It’s been nearly a year, can you believe it? July 28, 2008, Hannelore made her debut post full of spite and almost-repressed hatred of all things Vonya. She tried, at first, to avoid just telling a lot of stories about bad pugs – even had a whole post devoted to how she would talk about good pugs and how to do it right. And then everything went wrong and she took up a few bad habits, and now she’s some mana crystal chomping addict with a thing for pain. Still, it’s been a success.

Hannelore made it to outland, albeit months after everyone else left. She then made it into Northrend, healing all the way. She’s faced off against douche knights, huntards, a rogue dressed as a huntard, and even the zombie apocalypse. I’d be hard-pressed to tell you which one was worse. All of them were entertaining.

And that is what meta achievements are all about. Various sundry tasks, when taken in conglomerate, make a whole that is greater than just the sum. Not all of the stories have been experienced just through the eyes of the blood elf priestess, Hannelore. A lot of the experiences were taken from the perspective of a night elf druid, or a troll rogue, or a human warlock. The most difficult part of the meta was the fact that the stories were all told from a perspective nearly opposite to that belonging to the author. I’m glad to have entertained and maybe educated from behind the mask, but I have to admit: I’m a little horrified at the number of people that agree with some of the things Hannelore has said! It’s certainly been educational for me, that’s for sure.

This may sound like some sort of a farewell post, and perhaps that is what it will turn into. Things are changing across the blogosphere, reflecting a change in the game itself and the age and maturity level of its players. Over the last five-plus years, the audience has changed dramatically. And while long-time players have themselves changed, they’ve also witnessed an influx of newer players who have yet to go through those changes; whether as players of video games and MMOs in particular, or as human beings with all the life experiences that happen over the course of five years.

As Hannelore continues her adventures, she’ll run into the same people over and over again, under different names and played by different puppeteers. There will be the hunter that doesn’t know anything except volley, the death knight who thinks “yank-and-spank” is a valid form of CC when the tank is in trouble, and the rogue that is stealthed in the corner and afk.

And whether I have the opportunity to write about those adventures or not, there will also always be an egotistical priest.

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