Relic recently hired Thunder to be the senior community manager. His background includes working for Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios. Here is a quicksnip from Planet COH’s post,
Thunder is a long-time RTS vet, having acted as community manager at both Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios in the past. He is also an experienced RTS player, even beating strategy game designer Brian Reynolds at Rise of Legends, the very game he developed. So you know that Thunder knows his RTS games!
Can’t wait to met him. I hope he can get past mission 6 in Homeworld.