GWJ Alliance Employee Profiles

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? See my sig. My main (Cuanos) is usually called upon to tank or DPS, but I do keep a set of healing gear on board just in case.

How did you join the guild? I've played on various servers, looking for the right casual guild. I've been a member of GWJ for a few years, but stayed away from Blackhand until late 2007 due to the high pop.

How long have you played WoW? 3+ years.

Is WoW your first MMO? No, played EQ for 5 years (grrr) that I'll never get back. Also played CoH for 6 months or so.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Being a casual player the goal is first and foremost to have fun and maybe even get something done, where time permits. Whatever instances/raids I can do are all a plus.

What is your real name? Keith

Age? 39

Career/job: IT Analyst-type. Part-time musician.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Juturna: healer

How did you join the guild?
Sometime after my 20th high school reunion, Pigpen contacted me and we got to chatting. He told me about GWJ.com and forced me to read his rantings in P&C. I quickly found my way to the other forums, where I absolutely fell in love with the regular members of this site. Not too much later he told me about WoW and I bought a PC just to play with my long lost high school buddy and some of the awesome people I got to know on these forums. I've loved nearly every minute of it.

How long have you played WoW?
I think it was Februaryish 2005 when I started.

Is WoW your first MMO? Yes.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?
Definitely to push content at this point. I never thought I would make it this far and have been pulled along by more motivated people, I'd like to help motivate those coming along after me and see this guild progress through everything Blizz can throw at us.

What is your real name? Johnna

Age: 41

Career/job:
Trademark Program Coordinator - KY Secretary of State's Office

Any other thoughts?
You guys rock and roll with so much soul, you can rock till you're 101 years old.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Azorius, 70 Tankadin. I'm currently working on my gear so that I can supplant Cupcake as Sigsbee's favorite tank.

How did you join the guild?

I was a GWJer for a good while, so when I finally tried WoW, I whispered Demosthenes almost immediately and joined at level 2.

How long have you played WoW?

Maybe 2 years, with a long break in the middle?

Is WoW your first MMO?

First one I've played for more than a couple days, anyway. I used to fear that an MMO would swallow me up, body and soul. I was right to fear.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

To have fun with cool, friendly people, seeing and beating as much of the content as possible.

What is your real name?

Bryan. His name was Bryan! (Surely most people will get this reference.)

Age?

31

Career/job:

I am a lawyer advocating for the clubbing of baby seals. It's soul-affirming work.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Eclaire, level 30 druid. Spidey bear!

How did you join the guild? Saute was listening to GWJ's podcasts for the last few months on our commute to work, so we joined when we heard there was a WoW guild.

How long have you played WoW? 3 months last summer, and December to present

Is WoW your first MMO? No, Guild Wars Factions was my first MMO

What are your current goals as far as WoW? To get a flashy mount! And to play with Saute as much as possible.

What is your real name? Liz

Age? 26

Career/job: Systems Engineer for the United States Navy

Who is your main toon and what role does she fill?
Lunazul - rogue, enchanter & tailor, supplier of bags

How did you join the guild?
When Dragonfly found out I was dabbling with WoW and didn't have a guild, she pointed me to the GWJ group on Blackhand.

How long have you played WoW? about 2.5 years

Is WoW your first MMO? No, I played in a few MUDs in college. I actually came to WoW via City of Heros/Villians. Once online, a non-GWJ friend arranged for my corruption/introduction to WoW.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Sneak in and out of anywhere I fancy.

What is your real name? This is a shocker... Jen

Age: 35

Career/job: The fancy answer is that I am a Product Engineer for an international company. The short answer is I make sure that stuff gets done on time by finding problems before they happen. The longer answer is that I ensure that different types of products that are supposed to work together actually will. I do this by making sure that the development teams on both sides agree to work together when there are problems to find solutions.

