Revisions for post #13109

<p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">I style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Surprisingly, there's a quite a handful. <span style="color:#8e44ad"><strong>Guido, Craban, Mercutio, Chayenne, Knightmare, Grimrath, and Solkrin were all Tibia players first before they were Cipsoft employees.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">I mentioned present and former Cipsoft employees in my answer because they still count as they helped shape Tibia for what a great game it's worth today.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Please see my sources below for additional information-</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&amp;name=Knightmare">Knightmare</a></strong><span style="color:#3a3a3a">&nbsp;was one of the first Tibian players and is known for helping&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">CipSoft</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;over helping&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft">CipSoft</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">&nbsp;over many years as a&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemaster"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">gamemaster</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, a&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemaster">gamemaster</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">, map developer,&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Quest"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">quest</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;designer, developer,&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Quest">quest</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">&nbsp;designer, and later, officially hired in CipSoft. During&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_15th_Anniversary"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Tibia's 15</span>^{<span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span>}</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_20th_Anniversary"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">20</span>^{<span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span>}<span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;Anniversaries</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, During&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_15th_Anniversary">Tibia's 15^th</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_20th_Anniversary">20^th&nbsp;Anniversaries</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">, an NPC named&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Knightmare_(NPC)"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;appeared in-game.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Source:&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members">https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members</a></span></p><p>I named&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Knightmare_(NPC)">Knightmare</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a">&nbsp;appeared in-game.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Source:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members">https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">I found an article where the graphics artists used to work with external artists, however they remain unnamed and I guess not officially apart of the Cipsoft team:</p><blockquote><p><span style="background-color:#fff2db; color:#5a2800; font-family:Verdana,Arial,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Moreover, team:</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#5a2800">Moreover, Jan is also working with a few very gifted external artists, some of whom are former Tibia players, who have been contributing sprites to Tibia since its early days.</span></p></blockquote><p>Source:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630">https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630</a>&nbsp;</p>days.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Source:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630">https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630</a> </span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">In 1999, Steve, Stephan, and Durin got to know Guido through a common real life friend. As it turned out, Guido already had a character in Tibia and played the game in his spare time. They had some fruitful conversations about Tibia and its future development. Guido, being a physicist with a strong analytic mind, immediately sensed great opportunities for the whole project. He was so intrigued by Cipsoft :)&nbsp;</span></p><blockquote><p><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&amp;name=Knightmare"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a></strong><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;was what he heard about it that he joined the god team and started out as a game content designer helping to expand the game world and to create monsters and items.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">It grew to an enterprise with more than 50 employees, many of whom had been hired directly from the player community like Craban, Mercutio, Chayenne, Knightmare was hired or Grimrath. Solkrin, also being a former community member himself, was the very first employee at CipSoft. No, he did not start out as a programmer or a designer. Solkrin was hired for doing customer support! He joined in 2003.&nbsp;</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Source:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=1044"> https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=1044</a></span></span><br>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">I know Knightmare was hired by Cipsoft :) I'm going to try to see if there were any other players hired by Cipsoft but for right now this is the only one :)&nbsp;</span></p><blockquote><p><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&amp;name=Knightmare"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a></strong><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;was one of the first Tibian players and is known for helping&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft" title="CipSoft" class="mw-redirect" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">CipSoft</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;over many years as a&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemaster" title="Gamemaster" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemaster"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">gamemaster</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, map developer,&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Quest" title="Quest" class="mw-redirect" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Quest"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">quest</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;designer, and later, officially hired in CipSoft. During&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_15th_Anniversary" title="Tibia's 15th Anniversary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_15th_Anniversary"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Tibia's 15</span><sup style="border:0px; font-size:11px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:0; margin:0px; padding:0px"><span 15</span>^{<span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span>}</a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_20th_Anniversary" title="Tibia's 20th Anniversary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">20</span><sup style="border:0px; font-size:11px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:0; margin:0px; padding:0px"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_20th_Anniversary"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">20</span>^{<span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span>}<span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;Anniversaries</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, an NPC named&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Knightmare_(NPC)" title="Knightmare (NPC)" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Knightmare_(NPC)"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;appeared in-game.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Source:&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members</span></a></p>style="background-color:#ffffff">Source:&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members">https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members</a></span></p><p>I found an article where the graphics artists used to work with external artists, however they remain unnamed and I know.</span></p><blockquote><p><strong style="background-color:rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25); border:0px; color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&amp;name=Knightmare" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151);"><span guess not officially apart of the Cipsoft team:</p><blockquote><p><span style="background-color:#fff2db; color:#5a2800; font-family:Verdana,Arial,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Moreover, Jan is also working with a few very gifted external artists, some of whom are former Tibia players, who have been contributing sprites to Tibia since its early days.</span></p></blockquote><p>Source:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630">https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&amp;id=630</a>&nbsp;</p>

I <p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">I know Knightmare was hired by Cipsoft :) I'm going to try to see if there were any other players hired by Cipsoft but for right now this is the only one I know.know.</span></p><blockquote><p><strong style="background-color:rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25); border:0px; color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&amp;name=Knightmare" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a></strong><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;was one of the first Tibian players and is known for helping&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft" title="CipSoft" class="mw-redirect" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">CipSoft</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;over many years as a&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemaster" title="Gamemaster" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">gamemaster</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, map developer,&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Quest" title="Quest" class="mw-redirect" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">quest</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;designer, and later, officially hired in CipSoft. During&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_15th_Anniversary" title="Tibia's 15th Anniversary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Tibia's 15</span><sup style="border:0px; font-size:11px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:0; margin:0px; padding:0px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span></sup></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Tibia%27s_20th_Anniversary" title="Tibia's 20th Anniversary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">20</span><sup style="border:0px; font-size:11px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:0; margin:0px; padding:0px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">th</span></sup><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;Anniversaries</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">, an NPC named&nbsp;</span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Knightmare_(NPC)" title="Knightmare (NPC)" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(53, 25, 151); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(225, 156, 85, 0.25);"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Knightmare</span></a><span style="color:#3a3a3a; font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">&nbsp;appeared in-game.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color:#ffffff">Source:&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members"><span style="background-color:#ffffff">https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/CipSoft_Members</span></a></p>

I know Knightmare was hired by Cipsoft :) I'm going to try to see if there were any other players hired by Cipsoft but for right now this is the only one I know.