On: Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sci-Fi Shooter

[jwitthuhn]

That is a quote from the lead developer of WoW about how everyone asking for classic wow thought they wanted it but wouldn't actually play it. Then blizzard made classic wow and it was a huge hit.

[Ntrails → jwitthuhn]

They basically only did it because the private servers had enough of a userbase that they felt obliged to get that money for themselves afaict

[kridsdale1 → Ntrails]

Product Market Fit rarely flatters the egos of visionary product managers.

[thedrexster → kridsdale1]

^^ i think this is pretty fucking insightful, yeah

[red-iron-pine → kridsdale1]

you can't be the next steve jobs without some acrimonious counterpoint that shows unique and true vision

angels eat that shit up. see also: theranos, et al

[FLeXMurphy → Ntrails]

I wonder how ICCup was able to stay online for so long? Hosted out of Russia?