Since I first started playing WoW, about 2 months after TBC was released, I have been fascinated with the idea of twinks.
I saw someone selling a level 19 sword in trade chat for over a thousand gold!?!?!?!?!?!?
I was floored that someone could be so crazy as to think that an item which would be discarded in a few levels could be sold for so much.
With gold as easy to get as it is now, this may not seem like a lot, but trust me, at the time, it was a huge amount even for a level 70.
Now, I have read a lot about twinking at various levels and the Pro's and Con's.
I have read a lot about the various "attempts" by Blizzard to separate twinks from the general population which has effectively "killed" running BG's. Everything from complaints about messing with gear and enchants to eternal Queue times after turning off Exp.
I have read and read and read and it appears to me that the only viable way to enjoy a twink anymore, other than to simply look at them and be overwhelmed by the time and effort put into them and the mind blowing stats achievable, is to move to a High volume PvP server for world PvP and GANK the hell out of people.
Now please understand that when I say Gank, I do not mean the annihilation of a low level town by a much higher level toon. While this can be fun it also can get old very soon. And, since it takes a lot of time, effort and gold to build a high quality twink, you really don't want to get bored after the first week or two.
No, when I say Gank, I mean something a little more challenging.
Take a geared twink to a zone at or a little above their level and hand out a beat down.
It is particularly satisfying to do it in such a way as to painfully annoy the opposing faction, like say, take a pink haired girl gnome into a tauren zone and make beef stew.
So, in closing I would just like to say that twinking is not dead.
It is alive and well, even if it has changed quite a bit since the first time I heard the term twink used.
And if you suddenly find yourself one-shot and a pink pom pom haired gnome rogue standing over your corpse T-bagging your head…..remember that it was done with love and in the spirit of fun.
Mwahahahahaha!!!!!
Love Gnoreen
PS
I am level 29