BW General Discussion - Page 79

On November 04 2014 01:53 RavageDingo wrote:
Does anyone know of a history of LoveTV? Is this someone who does solo production? I'm a bit lost as to who or whom this it. Thanks.

On November 04 2014 02:31 amazingxkcd wrote:

wrong picture


This is the correct picture.

On November 04 2014 02:35 Stratos wrote:

^^
for context: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/439161-lovetv-visits-tl

On November 04 2014 09:32 prech wrote:

Thanks, mind subtitling her comments in the video? I recall it's been mentioned from her tone how she isn't upset at all

Starcraft talk begins at 30min. Before that, he talks about how he got into the gaming industry in general.
Edit: Stuff that I remember from the top of my head (a lot of stuff that I miss, so you should still listen if you can)
Starcraft:
Pardo only came in at around 50% of the game's development, was part of a "strike team"
He had to push the concept of balance because it wasn't really a virtue on its own, he played all three races and didn't want the game to have a race that was just the best (and other things I'm glossing other)
He had to sell a huge overlord speed nerf to the team, simply because Zerg could just scout everything otherwise
The anecdote with the Reaver drop which he credited to Zileas and how he didn't want to just eliminate strategies
He loves his RTS to be aggressive and anti-turtle
Players would just always play the game at the fastest speed available
Not concerned about equal representation of races at tournaments but the top players of each race should all have a shot of winning it
He was concerned about Terrans not doing well until SlayerS´Boxer came along
He became lead designer for BW, redesigned air units and could make units for balance
One night, he had a session with the lead programmer where he would make "100 balance changes"
Warcraft 3:
Was "Warcraft Legends" before it became WC3
Idea of Altars where you could resurrect heroes. In SC/BW you would eventually bury heroes in your base because they just became a loss condition
Idea of upkeep: He had to sell it to the team, avoided to call it tax although it is exactly that
Idea of creeps
There is not really an own segment about SC2, but he complements WC3's ability focused units to SC2's "movers and shooters".
Something that fits well also is how he said that WC3's campaign had a gimmick per mission in mind, a tradition that definitely carried over to SC2.
And how he could not prevent WC3's army not to move in "stacks" and how Starcraft is better in that regard. To me, that sounds similar to SC2's death ball problem.

On November 05 2014 12:48 RavageDingo wrote:
Anyone listen to this recent interview with Rob Pardo, Brood War's lead game designer?

https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes/episodes/rob-pardo-part-1

Original Reddit Post: http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/2l9xsb/insightful_podcast_with_rob_pardo_former_game/

Reddit User Sincitta synposis:

On November 06 2014 19:50 c3rberUs wrote:
Hearing firsthand experience from legends like GoRush and TheMarine, Coach Jae-kyun and also from FlaSh is so interesting.

Question, is Susie Kim lilsusie?

On November 07 2014 02:09 9heart wrote:
Anyone know who tossgaesagi is on fishbattle?

rank #1 for quite some time now