The way this guy always faced up for Blizzard and talked civilly towards a community that largely treated him like shit is remarkable. Blizzard should be very proud of David, very few people could have done that job and represented the product so well. I always liked listening to DK talk about Starcraft. An amazing player, too.

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praying for Warcraft 4

Nakajin

Canada8989 Posts

April 08 2017 04:17 GMT

#145

Good luck in the future David, and don't worry we will keep your name alive for ever in our meme.

By the way if the guy goes to warcraft 4 he has the best self image of the world, he already took so much crap and you know he is destined to take even more if he goes to W4.

Kitai

United States873 Posts

April 08 2017 04:19 GMT

#146

Thanks for all the hard work DK. I appreciate the position you held, knowing that a wave of vitriol would be directed at you after almost any significant change you had to make. Thanks for staying thoughtful and passionate regardless of that. And thanks for helping to keep SC2 an enjoyable and satisfying game throughout the years. I'm excited to see what you do next!

GreatCraft

21 Posts

April 08 2017 04:26 GMT

#147

It's sad that people have blamed David Kim as the reason for Starcraft's inferiority in popularity in the eSports scene. Silly people.

Warcraft 4 or another franchise. Starcraft 3... seems too soon. Eh, I can be satisified with LoTV for the rest of my life.

Trozz

Canada3454 Posts

April 08 2017 04:30 GMT

#148

dayvie's pretty cool
he hit rank one with random
gotta give respect

Kevin_Sorbo

Canada3217 Posts

April 08 2017 05:23 GMT

#149

GG DK.

Never thought I would be disapointed by your departure
probably means you were doing a good job!

(adepts though.............)

MockHamill

Sweden1798 Posts

April 08 2017 05:29 GMT

#150

Well given the horrible units that had to work with (Swarm Hosts, Tempest, Adepts etc) he did a decent work at balancing the winrates for the top 0.01%.

Only one person can save SC2 now but I do not think he will get the job.

PharaphobiaSC

Czech Republic457 Posts

April 08 2017 06:39 GMT

#151

For sake... guys.. stop praying for SC3 or WC4 its not gonna happen.... and here is why:

"Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced engine engineer to work on a robust first-person engine for an unannounced project." So it is not WC4 or any RTS

https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/oFop4fwg

Wrath

3174 Posts

April 08 2017 06:40 GMT

#152

On April 08 2017 12:16 riotjune wrote:
Wow, everyone's so nice now lol

Sometimes you hate someone to the very core but when they actually leave... Don't know, you kinda feel sorry.

F u r u y a

Brazil173 Posts

April 08 2017 06:49 GMT

#153

On April 08 2017 05:37 LHK wrote:
Wow. Everyone always hated all over David Kim for years and asked for him to step down and all that memery, but I'm legitimately a little sad that he's done. Regardless of if he did great work or not, he has been with us since the very beginning.

Best of luck in the future, DK.

I feel exactly the same way.

Clazziquai10

Singapore1949 Posts

April 08 2017 07:12 GMT

#154

Cya dkim, have fun ruining the next blizzard project you'll be in charge of

User was temp banned for this post.

kajtarp

Hungary483 Posts

April 08 2017 07:30 GMT

#155

On April 08 2017 14:29 MockHamill wrote:
Well given the horrible units that had to work with (Swarm Hosts, Tempest, Adepts etc) he did a decent work at balancing the winrates for the top 0.01%.

Only one person can save SC2 now but I do not think he will get the job.

And who is that one person?

Topdoller

United Kingdom3860 Posts

April 08 2017 07:33 GMT

#156

On April 08 2017 16:30 kajtarp wrote:

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And who is that one person?

Avilo !!!!

Thouhastmail

Korea (North)876 Posts

April 08 2017 07:44 GMT

#157

So this means we can expect another expension?

Kevin_Sorbo

Canada3217 Posts

April 08 2017 07:44 GMT

#158

On April 08 2017 16:33 Topdoller wrote:

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Avilo !!!!

I hear he is busy saving a 'new' game these days. A 'new' game that has a mech friendly meta.

However, I am convinced he is still doing his katas in the sunset by the bunkbed.
Soon tanks will shoot up and raven auto-turret will last 600 real time seconds. The 'tiny dick' tag will also be added to the adept.

Game saved.

Grumbels

Netherlands7031 Posts

April 08 2017 08:07 GMT

#159

On April 08 2017 15:40 Wrath wrote:

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Sometimes you hate someone to the very core but when they actually leave... Don't know, you kinda feel sorry.

You don't speak ill of the death. More to the point, DK in his role as balance designer and public face of the design team might be a disagreeable proposition for some, but no one here has a legitimate reason to dislike him personally.

I think a thread like this is better served with amicable, personal messages, in order not to conflate these various aspects of DK. What is worrisome, however, is that people have an unfortunate tendency towards hagiography and will, in the glow of the moment, unknowingly politicize a departure by whitewashing actual flaws.

valas991

Hungary181 Posts

April 08 2017 08:11 GMT

#160

Well, gl hf

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Also, rip this game ^

Curious to know who will replace him

On April 08 2017 15:39 PharaphobiaSC wrote:
For sake... guys.. stop praying for SC3 or WC4 its not gonna happen.... and here is why:

"Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced engine engineer to work on a robust first-person engine for an unannounced project." So it is not WC4 or any RTS

https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/oFop4fwg

Hm, wonder if it would be a first person Starcraft Ghost. One can hope.