Creator of Diablo asked about D3; D3 devs reply

[Annubis]

So I just caught on the latest Internet drama happening. Here are the Google caches of IncGamers.

Interview:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Adiablo.incgamers.com%2Fblog%2Fcomments%2Finterview-diablo-creator-david-brevik-discusses-his-feelings-on-diablo-3&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS439US439&sugexp=chrome,mod=18&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Response:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Adiablo.incgamers.com%2Fblog%2Fcomments%2Fdiablo-3-developers-react-angrily-to-dave-brevik-interview&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS439US439&sugexp=chrome,mod=18&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Who is who:
http://i.imgur.com/r1y1k.png

This and every Bioware drama makes me think that any gaming company should make their employees sign a contract that they will not discuss inner details or opinions of their work on ANY social platforms =/

Also, I wonder if this is how it feels to have ungrateful children?

[Tooker]

They will almost certainly get in trouble with their employer for talking about work on social media.

And I don't know about ungrateful children - he pretty much did say "they did it differently than I would have, so it sucks."  It's hard to just shrug that off and say "well, clearly he knows best."  After all, as the devs mention on that Facebook post, the dude has not covered himself in unremitting glory since leaving the company.

[Eusis]

And I don't know about ungrateful children - he pretty much did say "they did it differently than I would have, so it sucks."  It's hard to just shrug that off and say "well, clearly he knows best."  After all, as the devs mention on that Facebook post, the dude has not covered himself in unremitting glory since leaving the company.

You probably could've still been more polite responding to something like that if you REALLY felt the need to do so. Or just focus on Hellgate London, better than going "fuck you" to what basically amounted to "well I'd have done things differently".

[Tooker]

Can't argue with that.  Always best to take the high road when possible.

[Annubis]

Somebody needs to tell Blizzard employees to "Stay away from the Facebook":
http://i.imgur.com/y3CsB.png

[Taelus]

I can understand them being upset about his comments, but Jay Wilson's 'fuck that loser' seems ridiculously incendiary. They're doing their best to make the game as good as they can (and I think it's already great), but it's not like the guy said anything worse than what people on BNet's forums did.

[Tooker]

To me, it's kind of like the difference between random moviegoers saying your movie sucked and having M. Night Shyamalan saying your movie sucked, and it would have been better if he had made it.  If I were a moviemaker, I'd certainly be more pissed about the latter than I would about the former.

[dyeager]

For the record I'm just gonna say I agree with every veiled criticism David Brevik has about Diablo 3. ;-)

[Taelus]

On a related note, the new patch just came out and it's awesome.

[Eusis]

To me, it's kind of like the difference between random moviegoers saying your movie sucked and having M. Night Shyamalan saying your movie sucked, and it would have been better if he had made it.  If I were a moviemaker, I'd certainly be more pissed about the latter than I would about the former.

I dunno, maybe a better comparison would be Ridley Scott or something? Then again he seemed to have a few brilliant movies earlier in his career and many relatively mediocre ones afterwards, it just seems more relevant given we DID in fact see a contrast with what he would've done (Prometheus) and what others would've done (everything else from Aliens onwards).

Then again M. Night Shyamalan DID have one or two big successes then a truly epic fall, whereas Ridley Scott never made anything as TRULY reviled, just disappointing, so maybe someone like Hironobu Sakaguchi is better compared to Ridley Scott? But I'm probably over analyzing this analogy.

[Tooker]

Yeah, I was just thinking "who made some really good movies in the beginning, but has only made not very good ones since?"  Shyamalan is who came to mind for me, but I can't argue that the other guys you said are wrong.

Edit: holy crap, new patch.  I wasn't going to play tonight, but I'm downloading that mother and might have to try it out!