AION2 Japan Producer Bungee Jumps 215 Meters As Launch Prayer
The jump is a marketing stunt with a stated obligation attached: Hong says AION2 was promised to users on a livestream, which turns a producer's publicity gag into a debt the Japan operation now has to make good on.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Hong Jung-jin, Japan operations producer for the NC MMORPG AION2, jumped from a 215-meter bungee platform at Gifu Bungee in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture. He wore a wingsuit carrying the AION2 logo and shouted the game's name as he fell. Afterward he said his hands were still shaking and that he had kept a promise made to users on a livestream.
Hong Jung-jin, the Japan operations producer for the NC MMORPG AION2, traveled to Gifu Bungee in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, for the jump. Before stepping onto the platform he said he felt betrayed by operations director Kasamatsu, who was originally supposed to jump instead.
He described it as his first bungee jump and admitted to a fear of heights, comparing the drop unfavorably to throwing grenades during military service. On the count he went feet-first, shouting "AION2," and was winched back up afterward with his hands still shaking.
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