Editorial Bill Roper talks about stuff

[Vault Dweller]

Tags: Flagship Studios

Apparently there is a <b>Game Developers Conference</b> in Australia (which sounds like an excuse to hit the beaches during the winter) and Bill Roper is invited. He's going to talk about morale at the workplace, and <a href=http://rpgvault.ign.com>RPG Vault</a> has posted some of Bill's <a href=http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/569/569053p1.html>thoughts</a> on that matter.
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<blockquote>Most importantly, it is up to everyone to keep their priorities straight. Working hard is good. Pushing yourself and others to achieve greater heights is good. Burning yourself and your co-workers out is not. It can be a fine line to tread when the hours start to lengthen as the ship date for your game - or that next trade show, or your next milestone - approaches. You know you need to get the game done, but we must examine the cost - not in terms of dollars and cents, but in terms of the people.</blockquote>
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Working hard is good, hardly working is even better

 

[dojoteef]

You might want to change moral to morale in your news blurb considering that's what's being discussed :D.

 

[Old Scratch]

Isn't that the Diablo guy, who left Blizzard to form a new company where they can churn out baby Diablos? Fuck what he has to say.

 

[Vault Dweller]

You might want to change moral to morale in your news blurb considering that's what's being discussed :D.

Much obliged. Done.

Isn't that the Diablo guy, who left Blizzard to form a new company where they can churn out baby Diablos? Fuck what he has to say

Bill was the Blizzard guy, not just Diablo. Without him and 3 other key players who left with him, Blizzard is just an empty shell.

 

[Old Scratch]

Ah, didn't know that. I thought he was just responsible for Diablo, which considering its effect on the industry isn't really a good thing IMO. WC, WC2, and StarCraft were good games though.

 

[Vault Dweller]

He is responsible for those as well. Here is a link:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/shee ... erId=1020/

 

[Surlent]

EA crew should read that article.

 

[Sol Invictus]

Isn't that the Diablo guy, who left Blizzard to form a new company where they can churn out baby Diablos? Fuck what he has to say.

Eat shit, man. Without Bill Roper and the Schaeffer brothers, Blizzard is nothing. Case in point: World of Warcraft.

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

Case in point: World of Warcraft.

Case in point: Fastest selling MMORPG ever.

 

[dunduks]

observation:

blizzard could crap in a box and people would call it a "big hit, omgzorz l337 best game evar!".

 

[Volourn]

"Without Bill Roper and the Schaeffer brothers, Blizzard is nothing."

Wouldn't bother me if they all just vanished. Diablo 1 was ok. Havne't even bothered with Diablo 2. Their other games I haven't tocuhed at all except maybe in passing. They have added NOTHING to my enjoyment of games. Therefore, his opinion means shit to me.

 

[DarkSign]

Case in point: World of Warcraft.

Case in point: Fastest selling MMORPG ever.

And what conclusion are you expecting people to draw from that fact?

Hopefully that its not that its the best MMORPG out there merely because the most number of people believed it was good?

There was a time when a majority of people thought the earth was flat and slavery was ok (I keep my Indonesian love slave from Bangdoon in the closet)...but they were wrong.

just sayin'

 

[Sol Invictus]

Case in point: World of Warcraft.

Case in point: Fastest selling MMORPG ever.

Only in the United States. FFXI is still the best selling, and fastest selling MMORPG in Japan. It has more users than EverQuest and WOW combined.

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

And what conclusion are you expecting people to draw from that fact?

None, really. Just did it because it's Rex. :D