Battlefront.com Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Folks! As I am sure you can tell, Battlefront has been taking the hard earned money you folks have shelled out for our games today and putting it to work making even better games tomorrow. On January 1st, 2002 we furthered this cause by hiring our 5th full time staff member. Who is the new sucker... er... valued member of our staff? Most of you know him as "Moon", but we know him as Martin Turewicz. Martin has been unofficially working with us for about 2 years now. During this time he helped us in no small way get CMBO out the door and later to make it the success that it is now. Eventually it became clear to Martin that working for us was more fun and rewarding than any other job he could find So after rejecting our initial minimum wage offer (kidding!), he accepted our offer to become the new President of Battlefront.com. Now that you all know this, feel free to blame him for anything that goes wrong instead of me because I demoted myself to Vice President and therefore am not responsible for stuff that goes wrong. However, as co-designer I am still very much responsible for stuff that goes right Seriously, we found that the business side of things was consuming more and more of Charles and, in particular, my time. Even more importantly, as good as Charles and I are in terms of running a successful company, our time is far better utilized making games than figuring out advertising strategies and the like. I'm sure you would all rather a better game than a better string of banner ads And that is why we have been coaxing, cajoling, and bribing Martin to come aboard for 2 years! So let's hear a nice round of applause for the latest whipping boy! Hip-hip... Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 ....hurray! Congrats, Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Righteous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 President Moon Tell us what your policies are Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Moon, I wish you all the best, you'll need it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 If you guys ever need an official Coca Cola drinker you can always call me! Hehe Congrats Moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Hey Steve, if you guys need to do a redesign on the site, can I be your web designer? P.S.--That manual proofreading offer still stands too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Damn, never heard of anybody hiring their own boss before. Hope he doesn't fire you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandorf Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 President? I didn't remember voting for him...Hmmm... oh well. Congrats, and all the best. Jeff [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Shandorf ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatpr Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 vive el presidente! I think your first official act should be to install me as a beta tester for CMBB. I would do this gratis to help you off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted January 25, 2002 Author Share Posted January 25, 2002 BH, <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Damn, never heard of anybody hiring their own boss before.<hr></blockquote> And you still haven't, because... <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Hope he doesn't fire you<hr></blockquote> ... I don't think the co-owner would sign off on that one Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Hehe Steve and Charles.....so many titles sooo little time! Speaking of which, no more excuses get to coding little man!!!!!!! (please note the above with the huge amount of sarcasm that it was meant to have and that I do not want to upset the only source for my very large CM addiction!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Ehm... do I have to say something now? Thanks for the encouraging words (more or less) In reality it was all different. It's all blurry now, but the vague memory involves huge amounts of alcohol, some strange rituals and a big bold-headed individual with a hammer. Next thing I knew there I was lying on the floor and had this burnmark on my butt. It says something like "property of the Evil Circle". Now, Steve, I meant to talk to you - why exactly again did I have to sign this paper with blood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 WOW Congrats Moon!! It must be like a DREAM job Good luck with all your new Challenges!! -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceman Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Congratulations. Best wishes in the new job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 President! Man...does that make him Full Moon? (Ok, I hear the groans....) Congrats, Moon! [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Frenchy ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Hats off to you five. I get less information from my own employer when we change presidents/owners/etc. Congrats to all! -dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Big Time Software: Folks! I demoted myself to Vice President... Steve<hr></blockquote> I hope you are in a secure location... Seriously, it's good to know that you're delegating out stuff so that you can concentrate on game design, which is something that we know you're good at. It's also nice to know that you'll be either hard at work on CMBx or on the forum answering questions, rather than spending your time watching buggy PowerPoint presentations made by marketing types, inspecting damp Irish warehouses, or trying to find the best kind of shrink wrap to pack the manual and CD in. As for Moon...well, you must have made him a fairly attractive offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Frenchy: President! Man...does that make him Full Moon? [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Frenchy ]<hr></blockquote> Damn, beat me to the punch! Oh well. Congrats, sir! You da man...in da moon. (Sorry, sorry, sorry...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Does this mean your all "Moonies" now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Congrats Moon. And I remember when you were just an Alpha testing AAR writer....and now look at you......You've made me so proud..... The ther big upside to all this is that BigTimeSoftware has found itself to be strong enough to support multiple salaries and we should expect to see things from them for years to come. Keep up he good work fatcats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Way cool! Congrats and a big hurray to you Moon and BTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Congrats Martin on becoming the new Whipping Boy... err, uh... I mean President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Norton Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Congrats Moon. Forget president, go for king. Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown. Now, back to work, you too Steve.... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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