Cyril Pasteau

Current

Orange Games Community Management Team Leader at Goa Games Services Ltd

Past

French Editorial Content Writer at Goa Games Services Ltd.
Content writer at France Telecom / GOA
Editor in Chief, Backstab and Fantasy.rpg magazines at Darwin Project

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Education

Celsa
Université Paris X Nanterre
Passy-Buzenval

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Cyril Pasteau’s Summary

My studies in history and journalism in the Sorbonne university taught me to pay attention and to get to the bottom of things.

After some time in mainstream journalism, I embarked in the adventure gaming industry as the editor-in-chief of a French roleplaying games magazine called Backstab, where I previously used to write scenarios and game aids. I also used to freelance with a number of publishers of rpg books. This position gave me the chance to broaden my knowledge of games and gameplay of all kinds.

I then joined Goa Games, the European online games company publishing in Europe both MMOs (Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning) and free-to-play games. I took part in the writing of many items including a version of the WAR manual and the UI texts of multiple websites, plus many background stories. Later, I took the helm of the community management team for the Chaîne Jeux Orange, the French casual games portal.

Cyril Pasteau’s Specialties:

- Writing background, scenarios, short stories, manuals, news pieces;

- research;

- hierarchizing and articulating information;

- localization from English to French;

- collaborative processes and software;

- focus on MMOs and pen-and-paper roleplaying games, with in-depth knowledge of boardgames, card games and other computer games.

Cyril Pasteau’s Experience

Orange Games Community Management Team Leader

Goa Games Services Ltd

(Computer Games industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

- fostering the growth of a team of community managers in demanding circumstances
- establishing fruitful relationships with teammates, partners and players
- effective and quick reporting of community and technical issues
- conception and development of a knowledge base to ensure long-term relevance and coherence
- conflict-solving and animation in a chatroom-based community
- customer support-related functions (abuse reports)
French Editorial Content Writer

Goa Games Services Ltd.

(Computer Games industry)

September 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 7 months)

- writing of background stories, news articles, game aids, user interface texts, etc.
- proofreading
- occasional localization work
- work on Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, plus focus on free-to-play games: Pangya, Gunbound, Kart n' Crazy, Warrior Epic, League of Legends, plus undisclosed games
- collaboration with multiple teams in an international environment
Content writer

France Telecom / GOA

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

- Writing of background stories, news articles, game aids, user interface texts, press releases, etc.
- Work on Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Pangya and Gunbound
Editor in Chief, Backstab and Fantasy.rpg magazines

Darwin Project

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

September 2002 — August 2005 (3 years )

- Management of a team of freelance writers and artists
- Organization of the content within a magazine
- Writing of articles about culture, games (including reviews), game support content (20+ TRPG scenarios), on a broad range of topics
- Contacts with publishers (French and international adventure gaming industry)
- Experience of international gaming conventions, in front of and behind the booth (GenCon, Essen Spiel, GTS, Origins, French Salon du Jeu)
- Experience of license-related issues

Cyril Pasteau’s Education

Celsa

Maîtrise , Sciences de l'information et de la communication, option Journalisme , 1999 — 2001
Université Paris X Nanterre

Maîtrise , Histoire , 1997 — 1999
Passy-Buzenval