The Daily Grind: When did you start playing WoW?

Four years ago today Blizzard unleashed World of Warcraft on the public. At the time, we don't think even Blizzard themselves knew that just four years later they'd have 11 million people playing their game, worldwide. Now they have the largest Western MMO in the market, and are planning not only another MMO, but also more expansions for WoW. It looks like it is going to be an interesting future!

Today we figured we'd ask; when did you start playing World of Warcraft? Were you one of the beta testers, helping to smooth things out as best as was possible? Did you join at launch along with the huge influx of people? (For that matter, do you remember the original crash-and-burn realms, or enormous queues to get in?) Or did you come in later, to check out what everyone was talking about? (Also – for those still playing, don't forget to pick up your birthday bear today!)