Massive multiplayer online role playing games or what is more commonly known as MMORPGs is becoming one of the most popular ways of burning time these days. This is because these games are amazingly fun and more flexible as compared to playing games in a console system. Another aspect that made the MMORPGs so popular is the ability to be able to play with hundreds, thousands - even tenths of thousands of people all at the same time and at the same server. Thus, the first two words massive and multiplayer in the acronym MMORPG. This was indeed impossible before but now, due to the progressive development of technology specifically the internet, this has all become a reality.

Since its rise, the internet has been becoming the center of all things whether it may be related to games, businesses and socializing, you name it. It was first used for data gathering and information sharing but now, various hobbies and a new breed of sports in the form of MMORPGs have been born. The popularity of MMORPGs was not developed overnight but it did soar quite quickly. This is due to the fact that MMORPGs were created during the boom of the internet and while the prices of personal computers were dropping.

Out of all the MMORPGs, the one which had a greatest deal of success is World of Warcraft. Created by Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft which is familiar to online gamers as "WoW" has over 10 million unique subscribers. This means that since to play the game you need to subscribe and pay for a monthly fee, Blizzard Entertainment is getting more than 10 million unique payments per month.

Now exploring the game itself, WoW is similar to other MMORPGs with regards to having different character classes to choose from. One aspect of the game that differentiates it from other MMORPGs though is its pet system. There are various World of Warcraft pets to choose from and each has its own purpose. There are mainly three types of pets and these are mounts, hunter pets and vanity pets. Mounts are technically pets for they are summoned but are more often than not seen as a means of transportation. This is because the mounts' main purpose is to decrease the travel time of the player by increasing the movement speed of the player's character. Hunter pets on the other hand are character class bound pets which are only available for hunters. These pets are very useful for leveling and killing other players alike for they are the only World of Warcraft pets which are actually able to deal damage. Lastly, there are the vanity pets. Vanity pets, as the name implies are pets that are only for show. These pets do basically nothing but follow your character and act only as eye candy. There are extremely rare vanity pets though, which are promotional items of WoW such as its trading card game and are highly valued.

If you are bored and have nothing to do then I suggest that you play WoW and try to collect all the pets which are available so that your online gaming experience would be a little bit more challenging.
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