Turing /waves

Hello, and welcome to the Trials of Turing. This is a journal of my trials as a new player of World of Warcraft as I trek my way to the 70th season (level) on my main hunter toon Turing. While I have only been playing on WoW since January, 2007. I have been involved in role-playing games on and off since I was 12, some 26 years by my count (you can do the math). I was inspired to create this site in part to the somewhat famous BigRedKitty blog. Mostly, as a way to distill his vast hunter knowledge into a means I can use for myself and hopefully make useful for other hunters in my guild.

In the WoW world, I started with a Prot Pally which I got to 30 and decided the class was not for me. The social expectations of other players on the Paladin class required more than I was prepared for after only playing a few weeks. "No, I cannot tank AND heal in instances as a level 30 paladin." A longtime friend of mine invited me to play on his RP server (Feathermoon), where I rolled a Dwarf Hunter named Turing. While I chose the name using the random roller, I later realized this is also the name of Alan Turing, probably the most prominent name in artificial intelligence, and a name I thought appropriate for a virtual character in a virtual world. I am sure Mr. Turing would probably disagree, but that's another kettle of fish entirely.

Leveling Turing has been a blast, and I have learned so much about the game as I have gone along. I now appreciate the different aspects of the game more and understand why I had problems with player expectations of my Paladin. I still get the same types of expectations for my hunter, but I can handle them much better. Anyhow, I hope this journal (yeah I hate calling em blogs) will be of some use to fellow hunters. I know much of the common hunter content available is tailored for end-gamers, so I hope I can try to fill in some of the lower gaps. I know my outlook on the finer aspects of the game is probably much different than the esteemed BRK. I am not as gear or stats centric, and am certainly not versed in Theorycrafting. However, I am an addon addict and will review addons in a variety of game aspects. I also am intrigued by the social aspects of online games, and will likely also review many of the "new" aspects of the game I encounter as I hit them.

Cheers.