Ryan Winzen is a mod-maker who was happily working on a StarCraft 2 modification called World of StarCraft until Blizzard had the video of the game removed from Youtube. He pleaded with Blizzard for its official blessing to work on the game with that title, and the company has reached out to Winzen to offer him a tour of their facilities, while encouraging him to continue work on the mod.
"It was never our intention to stop development on the mod or discourage the community from expressing their creativity through the StarCraft II editor. As always, we actively encourage development of custom maps and mods for StarCraft II, as we've done with our strategy games in the past," Blizzard's Bob Colayco said in a statement.
Colayco explains why the video was removed from YouTube. "With the name so closely resembling that of World of Warcraft, we wanted to discuss the title of the mod with the developer, and as part of our routine procedure, we contacted YouTube to request the video be removed while that discussion took place."
It seems likely that Winzen is going to be asked to change the name, and then go on his merry way with the mod. "Like many players in the community, we're looking forward to seeing the continued development of this mod, and as part of our ongoing discussion, we've extended an offer to the developer to visit the Blizzard campus and meet with the StarCraft II development team," Colayco continued. "As always, we appreciate all of the efforts of the talented and enthusiastic mod-making community, and we look forward to seeing and playing what they create using the StarCraft II editor in the future."
If you're ever offered a chance to take a look around Blizzard's offices, you take it. Winzen seems to have gotten the industry's attention; he was also offered an interview with Riot Games.
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