Katzelmacher
When I think of Wowhobbs (or Hobbs, but I find that the former is charmingly self-effacing for some bizarre reason) I can't help but immediately link the man to Bob Ross; I mean, there's a fuzzy, quaint, and ancient yet timelessly backwards quality to both.
The lulling nature is welcome, especially with regards to the World of Warcraft "quick and easy gold making guide" community. Hobbs videos are of a humble sort, at least his more primitive early clips that focused primarily on speed runs through various mid level dungeons(Scarlet Monastery being THE favorite), both for gold making purposes (selling junk loot, disenchanting unneeded blues/greens, etc.) and for powerleveling low-level guildmates and friends.
Here was a guy, obviously undergeared, who was able to farm ridiculous amounts of gold on his paladin through seemingly endless runs of SM. Of course speed instance runs have always been havens for producing steady streams of income for prot specced paladins. The strategy was incredibly simple-- toss on damage on hit gear, round up a ton of mobs, and AOE the hell out of them, bubbling when things got particularly hairy. And hey, some kids in obvious need of assistance get a quick level along with shiny new gear! An unbeatable combination to appear like a beacon of altruism while profiting at the same time. While Wowhobbs provided (which is in the past tense for a reason) warm and inviting little videos, they don't prove to be of incredible use for a few reasons: The videos are narrow in focus obviously, but the actual strategies for producing new streams of gold revenue themselves are mind-numbingly apparent to any player that has delved into the protection tree.
Unfortunately, Hobbs has transformed into a raiding "deity" as of late and his videos have become stale and dry, focusing mostly on drawn out attempts to slay various bosses in Ulduar or whatever. Nonetheless, Wowhobbs is not specifically selling anything and his old guide like gold making and powerleveling friends videos and "aw,shucks!" huckleberry attitude are still nostalgic remnants of the overall World of Warcraft brand universe, which is still more than enough of a reason for WoW Tips to issue an immediate recommendation to seek out his channel on YouTube for purely recreational purposes.
