Josh Olin, also known by his username JD_2020, was Treyarch's Community Manager. Any official information regarding Treyarch's games in the Call of Duty franchise was released through him, generally via his Twitter account.
Biography[]
Josh Olin states he always wanted to be involved with game design in one form or another, starting with "PC modification[s] for Call of Duty 2 back in the day". After gaining an interest in blogging, Olin created a Call of Duty fan site which gained the attention of Treyarch, who were looking for a Community Manager during the development of Call of Duty: World at War in January 2008.[1][2]
As of 30th September 2011, Josh Olin is no longer Treyarch's Community Manager.[3]
Trivia[]
Josh Olin seen wearing a 'Dedicated Servers' shirt
- Josh Olin's fan-site was originally located at CoDHQ.com[2]
- His favorite Call of Duty game, "in a landslide victory", is Call of Duty: United Offensive, which was also the first game he started mapping and modding.[2]
- Josh Olin was photographed wearing a 'Dedicated Servers' shirt not long after Call of Duty: Black Ops was announced, leading many to believe that the PC version of the game would return with support for dedicated servers. This was a reference to the controversy surrounding Infinity Ward's choice to remove support for dedicated servers with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
See also[]
- Robert Bowling (Former Infinity Ward equivalent)
- Guy Beahm (Former Sledgehammer Games equivalent)
References[]
- ↑ Interview: Josh Olin of Treyarch, retrieved 3rd October 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Josh sits down with Josh Olin, retrieved 3rd October 2010
- ↑ CoDWiki news - Treyarch Community Manager Josh Olin (JD 2020) Leaves Treyarch, retrieved 30th September 2011