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We at WoW Insider would like to congratulate Blizzard on four years of World of Warcraft — it’s been an amazing ride so far, and it’s not over yet. After the break, some of our writers have posted their own thoughts and memories on the game’s anniversary, and please add your own in the comments below.

It could seem silly to celebrate the anniversary of a videogame, especially one that, if you’ve been playing since day one, you’ve spent over $800 and countless hours on. But then again, look at what this game has given back: groups and guilds full of friends (and some spouses), weeknights full of gear upgrades and XP gains, Saturday afternoons spent slaying dragons and Sunday evenings spent picking herbs in the Swamp of Sorrows or admiring the sunsets in Hinterlands. We’ve played this game for four years, and for most of us, it’s been worth every quest. Here’s to many, many more.

Alex Ziebart: My guild and the people in it are the memories that are will last the longest, long after WoW is gone. If I had to stick to gameplay though, my first time summoning Ragnaros was one of the most epic moments I’ve ever had in gaming. I’d never seen anything quite like it before, and neither had most of the people I was there with. We were in awe, got heartily owned, and didn’t even care. It was amazing, and while there have been plenty of cool moments in WoW since then, none match the first. Nostalgia does some crazy things to memories. Molten Core sucked but I kind of miss it sometimes.

Christian Belt: I came over to WoW after playing FFXI for awhile, and PSO before that. I remember thinking to myself, “what is this feeling I’m having…is it…fun?” Everything about the game was designed for enjoyment, and that was a new concept for me as far as MMOs went. I was hooked immediately, and never looked back. I spent most of my time playing with a couple of good real-world friends, which made the experience even better. The epic scale of the game was overwhelming. I wasn’t used to the vast freedom afforded my character. It seems trivial now, but I can still remember the thrill I felt the first time my little Mage saw a lake, then realized he could enter that lake, and then found that, holy crap, there was stuff under the water, and he could swim under there. And then he ran out of breath and died, but whatever.

Mike Schramm: I bought WoW as a birthday present for myself a few years ago, and since then it hasn’t stopped giving. It shocks me a little bit to think how much money and time I’ve put into this game, but then again, look what I’ve gotten out of it: friends, a job, endless hours of entertainment, accomplishments aplenty, and sharp insight into the way people work, both together and online. I remember that back when I first started, I had no idea how big the world was — I explored the Night Elf starting area on my first character, and was surprised when, at level 10, I left it to find an even bigger area: Teldrassil. At that time, I had yet to even know about places like Orgrimmar and Nagrand and Molten Core, and even new, only a zone or two into Northrend, I find myself surprised at how many things there are to find just around any given corner, from Icecrown to SMV to Booty Bay.

Allie Roberts: WoW was my first MMORPG and is still the only one I’ve ever played. I’m not a traditional gamer by any stretch of the imagination, and it hasn’t escaped my attention just how many people I’ve met playing who would probably never have set foot in an MMORPG if it hadn’t been for WoW. Years later it’s still possible to appreciate the risk that Blizzard took with a game that broke so many of the accepted rules concerning the genre — and equally possible to appreciate the enormity of the job in keeping the game fresh, relevant and balanced.

As for major moments and memories, I suppose I really have two that stand out.The first is the close-knit group of friends I gained while PuG-tanking; you can have so much fun in WoW without ever setting foot in a raid. The second is my first Al’ar kill. I was new to raid-tanking, Al’ar was my first big raid boss beside Void Reaver, and the guild I’d come to had struggled on him for nearly a month. People started screaming on vent in the last few seconds as his health dropped second by agonizing second and we knew we’d finally gotten him. Nothing will ever top the first raid boss who really put up a fight.
From www.wow.com.

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