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WarcraftPets.com is a World of Warcraft fansite for players who wish to collect a variety of the game's "companion" pets. It's the first site of it's kind, enabling WoW players to track and share their virtual collections online. The site launched in April 2007, hosted by a curious little gnome named Breanni. Breanni is actually a real character played by Brian Brolin, the site's creator.
Today, WarcraftPets features a number of tools and guides to help pet collectors at any level get the most out of their pet collecting experience. Additionally, the site is home to more than 60,000 members who have collected a combined total of 3,328,871 pets.
Meet the Team
Real Name: Brian
Role: Founder / Lead Developer
Brian (better known to the WoW community as Breanni) is the founder of WarcraftPets.com, as well as the site's Lead Developer. Just like his gnomish counterpart, Brian is always tinkering with something. In most (but not all) cases, that tinkering leads to improvements.
Over the years, Brian's creativity has sparked comic strips, short films, board games, musical compositions, and other websites. Note that many of those sites deal with boring topics, such as bariatric surgery and chemical standards— neither of which is as fun as collecting pets (...or so we've been told). More »
 Pet Collection: 127+/ 132 pets collected.
Favorite pet: Any that doesn't force a redesign of the WarcraftPets database.
Life lesson: Boiling ground beef is not a very good way to cook gound beef.
Number of times accused of copying Wowhead's 'About Us' page: 137.
Real Name: Melissa
Role: Content Manager
Melissa, a longtime fan of WarcraftPets.com, joined the administrative team in September 2008. As Content Manager, she keeps the site up-to-date with the latest and greatest pet-related news.
Just like Sateena, her WoW alter ego, Melissa loves animals of all sorts and sizes. She devotes a lot of time to her own pet companions, whose numbers include five cats, two ducks, dozens of chickens, and a leopard gecko! Melissa also enjoys watching movies and playing board games and video games (especially WoW!) with her husband and daughter.
Pet Collection: 129•/131 pets collected.
Stupid human trick: Can make a noise in her throat that sounds just like a crying baby.
Strangest fortune cookie: “What a dog you got. His favorite bone is in my arm!”
Favorite time: 12:34 PM (with 11:11 AM a close second).
Real Name: Michelle
Role: Community Leader
Michelle has been a fan of the site since the beginning. As her interest in pets turned into an obsession, WarcraftPets.com became an indispensable tool. She's known as the "Pet Mistress" of her guild and encourages guildies to collect pets, cheers on new additions, and even assigns a Pet Theme for raid nights. Her first pet was the lowly cockroach, which she bought in an attempt to overcome her phobia of said insect. (It helped!)
Outside of WoW, Michelle has mini long-haired dachshunds to keep her company. She has interests in things such as Disney, Star Wars (go Fett!), and running.
Pet Collection: 108•/130 pets collected.
Number of Tattoos: 4 (one of which is WoW-related).
Favorite patch: 3.0.2 — yay for bag space!
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