Back in the days of Blizzard North I remember logging into IRC with a bunches of others to hear Bill Roper talk about D2, the Devs back then were such a bunch of nerdy gamers though, you could hear the excitement as things were explained to us. I worked on Diablo fan sites back then, so having this insider talking to us so freely and answering questions was huge, clearly, it was so different to how things happen now.
The engagement was very real, but we as fans were also in awe of it all and polite, today if a Dev was to drop in here to talk to us in chat theyâd just get crucified, itâs sad weâve lost that close relationship we once shared and I do miss it.
Umm⌠that still happens. It just does not happen the same ways. Has for years. They transitioned the chat channels through the years, but the same concepts apply. The fan sites still have access to CMs, and through them to Devs - which can result in interviews and such as well as just good chat. Rules, if you remember, are that you canât publicly talk about anything Blizz has not publicly released.
What was IRC, maybe ICQ, etc. Went to Skype, went to Discord.
Yep. I get that CMs have plenty of other things to do. But it just isnât impressive.
Currently the lack of D2R info is especially disappointing, with release so soon and Blizzard trying to sell preorders.
Zero information on whether anything has changed since the game was announced, and after they gathered all that feedback they said they wanted.
I didnât get caught up in the hype. No pre-order for me until I know if Iâm getting just a âpaint jobâ on D2 or some actual changes to make d2 a better game. Or, at least, a different game.