Sam's crazy as duck, and as a multiboxer I instantly like his eccentric passion about what we do.

He's done it before in EverQuest©!, but that boat's sunk so I'm happy to hear he's trying WoW. The only reason I'm playing stinkin WoW is because I was on my 3 masterminds in City of Villains and someone said, "Keyclone FTW". Googling led me to Veronikĺ's videos and I was like "That's exactly what I've been doing all these years, MANUALLY!"

But I don't see how someone can be all pissy at Sam for wanting to try this. I don't see how someone can start doing monthly fee calculations when that's the crap we hear from the haters. As for doing it for attention, do you really think he's going to enjoy getting tells in 26 windows? I hate getting them in one window.

Tha's enough o' that. I want to talk about the initial topical responses to this thread. The horde isn't evil! That's what those 8-15 year old kids think. I was shocked to learn that Humans are the most-played race in WoW. I don't see why you'd play a role-playing fantasy game in which you play a human who fishes and kill rats for a few copper an hour.

Why do they think the horde is evil? Back in the days of the Burning Legion and all that, a bunch of mind-controlled Orcs invaded Azeroth and pwned humanity. Now they are no longer mind-controlled, and are really quite likeable.

Trolls? Probably looked at as evil because a great many of them are under corrupt magicks. The Darkspear Trolls, however, are completely independent, full of free will, and only JOKE about cannibalism (it's like people making fun of their Mormon friends for polygamy. It's no longer an issue but still a joke) They don't just have mohawks! Have you ever seen the ponytail look? Get the vibrantly red hair and you're gonna look amazing in gladiator gear.

Taurens: SOMEONE DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT OF THEIR BIG GEE ELF TREE PARTY TO HELP THEM WHEN THE CENTAURS WERE COMMITTING GENOCIDE ON THESE PEACEFUL PEOPLE. But Thrall had the freaking COMPASSION to do so. He didn't stand to gain any kind of profit by doing so, but he was willing to let his own loyal Orcish horde men DIE just so the cows wouldn't.

Undead: They did not ask to be undead. These are humans that died and were resurrected by the Lich King. Then, Lady Sylvannas Windrunner (a Highbourne banshee) liberated them from his power, and they regained their own memories as they awoke in their burial places. If they die, they become part of the Twisting Nether, and this is their greatest fear (as afterlife concepts go, it's one of the least comfortable-sounding. Nobody's gonna twist my nether!)

So what is the alliance? Humans and Draenei have this concept of "The Light", and have decided that everything else is evil. If you don't pray to the same gods they do, you must be cleansed off the face of Azeroth. (Unless, of course, you're a Draenei shaman or a human who enslaves succubi and stuff) The Night Elves abandoned the Taurens in their hour of need, but now that the World Tree has fallen and they've lost their immortality, they need allies in this world so they pranced on down to Stormwind. The Humans abandoned their undead relatives, hence "The Forsaken". Admiral Proudmoore royally screwed over the Orcish allies. The "Nobles" of Stormwind City royally screwed over the masons who built the city, saying that they had no reason to pay them. (Get to know Edwin Van Cleef for more information on this, I don't spoiler things). Gnomes were forced to abandon their city because they were invaded by a bunch of radioactive cavemen, but despite their annoyingness they don't go out of their way to hurt any particular race or belief system.

The Dwarves are veterans, every last one. They'll all die to protect what they believe in, instead of sitting in a cathedral or up a tree or on a robot chicken or in a crashed spaceship preaching about crap. The first Dwarves were the Dwarven Sappers, who ONLY gave their lives to take enemy lives. I have no problem with them, and when the people in my office told me they were alliance (blech) I figured this was the only race to be while retaining my critical thinking skills and freedom of speech.

So that's it. Go alliance, Dwarf, but then you can't be 25 shamans. So make your 25 Draenei Shamans, proud members of the Spacegoat race, all of whom are "broken" or slaves in the Outlands.

-or-

Roll horde, always enjoy shorter queue times for battlegrounds (while the alliance is standing around waiting for a chance to slip in), and know that you're just trying to live a peaceful life while you are viciously hunted by those stupid fascists who care more about revenge for the war of their grandfathers than helping their own people (Sorry Westfall and Redridge, we can't spare any troops. Lady Kathera Prestor, a.k.a. Lady Onyxia, says you gotta start your own militia because we need them all elsewhere)

FOR THE HORDE!