I'm Not Dead Yet/Team Member Spotlight

Get to know your fellow INDY team members here. The INDY team main page can be accessed here.

Yelsel

Hello INDY team. My real name is Lesley and I figured I would break the ice and introduce myself. First I'll answer some standard questions and then I'll add a little bio. Please feel free to share as much or as little as you would like.

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

To be honest, I don't really know. I picked it up a few years ago and leveled a character to its 30's, but then I stopped playing because I got busy with work and school. I did pick it back up in February 2008 and I'm pretty sure I've logged in at least once every day since then.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

I would have to say anything that has a ranged component to it. I don't like melee, it make me nervous. Needless to say I'm never going to be a Rouge or Warrior for sure (Ok, so I have a Death Knight, but we all know those are over powered so I'll be ok with her). The only character I've leveled to 80 so far is a Priest. I prefer the Shadow spec, but I get more work as a healer. However, being a healer has really started to grow on me. I also enjoy playing the Mage and Hunter classes.

3. Why did you join AIE?

When I got back into playing WoW last February (2008), I really went all out and was trying to read and listen to everything I could about game play and strategy. I ran into this little podcast called The Instance and really enjoyed it. I started listening with episode 100, so over a period of several weeks I went back and listened to all the shows. I learned of AIE through the show. The reason why I joined is because I wanted to learn how to play the game without being pressured to preform or having to rely on my husband (Auuggo) to help me. I wanted to play on my own terms and thought that AIE would be a great place to find people like me to hang out with, quest and generally just talk to.

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

I like that I get to spend time with my husband (Jason). I hate dying.

Biography

Like I said my name is Lesley. I'm married with two children (ages 10 and 13). You all may already know my husband Auuggo (DK tank and DPS). Our children also play WoW. I am originally from Florida (born and raised) but live in Virginia now. I was in the military and was stationed in Georgia, Kuwait, and Korea. I work full time as a telecommunications analyst. I just finished my BA program at George Mason University. I now have a BA in Government and International Politics with minors in Business and Islamic Studies; and yes, I do tell everyone I meet about it. Auuggo and I just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary too.

I'm pretty casual about gaming. I like to take my time so that I can enjoy the content and the story. I am in no rush. While I was happy to hit 80 finally, I was a little sad too. Questing with a seasoned WoW player like Auuggo can be very fast-paced. I don't have to read any of the quest. I just accept them and follow him around while he kills everything. Its not that bad anymore, but I feel like I missed out on a lot of the game's nuances by playing that way. I also love to talk (as if you all haven't already noticed in Vent). I hate it when anyone I group with dies (I get really cranky too... ask Auuggo, you don't want to be around me if I've lost someone). That's about it. Oh, I'm also Pixie91075 everywhere... AIM, Twitter, Facebook, Gmail... just look me up and add me if ye likes.

Tyberiuss

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

Long Answer - I was a console gamer in the 80s (Odessy and Clecco) and quickly moved into PC games on Apple II and Commodore. I mainly stayed with PC games, and my home office desk cabinet was filled with games I was playing or was waiting to play. My co-worker (some of you know him as Jeff) was playing Diablo 2 with me and started WoW at original launch. Every day for a couple of years, he would come by my desk and give me updates of his adventures and even the drama of 40-man raiding. His stories interested me and made me always think back to my hardcore D&D days. Because I had so many games I was or wanted to play, I resisted the urge to pick up WoW. I knew it would be a time sink and the paid account thing was also something I was leery of. During those 2 years I lived WoW vicariously through Jeff's routine updates as he walked over for a visit at my cubical. While I was still resistant, Jeff made the comment to me "if you ever tried WoW, you would not have the desire to play those other games you have." That was a powerful statement, and made me think of what I was missing and also the possible addiction it might bring into my life. Just after BC launch (Jan 2007), Jeff brought in his box copies of WoW, BC, and the trial keys, and laid them on my desk before I arrived at work. Seeing them at arrival, I laid them aside for review during lunch. Jeff and I had some more conversation that day about the use of the trial key and loading the game; and that evening in January 2007 I took my plunge into WoW. I literally played every night during the trial period, and was actually a little stressed about activating my account and playing my character again. My toon was a NE Hunter (no jokes) named Androcles. Jeff played Alliance, so that faction choice was based on him. I rolled the hunter because I enjoyed my Ranger in D&D. I thoroughly fell in love with the game, starting zone (NE zone is awesome), music, and graphics....the game was such a fit for me. By the way, Jeff was right.....since my start day in WoW, I have NEVER played any of my shelved games. I love WoW that much.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

