The gaming style of a 6 year old
Just for the fun of it, I decided to index all of my 6 year old’s various World of Warcraft characters. When asked, he will tell you, “Oh, one hundred characters sounds about right.”
He’s actually got 73 characters scattered across 3 accounts and 14 different servers. He could immediately identify all of his, and distinguish his characters from those of his dad, brother or sister. He’s been creating characters since we started playing in November of 2004.
Index of a 6 Year Old’s WoW Characters:
|
Server
|
Level
|
Class
|
Account
|
| Thunderhorn |
5
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
8
|
Shaman
|
Mom
|
|
|
6
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
3
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
7
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
3
|
Hunter
|
Dad
|
|
|
4
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
3
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
1
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
|
8
|
Druid
|
Kids
|
|
|
5
|
Warrior
|
Kids
|
|
|
3
|
Warrior
|
Kids
|
|
| Thunderlord |
1
|
Hunter
|
Mom
|
|
1
|
Mage
|
Dad
|
|
|
1
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
1
|
Hunter
|
Dad
|
|
|
1
|
Hunter
|
Dad
|
|
|
1
|
Hunter
|
Dad
|
|
|
5
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
| Mal’Ganis |
5
|
Hunter
|
Mom
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
5
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
3
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
8
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
|
5
|
Hunter
|
Dad
|
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
6
|
Warlock
|
Kids
|
|
|
11
|
Rogue
|
Kids
|
|
|
3
|
Warrior
|
Kids
|
|
| Dethecus |
5
|
Priest
|
Mom
|
|
5
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
2
|
Shaman
|
Mom
|
|
|
5
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
|
5
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
|
1
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
|
2
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
| Stonemaul |
6
|
Paladin
|
Mom
|
|
4
|
Paladin
|
Mom
|
|
|
3
|
Hunter
|
Mom
|
|
|
5
|
Paladin
|
Mom
|
|
|
1
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Dad
|
|
|
4
|
Warlock
|
Dad
|
|
| Dunemaul |
5
|
Paladin
|
Mom
|
|
4
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
|
4
|
Paladin
|
Mom
|
|
| Aggramar |
2
|
Druid
|
Mom
|
|
4
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
|
4
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
| Dragonblight |
2
|
Warlock
|
Mom
|
|
3
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
|
4
|
Warrior
|
Kids
|
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Kids
|
|
|
5
|
Warrior
|
Kids
|
|
| ShadowCouncil |
4
|
Mage
|
Mom
|
|
8
|
Paladin
|
Dad
|
|
|
4
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
|
7
|
Druid
|
Kids
|
|
|
6
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Kids
|
|
| Nathrezim |
3
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
1
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
| Boulderfist |
4
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
2
|
Rogue
|
Mom
|
|
| Malygo |
5
|
Hunter
|
Mom
|
|
5
|
Mage
|
Mom
|
|
|
2
|
Warrior
|
Mom
|
|
| Twisting Nether |
8
|
Warrior
|
Dad
|
|
5
|
Priest
|
Dad
|
|
|
7
|
Hunter
|
Kids
|
|
| Skullcrusher |
2
|
Priest
|
Dad
|
| Total Level Value |
288
|
Some kids collect matchbox cars, mine collects characters in an MMO. Nice collection, kid!
Comment by Rustifer
That’s an awesome collection.
Our elder daughter is restricted to only characters on my account. When she played toontown, she had several low level characters and did the creation process a lot. Now that she’s entwined with us in EQ2, she has about four characters ranging from 6 to 19.
Do you suppose there’s something about the creation of the characters that the kids like more than the xp-grind?
Ya-think?
Posted on April 15, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Comment by dkidwell
I think you may be on to something Rust.
Both my youngest perfer character generation. My daughter was very impressed with City of Heros, which allowed for great diveristy in your character. She has one character per account, and only on server where I play. Quite different.
Gorgo is starting to want to level his characters, and he admires his brother’s higher level guys. This summer, we plan on really honing his reading skills. We think that once he can read the quests better, he’ll spend more time on his favorites and level quickly.
Another thing I noticed it that he’s got a tendency to pick melee classes. He is not as impressed with the magical classes.
Welcome to the site – and thanks for posting
Gamermom
Posted on April 16, 2006 at 9:52 am