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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
[[File:Doctor Aeon's Forum Avatar.jpg|right|frame|Dr. Aeon's Forum Avatar]]
[[File:Doctor Aeon's Forum Avatar.jpg|right|frame|Dr. Aeon's Forum Avatar]]
'''Dr. Aeon''', whose real name is Sean McCann, is a late-2009 hire for [[NCsoft]]'s [[Paragon Studios]]. As a long-time [[City of Heroes]] player, Sean was '''Fearghas''' on the [[Official Forums]] and ''@fearghas'' in the game. He was hired by [[Paragon Studios]] because of his stellar work with the [[Mission Architect]], creating some of the first [[Dev's Choice]] arcs.


He is currently the development "point man" for the [[Mission Architect]]. He will be assisting the rest of the developers with the picking of new [[Developer's Choice]] [[Mission Architect]] story arcs. He works with [[Guest Authors]] on their [[Mission Architect]] arcs. He is also a canon content designer and is known to be writing missions for Going Rogue.
'''Dr. Aeon''', whose real name is Sean McCann, was a late-2009 hire for [[NCsoft]]'s [[Paragon Studios]]. As a long-time [[City of Heroes]] player, Sean was '''Fearghas''' on the [[Official Forums]] and ''@fearghas'' in the game. He was hired by [[Paragon Studios]] because of his stellar work with the [[Mission Architect]], creating some of the first [[Dev's Choice]] arcs. He joined the [[redname]] ranks on the [[Official Forums]] on October 8, 2009.


He joined the [[redname]] ranks on the [[Official Forums]] on October 8, 2009.
His areas of responsibility were:
* the development "point man" for the [[Mission Architect]], working with [[Hero 1]] and [[pohsyb]] on its continued development;
* assisting the rest of the developers with the picking of new [[Developer's Choice]] [[Mission Architect]] story arcs -- he has stated that he intends to pick a new one once a week;
* working with [[Guest Authors]] on their [[Mission Architect]] arcs;
* updating maps to work with and be included in the [[Mission Architect]]; and,
* writing canonical content, especially writing missions for [[Going Rogue]].


== Background ==
== Background ==
Dr. Aeon was introduced on the [[Official Forums]] by [[Hero 1 (Developer)|Hero 1]]:
Dr. Aeon was introduced on the [[Official Forums]] by [[Hero 1 (Developer)|Hero 1]]:
:''I wanted to take this time to introduce you all to our new point man on all things Architect. He's one of our newest hires in the design team, but has already impressed us with how quickly he's picking things up. In fact he's been working behind the scenes for a couple months now on a number of things, but I'll let him tease you all with that.''
:''I wanted to take this time to introduce you all to our new point man on all things Architect. He's one of our newest hires in the design team, but has already impressed us with how quickly he's picking things up. In fact he's been working behind the scenes for a couple months now on a number of things, but I'll let him tease you all with that.''
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== Forum Activities ==
== Forum Activities ==
Dr. Aeon generally remains in character to his screen persona, and at times, plays with the community on various Mission Artitect story arcs, as well as presenting new [[Developer's Choice]] story arcs and challenges to the forum.
Dr. Aeon generally remained in character to his screen persona, and at times, played with the community on various Mission Architect story arcs, as well as presented new [[Developer's Choice]] story arcs and challenges to the forum.


To the amusement of players on the official forums, Dr. Aeon is currently in the middle of a propaganda war with [[The_Television_(Developer)|The Television]].
To the amusement of players on the official forums, Dr. Aeon was in the a propaganda war with [[The_Television_(Developer)|The Television]].


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/member.php?u=484139 Official Forum Profile]
*[http://mcdesignertales.blogspot.com/ Official Blog]
*[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=194586 Introduction thread]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120905042053/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/member.php?u=484139 Official Forum Profile]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120907034425/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=194586 Introduction thread]


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Latest revision as of 04:34, 14 October 2022


Overview

Dr. Aeon's Forum Avatar

Dr. Aeon, whose real name is Sean McCann, was a late-2009 hire for NCsoft's Paragon Studios. As a long-time City of Heroes player, Sean was Fearghas on the Official Forums and @fearghas in the game. He was hired by Paragon Studios because of his stellar work with the Mission Architect, creating some of the first Dev's Choice arcs. He joined the redname ranks on the Official Forums on October 8, 2009.

His areas of responsibility were:

Background

Dr. Aeon was introduced on the Official Forums by Hero 1:

I wanted to take this time to introduce you all to our new point man on all things Architect. He's one of our newest hires in the design team, but has already impressed us with how quickly he's picking things up. In fact he's been working behind the scenes for a couple months now on a number of things, but I'll let him tease you all with that.

Dr. Aeon's first post included a brief look into his job:

My role for Architect will be working with Hero 1 and pohsyb to deliver to you all more features for the system and to iron out any kinks that are within it. The talented War Witch and our other world designer have also been helping me get accustomed to the world design system we have in place in order to give you guys more great features for the Architect system.

Forum Activities

Dr. Aeon generally remained in character to his screen persona, and at times, played with the community on various Mission Architect story arcs, as well as presented new Developer's Choice story arcs and challenges to the forum.

To the amusement of players on the official forums, Dr. Aeon was in the a propaganda war with The Television.

External Links