Red Shirt Guy Blizzcon 2010 - 2016 and his NPC Location
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Ian Bates also known and The Red Shirt Guy clips on his questions at Blizzcon Lore Q&A Sessions since 2010 until the recent Blizzcon 2016. At the end of this video, you can find the location of his NPC made specifically for him named Wildhammer Fact Checker which is standing beside Falstad Wildhammer at Ironforge in World of Warcraft game since Cataclysm until Legion expansion to date.
Ian Bates (The Red Shirt Guy): / theredshirtguy
#RedShirtGuy #BlizzconMoments #BlizzconFunnyMoments - Ігри
They should have hired him as Quality Control years ago.
i wish i could like your comment more
That comment aged pretty well
@@MrTheebs Lmfao, right
Right 😂
He doesnt disrespect women enough to work for blizzard
Devs have no idea what a blessing it is to have fans this dedicated to their game.
Couldn't agree more
They put him in the game. How much more appreciation can they possibly show.
@@kait2972 well I think only thanks to the red shirt meme. Not because they respect him.
@@johannesnagengast7643 you can't be for real. Just dumb on a whole different level. There is no greater mark of respect they could give him than to include him in their game.
@@kait2972 wasn't that the old team?
It's like they keep preparing for him, each year they get an extra guy from staff just to get extra help for red shirt guy's questions. What a legend.
Haha notice that aswell😂
Hahhaahaha
@Jewish Hitler True. Imagine how a state of mind like this feels for him in every day business.
Both he, and the staff on stage, get bigger every year.
Like the avengers trying to fight Thanos
It's like he gains levels between each Blizzcon
obnoxiousLisper tHaTs So OfEnSiVE
@@the4universes207 he was being sarcastic
@@cerebrxll6064 if that's true let him to tell
@@the4universes207 you can tell by the alternation between caps and no caps. It's quite a famous way to show you are being sarcastic! But what do I know. Maybe he/she switches cause he/she is bored (not)
@@_Xeto TOTALLY
I love how this guy pays more attention to the game than the devs
The only Dev that cared about the game's lore was Metzen. You can see he is the only guy who really tries to think about it and tries his best to answer. It was his story after all.
Not like it is easy the wow lore is quite big and complex
They were too distracted thinking about their next visit to the Cosby Suite
devs into money..not into game
I mean to be fair they add more and expand and the players just focus on whats there.
*2010:* 2 people answering questions 0:29
*2011:* 3 people answering questions 2:05
*2013:* 5 people answering questions 4:13
*2014:* 6 people answering questions 5:40
*2015:* 7 people answering questions 7:44
They had to come more prepared every year for this guy 💀
There are 4 people answering his question, not 6
@@charliekelly735 2 are answering, but 6 is there sitting. STFU kiddo!
They Are Not Prepared!!! 😂
Although it's not even his realm
2023, 9000 people develop Diablo 4 and its on sale 2 months after 💀
One dude in a red shirt makes all Blizzard employees annually more uncomfortable than all the other scandals and criticisms combined over the years.
What a legend.
This aged well.
Great comment dude !!
Yeah IDK about that one dude 😂
His speech has actually gotten better over time. If you notice his first appearances compared to his recent.
Yeah, it’s nice to see. He speaks very well in the last couple of clips.
He levelled up.
His first shot was like a stand up comic. Really unique delivery
Ikr. It’s like he’s gotten more comfortable over time and makes me really happy to see the comparison!
actually your all wrong. He put a video on his channel saying the reason for his speech was cause he could hear himself through the speakers while he was talking and there was delay so it was putting him off a little
Imagine being this dude...
Walking up and saying nothing but "Hello"
and having the power to make a developer of a massive game who talks to millions of people at these annual conventions just go...
"Oh shit"
@Not Alfie dude, if you're on the comments section for a video about this guy making a sarcastic remark toward another commentor, especially in 2021, then you're probably not doing any better than he is. Not to say i agree that he's living with his parents. He's probably perfectly happy, living with an understanding and caring individual. Someone who makes him a better person so he doesn't have to go inault people in comments sections.
@Not Alfie bobo
Power level 99999999
@Not Alfie Oh I'm sorry. You're right, jokes are funny... "Yes and also the power to be single and living with his parents for the rest of his life" but that's not funny, that sounds like a tragedy that happens to many disabled individuals because the world isn't designed to accommodate for them. Y'know, natural selection and all, strong overcoming the weak. Funni stuf.
