Metzen, one of the company’s biggest partiers, helped drive much of the chaos and testosterone. He was loud, charismatic, and easy to talk to, which made him popular among Blizzard’s staff. People loved soaking in his comic book stories and were impressed by his work envisioning iconic characters like Sarah Kerrigan and Grom Hellscream. But his partying could also lead to office mishaps. During an office party the night that Blizzard finished StarCraft, he and artist Scott Abeyta were drinking heavily and began to push one another. “We started fucking around like people do,” Abeyta said.
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