Operations turns it's eyes homeward

Hi guys,

It’s been a quiet week here at AE HQ so I sat down with Operations Manager Xaman and discussed what his department is working on right now.

Operations deal with the day to day running of AE, from Customer Support to making sure the bills get paid allowing the developers to focus on what’s important, the code. This week however the department’s eyes have been moving squarely onto its Portuguese homeland.

With the launch of the Portuguese language version of Astro Empires Operations have been working to expand AE’s advertisement networks to include Portuguese language sites along with the English language sites we have traditionally worked with. As Portugal is the home of Astro Empires the Operations team have been making up for lost time, spreading the word among their fellow countrymen. Beyond the advertising, Wizard has been interviewed by Portugal’s largest gaming site, MyGames.pt, an interview which is set to be published in the coming weeks.

This week also saw the announcement of a change in some of our least used game units. Since their release the Ion Bomber and Ion Frigate have been the poor cousins of the their sister ships. Expensive with a very specialised use. In hope of expanding their use this week saw the announcement that their power stats would be increased. Details can be found here.

In other news Ikari has spent the week moving into his new house while Xaman escaped his desk just long enough to catch Linkin Park and James Morrison in concert in Portimão. I’m also happy to report that Xaman’s cat Chico has made a full recovery and is looking forward to its 19th birthday.

Now onto our Ask Astro Empires feature with some answers from the team. If you want to post your own questions get the details here.

Black Legionnaire asks, so do all the mods play on their respective server? (I assume so)

In the past some moderators have moderated boards they played and at other times they haven't. For example when I was moderator of Delta I was playing there though I quit quite early. I even suspended my Guild Master at one point though luckily he had no idea who I was >_< Today however we do not select moderators who play on the server they will moderate and have been moving those who have been moderating boards they play. We hope this will remove any impression of bias even if there isn't any in the moderators decisions. ~ Ikari

Saer asks, how did administrators, moderators, and staff make up their usernames on the Forum?

You'll have to ask them individually. Myself I used to play World of Warcraft and my character was a Shaman, thus "Xaman". ~ Xaman

Microwave Oven asks do all of the devs and staff share an apartment together?

Hell no. But we're trying to have Wizard build a mansion just for us kinda like Google has. Or at least a nice little shack near the beach so we can relax while thinking of answers for all these questions. ~ Xaman

Sandalphon asks, what's your shoe size Ikari?

One size 11, one size 11.5. Yeah I know my feet are freaks. ~ Ikari

That’s everything for this week guys, till next time adeus.