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"Thank You Everyone!" David Kim leaves StarCraft 2 - Page 11

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avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 22:44:14
April 08 2017 22:43 GMT
#201
On April 09 2017 02:38 BronzeKnee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2017 04:12 Charoisaur wrote:
... and now David Kim leaving sc2. This is a tough time to be an sc2 fan


I have never been more hopeful for SC2 than now.


I feel the same. A lot probably do. We can all respect the time the guy put in, but his approach to balancing was very, very flawed and not good for the game.
Sup
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
April 08 2017 22:45 GMT
#202
I love all of the brilliant contributory comments in this thread that are giving us fantastic ways to dismantle deathballs and fix all of the "gameplay" problems. Thanks for all the insight. Make sure to post all of your wonderful ideas on the Battlenet forums so that Blizzard will know how to fix this game in the future.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
MiCroLiFe
Profile Joined March 2012
Norway275 Posts
April 08 2017 23:15 GMT
#203
Great. Maybe terran can have a chance now? bring tankivac back! remove overcharge! 8 armor ultra need a proper counter
Im Terran. Yes i will balance whine somethimes. And thats how we terrans survive, Hoping for balance patches<3
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
April 08 2017 23:37 GMT
#204
On April 09 2017 08:15 MiCroLiFe wrote:
Great. Maybe terran can have a chance now? bring tankivac back! remove overcharge! 8 armor ultra need a proper counter

8 armor ultra doesn't exist anymore.
They only have max 7 armor now.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
c0sm0naut
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1229 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 23:44:23
April 08 2017 23:41 GMT
#205
On April 08 2017 19:32 TaShadan wrote:


User was temp banned for this post.


100% sure this was worth it

lol

peoples memory of him is really bad. but i think he had an impossible job (make millions of competitive ppl playing a videogame happy/somehow balance that with weird videogatme hermits who play 8 hrs a day and break the balance eveyr few months), i think he did pretty well in all honesty. people say he was too knee jerk against terran but honeslty terran was so fucking imbalance @ launch, so thats why he had to be that way. i was playing random at the time and it was wildly apparent to me
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 23:47:58
April 08 2017 23:47 GMT
#206
On April 09 2017 08:41 c0sm0naut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2017 19:32 TaShadan wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J6-3l3hCm0

User was temp banned for this post.


100% sure this was worth it

lol

peoples memory of him is really bad. but i think he had an impossible job (make millions of competitive ppl playing a videogame happy/somehow balance that with weird videogatme hermits who play 8 hrs a day and break the balance eveyr few months), i think he did pretty well in all honesty. people say he was too knee jerk against terran but honeslty terran was so fucking imbalance @ launch, so thats why he had to be that way. i was playing random at the time and it was wildly apparent to me

true story. I have friends to this day complain about how IMBA Terran is. Given, they are only gold-ish, but they live in the perpetual WoL perception that stimmed marines still own this game and are imbalanced. Even though Terran is in it's worst spot in a long time right now :/
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
AshC
Profile Joined August 2016
United States328 Posts
April 08 2017 23:52 GMT
#207
HFGL to David Kim. He did a good job with SC2 given how hostile and whiny people are towards him. He probably had the tough job at Blizzard. I'm sure whichever project has him now is very lucky!

I hope he will continue to support SC2 in some smaller capacity.
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 01:06:29
April 09 2017 00:44 GMT
#208
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3394 Posts
April 09 2017 01:04 GMT
#209
lol

User was warned for this post
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
April 09 2017 02:00 GMT
#210
lol Idra, funny guy. Doubt he'll come to SCII though, I think he's done for good since what, HoTS?
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Chris_Havoc
Profile Joined August 2016
United States600 Posts
April 09 2017 02:39 GMT
#211
On April 09 2017 11:00 BigFan wrote:
lol Idra, funny guy. Doubt he'll come to SCII though, I think he's done for good since what, HoTS?


IdrA was basically done at the start of HotS. He didn't finally quit until the end of 2013.
Owner of the SC2 Esports Anthology channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SC2EsportsAnthology
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
April 09 2017 03:14 GMT
#212
On April 09 2017 11:39 Chris_Havoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2017 11:00 BigFan wrote:
lol Idra, funny guy. Doubt he'll come to SCII though, I think he's done for good since what, HoTS?


IdrA was basically done at the start of HotS. He didn't finally quit until the end of 2013.


Yeah Incontrol said in a recent AMA that he was back in school and completely out of esports. He said he didnt want to be in the spotlight anymore and faded out. Would love to watch him stream even in a one-time stream because I really think he is a good guy deep down, easily frustrated and verbally toxic, but I'd like to think in person and in small groups he's chill.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
April 09 2017 03:27 GMT
#213
I am thrilled to know what project David Kim has moved on to. Let's just hope it is something exciting and not just another WoW expansion...
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
April 09 2017 04:50 GMT
#214
On April 09 2017 12:27 ggrrg wrote:
I am thrilled to know what project David Kim has moved on to. Let's just hope it is something exciting and not just another WoW expansion...


From the few hints there are, it sounds like it's a new game, and not an RTS. (Dayvie said the new project would help him grow as a game developer, so I don't think he'll be doing the same exact thing on a new RTS)
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5218 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 06:20:47
April 09 2017 06:12 GMT
#215
On April 09 2017 04:54 [PkF] Wire wrote:
He certainly took the blame for mistakes a whole team was behind but I won't miss him at all. Most decisions and additions since HotS' launch were just abysmal.


He was in charge. "Lead Designer" had to mean something... the buck should have stopped with him. And if it didn't, then Blizzard is poorly run.

On April 09 2017 03:05 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2017 02:38 BronzeKnee wrote:
On April 08 2017 04:12 Charoisaur wrote:
... and now David Kim leaving sc2. This is a tough time to be an sc2 fan

I have never been more hopeful for SC2 than now.

this is a great position to have if you want to set yourself up for feeling indignant, angry, and offended in 6 months.


We never agree, but you can cry on my shoulder if you want. I know what it is like to have a game I love ripped out from under me; WOL was an amazing ride. If LOTV does good things for you and this changes that, I am sorry.

But I won't be angry or offended in 6 months.

SC2 will probably be the same, and I'll still be playing other games. But this is the first step necessary for it be something better.
aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
April 09 2017 08:21 GMT
#216
i guess warcraft 4 will have some issues
can i get my estro logo back pls
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
April 09 2017 08:41 GMT
#217
i never understood the hate for david kim.. i only got the chance to speak with a few times on the ladder but he was always down to talk and seemed genuinely interested in the game (this was back in WOL, i went back to broodwar in mid 2012). I imagine that any hatred for him is just because he was the messenger, the people telling him HOW to balance the game (focusing on casuals) were probably much higher up than he was
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
April 09 2017 08:55 GMT
#218
thank you David Kim. There wouldn't have been a Starcraft Broodwar Revival without you.
Broodwar for life!
AcclimAte_
Profile Joined October 2015
9 Posts
April 09 2017 10:50 GMT
#219
I love this game you've worked so hard to help create and believe you've done a extraordinary job of balancing. I have always appreciated and respected the positive and candid feedback you've had with the community. I wish you the absolute best in your future project and look forward to it as well!
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
April 09 2017 11:01 GMT
#220
On April 09 2017 17:55 Cele wrote:
thank you David Kim. There wouldn't have been a Starcraft Broodwar Revival without you.


LOL this post is so true
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