Since I quit World of Warcraft for good yesterday, I figured I'd share a biography of my most treasured character. I have a vivid memory, just to let it out there...

2006 - A Bittersweet Welcome
As much as I can remember, 2006 was when Blizzard tossed countless opportunities of getting into World of Warcraft. I apparently found the best way and time to jump in. According to my payment history, I had a free week from FilePlanet and a free month plus a free day for some reason. Upon finally getting to play, I proceeded on creating a human warrior (really not sure what his name was). Once I made it to Goldshire, a well-geared player came up to me and found what looked like a great opportunity to impress a bunch of female Night Elf characters. He promptly clogged my screen with annoying-as-hell duel requests and swearing at me and calling me "noob" (looking back, I don't know how it would impress anyone). It finally came to me that level 1 human warriors were disrespected and apparently not tolerated by veteran players. I logged out and experimented with different classes and races until I found that I favored Rogues. I then made a human Rogue named Pegwymor. That was about the end of my free game time. I was more than happy to start paying my allowance with my Dad's help.

Late 2006 - In Flames
I was eleven years old when I began my paid subscription. At eleven I was naive and clueless when it comes to what and what not to do and say in a social online world. I was immature and easy-to-flame. People deceived me as some kind of troll, but I didn't know better at my young age and little experience combined. Others even said and done objectionable things to me that sadly, I had no idea how to report. I just took matters into my own hands and everything escalated. Later that year I cancelled my subscription, over-encumbered by the insults and smack-talk. I was in flames from being flamed and flaming back. I didn't even know what flaming meant at the time and much less did I know the consequences.

Mid 2007 - Back in the game world
Burning Crusade was already released, I already turned 12, lesson learned with manners along. It seemed like a great time to venture back to Azeroth. I bought the expansion and renewed my subscription. I was stoked to see my character still there. Our hero was then level 17 when he figured it would be funny to piss off low-level characters by going to the Fargodeep Mine and taking the treasures in store there. There was little to no risk in meddling with the ultrastupid Kobolds that infest the mine due to how weak they were compared to the (so I thought) mighty Pegwymor. Angering low leveled characters in such a fashion was fun but it was also quite profitable, and farming low level areas was not trolling. It was something people had to live with as they knew it. Suddenly, I then had a cumbersome new enemy. Random crashes and disconnections. This drove me insane to an almost literal extent. Nothing I tried fixed the problem. Go on, guess what I did. I cancelled my subscription yet again.

Mid 2009 - New MMOs Catch My Eye
"Um...Peg? Is that really you?" Said a fellow Deadmines party member. "I remember you from, like, 2 years ago". My immediate thought was "Wow, I'm that memorable?" This made my day, in fact. I not only had a computer that worked great, but I was remembered while I didn't! Then...it happened. Constant news articles came up across the internet about a "potential Warcraft killer of an MMORPG" It was called Aion. Like Warcraft, but you could grow wings at level 10 and the environments were stunning! When I tried the beta, it was phenomenal. When the game came out, I was sold. It wasn't long until Warcrack got me back and the story of Pegwymor proceeded, but no longer than a few days.

The Last Few Days - The Hook Brings You Back But the Spike Takes You Away
I once again installed World of Warcraft and Pegwymor's tale is nearly at a close. A tragic end, to say more.

--->Day One
I am back in the world and my server is extremely unpopulated. Frustrated, I make haste to the worst purchase of my life thus far. A paid character transfer from Twisting Nether to Aerie Peak. It seemed worth it once the transaction was made and the move was approved. Afterwards I looked for a group with the new LFG interface. I found a group and I was amazed on how much stuff had changed. You get teleported to the freaking dungeon and back. It made things a lot less monotonous. I went on and on and even pulled off an all-nighter!

--->Day Two
I continued going strong and gained up 5 levels. My friends on Facebook started to scold me when they found out that I play WoW again. I went on the app store on my Droid phone and found the Battle.net authenticator that randomly generates a code that has to be entered along with your email and password. I got it and set it up to my account and logged in. I then met a special new friend. I got a companion pet in my mailbox called a Core Hound Pup and I immediately fell in love with it. I showed it off constantly in yet another all-nighter of dungeon grouping. Please note I took constant and long breaks during the day

--->Day Three
I began to grow weary from my obsessive play. To this point I grew to level 41. That's 10 levels from when I renewed my subscription. It was time to pick up the pace. I joined a group of players in a dungeon that was completely unfamiliar and I still was going strong until BAM. All the players left me to die by leaving the party. As a ghost I frantically searched for the dungeon entrance so I could safely teleport back to Alliance territory. I was nowhere to be found. I then gave up and searched for a Spirit Healer. Nowhere to be found. I came to my senses and exited the game and I said to myself "whet the hell am I doing to myself?" Two all nighters? 10 levels in 3 days? A strong affection with an ingame pet? It was time to stop. I rushed to cancel my subscription while I was still frustrated with trying to resurrect. So angry that I wrote otherworldly vulgar things on the "say more about your cancellation" field.

That, my friends, is how the story of Pegwymor ended. The game is out of my system but Pegwymor will always have a place in my heart.

Discuss.

Wow, I never guessed WoW could be that addicting... and you had that character since '06? Wow... but that's not counting the time you spent unable to play, or the time you were hooked on Aion. Honestly, that's one reason free MMO's can be more dangerous, you can still play whenever .

You would think that your character would reach lvl 80 if you made him back in 06. And why did your friends scold you for playing wow, their not really good friends.

The scolding was really in a jokey way even though they are serious about WoW being bad for your brain. They would say stuff like "NO! BAD ANDREW!" to me on Facebook. I am now an Age of Conan player and it is the right game for me. Friendly, mature, witty players, a "pay attention" combat system, and, I guess, more blood for my buck!

Well, I feel as though WOW is something else now, having read what you wrote. Well, I guess playing a game can go deep into your heart (Not making fun of you).

I have a free trail waiting for me on the blizzard site, but it will not download. Something about I need to close all other applications. *shrugs*

world of warcraft is awesome so coolllllllllllll

it is the most awesome computer game ever made and i'm serious


my character in world of warcraft is real powerful

world of warcraft rules it is great this is no lie

I remember playing WoW back in 2008, then quitting, then trying again this past January and quitting again. It was fun but I guess it wasn't for me.


I know it must be sad to quit a game you did devote a lot of time to, but hey, at least you'll have more free time to either put toward some other video game that is less time-consuming/money-draining, or hanging with friends, etc.

Just like I was sad when Phantasy Star Universe's server had to close. I was forced to quit playing because it was being discontinued. :|