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Kage
India788 Posts
I got a few (about 5 of them) with him playing all the three races. It was hard finding it but here you go if anyone's interested. Also if you have replays playing against him it'd be awesome to give them to me. Dayvie as zerg vs protoss Xelnaga Dayvie as protoss steppes of war dayvie as terran vs hyungjen lost temple dayvie as terran vs Murder Delta Quadrent Dayvie as Zerg in a 4v4 Cheers, Kage.   | ||
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Snowbear
Korea (South)1925 Posts
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SirGlinG
Sweden933 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:23 Dente wrote: It's not david kim afaik Dayvie is David Kim, I've never heard anything else until know. So please elaborate | ||
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sircuddles
Canada91 Posts
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Kage
India788 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:28 sircuddles wrote: This guy is obviously amazing, whoever he is it's weird that I never see him in any tournaments given his skill level. You'd think being the #1 Random player in the world you would be all over the place taking names. He's a tester for Blizzard so he can't compete in tournaments. It'd be great to see him play against the top 16 for blizzcon though.. | ||
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dcberkeley
Canada844 Posts
I've not seen the actual David Kim play but in the replay he says he's not, and he's not that good. | ||
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sircuddles
Canada91 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:30 Kage wrote: He's a tester for Blizzard so he can't compete in tournaments. It'd be great to see him play against the top 16 for blizzcon though.. I don't think it's ever been 100% confirmed that he is actually David Kim. Him not entering any tournaments certainly sways the argument, but people are on both sides of the fence regarding his identity. | ||
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SirGlinG
Sweden933 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:28 sircuddles wrote: This guy is obviously amazing, whoever he is it's weird that I never see him in any tournaments given his skill level. You'd think being the #1 Random player in the world you would be all over the place taking names. He's a blizzard employee, perhaps they don't want him competing since he's balanced the game and knows it from scratch. Although about his rank. He had higher score than players with more games won, more games played a while back So perhaps he's got a "special blizz account" which allows him to play on top levels to see the balance there | ||
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Kage
India788 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:31 dcberkeley wrote: Well I'm watching the replay and it's not that impressive... I've not seen the actual David Kim play but in the replay he says he's not, and he's not that good. I'm pretty sure these belong to david kim, he's not the best player in the world but a good random player and i wanted to see how he grouped different races. I'd like to see some dayvie replays that differ from this then if someone has it! | ||
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dcberkeley
Canada844 Posts
Not a replay though. | ||
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
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ZaaaaaM
Netherlands1828 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:35 dcberkeley wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0yX4k-MI2Y Not a replay though. 19 february 2010.. ugh  | ||
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Kage
India788 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:35 dcberkeley wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0yX4k-MI2Y&feature=player_embedded Not a replay though. Ya I have seen this in the beta. These are replays that have been posted with people confirming it is David Kim. His record is not flawless or superb, but he's sitting at rank 1 with random so that's got to amount for something now. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
Wasn't the player "Dayvie" confirmed to be David Kim in the beta? | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:32 SirGlinG wrote: He's a blizzard employee, perhaps they don't want him competing since he's balanced the game and knows it from scratch. Although about his rank. He had higher score than players with more games won, more games played a while back So perhaps he's got a "special blizz account" which allows him to play on top levels to see the balance there No tournament organizer is going to stop him from competing in their tournament. His employer might, though. | ||
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Crais
Canada2136 Posts
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Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
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Deleted User 47542
1484 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:46 Kiante wrote: yeah all the blizz employees cant participate in tournaments. AFAIK its becuase they could influence the game. Say they put in a really specific bug by hiding it in a patch, then exploit it to win a tournament...yeah That's the stupidest reasoning ever -_- | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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FindingPride
United States1001 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:53 Terranist wrote: doubt it's david kim. david was only good because he knew the game at a much more intimate level than anyone else in early beta, but now everyone has caught up with him. he would still b rly good. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
Really? Remember, he has to have a ladder account somewhere and he has to play all 3 races to be a balance designer. He also was very good at sc:bw so it would be extremely unlikely he wasn't an amazing sc2 player. | ||
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drewcifer
United States192 Posts
On September 06 2010 03:34 Slayer91 wrote: You can argue its not david kim, but its very hard to argue the converse. There is someone other than david kim that is a top RANDOM player but has not entered a SINGLE tournament. Really? uhhh yea? Why is that hard to imagine | ||
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Kyuki
Sweden1867 Posts
On September 06 2010 03:34 Slayer91 wrote: You can argue its not david kim, but its very hard to argue the converse. There is someone other than david kim that is a top RANDOM player but has not entered a SINGLE tournament. Really? Remember, he has to have a ladder account somewhere and he has to play all 3 races to be a balance designer. He also was very good at sc:bw so it would be extremely unlikely he wasn't an amazing sc2 player. word.. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:23 Dente wrote: It's not david kim yes it is. | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On September 06 2010 02:46 Kiante wrote: yeah all the blizz employees cant participate in tournaments. AFAIK its becuase they could influence the game. Say they put in a really specific bug by hiding it in a patch, then exploit it to win a tournament...yeah wtf? That doesnt make any sense. The balance testers are not coders. David Kim plays the game and suggests balance changes. He doesnt actually implement those changes. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
On September 06 2010 04:20 Mastermind wrote: wtf? That doesnt make any sense. The balance testers are not coders. David Kim plays the game and suggests balance changes. He doesnt actually implement those changes. Hence why he plays random. If he played protoss. It would be like.. "Hey one of the head balance testers of Starcraft 2 players protoss, must mean protoss will be getting the favored treatment, buffed, etc | ||
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PokePill
United States1048 Posts
On September 06 2010 04:20 Mastermind wrote: wtf? That doesnt make any sense. The balance testers are not coders. David Kim plays the game and suggests balance changes. He doesnt actually implement those changes. In my completely unfounded and speculative opinion: David Kim is by far the best player at Blizzard and if something is imbalanced at high level, it is most likely solely his fault since he's the only one who has any clue how the game plays at that skill level, and he has a neutral perspective (as opposed to actual top players) from playing Random and being a Blizzard employee. Just think about what happens when they test balance changes, you have David Kim pretty much dominate the other inferior Blizzard employees doing whatever he wants, how you can you even test the game in this manner when there is such a skill discrepancy between testers? If anything he denies being David Kim so he won't be constantly bothered. In the game I played with him I knew it was him even though he said it wasn't at the start and I pretty much spent the entire game asking him how he could let Terran be developed so versatile and easy to play at a high level, he didn't budge. I have a feeling if David Kim feels the game is fine, the game's not going to change much despite what the masses say or statistics show. | ||
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Zerokaiser
Canada885 Posts
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Kage
India788 Posts
On September 06 2010 05:12 Zerokaiser wrote: Is it comforting to anyone else to know that the lead Blizzard balance designer is on Battle.net playing every single day at a high level? haha that was funny. What a slacker, playing games all day, doesn't he have like a race to fix now? I think if anything that's a great thing that hes actually playing the game and not theorising about possible strategies and counters but getting live data. | ||
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ooni
Australia1498 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3427/previewmk.jpg) This is what David Kim looks like just incase ppl wants to know~ | ||
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