Some of the answers are what i would expect from someone who wants to get another job in the industry. I think it’s smart, especially if prospective employers may watch this.
@@OhEmGee I get the feeling that I would not be well received if I worked there as I would be to far on the players side of the experience. I don’t know I feel like there are a plethora of ways to make the game money for the company and also offer creative new ways to enjoy the game as well as characters released. A new game mode would be very refreshing.
@@benjaminwelsh3092 You say this until you're in that situation and then you're more worried about paying the bills than being a good guy for the players.
To communicate effectively, yes. He's right with a lot of things he said. Especially players taking things out of context, which happens everywhere on any platform
I get what Archangel’s saying about going from retail to a corporate job. I went from a warehouse to my first corporate job, and I thought people complaining about the company were crazy. People who haven’t worked truly shit jobs have no idea how good they have it.
Had the exact same experience. Worked in many different restaurants for over 5 years and I am still heavily shocked when I hear people complaining in my new job. Especially the things they complain about sometimes its like are you out of your fucking mind ppl
Personally, I worked 8 years retail and now 8 years corporate and there's definitely garbage and bullshit in both, but they're taxing in different ways.
He was definitely talking a lot about how great the developers are, but ignoring the fact that the majority of the decisions are made with money in mind. I know the game devs just want to make a good game, but you can't pretend like a game that charges you $100 if you want to unlock a new character is some happy fun times establishment.
@HALLIWEL07 As a light spender 🤑 this is how I started thinking about MSF, it a sunken cost like a meal or the movies. I enjoy my time but once that time is over with you can’t get it back much like your meal or once you’ve watched the movie.
@@ZeonEons why is he such a spokesperson for them? If you play the game, you're more than aware of the BS that's gone down under his watch... so im his very shocked that people can watch this and say "oh yes, that sounds like an accurate representation of what really went on behind the scenes". Also, from what he said, Scopely is dumb as fuck, they have no idea about the amount of greed they show and truly just want a great game for the public... but you have to keep the lights on. 1 person the from the top spending alliance probably keeps the lights on.
@@Evidence-wt3cg First rule of any business is to keep those lights on. I am particularly not interested in emotionally invested people running a business as this will cloud their judgement and steer the ship into very treacherous waters People can think what they will but unless they have been part of the gaming industry as a career and involved in the day to day running, I'm not going to listen to anyone else about monetisation methods
Doesn't like datamines. Loves being surprised by events that require hoarding energy or ISO despite there being "no hoarding" anymore. Totally reasonable. It sounds like he's either trying to get his job back or get a good recommendation.
He's s not the only one tbh and he's not going to get much interest or anyone important to watch a random RUclips video and hopefully get hired. So, this is not his reasons. For example other games don't have datamines available.
@@ZeonEons While no employers will actively scrape through insignificant RUclips videos looking for prospective employees, anything you say on the internet will always be out there, and someone somewhere can see it. People network and share and talk about what others do. It gets around through multiple channels. This is how the internet works. He knows this, most people in professional industries know this. An insignificant comment on a social website can come back to bite you in the future. He didn't realize a private comment he made would blow up so big in the community, but there you have it. He learned how the internet worked. Envoys have been kicked from the program for making videos on things the company didn't like, so yes someone somewhere is monitoring these things.
@@misanthropicalparadise No, that's not how it works. RUclips works on algorithms. This video will immediately lose traction less than a day and be buried with the other millions or billions of RUclips videos uploaded daily This video has barely 10k views. In order to get noticed this video would need upwards of 1mill views An example would be if I threw a stone in the ocean and asked you to go find it. It ain't happening, even if you saw me throw the stone. You are talking about a community of gamers, where he privately thought he was having discussions, that person was taking screenshots.
@@misanthropicalparadise The community of gamers that play MSF. Not business associates or business people in those circles. Privately held conversation but the other guy took screenshots is not the same thing as you are implying To put it in context, AA would have to do three to five interviews daily on all platforms or most for probably months and hope that some gaming company just so happens to see it Example - I throw a stone into the ocean and ask you to retrieve it, even if you saw me throw it. Probable but impossible How would they know who this guy is without his personal information. How would they establish contact, how would they be able to effectively communicate Recruitment is about applications
MG, I love that you're trying to do interviews, but this was way too softball, man. This felt more like an advertisement for a job-seeker than getting answers to our burning questions about the inner workings of Scopely/Boundless. I get not wanting to burn bridges, but if there aren't going to be hard questions asked, what's the point in the first place? Folks who follow you wanted answers on why the game has gone to crap recently, and that's not at all what was given.
He probably got a very generous severance package, also signed a through NDA. Plus, most of these Devs know and speak to each other so it serves no purpose burning bridges in the industry.
