Thread: Best way to learn Russian?

Hello everyone, I'm looking to learn Russian. I have all three Pimsleur courses at my disposal.

So what do you think is the best way to learn Russian?

Should I learn the Cyrillic alphabet first, or just start out with Pimsleur right away? When should I start using a textbook? What about the free Princeton courses? Would it be a good idea to learn the 1000 most frequent words in Russian using Anki and at which point should I start doing so?

Anyone willing to shed some light on what would be the best way to combine the myriad of resources that is available is very much welcome.

P.S. I play a game called World of Warcraft, which has Russian servers and a Russian version of the game client. I suppose this could support my learning of Russian at some point?