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Producer's Letter for December 2015

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Howdy Everyone,

With the year coming to an end, we wanted to take a brief moment to pull back the curtain and let you know what’s going on behind the scenes with Grey Goo.

THE GREY GOO TOURNAMENT SERIES (GGTS)

The qualifiers are done and the competitors are set for the finals at PAX South. First and foremost, we want to thank everyone who participated in the qualifiers, whether it was as a competitor or a spectator. All of you are why we’re doing this, and we wouldn’t be here without all of your feedback and support. Ya’ll have been great.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be booking travel, approving set designs, finalizing schedules, and planning events. There’s a lot to do, but we’re definitely looking forward to meeting everyone in San Antonio. Can’t wait to see you there!

BALANCE

This is our longest stretch without a balance patch. There are a handful of reasons why, but I did want to touch on one of the most important reasons here.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve made a change at the balance designer position. Some of you may have noticed Chris Becker posting around the forums recently. He has taken over lead balance design responsibilities moving forward on the project. He’s been keenly focused on getting ramped up to speed as quickly as possible, but we know this has left a lull in the number of patches we’ve been able to release. Thank you for your patience up to this point.

Moving forward, we’re going to let Chris take point on discussing balance as he can provide far more insight than I would ever be able to do. Hopefully, we’ll free him up from his testing sessions long enough to provide an update on where balance is going sooner rather than later.

WHAT’S NEXT

We have a couple of things in development that aren’t quite ready to announce just yet. Our current trajectory has us ready to start opening up the information flood gates close to the GGTS finals in late January. Until then, have a wonderful holiday, and we look forward to seeing you on the other side of the New Year.

Cody Bradley,
Grey Goo Producer