Love him or hate him, Greg Street, a.k.a. "Ghostcrawler," is taking an indefinite hiatus from the official World of Warcraft player forums, according to a post pointed out by ZAM Sage "ekaterinodar" earlier today. The lead game designer for Blizzard Entertainment—who has his own Wikipedia entry—became an unintended and unofficial mascot for the company in the eyes of many forum and community members throughout the past year, when Blizzard revved up its community interaction after Wrath of the Lich King launched.

Controversy and "QQ" followed in the wake of many of his posts; even his most benign musings fueled debate and speculation about WoW gameplay issues and news, which might be the main reason why he's stepping out of the limelight. Ironically, reporting on single forum posts like this is a perfect example of what he means when he's said he doesn't want players and the media reading too much into his posts. Regardless, here is the complete post, which indicates he might not have as much of a forum presence as fans are used to seeing anymore:

I always said that when my posting was doing more harm than good that maybe it was time to stop. I think I'll at least chill it out a little. I will continue to read the forums though. If you want to make sure the WoW developer see your feedback, this is still a good place to post.

What do you think of Ghostcrawler's upcoming departure? Talk about it in the ZAM forums at the original post from earlier today.