And a majority of the votes will be null if not all because people have used botting systems to sign.
Blizzard knows some people disagree with the art, they'll either change it or they won't. The petition is meaningless now as a few unsavory characters have made it unreliable.
Whatever Blizzard does it won't be effected by the petition now. Not to say they still might not change the graphics.
A few people may have used different emails, but the majority of signatures yesterday had comments. There's a list of the comments and signatures that ubermegazord made. Why assume people are botting this?
Honestly the pathetic 8,000 of you who signed that damn petition are pretty lame. Just trust blizzard. Besides 8,000 signiatures isnt remotely close to the MILLIONS of people who will end up buying the game
A fraction of those actually bother to check online sites and forums. Another fraction actually bother to register, and yet another fraction actually bother to read it. From those, YET ANOTHER fraction actually bother to sign even if they agree. You think all the millions of people will scour the internet until they find the forums, register, find the petition and read it then sign it?
The model is a older, twitchy mumbling Witch Doctor.
The one I first posted is a younger, spunky and looks determined. The other witch doctor looks more possessed and mindless.
I'd say acts more than looks. The younger one definitely LOOKS like he's insane in the membrane. Not to mention he actually looks like he belongs in the Diablo verse.
As an artist, game developer (not affiliated with Blizzard) and long-time fan of the Diablo series, I've found the new art direction to be undesirable in many regards and hope the following points best clarify why I'm complaining about an unfinished product atop my virtual soapbox:
IP Ambiguity: Blizzard has rocketed to the top of the success ladder with its three main Intellectual Properties: Warcraft, Starcraft & Diablo. These three franchises can be categorized, in terms of genre as: High Fantasy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy & Dark/Gothic Fantasy, respectively. The categories help customers clearly identify the three IPs. This new art direction (seen in Diablo III's public announcement) blurs the lines between two of Blizzard's IPs. "Is that a Troll Witch Doctor I'm looking at or something from Diablo?" By doing this, the IPs become harder to discern and the end result is a watered down version attempting to accommodate both the demographics... akin to a jack-of-all-trades, master of nothing scenario.
Fanbase Alienation: The Diablo series has always been in a dark and dreary setting that instills a foreboding sense of hopelessness and futility. This couldn't be any more reinforced by the ironic conclusion of the first game: the hero defeats the devil but willingly sacrifices his/herself to contain the unstoppable evil. The powers of these beings is something much bigger than any of us, the heroes or the mortal world. By making things cartoonish and less 'gritty' and somberly realistic, the oppressive dread is no longer felt.
Artistic Discontinuity: In metaphoric art terms, Warcraft is a colourful oil painting: the textures contain palettes of vibrant hues and hard lines define soft shapes. Diablo, on the other hand, gives the impression of being more of a charcoal illustration: realistic and heavily influenced by black and muted hues. Magic is still colourful but doesn't over-power a scene with a conflagration of blues, green, reds and purples. Color, when used sparingly, can direct someone's eyes to an intended point of interest. When over-used, it makes the eyes tired and desensitized. On the opposite side of the that, under-use can also yield bad consequences. The point is, the world of Diablo isn't a colorful place and when vibrancy is introduced into a macabre setting, it feels more surreal than terrifying.
Well, that's just the 2 cents of an anonymous forum poster but I pessimistically hope what was listed makes any small amount of difference. I LOVE many of the concept images and have an appreciation for the Conan-esque direction many of the images appear to have gone but there seems to have been a lot lost in the translation to 3D. Diablo III will be a great game, regardless of graphics, and I'm looking forward to many lost hours killing demons once more.
Chris!! I haven't seen you in a long time man! You need to update the blog on your site! PM me or something!
if you dont have something nice to say, dont say it, some of us just want to play the game, some of us like how it looks, you want it darker, turn down brightness, lower the gamma settings on the game, simple
People really should stop using this argument. It's been said a thousand times before, and we all know it wouldn't change diddly.
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You could say that this petition is the very attempt to do that. I personally don't think they are bots because of the comments I've seen, but eh.
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This is actually correct, he has raised his gamma. I'm checking 2 screenshots from my UI with mid gamma and 100% gamma.
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A few people may have used different emails, but the majority of signatures yesterday had comments. There's a list of the comments and signatures that ubermegazord made. Why assume people are botting this?
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A fraction of those actually bother to check online sites and forums. Another fraction actually bother to register, and yet another fraction actually bother to read it. From those, YET ANOTHER fraction actually bother to sign even if they agree. You think all the millions of people will scour the internet until they find the forums, register, find the petition and read it then sign it?
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WOO! Thanks for that compilation! My comment is #13.
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I'd say acts more than looks. The younger one definitely LOOKS like he's insane in the membrane. Not to mention he actually looks like he belongs in the Diablo verse.
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Chris!! I haven't seen you in a long time man! You need to update the blog on your site! PM me or something!
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People really should stop using this argument. It's been said a thousand times before, and we all know it wouldn't change diddly.
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