Everything is Ghostcrawler's fault with #OccupyGregStreet
Greg Street, better known as Ghostcrawler (lead systems designer on World of Warcraft), is at the center of a vast game designer conspiracy ruining the in-game lives of millions of players. Or so goes the popular theory espoused by the exploding Twitter hashtag #OccupyGregStreet spoofing (what else?) the Occupy Wall Street movement.
As Mike Sacco explained in WoW Insider's back room chat, the joke originated from a conversation he'd had at BlizzCon with Narci (@druidis4fite) of Flavor Text, and as far as I can tell, the first tweets are from Narci and @malgrim on the con's second day. WoW Insider's first tweet with the hashtag went live around 1:00 this morning. Things snowballed from there and reached new levels of hilarity when the official World of Warcraft Twitter account (@warcraft) got in on the joke.
The entire list is very much worth your time, but I've collected some of what I think are the funniest #OccupyGregStreet tweets (and Blizzard's amused reaction) here:
@Druidis4fite The AH Fee structure is a regressive tax on the poor.
@emberdione Because nothing has been done to help those displaced by the flooding of Menethil.
@Miatog New guilds struggle just to survive while big guilds gain money and extra materials for no reason!
@dwisms Pandaren cannot talk to each other because they chose different factions? All workers must unite, and not divide.
@rodolfer The armor repair prices are too damn high!
@Shadesogrey We are forced to steal from our allies in order to feed our troops.
@Lyraat Hunters could previously afford ammo. Soon we won't be able to afford a melee weapon. Where does it end?
@jaxland Mages need more jobs. Remove the ports to Uldum and Hyjal.
@RetroDragon The Earthen Ring refuses to investigate the disappearance of Neptulon.
@VoodontWoW Even Horde leaders drag their feet on legalizing elemental lord/giant squid marriage
@Dvoidus A Worgen goatee has a higher poly count than a whole Troll.
@binkenstein 10% of the classes have 100% of the Holy Power.
@mockford Stormwind orphans ignored 51 weeks out of the year.
@Shadesofgrey Thousands of gold spent on building a statue in Dalaran, yet the city is deserted due to lack of portal funds.
@danielwhitcomb Tirion Fordring only DPSed on the last few percentage points of the Lich King fight, yet he takes all the credit.
@mockford Druids for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals protesting companion pet battles.
Another quick note: The @DaveKosak who retweeted this is that Dave Kosak, Blizzard's lead quest designer. A lot of you will also know him from the famous Flintlocke comics.
@BradSkid It's time for Ironforge to use offshore processing of gnome asylum seekers ... enough is enough.
@JackofBlades1 Horde still banning use of Blood Elf airspace. Silvermoon businesses being crippled.
@rumongray Because so many serious players still can't grasp that this is all satire.
@CWood0304 I'm a prot paladin. I am the 1%. I do not approve of #OccupyGregStreet.
@AarBearRAWR There is a giant dragon threatening our way of life and you want to take a vacation on a space turtle?
@zwlovoy Large Guilds get subsidized repair bills and profession procs while independent and poorer characters must pay full price.
@GregCare My Rogue ancestors tell me they used to be able to kill anything any way they wanted.
@EldacarJS 0.5% of Arena players get 100% of the Gladiator titles.
@ZenMonkey Goblins were left homeless and out of jobs while Trade Prince Gallywix received his annual multi-million gold bonus.
@KitsuneLeo It's been years and years and the Alliance still doesn't have a proper slogan.
Because someone requested it, my own: @AllisonRobert Druids are being forced out of their jobs by a wave of illegal Pandaren monks who will DPS, heal, and tank for less.
@zwlovoy Flask + material prices increase exponentially, yet the Horde has no plans to combat these increasing health care costs.
@RetroDragon Tyrande will not send support to those still stuck in Forest Song, but she has enough to support a new wardrobe.
@talkingcongas The devs stand on a stage and preach their Warcraft design gospel while I sit in the forum trenches defending it! (edit: For those not in the know, this is Zarhym's Twitter)
@_seanharvey The Alliance's military budget is being wasted in Outland and Northrend. Varian won't budge.
@tiffanybullen I never see Orphan Matrons taking those kids to school! I pay taxes for public education.
@SyntheticAether The Ethereals have completely monopolized the reforging industry.
@KitsuneLeo The Lakeshire bridge took 10 years to repair, poorly, using private labor. Public labor could do that in half the time.
@nevikjames Trickle down epics doesn't work.
@danielwhitcomb The Alliance has been waiting for funds to fix the Park District for almost 3 patches now.
@etyjandro Darnassus bailing out Gilneas and still no mount compensation.
@WoWInsider Devs are pouring resources into a new class but one out of three rogues are unemployed.
And perhaps best of all:
