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Mike Morhaime Press Conference at WCS Finals - Page 3

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Patate
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada441 Posts
November 19 2012 11:41 GMT
#41
plans on making D3 an E-sport? what kind of question is that? how about making the game half decent first...

I wasn't expecting much from him when I started reading the interview.. Browder and Kim are the ones who actually have to answer about HoTS's direction.
Dead game.
paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-19 12:03:22
November 19 2012 11:41 GMT
#42
On November 19 2012 19:52 Dodgin wrote:
I think the most interesting thing I picked up from this is that they do read TL, and they weigh the posts/opinions here equally to bnet forums or even more than bnet forums in some cases.

I imagine they took a look at the thread about infestor changes with the polls and thought about some of the suggestions, makes it feel like discussing the game here is worth it and we're not being ignored by blizzard.

We've known this for years. This question continually comes up in interviews and Blizzard has always said that they read fansites and take into account what's said.

Yet both mods and posters here seem completely oblivious to this fact. Whenever you make a suggestion or a criticism about the game here, you get hounded by posters and locked by mods who demand that you move it to the B.net forums, because that's apparently where Blizzard reads.

No. Hopefully, you'll all get a clue now. They read TL.
WeedRa
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany815 Posts
November 19 2012 11:44 GMT
#43
On November 19 2012 19:17 Hypemeup wrote:
Morhaime is a bronze terran?

Hehehe, that amuses me to no end.



hahaha i actually dont believe it, i guess hes at least gold!
Patate
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada441 Posts
November 19 2012 11:45 GMT
#44
On November 19 2012 20:41 paralleluniverse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 19:52 Dodgin wrote:
I think the most interesting thing I picked up from this is that they do read TL, and they weigh the posts/opinions here equally to bnet forums or even more than bnet forums in some cases.

I imagine they took a look at the thread about infestor changes with the polls and thought about some of the suggestions, makes it feel like discussing the game here is worth it and we're not being ignored by blizzard.

We've known this for years. This question continually comes up in interviews and Blizzard has always said that they read fansites and take into account what's said.

Yet both mods and posters here seem completely oblivious to this fact. Whenever you make a suggestion or a criticism about the game here, you get hounded by posters and locked by mods who demand that you move it to the B.net forums, because that's apparently where Blizzard read.

No. Hopefully, you'll all get a clue now. They read TL.


I guess you need a lesson on PR101. They would never say they don't go to TL. Either they don't go, or they don't care.. because this forum (as well as many other medias, like Reddit) has expressed with very good arguments the numerous flaws about SC2, and we have not been given any good answers to them.
Dead game.
speknek
Profile Joined February 2012
758 Posts
November 19 2012 11:47 GMT
#45
meh, empty answers by MM, as expected
TheBB
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Switzerland5133 Posts
November 19 2012 11:48 GMT
#46
The campaign is incredible. I think it’s our best campaign ever. The cinematics team outdid themselves. I can’t wait to share the work that they’re doing.

This got me excited.
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Pimpmuckl
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany528 Posts
November 19 2012 11:53 GMT
#47
On November 19 2012 19:29 endy wrote:
I saw him quickly at the Blizz merchandise store, accompanied by his bodyguards. I don't know why, but he didn't look happy at all.

If i was him after Day1 it'd be more than just unhappy as well.

Nice read, still the responses from the likes of Diamond make me think if that's really all there is to.
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paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-19 12:01:49
November 19 2012 11:59 GMT
#48
On November 19 2012 20:45 Patate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 20:41 paralleluniverse wrote:
On November 19 2012 19:52 Dodgin wrote:
I think the most interesting thing I picked up from this is that they do read TL, and they weigh the posts/opinions here equally to bnet forums or even more than bnet forums in some cases.

I imagine they took a look at the thread about infestor changes with the polls and thought about some of the suggestions, makes it feel like discussing the game here is worth it and we're not being ignored by blizzard.

We've known this for years. This question continually comes up in interviews and Blizzard has always said that they read fansites and take into account what's said.

Yet both mods and posters here seem completely oblivious to this fact. Whenever you make a suggestion or a criticism about the game here, you get hounded by posters and locked by mods who demand that you move it to the B.net forums, because that's apparently where Blizzard read.

No. Hopefully, you'll all get a clue now. They read TL.


I guess you need a lesson on PR101. They would never say they don't go to TL. Either they don't go, or they don't care.. because this forum (as well as many other medias, like Reddit) has expressed with very good arguments the numerous flaws about SC2, and we have not been given any good answers to them.

