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Interview w/ djWHEAT (03/22/15)

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Lycangrope
Profile Joined October 2013
United States110 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 21:33:16
March 24 2015 21:32 GMT
#1
djWHEAT sat down with my on Sunday to discuss his departure from SC2, the state of the community and our relationship with Blizzard, and the future of SC2 as an eSport.

CommentatorConfucius say, "it is easy to make it over the hill when banelings lead the way."
Ctone23
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States1841 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 21:37:04
March 24 2015 21:36 GMT
#2
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?
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darkscream
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2310 Posts
March 24 2015 23:11 GMT
#3
On March 25 2015 06:36 Ctone23 wrote:
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?


djwheat not in it for the money

djwheat loves sc2 casting almost as much as he loved quake 3 casting

djwheat got a bit burnt out and busy as he is a fulltime twitch employee with actual responsibilities, people should not assume him casting less = him caring less about a game, any game not just sc2
Drmooose
Profile Joined March 2011
United States390 Posts
March 24 2015 23:23 GMT
#4
Just finished it up and was glad to see his views on things. I'm a pretty big Wheat fan. I still watch on Twitch but never knew why he'd become so distant. It was easy to assume what he said and I don't see why anyone can fault him. Supporting himself and his family should always be the priority.

That being said, I hope there's a Inside the Game come LotV. I need some Goatlust.
I have a question...
Ctone23
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States1841 Posts
March 25 2015 16:57 GMT
#5
On March 25 2015 08:11 darkscream wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2015 06:36 Ctone23 wrote:
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?


djwheat not in it for the money

djwheat loves sc2 casting almost as much as he loved quake 3 casting

djwheat got a bit burnt out and busy as he is a fulltime twitch employee with actual responsibilities, people should not assume him casting less = him caring less about a game, any game not just sc2


Thanks a lot, I pretty much came away with the same conclusion.
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Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
March 25 2015 17:03 GMT
#6
I'm surprised anyone thought Wheat was becoming more distant from the front lines of SC2 by choice. I thought it was fairly obvious once he was hired by Twitch that he'd be moving behind the scenes and playing a different role.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
March 25 2015 17:04 GMT
#7
Wheat was playing and commentating Quake long before SC2 so I never understood why people felt so betrayed when he moved on for a while. He doesn't really owe the SC2 community anything to stay only with us and guess what, you have to adapt and transition or die in e-sports eventually. He was a Twitch employee anyways so it is only natural he would have to be flexible with games to keep relevant.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28536 Posts
March 25 2015 17:08 GMT
#8
On March 26 2015 02:03 Circumstance wrote:
I'm surprised anyone thought Wheat was becoming more distant from the front lines of SC2 by choice. I thought it was fairly obvious once he was hired by Twitch that he'd be moving behind the scenes and playing a different role.

Yeah, just like Mr. Bitter.
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Kronen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States732 Posts
March 25 2015 17:57 GMT
#9
I really enjoyed the video! Thanks for the great content!

regarding your sig though, Confucius must've stopped playing before widow mines... :-)

Have a good one!
Espers
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom606 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-25 18:07:37
March 25 2015 18:06 GMT
#10
On March 25 2015 08:11 darkscream wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2015 06:36 Ctone23 wrote:
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?


djwheat not in it for the money

djwheat loves sc2 casting almost as much as he loved quake 3 casting

djwheat got a bit burnt out and busy as he is a fulltime twitch employee with actual responsibilities, people should not assume him casting less = him caring less about a game, any game not just sc2


lol of course it's about money, look at the timing. as LotV beta is about to launch and there's bound to be opportunities, he decides to get back in touch with the starcraft community. I don't blame or dislike him for it, but it's pretty obvious.
imJealous
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1382 Posts
March 25 2015 18:12 GMT
#11
On March 26 2015 03:06 Espers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2015 08:11 darkscream wrote:
On March 25 2015 06:36 Ctone23 wrote:
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?


djwheat not in it for the money

djwheat loves sc2 casting almost as much as he loved quake 3 casting

djwheat got a bit burnt out and busy as he is a fulltime twitch employee with actual responsibilities, people should not assume him casting less = him caring less about a game, any game not just sc2


lol of course it's about money, look at the timing. as LotV beta is about to launch and there's bound to be opportunities, he decides to get back in touch with the starcraft community. I don't blame or dislike him for it, but it's pretty obvious.

Jesus christ some people...
... In life very little goes right. "Right" meaning the way one expected and the way one wanted it. One has no right to want or expect anything.
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
March 25 2015 18:21 GMT
#12
People who blame djWheat and suggest he was in it for the money should be ashamed of themselves. Anyone who has watched him stream or listened to him on podcasts would know that he loved the game and he did a shitton for the community.
Thank you for the interview!
Get off my lawn, young punks
Lycangrope
Profile Joined October 2013
United States110 Posts
March 25 2015 18:25 GMT
#13
he decides to get back in touch with the starcraft community


I reached out to him after the reaction to the discussion w/ Destiny/ZombieGrub and Day9's post.
CommentatorConfucius say, "it is easy to make it over the hill when banelings lead the way."
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-25 18:29:28
March 25 2015 18:25 GMT
#14
EDIT: Nvm. I don't want to actually start this discussion again.
Pseudorandom
Profile Joined April 2010
United States120 Posts
March 25 2015 18:43 GMT
#15
Didn't realize how much I missed seeing djWHEAT around until this. Hope the best for him, and thank you for posting this!
"This is scissors, paper is fine, paper just needs to learn how to play. Paper needs to stop complaining." - richlol
spoonmaster
Profile Joined May 2012
United States347 Posts
March 25 2015 18:45 GMT
#16
I appreciate what Wheat's done for the scene on the front side and behind the scenes, but I don't enjoy his casting personally.
darkscream
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2310 Posts
March 25 2015 18:46 GMT
#17
On March 26 2015 03:06 Espers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2015 08:11 darkscream wrote:
On March 25 2015 06:36 Ctone23 wrote:
Thanks for this. Will watch later when I get home from work.... You don't happen to have a TL;DR bullet point do you?


djwheat not in it for the money

djwheat loves sc2 casting almost as much as he loved quake 3 casting

djwheat got a bit burnt out and busy as he is a fulltime twitch employee with actual responsibilities, people should not assume him casting less = him caring less about a game, any game not just sc2


lol of course it's about money, look at the timing. as LotV beta is about to launch and there's bound to be opportunities, he decides to get back in touch with the starcraft community. I don't blame or dislike him for it, but it's pretty obvious.



do you think casting a live event is good money or something? or twitch ad revenue? lol...

these guys are professionals outside of this game, they often make more money by NOT doing sc2 and instead continuing work on their own enterprises. They do it because they like the game and community, ungrateful as we can be....
Chilling5pr33
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Germany518 Posts
March 25 2015 20:12 GMT
#18
Im a fan of djWHEAT since his awesome Q3 casts and i love to see him still inside the scene and to be someone in charge now we love you back djWHEAT! Im sure he makes good decissions for all of us. Wheat for president (of twitch).
F-
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14003 Posts
March 25 2015 20:18 GMT
#19
I wondered what happened to wheat, thanks for this
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MidnightZL
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden203 Posts
March 25 2015 23:36 GMT
#20

lol of course it's about money, look at the timing. as LotV beta is about to launch and there's bound to be opportunities, he decides to get back in touch with the starcraft community. I don't blame or dislike him for it, but it's pretty obvious.

Jesus christ some people...[/QUOTE]

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