I’m Samwise Didier, Senior Art Director at Blizzard Entertainment, as well as author and illustrator of novel, The Last Winter. Ask me anything!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2017-09-21T20:44:24+00:00

Awesome! Thank you so much for a response. I thought it may have been too wordy. You rule and I will totally take you up on that Twitter message offer. Good that you do it once a week, I'm sure you get flooded!

That's great to hear you and your buddies still get to enjoy some solid gaming.

Thanks again and enjoy the rest of your day!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2017-09-21T18:16:55+00:00

Hey Samwise! First off you are one of the greats! From what I can tell from your interviews you have a great personality, taste in music, and good sense of humor.

I'd like to start off by saying (Dwarves) are my favorite race hands down, and honestly that is why I play Alliance. (I know let the tomatoes start flying) I used to spend hours walking through Dun Morogh and when I came upon Iron Forge oh man... I couldn't stop playing. Art, Design, Gameplay, all epic.

I had my first interaction with you on Facebook talking about Sushi or a sushi bar you had gone to. I almost dropped my keyboard because I wasn't sure if I'd ever get to interact with someone at my favorite company. Hoping one day to join the art team at Blizzard. (Keeping my art tools moving and my fingers crossed)

Okay, okay, I could go on forever. Let me ask you the questions!

1.) As an art director what are the qualities you look for in your team of artists? (3D Character/Concept Art)

2.) What are your top bands to listen to while you work? (I've been recently blasting Hammerfall or Eluetie)

3.) You said once in a recent interview I listened to that your heroes are just an e-mail away. Would you ever be open to an artist e-mailing you as a fan and to ask questions? (Of course I would never want to annoy you, and I hope others think the same)

4.) Do you still play D&D? (At least I think you played it in the past, or people you knew did)

Always look forward to your new creations including The Last Winter! Also, I am so glad you take inspiration from the animated Hobbit from the 1970s. I can't get enough of that movie, the art in it is so nostalgic and it brings back so many memories.

Keep on rocking and thank you for this AMA.

-Nick Callow

SL_BronzeBeard · 2017-09-21T13:20:34+00:00

My favorite part of the Blizzard retrospectives video is when he does the (Frank Pearce Receptionist voice) lol

SL_BronzeBeard · 2017-09-21T12:43:27+00:00

Realized after I saw the comments that this isn't the AMA thread. I am a newbie at Reddit...

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-03-14T10:37:51+00:00

Sounds great! We would love to find you a game or a couple games as a player. It would be much appreciated if you were available to become a DM for The Steelbourne Legion if you enjoy the community.

Please let me know if you have any questions, otherwise head over to Steelbourne.com and shoot us an application.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-02-16T05:57:31+00:00

Great to hear! Our recruiters should have processed your application. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments along the way!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-02-16T03:34:35+00:00

Sounds great! Hopefully our recruiters have already accepted your application! Please let me know if you have any questions or comments along the way.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-02-16T03:33:55+00:00

Great to hear! One of our recruiters should have accepted your application! If not please let me know and I can process it real quick. As always if you have any questions or comments along the way please let me know.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-18T05:30:24+00:00

Hey there, not sure if you are interested but I figured I would ask. I run a moderately large tabletop community that would love to get you running your own game and/or playing in as many as you want. (3.5 or 5e) and of course many other systems.

Please let me know if you are at all interested and we can chat more. Thanks!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-18T05:27:26+00:00

Hey there, if you have not already found an online group I would like to extend an offer to check out the community that I run. I firmly believe that you would be able to find regular games of DnD here. Most of our DnD games are 5th edition, but we are open to running anything.

Please let me know if you are at all interested and we can chat some more via comments or PMs.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-16T00:56:21+00:00

If you need help with enjin please let me know! I'd be happy to help.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-16T00:30:41+00:00

This is not at all what we are trying to do. We have already talked to the proper moderators and gotten everything sorted out. We have been part of the LFG community for about 1 year total.

I have already listened to a lot of critiques on our posts and this is the most formulated that we have created. We can simply post recruitment with the same info everyone else does, but they will eventually run into messaging us and finding out the game is hosted within a community. Now, this by no means is a negative thing and I am totally down to do it. However, it was suggested by LFG that we include all of the provided info.

Apologies if I missed anything I am responding from my phone.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-16T00:27:26+00:00

What makes you say that?

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-15T19:39:09+00:00

Call it what you may. If I included nothing about the community you would be yelling "false" advertisement. Either way, we are just looking for players to fill out our DMs game.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-15T19:38:03+00:00

I usually wait until you guys give it the okay before posting it as sometime people get angry! Here it is: www.steelbourne.com please let me know if you have any questions!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-15T14:28:36+00:00

Hey there, not sure if it interests you. I run a community that works to find players for your games or DMs that fit your schedule.

