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===<span id="9">Introducing Kory “Kor” Kirk – Portalarium’s New Web Developer!</span>===
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:''Starting a new position at Portalarium has been a lot of fun, and I have been learning a lot. It’s only my second week, but it feels like I have done so much here already. It seems to me that everyone who works here “wears different hats” depending on what is needed. Right now the only hats I have are “Web Developer” and “Bug Chris about Combat Imbalances.” One thing that I like about my job is that I am not bound by the monthly releases. I work on the web software, so don’t have to wait until release time to update our websites.<br><br>Our recent acquisition of SotAMap has fallen into my hands. I have been working to convert the original source code to a version we can easily maintain on our own servers. I am excited that we have control of this project now, as I have seen a lot of cool suggestions coming from the community about how to make it harder, better, faster and stronger.<br><br>Some community members have been asking me if I can still play the game like I was now that I am a developer – of course I can! I have been playing SotA since persistence, and transitioning from a community member to a developer has been interesting for me. Feel free to continue to treat me as a community member, because I will continue to be one. I will still be interacting on discord and the forums, playing my non-dev characters in game, and streaming SotA gameplay on Twitch!<br><br>Kory “Kor” Kirk<br>Senior Web Developer''

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