Paragon Studios - Revision history

Felderburg: /* Overview */ I personally think the PNG I uploaded looks better. Feel free to revert if you feel differently.

2015-07-11T21:25:36Z

Overview: I personally think the PNG I uploaded looks better. Feel free to revert if you feel differently.

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	[[File:~~Paragonstudioslogo~~.~~jpg~~\|left\|200px]]		[[File:Paragonlogo.png\|left\|200px]]
	Paragon Studios was [[NCsoft\|NCsoft's]] North California studio, located in Mountain View, CA; it was also referred to as NorCal Studios, Mountain View, NC NorCal, and NCNC/NC².		Paragon Studios was [[NCsoft\|NCsoft's]] North California studio, located in Mountain View, CA; it was also referred to as NorCal Studios, Mountain View, NC NorCal, and NCNC/NC².

Aggelakis: :(

2013-07-09T04:44:07Z

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	== Staff ==		== Former Staff ==
	[[File:Paragon Studios rolecall (4-10-09).png\|700px\|thumb\|center\|{{center\|1='''Paragon Studios''' – April 10, 2009 [http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc5n7mgh_15fd3c5qhq]}}]]		[[File:Paragon Studios rolecall (4-10-09).png\|700px\|thumb\|center\|{{center\|1='''Paragon Studios''' – April 10, 2009 [http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc5n7mgh_15fd3c5qhq]}}]]
	[[File:Paragon GR Launch Team.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|{{center\|'''Paragon Studios''' - August 17, 2010}}]]		[[File:Paragon GR Launch Team.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|{{center\|'''Paragon Studios''' - August 17, 2010}}]]
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	Michael Henry, Joe Lyford		Michael Henry, Joe Lyford

	=== Former Staff ===		=== Former Staff Prior to Shut Down ===
	[[Back Alley Brawler (Developer)\|Christopher Bruce]] (Animation/FX), [[TheOcho\|Eric Cleaver]] (Moderator 08) (Moderator), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead), [[Ron Friedman]] (Animation), [[Castle (Developer)\|Floyd Grubb]] (Powers Lead), [[Bruce Harlick]] (Story/Mission Writer), [[Ex Libris\|Jill Henderson]] (Community Coord.), [[Koschej]] (Moderator419) (Moderator/Community Dev), [[Niviene]] (Moderator11) (Community Specialist), [[Nate Van Dyke]] (Concept Artist), [[Lighthouse\|Alex Von Minden]] (Community Mgr.)		[[Back Alley Brawler (Developer)\|Christopher Bruce]] (Animation/FX), [[TheOcho\|Eric Cleaver]] (Moderator 08) (Moderator), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead), [[Ron Friedman]] (Animation), [[Castle (Developer)\|Floyd Grubb]] (Powers Lead), [[Bruce Harlick]] (Story/Mission Writer), [[Ex Libris\|Jill Henderson]] (Community Coord.), [[Koschej]] (Moderator419) (Moderator/Community Dev), [[Niviene]] (Moderator11) (Community Specialist), [[Nate Van Dyke]] (Concept Artist), [[Lighthouse\|Alex Von Minden]] (Community Mgr.)

Blondeshell: closing notice

2013-01-12T12:13:43Z

closing notice

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	Paragon Studios formed from NCsoft purchasing [[Cryptic Studios]]' half of the [["City Of" franchise]]'s Intellectual Property (I.P.). The purchase was announced on November 6, 2007. At the time of the purchase, "City Of" was developed by a mere fifteen people (the [[Freem Fifteen]]); most of those developers for the game left Cryptic and moved over to the new studio (15 miles from Cryptic Studios). They completed moving to the new studio on December 18, 2007.		Paragon Studios formed from NCsoft purchasing [[Cryptic Studios]]' half of the [["City Of" franchise]]'s Intellectual Property (I.P.). The purchase was announced on November 6, 2007. At the time of the purchase, "City Of" was developed by a mere fifteen people (the [[Freem Fifteen]]); most of those developers for the game left Cryptic and moved over to the new studio (15 miles from Cryptic Studios). They completed moving to the new studio on December 18, 2007.