On one hand I understand answering the questions the way he did. He wants a new job and burning his bridge with scopley will not help. On the other hand these were all softball questions and MG should've asked hard hitting ones and left it up to archangel to say if he wanted to answer or not. You ask the right question he wouldn't be able to give a positive answer every time.
I'm genuinely glad that they're treating the staff well (though it's absurd that they won't even let you say goodbye to the team). Just wish the same courtesy was extended to the player base. Just to be clear, the issue with BUMPS isn't a communication issue, it's just an issue. Also, 16:00 told me a lot of what I needed to know.
I don’t read the blogs or Reddit…I just watch your videos and have you do all the work of reading stuff. So, who the CM is doesn’t matter to me. This guy seems like a company man and companies like employees like him. They can just up & dump him and he smiles and gives them good PR.
Dude sounds weak and desperate. The job is over. Let it go. It may not even be his fault but that's how it is. Scopely fan boy is dead on... Also datamines are fine. If you don't want to know, then don't look.
Seems like bad blood between Tauna and AA. Tauna took a dig at scopley on Boilon's channel, then took a shot at AA on reddit. Now AA is firing back here with that data mine comment. I am all for more drama
“I dunno if man people are thinking he’s full of it right now”…. Yeah bro we know you’re full of it. You need a new job we get it. Interview was a waste of time
Archangel is genuinely just a true blue *good* human being. I'm actually kind of relieved that he doesn't bear any strong bitterness or cynicism after spending time in what can be a pretty cuthroat industry, for his sake. He repped the community during one of the best periods of positive change in MSF, and I truly wish him the best wherever he lands.
Seems like AA wants to "remain" positive with MSF kicking him out. He should know that if you are good at your job you can adapt to changes, so something there is amiss. When he says he is not a liar and he never lied about the information...ya, that makes sense, he got the information that he thought he had to present to the community, that's not being a liar but just a messenger, so not fault of his own on that. I can see him being another CC since he looooves this game so much, which I can tell you as an endgame player, this game gets dull real fast, where he will show us the same content that everyone is doing---war--crucible--raids, etc. I hope he brings something new as a CC otherwise its just like another CM presenting the same information we would've discovered eventually on our own. I forgot to mention that when AA said he hates spoilers with datamines....REALLY? over 90% of the datamines were on point and gave the players an indication what next to prepare for. What do you think ENVOYS do when they hint whats to come next? That example of his feelings of Monster Hunter being revealed before the convention was laughable as a spoiler.
In a vacuum datamines are fine but I personally don't care to know. I don't seek that information out. He did towards the end hinted why he was dismissed as there were a few employees that didn't quite find his humour on point or something along those lines. Sometimes in any walk of life and job someone won't see the idea you are attempting to get across and doubling down only makes it worse, especially if it's on an ongoing basis
Lot of negative comments but in my opinion he answered well and honestly. Yes, his wording was careful, but he does have to consider what future employers would think if they saw this.
14:05 notice how he doesn't answer the question about datamines, but instead tells a blatant lie and compares a trailer with information regarding a game's economy.
MG: "were you ever asked to lie?" AA: "no way. Never ever ever. Nuh-uh. Nope. Not a smidge." MG: "Mmmm. Ok." You could have just inserted an Anchorman "i dont believe you" gif in response!
This is true as the thing about misleading information or out right lying is it would happen almost in habitually leading to legal problems down the road
Absolutely fantastic video you did a great job with the interview and you enlightened the player base because I think most of us are probably surprised with those answers
HG wanted to be the "rebel" by telling it as it is to MSF but once they gave him the chance to be an Envoy, he took it and changed his Rock attitude to being a Pop singer :)) Now HG claims he is done promoting MSF with his vids ever since they kicked him off the Envoy program and AA being a "rebel" too by getting the chance to say something for the players. Really that just means AA wanted to be relevant to a business that made him a Pop singer and will be forgotten as soon as the next year of artists come out :))
9 minutes and 7 seconds in...Scopely isn't playing 4d Chess... but they are a business and have to meet quotas.... but have been one of the most lucratice mobile games of all time... if they had not had all the success during COVID, I'm pretty sure some of this would be more reasonably priced; once they hit a certain amount of money, they just think they can or should all the time and thats what he meant to say...because i just don't believe that they too stupid... but let's hear the rest.
Also love how he says they been so good to him i mean come on ,check the difference between Cerebro and what happened to him i mean is totally the other side of the coin so if there was that much love things would of happened differently 😉
Good for him being a decent human being in his responses and playing the game for fun. You all are commenting like some grouchy children. There's no conspiracy against you. You have no voice in the direction of the game. This company likes to make money and MARVEL likes to make money. Assume that's the reason for everything and try to have fun playing the game.
