World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 7 | Page 72

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72 // World of Warcraft Community Magazine

A CONVERSATION WITH
LOOKING FOR ROLE PLAY
PART 2

By Chris Wootton

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urwnikle: I have to agree,

WoW and even further down

something they see and they are

wholeheartedly, for a game

into the role play community

able to hop right back into their

that is as old as WoW is, 10 years,

you have such a great, great role

communities and people are here

they have used this engine since

play community within WoW. It

waiting for them. There are such

the beginning, and what they

goes from WoW out to Facebook

great guilds of folks out there

have done with it is amazing,

and Tumblr and all these other

and it makes not only WoW great;

but ultimately, as you said, the

sites are sort of the spokes that

our podcast is only successful

community and the people

go out from it and that is what

because of the people who listen

within in it are what make the

brings all these people back

and support and participate in

game what it is. What has made

time and again. They may leave

the show. We certainly wouldn’t

Blizzard so successful is that

for 3 or 4 months, but eventually

be anywhere without those

they have been able to capture

they end up coming back. A new

folks and all the wonderful role

that sense of community within

expansion comes out, there’s

players, we are getting a lot of

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