book.jpg“Dear BRK, just thought I would drop you a note to let you know that I appreciate your site.

“A little background … I leveled to 70 almost exclusively solo. Agnodice and KittyWitty didn’t see the inside of Blackrock Depths, Razorfens Down, Sunken Temple, or Stockades, until we were running guildies through. Because I joined a new guild when I started playing, there were not a lot of higher level characters to help lowbies through or teach us the ropes. I would love to say that I found BRK at level two and you helped me climb the mountain that is WoW. I would love to tell you that I had guilds recruiting me from instances beginning with Deadmines.

“But, I can’t tell you that. Unfortunately, I can tell you that when I was 69 and a guildie asked if I could help finish Shadow Lab with them I said, “Sure.” Until they told me to blue square was mine and my response was “To do what with?” Yes, I had reached level 69 without laying out one trap.

“Not only had I not laid a trap, but now the guild was building up, and lower hunters expected me to know the answer to questions like, “Should I get XYZ with more agility or UVW with more stamina?” and “What talents will I really need at level 30?”. That was when I realized I needed to do some research. I did a Google search for hunters and World of Warcraft, dug through some crap, and found the digested caracoli that is BRK.”

[Ed: Caracoli is a kind of coffee. By saying it's digested we're assuming she means this content is easy to swallow and digest, like a mother bird feeding her young. Of course, this may be a veiled slam instead, but we're going to go with the positive connotation. That's just how we roll.]

“Now I am a decently geared hunter that can confidently tell people that XYZ is better … I can also chain trap my way through almost anything, (HATE CASTERS THEY SHOULD BURN IN THE DARKEST REGIONS OF H3LL). I send all the hunters that I come in contact with to your site because it helps make us all better.

“As a webmaster of my own site I know the dedication it takes to update a site daily and provide useful information people want to come back for. I check BRK.net several times a day. When I’m trying to do something or a guildie asks a question I often think, “BRK talked about that the other day,” and run off to check the site.

“You’re doing a great job. Thanks. Agnodice and KittyWitty (FuzzyWuzzy is in the stable. He says thanks too.)”

So for what purpose did we post this nice letter? Because our massive, overinflated ego demands we scream to the world when women think we’re the schniznit?

We take the Fifth on that.

But the real reason we want everybody to read this is to let all those lost and misguide hunters out there that…

You are not Alone.

You are not the first hunter to solo to 70 and be intimidated by instances. You are not the first hunter to never use Distracting Shot, or write a macro, or use a Freezing Trap, or tame a second pet, or never train to wear mail armor, or put a Fiery enchant on your melee weapon, or anything else that makes people look at you and cringe.

The BRK community - the people who comment and who are blowing up the BRK Forums are tremendous folks - knows what you’re doing and feeling because we’ve been there too. And not only do we want to help, we love to help.

Success stories are important because they give people the courage to try improve. And that holds true in all aspects of life, not just Hunterdom.

A quick life-lesson from your Uncle BRK, foshizzle.