Talk:Bill Roper (video game producer)

Article is biased
Not only has his company dissolved because of his poor decisions, his game, Hellgate: London, has not received "moderate" reception; it has received POOR reception. Someone should fix that.

66.176.37.51 (talk) 05:02, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Everything Else
This page should be renamed to Bill_Roper_(unemployed) for accuracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.113.208.150 (talk) 00:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Since when was Bill Roper a programmer?
 * Eighties/early nineties, I guess.

Actually, I think "Developer" is a better word. Here's a snippet from an interview with GameSpy.com: ''Bill Roper: I joined Blizzard eight years and eleven months ago. I was hired as a contractor providing music for the PC version of Blackthorne and I also did the first voiceover for the CES demo of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. I first became a full-time employee on August 1st, 1994.'' EDIT: I made some minor changes to the text, added a crude list of work he's done, and added a few new links. I also recommend that the page be renamed Bill Roper (Video Game Developer), however I'm too "young" to make that change myself. AxH0L0tL 15:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I can make the change from (programmer) to something else. He was also a "producer" at one point. Not sure which would be the "correct" descriptive, but "programmer" is obviously incorrect. --srvenable

I spoke with Bill Roper and he said either "video game developer" or "video game producer" would be accurate. --srvenable

a fatty lumpkins is what he is

He can drink a pint of lager in under 4 seconds and is surprisingly good at Karaoke! (From the i30 LAN Party)

To all the people who have typed the ignorant and negative things about Bill Roper on this page: GROW UP & ACT LIKE THE MATURE ADULTS YOU SHOULD BE! I grew up with Bill and his is & was a very smart guy (nice too). I am very happy for all he has accomplished. L Garcia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecga7 (talk • contribs) 03:32, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Personal Attacks don't belong in a bio
However people feel about Hellgate or Flagship, the section describing the fall of Flagship Studios as a company doesn't really seem relevant to a personal biography. Perhaps a mention that the company went under, but the specifics belong on a page about the company itself. I'll leave that to an editor to decide.



Is he now head developer for Champions Online?
Not sure what this describes, from Cryptic.

http://www.champions-online.com/node/450335

''Lastly, there were two key hires that really affected the game. '''One was Bill Roper. We had never hired anyone of that caliber and experience before. I handed Champions off to him and he made it better than I could imagine.''' The second was a full time UI architect: David Murray. He painstakingly tore apart and rebuilt our convoluted UI. And I learned a very valuable lesson: UI is just as important as the design of a game itself.''

--VertigoOne (talk) 08:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Recent acts of Vandalism (September, 2009)
The handful of recent cases of vandalism, sadly, can almost certainly be traced back to dissatisfied elements of the Champions Online playerbase; the unhappy noises on the CO forums have been quite high the past few weeks. If it hasn't been done already, I would recommend a month of semi-protected status for this page (limit edits to registered users, for example). That should (hopefully) give the hotheads time to cool down, or else find a new target for their boundless hate. --GMPax (talk) 18:51, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Flagship Studios External Link
Should this be removed? The flagship website has sunk beneith the waves, so to speak, so the link is no longer to a real adress. Is there any reason to keep it in the article? (98.247.3.99 (talk) 05:06, 12 January 2010 (UTC))

I don't see why not. Is there a Wayback Machine page with the same content? (Not a must, just a thought.) 209.180.155.12 (talk) 09:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Solid reputation?
The line "He personally represents the games he works and has built a solid reputation with his strong relationships with press, developers, and gamers." isn't particularly neutral. That's all more opinion than fact. He's got a very tenuous reputation with both the press and with gamers, though developers might be true since he continues to find work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.58.82.136 (talk) 16:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Updating 'Career' to include his newly announced studio
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I am a new fledgling editor and am required as part of my MCO 426: Media Literacy II university course to edit a Wikipedia article.

I wanted to update the section 'Career' to include his most recently announced venture, Lunacy Games, which is developing an upcoming "open world survival RPG set in the post-apocolyptic American West ":

Bill Roper unveils Lunacy Games studio with survival game demo and a new Hellgate license

Please review this change and let me know what, if anything, should be adjusted.

Thank you and best regards,

Garrick GarrickDR (talk) 03:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)