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 Peregrine wrote:

dresnar1 wrote:
Jervis Jhonson has been head of the GW rules department since fifth. We have a lot of information on Jervis Jhonson. For him a balanced game isn't a fun game. His ideas on game design revolve around random charts, Game Masters, and forging narratives. Jervis Jhonson doesn't want to play or thinks you should want to play a balanced game. His rules reflect his style of game design.

What's really hard to believe is that someone so incredibly stupid is still employed, especially given how much his salary must be with that kind of seniority. The obvious conclusion is that he's sleeping with the CEO and major shareholders, or has some really good blackmail material on them.

That actually is a really good point, why does Jervis still have a job? GW has been doing a lot of budget cuts, what with turning to one man stores, reducing redundant inventory, and shutting down the bunkers, why haven't they fired Jervis? They've shown that they have no problem firing long term employees, and if 40k has been in the decline since Jervis took over it would make sense to try to replace him. That being said do we have any proof that the blame for the major problems of 40k lie at his feet?

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 Jaceevoke wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

dresnar1 wrote:
Jervis Jhonson has been head of the GW rules department since fifth. We have a lot of information on Jervis Jhonson. For him a balanced game isn't a fun game. His ideas on game design revolve around random charts, Game Masters, and forging narratives. Jervis Jhonson doesn't want to play or thinks you should want to play a balanced game. His rules reflect his style of game design.

What's really hard to believe is that someone so incredibly stupid is still employed, especially given how much his salary must be with that kind of seniority. The obvious conclusion is that he's sleeping with the CEO and major shareholders, or has some really good blackmail material on them.

That actually is a really good point, why does Jervis still have a job? GW has been doing a lot of budget cuts, what with turning to one man stores, reducing redundant inventory, and shutting down the bunkers, why haven't they fired Jervis? They've shown that they have no problem firing long term employees, and if 40k has been in the decline since Jervis took over it would make sense to try to replace him. That being said do we have any proof that the blame for the major problems of 40k lie at his feet?

I'm guessing that they think the players trust him or somesuch.

Let's keep in mind this is GW and they don't believe in the Internet.

xxvaderxx wrote:

My apologies, did not mean to come off as a troll. If you could tell me what it was about my post that led you to think that it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 Jaceevoke wrote:
That being said do we have any proof that the blame for the major problems of 40k lie at his feet?

Being in charge of something means being accountable for its success or failure. It's possible that he's just a lazy idiot who sits around doing nothing all day while the people he's supposedly in charge of ruin the game, but in that case he should certainly be fired. It's more likely that, even if not all of the things in question are his own work, he approves of them entirely. And therefore he is an incompetent idiot who should be fired.

 Jaceevoke wrote:

xxvaderxx wrote:

My apologies, did not mean to come off as a troll. If you could tell me what it was about my post that led you to think that it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Not you srry, directed at the OP.