How old were you when you played Vanilla?

[Niia-stormreaver (Niia)]

i was 19, turning 20 and in art school when wow released. i had ALLLLL the time in the world. i raided 5 nights a week in a world top 30 guild, lol.

I’m married now… i recruited him as a priest into the guild in wrath. We’ll be playing togther. We don’t have kids and I work from home, soooo… Gonna be no-lifing it hard for a little bit, just like the good ol’ days.

[Nighlee-aggramar (Nighlee)]

I was 30. Was following wow development while enjoying wc3 ladder at the time.

[Searik-skullcrusher (Searik)]

15 at the time, crazy to think im going back to what was essentially the halfway point in my life.

[Lilien-zuljin]

16 in 2005! My bf at the time started playing with his friends and I made a char on his account and got hooked. Later for my 17th birthday, I got my own account that I still use to this day.

[Benyboi-steamwheedle-cartel]

I was 29 when it came out

I was 52…

[Gigiji-frostmourne]

25 years old when I played vanilla in 2004.

[Mesocyclone-thrall]

I was 47… I started playing a few months before Naxx. I’ll be 60 in a couple weeks and still playing! I can’t wait for Classic!!

[Bricklethumb-anvilmar]

38 and still feel mentally like a young gamer.
The body. . not so much.

[Greenshayna-argent-dawn]

I was 52…

alrighty one who was older… i was 43…

[Mogoc-tichondrius]

Started playing in vanilla at 15.

[Coreth-velen]

19. So much more time back then. Looking for more community stuff this time around.

[Medislash-proudmoore]

I was 15 when I first started playing. 28 now. I got it after an old friend told me to check it out. I had only ever played Runescape as far as these open worlds go. Day 1, my jaw was on the floor when i logged in to WoW for the first time. I remember seeing these giant trees in Elwynn and all the people fighting stuff. I made a warrior and started fighting stuff. I was so deeply in love. That’s when the addiction started.

[Illmyrin-darkspear]

We’re the same age. It will be interesting to see us older gamers that grew up with Asheron’s call, Ultima Online, DAOC style pvp mentality go up against all these 20-30 year olds who grew up with dumbed down wow

[Felonious-kaelthas (Felonious)]

I was 23, in the Army and a single dad to two young kids. Now, I’m a 38 year old civilian, the youngest graduated high school this June and the kids are in college.

[Outofammo-shandris]

35. And was East Coast on a Pacific time server.

[Zheroes-aegwynn]

I was 22 when I started playing. I was getting an engineering degree, while playing 40 hours a week.

[Hailiaxx-stormrage]

I was 29 when it came out, and really had to struggle to find time to play. Consequently, I never had a chance to raid in Vanilla.

As a 43 year old time is still at a premium, but I have a much better idea of what I want to play and what endgame is like. I did manage to carve out a week for launch, and will be playing with my roommates from 2007 (we raided BC together).

We’re all pretty excited to relive that part of our lives, even if we can only do it hardcore for the first week. =D

So how about you? How old were you? How has your life changed? Will that have an effect on how you play?

I was 15… played classic A LOT… but barely got anything done xD

[Ridokou-eonar]

I was fresh out of high school when I started playing WoW. I remember my sister gave me the game as an early Christmas present and I played on and off due to college for the first year, before diving in hardcore for 05-06. Raided all the vanilla dungeons, and was one of the first hunters do the Rhok’Delar quest. Now I’m 32, with a wife and a child and I’m back for the nostalgia.

[Jimmynoodles-stormreaver]

I was probably 26 when I started WoW, and am looking forward to Classic at 39 like it’s christmas and I know Santa is bringing me a Gameboy.

[Turbocharged-area-52 (Turbocharged)]

62 hundred years old