I’m glad at the end of the interview you kinda called em out respectfully..sounding like he the biggest fan of scopely.. never seen someone talk so good about a company that fired him lol… its like they took his manhood or something lol 😂
Also yeah the datamine part is funny ,i bet 90 % of whales and krakens feel the same about that since they dont wanna know in advance of stuff cause that will diminush a bit the edge they have since low spenders f2p would be competitive knowing whats comming and how to prepare
Word is in his alliance it still takes him 2 weeks to respond to their comments as well n when he does respond it's always the same scripted message!!!
Why they didnt get him to do face cam videos instead of the shitty blog that got buried is beyond me he has the voice for it and you can clearly see how much he cares about the game and community
I would love if he did content. I used to be a hard-core Gravedigger and I remember him popping in the chat on that channel. I think he could offer a unique perspective.
8:27 so basically their sales goals are way too high, which is in fact GREED. We all understand that companies have profit margins and whatnot, the issues start when those "goals" become unreasonable and when they become unreasonable to the point where it affects player's enjoyment of a game. It's really hard not to look at their financial goals, we see them every time we play this game, and not think well this is predatory. There's no denying what their monetization and character release strategies are telling us atm. It is greed, that's it.
Was wondering if Mobile was gonna called him out for this nothing interview. This guy is the problem with community managers... They start with good intentions to represent all players, not just the spenders...but developers almost always treat their CMs good. They get extra perks, paid travel to events, opportunities to "voice" concerns with higher ups, etc. but it's all just to get CMs to wholely buy-in. Add in some harsh online treatment from the community, and the CMs perspective changes to pro developer. This guy literally said while being fired, but im a scopely minion. Probably had tears in his eyes at the time. Says the culture was great...im sure the culture seemed great to a CM. But I'm willing to bet the coder who has to work 12+ hours a day would disagree.
Thank you for making this video. It's great to see the other side of the coin. I can understand how easy it is for people on reddit to form a mob and say that Scopely is nothing but a bunch of greedy crooks, but at the end of the day they are a business. I disagree with his take on datamines. I feel like datamines are the F2P's advantage in preparing to try and get the new character unlock for free.
And if it's so important to hit these numbers, maybe they would make sure the game works? I mean idk I'm just guessing... but i mean when someone offers a product for sale, I'm pretty sure they don't offer a broken ass product... but also the "compensation" is and always has been MUCH LESS THAN DESERVED.
Also the argument is a company and it has to make money is old also and not true ,if scopely didnt make money this game would of been dead a long time ago and yet is still here wow how did they do it? 😂 Scopely always made money but now they want to squeeze as much money as they can so is a diference
Oh hoarding isn’t a thing anymore? And hates data mines that help with them because… he likes being surprised by them? I mean a top 10 war alliance I’m sure he’s not a “light spender” but this was the most nothing interview ever. What’s his retail experience running a GameStop, sounds like one of their managers who loved drinking their kool aid
They have done a good job with the cms. I hated listening to Cerebro. He was slimy and I felt like he was a terrible used care salesman. He rarely if ever answered a question. Archangel in my opinion was a huge upgrade. He’s a fanboy and a car salesman doing what was his job. He seemed innocent I guess is what I mean. I hope pathfinder is also a huge upgrade from Archangel. His answers seemed softballed. I get it he is hoping to get another similar job in the industry and you can’t just burn companies. They will not higher you and he obviously understands that.
I read body language for a living, and I make a damn good living, and no matter how much he says he hates being called a liar he was straight up pulling wool on a couple of the questions asked based off his mannerisms. Like most said, he isn't going to say crap that'll shoot himself in the foot but it has that same feeling to it where you have the pathetic ex-bf that'll do things for/with his ex for the SLIGHT chance they may get back together. In all retrospect that's a beta bitch move but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do to make sure you survive
So datamining is seen as a spoiler to some? Cause the way I see it, datamines aren't a spoiler but a warning to avoid being blindsided by scopely throwing out an event that required non krakens to hoard so they at least have a minimal chance at getting through most of these events 🤷♂️
I recently got big boy meph and did my last round of spending on ultra cores and have gone completely F2P. I just cant keep up with something like a car payment every month just to be able to participate in the game.
In every game you dont get a return on your investement,is just stupid to hope for that you basically spend money to get to be in the top ,so to come out and say hey i wanna quit cause i dont see a return of my investement is ludicrous ,its not like hey i spend money on a house and i need a return of my investement
what you just said makes no sense. When you buy a house, you want a return on investment, but not directly to your wallet. You get a return on investment on a house by having the worth of that house INCREASE which is done by doing repairs and modernizing it AKA spending money on it. That's the return on investment there and not everything has a direct impact to your wallet to be considered a return on investment. You never want to look at a house you purchased and see that the house's value has gone down when you have invested money into it. I dunno what your level of education is, but I imagine it's nothing special. You don't buy a house just to live in it, you buy a house also because it can be a solid investment both for your credit and for possible resale value, both extremely important returns on investment when you get older as it allows you to retire comfortably a lot of time which is yet another return on investment. Return on investment isn't always monetary, but also peace of mind, both things this game fails to deliver on because it is focused on monetary things to be able to participate in other areas. If you don't have a return on investment in a game like this, then people are going to walk away because that is where the game has been going. You put in a lot of time and some times money, only to not get to where you need to be to participate, that's a problem and shows that the current way they are doing things isn't good. Investment also isn't always monetary, TIME is more valuable than any dollar amount.
