A Day in the Life of a Community Manager

A Day in the Life of a Community Manager

Against my better judgment, we’ve just published “A Day in the Life… Micah Whipple” on our 20th Anniversary website, chronicling a single day in the life of our most-senior community manager. In this unauthorized autobiography, Micah gives you an inside look at what it’s like to be Bashiok, what it’s like to not be Bashiok, and what it’s like to write an essay that is almost entirely devoid of facts.

You can, if you really have nothing better to do, read the full article here.

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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
YESTERDAY & LAST NIGHT I PLAYED TILL 5:00 in the morning between Breaks & luntch
hours I max out finding different worlds & Quests to do until Dusk i played !
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/8/2011
MoonGlumm I look indian hunter for the red Bluff
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/8/2011
CLEAN UP FOR BLIZZ TAKES A WHILE So Come on here
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Simplyred
Hydraxis
Simplyred
12/6/2011
I love the uniform. You must get some looks stopping for gas on the way to work.
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Albinodaverc
Nazgrel
Albinodaverc
12/6/2011
WoW/ WHAT WILL I DO WITH OUT BLIZZARD
game,s if my wife left me
WoW HAS GIVEN ME TIME TO MOVE ON
BEYOND MY EX . Steel i DEAL WITH THE MESS AS OF NOW
thanks blizzard WOW BUILDS MY CONFIDENCE TO MOVE ON
& KEEPS MY MIND OFF OF THE MESSY REALITY
ALBINO!
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Albinodaverc
Nazgrel
Albinodaverc
12/6/2011
ANY DRAGONLANCE FANS HERE BEFORE
WoW CAME TO EXISTENCE
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Meira
Eitrigg
Meira
12/6/2011
@Albinodaverc: Yup. Great series
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Albinodaverc
Nazgrel
Albinodaverc
12/6/2011
@Meira: hell yEAGH BUT I NEVER FINISH THE FIRST BOOK BUT HERD IT ON MANY AUDIO CD,s
Sad TANIS WAS STAB I LOVE STURM & RAISTLIN THE BAD AS TWIN. Goldmoon must of been hot & SEXY & HOW lucky Riverwind has a chieftains duaughter for a wife.
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Albinodaverc
Nazgrel
Albinodaverc
12/6/2011
@Meira: I WANDER IF THIS GAME REMINDS U OF THOSE DRAGONLANCE BOOKS. I wish writers can make a good series of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUNDTABLE
OLD SCHOOL BUT ADD A LIITLE SCI fI TO LEGEND OF KING ARTHURE
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Baddbbooyy
Agamaggan
Baddbbooyy
12/11/2011
@Albinodaverc: I have read every DragonLance book that Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman has written. They are both great writers. Have you heard of R.A. Salvatore? His main charater is Drizzt in which my Hunter is named after. Anyways R.A. got his influence from Wies and Hickman when R.A. went to their book signing for the public. :)
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Albinodaverc
Nazgrel
Albinodaverc
12/6/2011
HEAR THE SAGE AS HIS SONG DESCENDS
LIKE HEAVEN,s rain OR Tears,
& WASHES THE YEARS ,THE DUST OF THE MANY STORIES
FROM THE HIGH TALE OF THE DRAGONLANCE.

YES I,M A FAN OF MANY TALES
of THE LANCE
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Frühauf
Argent Dawn
Frühauf
12/6/2011
Hah, sounds like fun. If you don't mind having a quick summarization of your life being mocked with a description of "this is stupid, don't waste your time with this", compared to the friendly intros to "a day in the life of a diablo III developer" or "a day in the life of a QA analyst"...
Devoid of facts?! The man clearly has food smeared throughout his beard. Screenshotted. Counts. t('-'t)
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Pallydeiske
Undermine
Pallydeiske
12/6/2011
Pretty cool. My day 10PM-7AM work 8AM-1PM kill horde 1PM-1:30 kill horde while eating 1:30PM-3PM listen to music while killing horde 3PM-3:30PM Shower 3:30PM-5PM kill more horde 5PM-9PM sleep while dreaming about killing horde 9PM go back to work and count down the hours till i get to kill more horde.
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Cadmandu
Turalyon
Cadmandu
12/6/2011
Thanks for giving us a view behind the curtain. Oz (or Bashiok in this case) is a real guy with a real job. Give the amount of QQ i see in the average forum post, how do you sort the wheat from the chaff? And, finally, what is a Blizzard DOTA?
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Ixen
Darkspear
Ixen
12/5/2011
A Lordaeron shield... Alliance bias, obviously. (?)
Now, seriously, the first half was very interesting. I'll read the other one after I was the dishes.
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Shista
Norgannon
Shista
12/5/2011
@Oneofmany: That's it!
Blizzard is 100% for the Alliance. The image is proof of this.

