There's been some discussion about an official Giant Bomb community guild for World of Warcraft.  This poll will help us determine how much interest there is in each faction, as well as how many people are interested in joining.  If you would like to start a new character on a new server with the Giant Bomb community, please vote and pick a faction.  Somewhere around 20 to 30 people should be a good start, and with over 2000 people tracking WoW achievements on Giant Bomb, how hard could that possibly be?
 
[EDIT] Awww, I misclicked and picked Horde.  Well, it doesn't concern me too much.
 
There are currently five US PvE realms flagged as "New Players":
 
Cairne (faction leader for Tauren)
Shandris (leader of the Night Elf Sentinels)
Uldaman (level 40-ish dungeon in Badlands)
Vek'Nilash (raid boss from AQ40)
Velen (faction leader for Draenei)

Horde, but if the poll results favor the Alliance I won't mind.

I would if I was still playing. Shame.

im gonna say horde. just because alliance sucks

I already have 10x80 hordes. Would love to go Draenei shaman for Cata.

I'm pretty easy going and would probably play either faction, but I do favor the Horde a bit more than the Alliance.

Alliance! VOTE VOTE VOTE

Alliance

I play horde but if i were gonna start from scratch I wouldnt mind checking out the Alliance side. 

Getting close!

Either is fine, the community's are the same regardless of how much people like to think they aren't.

Knowing the personalities of the GB crew, I'd say Horde.

Uh, I'll say horde, I've already been playing as an Alliance.

The race with rifles would be my best bet. Unless both factions have firearms in which case I'll choose the one with chainsaws on their guns.

Horde. 'Cause of one word: Goblins.

I don't play WoW, and probably never will, but might I suggest if there are enough people, have two communities.  One for Horde, and one for Alliance, both filled with Giant Bomb users, and have Giant Bomb Horde vs Alliance events.  Just throwing that out there.

" I don't play WoW, and probably never will, but might I suggest if there are enough people, have two communities.  One for Horde, and one for Alliance, both filled with Giant Bomb users, and have Giant Bomb Horde vs Alliance events.  Just throwing that out there. "

I'm gonna level my level 80 Ret Paladin (Alliance) but I might also create a Goblin since they look like a lot of fun.

" @gakon5 said:

" There's been some discussion about an official Giant Bomb community guild for World of Warcraft.  This poll will help us determine how much interest there is in each faction, as well as how many people are interested in joining.  If you would like to start a new character on a new server with the Giant Bomb community, please vote and pick a faction.  Somewhere around 20 to 30 people should be a good start, and with over 2000 people tracking WoW achievements on Giant Bomb, how hard could that possibly be?  [EDIT] Awww, I misclicked and picked Horde.  Well, it doesn't concern me too much.  There are currently five US PvE realms flagged as "New Players":  Cairne (faction leader for Tauren)Shandris (leader of the Night Elf Sentinels)Uldaman (level 40-ish dungeon in Badlands)Vek'Nilash (raid boss from AQ40)Velen (faction leader for Draenei) "

"New Players" just means its a server that has a low population and Blizzard is trying to fill it. You'd be better off finding a healthy server and just playing closely with that group of Giant Bombers. "

I'd roll Goblin or Worgen, but I'd say I like werewolves more. 
 
 
But still, I'm probably not going to resubscribe to WoW anyways, so...yeah.

Either or, I've plenty of experience with both sides, though come Cata I'll be making a Worgen regardless.

" @Babble: Yeah, how are we going to decide on a  server anyway? and why are we going PVE? "

84 votes and it's exactly 50/50. Incredible, especially since the Alliance outnumber the Horde by a crazy amount, last time I checked, anyway.

Alliance. All of my mains so far have been Horde, so I'm tired of playing them. I'm curious to see what Alliance is like. 

I'd rather go alliance.

" @Soapy86: Yes, but doing the ganking is pretty damn fun. in a mean kinda way. I dont know, i always though PVP servers where considered the serious ones or something like that. "

For the Horde!

I would be cool with either really.

Horde all the way. Goblins look awesome.

I haven't played WOW in years, but Horde 4 lyfe...

Over 100 votes now and Horde has edged it out, but I'm impressed that they stayed relatively close together.  Maybe we should think about actually starting the guild at some point.
 
@Raven_Sword: Although I play on a PvP server myself I think PvE is just more convenient, especially for people who don't want to deal with that ish.
 
@Soapy86: That's hot stuff.
 
I see now how much the data on Warcraft Realms fluctuates, showing its volatility and probably inaccuracy.  Here are a few servers in different population ranges:
 
Nazgrel: 4,000 players, 1.5:1 (Alliance:Horde)
Borean Tundra: 10,000 players, 1.3:1
Nesingwary: 25,000 players, 1.1:1

" @gakon5: You know, I've been thinking that maybe we should just count the votes of people that posted in thread because I bet a good 90% of the votes in the poll are from people who just wanted to vote but had zero intention of actually joining our potential guild.  "

I voted,just got back into wow after about a 4-5 month break. I wouldn't mind rolling either faction actually.

HORDE. better question what server will giantbomb be on?

Alliance because Worgen looks BA to me...but if its with a bunch of Giant Bombers I suppose a Tauren Pally would be sweet...are we doing this after Cataclysm comes out?  That's what I am guessing, unless I missed something.  Need to go buy WotLK regardless...
 
Also, you want a server with at least 10,000 players according to Warcraft Realms...one with a decently even distribution of H:A.

" Alliance because Worgen looks BA to me...but if its with a bunch of Giant Bombers I suppose a Tauren Pally would be sweet...are we doing this after Cataclysm comes out?  That's what I am guessing, unless I missed something.  Need to go buy WotLK regardless...  Also, you want a server with at least 10,000 players according to Warcraft Realms...one with a decently even distribution of H:A. "

I think (and I'm no authority on the subject, we're all here to discuss what this guild is) it would mainly be a social and leveling guild, but with enough people we can do dungeons and battlegrounds together, even at low levels.  We all have shared interests (Giant Bomb, video games, Warcraft), so we should get along fine, and we'll be rolling without all the hip anti-WoW kids that roam this website.
 
Also I'm interested in starting a guild now.  I played for a year without a guild, so I would just like to be in one and see if it improves my experience.  When I was thinking about classes to roll, there's basically three or four I haven't played above like level 20.  I have a Druid, Mage, DK at high levels, and a Rogue and Shaman in the 30's.  I don't really like melee classes.  That being said I think I'm going to roll a warrior tank, assuming Prot isn't horrendous for leveling.  I main a healer but I've never been a tank, and I'm interested to try.

Just thought I'd point out there's no cap on number of players in a guild, just how many it shows in the tab. Also pick a realm with somewhere between a .3 and .7 advantage for our faction.
EDIT: Also I vote for horde.

Why does every PvP server have a Horde skew and every PvE server have an Alliance skew?  Is it because Alliance players are babies? ;)