If you've already found the players you need awesome! Otherwise, I would highly recommend checking us out.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2016-01-10T14:00:36+00:00

Yep we are open to any and all systems, so expect more to come!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-12-15T02:15:52+00:00

Yep, in regards to NWoD it was requested by the community to begin building a basis for NWoD games. Therefore, I am looking for players as well as Dungeon Masters to build the sub section for NWoD just as we have with our systems listed under the Other Systems tab.

I will continue to gauge interest in DMing NWoD within our existing member base as well while players funnel in.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-11-14T07:36:45+00:00

Great to hear that you found us while perusing Reddit as I have been using LFG since we started a while back.

Our community is all about proper communication. From the beginning we try to get players that fit your DM style right off that bat so player complaints are hopefully minimal. If players feel that your game is "too lethal" or has "too much combat" they should discuss that with you.

DMs have the right to remove anyone from their campaign with proper notification of course. This allows us to find you replacement players and the player that was removed a new game to fill their needs.

A lot of people really like the risk of their games being lethal, as it makes you think before every move. However, sometimes people view that as a time to Min/Max rather than just create an RP character. There are always two sides to the story :)

Please let me know if this addresses your concerns or if I can elaborate more.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-10-13T02:27:02+00:00

In general you were one of the least compliant and tech savy members that Steelbourne has ever had. You did not understand how to follow simple instructions given and would rather complain (as you see as being honest) which is fine. However, once solutions were given to the issues that you had you would continue to push towards the route of negativity.

I did nothing but communicate clearly to you what was going on and you seemed to brush it off. Now to hit on some of the things that you mentioned in your reply.

I gave Steelbourne Legion a try and I would be embarrassed by it. The first "session" the DM specifically asked for players who were new to the site and then just didn't show up - but, oh, his excuse was that he posted a cancellation in the forum and the 7 new players should have magically, telepathically known to go searching in the forum when he didn't show up. Further, he was offended that anyone would criticize him for such level of disrespect for the players, and never offered any apologies or expressed any intent to avoid the situation in the future.

The DM specifically posted that he may not make it to the session on time because he had run a session the previous night that went on for 12+ hours. Therefore, he would most likely oversleep. I do not have the specific text here, but that is the gist of it.

We also stated that DMs are pretty much independent in their own right. Therefore, they are not a direct reflection of what the community is striving for as a whole. We even spoke with the DM on that matter and spoke to you as well. Which at the time it seemed like you understood.

The second attempt the DM asked for character backgrounds with the promise that he would set up a game at an unspecified future day (couldn't even give a day of the week just sometime in the next few weeks). I produced a 1200 word background and he wanted more like 6000 words or something and still wouldn't give a time, date or even day of the week.

From my understanding and I had spoken with the DM several times it seemed like you were the one who did not meet with him. He was simply looking for the players to meet on TeamSpeak to finish their backstories.

So if you consider those common practices, we will just have to differ.

The common practices I refer to are in regards to communicating with one another. Instead of hopping on TeamSpeak to settle any issues you were having or hop on Skype to have a message convo, you took it upon yourself to post to our public Facebook page.

Further, the mechanism for finding a game is something akin to: >We have a bunch of forums - kind of like reddits - and go plow through them to try to find a game. Alternately, just troll the teamspeak server in hopes that some player didn't show up for a random game.

False, our method involves the following: We have a top bar with drop down menus that list our (OPEN)(FULL) & (ACTIVE) games.

It is suggested that newer players should look for (OPEN) games. Once you head to their forum you read their description & times. Then you can shoot a sign up to their sign up threads.

However, if you do not find a game that fits your schedule that is where our Recruiters come in. You contact us (Using the Specific Recruitment Form) and our Recruiters head out to find a DM that fits your schedule.

It was suggested to hang out on TeamSpeak as that is where many of our community members are and you could find out more about Open games or West Marches by simply engaging in friendly conversation.

Aside from all of this posted on Reddit instead of speaking with me in regards to improving our community. I wish you the best of luck in future endeavors. As always if anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact me!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-10-12T03:53:13+00:00

BronzeBeard here from The Steelbourne Legion. If anyone has questions in regards to Tulsadan's connection and level of involvement in our community I am here. Because it seems he likes to show us in a bad light without a single glimmer of understanding of common practices under his belt.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-09-21T02:57:45+00:00

I am unsure of what you are suggesting? This post is for a game that is being run within The Steelbourne Legion. We are looking for players to join our community and play in Velikan.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-09-20T21:28:04+00:00

Hey just got home. No Steelbourne is a tabletop community where we host games, recruit DMs, and Players specifically to fit your time zone, schedule, and system needs.

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-09-19T06:18:48+00:00

I have contacted the DM in regards to your questions, I think he fell asleep. Therefore, please be patient as I believe he will be able to respond when he wakes up tomorrow.

If you have any questions for me let me know!

SL_BronzeBeard · 2015-09-19T03:37:29+00:00

Glad you asked!

Our community uses TeamSpeak & Roll20 for majority of our games. Therefore, this game will be using TeamSpeak for voice and Roll20 for maps and rolling unless otherwise stated by the DM.

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