Ashen Temper Embarks On a New Adventure

[SBGNews]

We regret to announce that today is the last day that Sean Dahlberg, aka Ashen Temper, will be with Stray Bullet Games, LLC. Most of us have worked with Sean for several years and we will miss his presence at the office. We wish Sean the best as he pursues new opportunities.

While this will result in changes here, it will not disrupt our projects or community. During the interim, Xanther will be overtaking the community tasks for Shadowbane.

[AshenTemper]

As announced, today ends a chapter in the life of “Ashen Temper”. For me, it’s been quite a saga and I have met some fantastic people. Some I’ve been working with for over four years, Meridian for about seven years. In fact, Shadowbane itself has been a part of my life for over eight years; dating back to when I learned about the game and ran the unofficial forums on Stratics and later worked on the Shadowbane Vault before becoming a member of Wolfpack Studios, Inc.

This has been a really hard decision for me to make but recently a new opportunity presented itself to me. It wasn’t easy to think of moving; this is the best group of people I’ve had the pleasure to work with in and out of the game industry. I’m a true believer in the ideas and concepts behind Stray Bullet Games’ “future fantasy” project. And yet this is one of those rare opportunities that will bring me to a new level within my career.

As for Shadowbane and the “future fantasy” project; I’m leaving the design, direction, and community in very capable hands. Shadowbane I can now play like a normal player and I can’t wait for the “future fantasy” project to get to a stage where we are all playing it. I just wonder who I’ll have to bribe to get into Beta…

Also, I'm going to point out a short story that Meridian posted on the Shadowbane Board on here... The Death of Ashen Temper. (http://www.straybulletgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3451)

[Burnin]

Good luck and thanks for the hard work the last few years.

[Riffats]

wow this sucks, what does this mean in the development for shadowbane?

sorry to see you go ashen, I wish you luck in your future endeavors, and I'll always remember the awesome events you'd lead and great battles on various servers, to make things fun good luck!

[FreshFTP]

lol

[Retres]

Too Soon Ashen, Too Soon.

I am sorry to see you go. My your travels be smooth and the sun always shine down.

If the sun won't shine, then may the heavens open up and unleash a downpour on you then. =P

[_Dain_]

holy smokes. Good luck to you Ashen!

[AshenTemper]

I know one of the questions will be "Where you going?" because I've gotten them quite a few times over the last minute on my messenger... right now I can't say. But for those who want to keep in touch, my blahg on Looking4Group is still there (and I write a little more as to pertaining to all of this).

[CentsLess]

Im sad to see you leaving. It's been fun man, lotsa fun... K.I.T....

[Panthro]

<3

[ConspiracyTheorist]

Doh!

[Agelmar]

Good luck Sean. I know who to bribe to get in whatever beta for where ever you end up.

[Gradishar]

Ashen,

You've been the consistent developer presence since Shadowbane's earliest beta testing...through commercial release...through purchase by Ubisoft...through death of Wolfpack and birth of Stray Bullet Games. While a few of us still remember Warden, Vosx and Ashton Kai...there is no question that it has always been you who has been the linchpin keeping this rambling wreck on the road. For all of SB's faults, for all of its shortcomings, missteps and mishaps...there is no question that SB is still the ultimate PvP MMORPG....and there is no question that you've been instrumental in making that happen.

Thank you Ashen...for everything you've done...right or wrong, good or bad...its been one hell of a ride!

--Gradishar
The LongWinded Bard

[GimpsrUs]

Good luck Ashen

Looking forward to killing you..err I mean seeing you in game when the servers open up.

[DocGonzo]

wow...just wow...

yer olde Doctor is about speechless

thanks Ashen...and good Luck to ye, me boyo

[Xanther]

Ashen has most definitely been key in helping me learn what I know today. I've worked alongside him for the majority of my tenure here and have absorbed a great amount of information in both Shadowbane and other areas of expertise beyond my previous knowledge.

You will be sorely missed my friend.

[Burnin]

Ashen has most definitely been key in helping me learn what I know today. I've worked alongside him for the majority of my tenure here and have absorbed a great amount of information in both Shadowbane and other areas of expertise beyond my previous knowledge.

You will be sorely missed my friend.

Was he looking over your shoulder as you typed that? :p

[Omnius]

Goodbye familiar Templar.

[Vaus00]

Its like an end of an era. We have all quit and restarted the addiction of this game several times. Everytime time we come back the person waiting on the corner to feed the addiction has always been Ashen. You've been that familar face, that everytime we return we know its like comin home. Through thick and then Ashen has always been there to hear us *****, whine, and praise the game.

Ashen I wish you good luck on the new opportunity you have. You have maintained a level head through out the history of this game, and were still able to keep a down to earth approach to the community.

