En Masse Community Team Introductions

[Denommenator]

[TLDR] My name’s Matt, I’m the Producer of ZMR. I like video games. The En Masse community team can be reached through the ZMR community hub, forums, and official game group. ZMR is coming to Steam soon!

Hey there!

My name is Matthew Denomme (DenommenatorEME on Steam) and I'm the Producer of Zombies Monsters Robots (ZMR) here at En Masse Entertainment. As we ramp up for ZMR's launch on Steam, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

I've worked at En Masse Entertainment for almost two years now on its popular MMORPG, TERA, before jumping onto ZMR. Prior to working at En Masse, I worked on free-to-play games like Cross Fire, FreeJack, and ACE Online.

I've been an avid player of online shooters since way back in the Unreal Tournament days and a dedicated Steam user since about 2008 (late to the party, I know). My favorite online shooter is Team Fortress 2 and my favorite games in recent memory are Spelunky and Nuclear Throne. My favorite game of all time is probably ICO.

I'm very excited about ZMR's Steam launch. Following an extended open beta test, I am confident that the game is ready for prime time on Steam. I'm looking forward to playing and conversing with Steam players following launch, collecting feedback, and organizing events through the platform. If you want to ask me something directly or organize a game, feel free to add me to your friends list.

Now watch me talk about ZMR while eating a habenero pepper sprinkled with ghost pepper extract.

I'll hand this thread off to the rest of the En Masse community team to introduce themselves too. You can catch myself and the rest of the community crew hanging around these forums, the ZMR community hub, and the official game group, so check back often to see what's new.

See ya in-game soon!

[76561198151987661]

I am Bob, aka Tonka. My official title is “Event Specialist”, but that doesn’t really explain what I do all that well.

My job involves me planning and participating in our weekly {LINK REMOVED} Twitch streams, coordinating in game events, running tournaments, chatting it up with players, and running contests. I try to make myself very approachable, so feel free to stop by our {LINK REMOVED}official Twitch stream on Fridays, or reach out to me through other means.

I have been at En Masse since February 2011. I join as a games tester for TERA, and moved onto the Customer Support team during the games launch. I bounced around the company in a few roles, and eventually landed on “Event Specialist”.

I’ve lived in the Puget Sound area my entire life. I grew up in Bothell, Washington and recently bought a house with my wife in Lynnwood. I am a western Washington born, and plan to stay here…FOREVER.

Some Tonka facts:

• I am 26 years of age, making me the youngest employee at En Masse.
  
• My favorite band is In Flames.
  
• My favorite CD is “The Artist in the Ambulance” by Thrice.
  
• My favorite game is Suikoden III.
  
• My favorite movie is Pans Labrynth.
  
• I played Socom II semi-competitively through Socombattles, which turned into Gamebattles, which was purchased by MLG and destroyed.
  
• I have two cats, Princess and Sony, and a handful of fish.

[76561198140803732]

Hello!

My name is Minea, and I am a part of the Community Team at En Masse Entertainment along with Tonka and Harmonia. My passion is to encourage our community to continue being awesome(!) and to share feedback & information with everyone. You will see me on Steam, Reddit, in game, etc. and pretty much anywhere our community is. So don’t be shy and say hi when you see me!

Some random a or b questions and answers:

Hot weather or cold weather?: Cold weather
Mountain or ocean?: Ocean!
Mocha or latte?: Latte
Prefer cats or dogs?: Yes.
Remember names or faces?: Critical failure in remembering either. ;_;
Melee or ranged: Ranged
PvP or PvE?: PvE
Physical or magical damage: MAGICAL DAMAGE!
Zombies, monsters, or robots?: ALL but I’d feel less bad fighting against the robots since they don’t have feelings.

And a picture of my {LINK REMOVED}desk this week. :)

[76561198153082886]

Hello Steam, I am Harmonia!

It's hard to believe, but I started at En Masse almost four years ago on the game testing team for TERA. After that I moved to our support team and worked as a GM helping players with their technical problems and game questions.

For the last year or so I have been a part of the community team with Tonka and Minea. Tonka does live streams and events, Minea is our community manager, and I fill in the gaps on social media and support. I run giveaways, post fun content, information, and answer questions on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Raptr, and now Steam! You'll also see me in chat during our weekly livestreams and I play ZMR under the name Discordia.

That's the nuts and bolts of what I do, now for the fun stuff! My PC gaming history began with Tetris, Diablo, and Final Fantasy VII but my interest quickly shifted to MMORPGs. Dark Age of Camelot, Lineage 2, World of Warcraft, Aion and TERA have occupied most of my gaming time for many, many years!

