Aristaya's Profile

~ Last updated February 12, 2021 ~

I've been collecting since Day One, when I activated my account and received my first pet: Panda Cub. Although I wasn't hardcore until 3.0 due to space limitations, I did, over the years, maintain a modest collection of pets that were either rare or I simply liked.

When 3.0 came out, I made it my goal to collect as many pets as I can reasonably get my hands on. Before Cataclysm came out, out of all the dropped pets, I was short just three (I've since obtained all three of them). My pet addiction continued well past the Shattering, having obtained a good share of the currently available post-4.0 pets already, and actively working on the rest. That addiction was fuled even more with Mists of Pandaria and the Battle Pet system. Gotta catch 'em all, and all that. :p

I do have all of the CE/Digital Deluxe pets, all of the Blizz Store pets, and I quite a few super-common TCG pets.

The real me - the person behind Aristaya, Ayko, and a whole bunch of alts: I am in my early 40s (yes, middle-age women gamers do exist!), I live in the Midwest US, and I've been playing video games since I first got my hands on an Atari 2600 joystick when I was four years old (and MMOs of one kind or another since 1998). Yes, I've played Pokemon. Dragon Quest Monsters is better. ;)

Many thanks to everyone that's helped me out over the years, on Thorium Brotherhood, Stonemaul and Kel'Thuzad - y'all are awesome!