EPTBlizzard asking Diamond level players to contribute to bal…
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IntoTheWow
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TeeTS
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Isualin
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Naphal
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:01 0neder wrote: Blizzard should accept balance advice from noone except those currently on top teams in top tournaments. This is ridiculous. They should have no 'balance' employees, only game designers. The positive incentive to make 'balance' changes is messing up the game. There are other requirements besides balance design. 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. | ||
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Whatson
United States5357 Posts
On August 03 2012 06:30 Lukeeze[zR] wrote: There is no 100% random player in Master/GM, no ? My friend is Masters on 3 accounts, 3 separate races. | ||
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:01 0neder wrote: Blizzard should accept balance advice from noone except those currently on top teams in top tournaments. This is ridiculous. They should have no 'balance' employees, only game designers. The positive incentive to make 'balance' changes is messing up the game. Read the OP... "Duties include balance design, multiplayer map testing, and general game design." Their job isn't exclusively to balance design. | ||
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blabber
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firehand101
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FatkiddsLag
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Minigun
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GuardianEU
Netherlands488 Posts
On August 03 2012 06:27 steff wrote: 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... except that pro gamers are financially motivated by their race winning more, whereas it has absolutely no effect on a diamond random player. the random part reduces racial bias per tester to a minimum, while the diamond part makes sure thye know at least something about the game. my guess is there probably aren't enough random master leaguers who would be willing to put possibly a long time into trying to balance this game. | ||
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StateofReverie
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Hummingb1rd
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catplanetcatplanet
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Shiori
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On August 03 2012 06:50 WickedBit wrote: No doubt they could, but it still doesn't understand what that has to do with understanding balance. Somehow understanding the game has become synonymous with skill in playing their race which is not necessarily true. I'm saying that you could deprive a pro of most of their mechanical ability and they would still get high rank purely on strats. Ergo, someone in Diamond doesn't have legendary knowledge. | ||
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With good reason, too--an overwhelming portion of their customers are low level players. If IdrA complains about there being a problem with the game, there's a thread on TL. But if the 90% of the players that are in plat and lower find the game no fun or 'too hard' or something along those lines, they tell their friends and Blizzard loses potential buyers. | ||
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anrimayu
United States875 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:04 Whatson wrote: My friend is Masters on 3 accounts, 3 separate races. I got to random masters by only using 6pool, 2rax n 2gate proxy. Whats your point? | ||
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Daray
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On August 03 2012 07:05 blabber wrote: having been through the interview process already, i can assure you that skill alone will not get you the job. And to be honest, they're probably not going to hire anybody in the end. (a while back a friend interviewed for a similar position because they were in need of a Protoss player, but he told me they ended up not hiring anyone) Im just gonna quote this so people might actually read it before posting. Internet makes me angry  | ||
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Grampz
United States2147 Posts
Dear lord, it is serious. They're better off asking CASTERS for pete's sake. Specifically day9 who is "GM with all 3 races"...... | ||
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