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jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
September 15 2006 08:27 GMT
#21
Really great and infromative read. I'm glad you let us know the real way how Blizzard views StarCraft and its community. Many many thanks for coming up with the Sandlot. Best of luck at Razer yo.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5069 Posts
September 15 2006 08:35 GMT
#22
Great read, I always looked forward to your posts a while back because you would tease us with little spoilers and I always looked forward to what Blizzard would have in store for us next.

Welcome back btw.
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
September 15 2006 09:09 GMT
#23
Glad to see you're back . Hope you had a good vacation. Are you in the Netherlands now?

It must be a good feeling to finally be able to speak for yourself without having the weight of Blizzard on your every word.

Thank you for the StarCraft events you organized while at Blizzard. I'm sure everyone in the community either enjoyed them, or REALLY enjoyed them . Your large tournaments were a rare opportunity for non-korean gamers to compete against professional korean players. And the map-making competition gave multiple people an unprecedented opportunity to see one of their own works out in the world.

I hope you find your new job to be satisfying and enjoyable.
Kacas
Profile Joined July 2003
Brazil3143 Posts
September 15 2006 09:36 GMT
#24
HOW YOU DARE saying nothing about sc2?
=P

nice read~
and understand that many times "blizzard do shit about sc" is the same as "wishing exclusively attention for starcraft"

coz wow and diablo just sux
=P
I Love Hyori Lee =* icq: 41760400 / msn: kayen_chn at hotm
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27148 Posts
September 15 2006 09:43 GMT
#25
Thank you for those words. I think the passion about this game exists on both sides of the fence. I really hope that your new position at Razor does not mean you stop visiting here. Despite the immaturity in this community (and even this thread) there are those of us who think Blizzard has done well. You are a big part of that. Although you had to tow the company line many times, you did so with honesty and professionalism.

All the best in your future,
Manifesto7
Trevor Allen.
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a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5085 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-15 09:57:42
September 15 2006 09:56 GMT
#26
On September 15 2006 15:59 nvnplatypus wrote:
...
I already know that a bit further down the road, there will be some exciting opportunities to get involved with the SC community again in that position. I can’t wait for the day.

the inevitable sc 2 teaser? eh? eh!?!

anyways i read every word in that post it was very informative, it's really something to hear from someone who worked on, as mani put it, the "other side of the fence". we do have some great people doing things for sc but for most of us up till now the events put on by blizzard weren't attributable to faces or individuals, and that might explain a bit of our incessant "more! more!" attitude as opposed to an appreciating, understanding attitude. reading your post allows us to see the individuals and the "faces" behind the works of blizzard and i think that makes it much more significant and humanized. it was already greatly appreciated by the older, mature members of our community but i think still many of us only had the impersonal logo of Blizzard to thank for those events. now that is different, many of us are seeing the behind the scenes real people who made those events possible, and you warriors of blizzard join the hall of fame next to all of our other awesome sc powerhouses. thanks!
you wouldnt feel that way if it was your magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen - racebannon • I am merely guest #13,678!
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-15 14:45:15
September 15 2006 14:27 GMT
#27
Good luck Theo! I still think that losing you at Blizz, was a great loss for the StarCraft (& warcraft) community. You were one of us deep at heart, it made all the difference.
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
Evilmonkey.
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1628 Posts
September 15 2006 16:36 GMT
#28
I used to play The AoE series, I know what it was like. Blizzard is the shit when it comes to taking pride and putting effort into their games. For this, Blizzard has and will always have my upmost respect.
WWBD- What would Boxer do?
0x64
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Finland4552 Posts
September 15 2006 18:59 GMT
#29
Although I realize very few people will care to read this far into a post that’s way too long, but seriously… thank you to all of you guys at TL.net and in the community.


Hahah no man I think with what you wrote, noone could stop reading before the end of the message.
I didn't know officially you were working at blizzard but thats what I read between the lines something like a year ago.

