[Nallu Koras]

Greetings everyone! I atttended an SOE Community Summit in San Diego from March 6th through March 8th 2008. This was an SOE sponsored event where regular players and SOE Community Team meet up and discussed games.

Thursday, March 6th. I arrived at the W Hotel and settle in.





The Community team welcomed us at a reception at the W Hotel located at Karma. There were food and Rock Band video game. The lady on the far right is EM (EMpulse) Stock, Senior Community Manager in Austin, Texas.



SOE employee





Friday, March 7th. We arrive at the Whale Watching Destination.



Breakfast and lunch was served on the boat.





We saw sea lions, dolphins and a grey whale.





After whale watching I took a nap and then attended an afternoon mixer with the Dev team at the Beach Bar on the rooftop.







We then headed to Dick's Last Resort for dinner.





Our Events Manager, Pex.



A waiter from Dick's Last Resort.



Jason (Pex) Ryan, and Kelly (Valara) Knox and I share a brownie with ice cream.



Aimee (Ashlanne) Rekoske and Kevin (aka Q3PO), who is working on the upcoming game, The Agency.



Julie (Ellyra) from Vanguard. The guy with his eyes closed is Senior Community Relations Manager, Craig (Grimwell) Dalrymple.



Saturday, March 8th. We had breakfast located at the Viranda.



After breakfast we had a general session where the Community Team lead presentations, discussions and live demos. Due to NDA, I'm not allowed to talk about the discussions. The guy on the far left is Alan (Bixiebopper) Crosby.





Our Customer Service team. The woman on the far right is Senior Customer Service Manager, Sharon Morris (HeadGM-Moonlite).



Hotel Lobby. Sorry picture is so blurry.



At night we attended a private function at the Beach Bar at the W Hotel. There was a live band, coktails and refreshments.







Sunday, March 9th. I headed back to Los Angeles.

[Sai'nu]

Nice shin-dig there, Lona.  

I'm somewhat eager to see what happens with that Agency game they've been talking about as well.  Nice to see an actual advertisement stand up for it in there.  

[Nallu Koras]

Here are some more pictures and a report by darkmelvader

Mel's Report

Pictures from Ashlanne

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3