Greeting everyone,

As some of you might already know the post for CM at Austin has been taken!
Charles Dane was the lucky person to get this job and from now on he will be responsible for supporting the North American Aion community.

To get to know him a little bit better I have decided to ask him a few questions in a form of a short interview. So here are his answers:


ORZ: Please introduce yourself to Aion Global readers.

kieron: My name is Charles “kieron” Dane and I am Aion’s Community Relations Manager.

ORZ: Why did you decide to work in the gaming industry?

kieron: To be honest, I never thought about the gaming industry as a career until the internal liaison for the Ultima Online Event Moderator program left for another opportunity. While I was in discussion with the team about the possibility of applying for his position, I was given an opportunity to interview for the EVE Community Manager position. It still amazes me that a hobby has turned into a career.

ORZ: How did you end up working with NCsoft?

kieron: After parting ways with CCP, I enjoyed a short vacation. Later, I saw the Community Relations Manager position for Aion was open and I applied. After a number of interviews and the normal HR process, I received an offer to join the team.

ORZ: What is your favourite NCsoft title and why?

kieron: I played City of Heroes the longest and enjoyed it immensely. However, I am going to say my new love is Aion. I have been on the test server exploring the game and I am constantly amazed by the graphics and music.

ORZ: I have read that you have experience in in-game event coordination, what events would you bring to Aion?

kieron: This depends on how large the community is. The larger the community, the less time I would have to devote to in-game events. However, I do have the event templates from earlier in my career with storylines that range from simple fetch and carry missions to event arcs spanning weeks or months. These could easily be passed along to

ORZ: PvE or PvP?

kieron: Depends on my mood, mostly PvE.

ORZ: Spells or melee?

kieron: Spells are my preference, but I like to be able to swing a blade when needed. Tank-mage 4tw!

ORZ: How do you spend your weekends?

kieron: If I am not out on one of the motorcycles, I am generally reading or watching a movie.

ORZ: Everyone has a favorite movie or a book in there mind, what is yours?

kieron: The Maturin/Aubrey series by Patrick O’Brien. If time travel were possible, the Napoleonic Age of Sail is one era I would want to visit.

ORZ: Got a hobby?

kieron: I have been training in Renaissance-era swordplay for the last four years and a student of Salvatore Fabris in particular.


Thank you for your answers kieron!


Tags: AION, Aion Tower of Eternity, Aion The Tower of Eternity.