Cc mark leaving

[Ragmondino]

Did I just imagine there was a post about cc mark leaving? I'm sure I saw it but there's nothing there now. Anyone else see this?

[Deluxe]

He said he was going on vacation for a while…

[Idiokus]

Did I just imagine there was a post about cc mark leaving? I'm sure I saw it but there's nothing there now. Anyone else see this?

Yes it was there this post then it disappeared!

[Ragmondino]

No not vacation, I'm sure it said he had been layed off. It was on mw as well but it's no where now.

[Ragmondino]

Well good luck mark, thanks for all the help you gave me and helping the forum as much as you could. I can see it going right to pot even worse now.

[SoccerStud]

He was layed off, then the post was almost immediately removed. He's gone it seems. Gree(d) sucks

[chimera69]

Here's the link to the article that CCM had in his goodbye thread about the layoffs.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/06/gree-layoffs/

[Euchred]

Can't decide if I was trolled or if someone has a very cold heart.

[Ragmondino]

@ssholes. Should if left funzio alone. Cc was better before the takeover

[Ragmondino]

No trolling Euchred. This is a no troll thread outta respect.
It'd be nice if that included you two dippy and honey.

[jobadass]

Yep. Was a sticky thread, now wiped. Don't if the powers-to-be got rid of it because they suck, but Mark is a good dude.

[SinSir]

A day before he left for vacation he was excited having a 30 day break & said when he comes back he would do another AMA thread.

So I'm giving it 30 day before saying he's left or been made redundant.

Plus when Lauren left she still posted for a while so we'll know in time.

[nopenopenope]

I guess Santa won't make forum mod after all :sadface:

[Jared Cummings]

Looks like a lot of threads are being deleted. Be careful. It was nice knowing all of you. Anyone claiming to be CCM isn't, which is why I won't make that claim. Some people out there know the real name anyways.

[SinSir]

I know your name is Jared will be missed alot.

I got a reply from support too, they kept that info private.

Hope you make more money in 2013 than you did in 2012.

[Dudebot121256]

Geez, I really hope they didn't lay him off. I didn't really know him but he seemed cool.

[Dr BoneCrusher]

CCMARK is a good guy, I hope you fined work soon. Keep your head up and walk away like a man. We can see what happened good luck!

[Aid]

The post is in the announcement section of the forum

[Ragmondino]

By aid, there you are dude.

[Ragmondino]

My next post will cause this thread to get locked

[Ragmondino]

http://i46.tinypic.com/308glky.jpg

Not a bad word in it. Absolutely no need to delete the threads. Best of luck J, maybe we will see you as a normal contributer.

[Sandukan]

So GREE is losing money and had to let people go. Why did I not see this coming?
It doesn't take an MBA from Harvard or Wharton to figure out how to effectively milk this cash cow.

[Paulio]

Thanks, CCM. You're absolutely correct - this is a challenging community, but you did well in navigating it and dealing with us. So, a big "Thank You." I always felt that you wanted to do more for us, but Gree held you back. Well, you're not being held any longer. I hope you find yourself in a position where you are free to operate as you please. Best of luck to you.

[Elastic Earl]

Looks like a lot of threads are being deleted. Be careful. It was nice knowing all of you. Anyone claiming to be CCM isn't, which is why I won't make that claim. Some people out there know the real name anyways.
Jared, it was a pleasure meeting you in New York. Be well my friend.

EE

[nopenopenope]

Jared, it was a pleasure meeting you in New York. Be well my friend.EECCM wouldn't use such short sentences. This was devoid of any real thought.

[Elastic Earl]

CCM wouldn't use such short sentences. This was devoid of any real thought.

Whether he really posted that or not is irrelevant. I met the man in person and he will receive my message.

[Dudebot121256]

Some people are thinking it was boycott that caused the money drop. I wonder who in the right mind decided that it'd be a good idea the lay off CCM.

http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthread.php?42660-Ccmark-is-leaving

http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthread.php?42667-What-really-happen-to-cc-mark!

[HenryVIII]

Thank you as well. I truly appreciate all you did for this community. Wishing the very best for you and anyone else affected by Gree(d).

[thevlad]

All I know is.... I'll miss having a moderator that cared about all the members ( minus a few that heckled him daily lol)
I wish him the best
Hopefully he finds a job that will treat him better and I wish him a happy new year
If you see this ccm, just hold your head up and forget about gree.
I hope it wasn't our fault he got let go somehow.

[Poopenshire]

The problem is Gree announced they were not letting anyone go from the Funzio aquisition. That would require regulatory filings. If Gree is letting go of US employees at Funzion in direct opposition of their offical company announcments, then we may have some regulatory issues including some activities that might be considered illegal.

[Dudebot121256]

All I know is.... I'll miss having a moderator that cared about all the members ( minus a few that heckled him daily lol)
I wish him the best
Hopefully he finds a job that will treat him better and I wish him a happy new year
If you see this ccm, just hold your head up and forget about gree.
I hope it wasn't our fault he got let go somehow.+1 Well said.

[TonySpaghetti]

I blame Santa. And by that, I really mean..... (Wait for it).............Hero of Time. :)

[the_dude]

Dudebot pretty quick to steal his avatar

Well played

[Dudebot121256]

Dudebot pretty quick to steal his avatar

Well playedNah, I'm using it to protest Gree's retarded move of laying him off, I doubt it'll do much though :(

[TonySpaghetti]

I have joined in your protest.

[Dudebot121256]

I have joined in your protest.Which one do you think is better to use? My "bring him back" one or his regular avatar?

