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Developer Spotlight: CCP Goliath

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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2014-04-25 13:31:23 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Eterne
Quality Assurance is one of the most important parts of making a video game. After all, if the code that lets you do cool stuff also deletes your hard drive, you're going to have problems! Luckily, we have very talented people in place to make sure this doesn't happen (at least more than once). Leading the team is CCP Goliath, a man who is hard to miss if you've ever been to Fanfest. I talked to him about his job in our latest Developer Spotlight!

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CCP Goliath
C C P
C C P Alliance
#2 - 2014-04-25 13:32:21 UTC
Thanks for reading, everyone!

CCP Goliath | QA Director | EVE Illuminati | @CCP_Goliath
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#3 - 2014-04-25 13:37:27 UTC
Thank you for all your hard work!

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Last Wolf
Umbra Wing
#4 - 2014-04-25 13:44:37 UTC
Can I work at CCP? Seems like a lot of fun!

Only 2 problems:
1. I would have to Work from home, because there is no way in hell I'm moving to Atlanta (I live in Arkansas)
2. I'm guessing Stackless Python isn't very similar to PHP/HTML/Javascript (What I code with in my current job). However I am very good at SQL queries and I am a very fast learner with some experience in C++/JAVA!

Anyways, for those of you lucky enough to be working on this awesome game: THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK!

That awkward moment at the Gentlemen's Club when you see your sister on the stage....and you're not sure where to put the money....
Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#5 - 2014-04-25 13:55:37 UTC
I read paragraph about those board games and honestly I was like WTF??? It felt like reading excerpt from abstract math book or sth equally alien.

Cheers for CCP Goliath :)

And now give us that next blog about industry changes goddammit!

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Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#6 - 2014-04-25 14:02:12 UTC
Cheers, m8. I knew a dude by the in-game name of G0liath that played Tribal Wars. Also knew a dude irl that looked a lot like you. But in the states.

Also, M:tG, the original TCG. All others are pretenders to the throne.

http://youtu.be/YVkUvmDQ3HY
CCP Goliath
C C P
C C P Alliance
#7 - 2014-04-25 14:10:03 UTC
Soldarius wrote:
Cheers, m8. I knew a dude by the in-game name of G0liath that played Tribal Wars. Also knew a dude irl that looked a lot like you. But in the states.

Also, M:tG, the original TCG. All others are pretenders to the throne.


Never played Tribal Wars, sorry :)

MTG all the way! (Though I will always have a soft spot for the Legend of the 5 Rings TCG, original version)

CCP Goliath | QA Director | EVE Illuminati | @CCP_Goliath
RoomUlus
Red Eye Tribe
#8 - 2014-04-25 14:21:47 UTC
CCP Goliath wrote:
Thanks for reading, everyone!


I like hearing about QA in other companies, especially in games that I play a lot lol. Funny fact, it's possible we have worked together (directly or indirectly) if you where ever in the AQ/e4e/Pole to Win office out of Baltimore. Previous company I was with for 4 years started using AQ in 2009. Was a godsend during crunch, even if we didn't work together, I thank you and yours for the work you do (then and now), it is much appreciated.

Anywho... Well played sir, and keep up the good work as the bugs storm the gates.

RoomUlus

Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#9 - 2014-04-25 15:09:06 UTC

Look forward to seeing more of your board games!

Also, thanks for your hard work!
Bariolage
Control F9
#10 - 2014-04-25 15:09:50 UTC
Thanks for the long list of board games in your answer; I'm going to try a couple of those I haven't heard of! Do you have a favorite dominion expansion?
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#11 - 2014-04-25 15:33:08 UTC
Eve haz QA?

Sorry couldn't resist :(

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Kaius Fero
#12 - 2014-04-25 15:49:20 UTC
CCP Eterne wrote:
After all, if the code

I stopped right there. No tenbuxforya.

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CCP Goliath
C C P
C C P Alliance
#13 - 2014-04-25 15:54:25 UTC
Bariolage wrote:
Thanks for the long list of board games in your answer; I'm going to try a couple of those I haven't heard of! Do you have a favorite dominion expansion?



