I'm 43 and also a gamer from the 80's - Manic Miner on the spectrum 48k was my my first game lol!
Played wow since 4 months after release, each addon makes me hate the game a bit more, I am one of the few that hate legion, the level to your area stuff breaks the game for me and I hate it with a passion, in vanilla I would explore and enjoyed the challenge of sneaking to area's that were to high for my level.
The wow I loved has died and has been slowly killed off by blizzard since wrath.
So back to Vanilla and the challenge its really great being back in the game I really loved and it is very addictive indeed.
I would love to give my money to blizzard for true vanilla but they don't want it so I thank Elysium for all their hard work and for building what looks like it is going to be a great community of like minded players.