If I a nickel every time a company said, "they just wanted buy a product and not change anything." When acquiring another company, I could be in a top 10 alliance too. I don't think he lied at all, but I think his head might have been in the clouds a little if he didn't have any frustrations with the merger
Lots of folks here being harsh but i enjoyed this interview. Dude came from retail; i came from restaurants. Once you get an office job, you never want to go back to that life. Glad he got his surgery before his insurance is gone. (If you don't know, in the US our health insurance is tied to our job if you're lucky enough to get a job that offers that. So when you lose your job, the COBRA Act requires the company to keep offering insurance on their plan but it's like $700 a month.)
In good conscience I can't take him seriously bc he was once a company man and this will place him in a impartial scenario if he is not 100% sincere in saying the facts despite the possible backlash.
Word is in his alliance it stills takes him weeks to respond to them too n its always the same scripted message!!! He lost his job because player base knew he was full of crap before scopely started going down the toilet. Then when they had him doing PR it didnt work because his reputation was already trash so instead he just went ghost n didnt ever respond so the CC'S put out content n wasnt any need for the liar. Lied for scopely for months n they threw him away first chance. Hes almost been married three times but wedding doesnt get to finish because he never answers the final question.
Some of the answers are what i would expect from someone who wants to get another job in the industry. I think it’s smart, especially if prospective employers may watch this.
I was thinking this too.
@@OhEmGee I get the feeling that I would not be well received if I worked there as I would be to far on the players side of the experience. I don’t know I feel like there are a plethora of ways to make the game money for the company and also offer creative new ways to enjoy the game as well as characters released. A new game mode would be very refreshing.
@@benjaminwelsh3092 You say this until you're in that situation and then you're more worried about paying the bills than being a good guy for the players.
Exactly my thoughts......
@@benjaminwelsh3092You wouldn't last long anywhere if you are not putting the business first. You are paid to work for that company
The only thing I’m taking from this interview is that his media coach did a great job training him.
To communicate effectively, yes. He's right with a lot of things he said. Especially players taking things out of context, which happens everywhere on any platform
The most surprising thing I took away was learning there was a guy working in a QA department at scopley🙃
I get what Archangel’s saying about going from retail to a corporate job. I went from a warehouse to my first corporate job, and I thought people complaining about the company were crazy. People who haven’t worked truly shit jobs have no idea how good they have it.
Had the exact same experience. Worked in many different restaurants for over 5 years and I am still heavily shocked when I hear people complaining in my new job. Especially the things they complain about sometimes its like are you out of your fucking mind ppl
Personally, I worked 8 years retail and now 8 years corporate and there's definitely garbage and bullshit in both, but they're taxing in different ways.
archangel still clearly is inside his NDA/severance package cause there's no way he's this positive after the way they kicked him out
I don't know what people were really expecting.
@@ajk4346 He's had three months and more to analyse this.
I feel like I just listened to Mobile Gamer interview a used car salesman.
Maybe a 1970s used car salesman lol
This dude’s future is strong as Mr Hartgraves fluffer.
He was definitely talking a lot about how great the developers are, but ignoring the fact that the majority of the decisions are made with money in mind. I know the game devs just want to make a good game, but you can't pretend like a game that charges you $100 if you want to unlock a new character is some happy fun times establishment.
11:56 I'm a paying customer, customer support is horrible i spend a lot of money just to get nothing in return and to get further paywall everywhere
@HALLIWEL07 As a light spender 🤑 this is how I started thinking about MSF, it a sunken cost like a meal or the movies. I enjoy my time but once that time is over with you can’t get it back much like your meal or once you’ve watched the movie.
He still sounds like he works for Scopely… I’ll leave it at that but I’m glad he seems happy. Thanks for the interview!
Nah he's just not emotionally involved so he's able to talk about his experiences in general
@@ZeonEons why is he such a spokesperson for them? If you play the game, you're more than aware of the BS that's gone down under his watch... so im his very shocked that people can watch this and say "oh yes, that sounds like an accurate representation of what really went on behind the scenes". Also, from what he said, Scopely is dumb as fuck, they have no idea about the amount of greed they show and truly just want a great game for the public... but you have to keep the lights on. 1 person the from the top spending alliance probably keeps the lights on.