Hunters, baby! While some of their tricks are not used as much anymore, the multi-role functions of trapping, kiting, jump shotting, pet tanking, silencing, and misdirects make for some intense play at times that's very enjoyable to me. I have two hunters in Northrend, but my wife has a Gnome Mage that we only play together. She started playing it on her own (with me hovering), until she died too many times around L5 and did not like the stress. I then agreed to control her Mage as she armchairs. We get some WoW time together that way, and she takes a personal stake in the development of her cute little Mage. BTW - her Mage has the Deanna Troi hairdo.

3. Why did you join AIE?

Like many others, I learned of AIE through The Instance podcast. I was a little socially disconnected with my Alliance guild, and the social aspect of AIE appealed to me. I initially rolled a Rogue and was leveling it (L20s) with Darrick and Dave, but decided I liked playing my hunter more. I created Tyberiuss, and power-leveled him up to where my AIE friends were. I have other characters on Earthen Ring, and decided when coming to the realm that all my toon names would have a common theme....obscure Star Trek references, in my case. These are all of them:

Tyberiuss (hunter) -pets: Mugato, Terok, Porthos, JemHadar

Ponfarr (rogue)

Mohrn (warrior - but appropriately hangs out on promenade and AH of Undercity)

Retnox (paladin - play him only when my brother is on)

Praxiss (death knight)

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Like Least: that holodecks have not been invented yet, as I would totally be in there playing WoW.

Like Best: the friendships. I met Darrick's toon (Dreanor server) at Darkshore. We were both working on the Lurker monsters quest and we were also both skinners. I was still new to the game and its etiquette, but felt guilty when I skinned one of his kills. I noted his toon name, and later sent him some leather in the mail and an apology for taking his skins. We both hit it off very well, and began questing together as much as we could. After months of prodding, I finally got him to install Vent, and that helped the friendship grow even more. I was really bummed when Darrick quit WoW for a time due to personal reasons. I tried to develop other friendships on Dreanor, but some of my attempts just came across to people as creepy rather than friendly, pushing me further into single-player mode. The guild I was in with Jeff was full of raiding L70's and I knew none of them. After thinking Darrick would not return to WoW, I moved to the Runetotem server to join a guild called Titans of Glory, which borrowed the "TOG" acronym from the larger gaming community they were in, called "The Older Gamers". WoW was only one aspect of their gaming interest, but I liked their "25 or older" rule, and began to start some friendships there. That WoW guild later fractured over some raiding drama, and it was shortly after that when I decided to start fresh with AIE......dragging Darrick (returning to WoW), Dave, and Jeff with me. And as expected, with AIE came great new friendships, like those I have here in INDY.

Biography

I was born in Indianapolis and grew up there and the Lancaster, CA, area. After high school, I dabbled with college, with majors changing through Computer Science, Architecture, and Criminology (wanted to be FBI agent). After getting distracted by girls, I got disinterested with college and later joined the Air Force. My 87-91 tour screwed my head on straight, and also allowed me to serve proudly during the first Gulf War; seeing places like Greece, England, Sicily, and Saudi Arabia. During this time I served as a KC-135 maintenance crew chief and solidified a career interest in aviation. I graduated from Purdue in 96 with a BS in Aeronautical Technology, and have worked for Lockheed Martin, Airborne Express, and DHL, and am currently employed as an analyst and technical writer. Examples of my work include writing instructions for installing landing gear assemblies, and analyzing heavy maintenance defects/improvements.

I have been married 20 years (no children) to an artist (Jennifer), who is dual specced as a gun runner (buys/sells antique firearms). Some of our non-working time is spent with our church in crafting and construction projects, and I also enjoy building/flying scale remote controlled (RC) aircraft. Within my RC club (second largest in Ohio), I have served as newsletter editor, webmaster, combat coordinator, and night-fly coordinator.