@Not Alfie and make 6 figures working for these guys...........MOM! We're out of mac n cheese! Lol
"hello"
*Oh, shit*
@Davion Darian @Corbin Salvatore That's a scam, you are both reported.
@Corbin Salvatore how must you not have any friends that you need to setup another account to reply to another. Forget that, how stupid are you that you have to scam people
He seems to have gotten more confident as the years passed.
haha yea its kiinda endearing how shy and nervous he is in the first one and by the like 4th hes like HEY GUYS ITS ME AGAIN HERE TO CALL U OUT ON UR SHIT!
You'd expect that to happen when you become an internet celebrity.
as he should!
He levels up
As it became routine for him.
U can actually see if it was a good or bad expansion if he's slimmer or fatter
😂😂😂😂 meta
🤣🤣🤣
This is a good comment 😂
Kekw
Hate you lol
I’ve never played WoW and I can’t help but feel like this guy is asking the real, hard-hitting questions
Don't bother. Its not for casual gamers.
don't bother, stick to you COD.
WoW sucks now lmao
@@Heytherebuds But it literally is for casual gamers, they've ruined their game immensely over the last 8 years to cater to casual gamers
@@EduardoRodrigues-xl3ht Don't bother, COD is not for casual gamers.
These guys just dodged every question, and made their answers the future patches.
Exactly what they should do, they simply didn’t have an answer to the question so commended him and then fixed said problem… simplistic really
@@crewpup9481 It's a genius algorithm designed to allow stupid people to work for video game companies.
@@ReedtechIndustries more or less lazy people, but even then I doubt it’d be easy to notice these things he mentions
@@crewpup9481 resistance is futile!
Alot of his questions were also based off of what he thought should be in the game. They didn't dodge anything
i know he probably talks about this to ppl outside of blizzcon and they probably dismiss it all the time. good for him for finding a place where his thoughts are valued.
:)
Great comment
mate there are more wow geeks out there than you think
Autistics *UNITE!!* 👉💥👈
@@dr4tinymous hi red shirt guy
*Any good company would’ve 100% hired this bloke as a temporary consultant.*
He does work for blizzard, this red shirt guy character draws in more tickets to conventions. Blizzard marketing know what they're doing
@@trcs3079 unfortunately it’s only the marketing team that know what they’re doing.
Why would they hire him when he pays them to come and tell them what's wrong with the game lol.
@@slimxshady6111 Why? Because people love him and because it would make a good demonstration of the devs listening to their fans and being receptive to feedback.
In essence, he's a good marketing tool and not of much inconvenience.
It would be far more inconvenient to deal with all the feedback relayed to Blizzard over online support tickets than one guy on a stage. And these are only lore issues, not technical issues, balancing, or pricing/economy
@@slimxshady6111 you sound like a democrat
i love the fact that they gave him his own in game character
It’s all fun and games until he starts bringing fans to the Cosby room
Jk obviously red shirt guy seems very wholesome
@@overthrone3494 Why would you even joke about that, with someone obviously not like that at all? There is something very wrong with you if you think that is funny...
@@OptimusGPrime That's the same thing they said about Bill Cosby. Now look at him.
and also was pinpointed in the one of the books!
The guy is actually a good guy! Very humble and modest and actually cares about his guild and each person. He's a great guy to play with
Does he posses an eidetic memory?
“Hello”
“Oh shit”
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
I love this kid, he's so laser focused. He should be consulted before laying out any lore in the future.
What future lol
@@juice2090 The future that im writing this comment from thats 28 minutes after you wrote yours. Just like how video games update over time going forward into the future.
@@DrummerJacob WoW has no future m’boy.
@@juice2090🤨
This guy looks like he showers before going to any convention. such a chad.
man atleast he showers
Why don't they just hire him as a writer all ready
Keep your hobby as a hobby so it stays fun, don't make it mandatory.
They dumb, thats why.
In the same way that enjoying/criticizing a meal doesn't make you a great chef, knowing everything about a story doesn't make you a great writer.
It's the difference between consuming something and creating something
@@cgeyik that’s some straight bs if everyone would think that way we would have no streamer no pro gamer and also no sports etc
Because blizzard would make the game more fun by doing so
*”NOT THE HERO WE NEED, BUT THE HERO WE DESERVE...”*
No, he's the hero we didn't deserve, but needed
@@wibleston thats it thanks
No idea who he is, what blizzcon is or why im watching this. Stoned.