@@Evidence-wt3cg First rule of any business is to keep those lights on. I am particularly not interested in emotionally invested people running a business as this will cloud their judgement and steer the ship into very treacherous waters
People can think what they will but unless they have been part of the gaming industry as a career and involved in the day to day running, I'm not going to listen to anyone else about monetisation methods
Anyone else find it weird that you would need a spread sheet in order to be organized in a mobile game
Doesn't like datamines. Loves being surprised by events that require hoarding energy or ISO despite there being "no hoarding" anymore. Totally reasonable. It sounds like he's either trying to get his job back or get a good recommendation.
He's s not the only one tbh and he's not going to get much interest or anyone important to watch a random RUclips video and hopefully get hired. So, this is not his reasons. For example other games don't have datamines available.
@@ZeonEons While no employers will actively scrape through insignificant RUclips videos looking for prospective employees, anything you say on the internet will always be out there, and someone somewhere can see it. People network and share and talk about what others do. It gets around through multiple channels. This is how the internet works. He knows this, most people in professional industries know this. An insignificant comment on a social website can come back to bite you in the future. He didn't realize a private comment he made would blow up so big in the community, but there you have it. He learned how the internet worked. Envoys have been kicked from the program for making videos on things the company didn't like, so yes someone somewhere is monitoring these things.
@@misanthropicalparadise No, that's not how it works. RUclips works on algorithms. This video will immediately lose traction less than a day and be buried with the other millions or billions of RUclips videos uploaded daily
This video has barely 10k views. In order to get noticed this video would need upwards of 1mill views
An example would be if I threw a stone in the ocean and asked you to go find it. It ain't happening, even if you saw me throw the stone.
You are talking about a community of gamers, where he privately thought he was having discussions, that person was taking screenshots.
@@misanthropicalparadise
The community of gamers that play MSF. Not business associates or business people in those circles. Privately held conversation but the other guy took screenshots is not the same thing as you are implying
To put it in context, AA would have to do three to five interviews daily on all platforms or most for probably months and hope that some gaming company just so happens to see it
Example - I throw a stone into the ocean and ask you to retrieve it, even if you saw me throw it. Probable but impossible
How would they know who this guy is without his personal information. How would they establish contact, how would they be able to effectively communicate
Recruitment is about applications
Some community’s don’t like spoilers 🤷♂️.
MG, I love that you're trying to do interviews, but this was way too softball, man. This felt more like an advertisement for a job-seeker than getting answers to our burning questions about the inner workings of Scopely/Boundless. I get not wanting to burn bridges, but if there aren't going to be hard questions asked, what's the point in the first place? Folks who follow you wanted answers on why the game has gone to crap recently, and that's not at all what was given.
Still sounds like a company man. I wonder if he hope to parlay his experience into another mobile game job.
Well, since he said he was trying to get a new one, I would say yes. Plus, it does him no good to torch a past employer publicly.
@@LancerX916 I commented when I had only watched half of it. It wouldn’t look good to a new gaming company. He handled it very professionally.
He probably got a very generous severance package, also signed a through NDA. Plus, most of these Devs know and speak to each other so it serves no purpose burning bridges in the industry.
On one hand I understand answering the questions the way he did. He wants a new job and burning his bridge with scopley will not help. On the other hand these were all softball questions and MG should've asked hard hitting ones and left it up to archangel to say if he wanted to answer or not. You ask the right question he wouldn't be able to give a positive answer every time.
I'm genuinely glad that they're treating the staff well (though it's absurd that they won't even let you say goodbye to the team).
Just wish the same courtesy was extended to the player base. Just to be clear, the issue with BUMPS isn't a communication issue, it's just an issue.
Also, 16:00 told me a lot of what I needed to know.
ya that response was kinda wild wasn't it lol
I don’t read the blogs or Reddit…I just watch your videos and have you do all the work of reading stuff. So, who the CM is doesn’t matter to me. This guy seems like a company man and companies like employees like him. They can just up & dump him and he smiles and gives them good PR.
Ever been on a job interview? Rule #1 is don't badmouth your former employer. That's in a private conference room. This is on the internet forever.
Nah they made this seem like a whistle blower event! @johnn.2017
i mean you don't want those years to go to waste on the resume. i get it
What a joke. I could tell by MG’s body language he thought it was BS too.
Dude sounds weak and desperate. The job is over. Let it go. It may not even be his fault but that's how it is. Scopely fan boy is dead on...
Also datamines are fine. If you don't want to know, then don't look.
Given the comments I’m not going to bother watching
Did him dirty with that thumbnail lmaoo
Seems like bad blood between Tauna and AA. Tauna took a dig at scopley on Boilon's channel, then took a shot at AA on reddit. Now AA is firing back here with that data mine comment. I am all for more drama
This man told us nothing!!!