[TonySpaghetti]

Didn't notice the "Bring Him Back" thing.

[Dudebot121256]

Didn't notice the "Bring Him Back" thing.Yea, I just made it. The only problem is that in order to get it below 19.5 KB, I had to crop out a lot of the hand and pants/bottom of the shirt.

[TonySpaghetti]

Yea, I just made it. The only problem is that in order to get it below 19.5 KB, I had to crop out a lot of the hand and pants/bottom of the shirt.

You should just convert it to a negative. That way you could be the anti-CCM. AND I think he really needs a sombrero. And some castanets.

With the hand missing, can't help wonder who he's fisting. Lmao

[thevlad]

Boycott to bring him back? LOL joking
I too will change my avatar... Until we get some answers from gree or the syllabler
CCM at least deserves a farewell thread as he contributed to the community
What kind of person would delete such a thread? That man helped all of us one way or another!

[TonySpaghetti]

Boycott to bring him back? LOL joking
I too will change my avatar... Until we get some answers from gree or the syllabler
CCM at least deserves a farewell thread as he contributed to the community
What kind of person would delete such a thread? That man helped all of us one way or another!

And a cake.

[Dudebot121256]

And a cake.True, we can't forget the cake.

[TonySpaghetti]

True, we can't forget the cake.

And a piñata. To go with the sombrero and castanets.

[Dudebot121256]

@thevlad, fyi, I switched back to his original avatar. As Tony pointed out, he appears to be fisting someone and we can't allow that :p

[TonySpaghetti]

@thevlad, fyi, I switched back to his original avatar. As Tony pointed out, he appears to be fisting someone and we can't allow that :p

LMFAO (the F is for Fisted).

My money's on Santa.

[the_dude]

I made mine green In honor of dudebot stealing his avatar first

[Dudebot121256]

I made mine green In honor of dudebot stealing his avatar firstIs that a good or bad thing? ^_^

[thevlad]

Alright I switched it too :p
So it's declared then?
If you're against them letting go ccm then change your avatar to his old one!
At least until we get some answers

[Gambit12]

The problem is Gree announced they were not letting anyone go from the Funzio aquisition. That would require regulatory filings. If Gree is letting go of US employees at Funzion in direct opposition of their offical company announcments, then we may have some regulatory issues including some activities that might be considered illegal.

Like what..??

[Dipstik]

I'm sure the guy whose job it was to keep the forum happy is pretty low priority. Ccm is a good guy, but I'm not getting worked up over it.

[the_dude]

I'm not for a petition or anything, I just wanted to steal his avatar

[Hero of Time]

Dry in the MW forum has been using a CCMark avy for the past couple of weeks.
I too disagree with CCMs firing but I won't change my avy.

[thevlad]

I'm sure the guy whose job it was to keep the forum happy is pretty low priority. Ccm is a good guy, but I'm not getting worked up over it.

He is basically the spokesperson for gree
His job was important as he addressed customers
We had no1 else that dared to show their face
Trust, his job was important as he was the main customer service representative
Gree lost the person which players felt comfortable with... Soon they'll regret it

[TonySpaghetti]

Dry in the MW forum has been using a CCMark avy for the past couple of weeks.
I too disagree with CCMs firing but I won't change my avy.

That's because you're a turd burglar.

[the_dude]

@HOT We know you have more important things to do this time of the year.

[Mikecore]

Good luck CCM! I wish you the best!...

P.s. deleting his goodbye thread was pathetic...

[Dipstik]

That's because you're a turd burglar.

Oooooo... Win!

[thevlad]

Good luck CCM! I wish you the best!...

P.s. deleting his goodbye thread was pathetic...

Agreed
Get it? A Greed? Lol bad I know

[Deluxe]

http://i46.tinypic.com/308glky.jpg

Not a bad word in it. Absolutely no need to delete the threads. Best of luck J, maybe we will see you as a normal contributer.


That's because you're a turd burglar.

'Turd burglar' just rolls off the tongue so well!
+1

[the_dude]

In the old days saying something like that might get you banned as it would be misconstrued as homophobic. Ahh the memories

[Holicaholic]

So....not to move on or anything, but do we have a liaison to the company anymore now that CCM is gone?

[TonySpaghetti]

'Turd burglar' just rolls off the tongue so well!
+1

Indeed. Burgling Turds is pretty popular in Jax.

See you in Florida in a week, Joako.

[Dipstik]

What kind of google searches are YOU doing?

[TonySpaghetti]

Gotta say, I'd like a clue too. Not the board game either. A LEGITIMATE clue. Please and thank you.

[Dudebot121256]

For goodness sake change the record, you homophobic remarks are tedious, boring and offenceive to all, the children on the fourm.
I know CCM said you properly would be made a Mod, this why.
Mark if you still have the power please ban this fool.Could you specify who you're talking to? Thanks.

[Honey Boo Boo]

Gotta say, I'd like a clue too. Not the board game either. A LEGITIMATE clue. Please and thank you.

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag96/qwerty9702/4803B10C-8BE3-4C0D-B56E-F8E650316CBB-6837-0000092886690B40_zps063e9588.jpg

[TonySpaghetti]

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag96/qwerty9702/4803B10C-8BE3-4C0D-B56E-F8E650316CBB-6837-0000092886690B40_zps063e9588.jpg

Thank you sir! :)

[Deluxe]

Ummmmm...yeah...so...am i like...gonna be...like...you know...hated for saying...that...omg...here goes...i didnt care for ccm much at all...?

