It's Like WoW

Ok so I told Seth that I’ve been playing a little game called World of Warcraft. You’re thinking- “that is for geeks.” You’d be semi-correct, but the numbers don’t lie (my hips occasionally do). 7 million players online. The I thought you could dabble in such a game but I was poorly mistaken. I’ll take the blame for where I’m at, but second goes to Josh.

I met him at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy my sophomore year and he’s is in my top 5 male friends. He resides in sunny Chico, CA and told me of an addiction to the game he had already worked through and uninstalled the game completely. Whereas this might have been a deterrent for most, it was the affirmation I needed to start my journey. I always wanted to try it and he was the first person I knew that had a real experience in the best selling MMORPG to date. I’m in.

I purchased the game at Compusa (getting them to price match Bestbuy’s sale that week) and waited 3 or 4 days to install. I had to figure out my character and such. I won’t go into all the details but I’m a human warlock. So the first few nights I met a few people and did my fair share of “grinding” (accomplishing quests and killing stuff), but at that level you’re not too committed. You reach level 10 fairly quickly. This is a milestone of sorts. You start to really grow your character. Now for those readers shaking their heads- stop it. You can’t judge it until you do it- if you’re a gamer you’ve never done anything like this- you don’t just get cool weapons and clothes. There are auction houses, mail systems, flight patterns- the whole nine. It is like opening your mouth to a fire hydrant. At first it just drains you, but then it hooks you. You have to level up.

Back to Josh. So I call him up and tell him I’ve started playing and he literally moans. He goes into how his wife was going to kill him, how he’ll have to gently bring this up, and how me being involved won’t help the situation (she knows how Josh and I are). My plan of attack- no pressure. I didn’t call and bother. No annoying emails. Just silence and when he called I said it was a blast. It worked. He’s back in- resurrected his player ($25) - totally worth (lvl 41 priest). That takes months to do. So currently i am at level 18 (almost 19) and have officially played for 2 days 9 hrs or so. I’ve met lots of people who help – scary how much the pseudo world supports each other. Why aren’t we that nice to perfect strangers?
MSNBC recently had an article here that that should give you some insight on WoW. It isn’t just for geeks- yes it contains a lot but you don’t have to feel lame about picking up a copy and shelling out the 15/month (60 Day Time Card).

I've taken a few screenshots lately that I've enjoyed (I'm still new)
Stal and I get a bit tired and had a lapse like Joey and Ross-

This guy apparently picked the wrong name-

Here is the geeky part- feel free to join me but before you sign up email me at Tom@Tech-AL.com I can give you 15 days free in addition to your free month. I am on Bloodhoof server under the name Methusal. OK sorry.

I haven't come across Black Rob yet, but given his lack of hits and the number of Blizzard Servers - he might be on.