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Blizzard North Co-Founders Leave Company
Thanks to several readers for pointing out a Reuters/Yahoo story discussing the departure of four key employees from Warcraft and Diablo developers Blizzard Entertainment. The article elaborates: "In a statement, Blizzard Entertainment said Blizzard North co-founders Erich Schaefer, Max Schaefer and David Brevik, along with a fourth employee, Bill Roper, 'resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.'" With Bill Roper often the public face of Blizzard, and the Blizzard North co-founders being the original Diablo developers, this is a big deal for Blizzard owners Vivendi, as well as gamers everywhere, especially as Blizzard "is widely seen in the games industry as one of the most attractive assets of VU Games, which has been languishing on the auction block for months."
Blizzard may soon encounter the chill of insolvency. ;-)
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Playing Warcraft III's expansion set, Frozen Throne, I came across something in a snow-covered Undead campaign. When I killed a penguin (the symbol of Linux) I was granted a Ring of Superiority! Is this Blizzard's way of saying the path to superiority is by killing Linux?
They're over here drinking my beer. Can someone come claim them? Thanks.
Rumor is that they've just joined the FreeCraft project. :P
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Yes, I'm joking.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
Hold me.
sob...
I am eagerly awaiting commands from Slashdot telling me whether I should be mad at the old Blizzard or the Blizzard founders.
I guess my e-mail to Blizzard about their actions against Freenet tore the company apart! I'm sure glad tech support forwarded it to the head developers...
Er...
Moderation: Put your hand inside the puppet head!
1st Guy: "Aye matey?"
3rd Guy: "Come on! Follow me!"
2nd/4th Guy: "We're ready, master...I'm not ready!"
Vivendi Universal: "Help Me!"
4th Guy: "Time to Die!!!"
Vivendi Universal: "uh...oops! Forgive me!"
All 4 Guys: "Die!"
Perhaps now we can hate Blizzard in peace and the guys will created another company which remains cool for a while (before it gets eaten by corporate greed)
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
Have they become dissatisfied with their corporate parent?
Oh come on, those answers are so boring. I want to know: Did they leave to found a private space exploration company? Are they going to colonize mars? Are they going to run a daytime cooking show on PBS?
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Developers of the critically acclaimed DIABLO franchise announced today that they have formed [Insert name here], a new development studio located in [city, state]. The studio, which will focus on state-of-the-art multiplayer content for PC and next generation console platforms, was formed by four veteran Blizzard developers, who played various roles in the creation of DIABLO.
"[New company name] is an all-star team whose members have a solid history and reputation for developing groundbreaking titles," said [insert developer], [insert new job title] and co-founder. "With the establishment of this company, we renew our commitment to the development of fresh concepts in the online gaming arena, and we look forward to pushing the industry in new and exciting directions."
Like the template? This same one has been sucessfully used to launch every new game company and is available for use under the GPL license.
Oh come on, those answers are so boring. I want to know: Did they leave to found a private space exploration company? Are they going to colonize mars? Are they going to run a daytime cooking show on PBS?
Someone mod this one funny, please.
It's obvious: they depleted their gold mine and had to build a new base somewhere else.
Arguing about vi versus Emacs is like arguing whether it's better to make fire by rubbing sticks or banging rocks.
Blizzard "is widely seen in the games industry as one of the most attractive assets of VU Games,
Not anymore.
Man, all I hope is that my Level 89 Barbarian with two Schaefer's Hammers (Shael'ed) doesn't get nerfed now when they finally release 1.10
But Maaa! Everyone else has a
...he was referring to his *parent* post, not *his* post!
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