I got the game for christmas but only started playing it on january, i got the game and a 60 day game card (50 + 30 = $80). Since those were christmas presents i didnt have to pay for them, of course i could have got other things instead of it but i didnt. By april 7 i will have to renew my sub, Im buying the 3 month card since its little bit cheaper($42 i think, intead of $45 not much but w/e) and im paying it with some money i had saved from christmas and some money i had saved for a ps2 or GC game. So with the money i got from christmas and having WoW as a present itself, ill be playing till july 7, my birth day is in june, if i still feel like paying ill ask for another card and then save more money till i have enough to buy another one, and soon itll be christmas again. I know for people that have to pay it for themselves its harder, since they have to work to pay it, but its 50 cents a day, 3.50 a week, if u can stop buying some things to do it and you think its worth it, why not?, sure if u dont like the game dont pay anything for it, but thats different. Ive played in 3 different server so far, Gorefiend, low/med no problems at all never goes down, Sargeras, high pop, now has a que but its always like around 100 and you get out of it in 10 mins or less, have expirienced one reset, some loot lag (keep in mind i live in ecuador and have a 64k connection and a 800mhz cpu, 256mb ram) but its generally ok, and in one of the new ones, frostmane i think, not have one problem so far but im new there (tauren warrior, Darkeyes, if u ever get in there). Most of the problems are on the overpopulated servers, and you can always change, it sucks but you can do it. I was bored and decided to write this, but its an example of how not getting other things can get you some money so you can pay it, and if you think its worth it you should get it. I go out with my friends mostly to watch movies or play soccer, and movies arent too expensive here, ive heard they are more expensive in the US. Sorry for writing so much and for the mistakes in the post.