The History of Vanilla World of Warcraft 1999-2024

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  • Celebrating the upcoming 20th anniversary of WoW with a history of the original vanilla version that captivated the world in 2004
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    Credits/References:
    timeline: wowpedia.fando...)
    pserver history: web.archive.org...
    classic wow timeline: / wow_classic_a_timeline
    You think you do but you don't by Bodie's Corner: • You think you do, but ...
    Music
    WoW Soundtrack War: • World of Warcraft Ost ...
    'Ancient Hero' by DarkeSword from ocremix.org: • OC ReMix #1079: Legend...
    Seasons of War: • Video
    Cloister of Trials Remix by Arcanuman1: • Video
    Cataclysm Stormwind Theme: • Cataclysm SoundTrack -...
    Dam: • Goldeneye 007 (Music) ...
    Factorio Turbine Dynamics by Daniel James Taylor: • Video
    Stormwind Music: • Video
    Witchyworld cover by PPF: • Grant Kirkhope - Witch...
    Loop Blues by blinch: • Loop Hero - Loop Blues
    Ironforge: • Ironforge General Music

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  • @madseasonshow
    @madseasonshow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

    Celebrating the upcoming 20th anniversary of WoW with a history of the original vanilla version that captivated the world in 2004.
    ✅Become a channel member for perks, such as early access to most of my videos(and ad-free): th-cam.com/channels/Ovz3kkYZtCTeXKdiuMG8eg.htmljoin
    ✅Follow next video progress on Twitter: twitter.com/madseason_
    ✅Watch me stream at twitch.tv/madseasonshow

    • @BlackMage14
      @BlackMage14 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Muito Obrigado! Você mantém essa chama acessa.

    • @Kelvryn
      @Kelvryn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The 3 best expansions in wow: cata, mop and legion.

    • @Kelvryn
      @Kelvryn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Worse expansion: WoD

    • @TheUhmmmmmmmm
      @TheUhmmmmmmmm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really do hope you play OSRS and give it a review. I would love to see the difference in devs.

    • @ericmccarty2369
      @ericmccarty2369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Kelvrynthe dungeons were challenging!

  • @nairav9156
    @nairav9156 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +939

    Bro could tell me this story 500 times in 500 different videos, I still listen to it

    • @NostraDavid2
      @NostraDavid2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I just watched it for the "I told you so, BTW"

    • @one_eyeddd473
      @one_eyeddd473 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lmao same

    • @jonathandalton5846
      @jonathandalton5846 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Somehow hes making the same video every 2 weeks and i watch it.

    • @Vinicam
      @Vinicam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL same

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      well at least you guys acknowledge he is making the same video over and over. The first step is being honest with yourself.

  • @nauscakes1868
    @nauscakes1868 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +538

    One of the saddest changes that happened to WoW (for me), is when dungeons changed from an exploration event to a speed-running lootfest.

    • @mcfarvo
      @mcfarvo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      Dungeon crawls like BRD were like adventures

    • @GrimmToast
      @GrimmToast 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      This was one of the biggest reasons why I quit. Every dungeon pug was focused on doing it at breakneck speed, trying to skip every single mob pack, and then people losing their shit if you accidentally pulled one.

    • @vladimir4526
      @vladimir4526 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So when they added RDF

    • @creepcracker
      @creepcracker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ofc we wana do it fast like seriously ppl already explored em a million times what do u guyz expect ? u guyz are weird

    • @mastersprite2783
      @mastersprite2783 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@mcfarvo Commenting here to echo your sentiment. BRD was the greatest dungeon ever imo. I absolutely Loved going there and I used to know every route through there by heart.

  • @brelshar4968
    @brelshar4968 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    I was there at Blizzcon in 2017 (my first one live, came all the way from the UK!), I was sat about 15-20 feet from J.Allen Brack when he made the announcement. The hall erupted, whatever you heard on stream doesn't do it justice.

    • @Fraggelmann
      @Fraggelmann 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wasn't there, and I'm definitely not the most passionate about vanilla WoW. But that announcement is right up there with Square Enix announcing the FF7 remake (FF7 being my all time favorite game). Something I had hoped would happen a few times over the years, but never actually expected to really happen.
      When this was announced... it was more emotional than I could understand why. I started playing at the end of TBC and release of WotLK, so this was a chance to experience a part of the game I had never experienced before. Still gives me major goosebumps to watch those announcements!

