tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post9001977174223532811..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: The Ghostcrawler Legacy, Part IRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-41162929793036001692013-12-15T02:36:40.264-08:002013-12-15T02:36:40.264-08:00Love this 5 Why's process you mention. I think...Love this 5 Why's process you mention. I think it cuts to the point much more efficiently than Six Sigma (a process flaunted but as far as I can tell unimplemented by my plant manager) so long as you're careful to remain objective and branch into multiple causes. And I love asking why, just never consciously thought to continue asking it down a causal path. Think it might just simplify what I've been trying to suggest for the last few months if management actually deigns to listen.<br /><br />Can't speak for GC, as I haven't kept up with the WoW forums or the "Blues", but I agree with you that the best communication a game company can entertain is transparent and detailed/low-level discussion with their community.<br /><br />I don't think there's a better medium than forums at this point. Can there be?<br /><br />Stellar communication is the first thing that caught my attention in the GGG forums and the primary reason why I'm willing (and continue) to support their development so heavily.. I mean, where else can you enter a dialog with the founders, directors, and/or devs at will after a company has made several million dollars? That's <i>really</i> impressive. And I don't know why other gaming companies don't seem to understand this - why even Blizzard is so generally closed to (and evasive of) their community.. so very legal.<br /><br />Anyway, definitely some good insight. And thanks much for the 5 Why's concept.. will bring this up at work w.r.t. solving some of they myriad of issues plaguing the facility - suggesting that they actually implement Six Sigma seemed rather counter-productive.Durentishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568691294435203495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-55084948444785335012013-12-14T02:12:20.061-08:002013-12-14T02:12:20.061-08:00Blizzard keeping GC's departure under wraps is...Blizzard keeping GC's departure under wraps isn't that unfathomable. At my current company, most higher ups don't announce their departure to the rank and file under a few days before they go, and the folks that do know generally don't say anything that could potentially destabilize a release or announcement.<br /><br />Basically, there's no business justification for announcing GC's departure earlier, but there's plenty for keeping it quiet until that last moment.Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-70715351434634839882013-12-13T14:00:14.339-08:002013-12-13T14:00:14.339-08:00I prefer the original idea, myself. That's th...I prefer the original idea, myself. That's the sort of thing that makes sense, in that all of the "leftover" races would band together under a common banner and seek to defeat the current factions. But naturally that would cause problems with yet another "Cata" style update to the Old World, and we know how that first one ended up.<br /><br />Maybe GC knew he was going to leave before Blizzcon, but if Blizz itself knew about it, they kept extremely tight wraps on it. Even tighter than WoD itself, it seems.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-74129670353250271462013-12-13T08:11:01.358-08:002013-12-13T08:11:01.358-08:00@Redbeard
Some insight to the answers to all tho...@Redbeard <br /><br />Some insight to the answers to all those questions have already been given, some even on Twitter!<br /><br />The original idea for WoD was for Garrosh to unite all the NPC races of Azeroth such as gnolls, centaurs, troggs, etc. into a Horde, and then someone came up with the idea of bringing back the old orc heroes on Garrosh's side. Then they had some debate on how to actually do so - one suggestion included Garrosh just straight up resurrecting them somehow - before they came up with the current idea.<br /><br />GC has also said that he knew he was going to leave Blizzard before Blizzcon, which means WoD's reception had nothing to do with his departure, and he's already stated that his new job is not working on an MMO - he's also stated that working on any MMO after WoW is bound to be a disappointment.nyohahahahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023723858832168734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-69186692631302863732013-12-13T03:24:24.843-08:002013-12-13T03:24:24.843-08:00I'm curious now as to whose idea the "alt...I'm curious now as to whose idea the "alternate reality/Earth 2" solution for the next expac came from. <br /><br />Obviously the development of WoD had been proceeding for a while before the announcement, but GC's exodus at this point in the critical path makes me wonder if the reception of announcement of WoD influenced GC's decision to leave. <br /><br />I also wonder where he'll turn up. They most likely have a non-compete clause for a certain amount of time, but it wouldn't shock me if GC turns up at another MMO's development offices.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com