I remember when World of Warcraft, more commonly known as WoW, first came out.  I resisted the call of my nerdy peers to partake in the MMORPG.  I knew the probability of addiction was too high to risk.  So I avoided it, and justified that I wasn’t willing to pay to own a game, as well as play it.  Then the first expansion came out, the gaming audience grew ever further as word of mouth spread and people go their friends in on the addiction.  Still, I avoided the call.

Then I got a roommate that plays.  It seemed that no matter where I turned there was WoW.  People at work raving over the game, then at home it was the same thing.  I couldn’t get away from the subculture of the WoW gamer.  The temptation grew.

I screwed up by allowing myself to be talked into trying a “free server”.  I assumed that the novelty would wear off quickly, after all how many quests can you really do before you just get bored?  The server was glitchy and problematic so I stepped away for a little while.  The seed had been planted.

A few weeks later I finally folded.  I bought the combined Chest of WoW and the Burning Crusades expansion.  From that fatal moment I became invested.  So I did the refer-a-friend program, linked my account to my roommate’s and am enjoy triple… let that sink in for a moment… yes TRIPLE xp while leveling to 60.  OMFG I’m so hooked.  We play constantly, I’ve learned all the little sub-cultural references and am a bubble-whore priest.  You can search my toon on the WoW armory, level 64 she’s a Holy Specced Priest for Enigma.

For the others out there, wondering is it worth it?  Is it worth the investment of time, money, and social life?  F*ck yes!! Dude I am pwnin the noobs with the uberl33t hax with the wtf omg ftw…. roflmao.

For the Alliance!