  • @slightly-sad3841
    @slightly-sad3841 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +364

    This man will never miss an opportunity to say “I told you so”, and I am here for it 🙌🏻

    • @Muhlum24
      @Muhlum24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Told you so. Yeah so did 99% of the player base.

    • @chreezy9383
      @chreezy9383 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@Muhlum24 Yeah, i like madseason but its getting kind of annoying, not gonna lie. Everyone saw it coming

    • @Wigglylove
      @Wigglylove 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      *The sun rises in the east* - «Told you so!»

    • @MrBenim27
      @MrBenim27 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chreezy9383 It might be the case for him that he frequented reddit and forums where people were not expecting it and denied it or he is just very salty for blizzard activision ruining a game he fell in love with and hasnt gotten over it yet. He will get over it eventually, as should we.

    • @crysosisback7115
      @crysosisback7115 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chreezy9383 The thing, the people that are invested in the game, to the point of watching videos about it, saw it coming
      The dumbasses that feed into this system didn't, because they're just that dull
      it's like the people who keep, playing nowadays, after years decades of playing, and see nothing wrong with either the game or blizzard

  • @Applestoroger
    @Applestoroger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

    Season of mastery was also weird because it launched in the middle of tbc right before Black Temple so they were cannibalizing their own players

    • @hotfudgemoney
      @hotfudgemoney 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I regret not playing SoM big time

    • @AdrianA-im6xj
      @AdrianA-im6xj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Shadowlands/Classic Naxx, Hardcore Wow (6 months in)/SOD and as u mentioned SOM/TBC
      always gotta pick

    • @ChessJew
      @ChessJew 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think Season of Mastery could have done way better if it had some chance to breathe from Vanilla.

  • @bossgrandma3487
    @bossgrandma3487 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I am 80 years old. My son tricked me into playing the game when I kept yelling at him to turn off that computer and get in bed. - I'm still playing.

  • @IPZEEN
    @IPZEEN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Thank you for keeping me sane. With my father's passing and work, you really make my days better.

    • @madseasonshow
      @madseasonshow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Sorry for your loss, my family has suffered losses recently as well. Glad the videos have been a good distraction, I think that can be healthy. Good luck dude and thanks for watching

    • @IPZEEN
      @IPZEEN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@madseasonshow thank you buddy! And ditto I suppose. Part of life. Good luck to you as well mate and keep up the good content.

    • @Jackfromshack
      @Jackfromshack 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "fathers" wtf

    • @IPZEEN
      @IPZEEN 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Jackfromshack fixed it! Ty

  • @Fiilis1
    @Fiilis1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Nostalrius was the first private server I tried. Loved it. Played max level and quit. Have not touched WoW after that.

    • @GermanBoy00
      @GermanBoy00 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Nostalrius was the best Vanilla ever made (after the original ofc). Not even 2019's Classic could come close. I'm glad you and me were there :)

    • @tilttiwow
      @tilttiwow 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I was there, 3000 years ago...

    • @fatfatr
      @fatfatr หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fury prot MT, full world buffed juiced to the gills raids didnt exist on nostalrius yet. Boss damage and armor was tuned much higher too

  • @urgott6945
    @urgott6945 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

    • @arc-sd8sk
      @arc-sd8sk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

    • @Fingbel
      @Fingbel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Did Someone mentioned "Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker" ?

    • @YesiMakesThings
      @YesiMakesThings 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      did somebody say?

    • @Amahankage2004
      @Amahankage2004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Did someone say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]!!!

    • @ShadowHarborer
      @ShadowHarborer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dirk

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Mad's been on an absolute tear lately, and I'm loving every moment of it. Keep it up brother, you're killing it!

  • @simon62821
    @simon62821 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Private server history is a fascinating yet underrepresented topic, sick vid mr. show!

    • @madseasonshow
      @madseasonshow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Super underrepresented, I still think we have private servers to thank for the official classic re-release

    • @therider990
      @therider990 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wotlk will live for ever

  • @Xanderhal
    @Xanderhal 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    You cooked, now we eat.

