good at one thing, it is shifting blame. This is how he has maintained his position. He plays the game very well.

I took a three day vacation and bought that magazine hoping it would be a good read.  What a disappointment.  I get more information online than in that rag. Seemed like half the magazine was ads.  So pandering to those who pay their bills...not surprising.

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Originally posted by Faxxer
if this list is supposed to be THE most recent who's who of MMo's...then us SWG vets have to redouble our efforts....SMED should be nowhere on this list...but only get mentioned when telling stock holders how NOT to treat it's customers....
We are losing the war in the media....and it's fought and won there my friends.
the only other possible conclusion i can come to is that this article is a fluff piece meant to foster love for it's sponsors by the companies they're fluffing....(leaning more on this theory at this point)
 
Faxx....once of Bria.

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The problem is, among the media, he has managed to shift blame for the problems to LEC. Aided by his loyal followers and hordlings, his people have spammed forums and the dirty deed has been done. As I said, he is good st playing ONE game -- blameshifting.

He managed to shift blame for SWG's failure FIRST to Koster, then to WoW, then to a hidden Cabal against him, and ultimately, to the heavy, almighty hand of Lucas Arts (a ludicrous proposition, to be sure, being as SONY dwarfs LEC by several orders of magnitude).

He has managed to bully all MMO sites, while LEC has essentiially stayed out of the fray.

He has won, no question about that. Everyone else has lost, which is a pity.

omg to a loser   has be given so much power  .. there is so much wrong in this  world.

rofl...no matter what Smed does Blizzard always outdoes him. It probably keeps him awake at night.

Thanks for posting this Gutboy and pointing out yet another failure of the Smedster.