<------waiting to be bashed endlessly. In my defense i know he did positive things, i just didnt have a positive experience with him personally...

[nopenopenope]

I too disagree with CCMs firing but I won't change my avy.

You've always wanted to be him and now you can pretend all you want!




i.e. just like Santa

[Nicky the Nose]

Ummmmm...yeah...so...am i like...gonna be...like...you know...hated for saying...that...omg...here goes...i didnt care for ccm much at all...?

<------waiting to be bashed endlessly. In my defense i know he did positive things, i just didnt have a positive experience with him personally...

I too didn't have any dealings with CCM but hate to see anyone lose their job, especially this time of year. I think we lost a person who cared about the forum community and I'm sure he will be greatly missed. I also think this maybe one of the best things happened to CCM once he settles down little and has a new job. Gree has hurt their brand again and again and CCM was the member to catch the heat. In the end he can do much better then working for Gree, might not be any jobs soon the way they are ruining the game

Good luck CCM, you can and do deserve better

[dragon001]

Bummer. That does explain a lot. Too bad it was agreat game. One could hope they would listen to the forum feedback but not likely. Now we are going to have a language barrier as well as a cultural one.

[Reznor]

but I won't change my avy.

You lie

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[Hero of Time]

You lie

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I changed my mind.

[Nicky the Nose]

You lie

abcdefg

Good call

abcdef

[Honey Boo Boo]

I changed my mind.

When can we expect you to go back to this one...

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag96/qwerty9702/4E7D8FCB-4B3E-4FE5-942B-333D6069087C-6837-00000933FC79BF50_zps650b186a.jpg

[dudeman]

Well, I posted my well wishes in the poofed thread, which surprised even myself because CCM and I never really got along. I know what a December lay-off is like though, so all differences aside I wish the guy well.

That said, I must end this off with an almost obligatory, and hopefully not taken the wrong way:

Bye forever! :p

[Deluxe]

Well, I posted my well wishes in the poofed thread, which surprised even myself because CCM and I never really got along. I know what a December lay-off is like though, so all differences aside I wish the guy well.

That said, I must end this off with an almost obligatory, and hopefully not taken the wrong way:

Bye forever! :p

+1 to that part...not wishing anything bad on the guy, just dont have a positive experience off of which to shed a tear for him

[dudeman]

+1 to that part...not wishing anything bad on the guy, just dont have a positive experience off of which to shed a tear for him

I'll be fair and give the guy credit for at least one thing he did in my favour. After I manipulated the fabric of space-time, he went to bat for me and got me the Hardened Shotgun for the Kingdom Age cross promo.

And if he had anything to do with the one time my "name that unit" name suggestion made the voting list for a KA unit, maybe that too but he never took credit.

On a personal level though, we never got along. Mostly, I think, because we didn't want to. :p He seems like a good (master?) debater.

Heh. :cool:

[Jared Cummings]

I'll be fair and give the guy credit for at least one thing he did in my favour. After I manipulated the fabric of space-time, he went to bat for me and got me the Hardened Shotgun for the Kingdom Age cross promo.

And if he had anything to do with the one time my "name that unit" name suggestion made the voting list for a KA unit, maybe that too but he never took credit.

On a personal level though, we never got along. Mostly, I think, because we didn't want to. :p He seems like a good (master?) debater.

Heh. :cool:

We never saw eye to eye on a lot of things. That doesn't mean I disliked you. There will always be someone to disagree with me, and I welcome it. I'll miss all of you, even those that challenged me.

[Jared Cummings]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.

[Reznor]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.

I vote yes. Any idea if there will be any mods at all for the forum? I assume Er got the flick too?

[Jared Cummings]

I vote yes. Any idea if there will be any mods at all for the forum? I assume Er got the flick too?

To the best of my knowledge that is true. I can't say for sure. Everything is pretty tight-lipped right now. As for new Community peeps, I'm not really sure. Someone hopped on the admin account and threw out some bans / deletes, so we'll see.

[Reznor]

To the best of my knowledge that is true. I can't say for sure. Everything is pretty tight-lipped right now. As for new Community peeps, I'm not really sure. Someone hopped on the admin account and threw out some bans / deletes, so we'll see.
Ok. Thanks for the reply, all the best.

[Quirt]

Wow :( the face of Gree here on the forums gets sacked just before Christmas :( That's harsh!

Hope his position isn't terminated but I suppose that is likely the case. We need a "go-between"

Well if you're reading --- all the best in 2013 and beyond CCM -- thanks for going to bat for us.

[NTM]

He said he was going on vacation for a while…

i think good vacany with the money on Gree and CCusers.

maybe 2 years of vacancy....


u can build the game on Ipda and on beach for sure, nothard to code a building and sold it for 15.000 real $.

great job no...

[dads]

Noticed admin have visited your profile.
Not that that is surprising.
About the boycott that was a few forum members never enough to make the impact that gree are suffering.
Well good luck & as i posted before it got delted I hope you find employment you did get a job offer on your facebook page alou not sure how well it pays or if it was real or not.

[Dipstik]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.

Ever thought of trolling? ;)

[Feng1234]

Good luck buddy. You are tough and will get through it eventually. It's been a good ride. **** GREE.

[Ramshutu]

As I a fan of numbered bullet points, here goes:

1.) Good luck Jared (that feels so odd). While we are a schizophrenic, bipolar group of weirdos, I hope that this doesn't color your view of working on the Internet. If you can keep us all on a tight leash, I think you will have no problems elsewhere. I know that you will be missed here both personally, and professionally.