Any other thoughts? Sadly, "Common Sense" has become an oxymoron

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? , Smithsaboo, Warrior Tank

How did you join the guild? I was told of the Guild by Bear, he said what a great bunch of people were in the guild and said I would like playing with all of you. I was level 70 when I joined, I was on a different server mostly playing solo with no real guild so when I came here it was a great change. Much more fun playing with a friendly helpful bunch of people.

How long have you played WoW? About one year

Is WoW your first MMO? No. I started playing Ultima Online when that first came out. That was fun for awhile but real life commitments pulled me away from the game. I also played all of the Diablo games (not really MMO but still fun to play online with others).

What are your current goals as far as WoW? To see as much as possible, to get all my toons to level 70, to get through whatever new content comes our way.

What is your real name? John, Saboo is a nickname I picked up in High School

Age? 39

Career/job: Professional Engineer with the Department of Transportation. I oversee Multiple Highway and Bridge Construction projects.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Adonfanna (my first), Tibbsy (stud warlock-at-large), Gloigan (pally) - After the guild became in effect a hunter's refuge, I moved to a pally (but Stormspain had that), so went with a lock to help out namely with Molten Core in mind. Adonfanna always gets to try out expansions first, but Tibbs is my main. Aoundrea is my new one, a priestess. With those characters...what role do you want me to play?

How did you join the guild? When I was in Canada, and my kids were in Tennessee, I was looking for a way to stay close with my son. All the buzz was on WoW, so about 1 week after it was live, I was on, and my son (then 8) was on not long after. CEJ had introduced me to gamerswithjobs about 6 months earlier, so the community was a known factor, and a plus. Our first characters were Adonfanna (my NE Hunter) and Adonfana (his NE hunter), who still roam the outlands. Combined with teamspeak and skype, it provided many hours where my son and I could virtually hang out together.

We were featured in articles about this - Check out the articles in the Oct 2005 Computer Games magazine (we are on the same page as THE Brian Reynolds and his kids - who were horde) - James and I are shown flying with Gloigan and Kusil (figured it was better for two guys to be shown with two guy characters...lol). We also are in an article on gamerdad - http://www.gamerdad.com/detail.cfm?itemID=3055

How long have you played WoW?
Since about a week after it came out. And after reading Jut and Troll's bio, there is a twinge of guilt that I led my good friends to become addicted to 'wowcrack'.

Is WoW your first MMO?
No - beta for Asheron's Call, and DaoC and when it came out. BUT - WoW is the first one I played for more than a couple months...solely because of the guild and the people, and being able to trust a group to watch after my son was a HUGE factor.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? To get both Gloigan and Aoundrea to 70 to provide another tank and healer to the clan. For Tibbs to become so uber, that he sweats out uberness. And, to see as much content as I can, at the very highest end of the game, (including going back to the Old World to see Naxx with Troll)

What is your real name? Clay - Pigpen is my AF crud name.
What is your favorite color? Blue.......no, red...aaiiiiyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Age? 42 (ouch...)

Career/job: USAF Officer. Civil Engineer - "building roads, commodes and countries are our specialties!"

At a crossroads now, trying to decide what I want to do when I retire and have to grow up...

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? , Kamyndra, Warrior Tank. Tyraan, enh shammy, is coming along as well for when I just want to blow things up. Also working on a priest (Rahodius) so I can have each of the big three covered.

How did you join the guild? I've lurked on GWJ for years, ever since Bill Harris pointed you all out back when he was posting on GoneGold. When I finally started playing WoW after an IRL friend teased me with it, and I realized I would have a hard time catching him since he focuses single-minded on one character, I decided to roll a character on Blackhand and actually get an account here. Sadly, I was so nervous about asking for an invite, that character still isn't in the guild (Tyraan was my second character on this server).

How long have you played WoW? Since Mayish, 2007

Is WoW your first MMO? Yep, I've always avoided them as I knew I would sink way too much time into them. Unfortunately, I was right...

What are your current goals as far as WoW? I'd like to get geared up for heroics and raids and run as much group content as I can. The game just seems 10x more fun in a group. Maybe get my wife hooked...

