Spendrak
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 | | Subject: Rob Pardo talks about free WoW, Starcraft, and OP Warlocks Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:54 pm | |
| Ok, maybe not about OP warlocks. Rob Pardo, SVP of game design at Blizzard, gave the keynote speech at the Game Developer's Conference held in Paris this week. Here are some WoW-related tidbits from his talk and the Q&A session held afterward. About WoW * WoW was first conceived as free to play, being supported by advertising. However, the non-subscription business model couldn't support Blizzard's goals for the game. * Pardo suggested that Blizzard approached the MMO genre "very naively, or else we might not have done it." * He once hired a WoW player who sent him a 16-page diatribe about the game because, even though the guy was wrong, "he was passionate" about improving the game.OK, so who said whining was no good? http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/24/rob-pardo-talks-about-free-wow-starcraft-activision/ | |
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Valdr
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| | Subject: Re: Rob Pardo talks about free WoW, Starcraft, and OP Warlocks Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:28 pm | |
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