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Ryan K. Rigney
a16z speedrun 🧊
@RKRigney
talking to founders / marketing partner on a16z @speedrun
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Jul 1, 2024
    >be a small/midsize studio >make a game that sells for $39.99 >It sells ~15 million copies >gross nearly half a billi on Steam alone >like $4m per employee >daily peak ccu still at 45k >guy with a Joker Garfield avi goes viral for suggesting you have failed MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Oct 29, 2021
    On leaving one of the best teams in the games industry
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Mar 8, 2024
    Clapping back at angry gamers on Reddit as a dev is always so tempting but you basically need to roll nat 20s on persuasion and humor to pull it off successfully. Many a good dev has fallen in the attempt. Godspeed to the helldivers team
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    Maxine loves Erika very very much ! ! !
    @MadMaxnie
    Mar 7, 2024
    i love these developers so fucking much dude, fuck the haters, this owns
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Oct 2, 2023
    gamer lawyer brought the 2070ti asus laptop with the blue underglow to the court hearing
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Sep 11, 2024
    We're making a 40 player platform fighter battle royale. BUT we might not actually ship it. We're playtesting in public to find out whether we should. This isn't rhetoric—we're serious. If you love it, we double down. If not, we icebox it. NA playtest starts Friday on Steam.
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    Odyssey Interactive
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    Sep 11, 2024
    We're doing something a little crazy.
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Oct 4, 2024
    Paraphrased from Jason Schreier's incredible new book, PLAY NICE: The story of the time Blizzard fired a guy named Andy
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Sep 11, 2024
    If you are a content creator who likes platform fighters, DM me. We're doing a creator preview event for Byte Breakers TONIGHT and TOMORROW NIGHT. Be the first to play and get footage before we open the doors more widely.
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Sep 13, 2022
    Replying to @HisWattson
    Tweeting the phrase "I hate [a specific dev's name]" is calling down harassment on a specific dev. Hope this helps! (Disclaimer: I am no longer a Respawn employee, but even if I were I'd still be hitting you with this 🤡)
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Jul 1, 2024
    Replying to @RKRigney
    By this same logic Palworld has "lost 95% of its players" It's the #13 top-grossing game in the history of Steam #12 highest-grossing Steam game is Helldivers 2 btw lol CCU is less important than sales for non-F2P games
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Apr 16, 2022
    Whenever journalists mention League of Legends in a news story they always pick the most out-of-date and hideous screenshot of the game possible. I’m convinced this is an intentional running joke and that all media is in on it
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Oct 29, 2021
    Replying to @discord
    It's called Reddit
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Jan 10, 2022
    Crypto people don’t understand why the gamers are being mean to them, which is actually the first step toward becoming a real game developer.
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Apr 16, 2025
    Replying to @PersonthePerso2
    i kinda can't believe the framerate too, like the animations are so smooth
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    Ryan K. Rigney
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    Sep 23, 2022
    Steam reviewers know exactly why we don't have text chat
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