Thelindael

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Asterien

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

So I started playing WoW around 2005. Just after the launch of The Burning Crusade. I had first heard about WoW before that by one of my teachers when I was in school, but I realized that I should finish school before starting it up knowing that I would devote a ton of time to playing.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

So far I have played 3 classes total, but only one to level 80. My first toon was a night elf druid on the Draenor server. Not really knowing how to play a druid i got very frustrated since i split all my talent points up to all the different specs. I then played a Shaman which when i got to the level 50 area I lost interest with playing due to the level grind that goes along with that character. Lastly came my tauren Warrior. And I have a really hard time thinking of playing a different type of class after having played a warrior. I like the whole plate wielding juggerenaut. Plus (as many of you have heard) I am looking forward to my duel spec and having two two-handed weapons!

3. Why did you join AIE?

I joined AIE after having a long break from playing WoW and decided to start playing again. I mentioned to this guy named Ed that I was thinking of playing and rolling a horde toon. He told me of this guild named AIE and how large and cool it was... So here I am.

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

I like the interaction of playing with people in such a massive concept. Having played video games as a kid, it was always single person type games and the only thing missing was the ability to play with my friends. Plus I have always like D&D type games and toys when I was young so it was natural choice for me.

Kalduti/Numadra

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

I've been playing since December of the year it came out, which I think was 2004?? Gosh I don't remember now. I started MMORPGs with Runescape, then Ultima Online and then WoW. Had a brief try at LoTR as well, but came back to WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

That's a tough one. I guess ultimately I like the caster classes the best. Although I enjoy some melee as well, which is why I think Shamans are an awesome class. I never thought I would enjoy healing, but I really really do. My first toon was a NE Druid, but I only got her to about 28 and moved over to the Horde, and haven't looked back! Numadra was my first and main toon- fire mage always. Next I created a troll warrior, that I leveled to 70. The guild she was one of the GMs in fell apart, and DKs came along, so I deleted that toon. My DK is Prasuti and she's at lvl 71. Right now I only play her for mining and cooking. Kaladuti, as you all know, is my shaman. She was originally enhancement, but switched to Resto right before I met Ed. He had the pleasure of experiencing one of my very first, very ugly healing runs in Nexus, lol, and he STILL invited me to group again! I also have a lvl 41 rogue, 28 hunter, 30 something priest, and a warlock and druid at much lower levels.

3. Why did you join AIE?

Numadra was always a guild hopper, never quite finding the right home. I always saw AIE members running around and just applied to join them after getting completely fed up with the immature, egotistical guild I was currently with. I'm one of the few who knew nothing about "The Instance" until I'd been with the guild and didn't listen to it for a few months after that. It's now a sanity saver at work when I'm bored. I love this guild and have no plans of moving again! I like their policies and officer involvement in the "green wall".

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

I like that anyone can play- you can solo forever if you want as a casual player, or be a hard core raider, it doesn't matter, you'll still have fun. There's a lot to do and it's cool to meet so many people all over the world. Least? Just petty things I suppose. I agree with Dave/Raven/Tonq/Stilgahr about the rolling new toons thing. I really wish they'd at least create a few new areas to explore for low levels.

Biography

I was born and raised in northern lower MI. I've got a BBA in Marketing and Management from Northwood (University) now, it was Northwood Institute when I went there. I still don't know what I want to do, although I'm narrowing it down! Currently I work for the Girl Scouts as a Registrar. I've lived in Southern Florida and Northern (like Redwoods and Mountains northern) CA as well as MI. CA was definitely my favorite and hope to move back there someday. Chris (Grarick) and I have been married for 14 years and we have a 12 year old boy who is an awesome gamer- he plays WoW, but gets bored easily. He did manage to level a holy priest to 61 though! We currently live in Traverse City, which is beautiful, but too much snow. I like to garden and read and misc. other pastimes when I'm not playing WoW. I used to have a bellydance studio and did henna tattooing as well. Haven't done either of those in a couple of years! I'm so excited to be a part of INDY- it's the first raid team I've ever belonged to. The end! :P

Ravenlight/Stilgahr/Tonq

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

I started with a trial account in December of 2007. Shortly after that, I signed up for the real deal and have been playing obsessively ever since.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

The answer to the first question is yes. The answer to the second is because I like variety. I am a full blown altaholic. I have four 80's (3 on Earthen Ring) and two other 70 plus toons. On two different servers, Earthen Ring and Windrunner, I have 10 toons, one of each class on those servers. On Earthen Ring, I am all Horde. On Windrunner, I am all Alliance. I have most of my slots filled on Norgannon (mostly Horde) and a few toons spread amongst three other servers. Most of my other alts are level 20 or less, but on Windrunner, many are in their mid-30's. For me, each toon is fun for a different reason and I eventually get the urge to switch (either toons or roles). I have a penchant for respecs to try something else out, though, with dual speccing this has lessened quite a bit. I like working in all four roles: tank, healer, melee dps and ranged dps.

