Hello World!

I just thought it fitting to title my first blog post after the first program every computer programmer has to learn how to write. Ok I'm not that big of a geek but I did take C++ programming in high school and a little bit in college. I had the crazy aspirations of becoming a game programmer some day but it just kinda fell through the cracks. Now I am a network security firewall engineer, so I guess it wasn't a total failure.

Well a little bit more about me...I started playing online rpg's ever since my good friend introduced me to Ultima Online. At first I thought I wouldn't like it but in just 30 min I was hooked and have been ever since. I just love the fact you can kinda take a break for a while and play a game that doesn't have a designated end which in turn forces you to go out and buy another game. Also, the best part is you can just sit back and have a great time with real life friends and since they all live in Phoenix (my hometown) and I'm stuck out here in Colorado Springs it's a great way to still keep in touch.

So anyway onto WoW. I started playing ever since the game was released and my main character is a hunter named Daelimar. I kinda just stuck with my friends and did quests and some 5 man's here and there with the occational pvp (which I kinda sucked at back then). It would just get my heart racing and I would be all freaked out and hit the wrong buttons and just look like a fool lol. Then a friend and I somehow got invited into a new an up and coming raiding guild and started raiding Molten Core shortly after it was released. I had a TON of fun and after I started getting some good ol Giantstalker gear I realized I could actually take some people down in pvp(assuming I still hit the right buttons).

Now that Burning Crusade is out I kinda decided for the sake of having a happy wife and being able to have more time to spend w/ my kids I needed to stop doing the hardcore raiding thing. But I still wanted to be successful so thank goodness Blizzard came up with the idea of the Arenas. Shortly before the expansion came out I made it a priority that playing on a pvp server I actually should know how to pvp...and try to do it well. I would have to say I've come a long way and can hold my own and then some. I'm currently in a 5v5 team with a 2109 rating and am absolutely loving it. Even though I kinda ran out of things to buy for arena gear lol!

Me and my good friends seriously can't wait until 2.3 and season 3 come out. Since hunters actually will be getting some love in the form of arcane shot being able to dispel player buffs and aimed shot now being able to apply a mortal strike effect on a target for 10 sec. As for my spec I am 41/18/2 Beastmaster spec and will in the coming posts be discussing strategies that I've found to work quite well. I also have 2 other lv 70 alts a Holy Paladin and a Frost Mage which I'll introduce them later too. So I definately look forward to this blog thing and hearing from other people about their ideas and comments.