StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick

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Benjamin "Loaf" Lesnick was the Director of Community Engagement and Content Strategy at StarCitizen:CIG Los Angeles.<ref name=":1">Ben Lesnick on LinkedIn</ref>

Work at CIG

He has known Chris Roberts since the late 90's, corresponding with him in his StarCitizen:Origin Systems and StarCitizen:Digital Anvil days, more and more when he was putting out the Wing Commander movie.<ref name=":0" />

His help was instrumental with the original website thanks to his experience running the WIng Commander Combat Information Center website.<ref>Inside Cloud Imperium Games . Behind the Community, Star Citizen, YouTube, May 2, 2014</ref>

He was one of Cloud Imperium's first employees in 2013.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite RSI</ref> He was also the host of various CIG-related shows, including StarCitizen:Wingman's Hangar, StarCitizen:Around the Verse, and StarCitizen:Reverse The Verse.Template:Fact Since May 2018, he has worked remotely from his home in Maryland.<ref>Ben Lesnick's tweet on working remotely from home</ref>

He never set out to work in games, he only ran the Wing Commander Combat Information Center out of his love for it, and would get calls from projects trying to bring back Wing Commander in various forms such as a TV serie to help with promises of a job if it worked, which he didn't expect to work out, until Star Citizen.<ref name=":0" /> He joined as [[StarCitizen::Category:Community manager|community manager]] thanks to his experience running the Wing Commander community.<ref>Star Citizen Addicts Anonymous - Interview with Sandi Gardiner pt 1, Nichole D'Angelo, YouTube, 2 Mar 2015</ref>

He left CIG in October 2022.<ref>"Lots of things but the big one was that wife’s mom passed away suddenly and we wanted to be home with family instead of relocating for a fourth time.[...]", @banditloaf.wcnews.com‬, Bluesky, Feb 18, 2025</ref><ref name=":1" />

Quote

"My favorite thing about Star Citizen is that we're making something people love the way I love Wing Commander! -Ben Lesnick<ref>"My favorite thing about Star Citizen is that we're making something people love the way I love Wing Commander!", @banditloaf, Twitter, May 12, 2017</ref>

Trivia

• Ben is known for his love for the Wing Commander series.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He is the cofounder of the Wing Commander Combat Information Center.<ref>"My name is Ben Lesnick, and I’m the co-founder of the Wing Commander Combat Information Center (WCNews.com.)" Preserve Wing Commander Academy! GoFundMe</ref>
• He invented StarCitizen:Ben Dance.
• He spent two years living in France due to his father working there for IBM.<ref>Star Citizen : The 1 year's TradTeam interview - VOSTFR, pulsar 42, YouTube, 15 Mar 2017</ref>
• He's the one who came up with the idea of creating a choose your own adventure and an airline to promote the Genesis Starliner.<ref>The Friday Night Show Interview: Jared Huckaby, The Base radio, October 17th, 2015</ref>
• Growing up he would play Space Vikings on Apple II with his familly.<ref name=":0">SCAA Interviews 001 Ben Lesnick, Nichole D'Angelo, YouTube, 1 Feb 2014</ref>
• He grew up watching Star Trek.<ref name=":0" />
• in 2006-2007 Electronic Arts did a Wing Commander Arena top down shooter for X-box live arcade for which Ben Lesnick did some lore, wrote the manual, and brought it in line with the Wing Commander continuity. There were plans for a Privateer DLC which did not come to fruition
• Greycat is named after Ben's cat Gray.<ref>"Star Citizen behind-the-scenes fact--here is the actual grey cat the buggy is named for", @banditloaf, Twitter, October 6 2013</ref>
• While they were working on the Endavor, Ben Lesnick learned that his Starship Troopers tattoo had been designed by StarCitizen:Jim Martin.<ref>"Jim Martin is an amazing talent and an incredibly nice person! Here he is when we were developing the Endeavor science ship for Star Citizen and we realized he had designed my tattoo:", @banditloaf, Twitter, Nov 27, 2020</ref>
• He's the husband of StarCitizen:Alexis Rittle

See also

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• StarCitizen:Ben Dance

References

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