With World of Warcraft Classic just around the corner, - a faithful recreation of the original MMO before its many expansions - many players who have been with the title since those early days may find themselves feeling nostalgic about their old friendships that may have faded as the years went on. Blizzard certainly seems to think that, so it has come up with a way for players to track down and reconnect with others from their old servers.

Blizzard has launched a forum tool called “Classic Connections 2004-2006” with the goal of helping pre-expansion WoW players find each other again. Its structure is simple: You start by selecting Horde or Alliance, and then what type of server — PVE, PVP, role-playing PVE, or role-playing PVP — you used to play on. From there, you choose your old server and then post who you were. Blizzard recommends starting with your character’s name, race, class and guild, as well as the character names of people you’re hoping to tearfully embrace when WoW Classic launches in a few weeks.

Essentially, it's like posting a missed connection ad, but broken down by faction, server type and realm. If you were an Alliance player looking to reconnect with your roleplaying buddies in Argent Dawn, there's a thread for you. It's all very sweet and wholesome, with people posting the names of all the friends they remember, along with the occasional anecdote. This troll rogue looking to reconnect with an old adversary is lovely.

Classic Connections has been around for a couple of months, but this is the first time I've seen it, despite the proximity to launch. Most of the threads I've looked at only have around ten posts, so hopefully Blizzard will put the word out again and get more people searching for old friends. Stay tuned to 5mmo.com and we will be the first one to inform you all the latest. Besides, our website also offer Cheap WOW Classic Items for players.