Breakfast Topic: When did you start playing WoW?

Here at WoW Insider, most of us have been playing World of Warcraft for a while. And though not all of us have been playing since launch day back in November 2004, it's fair to say we've all been playing for a long while -- years at least. But we know plenty of players who have been around since the beginning and plenty of players who are relatively new to the game. With how welcoming the game is for newbies -- or how ezmode it's gotten, depending on your opinion -- it's not uncommon to run to players who are very new, exploring Azeroth with fresh eyes.

So today's question: just how long have you been playing? And for you old-timers in the audience, just what's keeping you in the game? And for the newbies, what's brought you into this strange Azerothian world?