2.) To anyone who says otherwise, I think most of the recent issues have been mainly down to changes due to being taken over by Gree, there have been a number of changes for the worse; but I have always felt the vast majority of issues have been because the staff haven't been allowed to do what they should have been, rather than not wanting to. In this respect, I think CCM was pretty good at managing expectations when he was allowed (or had time, but that is also down to gree).

3.) As CCM is now posting under a new account, I am obliged to say: "omg Santa is back, go away!"

[Dipstik]

I am obliged to say: "omg Santa is back, go away!"

I lol'd and such.

[Johnnie Walker]

J. good luck to you and thank you for being such a good sport. You will be missed...

[Gaming Will]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.

Certainly would be interesting.

[sister morphine]

Certainly would be interesting.
Interesting, yes indeed. Attracting the ban hammer? Almost certainly.

Very sorry to see you getting shuffled off CCM. It was a tough job, and you did it well. Best of luck.

[DenZ1]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.
Most definitely YES. I think it should be done someewhere else though to avoid ban/closure issues.
Let us know man. ;) cheer up! I've learned n my life that most things that happen, happen for the best and I think this one is not exception.

[Jao]

By Jared good seeing your NY

[Jared Cummings]

Ever thought of trolling? ;)

Not my style, but at least I can't stop any of you from doing it, eh?

[mxz]

Are you going to stop playing Gree games but stay active in the forums? Seems to be all the rage these days.

[Poopenshire]

i wonder if i should post an ama now that i'm not bound by anything.

yes yes yes yes yes

[jobadass]

Not my style, but at least I can't stop any of you from doing it, eh?you should have implemented the "block" feature I begged you for. :)

Quick question; Why does Gree hate jobadass soooo much?

I said in your original goodbye thread that you are better than Gree...I meant it. Good luck and thanks for being there for us as much as you could.

[Sandukan]

"How you gonna fire somebody on they day off?"

[SinSir]

@Jared

In my opinion I say CC Mark was a true snob.
He never done enough for the player base, but made sure he did some that would take the heat off him.

Didn't like the way he deleted thread or lock them off just because of personal vendettas with someone post being too close to the truth.

Known for making false promise.

I'd say I liked CCM still, even though CCM was a forum a forum tyrant.

Now as you're not CCM, I hope you can be yourself & I'd love a AMA.
Should be on the forum but ignore question that would upset gree if you answered them.

[TonySpaghetti]

If you need any tips on avoiding bans, feel free to ask Hero of Time. By that, I mean Santa.

[dudeman]

If you need any tips on avoiding bans, feel free to ask Hero of Time. By that, I mean Santa.

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[TheLastResort]

@Jared

In my opinion I say CC Mark was a true snob.
He never done enough for the player base, but made sure he did some that would take the heat off him.

Didn't like the way he deleted thread or lock them off just because of personal vendettas with someone post being too close to the truth.

Known for making false promise.

I'd say I liked CCM still, even though CCM was a forum a forum tyrant.

Now as you're not CCM, I hope you can be yourself & I'd love a AMA.
Should be on the forum but ignore question that would upset gree if you answered them.

SinSir you made some truthful statements there...not too mention banning good people without any second chance while the trolls continued...AppleMacGuy lives on...and he still wants his old forum account back even after 3 months of waiting and numerous false promises by support...at least GREEdy will not get any more spend out of him in the meantime...

Oh, and CCM/Jared thanks for not having the common courtesy to reply to the e-mail that AppleMacGuy sent you directly at GREE asking for his ban to be lifted...just shows how much you didn't care about the good guys...and another reason why this once great forum went down the pan.

[TheLastResort]

"How you gonna fire somebody on they day off?"

You fire them first and then give them the day off...

[jobadass]

"How you gonna fire somebody on they day off?"pretty sure if anyone knows not to bother trying to figure out the insanity that Gree pulls, the man formerly known as CCM would be that guy. I worked for an impossible boss once...it's extremely difficult.

[soulnmysole]

Gree is an extremely dishonest company, so any news of them laying people off or losing profits is music to my ears.

Couldnt of come at a better time either.. Holiday Season

[TheLastResort]

Gree is an extremely dishonest company, so any news of them laying people off or losing profits is music to my ears.

Couldnt of come at a better time either.. Holiday Season

Bang on the money...

[Joeycool]

CCM... he's that guy who used to post in the Modern War forum all the time right?

[Sandukan]

CCM... he's that guy who used to post in the Modern War forum all the time right?
Sounds like MWM.....no?

[SinSir]

Mark was in truth an older version of santa.
Power got to his head.

My fig oni account got banned cause I called him a 'nazi bavarian illuminati wannabe'.

Yes, he tried and failed, he did end up as the 'wannabe' I predicted.

See there is only one Fig Oni.

[dudeman]

People, I know there were plenty of things many of us disliked about CCM, or at least the persona of CCM, but the 'main guy' we all knew as CCM just got laid off right before the holidays. That sucks. A lot.

Why can't we just wish him well and leave it at that? If you've got nothing nice to say, this one time, can you just shut it?

[Dipstik]

Heh... Good luck with that, dudeman

[NeedleD]

Please start a pee on Gree thread where we post best urination pictures in honor of us all hating gree

[Deluxe]

People, I know there were plenty of things many of us disliked about CCM, or at least the persona of CCM, but the 'main guy' we all knew as CCM just got laid off right before the holidays. That sucks. A lot.

Why can't we just wish him well and leave it at that? If you've got nothing nice to say, this one time, can you just shut it?

You dont think he got severance and non-compete compensation???

