I don't really get all the WoW-hate.. You guys should really try it before you knock it. When it came out, I knocked it too, but after trying it, it cost me a year of my life. It's really quite a great game. Whether you like it or not mostly depends if you can live with assholes on your server and just focus on the nice people.
Yet, tried it. Didn't like it a little bit.
Like almost evey mmorpg game, it is NOT a real videogame. It's like a fancylooking 3d chatline. People play mmorpgs to chat and befriend and hang out. Me, I play videogames to PLAY VIDEOGAMES. I feel awkward befriending people whose real face I can't even see, and if I want to hang out with people, I step outside and go to a bar or call out some friend for a walk.
I surely don't rely on threedimensional chatlines which are passed out for "videogames".