Chad Verrall

Thanks to Privateer and everyone there I’ve achieved the lifelong career dream of becoming a professional game designer, something that I will continue to do for as long as I’m capable.

Then there’s the community of players itself, those beautiful lunatics. I have never been embraced so quickly and so strongly by a group of “strangers” in my life.

While my professional talents were honed by the mentors I had at the company, my passion for this industry was increased tenfold by the players as their endless enthusiasm reverberated with mine.

I’ve never felt like just a game designer thanks to the community. I’ve always felt like I was still that Press Ganger back in Louisiana, still playing the game and showing it off to everyone I could.

Everyday at work, every decision I made, I always had the community in mind, always trying to figure out what would make people have fun.

Privateer, both the people behind the scenes and its players, have always been good to me. I truly hope that I shared that love and respect back with everyone, to show how deeply grateful I am.

All I can say, is simply, thank you to everyone for the last decade. You’ve made my life better.

With that said, the time has come to move to a different opportunity. I’m sure this is going to be a shock to some folks, and I don’t intend to go into the personal details behind why I decided to make this change.