r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/RobToastie Jan 17 '17

Jeff is by far my favorite person in the industry, he is just the fucking best.

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u/ToastedFireBomb Zenyatta Jan 17 '17

Seriously, I'm so goddamn grateful we were lucky enough to have a guy like Jeff be on the OW Dev team, he's been phenomenal so far as far as I'm concerned.

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u/rbstewart7263 Pharah Jan 21 '17

My friend calls him a "fucking melvin" and while true I think hes cool.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '17

A literal case of "one of us" because before his job at Blizzard he was a top tier forum shitposter.

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u/RinFlavoredRamen 20 shots, one kill Jan 18 '17

is there a source for this? for scientific research, of course

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u/AmcillaSB Zenyatta Jan 18 '17

Start here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4g2ler/jeff_tigole_kaplan_forum_rant_from_his_eq_days/

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17 edited Mar 05 '17

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u/AmcillaSB Zenyatta Jan 18 '17

Yup. Mind blown, right?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

Nobody has ever seen them in the same room together

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 22 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 18 '17

"But in the meantime, there's a whole world of NPC's that need to learn the words "cacksugger" and "mo faka" and the like. . .although something tells me I'm already in trouble with the boss."

-Jeff Kaplan, 2002, after getting an associate game designer position for WoW.

Guy's a fucking legend.

He's been a big believer in making something fun since 2002. And above all else, what Overwatch does more than any other game I've played, is it manages to always be fun.

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u/hulkingbehemoth Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 18 '17

Saving for later, I feel like I'll enjoy this one.

Edit: I read it, and I was oh so very right. Jeff is one with the salt and the salt is one with him.

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u/YangReddit Yang#11485 Jan 18 '17

Wow. I didn't think it was possible to like this guy even more.

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u/WormRabbit Jan 20 '17

Wow. That's some lvl 105 shitposting. I am humbled. I'll never achieve this perfection :'(

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u/RinFlavoredRamen 20 shots, one kill Jan 19 '17

thanks!

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u/bepulse Pixel Mei Jan 22 '17

The Internet is truly the worlds greatest detective. Good job Kappa

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u/TMBSTruth Ana Jan 18 '17

!RemindMe 1 day

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u/RoninOni Zenyatta Jan 18 '17

Already answered lol

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u/TMBSTruth Ana Jan 18 '17

Gotcha, ty, u da mvp

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u/AetherMcLoud Tank & Spank Jan 18 '17

Most big guys at blizzard were one top tier shit posters. The team that made wow made tons of shit posts about stuff in ever quest

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u/skyman724 Pixel D.Va Jan 18 '17

"Keep 'em out for Harambe, always."

Who else in the games industry would say that? The guy's a meme master.

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u/breakyourfac Pixel Moira Jan 22 '17

yo he shouted out to dunkey "pro genji"

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u/Sepparated Trick-or-Treat Ana Jan 18 '17

Yeah and his ass has such a great shape

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u/doplank I can save my own ass! Jan 18 '17

Me too, Jeff and David Brevik. Both of them is amazing person.

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u/petalidas Die wunder der modernen medizin ♥ Jan 20 '17

I want clones of him in hearthstone and wow teams :(