If you look at books, movies or video games in the genre of fantasy, you will see that they are always set in an incredible complex world. The author, or authors, has to create a realistic universe with it’s own life system in it. These universes have their own set of rules that the have to abide to. There will also be strange races and classes of people that are governed by their own system and often magic has a place in these worlds as well. If you take a look at the complexity of these books,movies and games you will understand that it takes a lot of work to realize these things.

And looking at World of Warcraft you will see that it is not very different from any of the other fantasy movies, books or games. Once you enter World of Warcraft you become part of a complex land and when you are hooked you will have a difficult time cutting yourself loose again. You can not call this game shallow because if it was there wouldn’t be so many players around the world playing this game. If you look closely you will discover that the theme of World of Warcraft follows the universal rules of this fantasy genre. It is because of these rules that the game is very attractive for a lot of people who see the beauty of it.

Playing for the sake of playing

It is the World of Warcraft theme that attracts players to the game. The thing that makes this game unique is the large background that was created and developed specificly for it with the addition of the expansion packs. Okay, so the rules that are followed are rahter universal and the type of game is not unique as well, but the way the rules are applied and the story is written and played is what makes it stand out and have people talking and writting about it.

Azeroth is what the games theme is based in. There are other worlds, but Azeroth is where most of the action takes place, it is also where many of the races originate from. You can explore most of the thirteen continents and islands in this world, some more friendly than others.

Of course other fantasy rules are also applied to the game apart from the world you walk in. Creatures, magic, factions, classes, it is all there. Things like dragons, ogres gnomes and other fantasy creatures roam Azeroth. And in the game there is the battle between good and evil, which is played out by the Horde and the Alliance. The fun is that as a game player you can choose if you want to be good or evil.

So you see, World of Warcraft follows a theme with a set of rules seen in many fantasy games, books and movies. But still it is very unique and attracts a lot of gamers around the world. It is the storyline that gives it this uniqueness.



By: Jenny Cumbersome

Are you new to the \”World of Warcraft\” online community and wondering how to join the game now after its been out for all these years??

World of Warcraft has a huge following on the Internet and while some say it looks like a cartoon, it is a game that all age groups from children to teens to seniors play. Millions of people play World of Warcraft with more and more joining every day.  

 If you are new to the game and are unsure how to play, or how to get the gold you see others have, or you come across players who have the highest levels, tons of gold and other items do you ever wonder how they did it or how long it took them?   While a lot of players have been playing since day one, you may be surprised to find that some players have only been playing a month or so. People are joining every day. And how did they do it? How did they accumulate all this Gold or level up without playing 24/7?  

Guides. Guides from players who have been playing for years, playing since Day one and who know all the tricks. But which Guides? For that you have to search online. Well searching online you come across so many how do you know which are real, or which are just junk?  

 I started doing research and asking around and made a list of those recommended to me as the best. The ones consistently in the top recommended list of guides. The ones used by these players who have only been playing a short time (and a long time) but who found these guides helped them the most.  

 In the end, each guide had something different. Some the same, some different. So I decided to try and help others out there who are searching and to list the ones recommended the most in one place to make it easier for someone else to find what they need without all that searching, or being unsure where to go or where to look.  

While this is not a list of all the guides out there, it is the ones most recommended by players and that I found in searching online for reviews to always fall in the top list of guides.



By: knr