    • @walterdogg
      @walterdogg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      no, now we feast

    • @RCsev070
      @RCsev070 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nay! We feast!

    • @JHorkan
      @JHorkan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oh he's feeding, alright

    • @porkolabadam
      @porkolabadam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Es hora de comer

    • @multiversejc
      @multiversejc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Quenching my thirst.

  • @tato2700
    @tato2700 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Decades from now the year 2024 will be known as the 'Year of MadSeason', every time I blink there is a new video!

  • @RetMagnetik
    @RetMagnetik 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    im glad turtlewow and ascencion are getting their honorary mentions

    • @dannyp9210
      @dannyp9210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Great servers! And soon Epoch arrives too!

    • @leviathanlives4847
      @leviathanlives4847 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Turtle is pretty damn sweet. Lots of respect for the devs on their achievements, especially the custom music.

    • @carnifexia1725
      @carnifexia1725 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      TurtleWoW is amazing, I unsubscribed to WoW once I found out about that server

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dannyp9210 Epoch looks really great.

    • @The_Autistocrat
      @The_Autistocrat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@carnifexia1725 Turtle is great, though my biggest gripe with it is just how old the server is. Raiding feels like you're being carried because most people are already geared because the server is 5 years old. The PvP server was an obvious flop when it was announced because most of the players aren't pvpers, the RP community left because the server got stale and is over on Epsilon. Epoch I think is going to do a lot of lasting damage to Turtle if Turtle 2.0 isn't huge.

  • @Zaurthur
    @Zaurthur 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Fun behind the scenes at MadSeasonShow: before even beginning to write the script for new episodes, Madseason figures out how he's going to slip in the "I told you so".

  • @VadimPakhutkin
    @VadimPakhutkin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Hearing the word "warez" in 2024 is a vibe.

  • @Holdtheline07
    @Holdtheline07 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    These videos are such a trip down memory lane, thank for making them.
    I played from Vanilla to WoTLK. With a brief return later.
    Honestly, I didn't like the Burning Crusade that much, the new gear with the new damage, made those vanilla players lose their lore somehow, it was so cool seeing someone walking around in full epics or even a full tier set. An inspiration to all the things you could do, even when reaching 60. Then the outland came and all of it was worthless pretty much.
    I do specifically remember being hyped about flying mounts in the Burning Crusade "WOW, I can fly ANYWHERE?" That was mind-breaking. But, after getting it and seeing how it influenced the world, did I realize that it was indeed one of those things I thought I wanted, but I didn't.
    It just killed the world. It felt empty. It was like a huge social aspect was removed when you didn't encounter other players walking around. Sure, no more ganking from hordes, but it started the arc of isolation in the game.
    I enjoyed some aspects of WoTLK, but the game wasn't the same. cross-realm Dungeon Grouping and PvP had just removed so much of the social aspect, and all these things stacked up. I quit. The community wasn't there, and only the most hardcore nerds were still playing.
    Still miss those days. Returning to vanilla much later just wasn't the same, the min-maxxing really sucked the joy out of the game for me, it just wasn't as magical when you knew what the best talents, races and builds were, where all the quests and secrets were located. Had some fun playing with old-schoolers but you could not mistake that every single aspect of the game had been organised and calculated, you didn't need to rely on others and if you were curious about someones playstyle or items, you'd just look it up. No point in trying out different builds as it all had been datamined and perfected through the years.
    Fucking nerds.

  • @gund2281
    @gund2281 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I still get chills down my spine and tears in my eyes when I watch the Classic announcement video and the Dwarf Hunter comes up on the screen. It's difficult to explain the feeling or even the reasons for it, but I know that many, if not most, in this comment section will completely understand.

