QUOTE(Boomeraangkid @ Sep 1 2009, 07:34 PM)
ok me and my mate agreed to play at thaurissan and go warlock

so now all i have to wait is him buying the game
1stly, i would like to welcome you and your mate to wow
i think i miss something, which side are you going to roll on, alliance or horde?
one more thing, thaurissan is heavy with horde player, the horde outnumber the alliance bout 3:1,
so you roll alliance, you pretty much see more red names (opposition faction), than green names(friendly charater),
my advice to you is:
beware of lag
full install 1st(wow + 2 expension + all the patches), only then start create account, maybe you can use the trial account for 10days free.( you can only start playing if you have install the latest patch, i waste a few days while trying to download patches due to slow connection)
don't trust any random whisper thats said any special "offer" from a website, they are mostly keylogger(steal your account and password).
Blizzard staff will NEVER ASK for your password.
stay out of any alien/unfamilier wow fan website.
the ones Quazacolt and Ray123 introduce are safe
since youy are begining, you should go official website or wowwiki for more detail/advice
when you are confuse about a quest, go to wowhead for answer.
thaurissan is a pvp server, while leveling, please stay out of hillbrad foothills(aka Gankbrad) and Stranglethorn Vale to avoid ganking
The Barrens is a huge zone, to walk palces to places, so try to plan ahead where you going.
in Un'goro Crater, beware of stealth T-Rex
in outland, beware death from above, as lvl cap player can use flying mount and hunt lowbie players. (than again, you can't out run them anyway, since they hit lvl cap

)
in Hellfire Peninsula, beware of fel reaver(a very cool giant walking robot)
that all i can think of now, may edit for more info
ps. this game is a demon if you are addict to it.