What is your real name? Robert

Age? 33

Career/job: Will shortly be a software developer for a small financial "software-as-a-service" type company.

So, the first thing I've learned from this thread (great idea, by the way), is that, if I forget to whom I'm speaking, calling him or her Chris is my best bet.

Troll wrote:

So, the first thing I've learned from this thread (great idea, by the way), is that, if I forget to whom I'm speaking, calling him or her Chris is my best bet.

Unless there's more than one of us on... then we won't know which one of us you're talking to.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?
Sunseeker (Tankadin) and Aesildur (Healer).

How did you join the guild?
After testing out the game on another server, I came over to Blackhand to join Pigpen.

How long have you played WoW?
Just over a year.

Is WoW your first MMO?
Yes, it is. Unless you want to count MUDs, Diablo(s), and/or the world I created for NWN.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?
To enjoy time with family & friends and to take on the next challenge. Although, in truth, my current goal is to avoid its lure so I may finish bringing a fantasy world of my own creation to others.

What is your real name?
There are some that call me... Bret?

Age?
Cronologically, I am 43.

Career/job:
Writer.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

My main is Coldstream, a 44 lock. Guest appearances are periodically made by Coldrock (29 Hunter) and Zashetnek (lowbie Pally).

How did you join the guild?

I found the site via the podcast, and I must say that I've never been as impressed with a community as I've been with you folks. Once the WoW itch started to bother me again, joining the GWJ Alliance seemed like the obvious step. Glad I did.

How long have you played WoW?

I picked it up a few weeks after launch, and spent most of my time on Feathermoon. The drama there got too much, however, and I've taken a few hiatuses to focus on academics. I'm really hoping that I won't have to take another hiatus at the moment, as I've been inactive for the last couple of weeks.

Is WoW your first MMO?

It's the first one I've played seriously. I played the Planetside beta, and the "free" month of SWG that came with the purchase. I quit the latter in disgust and didn't play another MMO until WoW came out.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

I'd actually like to get a character to the cap, and Coldstream is my best bet. Mostly, I'm here to explore, spend time with some cool folks, and relax for the last months of my time as a gamer. Raiding isn't on the agenda.

What is your real name?

Richard

Age?

31

Career/job:

Medical student, starting in August (hence the "last months as a gamer), and hopefully on the Navy's dime. Prior to that, I did some flying with an eye towards aviation as a career, and I served in the USAF as a cop at the USAF Academy. Now I just need to make sure my mana bar is full so I can go to the medical school trainers to learn my HoTs and Greater Heal spells.

Whoa, a Shaderaven sighting!

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Mysterra - Hunter
Mystikka - Mage

How did you join the guild?

My husband and GWJer Chris, Aries

How long have you played WoW?

Since Christmas 2007

Is WoW your first MMO?

Yup

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

Making lots of gold, I seem to have a knack for it. C: I'm really excited to get my first mount in just three levels! Of course, getting to 70 with my hunter is a big one.

What is your real name?

Not Chris. Danielle

Age:

Four....in cat years

Career/job:

Domestic engineering....

Shade, I'm curious about what your working on in real life. Are you writing a book or what? Spill it!

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Alydrra - 70 Feral Druid (shapeshifters r' us)
Talyrra - 47 Elementalist (Fire/Ice) Mage

How did you join the guild?

I came over from the GWJ Horde guild on Baelgun. Where I ran with the likes of Hanta, Tyrian (yay duoing trash in OH for KoT rep), Irongut, and many others.

How long have you played WoW?

Since Closed Beta

Is WoW your first MMO?

Started with Everquest when some co-workers got me hooked and I played for 2+ years, then took a break and played SWG and FFXI.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

Sit back, run instances, have fun.

What is your real name?

Jeff

Age:

35

Career/job:

Network Engineer

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Nephacorpis (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Warrior - Arms/Prot
Nepheardotdi (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Warlock - SL/SL
Nephentrello (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Hunter - BM
Nephathulhu (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Druid - Resto
Nephrophilia (Dalvengyr) Level 39 Rogue - Combat
Nephalim (Blackhand) Level 60 Hunter - Retired
Neph (Blackhand) Level 59 Rogue - retired

How did you join the guild?

