Roll the Credits
September 16, 06:00 AM
“Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success None of us would get very far without the support of others, and I am no exception. I have been blessed with an incredible network of friends, family, and coworkers. This is my attempt to thank some of those who have helped me throughout my seven year journey with Ubisoft. **CREDITS** Ubisoft Cast Kurtis Buckmaster and Chris Mancil:: for being my first community management role models and giving me the courage to apply my first CM position. Josh Milligan:: for giving me a chance as a passionate gamer fresh out of college, despite my lack of marketing experience. Thanks, too, for the years of guidance and mentorship long after giving me that first chance. Ron Meiners:: for being my first manager and mentor in the game industry, as well as for being a happy sounding board for my academic musings. Mike Jeffress:: for your valuable (if joking) contributions during the conjuring of the idea for the Frag Doll team. Nate Mordo:: for founding the team with me in 2004, being our first brand manager, and believing in this idea long before anyone else could really take it seriously. Your friendship, support, and creativity were all crucial to the creation of what turned into an amazingly unique project. Michael Beadle:: for being our first and most cherished PR manager. Along with Nate, your …
September 16, 06:00 AM
“Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success None of us would get very far without the support of others, and I am no exception. I have been blessed with an incredible network of friends, family, and coworkers. This is my attempt to thank some of those who have helped me throughout my seven year journey with Ubisoft. **CREDITS** Ubisoft Cast Kurtis Buckmaster and Chris Mancil:: for being my first community management role models and giving me the courage to apply my first CM position. Josh Milligan:: for giving me a chance as a passionate gamer fresh out of college, despite my lack of marketing experience. Thanks, too, for the years of guidance and mentorship long after giving me that first chance. Ron Meiners:: for being my first manager and mentor in the game industry, as well as for being a happy sounding board for my academic musings. Mike Jeffress:: for your valuable (if joking) contributions during the conjuring of the idea for the Frag Doll team. Nate Mordo:: for founding the team with me in 2004, being our first brand manager, and believing in this idea long before anyone else could really take it seriously. Your friendship, support, and creativity were all crucial to the creation of what turned into an amazingly unique project. Michael Beadle:: for being our first and most cherished PR manager. Along with Nate, your …
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XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG: Rhoulette FD
GAMES I'M PLAYING
* Assassins Creed 2
* Dragon Age: Origins
* COD Modern Warfare 2
* Uncharted 2
* Borderlands
HEIGHT: 5'8"
EYES: Hazel
HAIR: Red & curly
LOCATION: Southern California
HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA
FAVORITE GENRES: MMORPG, RPG, Puzzle, and Action
FAVORITE GAMES: Shadowbane, EverQuest, Okami, Final Fantasy VII, Baldur's Gate 2, Guitar Hero, Sim City, WoW, Portal
FAVORITE SNACK: cheese , gummy bears, and dark chocolate
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Amaterasu from Okami
FAVORITE EMOTE: /raspberry
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!"
FAVORITE MUSIC: The Beatles, Air, David Bowie, Nick Drake, Santigold, Led Zeppelin, Bjork, Outkast, Tori Amos,
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: The Daily Show, The Family Guy, The Simpsons, House, The Office, True Blood, Charmed
FAVORITE BOOKS: Wheel of Time, Dune, LoTR, Ender's Game, Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, Snow Crash, Diamond Age
FAVORITE COLOR: Purple
FIRST GAME ADDICTION: Sim City 2000
FIRST CONSOLE: Sega Genesis
GREATEST MOMENT: Becoming one of Shadowbane's first Empresses
LONGEST SPREE: 30+ hours on EverQuest
OBSESSIONS: gardening, snowboarding, piano, reading, running, people watching, food, my cats
I HATE: An itchy nose, long lines, losing things, waking up before 8.
I LOOK LIKE: I've never had a tan in my life.
GAMES I'M PLAYING
* Assassins Creed 2
* Dragon Age: Origins
* COD Modern Warfare 2
* Uncharted 2
* Borderlands
HEIGHT: 5'8"
EYES: Hazel
HAIR: Red & curly
LOCATION: Southern California
HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA
FAVORITE GENRES: MMORPG, RPG, Puzzle, and Action
FAVORITE GAMES: Shadowbane, EverQuest, Okami, Final Fantasy VII, Baldur's Gate 2, Guitar Hero, Sim City, WoW, Portal
FAVORITE SNACK: cheese , gummy bears, and dark chocolate
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Amaterasu from Okami
FAVORITE EMOTE: /raspberry
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!"
FAVORITE MUSIC: The Beatles, Air, David Bowie, Nick Drake, Santigold, Led Zeppelin, Bjork, Outkast, Tori Amos,
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: The Daily Show, The Family Guy, The Simpsons, House, The Office, True Blood, Charmed
FAVORITE BOOKS: Wheel of Time, Dune, LoTR, Ender's Game, Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, Snow Crash, Diamond Age
FAVORITE COLOR: Purple
FIRST GAME ADDICTION: Sim City 2000
FIRST CONSOLE: Sega Genesis
GREATEST MOMENT: Becoming one of Shadowbane's first Empresses
LONGEST SPREE: 30+ hours on EverQuest
OBSESSIONS: gardening, snowboarding, piano, reading, running, people watching, food, my cats
I HATE: An itchy nose, long lines, losing things, waking up before 8.
I LOOK LIKE: I've never had a tan in my life.
Morgan Romine, better known as “Rhoulette” in the video game online community, epitomizes the complex super hero-like persona that her gamer-tag portrays: sophisticated, classy, educated and feminine while also a tech-head, “gamer geek” and no-nonsense former Pac-10 basketball player who has the ability to excel in multiple areas both professionally and personally.
Romine is currently a graduate student at the University of California, Irvine studying to get a PhD in cultural anthropology. She plans to research sociality in online communities, and is specifically interested in how achievement systems in online multiplayer videogames are designed and how they impact peoples’ lives both in and out of the game. Her background as a community manager for Ubisoft and experience as a Frag Doll provide a strong foundation for understanding online cultural phenomena.
Romine helped found and build Ubisoft’s all-girl gaming team, the Frag Dolls and as captain of the team, she serves as spokesperson, gamer, road manager, and liaison between the team and Ubisoft. In 2006 she was named one of the game industry’s Top 100 Most Influential Women by www.next-gen.biz for her work with the Frag Dolls, and again named one of The Most Influential Women in Tech by www.FastCompany.com in 2009.
Although Romine’s tenure in the video game industry began after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, she’s no ‘n00b’ to video games. She started out playing video games when she was six years old and she’s been playing ever since, with online games as her current passion. In fact, her introduction to Ubisoft was through their MMORPG title, Shadowbane, where she led a clan of more than 200 players. Currently she is playing games like World of Warcraft, Assassin’s Creed 2, Dragon Age:Origins, Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Romine is excited about the continued growth of the video game industry and how women will play an integral role as gamers and within the business itself.
