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Tom Chilton
Tom Chilton (aliases Kalgan and Evocare[1]) is a Lead Game Designer currently working on Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG World of Warcraft, the world's largest MMORPG in terms of monthly subscribers[2]. With Rob Pardo and Jeffrey Kaplan, he was one of three Lead Designers on World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade[3], the fastest selling PC game of all time[4]. He is currently working on the second expansion: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
He previously worked as a Lead Designer for Origin Systems on MMORPG Ultima Online.[5] He is credited with three Ultima Online expansions: Ultima Online: Third Dawn, Ultima Online: Lord Blackthawn's Revenge and Ultima Online: Age of Shadows. He left Origin Systems in 2004 after Electronic Arts disbanded the studio. He joined Blizzard Entertainment to work on World of Warcraft and was on a team of six Game Designers.[6]
Tom Chilton has made appearances at Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon 2005 and BlizzCon 2007 events. At BlizzCon 2005, he was on the developer panels for discussions about character classes, dungeon creation, raids, and battlegrounds. At BlizzCon 2007, he was on the developer panels for discussions about classes, PvP, user interface and mods, and professions and items.
Tom Chilton's tenure as a World of Warcraft designer has not been without controversy. Some players have suggested that he uses an unfair bias when assessing class balance. See "Kalganism" Controversy.
Many also believe that Chilton is in the process of systematically destroying World of Warcraft[citation needed] , via a modus operandi he first established with the Age of Shadows expansion that led to the demise of Ultima Online.[7] [8]
References
- ^ Tom Chilton. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Gamasutra - World Of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ WoW -> Info -> Burning Crusade Credits. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Gamasutra - World Of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ MobyGames - Tom Chilton. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ WoW -> Info -> Classic Credits. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Howitzer's farewell thread deleted. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Introducing your final Tier 7 raid boss: Tom Chilton.. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.