We didn't become friends on WOW TBC Gold Bnet (partly due to the fact that I wasn't certain how) but it was among the most generous acts of kindness people performed to me as I mastered the game. We still appreciate you, if you're in the area!
We reconnected with a friend from vanilla in vanilla, we leveled together, and then continued to communicate in the end, even though our server divided and we each chose different servers (language preference) I was gifted gold in exchange for The cheap Burning Crusade Classic Gold Unstoppable Force, I was unemployed and he recognized it's my "dream".