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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
On January 09 2015 08:49 The_Templar wrote: Wow, this is really good. Maybe Blizzard will hire new mapmakers next ;D Seriously... Why don't they also hire like, retiring pro-players so that they can actually balance the game? Think how cool it'd be if Idra or Qxc were hired by Blizzard... | ||
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
Congrats to Ryan! | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
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Brutaxilos
United States2633 Posts
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Yakikorosu
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
I hope he gave a big boost to the battlenet and SC2 interface and UI team. | ||
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
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zeratul_jf
United States808 Posts
On January 09 2015 09:14 Blargh wrote: Seriously... Why don't they also hire like, retiring pro-players so that they can actually balance the game? Think how cool it'd be if Idra or Qxc were hired by Blizzard... While it would be cool, I think the main reason that Blizzard doesn't do this is because of biased a specific player might have to the game, or the changes that they would be allowed to make from their suggestions would be too little to compensate for the position. I think they want people who have real world "experience" in balancing games. Also consider the fact that they would have to pay Idra or Qxc when they have mentioned several times that blizzard reaches out to pro players for feedback as well as suggestions, so why make a paid position when you could have the opinion of current progamers for free. | ||
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fruity.
England1711 Posts
On January 09 2015 09:15 Yakikorosu wrote: makes me concerned about the direction they think overlays should evolve (huge fonts while showing as little information as possible). Indeed. Gameheart is great but the actual overlay used along side it matters equally! ESL used the blocky-less-info layout in their last event (san jose I think), it does feel like a step back in some ways even with gameheart showing extra stuff like drone kills or upgrades. I would guess that they don't want to turn casuals off from SC2 with information overload? Which ironically is exactly the opposite of what players and regular viewers want. GSLs overlay is hands down the nicest imho, and the bro-love of tastosis warms my heart. Has to be good that gameheart has found a home at blizz regardless. It's one thing blizz has always been good at, learning from the community about which UI features were popular and integrating them into the game. Taken them a while with SC2, but better late than never hey. | ||
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Obeast96
United States106 Posts
On January 09 2015 09:27 zeratul_jf wrote: While it would be cool, I think the main reason that Blizzard doesn't do this is because of biased a specific player might have to the game, or the changes that they would be allowed to make from their suggestions would be too little to compensate for the position. I think they want people who have real world "experience" in balancing games. Also consider the fact that they would have to pay Idra or Qxc when they have mentioned several times that blizzard reaches out to pro players for feedback as well as suggestions, so why make a paid position when you could have the opinion of current progamers for free. I'm pretty sure Destiny addressed something like this. The reason why hiring current progamers would be bad is because they would be biased towards making the game more standard because if you're a pro-gamer, having to re-learn certain game mechanics or new units can actually put on financial burdens. If you make it a paid position, the pressure of making a living off playing the game is off the shoulders, and can focus on making the game more fun to play, spectator-friendly, etc; in other words, they would be able to suggest radical changes to the game. Though I still think the input of current pro-gamers is still valuable, I don't think that a dedicated, paid position would be a waste on Blizzard's end. | ||
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agsub
Singapore368 Posts
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BathTubNZ
New Zealand2556 Posts
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lestye
United States4186 Posts
On January 09 2015 09:14 Blargh wrote: Seriously... Why don't they also hire like, retiring pro-players so that they can actually balance the game? Think how cool it'd be if Idra or Qxc were hired by Blizzard... It sounds nice, but I think Blizzard wants to hire people with actual design and programming skills. I don't think these type of companies have much use for "idea" guys, as ideas can be found everywhere and are usually free. Unless they want to stick them on the QA team, I know a lot of former WoW raiders get hired to do QA for WoW. | ||
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
Gj to Ryan | ||
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
On January 09 2015 10:09 lestye wrote: It sounds nice, but I think Blizzard wants to hire people with actual design and programming skills. I don't think these type of companies have much use for "idea" guys, as ideas can be found everywhere and are usually free. Unless they want to stick them on the QA team, I know a lot of former WoW raiders get hired to do QA for WoW. No... But an ex pro-gamer has infinitely more knowledge about the game than any of their employees (probably combined). Of course, I don't think Blizzard would ever do it, but I think it would help tremendously in making SC2 a real high quality competitive game. I wouldn't think it'd be that necessary if they didn't make the stupidest suggestions and unit additions ever. While I think a couple of the ideas they have are alright, there has never been one where I thought "Wow, that's a really good idea" except for when something was blatantly overpowered/broken. They just have no clue what to do for maps, unit changes, and unit design. It's agonizing, because I think SC2 has a huge amount of potential. | ||
iHirO
United Kingdom1381 Posts
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lestye
United States4186 Posts
On January 09 2015 10:28 Blargh wrote: No... But an ex pro-gamer has infinitely more knowledge about the game than any of their employees (probably combined). Of course, I don't think Blizzard would ever do it, but I think it would help tremendously in making SC2 a real high quality competitive game. I wouldn't think it'd be that necessary if they didn't make the stupidest suggestions and unit additions ever. While I think a couple of the ideas they have are alright, there has never been one where I thought "Wow, that's a really good idea" except for when something was blatantly overpowered/broken. They just have no clue what to do for maps, unit changes, and unit design. It's agonizing, because I think SC2 has a huge amount of potential. I mean, that's an issue, they have knowledge/insight, but I don't think that's enough to justify a posisition. They actually have to have skills in gamemaking, the job you're describing doesn't exist. Being an idea guy alone isn't going to get you a job. | ||
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Caihead
Canada8550 Posts
On January 09 2015 10:41 lestye wrote: I mean, that's an issue, they have knowledge/insight, but I don't think that's enough to justify a posisition. They actually have to have skills in gamemaking, the job you're describing doesn't exist. Being an idea guy alone isn't going to get you a job. Being an idea guy means you should be a venture entrepreneur giving jobs to other people or doing something you love instead of a paycheque. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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