Bashiok

Bashiok, real name Micah Whiple, is the Diablo 3 community manager at Blizzard. On the official Diablo III forums Bashiok's avatar depicts a Fallen Shaman.

Prior to becoming the first Diablo 3 CM, Bashiok was a community manager for World of Warcraft, posting with the forum name "Drysc".

During late 2008 and all of 2009 Bashiok was often the most visible member of the Diablo 3 team, as the only D3 community manager and a regular presence in the Battle.net forums. He is also the chief operator of Blizzard's official Diablo Twitter and Facebook pages.

Blue Posts

Bashiok's posts as the D3 CM are collected in various locations, and often cited by gaming news sites and Diablo fan sites.

• All of Bashiok's posts.
• News items about his most newsworthy posts.

Bashiok's Battle.net avatar.