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Blizzard's Samwise Didier Retires After More Than 30 Years | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited November 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageBlizzard's Samwise Didier Retires After More Than 30 Years | MMORPG.com

Blizzard's Samwise Didier is retiring after more than three decades of shaping the look and feel of several of the biggest franchises on the planet.

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  • UNH0LYEV1LUNH0LYEV1L Member UncommonPosts: 572
    Who?
  • RidrithRidrith Member RarePosts: 859

    UNH0LYEV1L said:

    Who?



    Can you not read? Must be rough.
    TillerRexxarTheVikingVrikaKidRisk
    I like to complain about games.
  • HJ-NavarreHJ-Navarre Hero's Journey GMMember UncommonPosts: 117
    Good on him!
  • hsb320hsb320 Member UncommonPosts: 35
    Congratz on retirement! Wish him the best
  • BrotherMaynardBrotherMaynard Member RarePosts: 647
    Personally I've never understood why so much attention was given to Metzen instead of this guy. While Metzen was just starting with a few sketches of background art for the Warcraft 2 game menu and manual, Samwise had already pretty much created the whole Blizzard art style. If you look at the very earliest photos of the Blizzard team, you will always find three key faces among the few people in them: Morhaime, Bill Roper and Samwise.

    Great talent, both visual and musical, this indeed is an end of an era. It honestly reminds me of the LotR's Samwise at long last following Frodo and Gandalf into the West.

    ValdemarJMargraveValdheimJeroKaneShinyFlygon
  • waveslayerwaveslayer Member UncommonPosts: 607
    gratz samwise, I will hope who ever replaces you is at least half as good an artist as you are, the only reason I still go back to WoW is the art style, to me its relaxing, I will raise a pint to you
    ValdheimJeroKane

    Godz of War I call Thee

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    edited November 2023

    UNH0LYEV1L said:

    Who?



    Guy who helped take the ring to Mordor, we owe him our freedom. ;)
    sirwutSovrathVercinMMOgamerdad666
  • WordsworthWordsworth Member UncommonPosts: 173
    Oh man. "The art is still good" has been the most common compliment that WoW has received in the past ten years. I hope this doesn't change that.
    Valdheim
  • VercinVercin Member UncommonPosts: 371
    He is 52?!?! No way. They got the good kinda stem cells at Blizzard.

    The Stranger: It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid.

  • XanzoXanzo Member UncommonPosts: 137
    Wonder what kind of pension plan they gave him...

    Anywho, enjoy retirement, I've defintely been a part of your art for many years. Thank you.
  • ZajjarZajjar Member UncommonPosts: 116
    Question is, who is he joining now? The new Riot MMO, ghostcrawler, what ship is he tkaing
  • ShinyFlygonShinyFlygon Member RarePosts: 611
    The brain drain continues ... Microsoft had better find a way to recognize and attract more actual talent rather than purely profit-oriented drones, or they'll see very little return on their huge investment.
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