The Defense rest.
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Ixen
Darkspear
Ixen
12/5/2011
@Oneofmany: Well, the former territory of Lordaeron is now Forsaken land, of course.

But the Alliance was created somewhere between the frist and second wars, way before the undead Scourge, when survivors from Stormwind fled north, and it included the seven human kingdoms + dwarves + high elves
On top of that, the original name was "The Alliance of Lordaeron".

So yeah, Alliance bias here. XD
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Bobmunden
Lightning's Blade
Bobmunden
12/5/2011
@Ixen: no one wants a bone/leath/skull/human skin blood splattered horde shield they smell and the alliance shield is shiny.
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/8/2011
@Shista: I,m for Both worlds ALLIANCE & HORDE
My ALIANCE WARRIOR IS HIGH LEVEL
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@Ixen: Seems like people who play Horde are always saying that Blizzard is biased towards Alliance, yet people who play Alliance are always saying that Blizzard is biased towards Horde. Funny, that.
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
@Burton: Thats funny ! so i laugh at it
need to find single lady,s
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
@Ixen: I hope one day they Orc, bloodElf, Dwarf the short humans & tall Humans make a Aliance with some horde & Dreanai become one & get together to face a new dark Raise Where Orc & Humans form a peace between among them selves but it not going to happen like that for a while. My Wish is that orc Can be Aliance with humans & Taren
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Pantyshot
Bloodscalp
Pantyshot
12/5/2011
Cool article. I wish my job was as exciting. You guys at blizz do an awesome job. You are the 8 ton gorilla in the online gaming industry. Keep up the good work.
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
@Pantyshot: BLIZZARD ROCKS! HEAVY METAL !
There Always Guild Wars 2 comeing out great game free on line
but I love WoW a Bigger world for me to play

My GUILD is PANTHEON in WoW
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Falcori
Elune
Falcori
12/4/2011
"I got one reply from Greg (Ghostcrawler) to a talent-related concern I sent him last night while leveling a new hunter. He assuages my fears and tells me that Mists of Pandaria and the talent revamp will fix everything."

Is it wrong that my first thought was "Oh, so GC lies to the CM's too"
(I know it was a joke(Hopefully))

Was an interesting read overall.
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
@Falcori: I LIKE IT !
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Dissipate
Frostmane
Dissipate
12/4/2011
That was a fun read, thanks
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Hmmmm....

Longhorns shirt... epic beard... cans of Diet Dr. Pepper....

Do we know this guy from somewhere? <_<
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Ciryn
Blackwater Raiders
Ciryn
12/4/2011
Thank you so much Bashiok for helping to let the Dev's here our voices. And I'd join that cult in a hot-second!
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Revika
Blackhand
Revika
12/4/2011
12 hour work days? Dayum Bashiok.
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Devashri
Borean Tundra
Devashri
12/3/2011
I am not a morning person either. :( Thanks for giving us a peak into the CM world. And remember, even though we might rage a lot on the forums we don't hate you. :) We're just trying to get our voices heard and sometimes we're in feisty moods. lol. You must have to complain to the devs a lot on our behalf though.
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Beshiro
Laughing Skull
Beshiro
12/3/2011
Thanks i enjoyed that : )
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Hasdrubal
Mannoroth
Hasdrubal
12/3/2011
Is it just me, or does Bashiok look like he'd make a good cult leader?
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Kyrà
Scarlet Crusade
Kyrà
12/3/2011
@Hasdrubal: lol, went and looked at the picture again and you're right. I request a rename of the patch. 4.3 Hour of Bashiok. Woot for the cult.
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Kohrystic
Aegwynn
Kohrystic
12/3/2011
A very interesting look to see what being a Community Manager/Editor is all about. Appreciate the time taken into writing this, for I have been wondering.

It sounds like a really busy job, but one that I can tell you that I would love to have, any day of the week!
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Optmusprime
Darkspear
Optmusprime
12/3/2011
"You can, if you really have nothing better to do, read the full article here." Challenge accepted.
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Moonglumm
Draenor
Moonglumm
12/15/2011
@Optmusprime: ONCE A PRIME ALWAYS A PRIME ! i was tutch by that line ! even though i like Megatron the dark prime
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Gearscore
Cenarius
Gearscore
12/3/2011
Please tell me Micah Whipple isn't his actual name...
@Gearscore: Micah Whipple isn't his actual name.
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Ryan
Moonrunner
Ryan
12/4/2011
@Gearscore: Tis Micah Whipple. It's one of the better known blue names. I heard he got pizza bombed when it first came out.