[dudeman]

Heh... Good luck with that, dudeman

I know, pointless to even post that. Pointless to b!tch about the guy now that he's gone now too though. If people weren't willing to call him out before, they should continue to stfu. It's hard enough for the guy to go into the holiday season in need of a job.

[dudeman]

You dont think he got severance and non-compete compensation???

If they just laid him off I'm sure he qualifies for welfare or whatever, but it's not been my experience that a lay off calls for any kind of severance. I don't live in the US though, so I don't know what the laws are there and I certainly don't know what the terms of employment were.

[Harry Tuttle]

If they just laid him off I'm sure he qualifies for welfare or whatever, but it's not been my experience that a lay off calls for any kind of severance. I don't live in the US though, so I don't know what the laws are there and I certainly don't know what the terms of employment were.

Generally, lay-off = severance + unemployment, fired for cause = neither.

[SinSir]

Let take the facts.

Mark never observed the forum rules, they were only created so mark could ban people who he didn't like without him being looked bias.

Pooham was a big example, he swore, called people gay, imitated other players, even mark was is favor of it being ok for him to change his name to xenoki and so many other things.

Now someone like Burn, he banned him for being racist, homophobic & so many other reasons(all false).

He had a personal vendetta against Ram & Tramp he use to always ban them for no reason even to the point of banning Rams game account for in game comments he allegedly wrote.

When I started the forum, the main guy for me was popeye and he made his life a misery every time he made a thread it got deleted, he made spreadsheets they got deleted, same with sync, discordia, and list list goes on.

The excuses were always the same, it wasn't us must be the server.

I say in true fact mark ruined the forum.

I think mark got fired as the link to the job axe at gree was posted in techcrunch is dated june 2012.
They told him to clear his office and he quickly messaged he got layed of without any notice.

I live in uk an all jobs, your employees give you notice before the termination of contract unless it a sacking.

I could say more but I've been on the forum since way back so I saw the decline.

[TheLastResort]

Let take the facts.

Mark never observed the forum rules, they were only created so mark could ban people who he didn't like without him being looked bias.

Pooham was a big example, he swore, called people gay, imitated other players, even mark was is favor of it being ok for him to change his name to xenoki and so many other things.

The excuses were always the same, it wasn't us must be the server.

I say in true fact mark ruined the forum.

I think mark got fired as the link to the job axe at gree was posted in techcrunch is dated june 2012.
They told him to clear his office and he quickly messaged he got layed of without any notice.


Agree with all of these points...let's be honest what goes around comes around and now CCM got his reward with a permanent ban...how ironic :D Poetic justice IMO...

[Ragmondino]

SinSir you made some truthful statements there...not too mention banning good people without any second chance while the trolls continued...AppleMacGuy lives on...and he still wants his old forum account back even after 3 months of waiting and numerous false promises by support...at least GREEdy will not get any more spend out of him in the meantime...

Oh, and CCM/Jared thanks for not having the common courtesy to reply to the e-mail that AppleMacGuy sent you directly at GREE asking for his ban to be lifted...just shows how much you didn't care about the good guys...and another reason why this once great forum went down the pan.

So is this You coming back at last then Amg? Took you long enough dude but hey, welcome back

[jobadass]

My fig oni account got banned cause I called him a 'nazi bavarian illuminati wannabe'.
to be fair Fig, he did pretty much beg you to stop and warned you if you didn't, he was going to have to ban you. I remember it well, as I was praying you would stop, didn't want you to get the hammer.

[TheLastResort]

So is this You coming back at last then Amg? Took you long enough dude but hey, welcome back

Thanks for the welcome back...I'll let AMG know...:p I think he's only back to express his ongoing dissatisfaction of the total contempt GREE have for their customers, particularly the paying ones but as minor compensation he's thoroughly enjoying the irony of CCM's permanent ban :D

[Deluxe]

Thanks for the welcome back...I'll let AMG know...:p I think he's only back to express his ongoing dissatisfaction of the total contempt GREE have for their customers, particularly the paying ones but as minor compensation he's thoroughly enjoying the irony of CCM's permanent ban :D

+1 on seeing you back a little and on your remarks.
Like i said, dont want the dudes life to fall apart and have him end up homeless, but all these folks need to get him off his pedestal. I think, overall, and despite some positive moments, he was poor at his job and exercised his capacity for proper discretion very poorly. I think he was petty at times and not the least bit thorough or professional in executing or not executing his actions. Maybe he was overworked by Gree with the behind the scenes stuff i never saw but that is not my problem. Humorous at times, sure. Smug and beyond reproach most of the time? Absolutely. Maybe it was the culture within the company that caused him to act as such, but i dont care. What i saw i didnt like.

[Ragmondino]

I liked him. Got me unbanned and I won add me Monday 3 weeks on the trot.

[Deluxe]

And good for you on that, seriously. We all have our own experiences which shape our opinions. So a handful have a reason to like him, and a handful have reason to not like him!

[West London Ranger]

It's called karma Jared, what goes around comes around and it couldnt have happened to a better person :D

[West London Ranger]

Agree with all of these points...let's be honest what goes around comes around and now CCM got his reward with a permanent ban...how ironic :D Poetic justice IMO...

Exactly. He deserved it

[Ragmondino]

Who's been banned more out of you and Joaquim?

[West London Ranger]

Who's been banned more out of you and Joaquim?

Santaquim has been banned most :eek:

[dispatch_me]

Let take the facts.

Mark never observed the forum rules, they were only created so mark could ban people who he didn't like without him being looked bias.

