I'll post more info tomorrow, but for now here are some quick screenshots of my intro to Age of Conan. No action shots here, this is strictly social stuff for starters. =)

Creating my first character in Age of Conan, an Aquilonian Guardian ready for some polearm action.

Nelg and Narkis hang out in Tortage.

When Michelle said she was going to roleplay a flaming male Priest of Mitra, I was pretty sure she could pull it off, but she's doing it better than I imagined.

Narkis here would look perfectly at home at the PumpJack.

Our first encounter with a GM was an early one, just inside the gates of Tortage this 9foot monolith was standing.

Nelg cries, realizing already on his first day, that at level 10 he has no hope of ever matching the awesomeness of the 9ft GM.

I took some video too, also character-centric, but I'll upload that later.

The jumpstart for our WoW guild was from a group of real-life friends that have hopped from game to game for a decade or two. Our roots are in LAN games and the odd hobby some of us have in collecting arcade coin-ops (Joust tournaments from my living room).

Even though our interests have migrated to MMORPGs, we do get together and LAN game now and then. This upcoming Saturday the 28th, it will be a combo LAN night and housewarming for Nelg's (You may know him as Uwen) new place.

WoW is definitely the main game on our agenda for the day, night and possibly next day. Playing within the same room is a much different experience than online, even if you're accustomed to voice ops. There's nothing like running around, shouting at each other and then sharing some pizza or BBQ immediately afterwards. This camaraderie has kept us a tight-nit group for a long time.