He might as well become a politician at this point
This video might as well be click bait
lol glad to hear hoarding isn't a thing anymore....lol
😂 missed the memo
Great interview! Thanks, MG and CM Archangel!
“I dunno if man people are thinking he’s full of it right now”…. Yeah bro we know you’re full of it. You need a new job we get it. Interview was a waste of time
Felt like this video should have a “Sponsored by Scopely” watermark on it.. ew
Did he really just say 'when hoarding was a thing?' is anyone not still hoarding?!?!
Archangel is genuinely just a true blue *good* human being. I'm actually kind of relieved that he doesn't bear any strong bitterness or cynicism after spending time in what can be a pretty cuthroat industry, for his sake. He repped the community during one of the best periods of positive change in MSF, and I truly wish him the best wherever he lands.
I clocked that scar immediately. I have the same one. Give it three more months AA, you'll be good as new.
Seems like AA wants to "remain" positive with MSF kicking him out. He should know that if you are good at your job you can adapt to changes, so something there is amiss. When he says he is not a liar and he never lied about the information...ya, that makes sense, he got the information that he thought he had to present to the community, that's not being a liar but just a messenger, so not fault of his own on that. I can see him being another CC since he looooves this game so much, which I can tell you as an endgame player, this game gets dull real fast, where he will show us the same content that everyone is doing---war--crucible--raids, etc. I hope he brings something new as a CC otherwise its just like another CM presenting the same information we would've discovered eventually on our own.
I forgot to mention that when AA said he hates spoilers with datamines....REALLY? over 90% of the datamines were on point and gave the players an indication what next to prepare for. What do you think ENVOYS do when they hint whats to come next? That example of his feelings of Monster Hunter being revealed before the convention was laughable as a spoiler.
In a vacuum datamines are fine but I personally don't care to know. I don't seek that information out.
He did towards the end hinted why he was dismissed as there were a few employees that didn't quite find his humour on point or something along those lines. Sometimes in any walk of life and job someone won't see the idea you are attempting to get across and doubling down only makes it worse, especially if it's on an ongoing basis
Lot of negative comments but in my opinion he answered well and honestly. Yes, his wording was careful, but he does have to consider what future employers would think if they saw this.
14:05 notice how he doesn't answer the question about datamines, but instead tells a blatant lie and compares a trailer with information regarding a game's economy.
He did. He doesn't find them fun and they are spoilers.
MG: "were you ever asked to lie?"
AA: "no way. Never ever ever. Nuh-uh. Nope. Not a smidge."
MG: "Mmmm. Ok."
You could have just inserted an Anchorman "i dont believe you" gif in response!
This is true as the thing about misleading information or out right lying is it would happen almost in habitually leading to legal problems down the road
Absolutely fantastic video you did a great job with the interview and you enlightened the player base because I think most of us are probably surprised with those answers
Why does Archangel keep glancing to his talking points XD
You'd think he'd at least try to hide that this was scripted...
That’s not talking points he’s looking at a gunpoint. 😂
Archangel sure loved him some Hartgrave. Now look at that these bums.
HG wanted to be the "rebel" by telling it as it is to MSF but once they gave him the chance to be an Envoy, he took it and changed his Rock attitude to being a Pop singer :)) Now HG claims he is done promoting MSF with his vids ever since they kicked him off the Envoy program and AA being a "rebel" too by getting the chance to say something for the players. Really that just means AA wanted to be relevant to a business that made him a Pop singer and will be forgotten as soon as the next year of artists come out :))
9 minutes and 7 seconds in...Scopely isn't playing 4d Chess... but they are a business and have to meet quotas.... but have been one of the most lucratice mobile games of all time... if they had not had all the success during COVID, I'm pretty sure some of this would be more reasonably priced; once they hit a certain amount of money, they just think they can or should all the time and thats what he meant to say...because i just don't believe that they too stupid... but let's hear the rest.
He's trying to get his job back for sure. No real info here.
Also love how he says they been so good to him i mean come on ,check the difference between Cerebro and what happened to him i mean is totally the other side of the coin so if there was that much love things would of happened differently 😉
Good for him being a decent human being in his responses and playing the game for fun. You all are commenting like some grouchy children. There's no conspiracy against you. You have no voice in the direction of the game. This company likes to make money and MARVEL likes to make money. Assume that's the reason for everything and try to have fun playing the game.
I’m glad at the end of the interview you kinda called em out respectfully..sounding like he the biggest fan of scopely.. never seen someone talk so good about a company that fired him lol… its like they took his manhood or something lol 😂
Also yeah the datamine part is funny ,i bet 90 % of whales and krakens feel the same about that since they dont wanna know in advance of stuff cause that will diminush a bit the edge they have since low spenders f2p would be competitive knowing whats comming and how to prepare
Seems like a good dude. Thanks for having him and the added insight 🤙
Nice of mobile to host a job interview :/
Mobile gamer isn't hiring
Very interesting interview.
