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United States4796 Posts
Exclusive Interview with Dustin Browder Pre SC2-Release
"No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game."
I had a chance to interview Dustin Browder over MSN the other day. This is my transcript of that interview.
DivinO: As the StarCraft 2 release date draws closer, is there anything you would like us to specifically pay attention to?
DB: We're not seeing a lot of beta players pay attention to the fact that there's a sexy spaceship moving about in the beta login screen. We want to direct players' attention to that and perhaps develop viable strategies around said spaceship moving about.
DivinO: How did you feel about the balance of micro and macro in the game?
DB: If you want to be macro player in StarCraft 2 you certainly can. With additional support for macro in the form of MBS,
automine, easy rally point and 1a2a3a mechanics, the macro game has been made a whole lot easier. We believe macro players will be able to harness this to play more exciting macro games.
DivinO: What about micro games? I'm sure many micro-oriented players are interested in what StarCraft 2 has to offer them in terms of micro action.
DB: Would you like a beta key? I know you don't have one.
DivinO: Yes please.
DB: Moving on.
DivinO: What do you think is the biggest regret you had during the design and development process?
DB: My personal biggest regret was the scrapping of the Xel'Naga race. In development we had three races to work with, Xel'Naga, Terran, and Zerg. At one point, however, it became apparent to us that Protoss had to be in the game. What many gamers don't know is that the race they love was actually an error and was inserted into StarCraft 1 by an amateur-level programmer. The error was unable to be smoothed out by release time and artwork and storylines were retroactively fitted to accomodate this issue.
DivinO: So what you're telling me is you couldn't get protoss removed from the game?
DB: No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game. Instead we will hope to slowly phase it out in the next two expansions. In the second expansion, Heart of the Swarm, we hope to make only half of the current protoss units playable while introducing a Xel'Naga race. In Legacy of the Void we hope to cut Protoss off completely, as well as to put several shiny jewels onto the packaging so as to distract the former protoss fans from remembering their favorite race ever existed.
DivinO: That's all the time we have. Thanks for the interview, Mr. Browder.
DB: Always a pleasure. How much do you have on sAviOr's next match?
* Divino has signed off *
  
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hahaha, this is pretty epic i must say
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On April 12 2010 14:56 haruharu wrote:
is this a joke?
definitely not
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Hah, had me going until the sAviOr thing.
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
Hahahaaha so good
EDIT: definitely beta key worthy
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On April 12 2010 15:03 Little-Chimp wrote:
I laughed.
I cried.
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DivinO: So what you're telling me is you couldn't get protoss removed from the game?
DB: No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game. Instead we will hope to slowly phase it out in the next two expansions. In the second expansion, Heart of the Swarm, we hope to make only half of the current protoss units playable while introducing a Xel'Naga race. In Legacy of the Void we hope to cut Protoss off completely, as well as to put several shiny jewels onto the packaging so as to distract the former protoss fans from remembering their favorite race ever existed.
One can dream, right? :D
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Osaka27149 Posts
hahaha
DivinO: That's all the time we have. Thanks for the interview, Mr. Browder.
DB: Always a pleasure. How much do you have on sAviOr's next match?
Too soon >< My poor heart will never mend.
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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United States10328 Posts
On April 12 2010 15:08 vlaric wrote:
Hah, had me going until the sAviOr thing.
"No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game."
idk this was pretty suspicious man
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too obvious, better luck next time.
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Osaka27149 Posts
On April 12 2010 15:25 pheus wrote:
too obvious, better luck next time.
Aren't you clever. Here is a hint, it wasn't meant to be subtle.
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United States7166 Posts
lol slowly phasing protoss out of the game
well done
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No love for Protoss  (
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hahaha
very cool ^_^ i love how ppl are so touchy about this game they dont even recognize hilarious >_<
i dig it though 
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On April 12 2010 15:08 vlaric wrote:
Hah, had me going until the sAviOr thing.
lmao
anyway, shiny things! 
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I like how you were the one to cut him off, not the other way around.
GG!
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is awesome32274 Posts
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Hahahaha, this was hilarious.
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Didnt even doubt it until Savior question lol
If anyone who is happy about the scandals, its gotta be Blizzard, since this scandal will weaken the Kespa in someway and Blizzard can gain the upper hand.
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I don't like shit like this, not funny enough for completely made up stuff.
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On April 12 2010 15:08 vlaric wrote:
Hah, had me going until the sAviOr thing.
Honestly? lol
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
On April 12 2010 17:26 niteReloaded wrote:
I don't like shit like this, not funny enough for completely made up stuff.
;_;
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On April 12 2010 17:26 niteReloaded wrote:
I don't like shit like this, not funny enough for completely made up stuff.
I laughed, so I guess it indeed is funny enough.
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Thought this was the same interview as the one in the SC2 section.
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On April 12 2010 15:59 IntoTheWow wrote:
LOL
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I lol'd the moment I read "No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game.".
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On April 12 2010 19:04 lolaloc wrote:
I lol'd the moment I read "No, we will not be removing Protoss from the game.".
Haha, same here. Gotta love these "interviews".
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pretty funny 
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lol, for a moment there i actually thought there was going to be a new race switch.
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wow i lol so hard, nice job man XD
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Can't wait for the shiny jewels on the box.
Post 500 at 00:00, woot, I'm a Firebat.
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haha not a bad effort! =)
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haha the savior thing cracked me up because it was so out of the blue
and i want to change my race to xel-naga
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Nice, I wonder what Dustin Browder thinks of this though
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United States4796 Posts
On April 13 2010 07:45 Foucault wrote:
Nice, I wonder what Dustin Browder thinks of this though
Willing to bet/hope he doesn't read it. >.>
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eh, it was ok. Could have been funnier
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