So here it ends :D

It has almost come to an end of my CS3216 :D not gonna name this blog post "what i leant from CS3216" or stuff, thats freaking boring :D

Anyway, like i said in my PS and first blog, the reason why i took this course is becoz i think this course draws some of the best ppl around SOC ( ya... im saying SOC not NUS :D) and i wanna learn from those people and see what they are doing.

Now i look back at what i have done , i think most ppl i have worked with are inspirations. That is super awesome, (which i do not want to go into details on and on about it), long story short, i learnt so much from them and i have achieved what i want to achieve. But still not good enough :D I kinda have a feeling that things ppl do here are very constraint on sth... just a feeling without any reason... so i would really want to check out what north America is like... hopefully i can get my SEP application successful and bang! here i am Uwaterloo :D

Taking this course kinda reaffirmed my belief that university is all about meeting people. Somedays back some guy shared an article named you are the average among your best 5 friends. I kinda agree, in uni i should really meet more awesome people and try to raise my own level to theirs so i wont end up pathetic upon graduation :<

hmmm.... all in all.... i really learnt a lot from people in this course and this is like one of the very few opportunities that provides me with this kind of chance in NUS lah... So, everything is good . good good.

in the end... sorry for this blog entry being like super short :D but really for me , this course is all about learning from peers. Their resilience, attitude towards work, just so awesome :D

Some thoughts about Dustin :D

Final project presentation is interesting, all the teams have very interesting stuff :D but of course like always, they will receive confusing reviews , some like their stuff, some don't so...

Just as I was about to blog abt the projects, I saw this year's blizcon video popping on my youtube homepage, so i decide to take a look :D Anyway it turns out to be very interesting and there are actually some really good learning points.

Dustin is the game balance designer of Starcraft 2, and Starcraft 2 has been somewhat controversial coz terran race is said to be way overpowered. And Dustin has been under a lot of pressure and doubts. Many ppl say stuff like all he can do is designing red alert3 and things (which in gamer circle is regarded as a moron game :D ). In that video, Dustin introduced new units coming up in Starcraft2's new expansion and some new balancing factors added to the game.

There is a QnA session after the presentation, whenever some question on why terran is designed to be so overpowered, the crowd reacts like " hell yea" and Dustin stood there, was just so confident and answering all the questions like a bosh :D

I kinda admire this guy :D even though that i am among those who thinks Starcraft2's balancing has so much problem. Its the way he handles disagreements. He has so much confidence in what he has been doing, and it kinda make those who doubts him start thinking "well, am i the one that is wrong?" such a boss right?

From assignment1 and 2 reviews, we should have already known that, it is impossible to please everyone, some might think your ideas is ok, some thinks they are shit, but it is important, i think, for people to take in some pride in what they do. Have some faith in what they are doing. After all, if even yourself do not believe your idea is gold, how do you convince others.

Take in others opinions, but do not get easily swayed by them. And yea.... the course is like towards the end :D so i wish all my coursemates good luck :D and .... wish you all become bosses like Dustin.