Greg Street
- "Ghostcrawler" redirects here. For the creature of the same name found in the Abyssal Depths, see Ghostcrawler (mob).
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- "I like long walks on the beach, drinking gin, and nerfing paladins." — Greg Street [2]
Greg Street (alias Ghostcrawler) is the Lead Systems Designer for World of Warcraft.[3]
He co-hosted the BlizzCon 2008 WoW Class Panel along with Tom Chilton.
At BlizzCon 2011, when asked why Ghostcrawler seemed to hate paladins, Blizzard's staff answered that a ret paladin killed his parents.
Greg Street about his job: "Systems design specifically is everything that is not level, story, quest or encounter design. My team handles everything from classes to mechanics to items to trade skills to achievements to UI design, and that includes the game balance."[4]
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Blizzard Q&As
Since signing up with Twitter, Greg takes time everyday to answer questions from other twitter users regarding WoW design.
He participated in the September 11, 2012 World of Warcraft Developer AMA on reddit[5].
Career
He earned a PhD in Marine Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996.[3]
He got his start in game design (his "foot in the door", so to speak) by designing a scenario for Age of Empires that was eventually included in a shipping product.[6]
He was previously (1998-2008) lead game designer at Ensemble Studios for the Age of Empires series.[7][8]
Legacy
- His quote about nerfing retribution paladins "TO THE GROUND BABY"[9] has become a popular catchphrase among WoW fans.[10] The name of the achievement
[To the Ground!] is most likely derived from it. - A 85 rare elite crab named Ghostcrawler can be found walking the Abandoned Reef in the Abyssal Depths of Vashj'ir. Its Nerfbat ability is an obvious easter egg to Greg Street's job, the nature of which sometimes leads to claims of unfair nerfing.
References
- ^ Re: No crabs on Tourney Realm seriously? (2009-02-18). Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved on 2009-02-18.
- ^ BlizzCon 2010 Class Q&A panel
- ^ a b Linkedin.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-06.
- ^ WoW Forums. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
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Zarhym 2012-09-11. World of Warcraft Developer AMA. Retrieved on 2012-09-13. - ^ 8 year old wants to talk to Blizzard (2013-01-08).
- ^ InsideMacGames. Retrieved on 2009-02-09.
- ^ HeavenGames. Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
- ^ ZOMG RET! (2008-10-15). Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
- ^ Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Server. The Daily Blink. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
