Chris Metzen = Blizzard's renaissance man Scenarist, illustrator, designer, concept artist, novelist, voice actor....the man has filled many shoes, and all of them very well.

It's 2020, watching this, comparing it to current Blizzard situation... God, I miss him and "his" Blizzard ;(

" Batol cruiser operational " holy shit it sounds so good, repeated about 50 times

Oh, man, that "Battlecruiser operational" was AMAZING! I always loved that voice!

I so much love from 0:29 to 0:31. His face is like "What are these nerds?"

Back when everything was perfect...

Marine, Ghost, Battle Cruiser are all too different kinds of character and accent! What a talent!

I love the crowd's reaction to "Battlecruiser operational".

I miss the old blizzard. Before they sold out and when it actually were blizz with CHris metzen, Mike Morhaime etc.

Goddamnit. Instant goosebumps from "Battlecruiser operational". Those were the days, the best time to be alive, to be a 15 year young kid, and we didn't realise :-) I'm getting emotional everytime I hear the OST and sounds from the original SC menu en gameplay. Instant flashbacks to emotions at atmosphere... Good times.

Kudos to the guy who asked that question that led to some epic answers xD

Every once in a while I come back to this clip for that "Battlecruiser operational" line. It brings me joy every single time.

"Yea idk I'm not good, my voice..." meanwhile most bone chilling awesome voice acting ever

Such a legend man!! Miss him...

I'm a professional character voice actor, and Chris is an amazing voice talent. Thrall is a great character. I played WoW from Classic > TBC > WOTLK > Cataclysm. Thanks for the awesome game Chris and everyone of the creative geniuses who were there during that era of Blizzard.

Is it just me or does Chris metzen fit being tony stark as well?

He is so casual about this. His voice is amazing, especially Thrall and Ragnaros

Wow he is pretty humble, what a great, talented guy.

man you are a legend

Chris voice acts like a boss , the Battlecruiser no one can do that like him

Chris Metzen is a besT!!!

0:25 eargasmic maybe he doesn't realise how cool he voice it

it's thRALL!!!

Wow he did the battlecruiser really well lol . Great guy and focuses on his work :D

0:57 When Thrall becomes Warchief again n Blizz makes a cutscene of his return 😆

I remember when I would just look at Metzen's art in the Diablo manual, those were the days.

HE'S BACK!! HE'S BACK BOYS!!! HE'S THRALL!!

I never thought that it was CHRIS that was Thrall and Ragnaros neither Varian. BY FIRE BE PURGED!! :D

AWESOME! Chris Metzen is a legend! :D

He hesitate with actor, but a voice actor remains an actor!

chris metzen is a mix of colin farrell and robert downey jr ahaha)

Oh, I would want him as my guildmaster. Would be awesome having him give orders in Thralls voice. FOR THE HORDE!

Thanks.

Taste the flames of Sulfuron!

Metzen is Awesomne :D

Absolute Legend

Dis one is fo yu Kris, a did yuu plaaay any rho ii wodl of waaarcraft and starcraft and maaybe the diablo.

yea i loved the voice of fenix.

Chris is the man!!!

We miss you big guy :(

Chris Metzen after voicing some of the most iconic characters in Blizzard's games: "yea I voiced a few roles"

dude this guy is so badass!

The very first nerdstar! Keep kicking ass

❤️❤️❤️❤️

He felt so cool

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

지리누

Metzen is my hero.

Epic

@xIegionx Yes he did (that video is from before Starcraft 2 was released). His name is in the voice credits and those voices are unmistakable.

@xIegionx Yep, he did voiced in the new games (he's still the Battlecruiser and the Marine in Starcraft 2).

You got a masculine voice I really likable your voice when i'm playing terran with a battle cruiser , man

god i would love to hear him say "Strength and honor"

Loved his old voice actings, but imho he's done WAAAY to many voices as Wow-bosses

I love the shock from the crowd after the Battlecruiser comment.

He's such a badass.

"Battlecruiser Operational" Crowd: UOAHHOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHOHOHOHOHUUUHH

the best "voice" ever!!

Chris Metzen, the Tony Stark of voice acting :D

Is it bad that I've replayed the voices like 15 times already?

so true

OMG!!!!!!!

@PianoAnalyst yeah, that's a possibility

@Shodex4 So true. Often times even overshadowing heroes in the games.

Chris Metzen is a fuckin rockstar.

He is my idol lol.

Damn I wish I could have heard him do the Ragnaros voice here.

If Chris Metzen did is voiceacting instead of writing the plot everyone would be fine with him. Problem is, he helped create the plot disaster that is Heart of the Swarm and Diablo 3.

0:26 free replay of the good part. :)

@KisiroKitsune Nope, Thrall's voice during the Caverns of Time instance in WoW is different.

Haha watch him all of a sudden yell: "BY FIRE BE PUUUUURGED!!!!!!"

@tikalal The fact that the voice is identical in both World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3. And also that Harlan Hogan confirmed that he didn't voiced Thrall (unfortunately, he doesn't remember who he did voiced).

the good ole days when blizzard was awesome.

Rip Chrish Metzen

Battlecruiser Operation!!! Spam those Battlecruisers boys!

He also voice(s/d) Varian Wrynn!!

Battle Cruiser Operational, and everyone goes wild :))

"Zis wan iz fo yu, coreiz, uh.. did you ple eni ro in like wod o waorcrah end uh stahcrah end mebi didiablouh".

This guy is... GOD

''did u pray any wroll in lyke wol of walcraft stalcraft and mabye didiablo'' haha cracks me up everytime

Chris Metzen, the coke man! I also love his Mtn. Dew Advertising.

@tacosifyme I lost the count of how many times I rolled back the video to listen to that guy while reading what you typed. Thumbs to sky if you guys couldnt resist as well.

@VoidStyleTV LOL that was hilarious but i think you're missing a myagkiy znak somewhere hahaha

This video is collector

Why is this guy so effing modest?.. like "yeah, no, I only did the battle cruiser, the marine and ghost... not like they're probably the single coolest voices from SC. Oh also him there Thrall and good ol' Ragnaros, but y'all could probably care less." Chris Metzen, you're the man. nuff said

when he said the battle cruiser i just had this face O.O

@KisiroKitsune Thrall doesn't always yell, there is plenty of calm dialogue in WC3. I distinctly remember going 'wtf' when Thrall started speaking in the Caverns of Time. Many say Harlan Hogan did the voice, and there is not anywhere you can point me where Metzen says he did hi for WC3.

BY FIRE BE PUUUUUUUUURGED!

he also did the voice for skeleton king in diablo 1

"yes, i am everyone."

he had the voice of the sc2 BC but the sc1 BC sounded completely different than that.

he is FIRELORD also!

@ragnarok820 And what are you basing this off? Wowwiki? It's unverified who did the voice. Some think it was Harlan Hogan but he doesn't know if he did it or not because he was doing so many roles at the time.

epic

I bet you when people started clapping after he said Battlecruiser Operational, he was like LOL what is with these people. XD That is the vibe I got from that

Battle cruiser is the coolest!

@MrHouse135 yeah he did do it really well, but if my memory serves me right the "operational" third syllable was a bit high. I thought his "I am Thrall" was perfect though.

To hardest one to believe is the ghost.

THRALL!!

Zis one for you, Krees.