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3 former Bungie employees went to 343.

Achronos has said that multiple times.

I don't want to sound like a douche-bag, but can we please let this topic rest now?

lol

  • 08.17.2011 4:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: Mythical Zero

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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Bungie is stil ~300 employees strong. No worries.

Wut? Last I heard there were about 150 of them.

Posted by: Mythical Zero
Fun Fact: 343i has more people from Pandemic Studios than Bungie Studios.

REALLY? I liked Pandemic :)


Yep! And you know what's more awesome? They have the lead designers of the Metroid Prime trilogy, which would be the guys from Retro Studios.

Also Bungie has roughly 200 employees.

I didn't realize that 343 had this amount of experience.

  • 08.17.2011 4:18 PM PDT

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Guess I'll repost this here too:

Posted by: SonicJohn
I did some research:

People I know from Bungie who are at 343i:

Frank O'Connor [Frankie]
2003-2008
Full Time
Bungie's "Face" between 2003 and 2008 - wrote articles Bungie.net about Halo 2/3, and answered questions about Bungie and Halo to the press.

Now the Franchise Development Director at 343i.
Chad Armstrong [Shishka]
2004-2007, 2008-2010
Contract/Full-Time
Long-term contract worker from 2004 who worked on marketing material, Halo 2's attract (menu) video. He left Bungie in 2007 to join Certain Affinity. Then returned to Bungie in 2008 as a Playlist Designer. Then in 2010 he was suddenly no longer a part of Bungie.

343i picked him up as a "Designer".
Vic DeLeon
~2004-2010
Full Time
Environment Artist at Bungie working since Halo 2 up until Halo Reach. Is an all around cool guy. I've met Vic a couple times and he's a really genuine guy.

He's currently a Lead Mission Artist at 343i.
Matthew Burns
~2007-2009
Full Time
Producer at Bungie for Halo 3 and ODST.

Now Contract Producer at 343i.
Greg Snook
~2004-2007
Full Time
Programmer at Bungie. Worked on Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Now Lead Animation Programmer at 343i.
Justin Yorke
Full Time
Server Engineer at Bungie.

Now Software Design Engineer at 343i.
Carlos N.
Full Time
Associate Producer at Bungie.

Now Content Coordinator at 343i.
Patrick Gillette
2009-2010
Contractor
Contract Animator for Bungie from 2009 until 2010.

Now Contract Animator for 343i.
Jesse Hall
Contractor
Contract 3D Artist at Bungie.

Now Contract Environment artist at 343i.
Will Christiansen
Contractor
Contract Animator for Bungie.

Became Contract Animator for 343i.
Now full-time Animator for 343i.
Donnie Taylor
Contractor
Contract Artist at Bungie.

Now Environment Artist at 343i.
Dan Callan
Contractor
Tester at Bungie.

Now Mission Designer at 343i.
Eric K.
Contractor
Tester at Bungie.

Now tester at 343i.
*All found on LinkedIn


Out of the 13 people listed above, there are 6 contractors listed.

That's 7 full-time people from Bungie.

Worked on Halo 2? That's 4.

How many of that 4 worked directly on the game's content (and not marketing)? That's 2; Vic DeLeon and Greg Snook.

There are 70+ people working at 343 Industries. 2 prominent Bungie employees is only 2.85% of the whole company.



Whilst that is a sizable list, bear in mind that a lot of these guys were not at Bungie for very long (and certainly none of them worked on Halo 1) and those who were weren't all in-game content creators.

I'd personally say only Vic DeLeon and Greg Snook are the only two guys from Bungie at 343i currently, on that list, that were at Bungie long enough to actually make a sizable impact on the series.

In conclusion, no, there aren't "mainly Bungie staff" but there are, at least, a few people that 343i have picked up who have done something at Bungie over the years. Prominent or important? Not as much as you'd think.


[Edited on 08.17.2011 4:24 PM PDT]

  • 08.17.2011 4:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
No.

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?
Nice one Achronos, but you're not fooling me.

  • 08.17.2011 4:19 PM PDT

We were somewhere around Barstow...

Posted by: Achronos
Yes

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?


Fixed.

