Gaile Gray - No longer employed by ANet

Motoko · February 25, 2019 at 11:42 PM

https://twitter.com/GaileGray/status/1100145809914392576

MaxBorken · February 25, 2019 at 11:46 PM Official Post

Nooooooooooooo!

Gaile Gray You’re kind of a big deal around here. You’re very important. People know you. Your office smelled (weirdly) of frogs, and you have many leather bound tomes. But more than all that, you’re a God among mere mortals.

Thank you for everything you’ve done for Guildwars and the community. I salute you. God speed ☹️

cosyfiep · February 26, 2019 at 12:09 AM Official Post

....er WOW....unbelievable ....there just are no words to express the sadness upon hearing this.

YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!!!!

Enchanted Krystal · February 26, 2019 at 1:40 AM

You guys should make her a mod on these forums. If she is interested of course.

Sad days.

cosyfiep · February 26, 2019 at 3:46 AM Official Post

Quote from Enchanted Krystal

You guys should make her a mod on these forums. If she is interested of course.

Sad days.

I would LOVE to have her join us! And I am sure we will reach out and ask her!

Izzy · February 26, 2019 at 4:40 AM

Regarding Guild Wars 1 i don`t see the difference between having her or not (we have had no attention either way).

Best wishes in her next job.

Ahnal Buddy · February 26, 2019 at 5:27 PM

Quote from Izzy

Regarding Guild Wars 1 i don`t see the difference between having her or not (we have had no attention either way).

Best wishes in her next job.

I agree serves no purpose other then being able to say you have XX as a mod,Dev on a site

Jayson · February 27, 2019 at 6:48 PM

Is it time for more cupcakes?

bsoltan · February 28, 2019 at 12:13 AM Official Post

I was looking up something and got to Gaile's wiki page.

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Gaile_Gray

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What's your history with ArenaNet?

I started with ArenaNet in September 2000. Today, I am Employee #2, after Mike O'Brien, our president. I was thrilled when the ArenaNet Co-Founders -- Mike, Pat, and Jeff -- reached out to me to invite me to join the team. The fact that ArenaNet looked at community relations as a critical part of their company, and not as something that could be added just before the release of a game, was refreshingly different. A continued interest in and novel level of community input and engagement remains a cornerstone of ArenaNet to this day. Of course, joining so early means I was answering fan letters and working on communications long before Guild Wars was even announced. All and all, I've been interacting with players, liaising with the dev team, and communicating about the company and the game for 18 years, and I'm still as excited about my job as I was in the early days.

I didn't know she was the second employee. A shame to go out with this 'cloud' over the company.

Smoke Nightvogue · March 2, 2019 at 4:50 AM

Yes, Gaile's investment to the cause of Guild Wars franchise's success has been truly invaluable, from the early E3 2003 days, when she managed communications with the press and issued articles related to game development on the ArenaNet website to the point of relaying miscellaneous inquiries from the players to the Guild Wars 2 Development Team on the official forum, hosting multiple community-unifying events along with delivering the episodes of Community Showcase Live.

I have originally had the pleasure to start exchanging communication with her in the autumn of 2003, and through the next many years she was always attentive and helpful in resolving various issues corresponding to local community inquiries and prosperity. It's not like we can't exchange concerns anymore, but not seeing her on the leading communications role at ArenaNet is heavy disappointment.