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Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
@TheRedShirtGuy
The Red Shirt Guy from Blizzcon 2010 through 2019; check out my writing at Blizzplanet and iancasteenbates.wixsite.com/ian-bates--talโ€ฆ
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Jul 25, 2023
    Thanks to @Portergauge I have an invite to a place without clouds (based on other tweets I don't think we're supposed to say the real name, for some reason?). If the X nonsense kills twitter for good (or maybe if I just like it more) you can find me at @TheRedShirtGuy.bsky.social
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Jul 21, 2021
    "Female employees working for the World of Warcraft team noted that male employees and supervisors would hit on them, make derogatory comments about rape, and otherwise engage in demeaning behavior, the agency alleges." news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-reโ€ฆ What the heck, Blizzard?
    Activision Blizzard Sued Over โ€˜Frat Boyโ€™ Culture, Harassment (1)
    From news.bloomberglaw.com
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Sep 4, 2024
    Wild unsubstantiated guess: part of the 20th anniversary event will be new HD versions of famous old tier sets.
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    Sep 4, 2024
    A close-up view of a single piece of shoulder armor, featuring a familiar golden book with small white scroll and red seal. A small golden sword is nested in the center of the open tome as it sits on black armor with gold trim. A red diamond-shaped emblem can be seen on the front of the piece, showing a gold balancing scale in its center. A blurred view of Hallowfall fills the background.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Nov 4, 2023
    War Within brings back Anduin. Midnight is in Quelโ€™thalas so thatโ€™s probably where Sylvanas comes back. The Last Titan has the Titans come to Azeroth and Illidanโ€™s been with them all this timeโ€ฆ
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Aug 29, 2024
    So, thoughts on TWW leveling experience: It's not just super good, but shockingly good. The general writing, the characterization, the worldbuilding, it's all improved over Dragonflight in every way. (1)
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Aug 29, 2024
    If I had a nickel for each time they introduced a new female character about Anduin's age descended from a famous human bloodline, who both have ae as the second and third letters of their name, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. ๐Ÿ˜œ
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Oct 8, 2020
    I received a super great present from @Warcraft today! Thank you so much!
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Apr 19, 2022
    Attention everyohe, since it hasn't really picked up steam. The Stony Tony/Rock Guy/Ugly Guy/the Watcher from the Cinematic has a canon name! He is Watcher Koranos.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Nov 3, 2023
    Well... WoW.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Oct 12, 2019
    Important: the developers and regular employees at Blizzard had absolutely nothing to do with what happened. I hope people remember that during Blizzcon, as outside of the opening & closing ceremonies its the developers who are on panels/Q&As, not the execs responsible for this.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Mar 11, 2022
    Okay, there's "why didn't Jaina have anything to say about Arthas" checked off.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Jan 8, 2025
    One of the bossses in Liberation of Undermine is literally a slot machine. I love it.
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    Ian Bates ๐Ÿ’™
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    Aug 19, 2025
    Now that we've seen cinematic, the "key character" choices for the portraits are even stranger, why no Lor'themar and Liadrin?
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