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    Abbie

    From the Community Manager

    Posted by Abbie Heppe on Jun 29, 2011
    Filed in Behind the Scenes

    Welcome to our new site. I’m responsible for much of the content you’ll see here while everyone at Respawn is very busy working on our first game. I joined the company on the very last day of January 2011. True story, I got hit by a van while riding my bike the day after my final interview with Respawn and the next day I got flowers and a “Get well soon” card with a job offer. I assume they took some kind of pity vote but hey, here I am.

    I come from the wonderful world of video game press having spent the last several years as the Senior Games Content Producer for X-Play and G4tv.com. It is fantastically interesting for me to see what it’s like working on the other side. I look forward to sharing behind-the-scenes info and news about the game with you and hearing your feedback on our future product. In addition, I love to hear suggestions about the kind of content you’d like to see on our site in the future be it interviews with the team, a podcast, etc. One small thing: I am absolutely aware of any and all feelings concerning dedicated servers. But let’s discuss that later…

    -Abbie

     

     

     

     

    Comments

    1. I would SO respectfully express my opinions on the attractiveness of said community manager.

      Posted by tommo64bit on June 29, 2011 11:57 am

    2. I totally know you IRL, congrats on the cool gig.

      Posted by frankcifaldi on June 29, 2011 11:59 am

    3. Abbie is awesome.. so happy she is here

      Posted by hotcakesman on June 29, 2011 12:02 pm

    4. Tbh dedicated servers doesn’t matter as long as the netcode is great.

      Posted by lizardheim on June 29, 2011 12:02 pm

    5. However they do help.

      Posted by lizardheim on June 29, 2011 12:02 pm

    6. I’d love to see a ‘Respawn weekly Update’ It seems to go down well with fans of bungie, I can see it working great here.

      Posted by alex on June 29, 2011 12:07 pm

    7. Wow a good community manager…

      Something is not right here.

      Posted by kraze on June 29, 2011 12:08 pm

    8. Yay Abbie!

      Posted by kliffundersn on June 29, 2011 12:20 pm

    9. Good luck Abbie on the job!

      Posted by explore on June 29, 2011 12:23 pm

    10. Best of luck!

      Posted by tugasnake on June 29, 2011 12:32 pm

    11. Dedi-servers DO matter. Thanks for acknowledging.

      Posted by likedamaster on June 29, 2011 12:39 pm

    12. Nice to talk direct about Dedi’s.
      And good luck with the game(s)!

      Posted by blackbank3 on June 29, 2011 12:43 pm

    13. I follow feedback podcasts a lot and was wondering where Abbie went when I saw that Respawn had a website. Congratulations abbie!

      Posted by frishi on June 29, 2011 12:47 pm

    14. Glad to see you again, Abbie. Really excited to see what Respawn brings.

      Posted by johnnyracer on June 29, 2011 1:09 pm

    15. Congratulations! Gonna be a sweet gig!

      Red O Magnus

      Posted by redomagnus on June 29, 2011 1:17 pm

    16. Good luck with the job :)

      Posted by annihilator90 on June 29, 2011 1:39 pm

    17. oh man! oh man! oh man! oh man!

      Posted by turdferguson on June 29, 2011 1:40 pm

    18. Thank you, someone who won’t leave us in a drought of info for months on end!

      Posted by zeleos on June 29, 2011 1:41 pm

    19. looking forward to seeing what the game will be like and what it will be about, and congrats Abbie

      Posted by jehrenfried on June 29, 2011 1:42 pm

    20. Abbie Normal… You mean like that girl I saw on Gametrailers during E3? Haha, awesome! I think you’ll be a good community manager, just treat PS3 and 360 fairly and I’ll be happy. =)

      Posted by blindmango on June 29, 2011 1:43 pm

    21. We’ve missed you on Feedback, Abbie. What a pleasant surprise to find you at Respawn. Knowing your love of CoD, it makes PERFECT sense. A smart hire for Respawn. Good luck, Abbie!

      Posted by geomancy on June 29, 2011 3:01 pm

    22. Good decision on Respawn bringing on one of the highest advocators of the Modern Warfare games as their community manager.
      Good move considering most people who like CoD like Abbie.

