GWJ Alliance Employee Profiles

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

Kervorkian, currently a shadow priest. He'll be trying Disc at 80.

How did you join the guild?

I'd been reading GWJ for months, and really wanted to be in a guild made up mostly of grown-ups. Jackpot.

How long have you played WoW?

Not quite two years. Never raided, not once... I'm the oldest nub you've ever met.

Is WoW your first MMO?

Nope. I played UO for a bit when it released, and was on Final Fantasy XI for about a year.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

I'd like to do some raiding.

What is your real name?

Jim.

Age:

36

Career/job:

I teach band and music to grades 6-12. I love it.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?
Lrlrbaselsta dwarf hunter. He has no role he wanders the earth like Kain from Kung Fu

How did you join the guild?
I ask someone

How long have you played WoW?
4 weeks

Is WoW your first MMO?
No, Guild Wars is kind of my first but I used to play those text RPGs on dialup way back when

What are your current goals as far as WoW?
No goals, I play wow like a vacation. I just take it easy.

What is your real name?
Most people don't know their real names. The ones that do wouldn't give it so freely.

Age:
34

Career/job:
I work in the A/P department.

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

Elacia BM Hunter lvl 80

How did you join the guild?

Started listening to the GWJ Podcast and joined the site. Best podcast always look foward to it.

How long have you played WoW?

Started playing when it came out in 05 for about a month. Just got back into 2 weeks ago.

Is WoW your first MMO?

No I played Asheron's Call for a while and Star Wars Galaxies for about a year.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

Have fun meet new players and learn all I can about WOW. I am a little behind the curve in that department!

What is your real name?

Bill

Age:

36 years.

Career/job:

Water treatment operator till I find something else. Have a chemistry degree from ASU.

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

Arrmatey - Survival Hunter - 80
Bilgerat - Unholy (for now) Death Knight - 66

How did you join the guild?

Was on the site before WoW...decided to try WoW one day, got hooked and joined the guild a week later.

How long have you played WoW?

Since October, 2008.

Is WoW your first MMO?

Yep.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

1. Have as much fun as humanly possible raiding with GWJ comrades.
2. Do a little damage, regen a little mana, lay some little traps, kill Malygos.

What is your real name?

Navin Johnson

Age?

28

Career/job:

IT Planning and Process Improvement

Howdy all! I figure, after about a year and a half in the guild, and now that I have begun to raid with you all, I should probably post something on these "forums" you guys are so fond of talking about in guild chat. Hey look, you have already supplied handy little questions for me to answer!

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

Shalynde - Ret Pally, Chloiey - Fire Mage, Brytanie - Demonology Warlock, Alexxee - Holy Priest, Dezrielle - Unholy DK. (They are all mains; I don't believe in alts... I hear that's a condition.)

How did you join the guild?

I listened to my friends here in Raleigh talk incessantly about their WoW exploits for years, back when they played horde over on Baelgun. Finally I got a computer that could handle it, horde side GWJ dried up after I got Defresca up to level 50, and now I am over on Blackhand.

How long have you played WoW?

About a year and a half? That sounds about right.

Is WoW your first MMO?

For the most part. I played Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast back in the day - not because I was interested in the MMO aspect, but because I am an old school PS fan... needless to say I was disappointed.

What are your current goals as far as WoW?

I try to refrain from setting goals, especially when it comes to video games (I get distracted too easily). I am here to have fun, be social, and not hurt the guild too badly with my suckitude!

What is your real name?

Marc (or Bubba to those who know me)

Age?

30

Career/job:

Unemployed high school English teacher. I am currently searching for a job and tutoring in the meantime.

My turn.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Vagari, NE Druid, Balanced: ranged dps, healing

How did you join the guild? I asked the boss. Hopefully it was a kind enough of a request. *cowers in fear*

How long have you played WoW? About a month, switched from Lotro because I was bored with their classes and magic

Is WoW your first MMO? Nope, that would be Eve (mining *shudders*)

What are your current goals as far as WoW? I'm a bit of an alt junkie, so I picked a hybrid class to see which aspect(s) I prefer. So, my goal is to find a class I will actually stick with to level 70/80.

What is your real name? Paul

Age? 28

Career/job: Copy editor for a legal publisher.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Terindar not quite sure which way its going to go, it a DK not quite to 80 yet so its not geared up for a role as of yet.

