World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 11 | Page 18
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into WoW, so I typically tend to stay
me, he pleaded with me to play this
the guild; in that we ran Lower
away from other games, people
game with him instead of playing
Blackrock Spire to get geared. I also
don’t like to watch gameplay of
EQ2 and I kept saying nope, ‘’WoW is
remember zoning into Stratholme
me being bad at stuff so I just stick
dumb, WoW is stupid, I’ll never play
and Scholomance, I believe they
to what I’m good at nowadays.
it. EQ2 for life.’’ Well fast forward
were 15 man raids back in the day.
a little and i recognised the power,
I do remember doing those and I
the authenticity of World of Warcraft
do remember having a good time. I
been playing WoW and how
over EQ2 after Everquest started
also however, remember waiting to
did you hear about it?
to suck with its raiding content, I
regain my status as a Guild Master,
saw images online of the Molten
it wasn’t long past that point that I
Brutall: I have been playing
Core and other raids, so I thought it
formed Static with a random Priest
WoW since 2005, the only reason I
must be some incredible feat to get
and a random Mage that I ran into.
didn’t start in 2004 was because I
into these zones. So, I logged on to
The mage was named Ethrax and
actually started playing Everquest
WoW and I’ve never looked back.
the Priest was named Fix, the
Brian: How long have you
guild has had it’s had it’s ups and
2 in November 2004, both WoW and
EQ2 came out in the same month
of the same year. I only played EQ2
Brian: Do you remember
your very first guild?
downs from there however you
wish to put it, It was a lot of fun.
because I was an Everquest player
for many, many years, about 5 or
Brutall: I cannot remember the
Brian: Do you still remember
6 years. So I was in college at the
name of the guild, however I do
your first raid after all these
time and my buddy Drew begged
remember the experiences with
years of playing Warcraft?
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