Who was this kid sitting with the testers and telling them what to do? It was soon clear, as Pardo was promoted to become the top designer on StarCraft’s expansion, Brood War, that he was being positioned as Adham’s successor, and when Adham left the company in 2004, Pardo took his role as lead designer of World of Warcraft. After that, Pardo would oversee every game Blizzard made.
