Originally Posted by
bowchikabow
People are quick to get hyperbolic using present events to argue how inconsequential he was. People forget the old adage: "you can't build a round house on a square foundation."
When World of Warcraft was FIRST being created, he was a source material for everything from story/characters/lore... to the very continent of azeroth itself.. LITERALLY.
The LFG documentary has a part where they talk about the initial development of the game. The art department was arguing and had all kinds of questions about the layout, and map and shit.. they started bugging Metzen with kinds of random questions, when suddenly he just pulled out a set of acrylic and painted.. fucking painted, free hand.. Azeroth on the wall. Like, this is where it is.. this is where it all takes place.
He helped build the foundation of the strongest MMO, and one of the strongest games OF ALL TIME. Regardless what he did recently.