MMORPG News - Top 20 People in MMOs

For what it is worth Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine has released its annual list of the most influential people in massively multiplayer online games for 2008. The first place is taken by Blizzard's Rob Pardo.

The complete list of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry:

• 1. Rob Pardo
• 2. Hilmar Pétursson
• 3. John Smedley
• 4. Jack Emmert
• 5. Mark Jacobs
• 6. Todd Coleman
• 7. Jim Crowley
• 8. Andrew Gower
• 9. Chris Cheung
• 10. Michael Capps
• 11. Raph Koster
• 12. Rob Seaver
• 13. Jeffrey Steefel
• 14. Russell Williams
• 15. Gaute Godager
• 16. Richard Garriott
• 17. Min Kim
• 18. Gordon Walton
• 19. David Perry
• 20. Jeff Hickman & Paul Barnett