Ghostcrawler introduced to BlizzCon

by Adam Holisky Oct 10th 2008 at 5:50PM

One of everyone's favorite people in the beta is Ghostcrawler. He's out there all the time interacting with fans, talking to developers, bringing back good information and discussion. Today Tom Chilton introduced him at the class panel. He got the largest applause of the day. Everyone was very excited to get to see him and hear what he had to say.

Ghostcrawler, a.k.a Greg Street, is the lead game systems designer for WoW. Basically that's designing the classes and other systems in the game.

He handled the crowed very well. He probably could do some stand up with his wit. When people booed about something they didn't like he'd make a joke and have them laughing the very next second. Perhaps the best moment is when he jokingly said to a question about retribution paladins: "Don't nerf me, bro!"

If Blizzard wanted to make an impression that they're listening to their fans, they most certainly did with not only having him moderate a great discussion on the beta forums for the past several months, but also please the crowd during a great class panel.

Kudos to him, and the people at Blizzard for allowing him, to casually and honestly interact with the fans.

Tags: class-panel, developer, developers, gc, Ghostcrawler, greg-street, tom-chilton

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, BlizzCon

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Bloodletter Oct 10th 2008 5:57PM

++REP to GC!

Sayce Oct 10th 2008 5:57PM

Ghostcrawler is by far the most awesome Blue Poster ever.

And who was it at WoWinsider that convinced everyone that he was a girl?

WoWie Zowie Oct 10th 2008 8:25PM

wearing a crab shirt lol

i guess he figures that's what he's known for most now =D

Heritikyl Oct 10th 2008 5:57PM

You butchered his name...

Hrfff Oct 10th 2008 5:59PM

"talking to developers"

he IS a developer. "Ghostcrwaler." Nice journalism you run here at wowinsider.

slartibart Oct 10th 2008 6:01PM

Saying that he spends time talking to developers doesn't say anything about his status as a developer.
I spend my day talking to IT professionals, doesn't mean I'm not an IT professional.
Reading comprehension?

lucas Oct 15th 2008 11:32AM

This isn't journalism, its professional enthusiasm.

And spelling has nothing to do with the quality of the journalism.

vlad Oct 10th 2008 6:00PM

what a society. celebrity code monkeys. go figure

Kaphik Oct 10th 2008 6:05PM

In case your ignorance is clouding your thoughts, this IS a website devoted to a particular video game.

Siha Oct 10th 2008 6:09PM

Because celebrity heiresses or weather girls or Youtube stars make so much more sense. No, really. :)

Fenn Oct 10th 2008 6:19PM

Celebrity - one who is celebrated. Basically.

Go figure. Sometimes it's for a good reason, sometimes it isn't...

gridwerk Oct 10th 2008 6:52PM

Why shouldn't he be a celebrity? 10 million people have, at least once, paid $30 or more to be witness to a genre he helped to flourish.

Thats $300 million USD- Steven Spielberg's last incarnation of the Indiana Jones series made about the same money- $350 million domestically.

If you count in the $15/month fee thats another $150 million USD (per month) which means that in one year the income from WoW is 1.8 billion- 1.05 billion more than the entire foreign and domestic take for Indy (~750 million worldwide). That number will also eclipse all the DVD sales for the film- ANY film.

WoW, as a product of fiction has outsold every movie ever made and thats just WoW "classic". Add in tBC and the upcoming WoTLK and I guarantee their numbers have surpassed 5 billion in earnings. As a comparison, annually Albania only earns 20 billion GDP.

Yup, he's a celebrity.

Maddeh Oct 10th 2008 6:01PM

mmm, ghostcrwaler!

deviationer Oct 10th 2008 6:02PM

w00t

tehvoid Oct 10th 2008 6:02PM

Name typo.
And wasn't he supposed to be a "SHE". Like, when talking about him the later month, most people were using a "she"...
puzzling

PimpyMicPimp Oct 10th 2008 9:58PM

OMG A TYPO NO WAY

Get over that.

However, ya, I'm confused. On WoWinsider GC has been refferred to as 'she' forever. I guess it doesn't really make much of a differenece (GC has been doing an excellent job no matter what's dangling between her/his legs) but I'm curious as to how that little error happened.