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I think it’s time to finally come clean…

I am a Geek

There… I said it.

So, on what evidence do I claim my Geekhood?

Well, firstly I keep a blog… I work in IT… I spend some of my free time in a fantasy land called Azeroth as a Level 54 Elemental Spec Female Human Mage… I can also recite pretty much every line of “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope”.

Back in the day, I used to collect CCGs. I still have a large collection of the Star Wars CCG, in fact, I’m only missing 20 cards from the ‘A New Hope’ set, and 100 from the ‘Premiere’ set.

I’ve looked into selling them recently - there must be over 600 cards, all in mint condition, hardly played and lovingly stored in protective sleeves (both individually, and also in two binders). However, fickle as this world is, they would not fetch anywhere near their value on eBay. However, when I open the folder to look at them, I simply cannot bring myself to part with them. Although I have no-one to play the game with me (Star Wars CCG is a two-player game, and both players need to have some experience playing to understand the mechanics) I still hold out the hope that one day I might use them again.

The Mage that I mentioned earlier… well, she is my main character in the MMORPG World Of Warcraft. I’m very much a casual player in the grand scheme of things - I’ve had the game since release day, and I still haven’t reached the level cap of ‘60′. In fact, my total play time is still under two weeks (time spent actually playing the game). Compared to many people who actually play the game, that is miniscule. But anyway, it is through her that I have discovered a new CCG based on World Of Warcraft. At first glance it looks pretty similar to Magic (which is one I never really got into). However, the company producing it has come up with a rather novel way of generating hype. Although the game is not out until the end of the month, you can actually download and play with a set of sample cards. Printing them out, and placing them inside deck protectors (covering over other CCG cards, they can be played with as if they were any shop-bought cards).

I’m hoping to have a go with them over the weekend and see how the game plays, but if it is any good, I’m probably going to be attending a launch party.

Sad, I know… but I read this quote, which I think sums up my life: We do not stop playing because we grow old… We grow old because we stop playing.

Oh, and Han shoots first!