Around 2001, Pardo invited Kaplan to come visit Blizzard's offices in Los Angeles, during which he was introduced to several other Blizzard guild members, and they showed him the yet-unannounced MMO World of Warcraft (WoW) project they had been working on.
Około 2001 roku, Pardo zaprosił Kaplana do biura Blizzarda w Los Angeles, gdzie został przedstawiony kilku innym członkom z jego gildii oraz pokazano mu jeszcze niezapowiedziany projekt MMO pt. World of Warcraft (WoW), nad którym pracowali.