WoW ironman challenge?

[zillah975]

So...the guildmaster of my Shadowsong guild mentioned the WoW Ironman Challenge - latest forum thread is here. Rules under the cut, though if interested at all, I recommend checking out the post, as there are some clarifications in comments and also more about how to participate in the challenge as opposed to just doing it on your own.

RULES:
THE BIG ONE: If you die, EVER, that character is removed from the challenge.

Gear Rules:
1) No heirlooms
2) No items equipped other than White or Gray items (except Bags)
3) No item enhancements --enchants/spellthread/weapon chains/etc.

Consumable Rules:
4) No food buffs. Only white vendor-quality food & drink may be used.
5) No item buffs. No scrolls, elixirs, flasks, etc. (except Quest items)
6) No potions (except Quest items)

Spells & Abilities Rules:
7) You may train and use class abilities learned from trainers (including Rogue poisons)
8) No talent points/pet talent points
9) No specialization. No glyphs.

Gameplay Rules:
10) No guild perks. If you are guilded it must be a level 1 guild.
11) No questing groups. All combat must be soloed --parties to trade/portal/etc. are permitted
12) No battlegrounds/arenas
13) No dungeons/raids that reward experience. All leveling must be done out in the world.
14) No combating-enhancing addons (QuestHelper/Auctioneer/etc. are fine, use your own judgement)
15) No professions, primary or secondary, other than First Aid
16) No sending gold/items from other characters*

*You must earn your own gold/items via questing, looting, or trading/AHing.

The Iron Challenger is free to use the Auction House to make money and buy the occasional White or Gray item. This is allowed. You may even create a banker/auctioneer, provided they only store/post items that the Iron Challenger has earned. However, you may not receive either gold or items from your other characters. It is recommended that you reroll the Iron Challenger on a new server to avoid the temptation.

The thing that interests me is that I was just wondering the other day what it would be like to play WoW if you decided that death was permanent, and that if your character died, you'd just delete and re-roll or something.

Anyway, I don't know that I would try this, but I thought it looked really interesting and wanted to share.