	Previously most often called NorCal Studios, they adopted the Paragon Studios name on April 14, 2009.		Previously most often called NorCal Studios, they adopted the Paragon Studios name on April 14, 2009. Paragon Studios was officially closed when NCsoft announced the sunsetting of City of Heroes on August 31, 2012, with just a skeleton crew remaining to monitor the servers and community presence until the final shutdown on November 30, 2012. Paragon Studios employed a maximum of roughly 80 people at the end.
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Blondeshell: past tense

2013-01-12T12:06:52Z

past tense

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	[[File:Paragonstudioslogo.jpg\|left\|200px]]		[[File:Paragonstudioslogo.jpg\|left\|200px]]
	Paragon Studios is [[NCsoft\|NCsoft's]] North California studio, located in Mountain View, CA; it is also referred to as NorCal Studios, Mountain View, NC NorCal, and NCNC/NC².		Paragon Studios was [[NCsoft\|NCsoft's]] North California studio, located in Mountain View, CA; it was also referred to as NorCal Studios, Mountain View, NC NorCal, and NCNC/NC².

	Paragon Studios formed from NCsoft purchasing [[Cryptic Studios]]' half of the [["City Of" franchise]]'s Intellectual Property (I.P.). The purchase was announced on November 6, 2007. At the time of the purchase, "City Of" was developed by a mere fifteen people (the [[Freem Fifteen]]); most of those developers for the game left Cryptic and moved over to the new studio (15 miles from Cryptic Studios). They completed moving to the new studio on December 18, 2007.		Paragon Studios formed from NCsoft purchasing [[Cryptic Studios]]' half of the [["City Of" franchise]]'s Intellectual Property (I.P.). The purchase was announced on November 6, 2007. At the time of the purchase, "City Of" was developed by a mere fifteen people (the [[Freem Fifteen]]); most of those developers for the game left Cryptic and moved over to the new studio (15 miles from Cryptic Studios). They completed moving to the new studio on December 18, 2007.

Thirty7: /* Links */ fixing template linking

2012-07-09T05:05:19Z

Links: fixing template linking

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	*[http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pueE4DxaF1iotIE0OZVAicQ&gid=2 Google Docs - devs] by Zombie_Man		*[http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pueE4DxaF1iotIE0OZVAicQ&gid=2 Google Docs - devs] by Zombie_Man

			{{Navbox Paragon Studios}}
	{{~~ParagonStudios NavBox~~}}

	[[Category:Developers]]		[[Category:Developers]]
	[[Category:NCsoft]]		[[Category:NCsoft]]
	[[Category:NorCal Studio\| ]]		[[Category:NorCal Studio\| ]]

SpaceNut: /* Art Department */ and added the other half of the Braz da Cunha team!

2011-09-17T00:10:26Z

Art Department: and added the other half of the Braz da Cunha team!

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	=== Art Department ===		=== Art Department ===
	Cheryl Austin (Character Artist), [[Tunnel Rat (Developer)\|Keetsie Braz da Cunha]] (FX Artist), [[Colin Brown]] (Character Animator), [[JLove\|Jay Doherty]] (Character/Costume), [[Ken Morse]] (Previously Lead Artist), [[Noble Savage (Developer)\|David Nakayama]] (Art Lead), Jason Olmstead (UI), [[Don Pham]] (Environmental/3D Artist), [[Ryan Roth]] (Environmental Artist), [[Carolina Tello Alvarado]] (Concept Artist)		Cheryl Austin (Character Artist), [[Tunnel Rat (Developer)\|Keetsie Braz da Cunha]] (FX Artist), Leo Braz da Cunha (FX Artist), [[Colin Brown]] (Character Animator), [[JLove\|Jay Doherty]] (Character/Costume), [[Ken Morse]] (Previously Lead Artist), [[Noble Savage (Developer)\|David Nakayama]] (Art Lead), Jason Olmstead (UI), [[Don Pham]] (Environmental/3D Artist), [[Ryan Roth]] (Environmental Artist), [[Carolina Tello Alvarado]] (Concept Artist)

