On March 16 2012 06:17 TheChostoProject wrote:
Not to be rude, but it seems like a lot of high level ideas and no concern of how to do it.

The linking of replay and match history... how would they implement that without storing replays in the server?

Yeah this. Did you take into account the changes that would have to be made to the game code etc.?

Rasun

United States787 Posts

March 15 2012 21:20 GMT

#23

This guy needs to be hired yesterday, incredible insight to how we use these tools and an engrossing video to watch.

zeox

Norway314 Posts

March 15 2012 21:20 GMT

#24

This is awesome man, hope you get the job!

Gemini_19

United States1251 Posts

March 15 2012 21:21 GMT

#25

On March 16 2012 06:14 mataxp wrote:
Awesome ideas mate, not sure about the "already awesome UI" but maybe that was necessary.

But overall I loved it, I really hope you get the job, good luck!!

Since he is presenting this to Blizzard he is trying to not sound like a dick saying "This UI sucks, lemme show you how its done bro" He is sounding professional and complimenting them in regards to getting the job.

An amazing video, I do very much hope you get the job and can put these new features in!

archonOOid

1983 Posts

March 15 2012 21:23 GMT

#26

great news, patch 1.6 incoming... Oh how I wish blizzard could do something like this.

alteredsego

United States50 Posts

March 15 2012 21:23 GMT

#27

Yeah sorry about the language here and there. I wish I could do it... I probably would. I originally wanted to spoof some of the Apple promotional ads, and then I could not quite pull it off... so I made it more serious. I should have probably gone back and changed the voiceover, but the whole purpose was kind of to show how much easier it could be and in the that context it seemed appropriate. Kind of like with a prototype care at a car show. They say you can "150 miles on a single charge", even if the model they are displaying is not actually functional.

JeowJeow

United States86 Posts

March 15 2012 21:24 GMT

#28

Did you really just say sc2's interface is very well designed and well thought out and it was difficult to find ways to improve upon it? Blizzard won't appreciate you lying to them. I would have found a better say to say your interface needs improvements instead of going down the suckup route.

shabby

Norway6402 Posts

March 15 2012 21:24 GMT

#29

Very well made and some good ideas. But I'm not that comfortable with that you think that the UI is already so awesome, unless you just said that to kiss up. If you want community support to get the job (and you'll get mine), you need to be a lot more critical, because replays and match history is only something the serious bunch deals with, while the rest of us just play the game, or play custom mods.

ThatGuy89

United Kingdom1968 Posts

March 15 2012 21:24 GMT

#30

wow dude nice job
I love the way you link the replay and match history together. When searching through replays its genius to be able to click one thing and see the production tab and score screen and stuff

and all the time they've said 'replays with friends is in the pipeline' feels like you done it with minimal effort

really hope you get the job

Ashur

Czech Republic646 Posts

March 15 2012 21:24 GMT

#31

I do not like those changes but icons in replays. Suggestions are useless for daily purpose. I mean, StarCraft II Bnet UI needs to be changed completely, not just to move this and that and add minor feature. Those requirements are in several threads already

1) Shared replays
1a) Serverside saved replays (anyone can just view my public replays, till I click just played game as "do not publish")
2) Be able to move to the middle or end of the replay immediately
3) Public chat channels
4) Chat commands (/whisper, /ignore, /join, /creategame) we are not xbox dumbasses to click 3 times to whisper, right?
5) Be able to join game from chat via clicking a button ("Observe" for example, when someone left channel and started new public game)
6) Be able to join game after it started, or this might be a feature to prevent cheating - see the real content with a slight 2 min delay
7) Statistics in UI (sc2 ranks stats for my profile, for our teams, its just numbers)
8) An option to show/hide my win/loss ratio to myself/others
9) Clan support
10) E-sports support, why I cannot see replays from games (perhaps with audio) and I have to see a stream? Why is there no stream directly in game UI when this event has Blizzard as a sponsor/partner?
11) Map market
11a) Model market, why you do not make some new models (e.g. CE Thor) of units paid for Blizzbucks?
12) Simplify it, I am just too lazy to click same sequence of tabs/buttons/scroll/rightclicks over and over
13) Screw realms, make it global as it used to be
14) Charts, more charts in game for casters, and more charts in BN UI to analyze. What about chart for income, for unit loss etc.

I mean, game itself is perfect, but whoever made current Battle.NET UI 2.0 just failed. It sucks. It definitely sucks.

Blizzard should be leader in game industry, so far I see that people are complaining. Other companies do a lot - a lot more, to make their games user friendly. It's sad. Oh and BTW So far it seems that D3 socializing will have same "empty" syndrom as SC2 has.

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

March 15 2012 21:25 GMT

#32

These are Sick Ideas! I hope Blizzard Sees This and listen to you so that the UI will be better, Seriously the UI lacks many features

MaV_gGSC

Canada1345 Posts

March 15 2012 21:25 GMT

#33

It's like a motivational video <3 Great job man

battyone

United States180 Posts

March 15 2012 21:28 GMT

#34

On March 16 2012 06:19 Lorizean wrote:

Show nested quote +

Yeah this. Did you take into account the changes that would have to be made to the game code etc.?

He is applying as an artist/designer, not as a programmer.

With that being said it would be more than possible to have replays remain stored locally and lookup via the games unique id. Each game played on battle.net has its own method of being tracked already (GUID), assign that to the replays metadata, have the sc2 client search the replay folder for the requested replay, if the user did not save it then unclickable button, if the user has it saved, clickable button.

While his proposed changes are not trivial, they are not impossible either, and as an application for a UI artist this is extremely solid, his proposal matches the general design of the b.net ui and looks extremely functional. Even if this stuff is discared, I like his approach to design and think that he would be a valuable part of the team at any game company.

ntssauce

Germany750 Posts

March 15 2012 21:28 GMT

#35

On March 16 2012 06:19 Lorizean wrote:

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Yeah this. Did you take into account the changes that would have to be made to the game code etc.?

well if the replay got deleted by the player the " load replay button " could just be greyed out. the replays are saved on your computer anyways so you can combine both why not?