So when did YOU start playing World of Warcraft?

[-Cynical-]

November 23, 2004

[SuperNick]

US friends and family alpha.. whenever that was. God knows now. breaks here and there for other MMOs.

PS: find it interesting just about everyone seems to be long-standing veterans in the poll. some of the posts on here stink of the brown stuff as well.

[zomgwtf91]

I started playing January 1, 2006.

[Calypsoaf]

Played from launch day at Vanilla, basically skipped TBC due to guild splitting early in the expansion (hard to keep a double 40 man raiding guild together when raids went to 25 man, especially the "Ateam") which I now sorta regret though I did get to do Kara, raided all of Wrath in a casual 10 man setting, now I am out of the raid game and looking forward to casual/PvP style play in Cata.

[Had]

US Closed Beta, Mid 2004

[Bloodlotus]

I started about a month or so before TBC came out.

[ciggy]

I started Dec of 05, not sure why I haven't stopped. Side note, i started playing to help me get away from my mom and dad's endless fighting and fussing.

5 years later, they still bitch at each other all the time.

[Gorlakand]

I downloaded the 10 day's trial on the december 21st 2008, and I remember that I downloaded the real game the 1st of january 2009.

[Lichbourne]

Got introduced to the game in late Vanilla, started playing a few months into TBC. I took a while to level, so I hit 70 around when Black Temple hit. Got into the full swing of WotLK though.

[Deleted]

I started on the 27th December 2008.
All because of south park.

[aikanaro]

i started playing 2 days after the official release of the game. on a side note... i random q'd uldaman and had to run it for the first time since my first char was level 40 or whatever 6 years ago T_T lol.

[imtehrogue]

Started at the very end of BC

[Evania]

Release date.

[Nexxia]

About 5 years, original main has over 1 year played lol. Now going 3 xpacs 10 alts. gfg.

[xxf2dxx]

Since release. FML

[Palamania]

55% started in vanilla.

Yeah right!

[Xerkx]

Since february 2005

[Palahniuk]

I'm surprised at how many started in TBC/WotLK. I started 20th Feb 2005.

[Deleted]

I started in vanilla, great times, although there was hella lot of bugs and unbalanced classes (rogues were 100% sure to own everyone in BG's, same goes for palas)

haha, paladins were the joke of vanilla... Shamans frost shock.. lol...

I started a few days before the battleground patch came out!

[Nexxia]

Yes, was playing in vanilla in a guild on Kalecgos called <Mob Rules>, I think that theres one guy from that guild left on the server other than myself.