The New Year & What It Brought Me...

Wow.. After a holiday break here we are back at the daily grind of bringing the injustices and insights of the world to light.
If you are looking for some emotional crap about how I vow to change or do this or do that click elsewhere. I can't even bring myself to say that stupid shit to myself in the mirror let alone spoon feed it to you good people.  So you wonder... What good Ryotgrrl, what is it that you have gotten for the new year? WELL let me tell you, I got a big box of Blizzard. The WoW all the way up to the new expansion. If you are rolling your eyes and thinking how crappy WoW is again, click away now.
I have wanted to be many things over the years, but when I saw the opportunity to be a panda,  how could I resist?  In the past I have played EverQuest, and recently checked out the EQII (NOT a fan, but that is a blog for another day), I've gone the DCUO route as well some others; this is not my first time at the rodeo.  I have always wanted to play WoW so this is my first foray into it since I tried a free trial download years ago.

I was extra interested in starting my blog about this after re-reading PLAYBOY's article 'Life and Death Online- They're Not Just Games (March 2003)' I was musing about the evolution of gaming online and the wide range of gamers that have come to fill the evolving roll of players in them.  I know many people see players of said online games as kids in a dark basement with bad skin, asthma, too many caffeinated beverages about and nothing better to do.  Shows like The Guild, Big Bang Theory, Pure Pwnage, Numbers, have shown us that geeks, gamers and the tech savvy can come in all shapes and sizes, all walks of life.  Hell, is there a crime drama out there now without the quirky geek, the boy genius or tech wizard?  So, yea, my point... gamers aren't the social pariahs they used to be, they are becoming more of a norm.

After 2 weeks of starting and deleting toons, I have 2 lvl 20+ characters and a 2 others that have barely broke level 10 on different servers.  I've joined one guild logged many hours and still retain most of my sanity and a fair hold on reality.   My housework gets done, I talk to people and my boyfriend still talks to me; so far, I don't seem to be addicted but I AM enjoying myself.  I'm also VERY curious about the community on different servers and factions, players races and I would love comments from other players!  Hit me up people!