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Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft
- In early 2003, Syp became aware of World of Warcraft, and from that moment, he was hooked- having taken interest in MMORPGs from afar, but hadn’t played any title that was accessible enough for him.
- It took over a year before the launch of World of Warcraft, which resulted in Syp waiting patiently while filling up his time playing other games and scouring the internet and forums for any new details about the MMO.
- Syp believes that Blizzard was masterful at feeding tantalizing tidbits about this game during that time. One feature in particular was the revolutionary quest system with objects in the world or dropped by mobs that would open up new missions.
- The hype for the game was insane and everyone was talking about it, wanting in on the beta and speculation around the release date was a hot topic.
- Syp's first year was a learning experience, where he found the game fairly casual with good quality-of-life features and mostly focused on high-end content.
- By 2006, he had settled in with a Gnome Warlock named Syp, with whom he had great adventures on the road to 60, including engineering level up for the toys.
- He missed out on the latter half of Wrath, almost all of Cataclysm and Pandaria by the time it was 2009, and felt like it was time to set WoW aside and focus on other MMOs like LOTRO and Warhammer Online, not to mention some of the promising titles that were coming from 2010 to 2012.
- His return to WOW came on the tail end of Draenor in 2016, as he got pumped for Legion's launch that summer, which turned out to be the best of all times for him in that game.
- In 2019, he also had a fun stint playing Classic Hardcore, exploring the early days of Season of Discovery, enjoying summer in Pandaria and soaking up several BlizzCon presentations and reveals.
- In conclusion, Syp is enthusiastic about the future, saying, “More expansions, more fun, more memories, and a journey that hopefully spans my middle-aged years and into retirement! So happy 20th birthday, World of Warcraft — I appreciate the good times”.
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