Hiii 🌟
Though I'm not new here, this is my first time stepping into the spotlight. Yes, that shy person who's been lurking around. But today... I guess it's finally time to say hi!
My WoW adventure started back in the early days of TBC, 2006. Ah, those were the days! Almost a decade of my teenage life was consumed by Azeroth. It’s funny to think about how different my life might have been without WoW during those formative years. No one is interested in the answer to this question >.>
I actually don't remember the name of the first private server I tried. I was introduced to this game by my family, my cousins to be precise, and I also learned about private servers from them. They showed me there was a way to play WoW instantly at level 70, and it was mind-blowing to me. Then, I discovered it wasn't an official server and learned how realmlist worked. I progressively played more on private servers, but it wasn't until Cata, with the horrors of Blood DKs, that I finally quit retail. Does anyone else remember the abomination that DKs were back then? I'm curious if history will repeat itself in Classic Cata. Also, the fact that some private servers ran smoother for me than retail and were free had weight. Because when I started in WoW, the nearest country supported by Blizzard was North America, so my characters were there and the distance made the game not very smooth. I also started to meet people in school who were interested in WoW but could not afford a subscription, so I could only play with them on private servers.
Private servers were not just about playing, although I played a lot on many different servers, the only one I think many of you will recognize is Abyssal-wow or better known as Arena Tournament from Malaco and Bigpwn. Playing on this server made me a much better player and I quickly learned that we humans get as good as our environment forces us to be. I remember realizing that one summer in 2011 playing there made me improve more than many years playing retail. I wonder if someone who reads this played there as well and felt similar to me. When I started there I was literally losing every single duel I played, but eventually, I started to keep up with fights and later when I moved to other servers closer to my country with better ping, I felt I was one of the best players on the server while I was a mediocre player in Abyssal.
Private servers also encouraged me to try to learn coding in two ways, one of them was making private servers. I spent a few years messing with repacks and eventually learning to compile my own server and exploring the game as GM with my friends and eventually even coding custom content for my server for a while. On the other side, I was also hooked by the idea of cheating which back in the day was unthinkable to do so, but in private servers, the entry barrier was lower, there were precedents of cheating and I learned a lot from them. Eventually, I started coding lua scripts as well with PQR or some free Russian unlocker for 3.3.5a—who knows how many viruses this unlocker had haha.
I’ve been in and out of WoW over the years, occasionally stepping away to focus on “real-life” stuff. Boring, I know... but like I’m always pulled back. I jumped into Classic in 2019, I loved the experience. I still remember the exact date, August 27, 2019. I swear I didn’t google it, it's a date burned in my memory, I was waiting for it for so long. I enjoyed a lot at the beginning but... eventually, I started messing with bots, the idea of getting gold while afk was too tempting. We all know how this ended, I got banned and good luck identifying the exact culprit of the ban because I used many tools and we all know Blizzard is not the type of game that bans you quickly.
Shadowlands briefly recaptured my attention, introducing me to pixel bots. I'm convinced the first person who designed the idea was very clever and it felt revolutionary, but at the moment I already decided I dislike them. I think once you repeat the same formula thousands of times it's not innovation anymore and I personally think the risk you take in exchange for the profit is not worth it, I can elaborate more about this later if someone wants me to.
Fast forward to the last BlizzCon, and the Season of Discovery had me all hyped up again. Though, as we've all seen, slow progression is kind of Blizzard’s signature move. So, I gave Dragonflight a chance because I'd heard good things about it. I actually liked it! Looks like I’ll be sticking around for a while.
The reason why I write this on top of leaving behind my shyness is to meet more people playing WoW retail. I can meet people in-game yes, but I cannot speak with them about cheating and this is annoying because since I returned in the Season of Discovery, I started to code a personal project and I'm starting to think I should share it with more people, maybe even release it free for everyone at some point. Because I'm stuck, I did very good progress but I feel overwhelmed by how many things I have to test and I cannot code if I play so much, I kind of enjoy more coding now than playing itself.
I would like to make friends, I don't know... I guess I'm a bit weird, I love theory crafting and building projects. I love speaking about this to my friends, I have some friends I can speak about this but I feel like I need more opinions, maybe I meet someone who loves theory crafting as much as me or that has his own project and we can both help each other, who knows. I will never know without shipping this so...
