iloveoov's interview after returning to SKT - Page 5

On October 01 2013 07:10 HardlyNever wrote:
I love it when Blizzard posts the upcoming patch changes the "community" is all: "about time, the game is getting so stale, we need changes. Same units and strategies over and over."

Then this, now it is: "yeah they patch too much, they need to slow down and let the game develop."

Stay spineless sc2 community, stay spineless.

Or possibly:

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On October 01 2013 07:03 hansonslee wrote:


LOL, so noticing the gray areas or the black and white stripes make me a very illogical person. Okay, that means a lot of business decisions are illogical, even though negotiations is the corner stone of good business practices. Oh, that also means that the way the US Constitution is made was illogical. But you also mean that people like Rush Limbaugh, a very notorious US conservative, is logical because he has a black/white perspective.

People such as Steve Jobs can have a black and white perspective of things and be successful. But you will surprised how many people who have such linear thinking such as the political activists in the US are nothing more but annoying gnats. Therefore, black and white perspective doesn't make you an accomplished person.

Finally, having a strong opinion doesn't mean having a black and white personality. I think what you should be saying is that those who are successful are those who are committed to their goal. Having a black and white personality makes you very inflexible and less likely to accomplish something because your plan for success can be hindered by multiple obstacles.

On October 01 2013 05:40 disciple wrote:
He is right about a lot of things but at the same time he dismisses the fact sc2 doesn't have 8 years of time for build innovations and map making. Blizzard went global with SC2 and foreigners just lose/move their interest whenever they see game commercials on the TV. There's just no time for SC2 to become scbw naturally.

On October 01 2013 07:07 rd wrote:


You're literally disagree'ing with Oov right now. They said they'd stop patching so much, and they did what they said. I mean, you're reading into an interview calling for Blizzard to stop patching so much, yet they wouldn't nerf (or unbuff) a unit (queen) which clearly shouldn't have buffed in the first place in hindsight. Is that not the epitome of following the directive that Oov wants? Don't touch the metagame, even if it's broken! They never touched it! You can't have it both ways, and Blizzard took the correct stance. How can you criticize them for that? You're a monumental hypocrite.

And where in the fuck did I say blame the players? Blizzard, Oov, AND myself are not blaming players. They want the players to solve the problems, not balance patches. That's not blaming the players. That's giving them the opportunity to innovate and revolutionize. And Blizzard's resolve to stop patching, even despite having just released an imbalanced patch, were stringent. Because who the fuck would have known 6 months from then that no player would have solved it. You? Hindsight is 20/20 they say. Blizzard gave them the opportunity, thats what counts.

Holy fucking bias.

edit: I'm not sure if I should be more upset at Oov for those comments which I hope were unintentionally vague, or the community for eating them up like brainless zombies with no thought into their validity.

On October 01 2013 07:58 SinCitta wrote:
I don't think the hands off approach really works in SC2 because the metagame seems to get stuck otherwise. It feels like the metagame doesn't really develop... it converges for each race to "how it is supposed to be played".

On October 01 2013 05:40 disciple wrote:
He is right about a lot of things but at the same time he dismisses the fact sc2 doesn't have 8 years of time for build innovations and map making. Blizzard went global with SC2 and foreigners just lose/move their interest whenever they see game commercials on the TV. There's just no time for SC2 to become scbw naturally.

On October 01 2013 07:55 TT1 wrote:
i cant believe that someone as smart and respected as oov would give such a terrible interview

Reporter: I think you're referring to something other than balance.

"Let's compare the two games; In SC1, they only released bug patches and was relatively untouched for ten years. We would do starleagues where at times there would only be one or two protosses. Terrans would occupy more than half the pool. If David Kim were there at that time he would have buffed protoss. That would have meant that we would have been without the exciting and awe-inspiring play of Bisu's prime. Protoss was the minority race and difficult. Thus, its play was given birth to by players like Reach and Nal_Ra. To be frank, I think it is David Kim who creates the winner when it is the gamer who must create the game. It doesn't matter what I say though; the truth is David Kim will keep on tweaking the game. I don't know what his true motives are. Is it to create a 5:5:5 of balance? I truly do not know."

kepsa basically did the same exact thing by making race favored maps, and what he fails to mention is that all the players who wernt geniuses like ra/reach/bisu wernt able to be competitive. take xellos for example, he was a player who was never really smart/talented but his work ethic made him one of the greatest terrans of his time. whos to say there wasnt a protoss that had the same drive/dedication as xellos but never managed to make it big due to the game not being figured out?