#1 - Jan. 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
And...maybe you can make me the director for the video and fly me out to California! "nudge, nudge"
01/14/2014 01:28 PMPosted by FairadeyI want to hear more about the apparently amazing cafeteria at Blizzard HQ.
Would a fly-on-the-wall developer meeting series be possible? Let us see one of the fabled sit downs, if it is very clearly stated that what is being discussed is just ideas maybe the community could handle it.
Nah. I've seen people throw darts to make important decisions before. At least, that's what I hope they're doing. If they're actually thinking about it, we're all in big trouble with the major rework going into WOD.
It's funny to hear blizzard (a multi-billion dollar company) talking about resources. But then again they are so stingy they can't hire a few programmers to fix bugs that have been around since vanilla, and they just recycle content over and over (see hearthstone, diablo 3 etc).
Aka - We only NET about 95 Million dollars per month...Clearly we don't have enough resources for ANYTHING like this...
Yes there are so many of these mini-developers who all run very successful MMO's in their spare time.
Would be awesome to get a real glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes, but I wouldn't believe it.
There are puppy cams.
There are otter cams.
There are cams where you can press a another button and feed ducks.
I want a Blizzard cam with a button where when pressed a cupcake is plopped onto a random CM's desk. :D
Sadly, there's quite a bit that can't be shared and/or you would find terribly boring. I've been neck deep in spreadsheets and planning documents as are many others. "Behind the scenes" would involve a lot of photos of people staring at computer screens, sounds of frantic typing, email notifications flickering across the screen, instant messages, and meetings involving spreadsheets and planning documents. ;) There's a lot of work that goes on and not as much shenanigans as some would like to hope for, but as Zarhym said, we do try to give more glimpses into individuals and what they do at Blizzard when we can. We'll keep working toward that end as much as possible for you.
I think you are a little full of yourself. No one wants to see behind the scenes community manager, they want to see behind the scenes developers.
*Shrugs* I just want to know who to blame now GC has left.
01/15/2014 10:39 AMPosted by OratoryI'd love to be a fly on the wall in a developer meeting where various things are discussed and ideas thrown around brainstormed. And probably get bored after realizing it's not as exciting as I imagine it.
Maybe I'm being xenophobic here but I think the high production values of things Blizzard puts out with all the translations hampers the ability to do more things. Quality over quantity is usually ideal but raw dev notes would be pretty cool.
01/15/2014 02:07 PMPosted by Artefon
As for being "full of myself"... all I can do is smile and laugh.
That's the spirt Neth. Life is more fun if you're laughing. Also sidebar thanks for my first blue response of any sort in all these years.
P.S. If Zarhym is still sad give him a /hug for me. Candles can /hug right?
01/14/2014 10:41 PMPosted by ArtefonThe tone from Zarhym is fitting here as I was just running through Diablo III the other day joking with a friend about how arrogant Zarhym must be in real life after coming upon our the fifth or sixth gold champion pack with a lead named Zarhym. We saw quite a few more playing through to the end of the act...
Then you think about all of their cool guy twitter pics. Selfies in shades sipping posh beverages. "Cool and aloof" take 3403. Click! Couple that image with the comment about the public show for interviews and you quickly realize there's no point in asking them to just be real people. Those at Blizzard in the spotlight seem to be too deep in the abysmal depths their own semi-celebrity nerd status and can't be asked to come up for air anytime soon.
Would be awesome to get a real glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes, but I wouldn't believe it.
01/16/2014 06:09 PMPosted by KénpachiWhile I agree that making a behind the scenes is usually a polished and well thought out piece of work takes time and resources I believe the best way to actually get this done would be to have one of the blizz fan sites do it with just a home camera, they can visit various areas on different days and ask a few questions....I know of a couple I would ask is to actually see what goes on during a regular maintinance on the hardware and software....and then I MUST see the power generator ( and count how many gerbils it takes to power everything ).
At the end of such a video I think everyone who takes part in WoW should get in a group in front of the camera at the end, introduce themselves and their job....including the janitor...its only right that he who keeps the bathrooms tidy of night elf stains and empty all the trashcans of worgen fur.
01/16/2014 06:21 PMPosted by AilidaIf the argument is that image matters to people -- whether it's the image of an individual, a company, or a brand -- and you're not usually seeing a person at "face value" by looking at their social media profile, I wholeheartedly agree. That's pretty much inherent in social media and not exclusive to any person or group of people, be they celebrities, "semi-celebrity nerd status" folks as you describe, or anyone else. ;)
It's your fault for displaying yourself in such a way. Social media has always been a competition to see who can be the biggest... well, you know. That's why I don't participate. If you don't want to be seen in that way - and seeing as you took the time to respond to it, we know it got to you - then don't display yourself in such a way. Don't blame social media for the way people think of you. You made them think that way.
01/15/2014 05:45 AMPosted by ArtefonThe second part was a jab at some of the guys who do post on twitter. Coming from what Zarhym said about having to put on a public face it seemed a decent place to make fun of the people who look like put more effort into their twitter pictures. I have to assume they make fun of some of each others pictures on there. The point being we aren't going to get the inside scoop at Blizzard partly because of the reasons that were stated and mostly due to what I thought was hinted at: that inside information early and out of context would cause more problems than it might alleviate and in order to give that behind the scenes look without causing those problems you can't just film anything back there. More likely you wouldn't be able to film any interesting happening development wise.
And no, it isn't fun posting when people get hurt. I'm sure Zarhym isn't though. He knows I'm only grumpy because I want to take cool Val Kilmer quality selfies myself, but I can't because I'm an ugly dwarf still... and I currently have no idea when I'll be able to get to Draenor and fix my ugly face... because we maybe need a blizzard series thing... Probably.
01/16/2014 07:28 PMPosted by FlourenceCould you tell me why dragon soul did not live up to the standards that every other end of expansion raid has had?
01/16/2014 07:28 PMPosted by FlourenceCould you tell me why dragon soul did not live up to the standards that every other end of expansion raid has had?