Bill Roper - Revision history

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‎Poxyboggards

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Leord: Tidying up

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Tidying up

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 ==The Poxy Boggards==
-Bill Roper is one of the members of a band named '''The Poxy Boggards'''.
+Bill Roper is one of the members of a band named '''The Poxy Boggards'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poxy_Boggards].
 As a fun bit of trivia, one of their songs was used for a 2010 SuperBowl advertisement[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nys0i_FRjTI], a song named ''I Wear No Pants''. Unsurprisingly, the advertisement features men who are, in fact, not wearing [[pants]].

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	Bill Roper is one of the members of a band named '''The Poxy Boggards'''.		Bill Roper is one of the members of a band named '''The Poxy Boggards'''.

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	::'''Bill Roper: '''I don't dislike how it looks now. I didn't look at it and have the appalled reaction a lot of people did, I just appreciated that it had a very distinct look. The Diablo games looked different to the Craft games, and I liked the fact that it was very dark, gothic fantasy. I just think that it's nice to be able to have different worlds represented with very different visuals... When WoW came out, there were plenty of people who didn't like the way it looked, and I think that with Diablo 3 there'll be some people who don't like it and prefer the look of the first two Diablo games. When they first released the the videos and the screenshots, there was definitely an uprising from certain sections of Blizzard and Diablo fans, but Blizzard does what it's going to do so I'm sure that all those people who were really upset will still be in line with the rest of us, getting a copy! As long as it's good and cohesive and takes the stories that they're telling, I'm okay if it doesn't look exactly like it did before, although I did like that really dark, edgy, gothic look.		::'''Bill Roper: '''I don't dislike how it looks now. I didn't look at it and have the appalled reaction a lot of people did, I just appreciated that it had a very distinct look. The Diablo games looked different to the Craft games, and I liked the fact that it was very dark, gothic fantasy. I just think that it's nice to be able to have different worlds represented with very different visuals... When WoW came out, there were plenty of people who didn't like the way it looked, and I think that with Diablo 3 there'll be some people who don't like it and prefer the look of the first two Diablo games. When they first released the the videos and the screenshots, there was definitely an uprising from certain sections of Blizzard and Diablo fans, but Blizzard does what it's going to do so I'm sure that all those people who were really upset will still be in line with the rest of us, getting a copy! As long as it's good and cohesive and takes the stories that they're telling, I'm okay if it doesn't look exactly like it did before, although I did like that really dark, edgy, gothic look.

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		+	==Poxyboggards==
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		+	Bill Roper is one of the members of a band named '''The Poxy Boggards'''.
		+	As a fun bit of trivia, one of their songs was used for a 2010 SuperBowl advertisement[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nys0i_FRjTI], a song named ''I Wear No Pants''. Unsurprisingly, the advertisement features men who are, in fact, not wearing [[pants]].

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+Bill worked for Blizzard when Condor pitched the concept that became Diablo I, and he worked as a producer[http://www.pcgames.de/Diablo-3-PC-27763/Specials/Diablo-war-die-Wiedergeburt-des-PC-Rollenspiels-Bill-Roper-und-Jeff-Strain-ueber-die-Entstehung-einer-Legende-748530/3/] on the original Diablo, as well as contributing heavily to Diablo II, and the original version of Diablo III developed at Blizzard North from 2000-2005. Bill's comments on the redesigned version of Diablo III that debuted in 2008, created by a new team at Blizzard Irvine, were therefore of interest to most fans of the series.
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 [[Image:Bill-roper1.jpg|thumb|150px|Bill Roper]]
-'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard]] and [[Blizzard North]] for a decade, before leaving in early 2003. He was a producer, designer, and did extensive voice work on titles including Warcraft, WarCraft II, StarCraft, [[Diablo II]], Warcraft III, and various expansion packs.  In addition to production work behind the scenes, Bill was probably the best-known Blizzard employee, thanks to his extensive PR work. He was interviewed thousands of times and was the chief spokesperson during most of Blizzard's publicity efforts.
+'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard Entertainment]] and [[Blizzard North]] for a decade, working on a multitude of titles before leaving in early 2003.
-After leaving Blizzard, Bill and numerous other ex-Blizzard North employees co-founded Flagship Studios, where they produced Hellgate: London and Mythos. After Flagship closed down, Bill joined Cryptic Studios, where he became one of the producers of Champions Online.  Bill gave a short run-down of his career in a November 2008 interview.[http://www.warcry.com/news/view/87384-Champions-Online-Meet-Bill-Roper]
+==Background==
 ::'''Q: How long have you worked in gaming, and what did you do before Champions Online?'''
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 ::I’m looking forward not only to bringing what I’ve learned from the numerous successes I’ve worked on to Cryptic and Champions Online, but also what I learned from the failures.

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−	'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard]] and [[Blizzard North]] for a decade, before leaving in early 2003. He was a producer, designer, and did extensive voice work on titles including WarCraft II, StarCraft, [[Diablo II]], Warcraft III, and various expansion packs. In addition to production work behind the scenes, Bill was probably the best-known Blizzard employee, thanks to his extensive PR work. He was interviewed thousands of times and was the chief spokesperson during most of Blizzard's publicity efforts.	+	'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard]] and [[Blizzard North]] for a decade, before leaving in early 2003. He was a producer, designer, and did extensive voice work on titles including Warcraft, WarCraft II, StarCraft, [[Diablo II]], Warcraft III, and various expansion packs. In addition to production work behind the scenes, Bill was probably the best-known Blizzard employee, thanks to his extensive PR work. He was interviewed thousands of times and was the chief spokesperson during most of Blizzard's publicity efforts.

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−	'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard]] and Blizzard North for a decade, before leaving in early 2003. He was a producer, designer, and did extensive voice work on titles including WarCraft II, StarCraft, [[Diablo II]], Warcraft III, and various expansion packs. In addition to production work behind the scenes, Bill was probably the best-known Blizzard employee, thanks to his extensive PR work. He was interviewed thousands of times and was the chief spokesperson during most of Blizzard's publicity efforts.	+	'''Bill Roper''' worked at [[Blizzard]] and [[Blizzard North]] for a decade, before leaving in early 2003. He was a producer, designer, and did extensive voice work on titles including WarCraft II, StarCraft, [[Diablo II]], Warcraft III, and various expansion packs. In addition to production work behind the scenes, Bill was probably the best-known Blizzard employee, thanks to his extensive PR work. He was interviewed thousands of times and was the chief spokesperson during most of Blizzard's publicity efforts.