name change

after giving it some thought, we've decided that a blog name-change was in order. we were looking for a name that offered up a little more about what we're all about, and "Elvis Does Wow" just really wasn't making that happen. and what are we all about, you ask? Alts, and lots of them.

coming up with a meaningful name was a bit tricky for us. there are some great class-specific blog names out there, such as Need More Rage (warrior) and Starshards FTW (priest). we don't stick to any one class for long, though, so that route's out for us. same reasoning applies to blog names focused around a character name (e.g., World of Matticus or Picklemonkey the Shaman). what made the process even more challenging is that the blogging community has grown quite large over the years. many folks have already laid claim to blog names that we were considering.

we played around with a lot of name variations that had "alt" in them somehow; "Legion of Alts", "Altoholic" (taken), "Altoholism" (sounds like a support group), "Alt Legion", etc. in the end, we settled on "Alts for One" as a play on The Three Musketeers motto; "one for all, and all for one." we thought it summed things up fairly well: one guy with lots of characters who all support each other (through crafting, farming, etc.). we'll see if it sticks...

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On New Beginnings

I know, I know... just what the world needs, right? yet another World of Warcraft blog. so what makes this one special? I haven't the foggiest. blogging's a new idea for me and I'm not quite sure what direction I want to run with it, yet. expect things to ramble for a good while, I think. this probably won't be specific to WoW, either, though that's going to be the focus.

a little about me... software engineer by trade, located on the west coast of the US, thirty something, devilishly handso... er, where was I? oh, right... world of warcraft. you might say I'm rather fond of WoW... and by "fond" I mean I've played a bit... and by "a bit" I mean I've played a lot. I didn't realize just how much until I sat down last night to add up all my characters and /played time for this post. it was... eye opening. here's how the numbers stacked up:

- 22 characters (19 if you skip the bank alts)
- spread across 5 servers (pve and pvp, horde and alliance)
- 4 lvl 70s (2 created post-TBC), 3 60s, 5 in the 40-60 range, the rest in the 20s to 30s
- over 150 *days* of /played time

I started playing in december of 2004, a month after release. my first 60 was an undead frost mage back when [Glowing Brightwood Staff] was one of *the* hot caster weapons (sold for over 1000g) and MC was shiny and new. since then I've played warlocks (one to 70), rogues (one to 60), druids (one to 60), hunters (one to 70), shaman (one to 70), more mages (one to 70), paladins (one to 58) & priests (my current "main" - 34 and counting). I've played undead, orcs, tauren, blood elves, night elves, gnomes, dwarves and humans. some might say I've got an mild case of altoholism... or a short attention span; take your pick.

I'm a casual raider (ZG, AQ20, kara) and casual pvp'er. I've been in every non-raid instance that's out there at least once, though I've vowed to never set foot in a few of them again (*cough* Uldaman *cough*). I've been in big guilds and micro guilds and held roles ranging from noob to class officer.

so, yeah... I've played a bit ;)

why "Elvis Does Wow"? I didn't want to use a character name because I change who my "main" character is all the time. elvis is a IRL nickname. you know how people have coffee names? that's how the elvis thing got started. it just kind of stuck from there...

anyway, welcome to the blog. this is going to be my outlet for all the wow stuff that's been floating around in my head for the last few years; my own experiences, tips and tricks I've learned along the way, random observations and the odd rant or three. who knows, someone might even learn something ;)

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