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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
'''Statesman''' aka Jack Emmert is a developer for [[Cryptic Studios]]. He was the lead designer for City of Heroes, but has moved on to become the Chief Creative Officer for Cryptic. He uses the posting name "Statesman" on the City of Heroes and Villains boards, and "Jackalope" on the CrypticStudio's boards.
'''Statesman''' aka Jack Emmert was a developer for [[Cryptic Studios]]. He was the lead designer for City of Heroes, but moved on to become the Chief Creative Officer for Cryptic. He used the posting name "Statesman" on the City of Heroes and Villains boards, and "Jackalope" on the CrypticStudio's boards.


==Background==
== Background ==


Jack Emmert is a long time gamer and comic book aficionado. His first foray into gaming was, of course, Dungeons & Dragons®. His professional career in the hobby game industry started at a local comic book store in the outskirts of Philadelphia, Showcase Comics. He earned his first Master's degree (ancient history) from the University of Chicago, and his second Master's degree from Ohio State University. During this period Jack also wrote supplements for a variety of gaming lines, including Deadlands, Hell on Earth, DC Universe, and Marvel Superheroes. He left academia in July 2000 to co-found Cryptic Studios, and design the hit MMO games, City of Heroes® and City of Villains™. Jack is currently working on the Champions Online MMO, in development by [[Cryptic Studios]]
Jack Emmert is a roleplaying gamer and comic book fan. He has a Master's degree (ancient history) from the University of Chicago, and a second Master's degree from Ohio State University. While he was in academia he also wrote supplements for a variety of roleplaying games, including Deadlands, Hell on Earth, DC Universe, and Marvel Superheroes. He left academia in July 2000 to co-found Cryptic Studios where he designed [[City of Heroes]] and [[City of Villains]]. He then worked on the Champions Online MMO.


With the sale of the City of Franchise's Intellectual Property rights to [[NCsoft]], Mr. Emmert was fully removed from any involvement in the games direction, and his signature character reassigned to another developer to role play as.
With the sale of the City of Franchise's intellectual property rights to [[NCsoft]], Emmert had no further involvement with the game.


[[Image:Jack And Zeb.jpg|thumb|100px|Jack Emmert and David "Zeb" Cook]]
[[File:Jack And Zeb.jpg|thumb|100px|Jack Emmert and David "Zeb" Cook]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==


* [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showprofile.php?Cat=0&User=509 Official Forums Profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080604141202/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showprofile.php?Cat=0&User=509 Official Forums Profile]
* [http://forums.crypticstudios.com/member.php?u=469 Official Cryptic's Forums Profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080531062307/http://forums.crypticstudios.com/member.php?u=469 Official Cryptic's Forums Profile]
* [http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/october01/emmert/ Gamespy Interview] (October 2001)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011204181521/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/october01/emmert/ Gamespy Interview] (October 2001)
* [http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/jack-emmert-city-heroes.htm The Armchair Empire Interview] (August 2004)
* [http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/jack-emmert-city-heroes.htm The Armchair Empire Interview] (August 2004)
* [http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/city-of-heroes/540907p1.html Gamespy Interview] (August 2004)
* [http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/city-of-heroes/540907p1.html Gamespy Interview] (August 2004)
* [http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php?pid=2492 Jive Magazine Interview] (September 2004)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061103195231/http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php?pid=2492 Jive Magazine Interview] (September 2004)
* [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/cityofvillains/preview_6127973.html Gamespot Interview] (June 2005)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060818031450/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/cityofvillains/preview_6127973.html Gamespot Interview] (June 2005)
* [http://rpg.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9290 Boomtown Interview] (September 2005)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070915072205/http://rpg.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9290 Boomtown Interview] (September 2005)
* [http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12351 Firing Squad Interview] (September 2006)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061114022523/http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12351 Firing Squad Interview] (September 2006)
* [http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=1170&bhcp=1 To Reward or Not to Reward? How to Create a Positive Community in an MMO. Summary of Jack Emmert's speech at the Game Developers Conference] (March 2007)
* [http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=1170&bhcp=1 To Reward or Not to Reward? How to Create a Positive Community in an MMO.] (March 2007)
* [http://coh.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=36&id=69667 WarCry Interview at the GDC] (March 2007)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070321145828/http://coh.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=36&id=69667 WarCry Interview at the GDC] (March 2007)
 
 


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Overview

Statesman aka Jack Emmert was a developer for Cryptic Studios. He was the lead designer for City of Heroes, but moved on to become the Chief Creative Officer for Cryptic. He used the posting name "Statesman" on the City of Heroes and Villains boards, and "Jackalope" on the CrypticStudio's boards.

Background

Jack Emmert is a roleplaying gamer and comic book fan. He has a Master's degree (ancient history) from the University of Chicago, and a second Master's degree from Ohio State University. While he was in academia he also wrote supplements for a variety of roleplaying games, including Deadlands, Hell on Earth, DC Universe, and Marvel Superheroes. He left academia in July 2000 to co-found Cryptic Studios where he designed City of Heroes and City of Villains. He then worked on the Champions Online MMO.

With the sale of the City of Franchise's intellectual property rights to NCsoft, Emmert had no further involvement with the game.

Jack Emmert and David "Zeb" Cook

External Links