Same here, dude. It's great.
Legend
same lmaoo
:D :D
We are all here at different times from different years doing the same thing.
These developers go home at night to families, children, girlfriends, go out for dinner, walk their dogs.
Red shirt guy stays behind and continues investigating every detail of the plots and what the future will hold.
Thanks red shirt guy. Dont necessarily be like red shirt guy, but appreciate him nonetheless.
Some people are happy playing video games everyday because they arent good socially, and they might also go out with family and have girlfriends, be grateful for what everyone brings forth that is good! we don't know their disability or health conditions that could not enable them to leave their house.
@@Grungehead1993 none of this has anything to do with OP's comment. You just brought up a bunch of irrelevant imaginary people that nobody is talking about.
@@carclain123 I can't remember OP's comment but I was defending a child who these adults were taking the piss out of.
Most comments are lovely on here though.
@@Grungehead1993 clearly he can leave the house if he can walk up to a mic and speak infront of everyone
I hope you know some peoples disabilities are not just physical right?....
Also I was not specifically talking about "red shirt guy" I meant as a broad spectrum.
When Red shirt guy shows up, they are happy but also scared. Cause every time he shows up, they have to really think about their answer.
I love this guy, his questions were always worded in a way for the devs to spill some future content. You could see how the devs are talking around it. 😂
Always thought of it as more of a „Oh shit, he’s right. Better dance around the problem and start working it in into future updates“ 😅
"thanks for putting me in the game"
lol
the only player in human history to actually read all of the quest dialogue
Today, This man is crying.. lets have a moment of silence for all the blizzcons that will never happen.
He s dead ?
@@stevinho177 uhm no. The company Blizzard is dead; red shirt guy (Ian Bates) is doing fine.
@@Sunbro413 Blizzard is not even close to being dead, as much as the internet is telling you that lol
@@brojay5987 copium
@@Sunbro413 Well, the company isn't so much 'Dead' as their game is just shitcanning itself in terms of story, mechanics and complete lack of content. HOWEVER, this is not me defending them. Their game is losing their player base in droves. Numbers don't lie. Regardless, it's not even really the state of california's law suit that's causing them to fail (Though that is now helping to contribute to peoples opinions and helping it along) so much as the WoW game and their self contradicting and retconning lore.
I mean... Here's just one example of them retconning lore for their current story: Frostmourne. The Mournblade was, according to the dreadlord who spoke to Arthas, forged by the Lich King. Later that was retconned, and it was stated that the mournblade was forged by the Burning Legion. Finally, in current content, it's stated that the Runecarver(One of the Eternal Ones) is the original one to have forged it and the Helm of Domination...
The lore is being wound into a lovecraftian horror style loopty loop, and then further twisted into a fucked up slinky so bad that it's laughable. They have no idea what they're doing.
I love how they added him to the game as wild hammer fact checker and they added falstead to the council of 3. Mad respect to the creators/devs
the guy knew exactly what he wanted to ask, and what he wanted to hear.
Guy: asks
Dev: we're gonna get that fixed
Guys: Thank you.
Dev: Th...
Guy: [Vanish]
Dev: [Nodders]
I don’t know literally ANYTHING about World of Warcraft but I love this man. He’s the hero we needed but not the one we deserved. He has so much passion and love for this game and I can’t help but applaud him.
Corny ass hero we need not deserve saying stfu
I like how he decides to wear the same red shirt every year .
I'm glad to see that his social skills and confidence improved over the years.
Well done dude 👏
He's also gotten fatter over the years
This was amazing to watch. I love how he becomes a crowd favorite over the years.
How is he not on the staff yet? They have Lore experts at Blizzard who's sole job is exactly this. They should scoop him up
Blizzard then, isn't the blizzard now, but yes the blizzard then should have looked to hire this guy.
This is why red-shirts aren’t allowed to survive. They’ll become too powerful if they do.
Old school Star Trek
Admirals are red shirts in star trek so this checks out..
@@leemon908 Holy shit....
Blizzard there's something over her.......aagghhhhh!!!!
dude literaly just walked off stage and said thank you, like they aint worth his time
We need this red t-shirt guy to ask questions to 343 Industries
4:14 Thoroughly unimpressed. Awesome.