  • @ktas7408
    @ktas7408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Mmm, another hit of that Mad Season Sauce

    • @buttlerubbies747
      @buttlerubbies747 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s literally killing it recently, I love it 🤘🏼

  • @beauskelton7819
    @beauskelton7819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This sudden burst of content is greatly appreciated

  • @Drasten
    @Drasten 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Thanks for showing my vid!
    "Quite Drastically" :^)

    • @madseasonshow
      @madseasonshow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Good run dude, I've watched it a few times actually

    • @Drasten
      @Drasten 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@madseasonshow We haven't always played on classic era, but as of that record we had prepped for about 9 months, regearing, relearning and in the end improving on the at the time 3 year old record by the Chinese guild Noobs.
      Majority of us hadn't copied our characters over when it was available but instead had to remake our characters from scratch!
      We just yesterday broke the all time Blackwing Lair record aswell, albeit that one is not as clean as the Naxx run was.
      But we intend to still break the remaining 2 records from MC and AQ40, and after that getting back to destroying our Naxx time yet again :D

    • @mbabaneamputee7725
      @mbabaneamputee7725 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Drasten omg you're living your best life I'm jelly af

  • @marcosalexandre5012
    @marcosalexandre5012 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    We’re old fellows … its over , we ll never have this again

  • @SmokinSkillerz
    @SmokinSkillerz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    We’d love to have you over here on Old School RuneScape MadSeason, you and Jimmy need to play / make a video together !

    • @madseasonshow
      @madseasonshow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the support, Runescape video in the plans :D

  • @Melsharpe95
    @Melsharpe95 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Blizzard didn't give a SHIT about vanilla until they found a way to monetise it beyond what a regular sub brings in.
    "Told you so, by the way." - Prophet MadSeason.

    • @The_Autistocrat
      @The_Autistocrat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used to post on the forums in NA and was one of the more vocal people even just defiantly namedropping Nostalrius and Elysium while I was berating the flaws of the then current (WoD-Legion) expansion. A game a lot of people really don't give credit to here is RuneScape and I'll tell you why. Jagex implemented something to the game called Bonds, players could buy these with real life money then sell them on the Grand Exchange for player gold, these could be used by players for subscription time. They were a massive hit for the game. Blizzard a couple years later announced the token doing the same thing. One difference though is that in RuneScape you as a free player can actually accrue the money to buy a bond and Jagex just enjoys the benefit. Blizzard actively nerfs gold farms to push the sales higher.
      However for those not in the know with RuneScape, they made a series of sweeping changes but the most divisive was in 2012 called the Evolution of Combat. They basically radically changed the way you did combat, including actual hotkeyed abilities... in fucking RUNESCAPE, THE CLICKER GAME. Needless to say this decision was just forced through despite player bitching, developers were very much convinced fans just needed to see it to understand it... If you want to know where this story ends, Old School RuneScape was subsequently released in a desperate bid and has supplanted RS3 (the original servers and game) in popularity. Jagex themselves and I believe specifically Mod Ash stated that OSRS is a long campaign of winning back player trust over EOC.

    • @Flirt136
      @Flirt136 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And that's a problem how?

    • @networknomad5600
      @networknomad5600 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Flirt136It’s bad because it cannibalizes the game. Think before you comment.

    • @Flirt136
      @Flirt136 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@networknomad5600 And that's bad how exactly. Explain it to me since you think so much nerd

    • @altibzz
      @altibzz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@networknomad5600 you have not used the word cannibalise properly there

  • @smooth_one
    @smooth_one 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The clip of J.A.B. announcing Vanilla always gives me chills. Great vid!
    Also, your last video's background music gave me the urge to replay (and finish for once, I swear) FFX. Just found a deal yesterday and I'm in Kilika's Cloister of Trials! :D

  • @briartreecross
    @briartreecross 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    People often talked about wotlk being the peak of wow, but I still remember how many friends and peers I had playing in vanilla that stopped either with tbc or with wotlk. Being the hopeless nerd, I continued even into wotlk but I remember having to forget many names on my friends list that stopped coming online for all new people even as we switched to battlenet and the game continued the stagnating climb to its peak subscription numbers.

  • @Velgan83
    @Velgan83 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    BABE WAKE UP, NEW MADSEASONSHOW VID

  • @Parzival.007
    @Parzival.007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    What Blizzard doesn't realize.. is they are making history. Every move they make can either make Blizzard great again or push them further over the cliff. Vanilla WoW has so much potential; and can easily reignite the passion that lived and breathed throughout Classic WoW. There is no other game like Vanilla WoW and it will go down in history as the best MMORPG ever created. I hope to see my grand children playing World of Warcraft one day.