How did you join the guild? NSMike got me to join up a few months ago after a long wow break i had been taking

How long have you played WoW? On and off since launch, usually 6 months on, 12 months off.

Is WoW your first MMO? It was the first, but not the only, i ran a guild in Guild Wars, and in LOTRO ( out of both of those now)

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Get to 80 and have fun! I've never gotten to end game in an MMO as of yet, always fell short do to other things in life taking priority.

What is your real name? Mike

Age? 23

Career/job: I'm a Director of Technology for a School district. It keeps me pretty busy and gives me the nice perk of having a random work schedule all the time. If anyone tells you being in charge is all fun... don't listen...

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?
Aida is my main. She's a shadowpriest (rdps)

How did you join the guild?

I saw GWJ Alliance and thought it will be good to join a guild that not too hardcore. It will be great to play with other professionals.

How long have you played WoW?
Since beta version came out.

Is WoW your first MMO?

Yeah

What are your current goals as far as WoW?
Would love to see the end-game instances. Helped the guild to achieve end game instances.

What is your real name?
Andre

Age: 35

Career/job:
Engineering Technician.

More thoughts:
Jobless gamer.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill?
Lizzi- 74 ret paladin

How did you join the guild?
I usually just play with my husband, but he up and joined the Marines so before he left for training, he found me some people to play with

How long have you played WoW?
Since the summer of 2006

Is WoW your first MMO? Yes
Yep

What is your real name?
Elizabeth

Age?
22

Career/job:
I'm a preschool teacher.

Unless you guys want me gone I don't think I'm going to be departing anytime soon. Soo ...

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Hackworth, 80 Combat Rogue. I've also got a Priest in his early 40s that I want to get up into Northrend sometime before Cataclysm.

How did you join the guild? I asked around after hearing a ton of nice things about it from Rabbit. They were kind enough to let me in.

How long have you played WoW? Since the first closed Beta session. (Alliance-only, levels 1-20, no hunters, no druids, dwarven mages, etc.)

Is WoW your first MMO? EverQuest was, actually. I've played pretty much every MMO released since 99'.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? For the first time in my WoW career I have a max level character AND am in an awesome, non-schizo guild. I'd love to help out with raiding and such on the path to Icecrown!

What is your real name? Michael

Age? 29 as of September 25th.

Career/job: Associate Game Designer at Sony Online Entertainment's Austin office.

I'll jump on the old bandwagon...

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Soranda: Druid is my main. I'm an altoholic like my husband, so there's also Giantess, and Sanskrit, so far...

How did you join the guild? Krindle, who I went to school with, invited me when he found out that we were a bit disillusioned with our other guild/server.

How long have you played WoW? I bought 2 copies of WoW in January of 2008 I think.

Is WoW your first MMO? Yes.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? To have fun, mainly.

What is your real name? Alexis, but everyone calls me Lex

Age: 27

Career/job: I am a "Senior Attendant" which means basically that I am a Head Lifeguard, and I also make sure the facility is running properly, I maintain pool chemistry and the mechanical operations of the pool. In my spare time, I am working towards being a Post Partum Doula, and have also taken my Birth Doula training. I am waiting for one of the schools here to get it's butt in gear and create midwifery program so that I can be, well, a midwife.

Yay, bandwagon!

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Tanglebones - Draenei Paladin - Currently Ret, but I'll be exploring my options when I hit cap

How did you join the guild? Hmm.. whispered to someone, can't say I remember who.

How long have you played WoW? Since open beta, off and on. I've never had a character go past level 70, but I've also never been in a stable guild for too long.

Is WoW your first MMO? No - I go back to Gemstone III and Dragon Realms on AOL - SW Galaxies, if you're talking about graphical MMOs

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Get one of my characters to 80 finally - then I'll be able to fully embrace my nature as an achievement whore!

What is your real name? Rob

Age? 29 for the next couple of weeks - then on to the next scary decade!

Career/job: Library administration at a university

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Pert - 70 Mage (Frost); Kethup - 60 Hunter; Au/Tkarr (AH/bank); Delle - 48 Priest (would like to get her up to content levels)

I don't have WoTLK yet, so I have that content to look forward to sometime this holiday season.