The coolest part of this isn't the blizz devs reacting or even the red shirt guy, but it's the standing ovation red shirt guy gets when he walks up from the other fans.
The WoW community can be awful, but its moments like this that make me smile.
This guy would do a far better job writing WoW lore than blizzard.
No doubt
Fire those predator devs and hire him
@@ethosterros9430 high chances they would prefer to hire someone for diversity sakes, just like Ubisoft did.
@@troller8680 ugh. Its tru tho I can tell diversity left wing hires cuz of the writing in recent expansions.
There’s a difference in noticing details and creating
he knows more about the game than the creators
What happened to you, dude? We all missed you at Blizzcon Q&A 2017! It was not the same without you...
So they did not accept his question this year? How dare they? He's literally a part of the game!
We got a new Red Shirt guy 2018!
Blizzard is going to ban red shirts lmao
@@hi123452008 How could the Diablo April fools guy be allowed to ask a question and the og Red Shirt guy couldnt
Gabriel Michelon The same reason why you said "is this an out of season april fools joke?"
Blizzard really missed the opportunity to hire this guy, would of been such a valueable asset to have on the Blizz team
There is more to being a developer then compliaining about extremly mundane details. But yeah he has potential that is sure.
Blizzard don't hire quality employees. Not possible
Its really cuz he doesnt harass girls at the work place
What a nightmare it would be to work for blizzard. I'm happy he doesn't work for them. Don't you have seen all the scandals?
hearing the crowd cheer for this dude is so heartwarming
i love how every time he gets more and more applause but really he just can't wait to get to his question
11 years and still a legend.
I say he should be the next guy Deadpool recruits.
Just watched this for the first time in 2022. Man, that was some wholesome shit. A superfan asking a genuine question and the devs calmly owning up to their mistake and promising to fix it.
Activision took over and Metzen left and they stopped letting him ask questions that made them look dumb every year.
Yup
For real?
next heroes of the storm character
Joseph Balcazar Vidal oh my god yes!!!!!
Blizz make it happen!
Joseph Balcazar Vidal what’s his power more knowledge of the game than the devs themselves
xD
I love how he is very articulate with his lore based questions but the Devs are always stumped at the questions and dont even know how to properly answer him.. I swear Red Shirt Guy should work at Blizzard he would have made the game much much better
He seemed to always be polite and ask really good questions.
It's so endearing how nervous he is, and his little bit of struggling with his neuro-divergence, but then he crushes the questions so hard.
Imagine letting him down year after year.
I like how his Speech level increased from 20 -> 40 over the course of the 6 years
pretty sure he said something about the first time he asked questions, he was nervous and also he could hear himself talk, which through him off and that is why he sounds like he is stuttering or talking slow
Red shirt guy is an inspiration to being dedicated to what you love!
He's a man of focus
@@JoeIzGaming ...and sheer fucking will!
“Hello”
“Oh shit”
That had my dying for a full minute lmao
Ever since he showed up in 2010, the devs had to prepare and study for his questions before each Blizzcon after.
This guy has more character development than Sylvanas, and I have never even played WoW.
we can tell ur not playing wow buddy
@@jeanor9014wow died a long time ago xD
I swear, if these devs listened to 10% of what the players suggested, their career, along with the company would have much higher revenue and a network of loyal streamers that would promote their content.
Think that was the goal of the classic. They ripped off osrs approach to their loyal community but blizzard dropped the ball by not letting players decide the direction like osrs does.
Red Shirt makes this whole Blizzcon look like a beauty pageant with the devs as the contestants
When the next blizzcon happens, this guy is going to have a full hour dedicated to him.
he leveled up so much that he got his own title.
"Hello"
*crowd cheers*
Ian is a legend!
It’s so sad. You watch the first couple of years and everything is awesome. And as soon as Ion got up there on the stage the whole vibe changed from fun loving banter and joking with the crowd to cold, calculated, and matter of fact. I’m not saying Ion ruined the game, I’m just saying you can tell when WoW stopped being about the fans and started being about money
Yes 100%.
Don't be sad. This happens to all great things; they wither, disband, parasites rally to their decaying corpses. This is as natural to art and friendship as it is to nature itself.
Instead, take pleasure in the fact that something as great as this could begin with you, if you are willing to live truly.
