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"Thank You Everyone!" David Kim leaves StarCraft 2 - Page 9

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igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
April 08 2017 09:09 GMT
#161
GL dk i was always a fan of the little dude
MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
Kaos_StarCraft
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia92 Posts
April 08 2017 09:27 GMT
#162
Bye.
WhosQuany
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany257 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 09:30:42
April 08 2017 09:30 GMT
#163
On April 08 2017 03:56 Nerchio wrote:
I wonder what project he is going into, maybe a new RTS?

yeah maybe wc4?
Goin back to Cali
KarlSiegt
Profile Joined December 2011
Italy36 Posts
April 08 2017 09:34 GMT
#164
David kim, you should have gone away earlier since you only have been able to worsen a game which first chapter was awesome.
You should go balance tetris and probably you would ruin that one as well since you' re totally incompetent.
And I will always wonder if You ever played even only one game of SC 2 since you never understood anything of it.
Please go growing potatos.
I hope I' ll never hear of you anymore.

User was temp banned for this post.
Italia
JackONeill
Profile Joined September 2013
861 Posts
April 08 2017 09:47 GMT
#165
On April 08 2017 09:09 PharaphobiaSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2017 07:21 JackONeill wrote:
On the one hand, I'm glad that he's stating that he'll be working on blizz's new project so i can avoid it like the plague.
On the other hand, that means that blizz pulling ressources from SC2 multiplayer because it doesn't bring enough money has gone as far as re-allocating the "head" of the balance team, which means even less patches and changes.

Overall i guess that means changes for SC2 multi are done, which finally extinguishes the last hope people unsatisfied with LOTV.


I wonder if you did not read the post enough times or u just too (slow?) to process this? He himself wanted the change and there is no suprise after 6 years... you saw it with alot of ppl in Blizzard or anywhere else after some time the change is good. Im actually suprised that he were reading this toxic things for 6 years lol


How naive do you have to be to think that any PR piece issued by a employee of a major company can contain any truth past indisputable facts?

His post can be boiled down to :
- i'm leaving the SC2 team
- i'm gonna work on another Blizz project

Everything else is pure politics and communication. We don't know if blizzard didn't just reallocate him because they thought SC2 was a commercial dead end, and that it's presented as him leaving the team to smoothe things, for instance.
Riner1212
Profile Joined November 2012
United States337 Posts
April 08 2017 09:50 GMT
#166
our prayers have been answered
Sjow "pretty ez life as protoss"
_Spartak_
Profile Joined October 2013
Turkey442 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 16:23:16
April 08 2017 10:09 GMT
#167
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

Why do you keep quoting that? Blizzard can work on more than one unannounced game.
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
April 08 2017 10:22 GMT
#168
Ok there were lots of bad patches, like the queen range patch in WOL that actually murdered the game BUT that being said. the job was thankless and impossible and difficult. no matter what DK would do, his decisions would get shit on, so he handled that really well. at the end of the day thanks to his work there were still many great and memorable games of SC2, and he did the best he could with the tools he was given. its come a long way since unpatched WOL. Good job!
Espartaquen
Profile Joined September 2015
88 Posts
April 08 2017 10:26 GMT
#169
Good luck to you Mr.Kim and good riddance. The numbers speak for themselves. Viewership and playerbase kept declining through the years you were in charge and plummeted during the LOTV launch. Mr.Kim was a good PR but a bad game designer. I hope the new commander in chief does things better than he did. Blizzard gets to keep him and focus on another project that hopefully suits his skills more. Good news overall.

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Foxxan
Profile Joined October 2004
Sweden3427 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 10:30:05
April 08 2017 10:29 GMT
#170
The argument that no matter what he would do, he would get shit feels very illogical to me, also feels pointless bringing that up. People will always cry and complain but thats how it is to express emotiotions, someone having a bad day, someone that doesnt think deeply about the subject at all and so on.

Arguments->all.
Voices->nothing in general
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1978 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-08 10:32:33
April 08 2017 10:32 GMT
#171


User was temp banned for this post.
Total Annihilation Zero
DeadByDawn
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom476 Posts
April 08 2017 10:36 GMT
#172
GLHF on the next project.
Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
April 08 2017 10:40 GMT
#173
There were times when I liked what DK did , times when I didnt , but there is no doubt about it , he loved what he did and try to do his best , his heart was in the right place , ty DK.

On another note I HOPE THE OTHER PROJECT ISNT WC4 , I really dont want him of all people balancing that.
Korakys
Profile Blog Joined November 2014
New Zealand272 Posts
April 08 2017 10:46 GMT
#174
David Kim was a big step up from Dustin Browder, sad to see him go and I wish him success in his next challenge. GG Dayvie.
Swing away sOs, swing away.
DeadByDawn
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom476 Posts
April 08 2017 11:40 GMT
#175
On April 08 2017 08:40 Penev wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2017 08:05 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I'm still going to blame David for things, even if they are things he had nothing to do with. He's the new Obama

omg imagine the guy who's replacing him

Oh f*ck, yeah. Excited, Terran walls are going to be huge, glorious, 40 feet high things that are impenetrable. Making Terran Great Again, and bombing the f*ck out of Syria Zerg.

Terran base Zerg
woodedmicrobe9
Profile Joined October 2014
Finland18 Posts
April 08 2017 11:42 GMT
#176
GL with your life David
My Life For Special Tactics
papaz
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden4149 Posts
April 08 2017 12:17 GMT
#177
GLHF on your next project,

But I honestly think you should have stepped down earlier. After HoTS someone else should have been in charge of the balance not because the game is not balanced but because there was only 1 expansion left and something more drastic than we have seen had need to be done for the game.
gtbex
Profile Joined March 2017
Poland39 Posts
April 08 2017 12:17 GMT
#178
The Jay Wilson of Starcraft 2. I wonder what he will do from now.
Pressure!
Winterhearted
Profile Joined October 2012
Ukraine28 Posts
April 08 2017 12:44 GMT
#179
It's too late...
Moonsalt
Profile Joined May 2011
267 Posts
April 08 2017 13:07 GMT
#180
I feel bad for the game David Kim is going to touch next.

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