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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by jwitthuhn on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:01PM (#49700233)
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.
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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by Ntrails on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:07PM (#49700339)
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
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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by kridsdale1 on Monday September 14, 2026 @02:39PM (#49701815)
Product Market Fit rarely flatters the egos of visionary product managers.
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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by thedrexster on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:04PM (#49702225)
^^ i think this is pretty fucking insightful, yeah
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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by red-iron-pine on Monday September 14, 2026 @04:23PM (#49703396)
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

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Re:Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sc... by FLeXMurphy on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:29PM (#49700686)
I wonder how ICCup was able to stay online for so long? Hosted out of Russia?
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