Feelings must be mixed over at NCsoft Austin today, as the
Tabula Rasa team is experiencing a bit of a staffing shake-up. April "
CuppaJo" Burba, who only a few months ago
was promoted from Community Manager to Associate Producer, will be
leaving the team to take on the same Associate Producer role with the
Dungeon Runners team, who just recently
released their first retail box. Dane Caruthers, long-time
Tabula Rasa team member, is being promoted from QA Lead to fill CuppaJo's combat boots at Associate Producer. and Neal Johnson will be getting the nod to take Dane's former position.
Just two months ago,
Tabula Rasa designer Paul Sage
left the team to work on another unspecified project within NCsoft. The flight of their lead designer and associate producer within such a short timespan is worrying, to say the least. We don't think the game is going anywhere or anything dramatic like that, but as gamers it makes us a little uncomfortable to have people we don't know shepherding the team forward. We will, however, be looking forward to Dane's first communiques as Associate Producer.
