Considering the events that have happened during the last year and the ones to come in the upcoming months, I’ve decided to write this open letter. It’s aimed towards everyone who works at Blizzard and to those who at some point have worked at Blizzard but aren’t anymore, but specially to Mike Morhaime (who will cease his position soon), Chris Metzen and all Blizzard founders & workers who started this company years ago and made it grow to what it is today.
First, the most important. Thank you. A million times. There is no way to express the gratitude I feel towards your passion/job done during all this time (and English not being my native language doesn’t help, but I’m trying my best). During these years, you’ve created many of the most loved and best videogames of the industry, and fortunately, I’ve been able to be part and accompany you during all these incredible years.
My name is Roger, and I’m from Spain (Europe). I’ve been a fan of your works from a very early age. Being born in 1990, my first contact with your games (even though I was unaware about it) was when I was 7, when in the PCs of my school there was an installed platform game called “The Lost Vikings”. I became aware of the fact that I’m a fan of yours in the early 2000s, when I bought Diablo 2, a game I fell in love with, and I “confirmed” it when my uncle gifted me Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos in late 2002. That’s also when I went and bought a “Blizzard Gift Set” that included Starcraft, Diablo 2 and their expansions, and Warcraft 3 (this one without TFT) for christmas.
I was incredibly hooked with your games, as I loved the RTS genre and fell in love with the ARPG, taken into perfection (my opinion, just to make it clear) with Diablo 2. The game I played the most before I bought Diablo 2 was Age of Empires 1 and 2. After buying that set, I would just play your games.
That feeling, of course, applies to the new generation of games: Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Overwatch and World of Warcraft also (I’ve mentioned them from “least loved” to “most loved”, but I like them all). Talking about WoW, unfortunately, because I was 14 when the game was launched in EU (birthday in December), I couldn’t buy it at launch… Or to be precise, I could buy but I didn’t because I knew I could not maintain an active subscription. I decided to, instead, focus on working during the weekends (taking care of the neighbors’ gardens, for example) to earn some money and when I had enough to pay for a year, I’d buy it. Meanwhile, my best friend’s uncle would let us play on his account every now and then (with him watching and giving us hints).
When I could finally buy the game… Damn! It was awesome. Clearly, it was the BEST time I’ve ever had when playing videogames. Playing online with my friends, in a vast, immense world (almost infinite at that time) nourished by the lore from the Warcraft saga (my favorite out of the big three), with such amounts of roleplaying mechanics… again, I can’t find the words to describe how I felt. Entering the different cities for the first time, made me drop my jaw to the floor. My very first dungeon (Deadmines) and spending a whole afternoon there because we didn’t know what to do, a “unique” experience (that would happen with almost every dungeon following it, 
). The Gates of Ahn’Qiraj opening event or the Necropolis invasions were also super fun, incredible, and jaw dropping. And just to note. To me, the AQ event was the perfect example of what an MMORPG should be: a whole server working together to complete the event. I know that it is almost impossible to repeat it again due to technical limitations, with you mentioning it in the “Looking For Group” Documentary (10/10 for that. I love and rewatch it from time to time), but just like this letter, I needed to say it.
Of course, as this gem of a game evolved, I made a lot of memories, like doing “Friday night runs to Naxx” with my friends at level 70, or defeating LK in ICC with the guild! So, I can say that, up to this day, WoW is the game I’ve had (and having) the most fun with.
And the most important part about it is that, even until today, I still have a ton of fun with WoW today, even though I don’t have as much fun as I did back in 2005-2008, as I didn’t and don’t agree with all the changes that have happened throughout these years. Regarding this point, I would also like to take the chance to say SORRY. As you might feel from this letter, I am very passionate, and at different points during WoW’s life, I’ve said and commented many things with an improper tone (even though I never got banned in the forums nor ingame. Thanks to the forum blues and Game Masters for being comprehensive).
Yet again, I feel extremely grateful and happy of being part of how this company has grown (and hopefully, it will grow even more if it somehow manages to dodge Activision’s way of “developing” games).
To end this open letter, I’d like to thank you again. Thank you for all the effort you’ve invested in the past. Thank you for all the effort you’re investing in the present -specially with old games: SC and W3 remasters, as well as making Diablo, W1 and W2 available again to GOG, I’ve bought them already, and for making WoW Classic a reality-. And thank you for all the effort you’ll put in the future.
I wish you all the best,
Roger