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* Eric Dodds, Senior Designer, Diablo 3
''(Jay Wilson does 90% of the talking. All questions are from audience members.)''
'''Q: I'm not a Diablo player. What should I be excited about?'''<br>
A: One of the great things about the Diablo franchise is that it's very quick and easy to get into. We all play a lot of WoW and it's a great game but when you just want to spend a short amount of time it's not always the best choice. So that's one of the things we think
'''Q: Game engine?'''<br>
A: It's a brand new 3d engine we built in-house. No official name.
'''Q: How long have you been working on Diablo 3?'''<br>
A: It's been in dev for quite a number of years. We had it up at Blizzard North for a couple of years and it's been at Bliz South for a while. Probably about 4 overall. (Blizzard North closed in fall 2005, nearly 3 years before the WWI. It's known that preliminary work began on Diablo 3 back in 2000 and it was well underway by 2002, though almost all the work the Bliz North guys put in was thrown out when the project moved to Irvine and started virtually from scratch.)
'''Q: Is D3 the same thing as your secret project code named Hydra?<br>'''
A: (Long pause.) We don't publicly discuss details of our secret project names. So you'll just have to live without that knowledge.
'''Q: How did you keep the secret for so long?<br>'''
A: We've very secretive and security conscious. There was a joke in the Penny Arcade comic about the bombs planted in the backs of the heads of our employees. It's not that far off. We value our privacy. The employees recognize the importance of keeping this under wraps and the value we get from a big announcement like this. They're very proud of our work. The development team is most motivated to keep it under wraps. It feels good to talk about it at last. If you find us at a bar tonight we'll probably just be shouting "Diablo 3 Diablo 3."
[[Image:Pa-bliz-secret.jpg|center|thumb|500px|The [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/5/23/on-the-keeping-of-secrets/ Penny Arcade comic] Jay Wilson referenced in the chat.]]
'''Q: Battle.net changes? ''' <br>
A: We're not announcing anything yet. We do have a lot of plans for the new version of battle.net that will appear in the future. We'll reveal more in the future. You'll actually see some of the new stuff with Starcraft 2.
