Having cut his teeth on the flawed masterpiece that was Empire Earth, he jumped across to Relic to help design Dawn of War's first expansion.

Thankfully as a designer of real-time strategy games he can be afforded the luxury of watching from safe distances. Genitals, he probably freaks people out regardless. If he were a film director, he would be freaking people out in movie theatres. He was barely hanging on.'Įbbert evidently sets a lot of stock in watching people play his games. 'That guy behind you, with his back to the window,' said my new best friend, referring to a correspondent from a famous European gaming website who had been my teammate in the co-operative battle, 'He was struggling. Instead I calmly accepted the kind words, blushed ever-so-slightly and buried deeper the shameful fact that I'd never actually won a multiplayer game of Dawn of War. I perhaps should have reciprocated by complimenting him on his rugged features, but it didn't seem the time or place to say such things given our surroundings inside Relic's Vancouver offices.

Having peeked over my shoulder during a multiplayer session of Dawn of Wor II, lead designer Jonny Ebbert rated me an 'advanced player'. Flattery will get you everywhere in this business.

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