WoW Character - Race/class/gender etc

So for class we had to play WoW. Brings back memories. It's changed a lot though, too bad the trial only covers the first game so it doesn't really matter.

I picked a Tauren Druid. I'm already lvl 16 and it's been like 2 days. It's kind of sad. Anyhow, for the most part, the starting 'n00b' zones are fairly empty, since most people pretty enthusiastic about the game are on the expansions and/or other servers. So, interaction with real people is a little lackluster. I DID meet this girl (yes a real girl and not a guy pretending) near crossroads. Basically I was getting my ass handed to me by a pack of stupid lions and this undead hunter saves my ass. This other toon follows and starts apologizing, saying 'my step son has AD HD blah blah'. And we just started whisper/chatting. I was very honest about myself, and she seemed honest enough about herself I guess. We're both Canadian, although she's in Calgary. She's never been to college, but interested in psychology. Plays a ton of WoW. I told her that I was only playing for class and she thought it was very intriguing. That was the bulk of my random interaction really.

The thing is, for games like this I don't even care about the lore. As in I read nothing. All I do is follow the objective markers until I reach the designated point, find the NPC, grab quest, then follow the marker to where the quest is, then kill X amount of monster Y for Z amount of item Q. It kind of ruins the whole discourse about race/class/gender, but that's just really how it is for a lot of seasoned gamers, especially of the MMORPG crowd.

The same probably can't be said for players who have been in the game for a long time, who are playing in the zones with far more things going on.

I DID join a dungeon group though. However, it was a random join. Nobody really said much, there was kind of an unspoken agreement about what to do. There were several different classes/races/genders in the group, but all it really came down to was 'Tank, DPS, healer.' Which is pretty much what I expected.

In order to gain further insight into the social constructs of the game, one needs to be fully immersed in it and actually participate (i.e join a guild, raid, get addicted, try the auction house, etc etc). However due to the limitations of time/trial account I regret to admit that these things probably won't be fully realized.