The launch of WoW Classic was chaos mixed with a lot of fun. A YouTuber parodied this madness almost perfectly.
The launch of World of Warcraft Classic was exactly two weeks ago. Many players will probably remember it, because when hundreds of thousands of players flooded the servers, the excitement was overwhelming – at least until the point when the realms collapsed, massive queues formed and proper gameplay became almost impossible.
From all these incidents and anecdotes, the YouTuber Captain Grim created a video that captures and parodies the entire madness of the launch well.
This can be seen: The video highlights some rather amusing aspects of the launch of Classic. Before the launch, you can hear the NPCs talking, who are already panicking and having flashbacks from 15 years ago. In the background, you can faintly hear J. Allen Brack’s infamous line whispering, “You think you do, but you don’t” (meaning: “You think you want it, but you don’t”).
Then the realm literally explodes and thousands of players swarm the starting area, so even the layering technology cannot keep up. Even hours later, there’s a battle for every single spawn point of enemies. There are 5-10 players per opponent needing them for a quest.
The scene then shifts to a “Wanted” quest, that of Hogger. Here, hundreds of players stand in line with their groups. Hogger appears with a dark, ominous animation – only to be sent back to the afterlife in a matter of seconds.
Players suddenly having fun: The next scene shows an undead character embodying yet another player cliche. He must admit to himself that he is suddenly having fun in WoW Classic. As he realizes this, he quickly turns around and loudly announces that “Classic is absolute trash compared to retail and that one must be a complete idiot to …” – his tirade of hate suddenly stops as a green item appears as a quest reward and joy returns.
Many more Classic moments: Lastly, the video goes on to capture many more moments from Classic. There are the “starting area trolls” who constantly ask how to obtain their heirlooms or why there are no achievements. A night elf druid keeps buffing people with Mark of the Wild and feels fantastic while another troll plays the “doomsayer” and explains that “Streamers are the plague of the world and would ruin every server. Blizzard should ban them all.”
Anyone who watches the video and has played Classic since the launch will have probably experienced almost every one of these moments themselves.
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