How did you join the guild? I googled around, looking for a guild of mostly adult professionals who are levelling up and working together.

How long have you played WoW? Couple of years on and off.

Is WoW your first MMO? No, I played Dark Age of Camelot for a while with friends and family. Most of those came over to WoW in the early days but have quit for various reasons.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? I'm playing mostly because my son (Ian - 11) really wanted to play again after we took a hiatus for a while. He's in the guild too (Glilmathien - 68 Druid) and he plays a bunch of alts because he finds the leveling up to about 30 more rewarding.

What is your real name? Michael

Age? 40

Career/job: IT Professional/System Architect

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Keladry. Holy Paladin/Ret Paladin. But really I'm just a healing kind of girl. It's what I do.

How did you join the guild? A friend of some friends was this crazy rogue named Shanker...who then bribed me to join this weird guild...

How long have you played WoW? Almost 5 years! Wow, that's nerdier on paper.

Is WoW your first MMO? No, and this is where my true nerd colors really show. My first MMO was...Puzzle Pirates. Don't ask.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? I have goals? Bah. Honestly, I just like to hang out with folks and accomplish a goal, whether that's doing a daily together or killing a raid boss.

What is your real name? Molly. I think everyone knows this.

Age? 25

Career/job: I work at Gamestop. Power to the Player. For some reason I can't say the name Gamestop without the catch phrase. I think they messed with my brain...

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

How did you join the guild? Been on the forums since before I was playing WoW, so it was kind of a no brainer to annoy someone to get an invite.

How long have you played WoW? A little under 4 months.

Is WoW your first MMO? Yep.

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Getting my druid up to level 80, and trying to get decent gear for my main DPS spec. Not necessarily in this order.

What is your real name? Zach

Age? 20

Career/job: Work in a call center, customer care for VZW. Could be worse, I suppose.

I think we need to add an additional question to the profiles:

"Where did your characters name come from?"

Spoiler:

My buddies dog is named Baylie.

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? For now, Jillynda, prot/ret specced, and I've been going full-bore solo. Once I feel like being sociable again, I'll probably try to play as a tank.

Where did your characters name come from? I skipped going with any of my normal names, hit 'random' a few times, then slightly edited the name until I liked it.

How did you join the guild? After resubbing recently, I joined Black Hand in case I changed my mind about not joining a guild, and just asked politely for an officer a few times until someone was kind enough to let me in.

How long have you played WoW? I've played off and on since a few months after release, when I realized that the game wasn't going to be the unsuccessful bomb that I had expected

Is WoW your first MMO? I started playing Asheron's Call about a month after release (after a lengthy comparison of The Big Three: Ultimate Online, Everquest, and the new kid on the block ;p), and have played quite a few since with varying degrees of committment

What are your current goals as far as WoW? Right now, to hit 80. In those MMO's which have levels, I have never maxed out a character (except maybe Guild Wars, which doesn't really count). Hand in hand with that fact, I've never been much of a raider, so I think I'd like to learn how to tank in those big nasty raids.

What is your real name? Kevin

Age? 30

Career/job: I'm technically a programmer, but at the data center company I work at I end up doing a little bit of everything from programming, to *nix administration, to hardware, to sales and billing, and pretty much anything that could possibly come up when running data centers.

Where did your character's name come from? I'm a bad girl, Keladry is actually copyrighted. She's a character from some of my favorite book series. It wasn't the first name I had chosen for the toon, but Alanna was taken. In hindsight, I like Keladry better. As for my other toons, they are either permutations of Kel's name (cause I'm lazy), or other characters that I enjoy from the same book series. No telling on me!

Keladry wrote:

Where did your character's name come from? I'm a bad girl, Keladry is actually copyrighted. She's a character from some of my favorite book series. It wasn't the first name I had chosen for the toon, but Alanna was taken. In hindsight, I like Keladry better. As for my other toons, they are either permutations of Kel's name (cause I'm lazy), or other characters that I enjoy from the same book series. No telling on me!

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What books?

absurddoctor wrote:
Keladry wrote:

Where did your character's name come from? I'm a bad girl, Keladry is actually copyrighted. She's a character from some of my favorite book series. It wasn't the first name I had chosen for the toon, but Alanna was taken. In hindsight, I like Keladry better. As for my other toons, they are either permutations of Kel's name (cause I'm lazy), or other characters that I enjoy from the same book series. No telling on me!

