What is the appeal of a Template?

As I begin to get back to creating new and exciting templates, I took a moment yesterday with Stephen to do a little research on the templates that are most used here at Guild Launch. I was surprised by the results and could not help but wonder what about certain templates appeals to you (you being our awesome users)? Is it the simplicity? colors? theme? ease of customization? As the designer of the templates you love to use, I would love to know what the draw is. Can I get a little insight please?

According to the search results the "Redux Red" template is one of the favorite templates used. I decided that people must like it because of it's simplicity and color. I would have guessed ease of modification but very few people modified it besides the uploading of a header.









The Wrath of the Lich King Template, a heavy theme driven template and guess what? It is the all time favorite template amongst our users. My thoughts are that I created it using nothing but WoW elements. It is not easily customizable unless you are experienced with CSS and other then a header change I haven't seen much customization. So what is it with this one?








I am on a quest to discover what is it about certain templates you, our users want to see more of. Simple? Game Themed? Or, just darn cool?