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[[File:John Pritchett Meet the Devs 2015-05-19.jpg|thumb|'''John Pritchett''' on [[Meet the Devs]] in 2015-05-19]]

'''John "Zyrain" Pritchett''' was a Senior Physics Programmer in [[StarCitizen:CIG Los Angeles]]. He worked in CIG from November 2013<ref name="meetthedev">[https://youtu.be/rxx5jYp9DzY Meet the Devs: John Pritchett]{{trx|url=meet-devs-john-pritchett}}</ref> to June 2018.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=spectrum/community/SC/forum/50259/thread/ifcs-q-a/1286733|text=John Pritchett's comment on his leave}}</ref>

== Work at CIG ==
He was the main contributor to the various spacecraft flight simulation components, including the [[StarCitizen:Intelligent Flight Control System]] (IFCS) and the [[StarCitizen:Gravlev]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=spectrum/community/SC/forum/50259/thread/ifcs-q-a|text=IFCS Q&A}}</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/2cAzagggfHA?t=12m28s Calling All Devs - Everything Flight Control and More]</ref> He had been working remotely from his house in Kansas City. In 2018-06-29, he left CIG because CIG needed to bring IFCS in house, and he was not able to relocate to CIG Los Angeles or [[StarCitizen:Foundry 42 Manchester]] to continue to manage IFCS. The development of IFCS was handed over to [[StarCitizen:David Colson]] in F42 Manchester.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/8uz4ur/jp_leaving/e1jbs4x John Pritchett's comment on relocation on the Facebook group]. Archived 2018-06-29 on Reddit</ref> In 2018-07-01, two days after John left CIG, an anonymous review from a Senior Physics Programmer was posted on Glassdoor.<ref>[https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Cloud-Imperium-Games-RVW21287837.htm Anonymous review on Glassdoor]</ref> It was later confirmed by John on his Facebook that it was a fake review to impersonate him.<ref>[https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/05/former-star-citizen-dev-refutes-fake-glassdoor-review-made-by-troll-on-his-behalf/ Former Star Citizen dev refutes fake Glassdoor review made by troll on his behalf], https://massivelyop.com/, July 5, 2018</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/Jsd7M2Fas5A FAKE NEWS - John Pritchett Speaks Out]</ref>

== Trivia ==
* He was the co-author of {{WP|ref=no|Trade_Wars|text=TradeWars 2002 series}}.<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* He received an e-mail from someone in the TradeWars community saying that [[StarCitizen:Pete Mackay]] had mentioned the TW2002 as an influence for him in the development of the Star Citizen's economy. He looked into SC and found out it is a [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts]] game, so he contacted Pete and applied for the physics programmer position.<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* He played [[StarCitizen:Wing Commander (series)|Wing Commander]] during college and wanted to apply to [[StarCitizen:Origin Systems]].<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* His favorite movie is Star Wars.<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* His favorite video game is {{WP|ref=no|Cyber_Sled|text=CyberSled}}.<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* His favorite ship in Star Citizen is the [[StarCitizen:Constellation]] because it was the first big ship that he did with the team, and it was really impressive to him, that he got to work with [[StarCitizen:Ryan Church]].<ref name="meetthedev"/>
* He was the first person to fly the Constellation in game.<ref name="meetthedev"/>

== See also ==
* [https://youtu.be/rxx5jYp9DzY Meet the Devs: John Pritchett]{{trx|url=meet-devs-john-pritchett}}
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1poxfPYfm32r84G4WWWJ6uK-rU6ijl85g/view IFCS and Flight Physics - Star Citizen 3.2 document]

== References ==
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