I feel bad now. He seems like a good dude.
Thank you for having this dialog.
Thank you for having archangel on for this interview I’m glad we get to have an inside view of the atmosphere inside the scopely ivory towers
Word is in his alliance it still takes him 2 weeks to respond to their comments as well n when he does respond it's always the same scripted message!!!
Why they didnt get him to do face cam videos instead of the shitty blog that got buried is beyond me he has the voice for it and you can clearly see how much he cares about the game and community
I would love if he did content. I used to be a hard-core Gravedigger and I remember him popping in the chat on that channel. I think he could offer a unique perspective.
8:27 so basically their sales goals are way too high, which is in fact GREED. We all understand that companies have profit margins and whatnot, the issues start when those "goals" become unreasonable and when they become unreasonable to the point where it affects player's enjoyment of a game. It's really hard not to look at their financial goals, we see them every time we play this game, and not think well this is predatory.
There's no denying what their monetization and character release strategies are telling us atm. It is greed, that's it.
"A very small amount of players were affected by the summer of blunder" Also why the Agatha SHARDS!
Let's keep it real Arc Angel. The intent is to maximize profits. And they care about making money. As you say, "it's a business."
Once an apologist, always an apologist...
Was wondering if Mobile was gonna called him out for this nothing interview. This guy is the problem with community managers...
They start with good intentions to represent all players, not just the spenders...but developers almost always treat their CMs good. They get extra perks, paid travel to events, opportunities to "voice" concerns with higher ups, etc. but it's all just to get CMs to wholely buy-in. Add in some harsh online treatment from the community, and the CMs perspective changes to pro developer.
This guy literally said while being fired, but im a scopely minion. Probably had tears in his eyes at the time.
Says the culture was great...im sure the culture seemed great to a CM. But I'm willing to bet the coder who has to work 12+ hours a day would disagree.
Hes basically begging for a chance to get rehired can't take any answers serious.
Nah he's given good answers. Just another comment only wanting to hear what they wanna
Thank you for making this video. It's great to see the other side of the coin. I can understand how easy it is for people on reddit to form a mob and say that Scopely is nothing but a bunch of greedy crooks, but at the end of the day they are a business. I disagree with his take on datamines. I feel like datamines are the F2P's advantage in preparing to try and get the new character unlock for free.
"if you alliance sucks" 😂😂 bro is a chad
And if it's so important to hit these numbers, maybe they would make sure the game works? I mean idk I'm just guessing... but i mean when someone offers a product for sale, I'm pretty sure they don't offer a broken ass product... but also the "compensation" is and always has been MUCH LESS THAN DESERVED.
After the recent blog post.... Archangel still a shill.
Felt super defensive and playing it safe, very biased, didn’t feel genuine at all. Talking like he’s trying to get his job back.
Did you watch the interview? He clearly stated he'd love to work for them again. So what?
@@johnn.2017 it was a nice way of saying he’s kissing ass, thought that was common sense.
CM WHYP should've conducted this interview. It would have been far more entertaining. I felt like I was listening to a politician.
Spicy! 🎉 Thank you for absolutely everything you’ve done Archangel!
Mobil! Wtf?! Why’d you let him off so easy
Also the argument is a company and it has to make money is old also and not true ,if scopely didnt make money this game would of been dead a long time ago and yet is still here wow how did they do it? 😂 Scopely always made money but now they want to squeeze as much money as they can so is a diference
Glad I watched on 2x speed. Got bullshit shoved in my face twice as fast.
Oh hoarding isn’t a thing anymore? And hates data mines that help with them because… he likes being surprised by them? I mean a top 10 war alliance I’m sure he’s not a “light spender” but this was the most nothing interview ever. What’s his retail experience running a GameStop, sounds like one of their managers who loved drinking their kool aid
They have done a good job with the cms. I hated listening to Cerebro. He was slimy and I felt like he was a terrible used care salesman. He rarely if ever answered a question.
Archangel in my opinion was a huge upgrade. He’s a fanboy and a car salesman doing what was his job. He seemed innocent I guess is what I mean.
I hope pathfinder is also a huge upgrade from Archangel.
His answers seemed softballed. I get it he is hoping to get another similar job in the industry and you can’t just burn companies. They will not higher you and he obviously understands that.
Dude sounds like he still works at Scopely. This video was a waste of time 🙄
Couldn’t make it halfway through. Boring as shit, nothing new said and still giving generic company safe lines despite being fired.
I read body language for a living, and I make a damn good living, and no matter how much he says he hates being called a liar he was straight up pulling wool on a couple of the questions asked based off his mannerisms.
Like most said, he isn't going to say crap that'll shoot himself in the foot but it has that same feeling to it where you have the pathetic ex-bf that'll do things for/with his ex for the SLIGHT chance they may get back together.
