Kwern 💢

Top 500 Jackbox Party Pack. Pure of heart, strong of body, dumb of ass. I make art, play games, and other stuff. Need something? [email protected]

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Enjoy this clip of puppy time on stream~

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I'm probably not going to like everything they do with WoW Forever, but that doesn't mean I won't enjoy it.

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You can always trust Nebraskans to give well thought out game design choices and analysis. Source: me.

[Cornfed Nebraska Boy @Marmstrongwow]

I'm seeing a lot of discourse about who WoW Forever is being made for and while I cannot speak for anyone else on the team I can speak for myself. I am making WoW forever for the classic gamer and for the millions of people who have had their accounts lapse over the years because they were not satisfied with changes that were made to the game. Whether those changes were to the art style, the story, social aspects, game design, or changes to their favorite class.

I did not spend the last year of my life relearning and mastering how to do things like we did it 20+ years ago for retail players. I could have taken it easy and just kept doing things like I had done for the past 8 years on retail...because I was much more familiar with it and it actually takes a lot less time to do (height maps on textures do a ton of heavy lifting). Because the reality is that the majority of retail players wouldn't care and would probably actually prefer it. But I felt I had a duty to uphold an artistic vision and integrity that millions of people expect from us. But not just for our players, but for my co-workers past and present who worked on it over 20 years ago. If I could not create something that resembled their work then I failed not only them...but myself.

Please do not take this as me throwing any shade at retail players or the retail team because I am one myself...but I wanted to make Forever as authentic of a Vanilla experience as possible. This involves making decisions wildly different than retail. It means holding the line against changes that create a domino affect down the road. It means keeping friction and inconveniences in the game. It means finding friends and forming groups with strangers and being social!! Because WoWs social aspects have always been the pillar of the game and over the years it has slowly been chiseled away at with changes that allow you play alone.

Since the day I started working on the Riverglades I have lived by three sayings.

"Convenience is the death of the journey."

"If you're making a game for everyone then you're making it for no one."

"Every change we make incurs a debt to the authenticity of the game and sooner or later that debt will be paid."

These are my core beliefs and I had a specific group of people I was targeting with my work. These beliefs cannot be shaken and I will try to hold the line against anything that goes against them and will continue to pester the team about things that feel out of place.

That being said, my hope is that Forever will pull in as many people as possible, whether you are a retail gamer, a classic gamer, someone who hasn't played in years, or even a new player. I hope you can all remember what made this game so special in the first place and that starts with understanding why we are so passionate about keeping it authentic.

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I love it when characters from video games or cartoons are portrayed like actors where they’re all friends with eachother.

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@GameChangerSam @dropout F E A T U R E L E N G T H

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@VilifiedPeanut god speed big nut

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Fuck you I think they should bring some form of player housing to WoW Forever.

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@PortSDG Thank you :)

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big birthday happening today (mine)

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It looks like they listened to what the classic players really want! Another race of elves!

[World of Warcraft @Warcraft]

WoW: Forever launches November 4 with:
⛓️ New dungeons
👨‍👨‍��‍👦 10 & 20-player raids
🪽 Skyborne playable race
🗺️ New & expanded zones
✅ Account-wide perks
💡 Updated world visuals & lighting
🧟 New race & class combos
❗ 1000+ new quests

Join the Beta September 17!

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One of my crackpot #Blizzcon theories for "Classic+" or "WoW2" will be that they open up the game to private server style modding in some official fashion. Player housing could have been a step in this direction. Let people make their own Worlds and the Warcraft never ends.

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I went to Omaha’s Comic Con over the weekend and I could pretty much sum it up to you by saying there was 4 separate Funko Pop vendors out of maybe 30 total stands.

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oh yeah I watched Obsession over the weekend and was blown away, very talented crew

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Leave it to the League of Legends Devs to have a season themed around Demacia with mages out of control on the rift. Truly galaxy brained.

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The Kwern streaming/content hiatus continues. In the meantime, please enjoy my arms.

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After watching a lot of the World Cup and having zero personal experience playing soccer, I (an American) have some very strong opinions about the rules.

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I saw Supergirl and it was good! I think the writing/tone could have been improved and fights could have felt easier to follow but overall a solid movie.

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Recently watched the Angry Birds movies and I'll be damned, I had a good time.

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Watching the World Cup is crazy. Some players would rather fall to the ground and cry foul than ACTUALLY play the game. Kind of the biggest thing that makes soccer hard to watch.

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Sometimes if somebody is recording near me at the gym I’ll make little fart noises when they lift. They usually have headphones in so I haven’t been caught yet.

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THIS IS A JOKE

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Maybe this can coincide with LoL content creators making decent content again.

[League of Legends Leaks & News @LeagueOfLeaks]

League of Legends Classic is coming as a new game mode ‼️

You will be able to play with the old champions, runes, and items on the original League of Legends map.