Me and the girlfriend dabbled briefly with City of Heroes. Kinda fell flat, we decided to hop on the WoW train with GWJ in March 2005. IT WAS AWESOME. Great times with Leap, Reap, Adon, Juturna, Bear, Thumpagnome, Stormspain. Still remember the first time Adon ran our first characters through the scary new world, collecting flight paths, killing everything in the way

How long have you played WoW?

Off and on since March 2005, 6 month breaks here and there. Left Blackhand to try something fresh - playing Horde on a PvP
server (Dalvengyr). Created a guild that peaked at over 100 active accounts and settled down to about 80 now. I could never
go back to a PvE server again Excitement.. tension.. suspense... world PvP!

*Edit: Brief stint hanging with Kiri, Marlin and the rest on the GWJ Horde side. I think that's where I first got a case of the 'Tauren bug!

Is WoW your first MMO?

Technically no, City of Heroes was but it was short lived. I avoided every MMO like the plague but like many other hardcore
gamers, finally caved to the damn temptress

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

Have fun! Any time I stop having fun, I stop playing, hence my 6 month chunks here and there. I can only do the same thing over and over for so long, when it becomes a job, i re-evaluate my play time, and rekindle my love of other games (and they DO add up very quick!).

I'm taking another little hiatus from WoW now, I'm just not interested in the latest patch when I know Lich King's gonna hit later this year and I'll have to vendor all my hard work. That's one of the reason's I've become somewhat of an alt-o-holic, gear comes and goes, and classes are buffed and nerfed, but having a nice pool of toons to choose from is priceless Plus, playing alts keeps the game fresh for me, but I'm running out of characters to try hehe.

I'm hoping Lich King brings back that good ol' feeling, but I am also really looking forward to hooking up with Goodjers again for Age of Conan and Warhammer.

Swat wrote:

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Nephacorpis (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Warrior - Arms/Prot
Nepheardotdi (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Warlock - SL/SL
Nephentrello (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Hunter - BM
Nephathulhu (Dalvengyr) Level 70 Druid - Resto
Nephrophilia (Dalvengyr) Level 39 Rogue - Combat
Nephalim (Blackhand) Level 60 Hunter - Retired
Neph (Blackhand) Level 59 Rogue - retired

Damn you're as alt crazy as my brother is. His line up is almost the same as yours.

Any of the other Chris's get called by their last name because there are too many in this world?

Yeah my sister calls me Topher sometimes just to piss me off!

Schnuggles wrote:

No, you won't be seeing my GWJ Alliance employee profile. I'd like to remind people not to post personal info, anyone could be reading this. It is not a good idea to post your last name or your exact job or city/state you live in. I don't have a myspace or facebook. I don't use AIM. And that's for a reason, there are weirdos out there. If you get too personal on the internet you are asking for trouble. If you are too open regarding what you say, people can piece stuff together & use it against you later on. Don't download weird stuff. Run a virus scan daily. Use your social security number wisely. Don't do anything financial on a public computer. Anyone can screen shot what you do on the game. Someone could be recording you in vent. Please just use caution.

I dont think anything thats asked/posted here is overly suspect. You can post your name and what you do, but no one has asked for SIN numbers or anything that could compromise themselves.

Actually im sure if anyone tried to ask for something like that or anything that our godly moderators deamed dangerous, it would be quickly removed.

If you choose not to post about yourself, thats fine. Personally, im enjoying this thread and finding it really enlightening to people i have pseudo-known for several months.

Sorry for the double post but i figured id write one of my own.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Hantaxp. Godly Healadin.

How did you join the guild?

I played with GWJ horde for a while, then transfered my pally from a different server to blackhand.

How long have you played WoW?

Off and on since release

Is WoW your first MMO?

