Rich "filthierich" Bantegui Leaves Namco Bandai Games
AAK ON Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9:50AM 
Today is the last day Filthierich will will be an employee at Namco Bandai Games. For almost 3 years Filthierich was the community manager for NBG with the essential task of accommodating the fans as much as possible with pure passion and enthusiasm. We as the FGC especially want to thank him for all he has done for Tekken, Soul Calibur, and every other NBG property and wish him the best for all future endeavors. His farewell message is posted below.
https://www.facebook.com/NamcoBandai/posts/10151621425680629
I’m posting to announce that today Friday May 31st, will be my last day at NAMCO BANDAI Games.
It’s been such an amazing 3 years learning, building, interacting and playing with all of you. I am having a lot of difficulty writing this message because there are so many thoughts and memories that come to mind as I summarize my time at NAMCO BANDAI. I will definitely miss my time here as I move on…
I was never given a “how to be a community manager” manual when I joined my team, but with the support of my peers and the community, we’ve painted this beautiful picture telling the world about the importance of the community. I am forever in debt to my peers and all of you for this amazing opportunity, and would like to thank you all.
Although this chapter of my career here has come to an end, I will always be a NAMCO BANDAI Games fan. This is simply the beginning of a new story in my life, and I promise that you will still hear of the crazy antics of “filthierich” in the world of gaming.
My love for games has brought me through this amazing journey, and with enough determination and passion, it can happen to you too. Our communities are strong, intelligent, and most of all passionate. We should continue to inspire each other, and never let the fun side of things wash away.
The next generation of gamers rest in our hands. Together we must grow our family, build and let passion, kindness and creativity drive us.
Rest assured there will be a new community manager that will come in to give all of you the latest news about your favorite NAMCO BANDAI games. In the meantime, please visit facebook.com/NamcoBandai and twitter.com/NAMCOGames pages for updates on your favorite games.
I hope all of you will extend your support to the next community manager as you have to me.
- Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui
Reader Comments (7)
Wow, I hope everything is all right. If he just wanted to pursue other opportunities, then best of luck to him.
RIP Filthy. I still remember thinking "who the hell is this guy?" watching you rocking Heihachi , seeing true skill, back in T5 not knowing anything about you on YT prior.
Thanks for staying true and legit all the way through and wish you luck for the future.
Just realized; jesus christ it would make me happy if Aris got to be community manager. Who else would be better? Between podcasts to talking to harada on his own and being the most popular commentator on streams. Shame the entire CC thing happened to fuck it up most probably but honestly - who would do a better job promoting tekken in the US?
namco would never hire aris, he is to rude and known for his bad language. for us player its funny but for a company its a no go.
Hate to see him go.
On a side note, does this mean Ancient Ogre will be fixed? I know he was the lead defender of "nothing's wrong with AO." Wondering if this move would lead to other changes too...
Got to agree with Ashes. Aris's reputation may come off as too vulgar for Namco to want to market him as CM. I say Maybe Bronson? to replace him. All in all I wish Filthy the best in his future endeavors
Hmm but whoever this successor is he will tank the bad responses for the already failed
TxSF.
I know why Rich is no longer there, I know! Because he told Namco to fix Lili! The
never-existed "“how to be a community manager” guide might have it prohibited.