  • 08.17.2011 5:10 PM PDT

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Nathan Walpole was also at 343 for a time, if I am not mistaken.

  • 08.17.2011 5:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: ArmourElite
Posted by: Achronos
Yes

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?


Fixed.
Why are you so intent on arguing with the only person in this thread that works at Bungie so therefore knows a lot more than any of us?

I've done my research and there are VERY FEW people who have worked at Bungie who are now at 343. Look at that list. It's filled with mostly contractors. The thing about contractors is that they work through agencies; it isn't the same deal. There are 2 core people that worked on Halo games that are at 343, and that's it.

Everyone else was either a producer or a marketeer; neither of which have any jobs that actually have hands-on content-creation for the games itself.

So stop fighting the flow and accept it: Halo is now in the hands of a team of people, 95%~ of which are entirely new to developing Halo.

  • 08.17.2011 5:21 PM PDT

We were somewhere around Barstow...

Posted by: SonicJohn
Why are you so intent on arguing with the only person in this thread that works at Bungie so therefore knows a lot more than any of us?

It might be fun.

  • 08.17.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Mythical Zero
Vic DeLeon
Chad Armstrong
Frank O'Connor

Not really quite a few.

Fun Fact: 343i has more people from Pandemic Studios than Bungie Studios.


Frankie wasn't a bungie employee. He was a big part of the community but never got a paycheck signed by stosh.

  • 08.17.2011 5:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Mythical Zero
Vic DeLeon
Chad Armstrong
Frank O'Connor

Not really quite a few.

Fun Fact: 343i has more people from Pandemic Studios than Bungie Studios.


Frankie wasn't a bungie employee. He was a big part of the community but never got a paycheck signed by stosh.

  • 08.17.2011 5:37 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: SonicJohn

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Mythical Zero
Vic DeLeon
Chad Armstrong
Frank O'Connor

Not really quite a few.

Fun Fact: 343i has more people from Pandemic Studios than Bungie Studios.


Frankie wasn't a bungie employee. He was a big part of the community but never got a paycheck signed by stosh.


I was joking SJ. I'm not that dumb.

  • 08.17.2011 5:42 PM PDT


Posted by: Achronos
No.

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?

Doesn't that just say it right there?

  • 08.26.2011 10:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
No.

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?

Doesn't that just say it right there?

Ewwwwww. You dug it up, but it's all stinky and half rotten.

  • 08.26.2011 10:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: ArmourElite
Frankie - obviously
Shishka - possibly
Sketch - Doubt it

That's all I know.

Did we ever find out what happened to sketch? Is he still with bungie?

  • 08.27.2011 5:21 AM PDT

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[Edited on 08.27.2011 5:31 AM PDT]

  • 08.27.2011 5:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: bobcast
I hate you unless I'm drunk.

Seriously, I wonder how many people everyone actually thinks works at Bungie.


We know/interact with maybe 3-4 of them.

I'd guess for every 1 Bungie Employee we see on the forums, there are 10-12 that we have no idea exists.

  • 08.27.2011 5:30 AM PDT

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  • 08.27.2011 7:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: Ambusher
Shishka works for Certain Affinity, they've created maps for Bungie ever since Halo 2.
EDIT: They are now creating maps for 343 Industries, Obviously

Apparently not. On the BTS Multiplayer ViDoc., 343 Industries was next to his name, not Certain Affinity like the other CA employees.

  • 08.27.2011 10:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
No.

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?


Frankie did.

  • 08.27.2011 10:45 AM PDT

Key


Posted by: machinimagames

Posted by: Achronos
No.

Posted by: TACTIFUL KILL
Is it true that quite a few Bungie employees went to 343 Industries to work on future Halo games?


Frankie did.


Did frankie actually WORK for them though? I know they also got Shishka but still.

  • 08.27.2011 10:46 AM PDT
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Can't believe Vic DeLeon jumped ship...

  • 08.27.2011 10:46 AM PDT

I will own everyone in Halo: Reach

Dude, you spelled futer wrong.

OT: I heard some rumors that OLD Bungie employees were working at 343 but ass long as the next Halos are good it's ok.
And I bet Bungie's next game is going to be awesome.

  • 08.27.2011 11:29 AM PDT

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