Changes: Bill Roper

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Bill Roper is a former Blizzard Entertainment game developer.

In 1991 he joined Blizzard, he worked in the game Blackthorne and in the voices of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, finally he became a full-time employee on August 1st, 1994. He was able to work in many things: from game design to producing, manual concept and layout to voice casting, directing and acting to music, and being a member of several strike teams that provide high-level feedback to the development teams.^[1] He served as a Vice President of Blizzard North and was a Director of Blizzard Entertainment from 1994 to 2003.

He and some colleagues left Blizzard because of frustration at the lack of communication with Vivendi management and a dearth of opportunities for them to participate in deciding Blizzard's destiny.^[2] After Bill Roper left [Blizzard], he went on to co-found Flagship Studios.

During his employment by Blizzard, Roper worked in the following games:

Blackthorne (1994) - Music
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) - Producer, Voiceover, Documentation
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) - Design, Narration, Voiceover, Documentation
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996) - Executive Producer, Story Consultant, Narration, Voiceover
Diablo (1996) - Producer, Voice Production, Casting & Directing, Story, Voiceover, Documentation, Strike Team
StarCraft (1998) - Producer, Voiceover, Documentation, Strike Team
StarCraft: Brood War (1998) - Executive Producer, Voiceover, Documentation
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (1999) - Producer
Diablo II (2000) - Senior Producer, Voice Casting, Voiceover, Strike Team
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001) - Global Launch Team, Strike Team
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) - Voiceover, Strike Team
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003) - Voiceover

Voice actor

Besides being a producer, a musican or a story consultant, Roper voiced several Warcraft Universe characters.

In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Roper voiced all the units.Template:CiteTemplate:Cite

In Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Roper voiced the peons, grunts, footmen, and elves, and the ships of both Alliance and Horde, besides being the narrator.^[3] In Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, he reprised his role as the narrator and also voiced Danath Trollbane, Grom Hellscream^[3] and Kargath, besides of the use of the recycled sounds from Tides of Darkness.

In Warcraft Adventures, Roper did not do any voice roles. Blizzard was using all union actors for the game, and because Roper wasn't in the union, he would have needed a special contract. However, Blizzard had planned to re-use some of his recordings from previous games.^[4]

In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Roper voiced the footmen, peons, and grunts,^[3] but didn't reprise his role as Grom Hellscream. In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne he voiced the grunts again besides the recycled sounds of Reign of Chaos.

In World of Warcraft, the recycled voices of the grunts from Warcraft III are used during the quest Counterattack!. Because Roper had left Blizzard, he did not reprise his role as Kargath or Danath in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.

External links

Reference list

[1] ttp://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/july03/billroper/

[2] ttp://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/july03/billroper/index2.shtml

[IMDB-3] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974546/

[4] ttp://www.gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard/p4_14.html

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 ==Voice actor==
-Besides being a producer, a musican or a story consultant, he voiced several [[Warcraft Universe]] characters. In ''Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'' Roper voiced all the units.{{cite|W1ManH|35}}{{cite|W1ManO|35}}
+Besides being a producer, a musican or a story consultant, Roper voiced several [[Warcraft Universe]] characters.
+In ''Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', Roper voiced all the units.{{cite|W1ManH|35}}{{cite|W1ManO|35}}
-In ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' he voiced the [[peon]]s, [[grunt]]s, the [[footmen]], the [[high elves|elves]], the ships of both [[Alliance]] and [[Horde]] besides being the narrator.<ref name=IMDB>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974546/</ref> In ''Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal'' he reprised his role as the narrator, but also voiced [[Danath]], [[Grom Hellscream]]<ref name=IMDB/> and [[Kargath]], besides of the use of the recycled sounds from Tides of Darkness.
+In ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', Roper voiced the [[peon]]s, [[grunt]]s, [[footmen]], and [[high elves|elves]], and the ships of both [[Alliance]] and [[Horde]], besides being the narrator.<ref name=IMDB>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974546/</ref>  In ''Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal'', he reprised his role as the narrator and also voiced {{npc||Danath Trollbane}}, {{npc||Grom Hellscream}}<ref name=IMDB/> and {{npc||Kargath Bladefist||Kargath}}, besides of the use of the recycled sounds from Tides of Darkness.
-In ''[[Warcraft Adventures]]'' he couldn't make the voice acting of his characters because they were using all union actors and he wasn't in the union; so Roper would have to have needed a special contract signed to be able to work as a voice actor on the game, however, it was possible that Blizzard used previously recorded works, and so he got in the game with recycled sounds.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard/p4_14.html</ref>
+In ''[[Warcraft Adventures]]'', Roper did not do any voice roles. Blizzard was using all union actors for the game, and because Roper wasn't in the union, he would have needed a special contract. However, Blizzard had planned to re-use some of his recordings from previous games.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard/p4_14.html</ref>
-In ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' he appeared as the [[footmen]], [[peon]]s, and [[grunt]]s,<ref name=IMDB/> but didn't reprised his role as Grom Hellscream. In ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' he voiced the grunts again besides the recycled sounds of Reign of Chaos.
+In ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'', Roper voiced the [[footmen]], [[peon]]s, and [[grunt]]s,<ref name=IMDB/> but didn't reprise his role as Grom Hellscream. In ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' he voiced the grunts again besides the recycled sounds of Reign of Chaos.
-In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', during the quest [[quest|Counterattack!]] the recycled voices of the grunts from Warcraft III are used. As he now doesn't work with [[Blizz]]ard he didn't reprise his role as [[Kargath]] nor [[Danath]] in ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]].
+In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the recycled voices of the grunts from Warcraft III are used during the quest {{quest|Counterattack!}}. Because Roper had left [[Blizz]]ard, he did not reprise his role as Kargath or Danath in ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]].
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