Pooham was a big example, he swore, called people gay, imitated other players, even mark was is favor of it being ok for him to change his name to xenoki and so many other things.

Now someone like Burn, he banned him for being racist, homophobic & so many other reasons(all false).

He had a personal vendetta against Ram & Tramp he use to always ban them for no reason even to the point of banning Rams game account for in game comments he allegedly wrote.

When I started the forum, the main guy for me was popeye and he made his life a misery every time he made a thread it got deleted, he made spreadsheets they got deleted, same with sync, discordia, and list list goes on.

The excuses were always the same, it wasn't us must be the server.

I say in true fact mark ruined the forum.

I think mark got fired as the link to the job axe at gree was posted in techcrunch is dated june 2012.
They told him to clear his office and he quickly messaged he got layed of without any notice.

I live in uk an all jobs, your employees give you notice before the termination of contract unless it a sacking.

I could say more but I've been on the forum since way back so I saw the decline.


I'm only been on the forum itself for approximately 6 months but from my experience I can agree with a few points here. I don't know even a fraction of the people that have been banned seeing as I'm still fairly a newbie and everyone starts off with a clean slate with me. However, the only time I've seen CCM around is to close a necroed thread, to award and close an "Add me Monday" thread after it has been running for weeks and the most recent thread where he did a sort've AMA in lieu of him being canned.

In today's economy particularly around the holiday, I hate to see anyone lose a job. However, from my experience and observation, I can not disagree or give a positive experience that I've had with CCM. I don't know the amount of time he has been around, but I'm sure the vacation thread was a smoke screen for the layoff (or firing considering decisions like that aren't made overnight) and it was just his way of bowing out gracefully.

I'm sure CCM was stretched thin with all the development and dealing with the forums, but broken promises of unawarded prizes and unanswered private messages are just inexcusable. If you can't deliver, don't put it out there for expectations...plain and simple. I've only sent a total of two pm's to him and actually got a response to one after about a week later after it was sent. The results of that ended in me having to end up getting a refund from Amazon a week later after being told by CCM that he would definitely get with support in reference to my issue.

He got paid to develop ideas and eff around on the internet daily and be head troll reading private messages and the forum and responding accordingly. If anything required more effort than that, he had henchmen to forward player issues to about things such as not receiving items and actually putting them in their inventory or lost account issues. In each players case, I'm sure it took all of 10 minutes out of his time (giving him the benefit of the doubt here) to read and respond or get this to support to take care of.

Hopefully whoever is next in line to deal with players and forums will take heed to the concerns and issues of it's customers seeing as it's us who make an impact in that declining quarterly profit margin.

[Joeycool]

Come on folks... even ignoring all his "flaws", just judge him on his job title... he was meant to be a community manager. We never saw the guy. He never engaged any of us or addressed any of our issues. If he hadnt have said he was going no one would have even noticed.

G'bye Mark!

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hi.gif

[Nicky the Nose]

You have got a good point Joey

[Sandukan]

I too found it odd the outpouring of support when no such "support" was afforded to us in the lead up.

The only bad thing is that they will either not replace him or replace him with someone just as inept.
Must be a prerequisite to getting hired in the first place.
I wonder if they are hiring lol

[Idiosyncrasy]

Gree's Internal memo:


Today we are announcing a reorganization of GII to better focus our growing US operations on 1st and 2nd party game development. These changes will combine the majority of Platform Product and Engineering with Studio teams (managed by VPs Ram Gudavalli and Andy Keidel) and Platform Developer Relations and Marketing teams with Player Marketing teams (managed by VP Sho Masuda).

This organizational change is our best path to revenue acceleration for our core US Studio business and the GREE platform business globally. A transition of the GII platform business operations will be managed over the next few weeks in conjunction with this reorganization. Overall we expect this reorganization will achieve two goals for us here at GII:

1.Simplify US operations from two separate business lines to one aligned organization, increasing our operational efficiency.
2.Create additional support to accelerate revenue growth for the GII Studio business by concentrating talent and resources into one business line.

To support these goals we are creating two new organizations:

1.We are creating the Publishing and Partnerships team, a hybrid publishing business for equity investments in outside studios with emphasis on our 2nd party expansion. VP Jim Ying will lead this effort supported by SVP Shanti Bergel’s corporate development team.

2.Also being created is a new Growth and Revenue team formally the “Incubation Layer” and will focus on tools and services for 1st and 2nd party games and investment partners. The Growth and Revenue Product will report to SVP Anil Dharni with VP Ram Gudavalli leading the engineering team.

Unfortunately, there are individuals who will be leaving the business today but wherever possible, we’ve re-assigned team members to new roles allowing us to take full advantage of the incredible talent at GII.

We expect to share additional details on the re-organization with the entire company in the coming days and weeks.

This reorganization impacts us all and we ask that you handle the situation and information in the most responsible manner. We appreciate everyone’s support and focus during this time of transition.

Business leaders will be available and walking around if you or your team have questions.

Thank you.

Libby

I'm not sharing anything proprietary. It's in the second link below.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/06/gree-layoffs/

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/07/gree-layoffs-2/

[thevlad]

Guys..guys...guys... And gals lol
Why can't this just stop? I wish ccm the best of luck and that's that. He did his job properly as a forum mod. He let a lot of things go which I wouldn't have. All people are doing now is bashing someone who lost their job.... Do you believe in karma? Cause I do. I wouldn't want anyone to lose their job. No matter the person.

