World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 7 | Page 76

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through it and you become stronger

community who either lived within

think shows like yours definitely

as a consequence. Mina, my wife, has

sight of it or in Mina’s case called in

act as a gateway to role play.

tales of back in the days of IRC being

sick and didn’t go to work that day.

in a room and there was someone

It’s sort of, right, ok, things become

who didn’t log on. So you ask around

very, very real. Even in a virtual

encourage new role players and

and find out if anyone has an email

world, lines of text on a screen, some

help veteran role players alike.

address and you track them down

avatar in Goldshire, or downing the

Help the two meet so you’ve

and you discover that they lived within

Lich King. It’s that second family

got the veteran players helping

sight of the World Trade Centre on

aspect and I don’t think anything

the new players. And again,

the 11th of September and it’s like

in the past has ever come close

getting all the great stories in

“wow” because events on the other

to having that. Such a diaspora all

between, going over topics and

side of the world aren’t on the other

brought together and contributing.

getting people’s opinions on

side of the world anymore, they are

I’m not sure if it is something you can

all the wonderful, wonderful

in your living room because you

explain either. I think it’s something

subjects that we have. We just

know someone through an online

that has to be experienced and I

got done on what I think was

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