@@crimsonoutdoorsco.9640 He became Game Director in Legion, not Cata... Tom Chilton was the Game Director in Cata and up until Legion. Before Ion was Game Director, he was Lead Encounter Designer and making banger raids.
Also cata was a great expansion, which is probably because Ion wasn’t responsible for it…
i dont even play wow but i felt that
The best thing is that the crowd is getting into it with red shirt guy and you can tell that he loves it
haha his innocent smile when the crowd cheers is endearing
Why don't they hire that guy.. Well, unfortunately I heard bad things about blizzard but at that time they should have hired the kid. He clearly notices things
@@monarchmeow9256 Damn red shirt guy isn't enough of a sigma for blizzard....sadge.
I love the first one where he just leaves them speechless its brilliant!! Hes made a video on why he talks the way he does hes a really nice kid i look forward to seeing his question every year
I love the kid asks brilliant questions and expects these devs actually planned well ahead. 😂
With each year he gets more confident with the questions and I love it!
I really hope that the developers don’t talk down about this guy. They have the duty of being storytellers that impact countless fans. Some of those fans love their story so much that it becomes an escape for them. Even when it comes to small joke jabs at him during Q and A sessions, it really makes them sound like elitists.
It's encouraging to know that everybody on the internet loves him.
He gets stronger every blizzcon.
lol the red shirt guy 04:19 looked thoroughly unimpressed with their response regarding the southern hemisphere to be explored.
Asks a great question. Gives unfilled answer that just leads to more questions. 😂 most of it is the devs saying they dont know or we will see. Ian got a spot in the game but should have had a spot on the team
This guy is so pure and must be protected at all costs
This is the best thing I've see on UA-cam in a long time for so many reasons. What legend red shirt guy is. 😂😂
Bless this man and all of his ventures.
I love that the devs genuinely answer his questions and grow to love his input. Fans like him make entertainment in anything all the more fun.
The game industry is missing a person like red shirt guy. That guy spills knowledge.
Next year All red shirts are banned
Half the audience next year will have on red shirts.
Imagen the red shirt guy during Shadowlands.... Devs would lose their souls to answer his questions today.
I heard he used to give really good quests, quite sad they removed him after 2016 due to balancing issues
All these people that no longer work at blizzard!
well you know. now that they are owned by activision...anybody with talent has to be removed
@@VHARDJO Thank you, that's very kind!
I love how everyone shows love to this guy, even know he has the social skills of a Tea spoon.
So true he his very cool
He's very polite and has good manners, just perhaps not the most charming individual
Its not that, he got confused by hearing his voice on the speakers while he was speaking. When you watch an interview with him, he talks normally and explains why he sounded weird.
This guy is an introvert and also has asperger syndrome.
If you consider that, he did very well. He was watched by a large live audience and cameras also pointed at him, ofc you get nervous ... it's not like he was just talking to 2 or 3 people.
He earned the respect of his peers because he wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions and clearly loves and knows the game/universe.
Man I didn't know there was more than the first question in this video. Even more of a legend than I thought. He's so humble and doesn't had a clue how epic he is haha. I love how the crowds get more hyped each year when he appears.
I hope a gaming company hired this guy.
Our boy gained _100 lbs_ in 6 years.
But no joke, this Red Shirt Guy is a blessing to this game.
This guy is dope. He gets way more confident each year, and he’s actually an asset. He’s very informed and aware of this game and if I was developing this game I’d for sure hire him or at least pay him to QC the storylines. I,amine the insist he could add BEFOREHAND for little tidbits, tie ins, etc.
Thank you for showing that ending part of ironforge, I needed that to clarify
I feel like hes called out all of their plans before they are ready to speak on it, love his passion and i hope he continues his level of passion
Something about the way the nameplate swooshes in with “The Red Shirt Guy” when they know his name cracks me up.
I think my favourite thing about this video has to be the level of confidence he gains. Listen to how he struggles in the first clip compared with the last one where he's basically the reason people went to the the show...
Bless him
and I love the response from the panel "Oh no..." So much love behind it.
I really like how they put him in the game that must be an awesome feeling for him
This guy doesn't just think outside the box, he thinks outside the map
It's people like red shirt guy that keep the world going around. He was a legend!
How many people took selfies with the NPC in game.
The voice that strikes fear into the hearts of Game Developers everywhere
"Hello"
And there is no better way to show that fear in Blizzcon 2014 when one of the devs said:
"Oh Shit...."