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WoW News (Only Incurable Nerds Need Read Beyond This Point)

Since my first post about World of Warcraft way back in November 2004, I dropped my dwarf paladin character and experimented with many other classes until I finally decided to stick with an Orc shaman. At the beginning of March, I hit level 40 with my Orc, and I prepared a post about it but never got around to actually posting it. As I write this, I am now at level 51 and hope to hit the level cap (60) within a month. To any of you thinking about playing WoW, I'm on the server "Dragonblight" (and if you want to play with me, you'll need to start a Horde character. The Alliance isn't cool, anyway). So, here is the post that I should have posted long ago (along with some screenshots):

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After a few months of playing as an Orc shaman in World of Warcraft, I have hit level 40. I've been a member of the Kodo Clan guild since about level 19, an experience that has greatly enhanced every aspect of the game for me (and as of 04-12-05 we have a website: www.thekodoclan.com). My guild members are cool guys (and a few girls), and the higher-level people help me quest, share items with me, and raid Alliance towns. I have recently become an officer in the guild (basically the step below the guildmaster). Only 6 other people out of the 100 or so in our guild are officers, so it's pretty cool that the guildmaster and the other officers selected me to join their ranks.

The coolest thing about hitting level 40: I got to buy a mount. I had to save up my money even from level 1 to buy a Dire Wolf (it cost 90 gold), but the extra 60% boost in speed and the prestige of riding around on a wolf is well worth it. I followed this simple advice from the online comic Penny Arcade:

Foxtrot, one of my favorite comics, has also run a few strips recently about WoW (and please don't ruin your eyes! Click on a strip to make it larger!):