I have always wondered where the beginning was in an MMO game and naturally, where it ended. Of course, you can always say that everything begins with level 1 and a start-up location where you squash a few bugs before heading out, into the wilderness. What’s funny about it is that every once in a while, each MMO gets an update, an add-on, an expansion or something like that, which adds new gameplay possibilities to help you kill some more time and further fuel your addiction. It looks like it’s all a never-ending story and I could be fine with that, if I hadn’t a real life to go back to each morning.
        That’s why, with every major expansion out there, I tend to feel like being level 1 again. No, not a n00b, just level 1. An entire new world awaits me. An entire new destiny unfolds right before my eyes, though I still have to work my way up to the new level cap. At least that’s how I feel when I load my game and it’s a damn good feeling, except for the work part. Forget real life. Your avatar is the best thing that ever happened to you. Your epic mount is the best ride you’ve ever had and dreaming about getting the flying epic mount is the only thing in the world that makes you smile like your girlfriend did back in the dating days.         So, the real question here is how do you review your own destiny, if you haven’t lived it yet? See, reviewing an MMO game is like reviewing your life from the beginning to the end just before you die. Are we there yet? Hell no! So, where are we? Blizzard decided to give us a portal instead of a pill. It’s the same thing, just bigger. A few hours before the expansion/add-on mutation, The Burning Crusade, was launched, I said, “Hey, let’s check out the portal”. Bad idea! Since I’m on a PvP server and a priest, I’m always the public enemy number one. War was on. It was the best gankfest ever. If your only dream is to be a ganker, you have to attend these pre-launch something events. They’re serving the other faction on a plate. No kidding! The portal was on rotation pretty much like the EU presidency, except it didn’t take us months to get it back. Yes, I play Alliance. Gank me!
        The next day a package arrived. I was high. I was inserting discs in my DVD-ROM with the same precision of an addict sorting coke into rails. When I stepped through the portal, I was speechless. Why is it so big on one side and so small on the other? I was amazed, actually so amazed that I didn’t see the guy with a yellow question mark above his head. I though the exit was straight ahead and I was wondering how could I sneak through all those demon elites. I went back, took the quest and instead of hopping on the flying monkey like all the n00bs out there, I went to check the portal. Too good to be true. Damn it, a portal to Stormwind? Wrong! A portal FROM Stormwind. At least I knew where all those nice looking babe guards were coming from.