This is just nonsense. Based on what? All the feedback about B.net sucking mostly came from TL. Stuff like the upcoming infestor nerf also came from TL. There is nothing to suggest that they ignore fansites. Blizzard has always tried to answer what they can. If you read the WoW forums, they post a lot about posting, e.g. why they sometimes don't respond, how best to give feedback, etc. And reasons for why they don't respond can include: they haven't decided what to do, they don't want to promise anything, they want to see players debate it out, etc. It makes no sense for them to ignore fansites given how many people are on TL for SC2 and MMO-Champ for WoW. As proof that they don't ignore fansites, here's one of the WoW class designers on MMO-Champ.

The question should be why are you the last to know? Why are so many posters and mods here so oblivious to what was bleedingly obvious, often to the point of hostility?
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
November 19 2012 11:59 GMT
#49
Great read !

MM in bronze huhu...

Makes me remember of when they rang the Wall Street bell and played a Starcraft Match there...

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Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
November 19 2012 12:08 GMT
#50
On November 19 2012 20:48 TheBB wrote:
Show nested quote +
The campaign is incredible. I think it’s our best campaign ever. The cinematics team outdid themselves. I can’t wait to share the work that they’re doing.

This got me excited.


He's not gonna go "well that campaign thing is alright but i think you'll be way more excited for the special hats you can unlock for marines now" or something :p
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
November 19 2012 12:09 GMT
#51
Bronze league! That is just where I want my Blizzard CEOs, to busy making games to play SC2.

I also like the comments about reacting to other games and their features. In this generation of tech, there is to much chasing the other guy's success, rather than trying to generate their own. Everyone wasted so much money trying to make their own Facebook, Iphone, WoW, CoD and no one was every able catch them. I would rather companies do their own thing than try to chase other games newest feature.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
November 19 2012 12:10 GMT
#52
On November 19 2012 21:08 Fragile51 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 20:48 TheBB wrote:
The campaign is incredible. I think it’s our best campaign ever. The cinematics team outdid themselves. I can’t wait to share the work that they’re doing.

This got me excited.


He's not gonna go "well that campaign thing is alright but i think you'll be way more excited for the special hats you can unlock for marines now" or something :p


I want hats for my marines! Or a skin that makes them look like sweet 80s Rambo. If I could use the Ire Chef skin for my zealots, I would.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54785 Posts
November 19 2012 12:15 GMT
#53
On November 19 2012 21:10 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 21:08 Fragile51 wrote:
On November 19 2012 20:48 TheBB wrote:
The campaign is incredible. I think it’s our best campaign ever. The cinematics team outdid themselves. I can’t wait to share the work that they’re doing.

This got me excited.


He's not gonna go "well that campaign thing is alright but i think you'll be way more excited for the special hats you can unlock for marines now" or something :p


I want hats for my marines! Or a skin that makes them look like sweet 80s Rambo. If I could use the Ire Chef skin for my zealots, I would.

and here all i wanted were tech reactors in multiplayer... :p
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ShotgunMike
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden241 Posts
November 19 2012 12:15 GMT
#54
Thanks for transcribing, interesting read!
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fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
November 19 2012 12:23 GMT
#55
Well, you may think that this is just standard PR, with not much content in it.

But, I am personally glad that MM knows just a tiny bit about the game. Like who Flash/MVP/MMA is, that he's bronze, etc... I know, here, you gamers would expect MM to know all that stuff. But he's the CEO of Blizzard, not some balance designer. You'd be surprised by how little some CEO know about what's not directly related to the product they sell.

Oh, and the campaign thing about HotS makes me all giddy =)
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9448 Posts
November 19 2012 12:25 GMT
#56
"Well our focus right now is really on the content in Heart of the Swarm, not around what other things we can add necessarily in terms of micro-transactions or business. I think that it's much more important that we focus on making a great expansion and I think the current model is a viable model."

This is completely wrong, unfortunately. It's not really a viable profit-maximiation business model, and if shareholders/analysts paid as much attention Activision Blizzard as they do with Apple and everyone of their products, they would have demanded Mike Morhaimme to be fired immediately.
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9448 Posts
November 19 2012 12:27 GMT
#57
On November 19 2012 20:59 paralleluniverse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 20:45 Patate wrote:
On November 19 2012 20:41 paralleluniverse wrote:
On November 19 2012 19:52 Dodgin wrote:
I think the most interesting thing I picked up from this is that they do read TL, and they weigh the posts/opinions here equally to bnet forums or even more than bnet forums in some cases.

I imagine they took a look at the thread about infestor changes with the polls and thought about some of the suggestions, makes it feel like discussing the game here is worth it and we're not being ignored by blizzard.

We've known this for years. This question continually comes up in interviews and Blizzard has always said that they read fansites and take into account what's said.