      Posted by donjuan3092 on June 29, 2011 3:07 pm

    23. Great to see you at Respawn, Abbie. Miss you on Feedback. Can’t wait for the veil to be lifted off the game.

      Posted by alias2011 on June 29, 2011 3:17 pm

    24. Like what you said Alex(an above poster) weekly updates are a good idea and will make more people visit respawn and keep them infoed on the new project. thats how bungie do it and thats a pretty good idea lol

      yeh ive seen you somewhere before abbie

      Posted by amaze360 on June 29, 2011 3:20 pm

    25. A podcast! Yes please! Aslo, I like the page, good job!

      Posted by coheno on June 29, 2011 3:40 pm

    26. Stat tracking, some type of weekly pocast/update, behind the scenes pics. Good luck!

      Posted by slimtwigmj on June 29, 2011 3:46 pm

    27. Newsletter and loads of vids on youtube would keep me very happy :)

      Dev. diaries would be excellent, and a way for us to get to know the people who make our games, while we also feel like we are part of the game making process… The community might even be able to help with good ideas :)

      Posted by bloodlazio on June 29, 2011 3:50 pm

    28. Awesome! Congrats on your new endeavor, but I still miss hearing your expertise during the Feedback episodes on G4TV.

      Posted by igamexbox on June 29, 2011 3:52 pm

    29. Didnt know about Abbie till today best of luck to you and to all the respawn team!

      Posted by roocketallica on June 29, 2011 3:58 pm

    30. Feedback just isn’t quite the same without you Abbie! Best of luck to you and Respawn Entertainment. Like the rest of these goons on here I cant wait to see what RE is preparing for us.

      Posted by kiohto on June 29, 2011 4:05 pm

    31. Very cool, i aready like her more then fourzerotwo ^.-

      Posted by darkpaladin on June 29, 2011 4:49 pm

    32. Bungie’s website is a great example of a what a develper’s website should be. Make sure the communitry is involved. Get weakly updates and podcasts. As a community, make sure we are involved and we know we are being listened to.

      Posted by prower on June 29, 2011 4:50 pm

    33. Nice to see you Abbie, I hope you’re going to be well involved in the community and that your personality shines through.

      And I hope to see you back on Feedback one day as a guest talking about Respawn’s first game.

      Posted by timdemoron on June 29, 2011 4:51 pm

    34. Well, the gaming industry is watching Respawn and everything they do. We are all hoping you make some excellent games.

      Posted by quicksilver on June 29, 2011 5:06 pm

    35. YEAH ABBIE! Looking forward to seeing your work, missed you on G4 you’re one of the few gaming Jurnos I always respected.

      Posted by commonperson on June 29, 2011 5:19 pm

    36. HI Abbie! I really want to work @ Respawn. Although I am in the medical field I probably have NOTHING to offer you guys except for a little CPR when needed and shoot a couple of xrays if anyone breaks anything…… BUT I would totally change my filed of work and be your resident janitor. SERIOUSLY! I WILL LICK THE CRUMBS OFF OF YOUR DESKS AND FLOOR! I WILL WIPE YOUR BUTTS FOR YOU…. I DONT CARE!!! I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR MOST AWESOME DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN THE WORLD! PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE!?!?!?!?

      Posted by neorpheus on June 29, 2011 5:24 pm

    37. if you make the apps and netcode as mw/mw2 it dosent matter if you have dedicated servers.

      Posted by ecelipze on June 29, 2011 5:34 pm

    38. Sedagive! Give him a sedagive!

      Posted by vectornull on June 29, 2011 5:58 pm

    39. Wait! Where are you going? I was going to serve espresso!

      Posted by Drew McCoy on June 29, 2011 6:35 pm

    40. Stat tracking and great gameplay, enhanced multiplayer experience

      Posted by kristhianwolf on June 29, 2011 6:52 pm

    41. I have found one major issue in the forum ui, you cannot like/thumbs up when you agree with other posts. it would be nice to have thumbs up, and thumbs down but just thumbs up would suffice. this would reduce quoting/ re-posts due to quoting and reduce overall data usage on the website for the server side and backup data exponentially! please consider this. Steve

      Posted by matiesh on June 29, 2011 7:33 pm

    42. ^^ i agree with Matiesh/steve

      welcome respawn! finally.

