S2Nigma presents : The Drunken Master !
First of all I would like to thank S2Nigma to let me have an interview with him even it's just via email, and I hope you guys can understand that this is my first time doing this thing, and I hope you guys will like it.
Here you go then :
An2x : So first of all lets start with an introduction of yourself Sir, short bio and your position in S2Games
S2Nigma : Hello, My name is Markus Steiner and I'm the Community Manager for Heroes of Newerth. It's my job to bring the Community and the Developers closer together by making sure they are always on the same wavelength. I compile Community complaints, suggestions and compliments into objective reports and present them to the designers. I consider myself a member community (in addition to S2 Staff), meaning that I will often join active discussions on forums and argue my side of the story while listening to theirs. I was picked up by S2 originally as a video editor back when I worked or Honcast, where I made weekly tutorial and top 10 videos. I'm somewhat of a walking HoN encyclopedia, and I'm often involved in helping design or fine-tune systems that have to do with making the game more accessible to new players, such as tutorials, videos, or websites. I also wrote and co-designed the Prodex, a flash based HoN guide for all heroes that was out before the current in-game guide system.
An2x : Remembering about the DotA heroes port issue, what are you going to answer about question from GosuSalt “Hey I just wanted to know about the porting of DotA heroes and considering IceFrog only came on after a certain map, how can Valve lay claim to ALL the heroes, and not just the ones IceFrog created. Is it Blizzard who is stopping the port or Valve. Any clarity will help a long way on this one. Too much dodging of this issue imo.”Because as we all know, there is no official answer why S2 cant port anymore heroes from DotA.
S2Nigma : No comment, sorry.
An2x : Maliken spoke about HON 3.0 and next level of matchmaking, any small info you can share with us about it?maybe the estimated time arrival of it?
S2Nigma : I don't know of any specific changes to Matchmaking in the future... but I don't work directly on Matchmaking so I wouldn't know if something is in the works unless it was about finished. I guess you'll just have to wait and see what the future brings!
An2x : One of the hot topic now is about CustomMap, are we going to see it implemented near future?
S2Nigma : Custom Maps are definitely something that are happening in the future. Sadly I can't divulge anything we are doing on our end- but Multiplayer custom map functionality is definitely something we are working on. If you take a gander at our Custom Maps section on the forums, you will see that map makers are already hard at work making amazing maps that we can't wait to play once the functionality is there. I'm definitely looking forward to playing a Tower-defense map in Heroes of Newerth.
An2x : “Where do you see HON in future and who is working for the Spotlight video now?” by Anonymous Reader
S2Nigma : Right now the Spotlights are a joint project being led by MsPudding. RuthlessVoid does the cool particle effects you see at the beginning of each intro, Smyger does most of the brute work of machinimating (staging)/recording/editing the in-game footage, and pLoLock does any extra high quality editing/masking that needs to be done; they are quite the team! As for HoN's future- it is brighter than ever. It's just amazing when you think about how small HoN was when it started and how big it is today- let alone how big it will be in the coming weeks and months. HoN has come a long way, and will continue to exceed people's expectations in the future.
An2x : We heard that S2staff is going to GamesCon 2011 representative, and is that you since you are in Germany and you are a community manager.
S2Nigma : I myself am going to Gamescom on my own time- meaning I probably won't be doing anything official there other than shaking some hands and being impressed. That isn't to say nothing will happen at Gamescom... I guess you'll just have to wait and see.
An2x : Any small info or something that you want to tell us, or lets say leak a bit to us about anything ?
S2Nigma : Here's a screenshot of Drunken Master!
An2x : “Do you ever visit HonBlog? Or maybe read it regulary” –An2x
S2Nigma : Sometimes. I'm rather busy most of the time ;(
An2x : “Are we going to see new stuff in Prodex(new feature) and your blog?” – An2x
S2Nigma : Yes- unfortunately I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to update Prodex for Emerald Warden or Revanant or the new items. Once August rolls around and I finish my last Exam I will hopefully have time to update it. Even if I buckled down and wrote some guides they wouldn't be very good if I barely had any time to play- I don't want to write guides that aren't worth reading. I'm so proud of how Prodex turned out, though, every time somebody tells me I should update it I want to just sit down and do it right then and there- I definitely want to keep it alive and kicking.
S2Nigma : Thanks for having me!
An2x : I think that’s all for now and thanks for the interview sir.
S2Nigma : Thanks for having me!
11 comments:
Very good interview i would like to see more but i just great nice job
i will try harder and do more in future, thanks santiago
thank you
tell nigma about the panda avatar an2x!
Paaaaaaaanda! Paaaaaaaaaanda!
ItsMeAn2x how on earth could you let him get off that easy about the DotA question? He didn't even say that well he can't answer that and maybe it's a question for Maliken or something.. that so sucks I can't believe how S2 are ducking this topic. Almost feels like they were paid to not speak on it again. SIGH
GosuSalt
well, i think its not polite to force him to answer that, but as we know, s2games hide something about this topic, we dont have any official statement about this.
Now lets move forward and believe that HON and DOTA is diffrent now
Good interview for a first time :)
Keep it going !
I can understand your wanting to move on, but the MAIN reason I bought this game after beta was for the fact that it was suppose to be that "DotA 2.0" thing, same heroes better graphics and features. I feel somewhat robbed now knowing that I cannot get what I paid for. Am I going to stop playing HoN? No.. but that doesn't mean that I'm not a bit annoyed at S2 for being so blatantly evasive on the issue. You basically had ppl sold on your product with the promise of DotA ports. If legally you cannot make this happen, I have no problem with that, but SAY SOMETHING!!!
GosuSalt
I'm disappointed in not seeing questions about Dream.
IsmaelVera
GosuSalt, I have never seen an S2 statement saying that HoN was supposed to be like "DotA 2.0" though I have seen them say "Our version of DotA" and the likes.
If you feel robbed, think of all the online games that was released and later shutdown after a few months > APB, Hellgate London etc. that is being robbed.
You should actually be very glad about S2, there aren't many developers that check the forums and such daily like S2 does. They obviously have their reasons for not speaking of the DotA ports question otherwise we would have known long ago.
thai
Didn't say it was an actual S2 statement but it was the general feel that was being portrayed.. hey you like dota, check this out, its like dota but with better graphics and stuff...also giving me examples of other flops doesnt mean that S2 can give me some BS response or lack of a response entirely to one of the obvious early attractions to their game. That is silly to accept something lackluster because there may be worst out there so that argument is moot. As I said, I am completely fine if they cannot legally do so, but for crying out loud, just give closure on the issue.
GosuSalt
Post a Comment