I know there will always be people whining about "you dont care about us" but seriously Blizzard did improve their communication ALOT during the last years.
I think the major turning point was 1.8 when replays came and then people though that would be the point when blizzard give up on bw.
But blizzard did a lot after. And even if the simple gamer couldn't always feel how blizzard cared, when you work on a blizzard fan site, you know they care. You receive the betas, you receive a starcraft novel book...

what makes it exeptional in how dedicated blizzard is. Blizzard don't go bragging about how good they are in PR, they just do it, they take care about updating the games.

there is a similar situation by the structure of the feedback. When you work as a DJ you get people who are never satisfied and want specifics songs. Those who are happy, they just dance, they are usually the majority but they dont come to tell you good job, they show it to you they enjoy by dancing.
The one guy who is unhappy that night will come over again and again to tell you you are working bad, you are a bad personn, noone likes you etc... I know its easier when you face the complain directly than over internet because you can shut him down.
But usually the easiest way is just to say "ok ill play your song" and you dont play it. You write it down on a paper and the guy is happy for a while.

Sincerly I really hope that people from each blizzard game are as lucky as we are with brood war!
I think brood war is also the game where blizzard learned the most
Dump of assembler code from 0xffffffec to 0x64: End of assembler dump.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-15 20:30:18
September 15 2006 20:29 GMT
#30
Well worth reading, and, I always knew blizzard cared more than most, this made me realize they cared even more than I thought they did :D

Thanks for your efforts, and the rest of blizzard's.

Good luck at Razer, make them sponsor some BW tournaments :D!
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
September 15 2006 20:32 GMT
#31
We love Theo Theo loves Us
why so 진지해?
Guybrush
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Spain4744 Posts
September 15 2006 21:02 GMT
#32
Thanks for everything and good luck in the future
Live2Win is awesome. Happy new year scarabi!
Legionnaire
Profile Joined January 2003
Australia4514 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-15 22:18:00
September 15 2006 21:14 GMT
#33
WTF MATE?

Now who is going to buy me my lucky drink before the italian wcg???

T_T its a sad day
My hope is one day stupid people will feel the same pain when they talk, as the pain the rest of us feel when we hear them. Twitter: @Legionnaire_au
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5094 Posts
September 15 2006 21:41 GMT
#34
yea i agree blizz is doing a really good job still patching and doing anti-hax stuff for sc so thanx a lot.

now the inevitable question: sc2?
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
DeadVessel
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States6269 Posts
September 15 2006 22:11 GMT
#35
Thx . GL in Razer.
Beyonder
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands15103 Posts
September 15 2006 22:24 GMT
#36
Nice read! Good luck with everything.
Moderator
SCNewb
Profile Joined June 2006
Canada2210 Posts
September 15 2006 23:14 GMT
#37
Good luck in Razor
Huge iloveOov fan
Raidern
Profile Joined February 2005
Brazil3811 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-15 23:29:00
September 15 2006 23:24 GMT
#38
hey nice post, gl in your next job

btw thanks for doing Sandlot and the other stuff that I don't know it was you who did it. Some say the worst of people come out when they are drunk, if Sandlot was your worst I have no idea what would come out with your best

[edit] are you the one that said "there is a drone bug?" in that video where tasteless replies as: "OMFG WAIT WAIT, 'THERE IS A DRONE BUG???'" or something?
For the Swarm!
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
September 16 2006 01:31 GMT
#39
Oh wow, so you're Theo. I've been wondering for a while now who the Blizzard contact who seemed to know so very much about the community was, and here I've been reading your posts all along.

That post was an awesome read, and I agree 100% with what you said. I've been a Blizzard fanboy since... 98-99 or so... and I've been consistently defending Blizzard's actions, mostly in the B.net forums themselves, for years. I've never doubted for a second that Blizzard doesn't care, and it's really nice to hear the confirmation from you (even though it really wasn't necessary).

Anyways, I guess I really don't have much more to add other than THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

Good luck with Razer, I hope everything works out for you. ^_^
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
September 16 2006 01:55 GMT
#40
Thank you for what you did in the past; for TL and for SC.

Good luck with Razer.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
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