World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 7 | Page 74

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have written amazing stories.

frightening. I have made some

an amazing tool in that regard.

Some of us still write things out

genuine friends over the internet

It allows you to meet folks that

of game, even if they can’t keep

that have stuck with me over the

you would never have the chance

up with the game right now, they

years and I have watched families

to meet otherwise. Through role

still want to write things. It’s one

grow up and people get married

play you have a chance to play

of those things where it’s given

and it’s an amazing thing that

a character that’s not… maybe

me the ability to step outside of

makes a real sense of community

you’re shy like Dravvie, but you

myself and be somebody different

and it’s why I keep playing. These

can play a character that’s brave,

and be multiple different people. I

people matter a lot, raids are fun,

and able to socialise with folk. For

have multiple different characters

PvP is fun. I think it means a lot.

a lot of folks, and for a lot of role
players, this is their only way to

with different personalities. Some
of them are brave, some are

Turwinkle: What that really has

get out there and socialise. This

kind of scared, some are really

to say, is that through role play

community turns into friends

nice, some are mean. I have this

and through WoW, people who

and almost like a second family.

chance to meet all these different

might not have the opportunity to

I do a lot of guild interviews, and

people and they have the chance

meet get to; in fact through WoW,

in those interviews I take each

to meet the actual player and

I would not have had the chance

person individually and ask them

they can get to know me in a way

to meet Dravvie or Tarc any other

“What do you like about being in

that is not so scary and not so

way than through WoW, so it’s

your guild?” and inevitably it’s

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