1. Why did you start playing Warcraft?
I went home for the summer after my sophomore college, and when I came back, I found that my boyfriend was playing WoW. He had played before but hadn't played since I'd known him. I didn't even know what WoW was. He wanted me to play, but I wasn't a gamer, and I thought it looked ridiculous. I resisted for a long time. Fast forward to later in the year when the BC trailer was released. I saw it, and I was intrigued, but I didn't let on that I might want to play. I went home for Christmas break, and as a way to "hang out" with Josh, I decided to get a trial account. I asked for the full game for Christmas, and the rest is history.
2. What was the first ever character you rolled?
The very first character I rolled was an undead warlock named Kilauea. I hadn't told Josh that I'd made an account, and I spent a couple of hours getting to level two (seriously). My sister (who was 9 and had been playing on Josh's account over the summer) then informed me that Josh was alliance and I wouldn't be able to play with him if I was horde. So I deleted her and rolled my human warlock, Loihi. When I was level 24 (after playing for months and months) they were offering free server transfers for high pop servers, and Josh decided to take it. I was stubborn and didn't want to go. Then the window closed, and I was stuck by myself on Scarlet Crusade. I ended up abandoning her and rolling a new Loihi on The Scryers. She ended up being the first one that I leveled to cap, and she was my only level 70 until WotLK came out.
3. Which factors determined your faction choice in game?
The last question pretty much explains that. I wanted to roll horde, but my boyfriend was alliance because the friend that got him into it was alliance. Eventually we ended up rolling horde. I prefer pretty much everything about the horde. I even have a horde insignia tattoo in real life. Loihi will always have a special place in my heart, though, and I tolerate the alliance for her :P
4. What has been your most memorable moment in Warcraft and why?
Dang, there are so many, but I'll just share one.
There was one time we were in ICC 25, we had just pulled Sindragosa, and some of our guildies in California started saying in vent that they were having an earthquake. They were all very nonchalant about it, while those of us who don't live in earthquake country were kind of freaking out. We were all, "Are you okay?! Do we need to just wipe it?!" We ended up killing Sindy with hardly any issues, and if I remember correctly, it was our first Sindy 25 kill. Apparently earthquakes are good luck.
5. What is your favourite aspect of the game and has this always been the case?
I'm always happiest when I'm in a guild with people that I like and we can do things together. I've been in KoT for many, many years, but their roster has changed a lot, and we've had a lot of periods of inactivity, but we've always been able to come back and make new friends and have a blast with them. Unfortunately (for the sake of the guild), Josh and I finally have grown-up jobs. KoT is a west coast guild, so they don't finish their raids until around 1am our time. That just doesn't work for us. Hopefully we'll be able to find a guild home on our horde characters soon.
6. Do you have an area in game that you always return to?
Not really. I typically hang out in Orgrimmar/Stormwind, but only for convenience reasons.
7. How long have you /played and has that been continuous?
I'm not at home, so I can't check my /played. However, it wouldn't be accurate anyway because there are a lot of hours that were *cough* not me playing... Before I started having "my friend" play on my account (Cataclysm) I think I had 100 days on Loihi (not to mention Amayaa and Adelaide). I have played on and off since December 2006 (more off than on) with my longest continuous span being December 2007 to October 2010. In most "off" times, I only took one or two months, but my longest off time was December 2012 to December 2013. I renewed my account for December and January and then let it ago again until July.
8. Admit it: do you read quest text or not?
No. I'm too impatient. Even when I first started playing, I would only skim it enough to find out what I needed to do. Still today, I only read it if I'm stuck.
9. Are there any regrets from your time in game?
My biggest regret was bringing some real life acquaintances into our guild. For the first time, Josh and I had a pretty successful guild running Naxx (WotLK). All of our RL friends had quit playing, and when we met some people who had quit but were looking to get back into the game, we invited them to roll on our server and join our guild. To make a long and painful story very short, they destroyed our guild. It broke my heart, and I'm still not over it five years later.
10. What effect has Warcraft had on your life outside gaming?
It has affected it in a lot of negative ways from time to time, but it has also affected it in positive ways. I have made some very good friends in game, two of whom I've met in real life. One has now traveled from Michigan to South Carolina to hang out with us 3 times - one of which was for our wedding. It can be a good stress reliever, but it can also be a stress inducer. It's just really important to find a balance between WoW and real life. I'm going to be honest; I struggled with that for awhile. I think I have a good handle on it now, though.
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