Where's Nick "The Konk" Konkle?

Lionxoft

wrlifeboil wrote: »

According to that Linkedin he worked at ZOS for over seven years. That's a long time for a young guy. In any company, some people are 'lifers' and some aren't. Maybe he wanted to do something new. Lots of studios in California. Maybe he wanted to work on the West Coast.

He had the best attitude towards just making a good and enjoyable game. He expanded on his philosophy in a podcast. I find it ironic that he is exactly what Zenimax Online Studios needed but maybe not the developer it deserved. *Insert Rough Batwink Reference*

I'm not surprised that he left Zenimax Online Studios. The philosophy of making a good and enjoyable game isn't apparent in the company's recent track record. 6 months without content and counting and this is the polar opposite of his philosophy for video game development. Best of luck to him at his new gig.

Elsonso

ESO Live 5/8/15:

"Lead Gameplay Designer Chris Strasz"

This is the new Konkle

Mashille

#BringBackTheKonk.

Plz... Plz... Plz...

(Quietly Cries In The Corner While Cuddling A Nick Konkle Plushy)

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Praxxos wrote: »

They should hire John Smedley to replace him now!

ROFL.

ESO NGE!!!!!


It sure feels like it sometimes...

Ifthir_ESO

I got told I was an idiot back in March...

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/156011/thanks-nick-sad-to-see-you-go#latest

Elsonso

Ifthir_ESO wrote: »

I got told I was an idiot back in March...

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/156011/thanks-nick-sad-to-see-you-go#latest

I did not see where anyone called you an idiot, but I will suggest that no one believed you since you provided no sources.

TheLaw

Oh well. We lost

rajaniemiorama_ESO wrote: »

Not to bash anyone, but their game devs are appreciated because they are fairly transparent. They don't tell there players plans if those plans are only in the planning stages. They bug fix almost daily. They hold actual conversations with their players (not just the e-sports players either). They listen to feedback and publicly tell you why your idea, while cool, Can't happen right now.
And they have admitted time and time again that they are constantly improving the base game and server quality due to "poorly written code." They publicly admitted that their coding sucked... who does that? !

Wish this was Zenimax. Well, ESO at least has the coding issues!!!!

MisterBigglesworth

After looking at Nick's linkedIn, I also noticed this:

"Maria Aliprando
December 2009 – May 2015"

Shouldn't that say December 2009 – Present ?
That's how all the other employees are listed....

TheLaw

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

After looking at Nick's linkedIn, I also noticed this:

"Maria Aliprando
December 2009 – May 2015"

Shouldn't that say December 2009 – Present ?
That's how all the other employees are listed....

And so it begins....

Nazon_Katts

Oh noes! Not Maria!

yodased

you are correct. If she still worked there it would say present. It means she left this month
+= kinda like this https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginabruno

Pallmor

lordrichter wrote: »

ESO Live 5/8/15:

"Lead Gameplay Designer Chris Strasz"

I've heard that guy on a bunch of ESO interviews before. AFAICT, his specialties are finding stuff interesting and looking into stuff but not having any announcement to make yet.

Nazon_Katts

Wonder if at least Maria will get a proper farewell this time around or if they just go on like nothing happened again.

rophez_ESO

Not surprising. When this game started tanking in October last year, they dropped all plans for content creation and expansion and poured resources into polishing what was done and console development. I'm actually shocked it took this long for the shedding of devs to come to light. I wonder who's next? Is Wheeler still around?

nimander99

I also was wondering why it has felt like "code control" has been lost for the last few months and this explains it. I just hope they get someone really crafty in here to wrest it back on track and not just make a few bucks on console launch and cash out...

Everyone at ZoS says After Console(TM)

Wodwo

I think we'll have to wait for E3, Bethesda is having their own conference and I would be surprised if ESO is not represented in some way. If no new interesting or cool content is announced within a relatively swift time frame, I have a feeling lots of rats will run from the sinking ship. It's a shame that these two awesome devs have left, doubly bad for ZOS seeing as they were quite public figures. Hopefully they go on to do something awesome (I know the Konk has gone to Riot) and hopefully ESO goes on to be not-crashing-on-me-every-ten-minutes.

Faulgor

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

After looking at Nick's linkedIn, I also noticed this:

"Maria Aliprando
December 2009 – May 2015"

Shouldn't that say December 2009 – Present ?
That's how all the other employees are listed....

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

... I wonder if they are losing more players or developers ...

olsborg

This was upsetting news to me, really. Was hoping he would continue working on spellcrafting and getting it released to live, without spellcrafting, this game will become boring (pvp) in a short amount of time from now. Already feeling the need to fight with and against more diversity.

Weberda

It looks like their entire gameplay team has been decimated which doesn't bode well for the future. Just go to the bottom of this page and click on "jobs" under the Support column.

SantieClaws

I'd like there to be some way of putting flowers on something in game in appreciation of their time at ZoS. There isn't so instead I will chug a jug of mead or two and pick every flower I find.

Pallmor

Wodwo wrote: »

I think we'll have to wait for E3, Bethesda is having their own conference and I would be surprised if ESO is not represented in some way.

I don't think it's any coincidence that the ESO console launch was set for the same week as the big press conference. While the focus will be on Fallout 4, I imagine the ESO console launch will get plenty of love too. I doubt we'll hear much in the way of new content, though. Probably just some "Hey, ESO launched this week on consoles. Go buy it! Here's some cool footage and review quotes!"

Bashev

I am sorry for necroing this topic, but after watching the last ESO live, I realized now how much we miss @ZOS_NickKonkle

Armann

Spellcrafting!

actosh

Just hope konk and maria will hired for a mmo in the future!

They did a decent job.

Elsonso

Bashev wrote: »

I am sorry for necroing this topic, but after watching the last ESO live, I realized now how much we miss @ZOS_NickKonkle

Nick Konkle was Lead Gameplay Designer (ESO) and Console Lead (ESOTU) according to the credits. Chris Strasz is the Lead Gameplay Designer now. Eric Wrobel was a Gameplay and Systems Designer for ESO and is Combat Lead for ESOTU. He was credited during ESO Live as Lead Combat Designer.

I wish that Strasz was as chatty about upcoming systems as Konkle, so yeah, I miss Konkle, too.

TalonKnight

Well this SUX.... But it always seems to happen with every mmo, but still....

TalonKnight

So wait a min did Maria Aliprando leave also?

WHAT THE [snip] ZOS....?

[edited for profanity bypass]

Elsonso

TalonKnight wrote: »

So wait a min did Maria Aliprando leave also?

WHAT THE [snip] ZOS....?

No one knows why she left, but she apparently got out of the game industry. That might have been why.

[edited to remove quote]

Vaoh

I just hope ZOS takes the same mindset on Spellcrafting that Nick Konkle did when it was showcased. The system sounded really cool.

vyrusb23

You're not talking about Uli Kunkel? His co-star in the beaver picture?