    • @romaroalte2645
      @romaroalte2645 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Idk, Lineage 2 Interlude was the best RPG, especially by its special social gameplay and interactions, which is the main thing to me in mmos.

    • @MK-ly3gk
      @MK-ly3gk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well, for that to happen you'd have to talk to a girl first.

    • @N3mdraz
      @N3mdraz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@romaroalte2645 ​you are free to find lineage 2 the better rpg, but lineage 2 didn't had the succes wow had.

  • @csbrooks
    @csbrooks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    His voice is so relaxing. It's comforting. The nostalgia hits so hard when he talks about it.

  • @RecoveringLoLAddict
    @RecoveringLoLAddict 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Memories from Brazil here, monthly subscription wasn't a affordable reality until Cataclysm, in my country.
    I used to play it on lan houses which used their own modified pirated version, we would play for hours doing the most unoptimized random shit, basically strolling around the game world asking each other what to do.
    I never felt the same joy after I started a subscription in Cataclysm. Even though I tried playing it with 2 friends after school, we always felt like something was telling us to do shit instead of having fun.

  • @brandonfields613
    @brandonfields613 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Me and my homies are riding the turtle, have been for a couple years now. Great server

    • @sarooku
      @sarooku 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Shoutout for the turtle

    • @IvanTheLeiwand
      @IvanTheLeiwand 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Been playing turtle since 2022. I think its the best vanilla experience you can get at the moment ❤

    • @dannyp9210
      @dannyp9210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      It weirdly enough feels more "Classic" than Classic WoW did, even though Turtle has extra content.

  • @crankyknuckles1849
    @crankyknuckles1849 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video! I remember getting a wow trial back in vanilla and enjoyed it a lot. I remember being slightly scared of the Wandering Protectors in Ashenvale and overall having a great time playing. I then decided to play some more and spent a lot of my time leveling up in Westfall with a subscription and from I don't know how long, I ended up swimming up and down the Stranglethorn Vale fishing for the iron and mithril-bound trunks. It was MY way of playing the game and MY way of earning my own pocket of gold. Fast forward I joined a guild, got slapped by a ghost in Karazhan that aggroed and killed the whole guild, then I joined another guild in the Lich King expansion, got the turtle mount, Arthas blade and that was all she wrote. LK was the peak for me and vanilla was the womb that gave birth to some fantastic experiences!

  • @ericmccarty2369
    @ericmccarty2369 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I first started playing World of Warcraft in June 2005! I was hooked from the moment I logged on. Originally, I was going to make an Orc Warrior. But a friend convinced me to play Alliance instead. So, I made a NE Hunter and never looked back! I miss those old days, but I still enjoy World of Warcraft. I am not into private servers. My second server, Stormscale, became my Home server. I now have a guild on there, Order of Gwydion!

  • @kennethstephens992
    @kennethstephens992 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @Madseasonshow , I absolutely love the videos. As I relive the best moments playing through classic rerolls. It’s your videos on the background during the grind. Love the show. Keep up the good work

  • @twila987
    @twila987 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m a little drunk and reminiscing on old memories of comfort and nerdiness. I love 2000’s blizzard games. Thanks for bringing me back to that sweet nostalgia. I probably won’t remember all the lovely history you spent so much time on. But know I share your magnetic wow sentiments. Hopefully someone who develops games catches on and takes advantage of this absolutely delicious market of people waiting on an absolutely delicious game…I’m hungry.

  • @Sryker
    @Sryker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh wow! I have been out of the loop so long I had no idea any of this happened I last played in 2009 and am just returning trying to catch up with all the changes since Lich King. Thanks for this comprehensive historical overview.

  • @ksl-988
    @ksl-988 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Big shocker: cata classic drove more people to the private servers.

  • @arcsyko
    @arcsyko 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I will never stop enjoying MadSeason's videos about wow!
    And I want 2019 vanilla Classic to be released again with progression

  • @SakamuG
    @SakamuG 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hard to believe Blizz took 13 years to find the copy of classic when it was right in front of their eyes.

