User:Blackweb

Definition: "Kalganize"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kalganize

"To arbitrarily, inexplicably buff or nerf a class in WoW PvP, often at the expense of another class."

To be "Kalganized":

"Being Kalganized can be good or bad depending on whether your class got nerfed or buffed. If you got buffed, its good, if you got nerfed it is bad. To be Kalganized is when your class either completely owns another class in a way the class being owned has no defense against or being completely owned by another class in a way that your class has no defense against."

Who is Tom Chilton AKA Kalgan?
Kalgan] Here is Kalgan identifyting himself as lead game designer over game balance.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21022576&sid=1&pageNo=3

Here is Kalgan describing the Kalganization of Divine Shield

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21022576&sid=1&pageNo=4

Here is Kalgan stating his philosopy on class balance, pvp and the arena.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1134165636&pageNo=12&sid=1#236

WoW insider article on Kalgan and class balance.

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/08/21/kalgan-on-class-balance-in-2-2-and-2-3/

wowinsider article on Retribution Paladins with Kalgan Interview

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/04/24/kalgan-on-retribution/

Kalgan on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbolVrSOO0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFMLDg7gm8

WoW is not the first game to be Kalganized
http://azeroth.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/wowtbc_tom_chiltons_aos_all_ov.phtml

This particular link shows that the UO classes were Kalganized

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online:_Age_of_Shadows

To quote specifically from a description of the Paladin class in UO, Age of Shadows:

"The new Paladin character class consists mainly of the new Chivalry skill. If used in conjunction with a "Book of Chivalry," a Paladin using the skill can perform powerful techniques, such as curing poison in battle, or teleporting to a new location. These types of magical abilities were previously restricted to mages. In order to perform Chivalry techniques, a Paladin must tithe gold to a shrine in exchange for "tithing points."

In this quote the description states how one classes abilities were taken and given to another class. Note the two classes added in the UO expansion he designed. One quote in particular is quite telling “These types of magical abilities were previously restricted to mages.” What he did was take Paladin abilities and give them to Mages in AoS. Sound familiar? Paladin divine shield and mage ice block, warrior and hunter mortal strike.