Starting WoW

      I have been playing World of Warcraft (WoW) for the past 6 and a half years. Growing up, I played a lot of video games on my Nintendo consoles and the computer. I also watched my parents play various computer games. Throughout middle school, I remember my parents playing a lot of Diablo II, especially my dad. So when a friend of mine introduced me to EverQuest (EQ), I mentioned it to my dad, thinking it was something he would like as well (which would also mean I could play at home). My uncle (dad's twin brother) also talked to my dad about EQ, so it sparked my dad's interest even more.

      My parents eventually subscribed to EQ. My sister and I played on their accounts, and we all played for about 3-4 years. We had also dabbled with Anarchy Online for a short while during our time playing EQ, but none of us really stuck on it for long. Around the time we were all getting very bored with EQ, EQ II and WoW were both coming out. Given our dissatisfaction with EQ at the time, we opted to go to WoW upon its release. So both my parents cancelled their EQ subscriptions and got WoW subscriptions instead with my sister and I continuing to play on their accounts. Since a handful of our EQ friends were also going to WoW, we followed them to Blackhand server.

      I remember not having much of a system to picking my race and class back in those days. I knew I wanted to play a Night Elf almost instantly: female Horde races were ugly, and night elves were about the only race I liked at the time on the Alliance side (humans looked boring, dwarves were ugly, and gnomes were too goofy-looking) - that, and I wanted to ride a white tiger! Yeah, I wasn't the most serious of MMO players back then. When it came to picking my class, I simply based it on my main characters from EQ: druid and beast master. Since WoW druid sounded so different (and not as appealing to me) from the EQ druid, I opted to go with the closest thing to the beast master - a hunter. the main differences were simply that you could tame your own beasts and that you fought at range instead of in melee (though it took me awhile to not fight in melee when I first got started). Since the name I used in EQ (Sariana) was taken, I ended up naming my night elf hunter Kairiana. While I do remember deleting this toon once or twice to recreate her and tweek how I played her, I still play her as my main to this day.

      During all my time playing WoW, I have continued to play on Blackhand server, only experimenting with toons that don't stick very long on other servers. I have since subscribed with my own account within the past year or so. I have continued to focus on Alliance characters and have leveled up a handful of alts. I currently have Kairana at 85 along with a Shaman, Druid, Mage, Rogue, Death Knight, Paladin, and Priest. The only classes I don't have at 85 are a Warlock and Warrior. My warlock is currently working her way through Outland, and my warrior continues to be non-existent for quite some time. While dabbling with one once in awhile, I never seem to get far past level 20 before deleting it. Maybe I'll finally get one going once I have the lock to 85 and have nothing better to do with my time.

      I've never been much of a raider (Dad's the one who went that route, transferring to a different server and going horde and everything!). Rather, I spend most of my time questing, running 5-man dungeons, and just socializing with my friends and guildies. I am currently the guild master of <Gamers R Us>, a small guild full of friends who feel like a familiy, though we're spread throughout the country. The only raiding experience I've really ever had was some pugging throughout the later part of Wrath and currently the occasional Baradin Hold runs with my hunter or shaman.

     So, now that you have a better idea as to who I am and my background with the game, you can look forward to various different blogs based on my experience with my multitude of toons and views on upcoming features and current game news!