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Chris Metzen retires from Blizzard
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I'm kind of unexpectedly floored by this. Dude had a lot of critics for his predictable writing style, but I still found him quite inspiring, especially when he introduced Overwatch to the public at Blizzcon. Here's part 1 of the great Gamespot documentary (done by one Danny O'Dwyer).
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but he was also heavily involved in some of my least favorite stuff story wise from Blizzard, a lot of which contradicted previous stuff he did which I really liked!
So I don't know exactly how to feel about this. I hope Chris all the best and he seems happy and I'm happy for him, but I wonder how the Blizzard lore stuff is going to proceed from now on without him, for better or for worse, it's hard to know.
CORRUPTION
I hope he has a fulfilling retirement, dude's earned it
Why are you guys talking like he's gonna go somewhere faraway
I hope there will be a diablo reboot, the first one was pretty good
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because he says he's not making any more games, dude
I apologize if i sounded rude and i also facted check that he's 42 now not under 40. But that's still a really young age to tell people that you are retiring for good, so I really doubt that this will be the last you see of Metzen in video games
Dude's living the dream, so good for him yea
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Diablo 3?
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Maaan I need to go find my WC2 manual
Old-school Blizzard had amazing manuals
the Warcraft 2 manual belongs in the Smithsonian or something. in fact, everything to do with warcraft 2 belongs there. extremely influential game in my life.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
Like, love him or hate him (I loved him but then kinda grew out of him), dude definitely shaped a whole generation of games.
I wish him success in whatever he ends up getting up to down the road.
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When I went to Blizzcon in 2009 he did shake my hand and was in awe of how tall I was
His retirement is a double-edged sword covered in spikes and wreathed in hellfire, because 90s schlock is equally terrible and awesome that way
we're all soldiers now
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I'm pretty stoked to see what the person who fills his shoes does for the company
Yes.
Because it will be his influence warping the new writers from beyond space and time. Twisting them, warping them, tainting their every effort to be better.
That was the plot of StarCraft II, right? Or was that WarCraft III?
it was all of them
like ya on one hand a little sad, end of an era-ish type feel, but then the cynical side of me kicks in...
" Ya poor guy , retiring under 40 with a scrooge mcduck level of savings to be with his family..."
Wish I could be that sad