Heres a good thing to think about. take a minute and really think it might suprise alot of people.

Ill start

The main reason i play wow is i love the challenge that comes with it. its a good way to keep sharp and keep entertained at the same time

When i 1st started playing this game many years ago i wasnt sure if i was gonna like it but i took to it right away and my goals at 1st were different than they are today

As most of u already know i was never in a raiding guild till i came to sos so wow was at 1st just a way to keep busy and be entertained but as for now its alot different

I really enjoy all of the people that i play with now. even though weve gone thru the content alot i cant see ever getting tired of it. the challenge of going into a raid and downing things ive never downed before is a feeling that is undescribable. working as a team to do that is the big reward. i also enjoy helping out other people to improve there game as well

One thing that always makes this game alot of fun for me and oh please remember it is a game is the fact that i look forward to our raids like a child going to the zoo. i can honestly say that i have never wanted to miss a night of raiding.

I always remember its a game and its suppose to be fun.

I know i kinda rambled on a bit but id love to hear from everyone the specific things u enjoy about playing wow. i think it will be a good reminder to us all why we do this


So get to it and post away your thoughts

I play WoW because in the real world killing people and animals and taking their stuff is generally frowned upon.

Truthfully though, I started playing because of previous enjoyment from other MMOs (Everquest, DAoC, and mosttly Asheron's Call), but I continued playing because of the cool people I was playing with, whether in this guild or in past guilds. If WoW ever became a single-player game it would be uninstalled in a heartbeat.

When wow first came out I made fun of my best friend for playing. He played all through original wow and I laughed and heckled. Then as console games and various cheesy computer games became boring and lonley I broke down and asked him about his nerdyness. By this time BC was out and he happily passed the wow pipe in my direction and got me hooked on world of warcrack. So here I am a wow nerd myself and now he and I get laughed at regularly by several of our friends....
I play wow because it is either this or watch DVRed soap operas and lame ass crime dramas with my girl... This makes me happy because I don't have to watch barf and it makes her happy because she don't have to listen to me bitch about horrid acting.

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I like Boobs..

Vordin went to an Electronic store and came home with WoW. He tried to hide that it was an online game that you had to pay for but he finally fessed up. At first I was against it because we were already paying for XBOX live at the time. Its hard however for two gamers to live together, one comes home with a game and the other NOT get interested. Plus I saw the cinematic for the original wow where the Night Elf turns into a kitty... I was sold. It was pre BC so yea... the Night Elf won. :-p

Today I play because its been one of Vordin and I's pass time together. If one of us were to quit, we probably both would. If its one thing we've learned is that a person can have fun in this game no matter what they do or where they go, as long as their interest in the game isn't dead. I'm really excited about Cata, too! I love watching the changes from the level 60 cap I remember to what will be the level 85.

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You can stop the tears but you can't stop time. You can dull the pain but it never goes away.


~Verty~

I started when my sisters (at the time) boyfriend let me play his beta when he was at work. Just from that I was hooked. The minute it was released to public I was grabbing it from the store. My VERY first toon was an Orc shaman. But, I was on a pvp server and kept getting killed alot, so I was like, hmm the alliance must be better at this stuff than horde, so I went to the alliance, and on another server (non-pvp) Leveled up the warrior, priest, then eventually the druid, then lastly the pally. I love this game not only for the storyline behind it. But, the main reason I play these days is for the people I interract with. If I was playing with any other people, I don't think I'd be playing for alot longer. The people in SoS are what make this game fun to me. Especially, Fire, Rune, Thunder, Gamma, Jovi, Urs, Divi (<3), Lead, LB, Talons and too many others to even name right now. You guys are awesome! You guys are why I log in everynight. *hugs*

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Your local friendly 'healing girl toy'

Sinämin does not determine who is right - only who is left.



It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

We should all realize that every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every position a duty, and that the most effective sermon is expressed in deeds instead of words.

Why do I play this game? Because im an addict.

I first saw this game after beta at a friends house and at the time there was no way in hell i was gonna pay $15 a month to play a damn game! The next time i saw it was when my mom and step dad (mmo lovers themselves) told me they had found a free server list and had made some "acquaintances" in game that were about to put their own server up.. so I thought what the hell? its free.. and i can stop buying console games that i beat down in under a week for, at the time, $35 to $50 each.

