First Post / Welcome!

Welcome to "Abbreviated WoW" - first here's a little info about me, and what this blog is about.

I'm currently a fresh out of college 20-something, who much like a lot of you, finds himself with a lot less time on his hands than he used to. Less time for gaming, less time for sleeping. Plenty of time to work overtime though!

Less time and more responsibility for me meant figure out what I really wanted to accomplish, both in terms of real life and in terms of WoW. I've gone from playing far, far too much (40-50 hours a week), down to about 15 hours a week of game time. This is still a lot by some people's standards, but when it comes down to more time consuming popular activities such as raiding, levelling alts, or making gold - it certainly adds a fun twist to things.

The focus of this blog will be, hopefully, a series of tips on how to play the game on a semi-abbreviated schedule. The two key topics will be gold making and raiding, with a fairly up front focus on the former. The idea of this is that we've all read hundreds of blogs and posts on how to gear up, how to make gold, how to farm, but a lot of us don't have time to execute these strategies to the fullest.

If you're looking for something comprehensive, by all means please look elsewhere. Otherwise, stick around for some quick, easy to follow tips for Cataclysm and perhaps beyond!