Blizzard is Listening - Page 3

On August 03 2007 17:47 aseq wrote:
I like them listening to fans in a way, but i'm also afraid they're succumbing to the requests of the general public. So far, i feel a lot of things that were spammed on tl were changed:

- soul hunter out
- fast responses
- tank redesign
- medic back

It's good that blizzard listens, but they should not be afraid to say no to things either and go with the way they want things to be. They're the professionals, not us.

On August 03 2007 07:32 NonY[rC] wrote:
How about some BW tournaments in North America and Europe so that people can get excited about playing StarCraft? Many people are returning to BW because of the announcement of SC2 and they just see a long-standing dry spell of Blizzard-supported competitive events. We recently received League Development Kits from Blizzard, but the only league to have popped up was taken down partly due to buggy league software. Another reason for its disappearance was its refusal to provide a competition without reliable anti-hack, something that we can all agree should be provided by Blizzard, especially when they are encouraging online-play via LDK.

Blizzard has given us a BW tournament as a part of BlizzCon, but it's more of a spectacle than an actual competition. This year, the two non-Korean players who were invited were just repeats from last year. When one of them said he can't go, Blizzard just asked the remaining player to recommend someone. As for the 6 Koreans, only half of them are currently good. The rest are just fan favorites. More of a spectacle than an actual competition. A series of tournaments to determine who gets to compete BlizzCon would have been the most important event for any non-Korean BW player. When all the Blizzard guys are watching the BW tournament at BlizzCon, instead of thinking of how cool it is that the Koreans love their game so much that they have mastered it to a level beyond the reach of any foreigner, they should be ashamed for the exact same reason. The only reason the Koreans got so good was incentives -- incentives we seriously lack in the US.

SC2 is the chosen one. It's the RTS that has a chance to make a huge mark in competitive gaming. With Blizzard's support, it can become the best game in the world to play competitively. Push for TV time in the US and for bigger prizes than any other game has ever had. When SC2 launches, its first year should be a blitzkrieg of events. The increased community relations can play an integral role for promotion, satellite tournaments, etc. View StarCraft community leaders as a legion of volunteer workers. They are already volunteering their time and money for BW sites, but when SC2 comes out, they can become an organized army under the leadership of Blizzard. It'd be every community leader's dream to play a role in making SC2 the hands-down best e-sports game. Plan ahead.

On August 06 2007 14:13 funKie wrote:
If words were pictures, if those words, written by you (Mani) were a picture, it would be the most beautiful one.

Good one Mani.

On August 16 2007 01:12 aka_star wrote:
Heres a Ney Say:

Sometimes I worry about the problems that might arise when giving the masses what they believe they want.... just remember SC1 wasn't openly debated or designed to this magnitude and everyone here loves what was made and given to them. As the saying goes 'too many cooks spoil the meal' so I hope we dont argue too much about what the end product is going to be and allow for some creativness to have its chance.