3. Why did you join AIE?

Well, like many others, I listen to The Instance and joined for a couple of reasons. One, the guild sounded like the kind of place I wanted to be. It allows you to do what you want and supports everything. Two, the hosts are closer to my age and seemed to indicate that a lot of folks in that age range were here. I was a bit tired of being in a guild where I was the "old man" and dealing with the mercurial nature of my guildmates and a lot of the drama that resulted from that. Of course, I was playing Alliance...

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Most: Variety. Variety of class, of spec, of focus. Variety of play options be it questing, instancing, raiding, collecting, wandering, pvp, economy, etc.

Least: I would like for those who have gone through the level grind to be allowed to start a toon, if they choose, at a higher level like they can with Deathknights.

Biography

I was born in Muhlenberg Community Hospital in an undisclosed year on my mother's birthday. She asked to return the gift, but the stork, as you know, does not have a return policy. So, she and my father endeavored to instill values and common sense in their new child. It was the only thing that they ever attempted that they completely failed to do. My father spent 24.5 years serving this nation as a member of the United States Air Force. To this day, I am most proud of him for what he did during this time. His retirement ceremony included what was, at that time, a very rare honor. He received a fly by as part of the ceremony. The reason that this was rare is that it was usually reserved for senior officer retirements. My father retired as a Chief Master Sergeant. During my childhood, I lived in several places: Kentucky, Florida, North Dakota, England, Alaska and Texas. I graduated from Burkburnett (Texas) High School and, later, Western Kentucky University with a degree in Mass Communication and pursued a brief career in television and radio. I currently work for a major health insurance company as a Policy Consultant. I write policy and procedures that our employees follow when processing medical claims. I live in Louisville (KY)and have been married for 16 years to Katie and have a 12 year old daughter named Elizabeth. In my non-work, non-WoW time, I listen to a lot of music, watch a lot of sports, play lots of non-electronic games, sing and act at church, bowl, play with my two dogs and one cat and spend time with the family. I like lots of the "nerdy" games: strategy, rpg, colectible card game (CCG), etc. and try to make it to GenCon in Indianapolis every year that I can.

Grarick

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Zartin

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Fluoxx

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Beazelle

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Mentus

Hello, my name is Jimmy. I am the mind and soul of Mentus "The Threatmaker" Lightblood.

I used to be a big fan of Infendo Radio, so much that I decided to have a listen to a few episodes of "The Instance". After I had tuned in, in March of 2008, I was in a GameStop and noticed a World of Warcraft Trial disk up on their counter and decided to give it a shot.

I joined the game around 2.3.2. Not realizing there was a guild associated with the podcast, I chose to roll a Tauren Protection Warrior on the Blackwater Raiders server and named him ManTipper. It wasn't long after, that I realized that I wanted to be a part of AIE. I paid for a server transfer (yes, I know that level 24 isn't all that high) and joined Alea Iacta Est on the Earthen Ring server.

I had lots of fun with AIE, so I chose to roll another toon into the guild. My second toon was Damana, Orc Spidermastery Huntress. The wife kept asking me, "You're making another one? Aren't you going to play ManTipper anymore?" So I decided to only play Damana on weekends and play ManTipper on weekdays. So much for that idea, after 2 weeks of that, ManTipper was only 27 and Damana was 18. That's when I fully realized that I was really enjoying my Huntress; ManTipper never got to level 28.

For all of my fun with AIE and WoW, I still felt like something was missing. I would beg my wife on a daily basis to join WoW and AIE with me. "Honey, we can get free WoW time. We'll both get in-game benefits. We get to level at an advanced rate. I even get an exclusive mount!" It was all for naught. Nothing would work on her. She was content to sit in her chair, crocheting, chatting and posting on Facebook and doing her little jigsaw flash games.