Yea, I used to make fun of my roommate in university for playing Everquest. Oh the Irony.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

I like new content. I love the raid instances, i think that they can be alot of fun. I would like to see Mount hyjal and BT sometime (currently the only BC places I have yet to be through). Actually right now I think my current goal will have to be to play again sometime (my comp broke so I am going through withdrawl)

What is your real name?

Gareth

Age:

26

Career/job:

Lab rat/Microbiology student

Zablocki19 wrote:

Any of the other Chris's get called by their last name because there are too many in this world? :D

Nope, but I have been called by different variations of Kris: Kristy, Krissy *shudder*, Kristin, Tina.....Oh and lets not forget the complete butchering of both my first and last names. I mean really, how hard it is to ask "Is that with a 'ch' or a 'k'?"

But my favorite names happen to be "Momma" and "KitterMomma" and a few others that the hubby has given me that aren't fit for mixed company

Zablocki19 wrote:

Any of the other Chris's get called by their last name because there are too many in this world? :D

Typically when I'm on base, yes. But that's more because everyone calls my wife by our last name, so that gets directed at me as well. Doesn't bother me though.

The biggest problem I have is that I'm an extremely introverted person, so when someone calls out "Chris" I normally won't answer to it. I unconsciously assume they're talking to someone else.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?

Vilius, lvl 70 NE druid. I can do anything but ranged dps. Really. Just ask me I will not deny it. Oh and my ego needs more stroking please.

How did you join the guild?

Well, about 2 summers ago I had some time on my plate so I decided to purchase this drug... errr.. game. Now I don't have any time on my plate at least.

How long have you played WoW?

20 months, 13 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 12 seconds

Is WoW your first MMO?

Yes. Played a lot of AD&D CRPG's, love the druid class both from P&P in college and the computer games, so I stuck with it.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

HantaXP wrote:

I like new content. I love the raid instances, i think that they can be alot of fun. I would like to see Mount hyjal and BT sometime (currently the only BC places I have yet to be through).

What he said. But I have not seen SSC or TK yet and was hoping to kill Loot reaver one of these days. That and I am trying to start my own Vilius worshipping cult, but the IRS keeps poking around my tax records.

What is your real name?

Kurtis. Oh yeah now all my family will know that I play WoW. Crap.

Age:

30 something

Career/job:

Oh this could get long. I was a lab rat, now I am a sales monkey, soon I will be a pompous high school science teacher. Thats right, pompous.

Mayfield wrote:

soon I will be a pompous high school science teacher. Thats right, pompous.

We expect nothing less from you darling. I mean really, how many other druids can forget to shave for years and still attract women like butterflies to a lily field? I just expect that when those high school boys start strutting around your class room you calmly announce "Strut away children. In 10 years you will be working at a gas station and I will still have groupies"

Mayfield wrote:

I will be a pompous high school science teacher. Thats right, pompous.

Make good money, get summers off, whats not to be pompous about.

HantaXP wrote:
Mayfield wrote:

I will be a pompous high school science teacher. Thats right, pompous.

Make good money, get summers off, whats not to be pompous about. :)

Parent-teacher conferences. Suddenly the reason little Timmy is failing become all to clear and the best part is they blame you.

RichyRambo wrote:

Parent-teacher conferences. Suddenly the reason little Timmy is failing become all to clear and the best part is they blame you.

Yep. Plus I want to start on the south shore area of Boston. If the upper middle class white kids don't get A's they will be gunning for my job. I say gun away and try to replace a white male teacher who is getting his certification in biology and chemistry.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?
Khanar - Ret/PvP Paladin
Rheanne - Holy Paladin

How did you join the guild? I have been on the boards for a few years now, but new to BHA. I took a break from WoW and when I came back my guild was no more, so here I am!

How long have you played WoW? Off and on since launch.

Is WoW your first MMO? Yes.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Finally level a toon all the way to 70, then see some of the raid content.

What is your real name? Elliot

Age? 30

Career/job: Former IT Director turned student. Working on programming degree in order to work in game development!