linkedin(dot)com/pub/greg-street/7/644/b35
Odd move but I'm happy about this.
linkedin(dot)com/pub/greg-street/7/644/b35
Odd move but I'm happy about this.
Guess we should prepare for the inevitable shitstorm of "Ghostcrawler will ruin League of Legends" posts.
Horrible move. GC has been lead on WoW and AoE III...neither were balanced very well. I don't respect him as a designer. Although I doubt he'll necessarily have a huge negative impact, I don't see why they'd bring him on considering his track record.
At any rate I hope he doesn't try to start any dialogues with the community. One of the nice things about quitting WoW and moving to LoL was that I didn't have to suffer constant bickering between the community and the designers.
Last edited by Lemons; 2014-01-14 at 07:50 AM.
Hope he doesn't get too much control. I like the way League of Legends is now and I think they are doing a great job. Hopefully they keep doing what they are doing without drastic changes. Wander how he would even do in League of Legends. I mean, im not sure what he had control over in WoW, but WoW's PvP balance is just horrible. I am also not sure how being the lead designer of a MMO would translate to a Dota style game like League.
I like him. He's personable, communicates with the community really well. Being a Lead Systems Designer does not equate to sole control over Class Balance. It's 'systems' design. There's a lot more to it than 'gee, I hope people don't get too mad over Warriors being OP'.
Last edited by DingDongKing; 2014-01-14 at 07:59 AM.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - AHAHAHAHAHA.
Wait. There might be more. Hahahahaha.
I fail to see Ghostcrawler having ANY certification to an position in being a game designer for LoL.
As the only REMOTE connection that could be made is that he balanced WoW, but he has not balanced an MoBA.
And i do SINCERELY disbelieve that he would even so slightly grasp the idea of Meta or the charm of moba games with skill caps.
Lol I thought it would be something less predictive.....well I guess I was wrong.
well that is unexpected.
I was hoping his new job will be in a MMO genre or at least on something I could play and see how it turned out. I'm not a LoL player so sadly won't be able to see if him joining the team will have a big impact on the game.
I'm guessing he's not gonna be a Lead Game designer for LoL. But for some other game Riot is working on.
Maybe they'll dabble in the MMO market?
Enstraynomic - League of Legends
TheEnst - Starcraft II
Damn, there is a lot of whiny little bitches in this thread .
News at eleven - GC is ONE person in a sea of designers. I find it amusing that you seem to blame him alone for everything that is "wrong" with WoW! Long live stupidity and ignorance!
I find it delicious that all the GC haters now have to own up to the fact that the biggest esport / competitive company out there respected his work enough to recruit him away from Blizzard.
And to think that people here were delusional enough to think GC was fired.
LOL. (Literally!)
Help control the population. Have your blood elf spayed or neutered.