General Discussion

...of Warcraft. On Wednesday morning, Managing Editor Jon Wood attending the opening keynote address at the Austin Game Developers Conference, where Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime discussed the secrets of Blizzards success.

Day one of the Austin Game Developers Conference kicked off with a keynote speech from Mike Morhaime, the President and Co-Founder of Blizzard. If you've been living under a rock in the MMO world for the last few years, Blizzard is the company that brought World of Warcraft to the market, and paved the way for an expansion in the MMORPG industry.

"Our industry is young, and moving fast."

Morhaime led off by talking about the major leaps that have been made by way of communication in the 20th century.

The world has become a smaller place," he said. He's right. Online communication has made it possible for people who may never have had the opportunity to communicate with one another to meet, share ideas and become friends. Online games were a logical consequence of that change.

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Originally posted by Szark
"WoW was not out first game," he reminded us.

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Please proofread more...

The article with the movie about Archlord posted in Anarchy Online, now this....

This goes for the CM for Auto Assault(doubt you read this, but w/e) please proofread what you are posting. It makes you look very amateur.

Originally posted by disstress

 

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Originally posted by Szark
"WoW was not out first game," he reminded us.

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Please proofread more...

The article with the movie about Archlord posted in Anarchy Online, now this....

This goes for the CM for Auto Assault(doubt you read this, but w/e) please proofread what you are posting. It makes you look very amature.

"amateur"

Originally posted by disstress

 

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Originally posted by Szark
"WoW was not out first game," he reminded us.

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Please proofread more...

The article with the movie about Archlord posted in Anarchy Online, now this....

This goes for the CM for Auto Assault(doubt you read this, but w/e) please proofread what you are posting. It makes you look very amature.

Originally posted by ManJunk

 

Originally posted by disstress

 

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Originally posted by Szark
"WoW was not out first game," he reminded us.

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Please proofread more...

The article with the movie about Archlord posted in Anarchy Online, now this....

This goes for the CM for Auto Assault(doubt you read this, but w/e) please proofread what you are posting. It makes you look very amature.

 

"amateur"

lol, you're faster than I am! 

Wasn't going to reply but the temptation was too great.

yep, and I'm not a writer on a high profile MMO site either, so I am immune :D

Originally posted by disstress

 

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Originally posted by Szark
"WoW was not out first game," he reminded us.

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Please proofread more...

The article with the movie about Archlord posted in Anarchy Online, now this....

This goes for the CM for Auto Assault(doubt you read this, but w/e) please proofread what you are posting. It makes you look very amateur.

Oh no, a typo!  We're all gonna die!

Ok....really....the only thing I have to say is.....Has anyone emailed this to John Smedly and if they did, do you think he might learn something from it?

Love or Hate WoW, if more games companies not only listened to these 10 points but actually followed through on them like Blizzard, there were be far, far less wretched games on the market - both console and PC.

Blizzard has learned the important lesson of ignoring the hardcore whiners who cry out for games that do everything and the kitchen sink while only playing on the highest-end systems, as though that will someone make them good.  

Now if only more companies would learn to do the same - unfortunately many of them are being RUN by the same type of hardcore whiner who thinks that unrealistic, irrational ideas and cutting edge technology is all it takes to make a good game.

Some of the recent disasters we've seen have weeded out a few of these types, but there are sitll many of them calling the shots in gaming companies.   And no matter how many times you tell them,  they'll never be able to figure out why their games don't sell like a Blizzard product.