	=== Production Department ===		=== Production Department ===

SpaceNut: /* Design Department */ added Baryonyx aka Chris Behrens

2011-09-17T00:08:01Z

Design Department: added Baryonyx aka Chris Behrens

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	=== Design Department ===		=== Design Department ===
	[[War Witch (Developer)\|Melissa Bianco]] (Lead Designer), [[Black Scorpion (Developer)\|Black Scorpion]], [[Sunstorm (Developer)\|Jonathan Courney]] (Powers), [[Manticore (Developer)\|Sean Michael Fish]] (Writer/Consultant), [[Protean (Developer)\|John Hegner]] (Lore/Writer), Chris Hockabout (World Designer), [[Dr. Aeon (Developer)\|Sean McCann]] (Mission Architect/Writer), [[Positron (Developer)\|Matt Miller]] (Systems Design), [[Hero 1 (Developer)\|Joe Morrissey]] (Writer/Bible), [[Blue Steel (Developer)\|Ray Snyder]] (Design Support), [[Synapse (Developer)\|Phil Zeleski]] (Powers/Designer)		[[Baryonyx\|Chris Behrens]] (Senior Designer), [[War Witch (Developer)\|Melissa Bianco]] (Lead Designer), [[Black Scorpion (Developer)\|Black Scorpion]], [[Sunstorm (Developer)\|Jonathan Courney]] (Powers), [[Manticore (Developer)\|Sean Michael Fish]] (Writer/Consultant), [[Protean (Developer)\|John Hegner]] (Lore/Writer), Chris Hockabout (World Designer), [[Dr. Aeon (Developer)\|Sean McCann]] (Mission Architect/Writer), [[Positron (Developer)\|Matt Miller]] (Systems Design), [[Hero 1 (Developer)\|Joe Morrissey]] (Writer/Bible), [[Blue Steel (Developer)\|Ray Snyder]] (Design Support), [[Synapse (Developer)\|Phil Zeleski]] (Powers/Designer)

	=== Programming Department ===		=== Programming Department ===

SpaceNut: /* Links */ new PS site

2011-09-15T18:48:24Z

Links: new PS site

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	*[http://www.~~paragon-studios~~.~~net~~ Paragon Studios Home Page]		*[http://www.paragonstudios.com/ Paragon Studios Home Page]
	*[http://www.ncsoft.net/global/board/view.aspx?BID=mc_press&BC=&SYear=&SType=&SWord=&PNo=3&BNo=113 NCsoft Announces New Studio] Press Release on [http://www.ncsoft.net ncsoft.net]		*[http://www.ncsoft.net/global/board/view.aspx?BID=mc_press&BC=&SYear=&SType=&SWord=&PNo=3&BNo=113 NCsoft Announces New Studio] Press Release on [http://www.ncsoft.net ncsoft.net]
	*[http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pueE4DxaF1iotIE0OZVAicQ&gid=2 Google Docs - devs] by Zombie_Man		*[http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pueE4DxaF1iotIE0OZVAicQ&gid=2 Google Docs - devs] by Zombie_Man

Aggelakis: -EMpulse

2011-06-21T05:58:39Z

-EMpulse

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	=== Production Department ===		=== Production Department ===
	[[Avatea]] (Assistant Community Manager), [[Doc Delilah (Developer)\|C. Bales]], [[Beastyle]] (Community Moderator), [[Zwillinger\|Andy Belford]] (Community Manager), [[Second Measure\|Nate Birkholz]] (Associate Producer), [[Ross Borden]] (Dir. Business & Marketing), Theresa Bottenhorn (HR/Office Mom), [[Mynx (Developer)\|Rachel Bristol]], [[Ghost Falcon (Developer)\|Jesse Caceres]] (Development Producer), [[Freitag\|Kevin Callanan]] (Moderator 13) (Community Moderator), [[Arbiter Curry (Developer)\|Arbiter Curry]] (Bugs~~), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead~~), [[Richard Higbee]] (AP/Build Engineer), Eric Johnsen (Associate Producer), [[Arbiter Kim (Developer)\|Arbiter Kim]] (Lead Bug Guy), [[Arbiter Oates (Developer)\|Arbiter Oates]] (Bugs)		[[Avatea]] (Assistant Community Manager), [[Doc Delilah (Developer)\|C. Bales]], [[Beastyle]] (Community Moderator), [[Zwillinger\|Andy Belford]] (Community Manager), [[Second Measure\|Nate Birkholz]] (Associate Producer), [[Ross Borden]] (Dir. Business & Marketing), Theresa Bottenhorn (HR/Office Mom), [[Mynx (Developer)\|Rachel Bristol]], [[Ghost Falcon (Developer)\|Jesse Caceres]] (Development Producer), [[Freitag\|Kevin Callanan]] (Moderator 13) (Community Moderator), [[Arbiter Curry (Developer)\|Arbiter Curry]] (Bugs), [[Richard Higbee]] (AP/Build Engineer), Eric Johnsen (Associate Producer), [[Arbiter Kim (Developer)\|Arbiter Kim]] (Lead Bug Guy), [[Arbiter Oates (Developer)\|Arbiter Oates]] (Bugs)