  • @CroneLife1
    @CroneLife1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Monotonous Adonis". Brilliant, Sir. Your videos are amazing from front to back; but there are particular gems that you scatter about in them which add a special sparkle. I love everything you do. :)

  • @ArAKenek
    @ArAKenek 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Guys, if you haven't done it yet, give ascension wow a try. It is a really well run server with some of the best ideas I've seen in the genre. It's like Sod but way more in depth with crazy build variety.

  • @hordemagetvgaming7229
    @hordemagetvgaming7229 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your videos MadSeasonShow, you really know what you are talking about and you have made me love Vanilla more and more. I am gona join phase 4 that comes to Classic SoD and i hope that they have done it well and that we how loves Vanilla can enjoy it. Please continue to do more videos about Vanilla, thats the high point everyday i start up youtube and see if there is something new from you :)

  • @GrandmarshalHazardblade
    @GrandmarshalHazardblade 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Stay awesome Madseason, we love your vids.

  • @MaximumCarter
    @MaximumCarter 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely LOVE it when you throw the token back in their faces! I hope you find a way to throw it into every single video lol. Well done as always MadSeason!

  • @PulsatingHyena
    @PulsatingHyena 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the hardcore classic days spawned some of the funniest and best moments in classic wow IMO. ill never forget all those death clips and the OTK mak'gora.

  • @QuentinofVirginia
    @QuentinofVirginia 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I do feel Old School Runescape's success did give an indicator that old versions of WoW can thrive and be profitable. Given how it was insanely popular beyond nostalgia and eclipsed the main game in terms of popularity.

  • @Geckomayhem
    @Geckomayhem 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, Madseason. SoD p4 comes out soon, and the news has been dropping like hotcakes. I think people are getting excited about the latest season again. I've heard quite a few people mention that a re-release of Classic TBC would be great. I hope they do that at some point, despite the classic community already being spread between so many versions.

  • @madkimchi5444
    @madkimchi5444 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "The monotonous Adonis"
    You're such a precious item man, rofl. Keep them Nostalgicraft videos coming!

  • @Anthony13USA
    @Anthony13USA 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's starting to feel like every video mad uploads is an excuse to slip in the "I told you so" bit and I'm all for it.

  • @MathiasErfurt
    @MathiasErfurt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think you mean that we were all waiting for warcraft 4. We already had Warcraft 3, and The Frozen Throne expansion.

  • @Downymegaman
    @Downymegaman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ..I miss WoW. A lot. I just don't know where to start anymore.

    • @TouhouGaijin
      @TouhouGaijin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Turtle wow

  • @mattroman5530
    @mattroman5530 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mad thanks again for blessing us with another upload. As i sit here on my only day off in weeks, i really look forward to sitting down with a nice cheeseburger and watching your videos. Thanks mad and godspeed.

  • @sdwone
    @sdwone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me... Cataclysm marked the beginning of the end of my journey with Retail WOW! Although funnily enough, I actually DID enjoy the high level stuff... Vashj'ir was Amazing!!! And I really did enjoy Deepholm!
    But levelling a new toon from scratch in the revamped Old World? Yeah... Something just felt... Broken... Off even!!! So much so, that I only managed to level just ONE toon, and simply levelled all my other high level toons to 85!
    So it was a VERY mixed bag! And even now it's been re-released as a Classic relaunch... I jumped in once, drooled at the VERY nice looking graphics... And then promptly jumped back into good ole Vanilla Hardcore! To immerse myself back into the original Old World... Along with the INSANE challenges that Hardcore provides!
    I had planned to play Cata Classic again with an Old Friend... But he no longer seems to be bothered anymore... And quite frankly... Neither am I!!!

  • @atmo_dopamine
    @atmo_dopamine 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a great Clip. Just started new on Zandalar Tribe EU🥳. Thanks a lot 👍🏻😍

  • @Norrieification
    @Norrieification 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I honestly think COVID-19 Catalyzed Classic as a huge part of its popularity.

  • @nicapotato7745
    @nicapotato7745 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Leveling in Vanilla is GOAT, PVP / Shuffle in Retail is really sophisticated

  • @uros.u.novakovic
    @uros.u.novakovic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was a kid I didn't have money to pay for a subscription fee to play WoW. So I started playing on private servers for TBC and then moved on to WOTLK. Those were some amazing days. Private servers in that era were truly something else.

