{"data":{"id":13051,"title":"Meet Ron LaJoie","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/13051-Meet-Ron-LaJoie","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13051","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13051","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Meet the team","images":[{"id":545,"name":"2013-06-12_ron_lajoie.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/nrl9nf4qrm5f1r\/source\/2013-06-12_ron_lajoie.jpg","alt":"","size":399637,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:11:05+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/545","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/545\/similar"}],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"This week we\u2019re excited to introduce you to Cloud Imperium\u2019s new Production Manager, Ron LaJoie! Ron will be keeping the production running smoothly in Austin and making sure the team sticks to the schedule. You\u2019ll get to know Paul better this Friday on Wingman\u2019s Hangar, where he\u2019ll be in the hot seat!\n\nTell us about yourself.\nRon LaJoie, and I am the Production Manager! How did you get started in the game industry?\nMy first taste at anything remotely related to game dev was being an Admin and content producer\/writer\/admin for various Neverwinter Nights persistent servers. I also dabbled in a couple Ultima Online player run shards for a while. I was also a writer for a few indie games that never saw the light of day. My first professional experience was with Turbine as a Senior GM and Live events coordinator. I worked on Dungeons and Dragons Online and also Lord of the Rings Online. After that I moved down to Austin and worked at Midway right up until they were shut down, and after that I was with Lightbox Interactive! After the unpleasant-ness of layoffs at Lightbox I moved to Armature studio here in town, and now I\u2019m with CIG.\n\nHow did you get connected with Star Citizen?\nThere is a large contingence of ex-LBI people here, and when a Project manager\/Product manager was needed a few of them gave their approval. Have you played any Chris Roberts games?\nI played some of the Wing Commander series back when they came out, and of course Freelancer.","de_DE":"Diese Woche freuen wir uns, Ihnen den neuen Produktionsleiter von Cloud Imperium, Ron LaJoie, vorzustellen! Ron wird die Produktion in Austin reibungslos laufen lassen und daf\u00fcr sorgen, dass sich das Team an den Zeitplan h\u00e4lt. Du wirst Paul diesen Freitag im Hangar von Wingman besser kennenlernen, wo er auf dem hei\u00dfen Stuhl sitzt!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErz\u00e4hlen Sie uns von sich selbst.\n\nRon LaJoie, und ich bin der Produktionsleiter!\n\n\nWie bist du in der Spieleindustrie gestartet?\n\nMein erster Vorgeschmack auf etwas, das mit der Spieleentwicklung in Verbindung steht, war die T\u00e4tigkeit als Admin und Content-Produzent, Autor und Administrator f\u00fcr verschiedene dauerhafte Server von Neverwinter Nights. Ich habe mich auch mit ein paar Ultima Online Spielern besch\u00e4ftigt, die eine Weile Shards betreiben. Ich war auch ein Autor f\u00fcr ein paar Indie-Spiele, die nie das Licht der Welt erblickten. Meine erste Berufserfahrung war bei Turbine als Senior GM und Live Event Koordinator. Ich arbeitete an Dungeons and Dragons Online und auch an Lord of the Rings Online. Danach zog ich nach Austin und arbeitete bei Midway, bis sie geschlossen wurden, und danach war ich bei Lightbox Interactive! Nach der unangenehmen Entlassung am Leuchtkasten bin ich ins Armature Studio hier in der Stadt gezogen, und jetzt bin ich bei der CIG.\n\n\n\n\nWie bist du mit Star Citizen in Kontakt gekommen?\n\nEs gibt hier eine gro\u00dfe Anzahl von ehemaligen LBI-Mitarbeitern, und als ein Projektleiter\/Produktmanager gesucht wurde, gaben einige von ihnen ihre Zustimmung.\n\n\nHast du irgendwelche Chris Roberts Spiele gespielt?\n\nIch habe einige der Wing Commander Serien gespielt, als sie herauskamen, und nat\u00fcrlich Freelancer.","zh_CN":"This week we\u2019re excited to introduce you to Cloud Imperium\u2019s new Production Manager, Ron LaJoie! Ron will be keeping the production running smoothly in Austin and making sure the team sticks to the schedule. You\u2019ll get to know Paul better this Friday on Wingman\u2019s Hangar, where he\u2019ll be in the hot seat!\n\nTell us about yourself.\nRon LaJoie, and I am the Production Manager! How did you get started in the game industry?\nMy first taste at anything remotely related to game dev was being an Admin and content producer\/writer\/admin for various Neverwinter Nights persistent servers. I also dabbled in a couple Ultima Online player run shards for a while. I was also a writer for a few indie games that never saw the light of day. My first professional experience was with Turbine as a Senior GM and Live events coordinator. I worked on Dungeons and Dragons Online and also Lord of the Rings Online. After that I moved down to Austin and worked at Midway right up until they were shut down, and after that I was with Lightbox Interactive! After the unpleasant-ness of layoffs at Lightbox I moved to Armature studio here in town, and now I\u2019m with CIG.\n\nHow did you get connected with Star Citizen?\nThere is a large contingence of ex-LBI people here, and when a Project manager\/Product manager was needed a few of them gave their approval. Have you played any Chris Roberts games?\nI played some of the Wing Commander series back when they came out, and of course Freelancer."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":48,"created_at":"2013-06-12T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-15 00:45:53","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13050,"next_id":13054}}