      Posted by lordthumbs on June 29, 2011 8:17 pm

    43. She said something about “dedicated servers”, that must mean [insert speculation]!1!!1! *grabs pitchfork* Let’s burn things! :P

      New site looks great!

      Posted by turambar on June 29, 2011 8:50 pm

    44. well Congratulations and it beings

      Posted by got2b408 on June 29, 2011 9:30 pm

    45. Glad to see ya Abbie you’ve been missed on feedback good luck….your gonna need it :)

      Posted by dravinclaw on June 29, 2011 9:40 pm

    46. Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. It’s an honor to serve! No pitchforks yet, please..and if it comes to that, I’d prefer a more humane (or effective) weapon.

      Posted by Abbie Heppe on June 29, 2011 10:25 pm

    47. Congrats on your new job, I know you will do a great job. And cant wait to see what you guys are working on.

      Posted by petrosky275 on June 29, 2011 11:02 pm

    48. Makes my day to finally see Respawn launch. And they seriously could NOT have a better community lead.

      Not quite sure what Respawn has in store for their community, but I would suggest a weekly video roundtable where you and others discuss the gaming news of the week and answer questions about Respawn game news, juicy Activision rumors, and the release info for Kingdom Hearts 3 (just kidding about that last one… maybe)

      Posted by c5studio on June 29, 2011 11:42 pm

    49. I like her already yay

      Posted by theroflboat on June 30, 2011 12:05 am

    50. It’s safe to say that whatever Respawn creates I’ll be buying…unless it’s a Justin Bieber song & dance game.
      Kick ass & take names!

      Posted by edfromred on June 30, 2011 12:29 am

    51. It’s great to see the site finally up! I got tired of seeing “jobs@respawn.com”.

      (Feedback was/is the best thing on G4)

      Posted by abbiesthumbs on June 30, 2011 2:13 am

    52. Wow, nice to see someone finally found the “On” switch for the website. Daddy likes! Seeing as this first game will probably be the most scrutinized ever, keep the updates coming. Lots and lots of updates. Oh and for sure don’t rush to ship it, take a page out of Blizzard’s book, release the game “When it’s ready”.

      Posted by wrekingkrew on June 30, 2011 2:37 am

    53. Nice to see the site working and succces with your new job! :)

      Posted by alteriss on June 30, 2011 3:16 am

    54. I love u 2 Abbie ;)

      Posted by symphony on June 30, 2011 4:08 am

    55. Cool!

      Posted by skipito on June 30, 2011 9:04 am

    56. im glad that you guys are far enough ahead to now give us a peak into the best new game company on the planet. cant wait to see what you guys can do without a certin company breathing down your necks and limiting your potental

      mikeal corleone

      Posted by mikealcorleone on June 30, 2011 9:36 am

    57. Hey Abbie,
      Congratulations on the great site. I have been waiting for you guys to launch it for some time. Can’t wait for the new game and you have my full support in the law suit. Good luck and keep the awesome work coming.

      Posted by kinghaddad on June 30, 2011 10:23 am

    58. hooray for abbie!!

      Posted by drypulse on June 30, 2011 11:43 am

    59. Great to see your new site up and running. Cant wait for the new game and any updates/sneak peaks that are on the site.

      Posted by blondeshark on June 30, 2011 11:43 am

    60. abbie for the win !!

      Posted by tts224 on June 30, 2011 12:45 pm

    61. Best of luck in developing your “first” title, I have no idea what its going to be, other than awesome.

      Posted by nomadski on June 30, 2011 1:26 pm

    62. more important than anything, as a happily married man and father of three great little boys…its easy to say, looking at your picture doesn’t irritate me in the least bit. “cough” “cough” Robert Bowling “cough” “cough” sniveling little brat he is…

      best of luck Respawn, patiently waiting for your first release…whatever it is….

