Throwback Tuesday: Opening of the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj

I thought I’d skim through my screenshots folder(s), and I found this little gem — back in March of ’06, the server-wide effort to open the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj was about to come to its epic conclusion. I love the ordered ranks of cavalry in this pic; arrays of skeletal mounts, dreadsteeds, paladin’s chargers and nightsabers all in rows. If you look closely near the center of the screen, my little warlock rides upon his fiery demon mount, all bedecked in his Felheart Raiment.

Good god, did I really play at 1280 x 1024? Oh, the days of old, gigantically heavy CRT monitors….