Samwise Didier Announces Retirement from Blizzard Entertainment after 32 Years

Blizzard Posted 2023/11/10 at 2:41 PM by Archimtiros

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Comment by DomGF
You started your posts off with being glad a beloved icon of Blizzard was leaving and blaming him for something someone ELSE did, and even that was hardly a crime to use some crass language.
Regardless of what dirt you might have managed to go digging up after being put on blast, yes, you got called out for being wrong.
Get over yourself and how did you phrase it?

"Yeah no, good riddance."Comment by SoleniaWell, I can only guess why my two posts where I add nuance and dont speak just hatred towards the guy for no reason were truly deleted and not simply added a moderator note as in the other posters.
Even after explaining that I am not after the guy and his art and work is to be respected for what he did at the company, and if you dislike the guy you gotta be able to separate the art from the artist. And that I would be more intrigued to know about his rumored connection to the production of the Blizzard new survival game that is in development.

Felt like rewatching the 2011 presentation, while he was obviously just poking fun at the alliance players and talking fondly to the horde crowd before playing Power of the Horde (a banger btw), he then introduced the video guy after playing the video. As the song ended what came out of Didier's mouth was "Alliance suck!". Followed by the other guy calling alliance players p****es and to make some noise before leaving the stage. All this while Didier just smiled and kept the show going. He did poke a bit more at alliance and night elves later on but nothing too bad or serious.

You can not tell me that that behavior is acceptable coming from a representative of a company that has an audience like Blizz does. Did he actually say F*** the alliance? I guess not!, but the whole bit was very awful regardless and he got blamed for it and I think those people while not fully in the right have a valid point. As mentioned in deleted post; At the time there was a considerable amount of hatred between some players and this whole bit did NOT help. And after doing some googling it was covered by website VG247 where they, and I quote, say "...the latest manifestation of a deeper problem, with reports of verbal abuse and even physical assaults on Alliance players at Blizzard gatherings and events." with other websites covering mostly the video showed.
Your audience is a bunch of easily impressionable young and dumb people and you behave like that thinking they will get the "joke"? What would you expect...

And this is just my opinion but Blizzard's apology came from Morhaime and not from Didier whom was seen as the one leading it since well, being the vocalist and getting the crowd going and introducing the other dude makes you the target. Plus it also came off as a sorry not sorry apology that big corporations do when there is enough backlash. 3 years later the band played the Alliance song as a way to "make up" for it. Did Didier learn something good from this experience? Its been 12 years since it happened after all and I would imagine that he did at the time.

If you think stating any of this is still a false narrative then damn... do with this what you wish. Im walking out of this thread either way.Comment by xposeHow long before the announcement that he’s joining ghostcrawler and his team for their mmoComment by VythikaRip WoW. This plus the interview stating blizzard wants to disyneyify WoW makes more and more sense now. Disneyfied artstyle and writing is WoW's future, yikes!actually READSComment by Talimar
The only thing that you can say that I was wrong about is that I did in fact say that he said the words himself, which he did not, but he certainly promoted it and enabled it. And I corrected that.Comment by oomuI will miss him creating new art for Blizzard

but, anyway, he will surely continue to create little drawings there and here.Comment by WillowwhispI just have to wonder, what did he do? Was he a part of the sex scandals and bullying towards co-workers? Haven't heard much from him in the last few years..
Still he was big part of Blizzard, sad seeing him go!Comment by WillowwhispSo can we get some non clipping armor parts now?Comment by SaffiosiaI myself started my working career in '91 and since 2 months enjoy my somewhat predated retirement with 61 years.
So enjoy life while you can Samwise !Comment by MpfplushThank you, Sir Samwise, for lending the fans your talents throughout Blizzard's games for the many, many years you were with the company.

Enjoy a well-earned retirement on behalf of an old-time fan of your work, and good luck out there in whatever you choose to do with your time.

Take care! \m/Comment by DrakhulYeah no, good riddance.

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1006389-Alliance-players-insulted-at-Blizzcon-(-quot-F**K-the-Alliance-quot-during-concert)

Videos have been deleted from the interwebz but this is the guy who shouted F**K THE ALLIANCE! during his "performance" at Blizzcon.

Buh bye.Comment by spid3rs1So can we get some non clipping armor parts now?Comment by 2517869glad to see him go, the blizzard 'house art style' he is credited with "creating" was largely cribbed from existing table top and print IPs and just because samwise was successful in commercializing and further cartoonizing the existing high test low brow pulp fantasy look for the profit of his corporate masters and delight of his boomer audience did not make it an original or worthwhile contribution to visual art

i hope with this departure to see all of warcraft move forward with a more modern, original, and serious aesthetic - diablo is on its way there already and looking greatComment by pronetoplayAnother toxic masculine edgelord finally gone.
Maybe Blizzard gets better again.

He is probably one of the biggest reason for faction imbalance and crap that has happend over the years.
Good that he is finally gone.

Don't even understand why all the incels are praising him, he wasn't even good in what he was doing... basically a money sink.Comment by KestevavildHe created the Pandaren...

That's not a good look... Don't include that in your CV.Comment by PakhethHe created the Pandaren...

That's not a good look... Don't include that in your CV.Comment by TaizunzI'm surprised comments aren't locked yet. New times on wowhead?Comment by merex760He created the Pandaren...

That's not a good look... Don't include that in your CV.Comment by GingerbaldSo long, Hagrid.Comment by TaizunzHe created the Pandaren...

That's not a good look... Don't include that in your CV.

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