  • @comsupicmatr1337
    @comsupicmatr1337 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im enjoying this as always, and it's strange that I'm replaying this three times in row, love u Mads

  • @ericholliday4459
    @ericholliday4459 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Turtle WoW best version hands down and gets better every week

  • @barnabasblenesi1392
    @barnabasblenesi1392 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Madseason pushing out these banger videos at the speed of light... Crazy, top man. 👍🏻

  • @ruinster
    @ruinster 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad you make more videos. Morning coffe and watching this is golden.

  • @ZapatosVibes
    @ZapatosVibes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    To this day, when I hear "your favorite flavor... is vanilla" I can't help but cheer :D

  • @Hakohn2511
    @Hakohn2511 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That intro is just so good that it makes me press the like button for the video in literally the first 5 seconds.

  • @Krisso22
    @Krisso22 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    turtle wow is fun and classic plus, new custom zones items and talents. new karazhan 40 raid is coming up, and the Emerald Sanctum 40 raid is custom too, great community too!

  • @Torsar_
    @Torsar_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man seeing that 2017 announcement again brought a tear to my eye.

  • @Coeurebene1
    @Coeurebene1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was just binging your old history videos, good timing!

  • @Cheeseburger_mage
    @Cheeseburger_mage 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how madseason will never let the wow token thing go, bask in that vindication brother you earned it

  • @usemorebrainplz-is7gy
    @usemorebrainplz-is7gy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Playing Vanilla HC 1-3 months a year, its the perfect nostalgia trip with the leveling zones

  • @dawgatemybrain
    @dawgatemybrain 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how you treat the WoW Token debacle like a trophy. XD

  • @Spectre1Gaming
    @Spectre1Gaming 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Vanilla WOW is still the best MMO ever made and the fact it can be played without any addons has HUGE appeal to a lot of players. If they removed and blocked the ability for any addons to be added into Retail that would be a HUGE step in the right direction if they don't then the majority of their Player Base will sit happy on the Vanilla servers.

  • @Oprawindfurytv
    @Oprawindfurytv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The crowd really likes vanilla ice cream

  • @JDoeX
    @JDoeX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I started playing Ascension, season 9 after P2 of SoD and I've not had more fun in WoW for easily 10+ years. It's like a breath of fresh air. Not to mention the game is actually being actively developed unlike umm...whatever is happening to Classic and it's iterations by Aggrend and pals :D

  • @delenthqc
    @delenthqc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these videos you keep giving us!! Good work man!

  • @Siouxjin
    @Siouxjin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The wow classic announcement still gives me goosebumps. Played when it when t came. Had to quit (again) but then started again autum 2023 and in January this year I got my first Kel'Thuzad-kill ever. Now I can finally rest.

  • @MrDewynter
    @MrDewynter 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hugely helpful. Thank you!

  • @AndrewPob
    @AndrewPob 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, madseason, for another great vid!

  • @squaredravens8004
    @squaredravens8004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "told you so, btw" lol LOVE IT!

  • @badgertom
    @badgertom 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:37 Props, the best music for "you think you do, but you don't" IS the Goldeneye n64 Music!

  • @Kshaadoo
    @Kshaadoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even to this day when I hear the "...your favorite flavor is vanilla!" I get goosebumps. That classic announcement was so epic.

  • @christiaanbird6425
    @christiaanbird6425 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear Mad season, thank you for the content! I am addicted to watching your videos. Absolutely love it.

  • @kenhammscousin4716
    @kenhammscousin4716 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I first played wow on a shitty laptop with 56k dial up internet. It was laggy, sometimes because of the shitty computer, sometimes because of the internet, but it was playable... actually the internet lag wasn't such a problem, it mostly put you 1 or 2 attacks behind the reality of the situation. Mostly you couldn't even feel the lag, and when you did it was mostly like all the sudden the enemy was dead, or all the sudden you're fighting 2 mobs instead of 1 etc it was good enough for me and I fucking loved it. Never loved a game more. The feelings that i felt while playing back then, i can't put into words and have never felt that way since.

  • @Spinexus
    @Spinexus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    League of Legends came out in 2009. I know people who never played WoW again after that.
    League ruled PC gaming between 09-14.

