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LordofAscension
United States589 Posts
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ShcShc
Canada912 Posts
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Blacklizard
United States1194 Posts
On May 21 2007 03:11 Pillars wrote: Totally agree. This is something we're keeping a very careful eye on. Battles were very clear in Starcraft, even as army sizes ramped up to 200/200. One of my biggest pet peeves about War3 was the amount of visual spam which all of the spells and buffs created. It became a 'skill' to discern what was actually happening on the battlefield behind all of the buffs / de-buffs / heals / AoE spells, etc. This is something we're trying to avoid with SC2. Pillars! ! ! When I saw your nick I had to crawl out of the woodwork to say hello. Very glad to see you working at Blizzard helping make this game competitive and right. It's looking promising, but naturally there's a fair bit of trepidation of the sequel living up to the original. But if anybody can do it, it is Blizzard! -Blacklizard | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
I forget where I first read about you, but it was a while back (I thought you were a Korean progamer at the time :O) | ||
XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
It's certainly great to know that both progamers and SC legends like Pillars are involved in SC2. If anyone can help Blizzard recreate the magic of SC in its sequel, it'll be these people. The future of SC2 just got a lot brighter  P.S. VERY relieved to know that Blizzard is aware of the "problem" WC3 had with all the effects, animations, etc. that made it hard for players to discern what was going on. This is a concern that I and many people I know have for SC2 with the switch to 3D graphics of such detail. | ||
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mnm
United States4493 Posts
On May 21 2007 08:08 MaGic~PhiL wrote: lol i saw baaaack in the day a picture of Grrrr... and {PH}Pillars in some pro gaming clothes. Looked pretty neat back then lol. These glittering costumes ; D I thin we guys have to accept, that things just HAVE TO change. But i hope that some things and the most important things are kept the same in the game. Like not being able to select all units u control. Not too much and too fancy effects, a good size of the maps. Ect.. but what are im even talking.. : D One thing id like to say : The zealots are looking amazing and it looks soooo cule when they speed up .. = ] anyone have a pic of pillars? =] | ||
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pooper-scooper
United States3108 Posts
On May 21 2007 10:58 XaI)CyRiC wrote: How can people not know or remember Pillars? Almost legendary SC player, top player in AoX and WC3? Am I really that old for immediately recognizing Pillars for the pillar (sorry for the pun) of the SC/BW, or RTS as a genre, community that he is? It's certainly great to know that both progamers and SC legends like Pillars are involved in SC2. If anyone can help Blizzard recreate the magic of SC in its sequel, it'll be these people. The future of SC2 just got a lot brighter P.S. VERY relieved to know that Blizzard is aware of the "problem" WC3 had with all the effects, animations, etc. that made it hard for players to discern what was going on. This is a concern that I and many people I know have for SC2 with the switch to 3D graphics of such detail. Don't worry, a lot of us remember Pillars. I mean you'd have to be pretty young to not remember him from WC3. But I remember him from SC and so do a lot of old schoolers. | ||
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Tiamat
United States498 Posts
BTW, anyone remember the "Cannonballs vs the Computer" battlereport. That was gold. If you remember that one you ARE an old schooler. | ||
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Awesome to have someone like you working at SC2, especially seeing as how you try to get involved with the community. Keep it up | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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Aerox
Malaysia1213 Posts
/bow And thanks, the answers brought some assurance on the quality of SC2. | ||
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Blacklizard
United States1194 Posts
On May 21 2007 11:27 Tiamat wrote: For some reason I remember "Black-Lizard" from the old Starcraft S&T forums. BTW, anyone remember the "Cannonballs vs the Computer" battlereport. That was gold. If you remember that one you ARE an old schooler. Yeah, i might be as old school (or just plain old) as they come nowadays. Played War2 in the day and beta for starcraft, etc. A few months back I got the urge to play starcraft again and started watching all the Korean pro VODs and have been loving it. Might be brushing off the rust just in time for Starcraft 2! -Blacklizard | ||
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JensOfSweden
Cameroon1767 Posts
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Asta
Germany3491 Posts
Not that I wouldn't believe that Blizzard employees read this but I'm surprised that one of them should suddenly answer all the questions here. Blizzard employees never talked that much, not even in special Fansite-Events. | ||
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On May 21 2007 12:10 Asta wrote: How come everybody is 100% convinced that this is the real Pillars and is really working at Bliz? I for one won't believe that until either nvnplatypus or someone oldschool from PH or maybe IN confirms his identity. Anyone could have known all the stuff he posted so far. Not that I wouldn't believe that Blizzard employees read this but I'm surprised that one of them should suddenly answer all the questions here. Blizzard employees never talked that much, not even in special Fansite-Events. The account was created back in October of 2004, and the first post was made in regards to AoX. This suggests to me that this account wasn't created just so someone could impersonate Pillars and make false representations about SC2. It also seems that some of the other old school gamers seem to have acknowledged him as the real Pillars on these forums, for whatever reason, and they seem to all be familiar with the same history and shared experiences. There appears to be more reason to believe that it is the real Pillars than there is to doubt it's him. | ||
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
I've got a question for your pillars: Why do you suck so hard? LOL LOL LOL. BURN BURN BURN. Damn I'm smart and clever + witty. | ||
FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
I think I'm gonna go down to Irvine and sneak in with a video camera and leak some pics/photos of sc2 if he won't do it. | ||
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Pillars
United States147 Posts
On May 21 2007 09:29 eG)HeavenS wrote: Hello pillars I'd like to use my 1000th post to thank you along with the rest of Blizzard employees who are making this sequel possible. I'm also glad to see that you are active within our community, and that you can be the medium between our community and Blizzard, i think this will greatly benefit Starcraft 2. So far i have no complaints on starcraft 2 from what i have seen besides the tank design (something im sure will evolve and the game is improved upon). I do however have a question for you that i think others may have as well: Will Blizzard take measures to make hacking alot harder or even impossible to do in SC2? What sort of measures are being taken? Would blizzard be interested in working alongside some of the community's own 3rd party anti hack program creators to develop a reasonable solution to this growing nuisance? Thank you Pillars, and i hope you will be able to answer my question or provide some insight on this issue. ^^ I don't know the details of Blizzard's approach to hacking / cheating in SC2, but I do know that it's considered an important issue. Competition only has meaning if the integrity of the game is intact. I'm sure as the project continue we'll distribute more specific information about this topic. | ||
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