Learn about Bill Roper, design director for Cryptic Studios!

I’m coming into the team to act as Executive Producer, which means I’ll be holding the vision for the project. The immense responsibilities of production remain in the hands of Chris Lena and his team, allowing me to throw some additional muscle into the design process. I’ve literally played Champions since before it was published, having been invited into the back room of a game store to help playtest a new superhero RPG many years ago. I was instantly hooked, so the chance to come in and help bring the Champions Universe to a new generation of gamers is incredibly exciting.

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Learn about Daniel Stahl, one of the producers for Champions Online!

As a producer on Champions Online, every day brings something new. Some days, it is reviewing bug lists and prioritizing the things to fix first. Other days, it could be making sure dinners get delivered for the crew working late. It boils down to helping out in any way needed. It's my job to ask a lot of questions, keep track of the big picture, and never lose sight of our goals.

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Learn about Brian Urbanek, one of the combat systems designers for Champions Online!

Each day I wake up and try to think of new ways to make our programmers' lives more difficult. This usually entails finding new ways to stretch our tech to the limits in order to make whatever power I'm working on really stand out from what other games allow. I think it's critically important that we remember we're making Champions, and that our powers aren't "spells" like in a fantasy MMO, but are instead flexible, epic superpowers.

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Learn more about Stephen D'Angelo, one of the programmers working on Champions Online!

I write a lot of text all day long that somehow makes computers do wonderful and amazing things that are almost indistinguishable from magic. I have been responsible for a variety of systems, ranging from the costume creator to missions and encounters, as well as providing many of the internal tools used by the designers to make the world of Champions Online come alive.

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Learn more about Carlos Montero, the lead environment artist for Champions Online!

I am become life, creator of worlds! In other words, I am the lead environment artist for Champions Online. I get to do lots of awesome stuff like drive the artistic vision behind our epic environments and guide our team of totally awesome environment artists with rocking out and making sweet environments. When I'm not doing that, I'm figuring out how we're going to push the boundaries even more and really make the environments exciting and captivating.

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Today we learn a little more about John Hopler, one of the lead content designers on Champions Online!

I'm the content implementation lead for the Champions Online content team. Zeke (Sparkes) and John Layman come up with the who, what and where of our content; I concentrate more on the HOW. My time is split between implementing cool new mission content and events, answering implementation questions and talking with our programmers and producers about any new technology or tool features the team needs for the areas we are working on.

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Learn a little more about Adam Lee, one of the quality assurance testers for Champions Online!

It is up to us to help ensure that the game is entertaining and fun, while at the same time pointing out bugs, exploits and problems that could detract from the gaming experience.

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Learn more about Michael Cavallaro, the lead VFX artist for Champions Online!

I am the lead VFX artist for Champions Online, which is the most awesome job in the world no matter what Christopher Chamberlain tells you. :) Working with Chris, I oversee the look and style of all of the FX in the game.

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Today we learn more about Rob Overmeyer, one of the producers working on Champions Online!

Most of my day is all about the status of the game and communication of that status. I make sure I talk to everyone on my team to see if they need anything from me or any other group. Another large part of my job is to figure out everything that needs to be made, created, thought of and planned for the world you are going to run around in and to make sure that it's planned, thought of, created, made and placed in that same world. It's kind of a nonstop job!

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Learn a little more about Victor Wachter, the online community relations manager for Champions Online!

I manage the Online Community Relations group here at Cryptic. My team works the forums, puts content on the web site, coordinates events like our upcoming preview/alpha/beta and appearances at events like GenCon and PAX. We deliver feedback to the rest of the company from the community on our games so we can make them the best they possibly can be. Basically, our goal is to make the out-of-game experience as fun as the in-game experience for our community.

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