[Deluxe]

Guys..guys...guys... And gals lol
Why can't this just stop? I wish ccm the best of luck and that's that. He did his job properly as a forum mod. He let a lot of things go which I wouldn't have. All people are doing now is bashing someone who lost their job.... Do you believe in karma? Cause I do. I wouldn't want anyone to lose their job. No matter the person.

Did you hear yourself?? 'He did his job properly as a forum mod'...youre nearly as inept as he is to believe that.

[Sandukan]

I hate when people lose their jobs.
I particularly hate when good people lose work.
I feel bad for CCM. I don't think he was a bad person.
I can have all those emotions and still recognize he did a piss poor job. Unless his job was to be ineffective, cryptic and vague.

[Joeycool]

Emotional cat feels your emotions

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cat_gets_it.gif

[Sandukan]

I love emotional.
It's callous cat that's the stinker.

[erik]

Best of luck to you and your family. Thanks for the assistance from your customer service department. Cheers.

[SinSir]

I was sad to see Mark go myself but the guy can't stop lying.

He got told to go or just simply got sacked instead he makes an elaborate excuse he's going holiday, then post some old post so he makes out he was made redundant.

Tried garnering support when the ship had already sunk.

@Jobadass.

The reason was because he banned me for no reason previously.
Then there was all these other issues that he was ignoring just because it created excitement to feed his personal ego.
So I asked him to state why he banned me that previous time.

Now think about it, if I accuse you of something, do you have a right to prove you innocence.

Then even once he perm banned my account he typed my name(birth name) with a slight difference but to make sure it was not coincident he highlighted them bold.

I had a personal vendetta because I was always maintained conzio had people on the game working for them (pooham for one) as soon as it was sold to gree he disappeared.

Thanks Joeycool.

At least someone who saw the problem I saw also.

Even got Lauren redundant because she helped out the forum community, the last straw was the giving a few people the spinal tap & you the joker van.

[jobadass]

@Jobadass.

The reason was because he banned me for no reason previously.
Then there was all these other issues that he was ignoring just because it created excitement to feed his personal ego.
So I asked him to state why he banned me that previous time.

Now think about it, if I accuse you of something, do you have a right to prove you innocence.

Then even once he perm banned my account he typed my name(birth name) with a slight difference but to make sure it was not coincident he highlighted them bold.

I had a personal vendetta because I was always maintained conzio had people on the game working for them (pooham for one) as soon as it was sold to gree he disappeared.

Sorry Fig, I missed that part...honestly. All I saw was you really pizzed at him...guess I should have asked why.

[Le QPR]

I'm back!

*****es

[Plux]

Good Luck Mark and the others. I wish him well for the future.

[mxz]

The reason was because he banned me for no reason previously.I've got no skin in the game, but that seems disingenuous to me considering your post where you asked him (specifically) for a lifetime ban you and then ragequit:
Ban me now.

OK forum Fig has retired from the forum.

You're an idiot thinking a online virtual ban will effect me bye bye.

Also Lifetime ban be great as your a nazi bavarian illuminati wannabe.Which lead to this:
Okay, sure. Since you asked so politely.I don't see the difficulty in figuring out why he banned you.

[Jared Cummings]

I was sad to see Mark go myself but the guy can't stop lying.

He got told to go or just simply got sacked instead he makes an elaborate excuse he's going holiday, then post some old post so he makes out he was made redundant.

Tried garnering support when the ship had already sunk.



Believe what you want. I got a call while I was away on vacation letting me know I was laid off. If you want to think I'm full of it, nothing I say will stop you.

[SinSir]

Perfectly said MXZ.

There always more than the eyes meet.

The guy ignores your questions, then for no explanation temporary bans you.

Then when you ask he to explain he tell me forum rules bull.

To show he banned me unfairly, it should be also true I could asked him for a perm ban & he will oblige.
The nazi part was my parting gift as I knew he was going to ban me.

Now after the ban he waffled on so many post on forum rules why he now has banned me.
Also stickies the forum rules.

This also proved to me, I had pulled his strings good.

I just really don't care no more because I was informed I got a daylight runner as a token of the perm ban of mark.

At least gree don't lock thread for talking about bans.

Best move gree did was get rid of mark.

I will buy gold to show support of the wise move.

[Hero of Time]

Believe what you want. I got a call while I was away on vacation letting me know I was laid off. If you want to think I'm full of it, nothing I say will stop you.

Hey J hope all's well. Hopefully GREE will soon realize the mistake they made in firing you. The forum has gone to hell now.

[Joeycool]

I wonder if I should post an AMA now that I'm not bound by anything.

Yes you should mate!

[The Billionaire]

Believe what you want. I got a call while I was away on vacation letting me know I was laid off. If you want to think I'm full of it, nothing I say will stop you.

Sounds like Gree all over, they only care about making a shed load of money and absolutely nothing else. Especially not their staff or customers.

Thanks for your time and work on the forum CCM even though you never did reply to any of my PM's but i understand that you were a very busy man.

All the best for the future and enjoy your time off. If you ever make it across the pond to the UK give me a shout and we'll go for a beer. We had our own little CC meet in the UK last month :D

[Jared Cummings]

Sounds like Gree all over, they only care about making a shed load of money and absolutely nothing else. Especially not their staff or customers.

Thanks for your time and work on the forum CCM even though you never did reply to any of my PM's but i understand that you were a very busy man.

All the best for the future and enjoy your time off. If you ever make it across the pond to the UK give me a shout and we'll go for a beer. We had our own little CC meet in the UK last month :D

That sounds like a blast. I'm thinking of visiting some relatives in Scotland in Jan / Feb, so if I end up going I'll try to set something up.