I also spend a lot of time playing strategy games. Starcraft and Civ 5 are certainly two of my favorites. Though not much of a console gamer my list of all-time favorite games would be incomplete without the Katamari Damacy!

Fun facts:

• I'm left handed.
  
• I drink a lot of coffee, even by Seattle standards :)
  
• Last year I ran my first marathon!
  
• I own a ridiculous number of Doctor Who t-shirts, and regardless of what the community says, I am NOT a dalek!
  
• A few of my favorite books are Mother Night, Catch 22 and Pride & Prejudice.
  
• My favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
  
• If I have my headphones on at work, I'm probably listening to classic rock, alt rock, 90s rock….surely you sense a pattern :)

[ObeseSausage]

Mmmm can't wait for this game to hit Steam..i been playing it from your website and im SO RDY FOR THIS! RAAAAAWWWRRRRRR!!!

[Scarlet D3ath]

More videos of every one of you eating Habenero peppers w/ ghost pepper extract please. =D

[MLClose]

plz alllow it for asia :(( i want to play this gameeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[fluffypanda9436]

HEY TONka and denommenator -wink

[KillerJuan77]

Is there any chance for TERA to get a Steam release?

[McGillicutti]

Welcome to Steam, little link to an idea since it seems a lot of people have a particular gripe and this would remove it while keep players paying to keep the server open, http://steamcommunity.com/app/306830/discussions/0/ (don't do this often so hope link works).

[Ericz]

Hi people.
I'm enjoying the game so far, although i'm not exactly a fan neither of shooters and way less of PvP.

I have several hours on TF2, but idling for cards, just 20hs of real gameplay. Same on Dota 2 and Counter Strike, less than 5 hours gameplay each.

The only one that really got my attention was Planetside 2, now ZMR.
I think it's because of the more realistic approach of weapons mechanics than the average shooters.

Although i'm appreciating, the game have some big bad things to me, like the art style.
Or you have people on different teams making it, or you just can't find a properly style and keep it. The art style of the launcher and most advertisements seems to be the style you want - and it's awesome, but it's mixed up with bevel/bold horrible styles. Ingame looks like an alpha or just a sketch.

Not just the menus but everything else is a nightmare. It is, again, like if different teams made different parts, and then someone else put them all together unlinked on a sandbox. It's hard to understand every single part of this game. Have a lot of wrong things, like medal descriptions also.

The systems are made to have a room to tweak them and turn the game into a cash grab, although you're not using it this way so far. The expiration time is awful, this game don't needs more confusing things to add, and things like having to make the last shot to even know you already got a boss is ridiculous like hell.

I think those things are keeping people away from the game and making them immediately judge the game like pay to win, which is more about bad marketing than a bad game, to be honest. Nobody plays it in my friendlist.

Finally, i want this game to succeed.
Thinking about spending some money just like a way to do something to help this accomplishment. But i really have this feeling that you're making things easier to hook players, and then starting to tweak. I even wanted this to be a paid game instead.

So, good luck.
I'll continue to enjoy for now.
Thanks for the kindness, and sorry about so many posts in this forum and so few saying hello to you. Shame on community

[Seven]

SOMEONE PLZ HELP ME PLZ!!!!!!!!!! I JUST DOWLOADED THE GAME WHEN I CREATE MY ACCOUNT EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL I HAD TO TYPE IN THE CODE THING IT ALWAYS SAYS ITS THE WRONG CODE!!!! PLEASE HELP ME
SOMEONE PLZ HELP ME PLZ!!!!!!!!!! I JUST DOWLOADED THE GAME WHEN I CREATE MY ACCOUNT EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL I HAD TO TYPE IN THE CODE THING IT ALWAYS SAYS ITS THE WRONG CODE!!!! PLEASE HELP ME

[❀Karolina]

Hi, Matt !
Hi, Bob !
Hi, Minea !
Hi, Harmonia !
I like your game

[76561198140803732]

Hello, Storm's Fury!

Thank you very much and nice to meet you! ^_^

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

Hi , my name is dominc and I really can say this is one of my favorite game for the moment.
been a long time gamers , since the old msdos 486 computers and n.e.s cartridge ... seen a lot's of games and enjoy this hobby with a passion. ^.^

[NeonPoison]

Hello team, my name is whitney and After putting in 4k+ hours into tera I saw this on steam and was like hmm have to give it a try. I am very glad I did, this is by far the best f2p tps I have playied in a long time. Only thing I wish to see is some outfits for gold or something along those lines. Keep up the good work you guys get a 10/10 from me