It was kinda rough when he quit, at least from Blizzard's perspective, because he was there every day with videos, and he had a lot of exclusive one on one interviews with Jay Wilson, or maybe that was just a press thing... anyway, I liked his style, maybe he comes back someday. :/
I still watch Force's videos on youtube. But personally I think he gave up way too quick after launch. Without much to psychoanalyze, I believe it was partly because he over-hyped the game for himself, and partly because he just wanted to quit.
I defiantly enjoyed his D3 commentary and was bummed when he quit, but if he just doesn't like it, then so be it.
Sixen was actually the website admin of DFans (not a moderator).
He had his own Twitch channel on which he streamed a daily show about D3 (http://www.twitch.tv/sixen). I guess it never really took off the way he expected it to - likely because of the lack of competitive nature of D3 (unlike a game such as SC2 or DotA), and the negative reception to some game's features or lack thereof.
I think he gave up on D3 5~ months ago. Not really sure. Overneathe is a more credible source on his whereabouts.
Force spent real money on gear and found no enjoyment in the game after, so he went to other games. I think he plays Smite.
^ pretty much this. And it's not like his char was godlike after doing that, there quite a lot of space for improvement. He was nowhere near having a top-notch geared hero with nothing else to do. To me, his video on "play D3, make money" kinda hints at why he was so disappointed. He failed hard at the game early on (as did most players who hit Acts 2-3 on the first weeks - who burnt through their own hype and will to play way too fast) and couldn't live up to his own expectation.
He also doesn't play Smite on a regular basis anymore. Played it for a bit thinking it was going to be the next big thing on the moba market, but that never happened too. It's something he often did in the past: hype up a game as much as possible, say it's an amazing game, start a "let's play series" and leave it to collect dust a week later. It's a habit some gamers have nowadays that I'll never understand (not value their own money and not enjoy the full experience of something).
His main focus is gaming news with the Force Feed and trying out games as soon as they're available (under a dozen different names for these "series"). Similar to TotalBiscuit.
I really enjoyed the videos they pumped out every fortnight. I was disappointed to see Force go but it was his decision. I agree with Bleu42, Force and a heap of the people that left so soon after Diablo 3's launch were too quick to pull the plug. Maybe they were just so angry they didn't get what they wanted or expected?
Oh well that's what people get for over hyping games.
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Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
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They got me hyped for D3...
Anyone know if they still play Diablo and if they still do any D3 videos, or if they were one of the disappointed fans?
I defiantly enjoyed his D3 commentary and was bummed when he quit, but if he just doesn't like it, then so be it.
He had his own Twitch channel on which he streamed a daily show about D3 (http://www.twitch.tv/sixen). I guess it never really took off the way he expected it to - likely because of the lack of competitive nature of D3 (unlike a game such as SC2 or DotA), and the negative reception to some game's features or lack thereof.
I think he gave up on D3 5~ months ago. Not really sure. Overneathe is a more credible source on his whereabouts.
^ pretty much this. And it's not like his char was godlike after doing that, there quite a lot of space for improvement. He was nowhere near having a top-notch geared hero with nothing else to do. To me, his video on "play D3, make money" kinda hints at why he was so disappointed. He failed hard at the game early on (as did most players who hit Acts 2-3 on the first weeks - who burnt through their own hype and will to play way too fast) and couldn't live up to his own expectation.
He also doesn't play Smite on a regular basis anymore. Played it for a bit thinking it was going to be the next big thing on the moba market, but that never happened too. It's something he often did in the past: hype up a game as much as possible, say it's an amazing game, start a "let's play series" and leave it to collect dust a week later. It's a habit some gamers have nowadays that I'll never understand (not value their own money and not enjoy the full experience of something).
His main focus is gaming news with the Force Feed and trying out games as soon as they're available (under a dozen different names for these "series"). Similar to TotalBiscuit.
Oh well that's what people get for over hyping games.
Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"