Q&A With C&C's New Community Manager - EA_Goodman

[dbjs2009 25]

GameReplays.org has recently conducted an interview with EA_Goodman, the new community manager for Command & Conquer. In this interview we learn that he hails from Stockholm, brings some Blizzard experience to the table and is looking forward to taking on the challenge that is Command & Conquer. Here are some sample questions.

 

methuselah: What drew you to EA and to your post in particular?

Goodman: After I left Blizzard I couldn't shake the feeling that games is where I need to be. But where does one go after Blizzard? It took a short while, but when I saw an opening at DICE I knew I had to go for it. Funny story: Although I'm good at community, I'm really, really (really) bad at job interviews. When DICE had me visit to have a chat (with about 6! different people), they asked me to bring my wife along. A while after I got the job I found out that at some point they had been tempted to hire her instead of me. But things worked out in the end J

 

methuselah: What background, educational and occupational, did you have before becoming a Community Manager for EA?

Goodman: I started working part-time when I was 15, so when I finished High School I decided to continue working and do it full-time. Before long I was doing customer support for Microsoft in Amsterdam, did a short stint in Edinburgh, moved to Berlin and worked for eBay for a long time, before getting hired at Blizzard. Got married, moved to Holland, watched McGyver re-runs while waiting for people to reply to my job applications, did some work for a mobile company, applied at DICE and now here we are.

 

methuselah: How many communities are you trying to manage at this point?

Goodman: Currently I'm Global CM for Battlefield Heroes, BattleForge, Command & Conquer and Lord of Ultima. If some of these titles are new to you you really should give them a try.

Don't miss the full interview which you can find by clicking here.

[The empror 0]

Sounds great he's on the first interview after joining the c&c community.

[recover 2]

Ah, a fellow countryman.

I just hope he won't give C&C the backseat. With the downtime, now is the perfect time to make bonds with the community and research what we want next.

[dbjs2009 25]

Ah, a fellow countryman.

I just hope he won't give C&C the backseat. With the downtime, now is the perfect time to make bonds with the community and research what we want next.

 

Yeah me either..