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Stephan is the head of business administration, meaning he is responsible for finances, human resources and organisation. He is one of the creators of Tibia.
His full name is Stephan Payer (his previous surname was Börzsönyi), born on October 12, 1976 in Regensburg. When starting Tibia, he studied computer science with a minor in mathematics at the University of Passau. In the little free time he had left between his studies and Tibia, he played football or rode his bike. Originally, Stephan was responsible for the client programs (Windows and UNIX), the map and object editor, some modules in the server (map management, temporal effects), user support, and the homepage. [1]
In 2007, has has received an MBA title from the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg for his thesis "Macroeconomics of a Virtual World" concerning Tibia.[2]
Pantibian Festival
Stephan has attended the Pantibian Festival on May 18, 2022 along with other gods Guido, Durin and Steve, as well as Mirade and Tusius.
During the event gods played for about 45 minutes in each region across various obstacles along with invited or qualified players.
At the event Stephan was a level 3500 Elder Druid using the Summoner outfit and the following equipments:
- ^ [1] http://tibia.uni-passau.de/cipteam.html (November 1999)
- ^ [2] Thesis PDF