What ever you do, do NOT go to Ravenholdt. I am in a decent guild Horde side, so I ain't gonna leave...but everything about this server sucks.
RP is a joke...unless you are a BE who wants to trounce around and get involved in ERP dramaz. AV is un-fucking-believable. Whirlwind Horde don't win. I also play on another server in a different BG and we do fine. Even if we hold the pass and choke Alliance..Whirlwind Horde lose 75% of all games.
Whenever you narrow your list down to a server or two that seem good to you, check out their realm forums to see what the people are saying there. Most RP realms have a stickied post at the top of the forum page which tries to list all the prominent guilds and give a short description about each one.
In the best cases the description is accurate and interesting, and there is even a link to a proper web page; but in the worst cases some entries on the list may be quite out of date, and some guilds may not even exist anymore. Remember, the intention here is not so much to find the best guild for life, but to give you some names of people you can look up to get started meeting people and interacting with them in character - though I once found a wonderful roleplaying guild for my first serious Horde character on such a list, and have been very happy with it ever since.
I must caution you against following anything other than these stickied resources on server forums too seriously. Lots of people use realm forums simply as a way to insult each other or advertise something. Although a great portion of good roleplayers don't even bother with server forums at all, you may get lucky and find a few helpful people who are willing to point you in the right direction if you're having trouble finding a guild that looks interesting. You might put up a post saying, "Hi, I'm a new roleplayer on this server - would anyone like to come meet my character?" and see what kind of response you get. Ignore the trolls.
Of course it's always possible to just start up a character and head out into the world without knowing what you will find. This way is, unfortunately, most likely to lead to disappointment, since you may play for a long time in the company of people just mindlessly leveling alts rather than coming into contact with real roleplayers.
Meeting roleplayers - hopefully being surrounded by them - is the first priority when picking a server. But in the end it is not enough; you must also find a home for your character where you can connect with real roleplayers on a long-term basis, in many cases making friends you will enjoy for a long time. Next week we'll look at how to find and keep the right RP guild for you.
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