[The Billionaire]

That sounds like a blast. I'm thinking of visiting some relatives in Scotland in Jan / Feb, so if I end up going I'll try to set something up.

Awesome, keep me posted.

[Sandukan]

Keep your head up CCM.
When one door is closed.
Many more will open.

[TonySpaghetti]

Hey J hope all's well. Hopefully GREE will soon realize the mistake they made in firing you. The forum has gone to hell now.

Stfu Santa. The only reason that the forum has gone to hell is because you're still here, running around like a toddler who ate too much Taco Bell.

CCM: it's easy for everyone to be critical of you when they don't have a good understanding of the politics that you were probably facing. It isn't easy being caught in the middle of the company and the customers, especially if the former isn't always up front with development updates, bugs, etc. Sure, it would have been nice to get a bit more presence on here, but considering that they recently added 2 new games to support to an already busy forum, you did what you could.

Bottom line is that you got laid off right before the holidays. Sh¡tty situation for anyone to be in. If you're ever in eastern Canada, poutine is on me. :)

[Hero of Time]

running around like a toddler who ate too much Taco Bell.

Is that a Mexican joke? lol

[TonySpaghetti]

Is that a Mexican joke? lol

No, it wasn't meant to be, but if the sombrero fits...

[SinSir]

http://i46.tinypic.com/308glky.jpg

QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jared Cummings;516545]Believe what you want. I got a call while I was away on vacation letting me know I was laid off. If you want to think I'm full of it, nothing I say will stop you.

The MW post says it's your last day AT gree.

Now today you say you away on vacation.

You & santa are both born liers can't stop telling lies.

What post is the truth or are both fasle.

[dudeman]

Fig, I understand what you're saying but with all due respect, you're starting to seem slightly obsessed.

If the guy was as much of an egotistical schmuck as you say he was, would it not make more sense to just forget him and pretend he never existed? That shouldn't even be difficult. As JC said, if CCM wouldn't have posted anything about his departure nobody would have even noticed.

[SinSir]

Fig, I understand what you're saying but with all due respect, you're starting to seem slightly obsessed.

If the guy was as much of an egotistical schmuck as you say he was, would it not make more sense to just forget him and pretend he never existed? That shouldn't even be difficult. As JC said, if CCM wouldn't have posted anything about his departure nobody would have even noticed.


Good luck Mark aka Jared have a good Christmas & New Year.
All the best.

[Jared Cummings]

Snip

Yes, it was my last day at GREE. Technically I'm still on the payroll until the 15th. I'm not at GREE any more, but I'm still under contract with them until the 15th. I don't have any of my accounts, nor my access; I'm just filling out exit paperwork and turning in laptops and such.

[Deluxe]

Non-compete and severance package i hope? Wouldnt want someone to suffer and/or tap into savings to get by...

[Soopajake]

Jared thanks for being with us this whole time. I'm kinda annoyed and mad that Gree laid you off. Probably going to replace you with a random nephew of a big boss from back in Japan headquarters. You'll never be replaced. Take care and good luck sir.

[Hero of Time]

Jared thanks for being with us this whole time. I'm kinda annoyed and mad that Gree laid you off. Probably going to replace you with a random nephew of a big boss from back in Japan headquarters. You'll never be replaced. Take care and good luck sir.

Dude, you missed him by 3 weeks.

[Ragmondino]

Where you been? I haven't seen you on the faction for a while..

[Hero of Time]

Where you been? I haven't seen you on the faction for a while..

Venezuela. Just got back to JAX today. I've been donating cash to the faction but I haven't been chatting ingame much. Just log in, donate some cash, and hang out with family.

[Ragmondino]

Dude the faction is your family now. We are all you need

[TonySpaghetti]

Venezuela. Just got back to JAX today. I've been donating cash to the faction but I haven't been chatting ingame much. Just log in, donate some cash, and hang out with family.


Dude the faction is your family now. We are all you need

Soooo... It's like a cult? Lol

[Ramshutu]

Soooo... It's like a cult? Lol

Pretty much. We're not allowed to talk to outsiders, we give all our money to the faction, and worship anniversary buildings,

We beleive the end of the world will occurr when Ragmondio sobers up. Or as well like to call it 'the coming of the bleary eyed morning.'

[Nicky the Nose]

Pretty much. We're not allowed to talk to outsiders, we give all our money to the faction, and worship anniversary buildings,

We beleive the end of the world will occurr when Ragmondio sobers up. Or as well like to call it 'the coming of the bleary eyed morning.'

ROFLMAO

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[Ragmondino]

First rule if HTC, you do not talk about HTC
2nd rule of HTC, you DO NOT talk about HTC
Third rule of HTC, make sure raggy never sobers up. Luckily for you guys Im home from work and have a bottle of beer on the go so it definitely won't be today I sober up.

[Ramshutu]

First rule if HTC, you do not talk about HTC
2nd rule of HTC, you DO NOT talk about HTC
Third rule of HTC, make sure raggy never sobers up. Luckily for you guys Im home from work and have a bottle of beer on the go so it definitely won't be today I sober up.

In the beginning God said, “Let there be light beer,” and there was light beer. God saw that the light beer was good and crisp, and he separated the light beer from the darkness. God called the light beer "for drinking before 11am" and the darkness he called “stout.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day, although it was a bit of a haze.

[Dipstik]

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4922492879175956&pid=15.1

[Ragmondino]

Dippy you play mw?
I'm on the vodka now.

[Hero of Time]

Dude the faction is your family now. We are all you need

Now that I'm back in JAX I have a lot more time to do faction things.