I may not have agreed with all decisions but I do wish more developers and community managers had the "it" factor you have. Your thought process on posts has always been presented as a "gamer" and not as a person thinking of profit. You reached out to the community and I enjoyed my opportunities to have your ear at times and even get interviewed as a focus player.

You've been through alot with this game more so than most people would ever see (hyped beta, release, purchase by UBI, reorgs, wolfpack shutdown, new company, etc). Anyhow dont fade away, we need people that have your drive to listen and make games players like those in this community want to play.

(dont disapear like vosx did)

Its been a fun 6+ years playin with ya and waiting for an "Ashen" update post on the forums for patch notes. (damn cant believe Ive been playing this game for almost 6+ years.) How many games have a life cycle that long?


were those kind words enough to get me into the next beta :)

[Orlock]

Take care and good luck Ashen! And above all, thank you! :)

[SolarTT]

Congrats on the new chapter of your life, change is exciting. Good luck and be well.

[Khalaio]

Best of luck to you in your new position, I'm sure it'll be less stressful ( or at least a different kind of stress) than being a community messenger ;)

Also, lets hear the names of guilds you've played with and the character names you used in them :-D

[MadMax]

yeah i agree with that! who are you in game?

[wpbioc]

Ashen is invited to join CN guild in SB:)

[FeiBloodmoore]

Sean, I've known you for a long time, from guilding with you, to them late crazy drunken nights in vent hehe, I"ll miss ya....

Farewell, and when you can let us know what your doing...I'll be damn sure to check into it.

[halethrain]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo

[Bloodwild]

Good luck to ya Ashen ! Its been fun Sir.

[Protonix]

well, eff me.

Didn't see that one coming.

I enjoyed our phone conversation when you unbanned me a few years back.

I also enjoyed the back and forth fun we've experienced over the years, I reckon probably a bit moreso than you did. :)

Best of luck in everything!

[halethrain]

How could Ashen do this on my birthday of all days D:

[CrawlingChaos]

Have fun at WoW.

“The sword?” Malorn’s eyes gleamed. “I trust Mandemus has these wretches.”


Ya.. Him and everyone else these days....

[peerless]

Later sir!

Xanther, you are brave or insane to be taking over the community duties.

[Lord_Rae]

wow that really sucks but I hope everything works out for you Ashen. Good luck in all that you do and thanks for everything you put up with and tried over the years. SB just lost a big part of the puzzle for why this damn game is so addictive. ;p

[Maverick827]

Peace

[FreshFTP]

Let me know when you're ready to join FTP.

[Beliar]

:(

[Azareal]

Good luck Ashen! It will be weird knowing your gone.

[Salohcin]

:(

[dorfinger]

Does it mean the /tar is back ?

[Ingaaa]

Congratulations and GL in your new endevors.

[Kuvoran]

my 5 cents says he is working for Bioware.

[Anthrage]

I won't attempt to duplicate what Gradishar has said so well - you have been a vital presence in the companies you have been a part of, this community you are involved in and our consciousness as gamers and game makers; I have no doubt your presence will continue to be felt where-ever your future takes you. Good luck Sean, and good game. :)

[Hlothran]

Have played Shadowbane since release and this is certainly some of the gloomier news this game has received. Good luck Ashen.

[Jeln_FC]

I've been with FreeCorps, Lews, Ellowyn and many others since beta. I wish you well in all future endeavours and thank you for having a significant impact in that which many are still engrossed in.

The MMORPG bar has been set higher thanks to the efforts of all involved in the pseudo life we call SB.

Thank you - and good fortune Sir!

[ZorakCQ]

Grats on your death... err, new opportunity Ashen! Thanks for everything you've done (so far?) for the industry.

Good luck in your future endeavors.

[GIMpy12]

Whao maybe we will get a good patch now.

[Silimaure]

Good luck... I hate too see you leave the shadowbane team :(

[CoolWaters]

Good luck Ashen. See you in-game, hopefully.

[Fugger]

Good luck and such, thanks for keeping the bane going

[Banshee]

<waves>
Good luck in your new adventure, Ashen.
If you find out who to bribe to get into beta for future fantasy, hook me up. I'll grease some palms too. :D

[VayleSyndur]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the kind words and support. And yes, this is me. I figured it'd be better than posting on my "orange" name from now on. And I imagine you'll see me around (as a normal player) now. Granted, if any of you want to continue hearing my crazy ideas, my blahg is still there... although I have a feeling I won't be seeing GIMpy12 there ;)

[GarretEB]

cya scrub

[Cecilx]

wow...even though we never met i feel like i've known you for the past five years, Ashen, since the beta. Kinda sucks you're leaving now. When this was a pay to play game I busted your balls a lot on the forums for some of the games issues since you were the community guy, a lot of people did, yet you kept on as the community guy though some very dark times. To a lot of us you're like Mr. Shadowbane. You don't have that kind of realationship with other developers in other games...and now you're gone.

