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steff
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom40 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:20:15
August 02 2012 21:19 GMT
#1
If you're a random diamond you're good enough to balance SC2 officially.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=120005N



Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented assistant game designer to join the StarCraft II team on a temporary 4 to 6 month period. Duties include balance design, multiplayer map testing, and general game design. The ideal candidate will rank at the Diamond level or higher as a Random race player on today’s ladder, and will have an in-depth knowledge of all three races and current strategies for each.

Requirements
StarCraft Ladder rank of at least Diamond as a Random race player
Must provide character name and ID# for active 1v1 account in the application
Able to follow directions, and work as a team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Passion for playing and analyzing computer video games
Pluses
Prior experience balancing video games
Able to use the StarCraft II Editor to create multiplayer maps
Able to modify data in the Editor to tweak or create units
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Apply Online




hail to the king baby
worldsnap
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada222 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:21:00
August 02 2012 21:20 GMT
#2
On August 03 2012 06:19 steff wrote:
If you're a random diamond you're good enough to balance SC2 officially.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=120005N

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Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented assistant game designer to join the StarCraft II team on a temporary 4 to 6 month period. Duties include balance design, multiplayer map testing, and general game design. The ideal candidate will rank at the Diamond level or higher as a Random race player on today’s ladder, and will have an in-depth knowledge of all three races and current strategies for each.

Requirements
StarCraft Ladder rank of at least Diamond as a Random race player
Must provide character name and ID# for active 1v1 account in the application
Able to follow directions, and work as a team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Passion for playing and analyzing computer video games
Pluses
Prior experience balancing video games
Able to use the StarCraft II Editor to create multiplayer maps
Able to modify data in the Editor to tweak or create units
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Apply Online






Hey guy no need to ever make a thread this terrible and free of actual content.

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Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
August 02 2012 21:23 GMT
#3
Its sad cuz diamond kids are the most tryhard, and possibly the most vocal about their silly ideas .
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
August 02 2012 21:23 GMT
#4
Balance changes aren't done by one person
Nor are they changed or made based PURELY on your rank.

Please stop sounding so ignorant.
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steff
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom40 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:24:05
August 02 2012 21:23 GMT
#5
Taking advice from people in diamond about balance is stupid though
hail to the king baby
Mzimzim
Profile Joined June 2011
United States221 Posts
August 02 2012 21:23 GMT
#6
You're pretty funny dude. Maybe you should try reddit?

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Dagan159
Profile Joined July 2012
United States203 Posts
August 02 2012 21:24 GMT
#7
What a terrible waste of forum space.

Browder is plat, OMGOMGOMG. who cares.

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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
August 02 2012 21:25 GMT
#8
No need to be sarcastic-- we should be encouraged that Blizz is hiring a balance team; they clearly care about balancing the game. Choosing a Random player makes a lot of sense, imo, and sure, diamond league is a bit of a low bar, but it's a start, isn't it?
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Verror
Profile Joined March 2011
261 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:30:11
August 02 2012 21:26 GMT
#9
They would have said masters, but they didn't think it was necessary for the balance team to make 200 changes per minute.

edit: Hey, I'm a diamond level random player... maybe I should apply!
steff
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom40 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:27:23
August 02 2012 21:27 GMT
#10
There are hundreds of pro gamers that have a incredible understand of the game and its balancing, might be a better idea to turn to some of them rather than a random diamond. Well you would logically think so...
hail to the king baby
MstrJinbo
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1251 Posts
August 02 2012 21:27 GMT
#11
Do you know what an assistant is? Sounds like you don't.
strongandbig
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States4858 Posts
August 02 2012 21:27 GMT
#12
Wooow. This thread just got shot. down.


OP was all expecting TL to be like "trolol diamond players suxxorz" but no. Shot. Down.

way to go tl
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17047 Posts
August 02 2012 21:27 GMT
#13
Renamed the thread. Don't editorialize your titles please.
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IronOutlaw
Profile Joined November 2011
United States48 Posts
August 02 2012 21:27 GMT
#14
On August 03 2012 06:25 Blazinghand wrote:
No need to be sarcastic-- we should be encouraged that Blizz is hiring a balance team; they clearly care about balancing the game. Choosing a Random player makes a lot of sense, imo, and sure, diamond league is a bit of a low bar, but it's a start, isn't it?



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"People won't care what you know until they know that you care."
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
August 02 2012 21:28 GMT
#15
On August 03 2012 06:25 Blazinghand wrote:
No need to be sarcastic-- we should be encouraged that Blizz is hiring a balance team; they clearly care about balancing the game. Choosing a Random player makes a lot of sense, imo, and sure, diamond league is a bit of a low bar, but it's a start, isn't it?

To be honest, looking aside from the diamond requirement, everything else makes sense as a whole.

I honestly doubt this will change sc2 balance too to much, it's not like you get to random to diamond for a season and then they allow you to balance the game as the OP makes it sound like
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Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1616 Posts
August 02 2012 21:28 GMT
#16
Nah I agree with this OP completely, sounds like we have some diamond and under players weighing in here with some bias because it's obviously pretty unreasonable (to anyone who knows how bad / clueless NA diamond is because they're a significant ways ahead of that and have themselves once been there) to have this as the qualifying s tandard for a position. So what if they aren't the only and final choice weighing in on something? They're simply unqualified because they actually don't understand the game.
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nGBeast
Profile Joined July 2010
United States914 Posts
August 02 2012 21:28 GMT
#17
its diamond or higher you illegitimate idiots

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dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:29:51
August 02 2012 21:28 GMT
#18
apparently it doesnt require master or grandmaster level to go to starbucks to pick up coffee. its an assistant level position for only four-six months. you honestly think this person will be making real decisions? come on now.... common sense...
Kurumi
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Poland6130 Posts
August 02 2012 21:30 GMT
#19
Hey is it a legit job? Like, I could get paid for it? Even small amounts?
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Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 21:31:07
August 02 2012 21:30 GMT
#20
There is no 100% random player in Master/GM, no ?
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