Tom Kirby - Revision history

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Press announcement and quotes from the man himself

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	The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management). He is generally regarded as a breath of fresh air for an organization drowning in an ocean of bad ideas and has put GW on a more customer-focused footing.		The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management). He is generally regarded as a breath of fresh air for an organization drowning in an ocean of bad ideas and has put GW on a more customer-focused footing.

	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby was a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.

	He is now gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He remained consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]], and the company is now [[Horus\|completely rid of him]].		He is now gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He remained consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]], and the company is now [[Horus\|completely rid of him]].

			===The Press Announcement===
			One of the best insights of how much of an asshole he was can be found in the press announcement he made one year prior to his dismissal as CEO, trying to do pathetic damage control to excuse the massive losses the company was suffering. More importantly, plenty of comments made by kirby denounce his douchebagginess and are proof of how incompetent and poor his leadership was

			[[File:Tom Kirby 2013-14-Press-statement-final-website.pdf\|thumb\|left\|Read and laugh]]
			====Highlights:====
			{{topquote\|Games Workshop has had a really good year.\|Opening statement right after showing how profits plummeted}}
			{{topquote\|We recruit for attitude and not for skill.\|Explaining how he was appointed}}
			{{topquote\|All niche market customers are like that. It is what defines the niche — quality above price.\|He introduced [[finecast]]}}
			{{topquote\|We do no demographic research, we have no focus groups, we do not ask the market what it wants. These things are otiose in a niche\| Probably his most infamous quote}}
			{{topquote\|Ignore everything that (does) not lead to 'insanely great products\|Prophetic of how they were going to drop [[Warhammer Fantasy\|Fantasy]] in favor of the more marketeable and accessible [[Age of Sigmar]]}}
	[[Category:Games Workshop]]		[[Category:Games Workshop]]

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	He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.		He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.

			It's worth noting some good things did come out of the first part of Kirby's GW management career, notably the meteoric rise of [[Warhammer 40,000]] and the company's survival during the [[/v/\| early digital age]] that laid low most of its competitors. Games Workshop's subsequent descent into arrogance and stagnation during his extended tenure says much about the perils of one guy calling the shots for too long. Kind of like the Imperium of {{BLAM}} {{BLAM\|The Emperor protects! His is the best of all possible galaxies!}}

	'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby stepped down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus it looked like anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This entailed some [[rage]] and [[butthurt]] from [[neckbeards]] denied an interview. (While it's fair since he is presumably looking for people with GOOD attitudes, not rage-filled snowflakes, that depends on how he defines "GOOD"). It was said among fans that a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife would probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.		'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby stepped down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus it looked like anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This entailed some [[rage]] and [[butthurt]] from [[neckbeards]] denied an interview. (While it's fair since he is presumably looking for people with GOOD attitudes, not rage-filled snowflakes, that depends on how he defines "GOOD"). It was said among fans that a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife would probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.

	The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).		The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management). He is generally regarded as a breath of fresh air for an organization drowning in an ocean of bad ideas and has put GW on a more customer-focused footing.

	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.

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	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.

	He is now ~~basically~~ gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He remained consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]], and the company is now [[Horus\|completely rid of him]].		He is now gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He remained consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]], and the company is now [[Horus\|completely rid of him]].

	[[Category:Games Workshop]]		[[Category:Games Workshop]]

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:4816:CD74:9731:B1AE at 18:22, 23 July 2020

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	He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.		He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.

	'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby ~~will be stepping~~ down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors ~~has~~ decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This ~~likely entails the coming of a sea of~~ [[rage]] and [[butthurt]]~~, as thousands of~~ [[neckbeards]] ~~are~~ denied an interview. (~~Probably correctly,~~ since he is presumably looking for people with GOOD attitudes, not rage-filled snowflakes.~~) If~~ a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife ~~will~~ probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.		'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby stepped down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus it looked like anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This entailed some [[rage]] and [[butthurt]] from [[neckbeards]] denied an interview. (While it's fair since he is presumably looking for people with GOOD attitudes, not rage-filled snowflakes, that depends on how he defines "GOOD"). It was said among fans that a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife would probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.

	The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).		The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).
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	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.

	He is now basically gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He~~'ll remain a~~ consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]].		He is now basically gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He remained consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]], and the company is now [[Horus\|completely rid of him]].

	[[Category:Games Workshop]]		[[Category:Games Workshop]]

85.210.153.187 at 21:08, 6 October 2018

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	He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.		He continues GW's quest to make Warhammer as unplayable as possible and be as much of a dick to the devoted fanbase as possible. His reward thus far has been a company rapidly trending downward towards dissolution and irrelevance, or at least that's what people have been saying since about 1993. There's a recurring theme of the media calling him a straight-talking person followed by him giving nothing but vague and/or evasive replies when he speaks, making it some kind of media in-joke.

	'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby will be stepping down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors has decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This likely entails the coming of a sea of [[rage]] and [[butthurt]], as thousands of [[neckbeards]] are denied an interview. If a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife will probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.		'''Update:''' As of January 1st, 2015, Tom Kirby will be stepping down as CEO of Games Workshop[http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chairmans-Preamble-2014.pdf]. The company's board of directors has decided to use Tom Kirby's [[Derp\|"we recruit for attitude and not for skill"]] logic in order to find their next CEO, thus anyone interested in the position merely needs to apply for it. This likely entails the coming of a sea of [[rage]] and [[butthurt]], as thousands of [[neckbeards]] are denied an interview. (Probably correctly, since he is presumably looking for people with GOOD attitudes, not rage-filled snowflakes.) If a suitable candidate cannot be found, Tom Kirby's wife will probably take his seat as CEO. Yeah.

	The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).		The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).

1d4chan>NathanielPrime at 03:16, 13 August 2018

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	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.

	He is now basically gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He'll remain a consultant for 12 months before being replaced.		He is now basically gone, stepping down after GW released their 2016-17 financial reports that showed massive profit increases under Rountree. He'll remain a consultant for 12 months before being [[Blam\|replaced]].

	[[Category:Games Workshop]]		[[Category:Games Workshop]]

1d4chan>NathanielPrime: That paragraph is no longer needed... thankfully.

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That paragraph is no longer needed... thankfully.

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	The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).		The new CEO is named [[Kevin Rountree]], who used to be their COO, and before that, their CFO (and before that, middle management).

	Kirby may be stepping down, but he is STILL THERE. Thus, his opinion will hold considerable sway when choosing a new CEO. And naturally, most of the people working in the management of GW have already been corrupted by his influence... It is unlikely anything will actually change with the new CEO. (well that turned out to be untrue thankfully)

	Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.		Bottom line, Tom Kirby is a typical douchenozzle, next financial quarter thinker type, in an industry that thrives first on genuine creativity and imagination. He only cares about leeching the phenomenon the great Ian Livingstone created.