17 Blizzard employees to follow on Twitter
by Adam Holisky 
Nov 25th 2011 at 2:00PM
It's no secret that we here @WoWInsider love Twitter. But what you might not know is that Blizzard loves Twitter as well. Not only does it have @Warcraft, @StarCraft, @Diablo, and @BlizzardCS accounts, but their friendly blue posters and other leading figures are on Twitter as well, just waiting for you to follow them and find out what's being served for lunch at the Irvine campus. (Actually, we haven't heard about that yet ... We need some pics of what a Blizzard lunch looks like, @TalkingCongas!)
Blizzard has confirmed to us that all of these accounts belong to the individuals associated with them and are not fakes (and that they are all OK with being posted publicly). Further, what these employees say on Twitter is not endorsed by Blizzard. Sometimes they might talk about things related to WoW, while other times it could be something completely unrelated.
Please also be respectful of these people's accounts. Don't pepper them asking for invites to a beta, and so on. It's not going to happen, and no one likes to be bugged about such things.
That said, follow away and enjoy some nice insight into @ChrisMetzen's WoW playing. The full list after the break.
Blizzard has confirmed to us that all of these accounts belong to the individuals associated with them and are not fakes (and that they are all OK with being posted publicly). Further, what these employees say on Twitter is not endorsed by Blizzard. Sometimes they might talk about things related to WoW, while other times it could be something completely unrelated.
Please also be respectful of these people's accounts. Don't pepper them asking for invites to a beta, and so on. It's not going to happen, and no one likes to be bugged about such things.
That said, follow away and enjoy some nice insight into @ChrisMetzen's WoW playing. The full list after the break.
@mikemorhaime Mike Morhaime, President & Co-Founder
@rob_pardo Rob Pardo, Executive VP, Game Design
@chrismetzen Chris Metzen, Executive VP, Story & Franchise Development
@Hordeland Russell Brower, Director of Audio, Sound
@mumper Cory Stockton, Lead Content Designer, World of Warcraft
@davekosak Dave Kosak, Lead Quest Designer, World of Warcraft
@neutralground Ilja Rotelli, Director, Global Community & eSports
@robpsimpson Rob Simpson, eSports Program Manager
@bashiok Bashiok, Community Manager
@daxxarri Daxxarri, Community Manager
@kaivaxblizzard Kaivax, Community Manager
@lylirra Lylirra, Community Manager
@sachant Nethaera, Community Manager
@talkingcongas Zarhym, Community Manager
@sdlistenin Shon Damron, PR Manager
@kathunter Kat Hunter, Licensing Manager & BlizzCon Personality
@kimaphan Kim Phan, Senior Producer & eSports Personality
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
drscholl Nov 25th 2011 2:20PM
wasn't @chrismetzen fake for a while? i figured all his talk about beards and surfing and making fun of mike morhaime was too funny to be legit.
Rainee Sue Nov 25th 2011 2:35PM
Yeah, Blizz asked nicely and got the username away from him for actual Chris Metzen. The parody one is at @CoolChrisMetzen now.
Ikatsu Nov 25th 2011 2:10PM
I want a giant plushie!
Vinyl Nov 25th 2011 2:45PM
Does it come with a community manager?
Suzaku Nov 26th 2011 12:01AM
It's actually not giant. Zarhym's just really, really tiny.
Spiderpope Nov 25th 2011 2:26PM
Wow, what a coincidence, these are the same 17 Blizzard employees i used to follow in real life. Restraining orders don't apply to Twitter right?
Stouph Nov 25th 2011 2:44PM
What about Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street??
Arrohon Nov 25th 2011 3:25PM
I doubt it's him, but you should follow @Blizzard_Crabby.
fudge Nov 25th 2011 4:59PM
So, why is he cuddling a Horde mount and not a proud Alliance gryphon? This smells of ...
oh wait, wrong article.
Matthew Nov 27th 2011 6:38PM
That Hooked beak and the talons would rip out his eyes man!
Philster043 Nov 25th 2011 7:59PM
Decided to follow Metzen and Zarhym, 'cause they seem like cool guys.
RedMosquito Nov 26th 2011 1:14AM
"Hordeland".
Figures.
anuillae Nov 27th 2011 5:39AM
Yep, because Mr Brower's music is incredibly Horde-biased. And, y'know, he totally favours drums over brass instruments.
Oh well. At least one of them is @neutralground, eh?
Matthew Nov 27th 2011 5:58PM
Allianceland doesn't sound very good though.
Hih Nov 29th 2011 3:02AM
Oh boo freaking hoo. So one of the top Blizzard sound guys likes Horde. He's not specifically affiliated with WoW, but all of Blizzard's games, judging by his title. That means his twitter account is still hordeland even when he's working on Diablo 3.
This Alliance emo "nobody likes us!" crap is REALLY getting old.
llcjay2003 Nov 28th 2011 11:51PM
Does Alex Afrasiabi still work at Blizzard?