Emily Diehl Leaving ArenaNet

Please wish Emily all the best!

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Take care, everyone!

Hello everyone,

Since I’ve worked closely with many of you on this site, I wanted to let you know that my last day at ArenaNet will be this Friday, November 19. Starting next week, I’ll be heading over to join my friends at Undead Labs, working on their unnamed zombie game.

For folks that know me, it’s no secret how much I love horror stuff. The first movie I ever remember seeing was Night of the Living Dead (when I was four), and I’ve been obsessed with horror ever since. I love Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 with a passion, but in this case, having the privilege to work on a zombie title is fulfilling a lifelong dream of mine.

I’ve truly loved my time here on the ArenaNet team. It’s been almost five years for me, and it’s been an honor to work alongside of so many awesome people – both in the studio and across the community. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Guild Wars 2 will be incredible, and that you guys will continue to make the Guild Wars 2 Wiki the definitive wiki resource for the game.

Take care,

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-- Emily Diehl (talk) 23:17, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

ah cool man ...enjoy !

BuhBye Emily

Enjoy your zombies

enjoy your passion. i am looking forward to that undead labs game.

Not that it may be better than Left 4 Dead, but good luck.

Goodbye and best wishes, Emily. You've been a great help to ArenaNet and the GW community in every way.

goodbye and have good times at wherever you will go in life, after Anet, after Undead Labs, after anything

thanks for the times you were with us in Anet, i hope you'll get more fun at your next workplace

You will be missed zombie lover.

Another Anet employee leaving for Undead Labs

/sadface

*shake fist at Undead Labs*

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I think I took the wrong meds....another leaving?

wow, just wow

but yeah, good luck in your future endeavors......

I know arenanet is shitty, but there's no way a tiny gmaing company making a shitty zombie game could be better =\

Farewell, Emily - enjoy your zombipocalypse.

^ Anet started as a tiny gaming company making a shitty fantasy MMO (look at the 2003 alpha video).

Undead Labs seems to be gathering many of the key people that made Guild Wars possible, so I wouldn't dismiss whatever they are working on so lightly.

But yeah, the Guild Wars franchise does seem to be losing everybody that made Guild Wars what it is, sadface time.

Goodluck with your zombies Emily, hopefully your face won't be chewed off in a tragic beta testing accident.

i would too .

Anet != Anet anymore..good luck!

I'd imagine she's on her toes with that new series "The Walking Dead". I've watched the first two episodes, and it's by far the best TV show I've ever seen. Bye, Emily Diehl. You probably won't be missed by the fans so much [because we hardly ever interacted with you], but you may be missed dearly by your co-workers and close friends. I wish you well on your endeavors either way.

Really? Well good luck! For me zombies old hat, been there done that.

The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (Borderlands) for me already did all of the zombie monster mash I will ever want. Left4Dead looks like too much work.

Painkiller Black Edition has good pacing, more variety than just zombies.

The ideal game would be Hellgate London as it should have been. But that idea has already eaten one development studio.

But if you think they've found a niche where they can attract players and make money, go for it!

necrophilia?

j/k,,, but yea have fun with your zombies. personally probabley wont buy the zombie game.. but gl nevertheless