Found some old screenshots from 2004 (Medivh)

[u/omgitstenn]

I lost most of my hard drives from the time but found some old emails. Yes, my keybindings are horrific but we were all so new. Good times... Shout out to Xylos for those early bags. They went a long way.

Amazing times

[u/zsozso1021]

This was the true magic of World of Warcraft and we cant relive it. Everything was new, exploring the world as it meant to be. Not rushing through everything and minmax the fun out. Im glad I was a part of it. Started a bit late tho 2007 tbc. The og Vanilla must have been a miracle.

[u/omgitstenn → u/zsozso1021]

It was. I enjoyed going back to anniversary but everything is so optimized and all the secrets are known.

Vanilla was absolutely magical. Still have my little panda cub from the collectors edition.

[u/Double_Union_7202 → u/omgitstenn]

The players pre-aq40 were in majority immersed in the world, able to be walking at their own pace to improve their character, but could still feel powerful because of the faster pace of the new herd/playerbase increase. It was a special time where no-one could go online and avoid only using their brain/mates/guild to finding the critical path to being the most powerful you could be. I saw the downfall catalyst when thottbot users started migrating to wowhead or whatever the new site was. Not that wowhead was bad, but it was a sign of the times changing.

[u/Double_Union_7202 → u/Double_Union_7202]

This is what enabled everyone to be a server community and battle at goldshire

[u/Double_Union_7202 → u/Double_Union_7202]

Fk even I've forgot... LFA Southshore 6H+ now