Mike Ybarra Joining Blizzard as vice president

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https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1187180133095899137?s=19

 

[Ploid 6.0]

Haha oh wow.

Well maybe he will bring Blizzard around game quality wise. Not touching Blizzard myself though. When is Blizzcon, I can't wait to watch that show, and the Q&As.

 

[Papercuts]

Think he forgot china after the #serve.

 

[BoxManLocke]

Oh boy.

 

[Deleted member 57361]

Bad timing, but good luck on the new journey!

 

[DGenerator]

A fitting move.

 

[NoName999]

That poor man picked a lousy time to start his job.

 

[Flame Lord]

Man, that's some unfortunate timing.

 

[Camjo-Z]

#lucky #humble #gamers #servechina

 

[Hey Please]

Yikes Mbarra.

 

[Deleted member 8468]

This is the guy who got mad at folks for giving Anthem bad scores, right?

 

[FullMetalTech]

Wow. That's some bad timing but best of luck.

 

[Lukar]

Very unfortunate timing, but best of luck to him.

 

[jacks81x]

I hope you feel good about taking that dark Chinese money.

 

[hurroocane]

Literally said "what the fuck" out loud

 

[Gundam]

Oof

 

[Deleted member 18944]

Yikes Mbarra.

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[Deleted member 4482]

blizzard really going down the shitter hiring a mega asshole like that

 

[Ferrio]

He quit Microsoft about a week before the China thing blew up, man that must suck.

"After 20 years at Microsoft, it's time for my next adventure." - Oct 9th

Understatement.

 

[LewieP]

 

[Keldroc]

Welcome to the party, pal.

 

[Finaj]

I'm sorry... what?

 

[Cess007]

I actually said "oh boy" out loud after reading the thread title.

Hopefully he does a good job and turns Blizzard into a better direction.

 

[Hailinel]

This is the guy who got mad at folks for giving Anthem bad scores, right?

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Bad timing, or perfect hire?

 

[PersonAndStuff]

He's a good pick up and I bet he hates that he's coming in at this exact moment.

 

[Zero-ELEC]

This is the guy who got mad at folks for giving Anthem bad scores, right?

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The very same.

 

[Rosebud]

lmao, worst timing ever

 

[Sandfox]

Haha oh wow.

Well maybe he will bring Blizzard around game quality wise. Not touching Blizzard myself though. When is Blizzcon, I can't wait to watch that show, and the Q&As.

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I would be shocked if they let people ask questions about that stuff.

 

[Damn Silly]

(this will have been done all before everything happened, but that doesn't make it any easier to walk into lol))

 

[BoxManLocke]

Yikes Mbarra.

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Amazing

 

[Cutty]

Lol. Worst timing ever.

 

[Era of not Yakuza]

From Xbox One launch to Blizzard/China thing, well, I wish him luck

 

[DMVfan123]

YIKES!

 

[Chamber]

 

[Ryan.]

Let's be honest, it's a perfect fit for him

 

[bluexy]

now we get to see if mike's finally getting paid enough to stop with the twitter hot takes

 

[bsigg]

Congratulations on the new job Mike, good luck with this shit show of PR with the China situation.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Sad what Blizzard has become. They used to be one of if not my favorite devs.

 

[Mafro]

Is this the guy that thought paid advertising from influencers was more trustworthy than traditional reviews?

 

[Dennis8K]

#kowtow
#moneyuberalles

 

[Strike]

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[ConHaki66]

congrats to him, might be a shit show atm with china but that is a huge job

 

[Salty Rice]

 

[Derachi]

Yikes Mbarra.

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[Samaritan]

Well that's some spicy timing.

 

[Deleted member 56752]

Not like this thing materialized in a couple weeks but still, wild timing.

 

[Keikaku]

Can't wait for the China shill tweets.

 

[JMY86]

Yeesh what a rough time to be coming on board. I wish him luck...

 

[Bosch]

This guy was one of the worst from Microsoft. What a bad hire :/

 

[AR Starts]

Bad timing but he didn't have any control over that. I am sure he is nervous with everything happening.

Mike, however, has been a huge asset for Xbox and I'm sure he will do great at Blizzard as well. The guy is a machine at grinding games so there isn't anyone better suited to be at the company that makes Diablo and Warcraft.

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

Good luck, but the timing couldnt be any worse than this.