Then a miracle occurred! One day while I was playing, she was having a rough time with her old laptop. She complained that it was old and slow. It was pretty old. So, a week later, I made a deal with her; I bought her a new laptop for Christmas, but she has to play WoW with me, at least through the free period and til I got my zhevra. I bought a new HP at a retail store and started the referral process. It took her about a week to make good on her end of the bargain, but she did sign up.

On December 28, 2008, I rolled a Blood Elf Paladin named Mentus and she rolled a Troll Shamaness named Beazelle. We decided, right off the bat, that since we were playing on an RP realm, that Beazelle and Mentus should be husband and wife. We'd make jokes about the female Troll's mating habits (mentioned in her /silly) and how it made Mentus very tough, so I decided to go Protection. It only took 2 weeks before my wife admitted that she was thoroughly hooked on WoW. Game On!!

1-60 were incredibly fast, we were there in about 2 months. We didn't play religiously, really because I was only allowed to play while she did, but it was still fast. Another month or two and we were 80.

About 3 weeks later, one of our friends, Kaladuti referred us to the raiding group "I'm Not Dead Yet". I started as an off-tank, but progressed quite quickly. I accredit my success to my Belkin n52 Nostromo, that thing is a beast! Really, you should check it out!

I hope you enjoyed my story. I've had a lot of fun with WoW, with AIE and with INDY. This is a great place to be! Thanks for reading.

--Mentus

Erythrocyte

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

I started playing WoW in December 2006, a month before The Burning Crusades came out. I had heard about the new expansion, and so purchased the 'vanilla' WoW to get started. My first toon was a NE Druid (yes, I know). I played him to about level 15 or 16 and got tired of running slowly around Darkshore and dying all the time, so quit for awhile. BC came out and I bought it a few months later. I wanted to roll one of the new races, and the Blood Elves seemed like they had the best lore. Also, having played Warcraft I, II, and III I knew their story. I rolled a Mage (Xerosis) and had a blast leveling to 20, I progressed to Hillsbrad and got creamed by every mob. They don't call Mages glass cannons for nothing. I got tired of dying all the time, so I decided to roll someone with more armor, and so rolled a Paladin (Erythrocyte). I've leveled them both up relatively simultaneously trying to take advantage of the rested xp bonus as much as possible. Erythrocyte ding'ed 70 in the summer of 2008 and Xerosis a few weeks before Wrath came out during the Scourge Invasion. So it took me almost 2 years to get them both to 70, but they are both now 80. I stopped playing a bunch of times, rolled alts a bunch of times, but have been pretty much just playing Erythroctye and Xerosis the last 6 months.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

I prefer the ranged play style the most, so healing with Erythrocyte fits more in with that, and of course the Mage is the best ranged class there is. I've played a Druid to 30 (my first toon is still kicking around), an Orc Hunter to 28, a BE Warlock to 27 (perhaps my second favorite caster class), a Troll priest to 20-something, an Undead rouge to the mid teens, an Orc warrior to the mid teens, and of course I have a Tauren Death Knight who is sitting in Zangermarsh kinda bored, but well rested.

3. Why did you join AIE?

I'm a long time fan of the podcast 'Buzz out Loud' and heard Veronica Belmont talking about the whole 'I Eat Babies' naming difficulty with the formation of the guild. I started listening to The Instance after hearing her talk about it, and have not missed an episode since. I moved my Mage over to Earthen Ring the first week of July 2008 to join AIE, and then moved my Paladin shortly after. My Tauren DK, Dysphotopsia, is also in the guild. But that doesn't really explain why, does it. I had been listening to The Instance long before I joined. I was on the Nordrasill server in a tiny guild with only a handful of regular players. I pretty much played solo all the time, and was in a guild just to chat with others. All of the big guilds on the server were raiding guilds, and wouldn't consider you if you weren't max level, and committed to playing 4 nights a week. Knowing I wanted to be in a big guild with a more casual tone, I transferred and joined AIE. I can't imagine playing anymore without the green wall to keep me company.

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Best: The fact that there is so much to do. Questing, Dungeons, Battlegrounds, Raiding. Questing is easily done casually and solo, I pretty much went from 1-80 without grouping almost at all. I enjoy Battlegrounds with my Mage, but get owned all the time as I don't put the time in to gear properly. That doesn't stop me from cap-ing a flag or taking a node every once in awhile though. It seems like you could play this game for years, and still not experience every aspect.