  • @dejavu_io
    @dejavu_io 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Take me back to Nostalrius man. I remember when that server hit about 6k players, it was nuts. Every area of the world was busy and bustling, you could get a group for anything and there wasn't mara spams in chat or anything silly like that. Sure 300 ping wasn't ideal, but damn did it feel like I had 2004/05 Vanilla back, technically two times more than my old haunt Azgalor back in the day.

    • @joefer5360
      @joefer5360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd stay up into the wee hours of the night and play with all of the Europeans and Chinese. The world was bustling 24/7. Nothing will ever compare.

  • @KonaFocus
    @KonaFocus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Well, it turns out we DO want to spam LFG.

    • @Nameonly67
      @Nameonly67 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Make chat channels great again

    • @drgreenthumnb
      @drgreenthumnb 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      we want to spam LFG for groups, not boosts and GDKPs :c

    • @gsp1995
      @gsp1995 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep, I honestly loved to do that and personally assemble my own party to tackle a dungeon or quest!!

    • @snuffeldjuret
      @snuffeldjuret 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drgreenthumnb yeah they really gotta fix that.

  • @ronnyrennfahrer5523
    @ronnyrennfahrer5523 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I cant get enough of the story about the monotonous adonis who has forseen the future and up to this day can quote himself and telling the others that he told them so! I love it every single time it´s in your videos

  • @danielgranda896
    @danielgranda896 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always great to hear your voice!
    Thank you for the great video.

  • @williamestes4169
    @williamestes4169 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "What If" series. People would love it!!! Seriously, that would be an epic series, and I don't think anyone has done it in capacity yet.

  • @stonedmountainunicorn9532
    @stonedmountainunicorn9532 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never got into the WoW scene when it came out, but MadSeason makes me nostalgic thinking about it

  • @snuffeldjuret
    @snuffeldjuret 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I (re)subbed for wow classic
    I resubbed for season of mastery
    I resubbed for classic hc
    I recubbed for season of discovery
    Blizz has my number and they know what I want. Gimme fresh classic and I'm there :). My pick for next resub would be a season of cooperation, just regular vanilla but all mobs are elite. I think the added incentive to play together would be very enjoyable.

  • @jinjowatts
    @jinjowatts 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Classic hardcore might be one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. No micros. No boosting. If you make it to 60, you earned it. One of the last bastions of good WoW.

  • @internationalme2897
    @internationalme2897 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful story telling. Enjoyed from start to end. I could watch you saying I told you so over and over again and it makes me smile inside every time. Truth hurts.

  • @jack.smith2958
    @jack.smith2958 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's actually crazy how good the presentation of the Vanilla project is. And in stark contrast to how out of touch he was during the panel where he was asked ("you don't want that")... when he says "your favorite flavor... is vanilla!", it still gives me chills.

  • @AKS-74U
    @AKS-74U 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    MadSeason is love, MadSeason is life.

  • @jakob8408
    @jakob8408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I remember my friends older brother installing the game for my friend and I and helped us get on to a private server in 2005. There were a lot of private servers even then, played on many before convincing my parents to pay for a subscription in 2006.

  • @jessse710
    @jessse710 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP nostalrius what an amazing wow experience that server was. I was shocked when they announced classic at blizzcon and hilarious to think how few servers they had planned originally. I played on stalagg and it was crazy to experience that 2019 launch

  • @ProJanitor
    @ProJanitor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I sincerely appreciate that you summed up the current state of WoW since it has become scattered lately.

  • @PandaWolf525
    @PandaWolf525 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I was so hyped when they announced WOW Classic. And it was so fun to play for a good two years. Those first 6 months were the best. Even with those that played “hardcore” the rest of us just were chill and had fun with leveling with friends. Life was good.

  • @yok0hama447
    @yok0hama447 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid, thanks Madseason.

  • @panzerfist
    @panzerfist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never liked MMO's was always an FPS player until one day I decided: "You know what? Let me try this WoW private server, it's free anyways". So I did... and I absolutely fell in love with this game. Even though I was never even a fantasy fan like LoTR or anything of the likes, but for some reason... this game just captured me like no other and I continue to only play Vanilla til this day. I really hope it sticks around forever. Truly a masterpiece.