	=== Quality Assurance (QA) ===		=== Quality Assurance (QA) ===
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	=== Former Staff ===		=== Former Staff ===
	[[Back Alley Brawler (Developer)\|Christopher Bruce]] (Animation/FX), [[TheOcho\|Eric Cleaver]] (Moderator 08) (Moderator), [[Ron Friedman]] (Animation), [[Castle (Developer)\|Floyd Grubb]] (Powers Lead), [[Bruce Harlick]] (Story/Mission Writer), [[Ex Libris\|Jill Henderson]] (Community Coord.), [[Koschej]] (Moderator419) (Moderator/Community Dev), [[Niviene]] (Moderator11) (Community Specialist), [[Nate Van Dyke]] (Concept Artist), [[Lighthouse\|Alex Von Minden]] (Community Mgr.)		[[Back Alley Brawler (Developer)\|Christopher Bruce]] (Animation/FX), [[TheOcho\|Eric Cleaver]] (Moderator 08) (Moderator), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead), [[Ron Friedman]] (Animation), [[Castle (Developer)\|Floyd Grubb]] (Powers Lead), [[Bruce Harlick]] (Story/Mission Writer), [[Ex Libris\|Jill Henderson]] (Community Coord.), [[Koschej]] (Moderator419) (Moderator/Community Dev), [[Niviene]] (Moderator11) (Community Specialist), [[Nate Van Dyke]] (Concept Artist), [[Lighthouse\|Alex Von Minden]] (Community Mgr.)

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Aggelakis at 17:43, 6 May 2011

2011-05-06T17:43:46Z

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	=== Production Department ===		=== Production Department ===
	[[Avatea]] (~~Senior~~ Community ~~Specialist~~), [[Doc Delilah (Developer)\|C. Bales]], [[Beastyle]] (Community Moderator), [[Zwillinger\|Andy Belford]], [[Second Measure\|Nate Birkholz]] (Associate Producer), [[Ross Borden]] (Dir. Business & Marketing), Theresa Bottenhorn (HR/Office Mom), [[Mynx (Developer)\|Rachel Bristol]], [[Ghost Falcon (Developer)\|Jesse Caceres]] (Development Producer), [[Freitag\|Kevin Callanan]] (Moderator 13) (Community Moderator), [[Arbiter Curry (Developer)\|Arbiter Curry]] (Bugs), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead), [[Richard Higbee]] (AP/Build Engineer), Eric Johnsen (Associate Producer), [[Arbiter Kim (Developer)\|Arbiter Kim]] (Lead Bug Guy), [[Arbiter Oates (Developer)\|Arbiter Oates]] (Bugs)		[[Avatea]] (Assistant Community Manager), [[Doc Delilah (Developer)\|C. Bales]], [[Beastyle]] (Community Moderator), [[Zwillinger\|Andy Belford]] (Community Manager), [[Second Measure\|Nate Birkholz]] (Associate Producer), [[Ross Borden]] (Dir. Business & Marketing), Theresa Bottenhorn (HR/Office Mom), [[Mynx (Developer)\|Rachel Bristol]], [[Ghost Falcon (Developer)\|Jesse Caceres]] (Development Producer), [[Freitag\|Kevin Callanan]] (Moderator 13) (Community Moderator), [[Arbiter Curry (Developer)\|Arbiter Curry]] (Bugs), [[EMpulse]] (Moderator/Community Lead), [[Richard Higbee]] (AP/Build Engineer), Eric Johnsen (Associate Producer), [[Arbiter Kim (Developer)\|Arbiter Kim]] (Lead Bug Guy), [[Arbiter Oates (Developer)\|Arbiter Oates]] (Bugs)

	=== Quality Assurance (QA) ===		=== Quality Assurance (QA) ===