Another veteran of Blizzard is packing up. After 23 years, it’s over for Monte Krol. Many WoW fans surely had him ‘in hand’.
At the team of World of Warcraft and Blizzard in general, more and more long-time employees have disappeared in recent years and it seems there is no end in sight. Now another veteran has been hit, who worked for Blizzard for nearly 23 years: Monte Krol.
Who was Monte Krol? Monte Krol worked for Blizzard since 2000 – back in the days of Warcraft III. He thought he would be working on StarCraft II and didn’t even know what project his work was being used for at first.
Over the years, he has worked on pretty much every major Blizzard game. As a ‘Technical Director’, he was responsible for many tools that developers used for the actual game creation, such as ‘WoWEdit’ – with this program, developers place the environment and textures or position NPCs and all objects in the game world.
Krol has thus developed some of the fundamental tools – and without his work, World of Warcraft as we know it might not exist.
Where do we know Monte Krol from? WoW veterans might find the name suspiciously familiar, even if they have never heard of the developer. Monte Krol has also lent his name to several things in the game. The most well-known of these is the so-called ‘Krol Blade’. This was extremely popular among rogues during Vanilla times and some may still remember it due to its iconic appearance.
In recent months and years, more and more veterans have left Blizzard and turned to new projects. What Monte Krol will do in the future is still unclear – but we will surely hear from him again sooner or later.
