- This article is about the Blizzard CM. For the mob on Timeless Isle, see Zarhym (NPC).
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Role | Community Manager |
"Obtaining knowledge isn't the same as taking a guess, educated or otherwise, so there isn't a need to play off how sure you are of things you don't know." | |
Jonathan Brown (alias Zarhym, previous aliases Timbal and Batta) is a Blizzard employee and a Community Manager for the US World of Warcraft forums. Brown is believed to have joined Blizzard in 2005,[1] and was introduced to the community on the forums on June 13, 2008 by Eyonix. Zarhym is also found in-game on the Timeless Isle as a ghostly skull resembling Brown's forum avatar.
Timbal
Before posting as Zarhym, Jonathan posted as Timbal.[2]
Timbal was a US moderator staff, usually taking care of the graveyard shift. This typically means he dealt with the more blatant and offensive trolls who believe that because there are fewer moderators on, their posts will remain up until morning. Frequent posters in the Off Topic forum had a rather cordial relationship with him, due to how frequently they interact.
The [Timbal's Focusing Crystal] was inspired by him.
Zarhym's introduction
- Eyonix's Introduction
Welcome Zarhym! | 2008-06-13 00:00 | Eyonix
Welcome, Zarhym!
- Zarhym's response
Welcome Zarhym! | 2008-06-13 00:00 | Zarhym
Birthday
His birthday appears to be May 22. Bornakk posted with this message to Zarhym:
Re: Recent In-Game Fixes | 2009-05-22 00:00 | Bornakk
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Zarhym! Happy Birthday to you!
Music tastes
Zarhym and Bashiok are big fans of Puscifer - a band that shares the vocalist of Tool. At one point, Zarhym had lyrics from a Puscifer song as his forum signature. Puscifer member Josh Eustis was invited to visit Blizzard HQ, and Zarhym posted a photo afterwards to Facebook and Instagram.
Awards
At Dragon*Con 2012, Zarhym was presented with the very first "Community Manager of the Year" award. Blizzard won "Best Community Management team" as well.[3]
Image gallery
Johnathan "Zarhym" Brown and Ian "Red Shirt Guy" Bates at Blizzcon 2015.
References
- ^ Russell Brower on Twitter (2015-07-16). Retrieved on 2015-11-07. Johnathan Brown's name appears in the image under "10 Years" of service
- ^ CM_Zarhym on Twitter (2012-11-06). Retrieved on 2015-11-07. "Hired as GM. CS forum launched '06; joined as Batta. '07 became forum mod Timbal. Before Wrath became Zarhym!"
- ^ http://www.guildlaunch.com/blog/index.php/2012/09/guild-launch-presents-inaugural-dragon-slayer-awards
External links
- Zarhym on reddit
- Zarhym on Photobucket
- CM_Zarhym on Twitter
- talkingcongas on Twitter
- talkingcongas on Tumblr