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I Love That Cow

It all started many years ago when I was on a two week vacation at Christmas time.   A few months earlier, two of my sons had just started playing a game called World of Warcraft and convinced me to try it.

We set up a trial for me to play around with and at 2am I sent them to Walmart to buy me the game 'cause I didn't want to lose my progress and have to start over.   I was hooked, and it was all downhill from there.  Gaming runs in the family.

At the time, there were no "pretty" characters.  I wanted to play Alliance because they were pretty.

Well, the guys revolted at that idea, so I picked a Horde Tauren.   I was a cow.   That's about as "unpretty" as you can get.   Even an undead priest with their bones sticking out is more attractive than a cow, and they're only one small step above being a green orc.  But a cow I chose and a cow I stayed.

I then made the fantastic decision to play a resto shaman.   Yes, I leveled from 1-60 as resto.  RESTO!    What the hell was I thinking?   I was too shy to join groups (there was no LFR back then) so I quested and killed stuff.    Well okay, I quested and tried to kill stuff.

Oh sure, along the way I made a few alts - priest, mage, hunter, warlock, which I still have, but they mostly just farm stuff for me.   I seem to always came back to that cow.

Le sigh.  That cow of mine is, and always will be my main.    I love my cow.











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