Kripp's Return to PoE! The hype is real!

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nait2k4 wrote:

So, the Divination Cards worked?

i lold. thank you sir :D



We need his numbers for twitch. it will push PoE up on the "being watched" list, which will get more people to try it. PoE servers might explode at that point.

I don't understand some people's responses here.

I mean the guy needs to eat right? So yeah he "is" a marketing tool, nothing inherently wrong with that.

But he did help PoE immensely in a time before he was the marketing tool he is today. I don't particularly watch streams or enjoy his video's, but one has to acknowledge the impact he had on GGG.

And at the end of the day he is "just a player" looking for a challenge and some fun, i'd reckon malachai will provide him with that.

And while doing so, he will probably make PoE visible to players who would have never heard of it otherwise, which seems great for GGG.

Also if he is under blizzards "wing" i would say he can't look all to happy on purpose when playing PoE? :p

I mean he's not a fool.

Peace,

-Boem-

when i cant play im lookin for ziggy or nugi to watch and listen them. they are best streamers imho

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Ocylix wrote:

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nait2k4 wrote:

So, the Divination Cards worked?

i lold. thank you sir :D



We need his numbers for twitch. it will push PoE up on the "being watched" list, which will get more people to try it. PoE servers might explode at that point.

I'm more concerned with the logon ques and potential server crashes that his groupies provide. I'm all for more players overall, but I remember the launch of open beta 2 1/2 years ago. I know they have added servers and improved the stability, but it always lingers in the back of your mind.

I just want a nice quiet afternoon murdering pixels, but it won't be. crowded towns no hideout until probably cruel or later (league)

I personally don't care about Kripp, or any streamer for that matter.

Quite surprising, considering how much viewers he currently has with HS, and how much he got with PoE in the past.. Maybe he's in burnout with HS and will only play few days with PoE..
In any case, that's a good advertising for PoE.

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johnKeys wrote:

but that's not why I think Kripp is bad for PoE.
his attitude towards the game, is why I think he's bad for PoE.
and the people who started playing thanks to his Closed/Open Beta videos, will have to excuse me on this one - but I don't like the "current version" of him.
can you even begin to compare his "meh Act 4" attitude, to how Moldran approached Path Of Exile? to Ziggy/Lifting's enthusiasm and Ghudda's sheer craziness about the game? would he ever truly no-life it like Anuhart does?

I think Kripp lost a lot of his enthusiasm for games in the past year or so.
I yesterday saw his pre-launch D3 video from May 2012, where he talked about how he had been preparing for the 16 hour streams, how he will be min-maxing everythig, etc. There was genuine joy and excitement in his eyes, it was so vivid, almost tangible. He was a super happy adolescent male who could barely wait for the next great adventure to happen.

Now I don't see him being much more excited about Hearthstone than PoE. It looks like his passion turned into a job and that is a very different kind of cat. Kinda unavoidable.

I speak for everyone if I say that we'd be happy if Athene comes back right?!

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Vendy wrote:

Omg Omg Omg! :) http://www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp

Will he win the Laptop? Will he name is new char Legolas?

Who gives a flying spaghetti monster crap about Kripp? He's a has been. Pick any of the players who do the "State of The Exile" podcasts for a better player to twitch on (I like ZiggyD and his ausie accent).

The hyparrian is real!

This guy is the sole reason I started playing this game. I was lost in the darkness of Diablo 3, and then out of nowhere a giant, head shaved, non bathing greek/canadian streamer appeared to show me the way.

All hail the Kripp.

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Jadran wrote:

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johnKeys wrote:

but that's not why I think Kripp is bad for PoE.
his attitude towards the game, is why I think he's bad for PoE.
and the people who started playing thanks to his Closed/Open Beta videos, will have to excuse me on this one - but I don't like the "current version" of him.
can you even begin to compare his "meh Act 4" attitude, to how Moldran approached Path Of Exile? to Ziggy/Lifting's enthusiasm and Ghudda's sheer craziness about the game? would he ever truly no-life it like Anuhart does?

I think Kripp lost a lot of his enthusiasm for games in the past year or so.
I yesterday saw his pre-launch D3 video from May 2012, where he talked about how he had been preparing for the 16 hour streams, how he will be min-maxing everythig, etc. There was genuine joy and excitement in his eyes, it was so vivid, almost tangible. He was a super happy adolescent male who could barely wait for the next great adventure to happen.

Now I don't see him being much more excited about Hearthstone than PoE. It looks like his passion turned into a job and that is a very different kind of cat. Kinda unavoidable.

Very well said. Sadly.