Take care, sir, good luck, and thank you very much. We all appreciate what you did for us, always have. You'll be missed.

[GwynBleidd]

End of an era.

Good luck, Ashen Temper. You'll be missed indeed.

[chimpy]

take care ashen, thanks for everything

[Reagan]

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

Good luck.

[BenSBG]

Farewell, old friend! We put in a lot of time together between WP and SBG. Much of it late night and weekends, but I wouldn't change a bit of it.

I'm sure I'll see you around now and then. Austin isn't that big yet!


Ben

[halethrain]

Farewell, old friend! We put in a lot of time together between WP and SBG. Much of it late night and weekends, but I wouldn't change a bit of it.

I'm sure I'll see you around now and then. Austin isn't that big yet!


Ben

BOBBY! BACK IN YOUR HOLE!

[MadMax]

Hook Em Horns!

[peekachew]

Ashen you have been a really cool person in the land of shadowbane. You actually listened to the little voices on these forums and for that i cant thank you enough for how far this game has come because of that. Congrats, on to bigger and better, Cya in game playa.~

[Agelmar]

Hook Em Horns!

More T-shirt fans imo.

If you guys missed it Ashen is now the CM for Bioware's upcoming MMO.

[jessica5000]

woohoo bioware

[Melubb]

As announced, today ends a chapter in the life of “Ashen Temper”. For me, it’s been quite a saga and I have met some fantastic people. Some I’ve been working with for over four years, Meridian for about seven years. In fact, Shadowbane itself has been a part of my life for over eight years; dating back to when I learned about the game and ran the unofficial forums on Stratics and later worked on the Shadowbane Vault before becoming a member of Wolfpack Studios, Inc.
Well, was it your own decision, which I found hard to believe?
Anything to do with the economy,
and the unstable stock market in US?
Anyway, good luck.

[Zerocyde]

Hmm. I can't really think of anything more important than working for the only game devs out there that know the true greatness of the SB model but, whatever, good luck with your new job.

[SunStarSord]

Good Luck in your new position Ashen and may Fate be as kind to you there as it has been to you here.

Ashen's death is the precurser to the death of the oldest and all servers.

Who saw this being spun into the fabric of fate?

Best wishes!

[Reagan]

Dread and Vengeance > Mourning.

[Deathmaster]

Really lame. Was Ashen the head developer? I was around testing beta too, so this blows. I was contemplating not even coming back because of the server wipe--not because it isn't a good idea, but because of time.

Maybe he went to start the new MMO using the Mech Warrior template?

Yeah, in my dreams. A MMO using Mech Warrior as it's theme and instanced first person battles.

Please, someone make a CoD type game that is MMO. Somehow, someway.

Anyway, back on target. It blows that you have to leave at this hard time in SB.

Life goes on I guess. No one said the pleasure would outweigh the pain.

[Machavelli]

/lurk off

I've been in lurk mode for a long time but figured I come out to say so long for now to a great guy. I can't count the number of times in the past you helped me personally with issues and problems.

It's been a long road with SB. Thanks for your dedication to what will become known as a legendary game in the history of hard core PvP oriented MMORPGs and to a unique community committed to getting the most out of it.

Those of us who were around in beta and stuck through everything over the two years following release would probably all agree it was a special time that will never be repeated for us again.

Good luck and keep in touch.

/lurk on

[Saelkyl]

Love you, Ashen. Mwah.

[CenCal]

Can Ashen PLEASE come back and help out the old team until they get this patch straightened out?You know kind of like a mercenary, for old times sake!

[VayleSyndur]

hehe, thanks. I'm sure Xanther and all of them have it well in hand, though :D

[CenCal]

hehe, thanks. I'm sure Xanther and all of them have it well in hand, though :D
I was afraid you would say that.

[Drooid]

Good luck and all the best in the new role - a change is most def a good thing.

I'm sure you'll exceed in the new project - good luck to Xan going fwd too!

[Millenia]

Best of luck man, hope the new job works out for you!

[CoolWaters]

Best of luck man, hope the new job works out for you!

Whoa! What's up stranger? I guess you didn't die after all.

[Millenia]

Whoa! What's up stranger? I guess you didn't die after all.

Nah, just done my best to get away from MMOs; got my **** together IRL and been busy as hell between work, tabletop, and the like.

[Gradishar]

Dude!!! Servers are rebooting...and the old gang needs ya big guy!

[bARTHUR]

It was a fun ride with Ashen through Shadowbane, it's sad to know he won't be a part of the future with SBG.