      Posted by sniperfive on June 30, 2011 1:53 pm

    63. A podcast would definitely be appreciated. Hopefully a regular one, even! Biweekly or even monthly would be fine, as long as it’s regular.

      Posted by lolbarian on June 30, 2011 3:12 pm

    64. abby, not to be a creeper, but you are beautiful. congrats on the new job.

      Posted by dylan33x on June 30, 2011 3:44 pm

    65. I’m glad to see everything developing so quickly.You will be one of the best group of developers on the planet. Congrats.

      Posted by kojima77 on June 30, 2011 4:30 pm

    66. Congrats on the job, I hope you know what you’re getting into though. People will rage regardless of the community or the game.

      Posted by frostbyte on June 30, 2011 9:05 pm

    67. Cool to see stuff happening, congratulations to Respawn for making so much progress.

      Oh and I agree with above, a weekly update like Bungie.net’s would be nice

      Posted by kiwiman on June 30, 2011 11:28 pm

    68. I love G4TV.com and @aots. I can’t wait to see what Respawn has in store for us. I’m 99.999% certain I will not be playing COD MW3 by _________ [There is a remore chance I could be given a copy of the game and forced to play for copious amounts of money]
      I always use to but the ‘Non” IW COD games and it was always disappointing as they were never AS good….Thanks for keeping us Posted Abbie H.

      Posted by lugoves on July 1, 2011 9:15 am

    69. I love you Abbie

      Posted by ferociousknight on July 1, 2011 10:37 am

    70. A girl… nothing more to say :p

      Posted by mbb on July 1, 2011 11:43 am

    71. I’ve never had a chance to know you abbie, but you sound like a swell gal based on all the comments.

      I wish you the best in your new post!

      Posted by theultimate13x on July 2, 2011 12:24 am

    72. I thought Robert Bowling was cool.
      Abbie seems cooler

      Posted by jlevrt on July 2, 2011 1:11 am

    73. Sup Abbie ^__^

      Posted by shinji on July 2, 2011 4:34 am

    74. I respectfully request an interview with Sean Slayback. Generalists don’t get enough love in this industry.

      Posted by green on July 2, 2011 4:29 pm

    75. Glad you’re okay. I guess I know what I need to do if I ever end up getting an interview there…

      Posted by austin on July 3, 2011 1:03 am

    76. “We’ll see”, said the Zen Master.

      Posted by fsb on July 4, 2011 11:33 pm

    77. She’s a lot better than Robert Bowling aka the stealth clown

      Posted by theipwnd on July 5, 2011 1:06 am

    78. u know i think they probably staged u getting hit by a car ahahah they assumed ud be down for the job ahaah

      Posted by fpsbryan on July 6, 2011 10:25 pm

    79. This has being said already but I love the new community manager ^__^

      Posted by zuwarrior14 on July 12, 2011 11:14 am

    80. Website looks great and looking forward to seeing more content… and much more of Abbie Heppe!

      Posted by kangalanatolia on July 15, 2011 8:00 pm

    81. I think she is cute.

      Posted by akshay on July 15, 2011 11:58 pm

    82. Well, I spent enough time watching X-Play and G4TV on AFN. So, I know you will do great here and keep us fans informed on all aspects of Respawn. Hope any injurys healed well by now.

      Posted by naruto291979 on July 16, 2011 5:19 am

    83. We’d also love to know what it’s like to work on the other side. Some cool Behind-the-scenes videos would be sweet. I love watching “The-making-of-[insert game here]“

      Posted by blasian89 on July 21, 2011 8:37 am

    84. Young Frankenstein reference FTW. Good luck to you and everyone at Respawn. *hump? what hump?*

      Posted by painb4glory on August 12, 2011 11:58 pm

    85. Hey Abbie,

      Congrats. I’d love be see more behind-the-scenes and making-of stuff, like the post on the sound recording. It’d be cool to see stuff from the modelers, animators, the engine programmers, the artists, the motion cap stuff, etc.

      Thanks. Can’t wait for what y’all come up with.

      Posted by adolfox on August 22, 2011 12:52 pm

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