Thats when my first character was born, an undead rogue. I played the hell out the game whenever i could, problem was there were only like 15 people on the server at different times so raiding and dungeons were out of the question.. so I quested... and i quested.. and i got my poisons.. and i quested. Finally after we all had gotten close and were learning about the first 50 levels or so, the numb-nuts that ran the server decided to upgrade the database incorrectly and it all was gone, everything i had worked for blinked out.. He gave us all the ability to create "gm" toons at more than top level and .die our way back to where we were, but it wasnt the same anymore and it was too easy.. so I took a break.

The burning crusade came along shortly after an e-mail from a friend on that free server told me they had been playing bliz servers and I should come to echo isles and look em up. I spent a good deal of time questing and trying to catch up to them with my warlock, I had always played mele in games like this and never a caster and I remember how the warlock bio struck me as my "in game personality" take no prisoners.. spread pain and despair.. i was like oh ya bring that shit on! So i got into their guild and leveled as hard as i could with no real help or tutoring but the couple friends that would quest with me occasionally. Eventually i caught up in level but missed out on everything that was raid and dungeon related and hardly knew my toon but for my questing. And as attitudes in that guild and at home began to boil I found myself being able to play less and less so I took a break again..

After a rather bitter divorce and a pile of debt being shoved my way, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands again. Thats when I heard about wrath.. the preview looked killer and I remembered that i had this toon that I really loved playing. When I couldn't be with my little buddy (i met the ex when he was 8 months old and became his dad) I needed something to pass the time, inexpensively so $15 a month started to sound pretty good as opposed to, partying, traveling alone, or going to titty bars and as much as we all love titties its gets spendy REAL fast. So i bought wrath and started up again.. with a name change and re-style I was a fresh face, and after not to long got an invite to a fresh guild that i learned alot from, and then not too long later this casual elite raiding guild. Hence my addiction. In this alternative to reality that I spend so much time in I get to be a hero, I get to travel the world and have adventures, I get to face challenging content with a gnarly group of people, that ive gotten angry with, frustrated with, cheered with and shared accomplishment with. When I get shit at work and get pissed at the corporation, I can come here and be greeted warmly from the crew that I am continually proud to be a part of. I can look back over my accomplishments, achievments and it makes me smile. I think back to how much of a greasy noob i was and the people who helped me get to where I am, and the people who started out asking me a question from trade chat as a level 30 and who still wave as they pass at level 80 with decked out raid or pvp gear.

I am addicted my friends, and I dont see that changing any time soon, this is where i pass my time. My situation might change slightly as i eventually get out from under my debt, get my own place again and start down the road to being the dirty old man ive always wanted to be. But this is my happy place.. and goddamn it I like it here


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when you dance with the fireshiv, the fireshiv dont change.. the fireshiv changes you

I never wanted to even try this game until my wife cajoled me enough... Like Shiv, I've been an addict ever since. Why? It's a wonderful escape from the rather mundane aspects of life. Moreover, when you consider being around like-minded (mission accomplishment) individuals (like in our guild), it's extremely satisfying experience.

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Killa is not politically correct. He is just correct. Always.

"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves."
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I started playing this game when the original sentinals (lol misspell on purpose) were created right when BC came out. Azailia(rip), Sawzaw, Monkeyhead, Thunderhorne, Nosrac, Chumba, Brie, and Felgamore. We all have been gamer friends for years and years, mostly D&D. I had played everquest a bit, but never got the hang of the social thing, so this was a no brainer doing it with friends.
I was the last of the originals to hit lvl took me almost over a year lol, and was the first to hit 70 in the new Sentinels.
The one thing i have enjoyed the most besides spending time with my RL friends is creating friendships with all my online friends.
Rock on!!!

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"have a good time all of the time"
Viv Savage

I swore for years I would never pay rent on a video game ... and I was safely immune from the lure of Warcraft until ...

My evil friend had two accounts and two computers and I was staying at his house for a couple of days. We rolled up characters together and quested for almost 48 hours straight, with a few brief, reluctant stops to sleep and eat.

So I had to not only go buy wow, but had to buy a second account and a second computer to put it on so my wife and I could play together. But so many of my friends from across the country play that it's a great way to stay connected.

On a side note we just decided that if raiding with our friends remotely works, why not play D&D live too? So a webcam and a bunch of downloads of Yahoo messenger and we now have a D&D game with nine players in four states ... pretty cool stuff.