World of Warcraft is the most popular MMORPG, the game with the most subscribers, the awesome Internet phenomenon that took over about 12 million people and that you've clearly heard of.
And yes, I am one of them 12 million. I have been playing it for almost 4 years now (with few breaks.. some lasted longer than others) and I still can't get enough of it.
Before I started, my boyfriend was playing it with it a friend and I honestly didn't like it in the beginning - those scary and ugly creatures were just not my cup of tea. They tried to convince me to get a subscription for several months and in the end I caved - I made a gnome female on my boyfriend's account and I just fell in love with her :D But, surprisingly as it might seem, the first character I made on my own account was a pretty human. And as I didn't know anything about classes or roles whatsoever, I picked out the one with the prettiest outfit - a rogue. So that became my main character, the one I raided on, the one I annoyed other players in battlegrounds on etc etc. What's more important than that is that even though WoW took up a lot of my time (yes, I admit that), it also had a major impact on my life.
First of all, I met really nice people and chances are I wouldn't have met them otherwise. Ok, I'm not gonna say everyone in there is awesome, there's looots of weirdos, but then again you could easily meet those in real life as well so yea, not that much of a difference. I met few WoW players in real life and I can assure you they are normal people, no 4 heads or 3 arms. Hell I even made a really good friend that I spent part of my last 2 summer holidays with. Secondly, I started to like the whole gaming thing and I grew interested in it as I created and leveled moar and moar chars. And this is how I ended up writing my MA dissertation on World of Warcraft, impressing everyone and getting a max grade for it (like a boss). I cannot tell for sure whether or not I would've gotten a max grade on a different topic but still, I sort of liked my chances with this one, considering how well I actually knew the subject.
WoW is one of the few things I don't really get bored of. I could easily spend a whole day just doing nothing but playing the game, laughing and having fun with my virtual friends and just nerding about. And yes, people are sometimes making fun of me and they are getting into the whole "AMG you play WoW?!?!!? hahaah" hysteria and everything but all that does for me is making me smile. And that's always a good thing!
So what World of Warcraft character do YOU play? :)
- L