Warmest regards,
blue_silvi 🌼
Though I'm not new here, this is my first time stepping into the spotlight. Yes, that shy person who's been lurking around. But today... I guess it's finally time to say hi!
My WoW adventure started back in the early days of TBC, 2006. Ah, those were the days! Almost a decade of my teenage life was consumed by Azeroth. It’s funny to think about how different my life might have been without WoW during those formative years. No one is interested in the answer to this question >.>
I actually don't remember the name of the first private server I tried. I was introduced to this game by my family, my cousins to be precise, and I also learned about private servers from them. They showed me there was a way to play WoW instantly at level 70, and it was mind-blowing to me. Then, I discovered it wasn't an official server and learned how realmlist worked. I progressively played more on private servers, but it wasn't until Cata, with the horrors of Blood DKs, that I finally quit retail. Does anyone else remember the abomination that DKs were back then? I'm curious if history will repeat itself in Classic Cata. Also, the fact that some private servers ran smoother for me than retail and were free had weight. Because when I started in WoW, the nearest country supported by Blizzard was North America, so my characters were there and the distance made the game not very smooth. I also started to meet people in school who were interested in WoW but could not afford a subscription, so I could only play with them on private servers.
Private servers were not just about playing, although I played a lot on many different servers, the only one I think many of you will recognize is Abyssal-wow or better known as Arena Tournament from Malaco and Bigpwn. Playing on this server made me a much better player and I quickly learned that we humans get as good as our environment forces us to be. I remember realizing that one summer in 2011 playing there made me improve more than many years playing retail. I wonder if someone who reads this played there as well and felt similar to me. When I started there I was literally losing every single duel I played, but eventually, I started to keep up with fights and later when I moved to other servers closer to my country with better ping, I felt I was one of the best players on the server while I was a mediocre player in Abyssal.
Private servers also encouraged me to try to learn coding in two ways, one of them was making private servers. I spent a few years messing with repacks and eventually learning to compile my own server and exploring the game as GM with my friends and eventually even coding custom content for my server for a while. On the other side, I was also hooked by the idea of cheating which back in the day was unthinkable to do so, but in private servers, the entry barrier was lower, there were precedents of cheating and I learned a lot from them. Eventually, I started coding lua scripts as well with PQR or some free Russian unlocker for 3.3.5a—who knows how many viruses this unlocker had haha.
I’ve been in and out of WoW over the years, occasionally stepping away to focus on “real-life” stuff. Boring, I know... but like I’m always pulled back. I jumped into Classic in 2019, I loved the experience. I still remember the exact date, August 27, 2019. I swear I didn’t google it, it's a date burned in my memory, I was waiting for it for so long. I enjoyed a lot at the beginning but... eventually, I started messing with bots, the idea of getting gold while afk was too tempting. We all know how this ended, I got banned and good luck identifying the exact culprit of the ban because I used many tools and we all know Blizzard is not the type of game that bans you quickly.
Shadowlands briefly recaptured my attention, introducing me to pixel bots. I'm convinced the first person who designed the idea was very clever and it felt revolutionary, but at the moment I already decided I dislike them. I think once you repeat the same formula thousands of times it's not innovation anymore and I personally think the risk you take in exchange for the profit is not worth it, I can elaborate more about this later if someone wants me to.
Fast forward to the last BlizzCon, and the Season of Discovery had me all hyped up again. Though, as we've all seen, slow progression is kind of Blizzard’s signature move. So, I gave Dragonflight a chance because I'd heard good things about it. I actually liked it! Looks like I’ll be sticking around for a while.
The reason why I write this on top of leaving behind my shyness is to meet more people playing WoW retail. I can meet people in-game yes, but I cannot speak with them about cheating and this is annoying because since I returned in the Season of Discovery, I started to code a personal project and I'm starting to think I should share it with more people, maybe even release it free for everyone at some point. Because I'm stuck, I did very good progress but I feel overwhelmed by how many things I have to test and I cannot code if I play so much, I kind of enjoy more coding now than playing itself.
I would like to make friends, I don't know... I guess I'm a bit weird, I love theory crafting and building projects. I love speaking about this to my friends, I have some friends I can speak about this but I feel like I need more opinions, maybe I meet someone who loves theory crafting as much as me or that has his own project and we can both help each other, who knows. I will never know without shipping this so...
Warmest regards,
blue_silvi 🌼
