The Elvis of Blues

No, not those kind of blues, the kind we all think of when we hear the phrase “Blizzard Forums.”

In the world of WoW sites, no other man’s appearance on the forums can spark quite a response as Ghostcrawler. He is the Elvis Presley of blues and the Warcraft community swoons like little girls who just saw him shaking his hips on the Ed Sullivan Show. What I don’t necessarily get is why?

It is here that I liken the Ghostcrawler phenomenon to that of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. For so long Cowboys quarterbacks have held a mystique. Roger and Troy are the Cher and Madonna of the NFL. Merely uttering their first name is enough. It doesn’t take a Cowboy fan to appreciate the greatness of either of them, but I will admit it does help.

Enter Tony Romo. Cowboy’s fans, like the WoW players, want to cheer for someone. They want to feel after years of mediocre quarterbacks, the answer (no not that answer, geez people work with me) has arrived. Cowboy’s fans have, for better or worse and with the help of Jerry’s money, latched onto Tony Romo because he is the last hope after an entire generation of boys who went from kindergarten to 12th grade and NEVER witnessed a playoff win, much less a Superbowl.

Ghostcrawler, like Romo, is a gunslinger who if I had my guess loves Brett Favre as much as he loves his gin. The problem with gunslingers though is for every great pass zooming pass defensive backs into the hands of your target, there are interceptions that leave your fans in tears, and no matter how much you hope you can’t have both.

You can’t cheer the cerebral Tom Brady and the fly by the seat of your pants Tony Romo. You can’t applaud Kaplan’s work and then worship the great crab. You have to choose your sides. Ghostcrawler is loved by so much of the WoW community for all the reasons teenagers in the 50’s loved Elvis. My question is long after Ghostcrawler has moved on, will we remember the fresh new face that changed our realms forever or will we remember the one whose mystique had cooled into a smoldering pile of bat guano? We will all have to decide just like the USPS made us choose once before.

-Rhab