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There are so many memories that you make in WoW and I think I would actually be hard-picked to choose one.

You have the special first boss-kill memories, the memories of friends you’ve made and special occasions that may stay with you for years. Or the memories from your first few days in WoW when everything was new and shiny.

Despite me actually suggesting the topic, I have to admit that I can’t pick one single, favourite memory.

There are certain bosses whose memories I enjoy more simply because we put so much time and effort into killing them. My first memory like that was Ragnaros. It was my very first “big” boss to kill and it’s still a boss kill I remember fondly. We’d just spent such a long time in there working on that boss and preparing for that boss that when he finally went down everyone was cheering on Ventrilo.

Another boss that felt special was Lady Vashj. I don’t think we spent nearly as long on her as I did on Ragnaros back in the day, but it was still a fight that took us some time to master – and finally seeing her dead was such a great feeling.

I also remember the very first couple of conversations I had with someone who is now a very dear friend. When we first started talking I had no idea that we’d end up being as close as we are today, but I can still remember those first conversations (which is funny cause I probably forgot the majority between then and now – 3+ years later).

WoW is a great game – and yes, it has flaws – but I think we shouldn’t forget the memories we carry with us even as we may one day stop playing and leave the game. I know that I, for one, am grateful for the time I’ve spent in WoW and for the friends I’ve made.

What about your WoW memory/memories?

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I actually already touched on this subject quite a while back when I wrote about my starting experience and how much I enjoyed the game from the get-go.

But, if I’m going to be a purist and talk about my very first day in WoW it was actually not my undead priest. I didn’t know if I was going to like the game when my brother sat me down in front of the computer and said to try it (he’d been badgering me about it for a very long time, and by now was hearing no arguments).

At that time I didn’t really know about Factions or racials or well.. anything. So I picked something randomly that looked good. I made a night elf druid on his account and clicked Enter the Game.

The intro alone had me fascinated. Once in the game I was definitely awed by the beauty that is the Night Elf zone. My brother had to put up with me asking him a million questions during that first hour or so that I played my little druid. How to move my character, how to kill things – where is that quest and so on and so on.

Within an hour I knew this was a game I had to get for myself. So the next day I went down to the shops and bought a copy. Of course at that point I did go Horde since my brother was an Orc Shaman and I wanted to play somewhere he cold give me a hand.

What was your first day playing WoW like?

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I originally started a personal blog back in 2004 because it seemed like an easier way to keep a diary/journal than jotting things down by hand. Six and a half years later I still have my personal blog, but it’s mainly that – personal.

While I wouldn’t be bothered if random people read it, I’ve not really bothered trying to get a reader base or anything – it’s more there to be an outlet for myself and to keep my friends and family (spread wide over countries) up to date if they wish to.

Originally I wrote a lot about my internal process when I was writing my novels, but nowadays it’s mainly small updates (and very infrequent!) about what’s going on in my life. I’ve set myself a challenge though, to write something every day for a full year – which means currently there’s a lot of entries with one or two sentences – but hey, at least there’s something!

This WoW blog I started nearly a year ago mainly as a fun little side project to keep myself writing (since I miss not writing my novels/stories) and to entertain my guildies.

Since then it’s become my WoW outlet and I’m as excited every single time someone posts me a comment or link to something I’ve written. (Really. Imagine a child jumping up and down gleefully while clapping their hands.)

So I guess I started to blog because I enjoy writing, and after getting into the whole WoW blogging thing I absolutely love the community that’s out there. I never knew about it (having kept to myself on my personal blog for so long) and I’m glad I’ve finally taken the step to join.

What about you guys? Do you keep a blog, personal or otherwise and what made you do so?

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I guess it’s time for me to get started on the challenge I issued myself. Several people are already ahead of me, so it’s about time I get started! The plan was to start this weekend, but some family issues meant I spent the weekend re-arranging my apartment instead.

So, anyway.. introductions.

I’m a Warlock at heart – with evil plans of world domination (think Pinky & the Brain.. really, I will hum you the theme!) but for some reason I never quite seem to figure out the best way to, you know, take over the world.

So in the meanwhile I play WoW and try to vanquish the evils there. Hang on, wait, that doesn’t seem right. And yes, when I made my first Death Knight and we had that big battle at the Light’s Hope Chapel I was yelling out “Noo, Arthas.. Take me with you! I want to remain evil!”

Okay, okay.. Fine. I’m not entirely evil. People tell me I’m actually quite pleasant (who knew!) so I must be doing something right.

I’m from Sweden but spent 7 years living in The Netherlands (without learning to speak the language fluently), but moved back to Sweden in 2007 after getting sick and unable to work for the time being. I went from having a really good job at the HR department of a UN organisation to being stuck at home barely able to get out of bed.

After literally years of trying to figure out what the hell happened it turns out that I hit that proverbial wall because of an underlying condition of fibromyalgia and some severe deficiencies in various (apparently important) vitamins that my body refuse to take up on its own (enter big needles.. I hate needles btw). All of which gave me the energy levels of.. I don’t know, a groundhog in winter?

But! Enough about the boring stuff! (I’m getting a lot better btw, back to work even if not 100% yet.) I’m a creative soul (hah!) who love writing. Before I got sick I’d completed two manuscripts for historical novels. I’ve never sent them to a publisher because I hate rejection (and they’re much better off collecting hypothetical dust on my computer), and I have plenty more stories in my head that I want to write down.

I love playing WoW and in some ways it’s a creative outlet as well, even though I don’t RP. Most of my characters have their own little stories (you really don’t need to RP to know your chars.. I mean it!) and I get my HR kick out of being an officer in my guild.

I think that’s enough about me, I have much more fun reading everyone else’s posts than writing my own – so I will get back to that now.

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