But Morhaime may have still been haunted by his decision to remove Mike O’Brien as lead of Warcraft III back in 1999, which had led to the departure of three top Blizzard programmers and the creation of ArenaNet, a significant competitor. In retrospect, Morhaime would tell confidants, he felt like he should have taken a more diplomatic approach back then. Now he didn’t want to repeat the same mistake and drive away one of the people who he believed was most integral to Blizzard’s success. Problem was, by doing nothing, Morhaime might drive away a group of other people who were integral to
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