Yet both mods and posters here seem completely oblivious to this fact. Whenever you make a suggestion or a criticism about the game here, you get hounded by posters and locked by mods who demand that you move it to the B.net forums, because that's apparently where Blizzard read.

No. Hopefully, you'll all get a clue now. They read TL.


I guess you need a lesson on PR101. They would never say they don't go to TL. Either they don't go, or they don't care.. because this forum (as well as many other medias, like Reddit) has expressed with very good arguments the numerous flaws about SC2, and we have not been given any good answers to them.

This is just nonsense. Based on what? All the feedback about B.net sucking mostly came from TL. Stuff like the upcoming infestor nerf also came from TL. There is nothing to suggest that they ignore fansites. Blizzard has always tried to answer what they can. If you read the WoW forums, they post a lot about posting, e.g. why they sometimes don't respond, how best to give feedback, etc. And reasons for why they don't respond can include: they haven't decided what to do, they don't want to promise anything, they want to see players debate it out, etc. It makes no sense for them to ignore fansites given how many people are on TL for SC2 and MMO-Champ for WoW. As proof that they don't ignore fansites, here's one of the WoW class designers on MMO-Champ.

The question should be why are you the last to know? Why are so many posters and mods here so oblivious to what was bleedingly obvious, often to the point of hostility?


You do realize Mike Morhaimme isn't just some random Blizzard guy right?

He is the fucking CEO of Blizzard. Not doing particularly well at his job though. But still the CEO.
paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-19 12:37:24
November 19 2012 12:36 GMT
#58
On November 19 2012 21:27 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2012 20:59 paralleluniverse wrote:
On November 19 2012 20:45 Patate wrote:
On November 19 2012 20:41 paralleluniverse wrote:
On November 19 2012 19:52 Dodgin wrote:
I think the most interesting thing I picked up from this is that they do read TL, and they weigh the posts/opinions here equally to bnet forums or even more than bnet forums in some cases.

I imagine they took a look at the thread about infestor changes with the polls and thought about some of the suggestions, makes it feel like discussing the game here is worth it and we're not being ignored by blizzard.

We've known this for years. This question continually comes up in interviews and Blizzard has always said that they read fansites and take into account what's said.

Yet both mods and posters here seem completely oblivious to this fact. Whenever you make a suggestion or a criticism about the game here, you get hounded by posters and locked by mods who demand that you move it to the B.net forums, because that's apparently where Blizzard read.

No. Hopefully, you'll all get a clue now. They read TL.


I guess you need a lesson on PR101. They would never say they don't go to TL. Either they don't go, or they don't care.. because this forum (as well as many other medias, like Reddit) has expressed with very good arguments the numerous flaws about SC2, and we have not been given any good answers to them.

This is just nonsense. Based on what? All the feedback about B.net sucking mostly came from TL. Stuff like the upcoming infestor nerf also came from TL. There is nothing to suggest that they ignore fansites. Blizzard has always tried to answer what they can. If you read the WoW forums, they post a lot about posting, e.g. why they sometimes don't respond, how best to give feedback, etc. And reasons for why they don't respond can include: they haven't decided what to do, they don't want to promise anything, they want to see players debate it out, etc. It makes no sense for them to ignore fansites given how many people are on TL for SC2 and MMO-Champ for WoW. As proof that they don't ignore fansites, here's one of the WoW class designers on MMO-Champ.

The question should be why are you the last to know? Why are so many posters and mods here so oblivious to what was bleedingly obvious, often to the point of hostility?


You do realize Mike Morhaimme isn't just some random Blizzard guy right?

He is the fucking CEO of Blizzard. Not doing particularly well at his job though. But still the CEO.

Yes, I know that he's the CEO. What's your point?
a176
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada6688 Posts
November 19 2012 12:43 GMT
#59
Rodrigo, SC2mx: How does Blizzard feel against other games or companies, like League of Legends for example? Do you guys think that these games are taking the public figures, or the player base from Blizzard games? Do you feel threatened as a company?

We don't feel threatened by other games, especially other good games. Like we said, I think we welcome competition. I think it will encourage us to make our games even better. I think it's great when other companies can produce popular games, so good for them.


with respect to recent comments about features from lol/dota coming to sc2, yea, its pretty much confirmed they will be doing jack all to catch up with those titles.
starleague forever
Lysenko
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Iceland2128 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-19 12:57:07
November 19 2012 12:55 GMT
#60
On November 19 2012 19:28 VelJa wrote:
This prety crazy that MM is bronze... i mean.. bronze !


So? He's a busy guy and probably doesn't play Starcraft 2 nearly as much as anyone here.

Edit: He's also not the guy making game design decisions on SC2, so who cares?
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