In all retrospect that's a beta bitch move but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do to make sure you survive
What happened with the cabal thing? Scopely blamed him and he disappeared.
So datamining is seen as a spoiler to some? Cause the way I see it, datamines aren't a spoiler but a warning to avoid being blindsided by scopely throwing out an event that required non krakens to hoard so they at least have a minimal chance at getting through most of these events 🤷♂️
They fired you. No need to keep felating them
You can tell he bought all the stuff scopely was selling. The buzz words are strong with this one
I'm so glad its positive and I believe him.
i like how you always wear the buc-ees t shirt. did you know they make holiday seasonal ones?
I recently got big boy meph and did my last round of spending on ultra cores and have gone completely F2P.
I just cant keep up with something like a car payment every month just to be able to participate in the game.
Wow, I really enjoyed that and I think Archangel is very genuine and really it was an eye opener into Scopley and MSF in a good way.
Yep agreed
I didn’t believe anything he said clearly he’s still at the loyal to the company
Right so you only want to hear what you want to hear, otherwise everyone anyone said is just a lie
In every game you dont get a return on your investement,is just stupid to hope for that you basically spend money to get to be in the top ,so to come out and say hey i wanna quit cause i dont see a return of my investement is ludicrous ,its not like hey i spend money on a house and i need a return of my investement
what you just said makes no sense. When you buy a house, you want a return on investment, but not directly to your wallet. You get a return on investment on a house by having the worth of that house INCREASE which is done by doing repairs and modernizing it AKA spending money on it. That's the return on investment there and not everything has a direct impact to your wallet to be considered a return on investment. You never want to look at a house you purchased and see that the house's value has gone down when you have invested money into it.
I dunno what your level of education is, but I imagine it's nothing special. You don't buy a house just to live in it, you buy a house also because it can be a solid investment both for your credit and for possible resale value, both extremely important returns on investment when you get older as it allows you to retire comfortably a lot of time which is yet another return on investment.
Return on investment isn't always monetary, but also peace of mind, both things this game fails to deliver on because it is focused on monetary things to be able to participate in other areas. If you don't have a return on investment in a game like this, then people are going to walk away because that is where the game has been going. You put in a lot of time and some times money, only to not get to where you need to be to participate, that's a problem and shows that the current way they are doing things isn't good.
Investment also isn't always monetary, TIME is more valuable than any dollar amount.
@@WutTheDeuceGamingBest comment! My main goal now is get out of my country (Brazil), and restart my life, maybe in USA, to invest in my retirement.
Didnt know kevin owens was working with scopley 😂😂
the game needs various buffs, debuffs, counters, resistances more ✋
He is a company man he isnt doing or saying anithing against boundless especially after the way they treated him so someone wants their job back
If I a nickel every time a company said, "they just wanted buy a product and not change anything." When acquiring another company, I could be in a top 10 alliance too.
I don't think he lied at all, but I think his head might have been in the clouds a little if he didn't have any frustrations with the merger
I'd wanna know how the characters are chosen and teams. Like, Odin...who thought he was gonna be balanced? xD
Lots of folks here being harsh but i enjoyed this interview. Dude came from retail; i came from restaurants. Once you get an office job, you never want to go back to that life. Glad he got his surgery before his insurance is gone. (If you don't know, in the US our health insurance is tied to our job if you're lucky enough to get a job that offers that. So when you lose your job, the COBRA Act requires the company to keep offering insurance on their plan but it's like $700 a month.)
Sooo, he sounds like he didn't want to leave or that he even knew or had a hint he was about to be let go. What was the reason he was let go?
Thank u for all the LIES archangel
I thought reading his BS was hard but listening to his BS is worse!!!
The one good thing he said was that he hates Tauna. That's an opinion i can agree with.
"When hoarding was a thing" the game is more about hoarding now than ever! Lol
In good conscience I can't take him seriously bc he was once a company man and this will place him in a impartial scenario if he is not 100% sincere in saying the facts despite the possible backlash.
QUESTION-Why does scopely make the events so hard to play?
Fantastic interview. Total respect. Thank you for doing this. I hope Archangel joins the CC community, you're a natural!
I want to know when 80$ a month became unexceptable. Not enough, we need need higher goals and more money?
Word is in his alliance it stills takes him weeks to respond to them too n its always the same scripted message!!! He lost his job because player base knew he was full of crap before scopely started going down the toilet. Then when they had him doing PR it didnt work because his reputation was already trash so instead he just went ghost n didnt ever respond so the CC'S put out content n wasnt any need for the liar. Lied for scopely for months n they threw him away first chance. Hes almost been married three times but wedding doesnt get to finish because he never answers the final question.
Oooooh boy, this feels like Scopely PR. A little cringy
Nah that's just your bias. You could see and sense he was genuinely being honest
Thank god he gone.