I'm trying to D2R Items come up with a way of asking this without unnecessary vilifying Activision. My question is whether the realities of business of the present, as they are, and how do you relate to the parent firm, Activision, such that you continue to operate that way?

Are you able to say that Blizzard self-sufficient enough to say that 'We don't think the idea is good, which is why we're going itand then we're going back to the drawboard ... there's a chance that you'll not be seeing another game from us in the next five, 10 years or whatever it might be?' Do you find yourself in the position in which you're in a position to be able to do this?

You know, there were a handful of concerns I had after Mike told me, "Hey, you should think about taking this job." There was a handful of questions I asked Mike and a few questions I had for Bobby [Kotick, CEO of Activisionand others in Activision Blizzard. What you're discussing is a topic that's important to know about what it takes to be Blizzard from an engineer's perspective, and also, honestly the community and fan's point of view.

This is what I'm going tell you. We're here, and we are getting ready to play the Diablo League Finals which was really created together with the folks at Activision Blizzard, and the motivation behind it is the same one we share and that is to have our games seen and be played by millions of people all over the world.

I think we have different methods of thinking about how to achieve the same goal, however, our goals are similar and aligned to them.The concern from a fan standpoint is, if there's an eventual point when it appears that Diablo League won't be able to sustain this kind of interest it needs, does Activision abruptly shift gears to cheap D2R Ladder Items "Well we're going to make us wait for the next thing,"