Worst: The fact that there is so much to do. Its hard to compete with the hard core players, and their time comitment to the game. I consider myself more casual, though I play more than I thought I would when I bought the game. When I look at how much gold it takes to get epic flying, or how many tokens it takes to buy tier gear, and the time comittment, its a bit daunting. I can see some players being really put off. My Paladin went thru Outlands first, and once I hit 70 I thought I'd be stepping right into Heroics and Raiding. When I realized all the work and time I now had to perform to gear up to see those places I went back and started leveling my Mage. Questing seemed less repetitious than the grind to gear up to see the good Heroics or Kara.

Biography

I was born in Detroit, and grew in Southeast Michigan. I currently live in a city called Lake Orion. I'm married with two daughters ages 7 and 5, and have been unsucessful in getting my wife to play WoW or even just farm some gold for me. Although, she'll play Webkinz World with my daughters, which if anyone has seen it, is basically WoW for kids with stuffed animals. In my spare time, I hang out with my family and friends. I started golfing reguarly a few years ago and have been addicted ever since. Otherwise, I'm a big gadget geek, and love to play with new technology. I've been a gamer since pong came out in the late 70's, have played most of Blizzard's other games and also enjoy gaming on the Xbox360 where I prefer the FPS type games.

Totemmix

1. How long have you been playing WoW.

2. What is your favorite class to play and why?

3. Why did you join AIE?

4. What do you like best/least about WoW?

Biography

Naiimtaqr

1. How long have you been playing WoW. Started about 6 months after launch. Took about 18 months off in late 2005 through 2006 and then picked the game back up.

Be sure to friend Naiimtaqr at: www.facebook.com/Naiimtaqr

2. What is your favorite class to play and why? Warlock. I like pet classes as a general rule and magic wielders as well. I have an 80 Druid, Phormtaqr, that I play along with my wife's Hunter which is a great leveling team combination, but I don't have the time to play two characters at end game and Naiimtaqr is just a better fit as my alter-ego.

3. Why did you join AIE? Discovered The Instance podcast and really liked what I was hearing about the guild and their approach. Transferred Naiimtaqr from another server and have never looked back.

4. What do you like best/least about WoW? Best: The broad spectrum of things to do. I find just about everything a great deal of fun. I really like questing and related storylines that flesh out the world. Being able to both play solo and groups and accomplish something meaningful whether you have 20 minutes or 12 hours.

Least: It has sucked all the air out of my other gaming interests. I still haven't finished Mass Effect or Fallout 3. Gotta get back to those as I enjoy electronic gaming of all types.

Biography

Born in 1964 in the mid-west. Married in 1986 and she hasn't come to her senses yet, so am still married <wink>. My wife is awesome! I hope to bring her into the guild, but she's on a bit of a break from WoW right now. We have leveled 80s together and will likely transfer them from the wrong faction to the Horde shortly. Moved to the southeast in 1999 to get to better weather where I can fish year round which is my other hobby. Two dogs, both labs. No children. Not by choice, just didn't happen. I work in the tech industry, specifically in network security around authentication and identity management. I work from home, but support a national sales force, so lots of travel.

How I WoW

Figure since the podcast of the same name is no more, there'd be no problem me using the name for this heading. Thought I'd let y'all know how I generally play WoW when I'm not hanging with this fine gang or others in AIE.

My wife and I both play WoW as I got her hooked on MMO's back with EverQuest. I've played my main Naiimtaqr pretty much solo over the last few years and you'll often hear me proclaim "newbie alert" when entering dungeons most others in this group consider old hat. I've also leveled another toon to 80 helping my wife get her Hunter to 80 as well. She's just moved that toon to the proper faction and once I get her confident enough to participate in a group, you may get to meet her.

I generally sit down at the end of the day to play focusing first on dailies while keeping an eye out for group opportunities in AIE and now mostly with those in INDY. When not on Vent, I'm usually listening to podcasts on various topics including WoW as dailies and questing don't exactly take that much direct attention. As some have noticed, I also WoW outside on my screened in porch about 95% of the time except when playing from a hotel room on the road. Cigars or one of my tobacco pipes (figured I'd be clear on what I smoke <grin>) are generally involved and I really wish they'd add some type of smoking mechanic into the game. Naiimtaqr is definitely breaking out a pipe at the end of a dungeon run, but apparently some political correctness camouflage spell has been cast over Azeroth so y'all can't see it!