Apoc: Thanks For An Incredible Journey

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After 6 years, APOC steps down as C&C Community Manager.

 

 

He emphasizes it is his own decision, and states it has been a great honor for him to have been in such a position for so long.

 

We at Derelict Studios would like to thank Aaron for the dedication he always showed, and the effort he made towards modding. It was not always everything what we wanted, but it was a blessing compared to the years before him.

 

Aaron, thank you, and good luck.

 

Click here to read his farewell letter.

[Count von Phoib 0]

I’ll never forget my first act of duty as the C&C Community Manager, I got Zero Hour patched! The community reaction was like peace had been restored to the world! It was from that point on that I felt like my journey as your Community Manager truly began…

 

My friends, my community, my 2nd family,

 

I’ve been your C&C Community Manager for over 6 years, especially if you consider my days with the BFME franchise. I was brought in to EA as a contract marketing assistant on BFME1 back in February 2004, and soon found myself building the BFME community (I guess that was my destiny!). About 1 year in almost to the day, shortly after BFME1 shipped, the torch of being the official C&C CM was bestowed upon me by the dev team (from one great legendary Delphi), that was February 2005. And today, almost 6 years later, I sit here in front of my computer screen, still your official C&C Community Manager for one last moment, as honored and humbled as ever to have kept this role for so long. It’s become an extreme passion, a “second life”, and a place I know I can always find some of my closest friends. You guys have truly been my 2nd family, and you guys are the reason this C&C franchise has lived on for 15 years strong and will continue, Commander!

 

As cheesy as it may sound, I’m just a sentimental APOC if you never knew, and it may just come from how emotionally tied I have been to this community, it absolutely breaks my heart to tell you today, I will be stepping down as your C&C Community Manager and leaving EA after what has been one helluva rollercoaster ride. Today is my last official day here at EALA.

 

You need to know this was *not EA’s decision*, this was 100% my own. I was not laid off, not fired, not tortured by Kane (or Joe Kucan), not part of a reduction in force, and certainly not forced out or given motivational reasons to leave. In fact, my bosses and team all provided me reasons to stay with heartfelt content, while also understanding at this stage in my career and life, doing what is best for me and my family is ultimately the right path to choose.

 

I sincerely hope my decision does not impact negatively on you, or the C&C franchise. I have a replacement whom I’d like to introduce, Per “Goodman” Bonomi, he also manages the BF Heroes, Lord of Ultima and BattleForge communities with the help of his excellent Play4Free Community Team. He’ll be in touch and on the boards very soon. He is an extremely passionate C&C fan, and someone I know can keep the ship afloat in my absence, and especially at a time when the dev team is revamping the franchise. At this stage, what’s important to me is for you to have someone you can still connect with. Things are going to be slow for awhile, but I know we’ll be leveraging the community as much as possible until our dev team is ready to pull the curtains off the future, and well beyond.

 

I want nothing more than the best for this franchise, and I don’t want my absence to invoke anything negative in the community. It was a personal choice, a leap of faith, and one that was extremely difficult when considering all the factors, most notably, my community family.

 

I’ll be staying in the gaming industry in LA. You can find me on Facebook and in a few other places soon once I rise again!

 

I’m always long winded at saying goodbyes, just who I am. Thank you C&C Community for being true friends and giving me the passion and energy to be your C&C Community Manager for such an eternity! I hope this is not goodbye, but just an update on life, as one close friend would always give to another.

 

Every day is community day,

Aaron “APOC” Kaufman

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Dammit, who am I gonna call "The Magician" now :(?

[Bhones 0]

Wow... So, the C&C4 team is nuked, then, Lion quits web-mastering, and now APOC. Are they connected? Probably not, but it does have the appearance of being related. :: thinks a moment :: I know!!! I'll talk shit, and make them related! :D

 

Okaaaay, let's start some rumors! Let's make it simple and say they are all secretly gathering, and planning on making a game modelled after C&C that is everything to it that Torchlight is to Diablo. (MMmm, I love's me some Torchlight. You can even make maps and dungeons with it, and that's fun, too.)

 

So, come on, where's the screenshots, already?? Let's go, let's go, got to get a move on!

[killakanz 0]

Maybe he's leaving to work for a publisher who cares about the fan communities as much as he does

[Korona 0]

Good luck to him whatever he ends up doing, his efforts promoting the community are much appreciated.

[Bhones 0]

Hey, what do you know... I was half right. No APOC, or at least, no mention of him, or Lion, but the team has already formed a new group to make a TURN BASED strategy game.

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28840/E...rategy_Game.php