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YOUR FACE!

Fedaykin98 wrote:

What books?

Tamora Pierce's books, Kel is from the Protector of the Small series. A good name for a paladin.

Serengeti wrote:

I think we need to add an additional question to the profiles:

"Where did your characters name come from?"

When in High School I seemed to always find myself near a keg at parties and pouring drinks for the masses.

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Where did your character's name come from? Uhhhhh......

I started out on Horde side, and there was this inside joke with some guildies that the reason the elves put "Quel" in every title or word is because its some horrible swear word. And I was going to be night elf, but changed my mind last minute and didn't really want to change the name, so it stuck.

Where did your character's name come from?

Krindle - Made it up. I used to have characters in DAoC of "Kris..." (though my real name is Ch, toon names were unavailable with that). I just decided to keep the suffix of "Kri" and add on what sounded good "ndle".

Gloc - Casters are glass cannons, made sense to use a gun. Though I'm tempted to use the toon name change for "Krindoc" instead...

Where did your character's name come from?

Where did Hackworth come from? That would be A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer or, The Diamond Age.

This is his introduction.

Neal Stephenson wrote:

John Percival Hackworth was an engineer. Most engineers were assigned to tiny rooms with fold-down beds, but Hackworth bore the loftier title of Artifex, and had been a team leader on this very project, so he rated a second-class stateroom with one double bed and a fold-out for Fiona. The porter brought their overnight bags around just as AEther was clearing her mooring mast - a twenty-meter diamondoid truss that had already dissolved back into the billiard-table surface of the ground by the time the ship had turned itself to the south. Lying as close as it did to the Source Victoria, the park was riddle with catachthonic Feed lines and anything could be grown there on short notice.

I guess I listed my nickname and not my toons. Smithysaboo was not my first toon. I started with a paladin named Saboo on a different server. I decided I would make another toon into a blacksmith so I could supply gear for my pally. That's where Smithysaboo was born. I soon realized that I couldn't make any decent gear until I leveled up and I started playing the warrior and just stuck with him. I am too cheap to spend the money for a name change so just got used to being called "Smithy". Most of my alts carry Saboo as well, (did not make the mistake of using their profession in the name this time though).

Who is/are your main toon(s) and what role does he/she/it/they fill? Lawdôg, ranged DPS and tank.

Where did your character's name come from? The name Lawdog is from my favorite movie, Tombstone.

How did you join the guild? I learned of GWJ from my wife's cousin: Azorius, and Az's wife: Sigsbee.

How long have you played WoW?

Since April 2005.

I originally played a Paladin healer for MC, ZG, Ony, BWL and AQ raiding. Shortly before Burning Crusade came out I started multiboxing a Tankadin + 4 Shaman group (3 elemental + 1 resto) with which I eventually ran heroics and raided Kara, Hyjal and parts of BT. When ZA was patched in, Lawdog became my main character for raiding (when not multiboxing) and has been my favorite character ever since.

My first server was Warsong, but due to overpopulation problems that persisted for several months, Blizzard opened up free transfers to server Garithos to which the guild I was in relocated. Unfortunately, Garithos never became very popular and remained a very low population server. A small group of friends (Rebif, Malevoco, and some others that are not currently playing) decided to server transfer to Staghelm where we stayed until we discovered GWJ on Blackhand.

Is WoW your first MMO? Yes

What are your current goals as far as WoW? To enjoy as much content as possible with a great group of people.

What is your real name? Walt

Age? 34

Career/job: Datacenter IT Operations Manager

Saboo wrote:

Most of my alts carry Saboo as well, (did not make the mistake of using their profession in the name this time though).

Whoa whoa WHOA. So Saboodk does NOT make Donna Karen gear?

Color me disappointed

Saboo wrote:

I started with a paladin

Lawdog wrote:

I originally played a Paladin

I knew I liked you guys for a reason!

Fedaykin98 wrote:
Saboo wrote:

I started with a paladin

Lawdog wrote:

I originally played a Paladin

I knew I liked you guys for a reason! ;)

I just couldn't stay with it. I leave the Pally playing to the Pro's. I just felt I was more of the berserking dwarf warrior type.