Favourite might be a strong word. I think each expansion has its own merits (except maybe Alchemy) and playstyle. I love Dark Ages for the hateful and complex nature of most of the cards, Guilds for the amazingly boss gold coins that come with it, Seaside is wonderful generally, and quite "nice", haven't played much Prosperity or Hinterlands. Favourite cards are, in no order, Chapel, Gardens, Lab, Nobles, Cultists, Council Room.

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Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices
Masters of Flying Objects
#14 - 2014-04-25 16:01:12 UTC
CCP Goliath your presence in social media is a great asset to CCP.

Glad to see you presented to the greater player community in this way.

Hurry up with the latest build so I and the other Sisi dwellers we can spend some time bug reporting the Summer buildTwisted

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Makoto Priano
Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#15 - 2014-04-25 16:06:35 UTC
Oooh! Board games!

So. Goliath, what do you think of cooperative or semi-cooperative games? Pandemic or Shadows over Camelot, respectively, for instance.

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CCP Goliath
C C P
C C P Alliance
#16 - 2014-04-25 16:17:48 UTC
Salpun wrote:
CCP Goliath your presence in social media is a great asset to CCP.

Glad to see you presented to the greater player community in this way.

Hurry up with the latest build so I and the other Sisi dwellers we can spend some time bug reporting the Summer buildTwisted


Thanks buddy! Glad to be of use :)

New Stuff for Sisi is pretty close!!

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CCP Goliath
C C P
C C P Alliance
#17 - 2014-04-25 16:26:18 UTC
Makoto Priano wrote:
Oooh! Board games!

So. Goliath, what do you think of cooperative or semi-cooperative games? Pandemic or Shadows over Camelot, respectively, for instance.



I want to like coop games more than I do in practice. I think the "classics" of Arkham, Pandemic, etc. all have the problem of one player effectively making the decisions for everyone. That said, if the game is challenging enough and each player has secret information, or cannot be told optimal plays, they can be good. Hanabi is probably one of the most fun ones I've played. SoC I have never played, but I like everything else I've played from Days of Wonder, so wouldn't be surprised to enjoy it. The Forbidden series are quite fun too, but I've never won a game of either Desert or Island so I also kinda hate them I guess Evil

Semi coop I am way more into. I love anything that relies on a tenuous accord, hence why Archipelago has catapulted itself into my current faves list. Battlestar is to semi coop as Arkham is to coop - it's a great gateway game to get non gamers on the hook, it's just much, much more engaging than Arkham.

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CCP Lebowski
C C P
C C P Alliance
#18 - 2014-04-25 17:11:36 UTC
I'm honestly surprised that this spotlight didn't turn into a board game monologue once they were mentioned, props to Eterne for keeping Goliath on topic!

And to anyone who might play Resistance with Goliath & I one day, remember this: He's definitely, definitely a spy, and I'm totally on your side. You can trust me Blink

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Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2014-04-25 18:40:43 UTC
CCP Goliath wrote:
Makoto Priano wrote:
Oooh! Board games!

So. Goliath, what do you think of cooperative or semi-cooperative games? Pandemic or Shadows over Camelot, respectively, for instance.
SoC I have never played, but I like everything else I've played from Days of Wonder, so wouldn't be surprised to enjoy it.

the knights all keep their cards (actions) secret, and the player trying to tell everyone what to do may secretly be the traitor

unfortunately my friends and i are all grossly incompetent knights so we have never successfully identified the turncoat who fits right in
Bariolage
Control F9
#20 - 2014-04-25 18:49:33 UTC
CCP Goliath wrote:
Bariolage wrote:
Thanks for the long list of board games in your answer; I'm going to try a couple of those I haven't heard of! Do you have a favorite dominion expansion?



Favourite might be a strong word. I think each expansion has its own merits (except maybe Alchemy) and playstyle. I love Dark Ages for the hateful and complex nature of most of the cards, Guilds for the amazingly boss gold coins that come with it, Seaside is wonderful generally, and quite "nice", haven't played much Prosperity or Hinterlands. Favourite cards are, in no order, Chapel, Gardens, Lab, Nobles, Cultists, Council Room.


We were thinking about getting Seaside! Our obsession with dominion has limited us branching out into other games. I have an untouched copy of net runner that I keep trying to get people to play.

I also have a bit of a fantasy of putting together a somewhat eve themed board game. I have some of the basics down, but have no previous experience messing around with board game creation fantasies.
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