Because I absolutely hate myself more than anyone else, I decided to level up a Void Elf shadow priest for the sweet, sweet transmog heritage armor set. To PROVE I hate myself, I created her on Moon Guard.
I like RP servers quite a lot; they are my "default" experience because I enjoy the atmosphere, even if I don't often participate. My first characters back in Vanilla originally started playing on Wyrmrest Accord. When I returned in 2010 post-Aion, Strev was only created on Whisperwind because my friends were there.
My previous experience on Moon Guard has been "as long as you turn off trade chat and avoid Goldshire, it is an amazing place for Alliance players." So let's do this. I installed the TRP3 (Total Roleplay 3) addon, mostly so I can read everyone else's extended character descriptions, current moods, etc on mouseover. (This is a really fun thing and I recommend creating a level 1 and just strolling around Stormwind (in particular the mage quarter and cathedral areas just to experience it). For my own part, I simply set a fairly generic description and threw OOC notes of "Player is 18+. I do not ERP ever, thanks." to keep "friendly whispers" at bay.
As with other Allied Races, you start at level 20 and I began chain running classic dungeons. For all of the pain of leveling, I adore running through the classic dungeons with strangers from 20-60. Queue times for DPS is rarely over 10 minutes, most people have heirlooms, and the fight mechanics aren't overwhelming. They are fast, (generally) painless, and smooth experiences.
While in down time between dungeons, I'd read trade chat for "fun". Trade chat is server-specific, so no one uses /general. Mostly it is guild spam and such. Like other servers, you will still get hit with a barrage of guild invites and whispers from recruiters, so I decided to pre-emptively sign up. Reading through the ads, one caught my eye. Something to the effect of "Friendly lifestyle guild with social events, new and returning players, very active, etc." So I chatted up the recruiter. "Hi! May I have a guild invite, please?" And that's where things took an odd turn.
"Just so you are aware we are a lifestyle guild. That means we're BDSM+ and need to make sure that's ok with you before I send an invite."
I blinked. Immediately I had several questions, not the least of which was "what in the hell does the 'plus' mean"? I mean, it takes all kinds. "I'm not really into that sort of thing, personally, but I don't find it offensive at all."
"That's ok. We have social members that don't participate. What kind of social role do you see yourself filling?"
At this point, I realized I was completely out of my element. "Food Catering?"
I never heard back from him again. I think it was for the best.
Shortly thereafter, I was hit with the double whammy from another recruiter.. a whisper and a Guild Invite. It hit all the right notes: the request was funny "Hi! Do you often find yourself falling off cliffs with no one around to laugh at you? (etc)" and I could see they had thousands of points of guild achievements. Thus, I joined "Azeroth, Inc."
Holy. Crap. 40+ people online, people running BGs, Mythics, Legion Transmog runs… all at the same time. Friendly chatting in the game, not relying on Discord.
I'm seriously considering a server transfer for Strev.
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