Legendary players

Ashkandii-saurfang · April 30, 2019, 4:46pm

Do you guys think we are going to see some of the vanilla LEGENDARY players back? Who was your idol?

One of my idols back in the days was GEGON - Ovski, Gnome Mage. There are plenty of great players and great videos but during vanilla times this was the guy I really admired. And I soooooo much enjoyed watching World of ROGUECRAFT over and over again.

For those who have not seen:

Gegon - The Last Ovski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5mv_e4ZmM
Gegon - Ovski Strikes Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HJlsZGCm8
Gegon - Clash of the Ovski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1tLFvm6Dns

World of Roguecraft
Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1t0A1cqGcw
Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL--teiBbzQ
Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUVNOI9rI5U

Machokedout-darkspear · April 30, 2019, 4:48pm

I dont see why we wouldnt get some outstanding players.

Shibah-spirestone · April 30, 2019, 4:48pm

Verycoolguy level 8 pally king.

Krackillz-sargeras · April 30, 2019, 4:55pm

Drakedog and Grim for pvp
Dopefish for exploration

edit: vids

Ashkandii-saurfang · April 30, 2019, 5:00pm

Oh I love Grim! Forgot about him!

Krackillz-sargeras · April 30, 2019, 5:03pm

I didn’t get into pvp videos much till TBC came out (till I watched Shadow Word: Dance). But those 2 were ones I couldn’t forget.

Teemo-thrall · April 30, 2019, 5:04pm

Grim - Rogue
Neilyo - Rogue
Pat - Warrior
Lucifus - Fire Mage

Kolben-icecrown · April 30, 2019, 5:06pm

It is going to be really interesting to see if they do.

Some of those players would be mid-40s or possibly pushing 50 by now.

The thought of a few greats coming back to the game is very exciting, but I want to remember them the way they are.

Kolben-icecrown · April 30, 2019, 5:08pm

Pat was good, not going to say he wasn’t. The point of his infamous video was to show that a geared Warrior buffed to the 9s is a train looking for someone to wreck.

The temptation to be a Tauren Warrior again is strong, not going to lie.

Teemo-thrall · April 30, 2019, 5:11pm

RIGHT! I’m so torn between making a Warrior / Rogue / or mage.

Krackillz-sargeras · April 30, 2019, 5:12pm

Forgot about Xahlior 2 - MoM

Its pretty much just a LOL big number with MoM video but its still fun to see what was possible in Vanilla.

Hypêrspace-dalaran · April 30, 2019, 5:14pm

idol? i dont idolize. i appreciate skill like…

vurtne frost mage

Ashkandii-saurfang · April 30, 2019, 5:18pm

lol the damage is insane. Even the white attacks can 1 shot people when crit. Damn insane
Naxx loot so broken

Protagonist-fenris · April 30, 2019, 5:19pm

Legendary players in classic will be retail pro PvPers

Teemo-thrall · April 30, 2019, 5:19pm

I respect vurtne, but I like skill with being an underdog… Lucifus takes the upper hand here.

Krackillz-sargeras · April 30, 2019, 5:20pm

Broken but not game breaking at the time due to so few having it. If you were lucky enough to have a guild on your sever that cleared Naxx and even more lucky enough to have a MoM drop on that server, it was almost a privilege to die to it.

Krackillz-sargeras · April 30, 2019, 5:21pm

I’m curious to see if they put in the time on Classic or just kinda fart around it in. If they go all out and grind R14, it will be fun to watch.

Kolben-icecrown · April 30, 2019, 5:21pm

Faxmonkey is definitely worth a look for Mages.

If I’m not mistaken he really opened people’s eyes on what the class is capable of.

Mägnificent-wyrmrest-accord · April 30, 2019, 5:22pm

Isn’t Vurtne in like dungeon/pvp blues and wrecking BWL/AQ gear in a lot of his vids? ( i mean he uses a TON of engi stuff but still ) Not to mention often out numbered 2/3 v1?

I mean that’s pretty underdog.

Ohshiftson-area-52 · April 30, 2019, 5:24pm

I’m sure there will be popular players, but legendary status is probably beyond reach at this point.

There’s an abundance of people making videos, and the popular video hosting platforms’ algorithms do not favor well produced machinama, but rather favor livestream clips and VODs produced en masse.

Add to that, vanilla has been done before, and people are far more knowledgeable and skilled these days. I think the things that amazed us before will be commonplace now, and truly outstanding gameplay will be hard to find.

Instead of well edited videos with music, I suspect there will be a saturated YouTube feed full of “Wowplayerx | SICK WSG KILLING SPREE! Unbelievable! - WoW Classic 60 Warrior PVP!” and a 36 minute recording of someone playing Warsong Gulch with a webcam overlaid atop their chat.

Instead of interesting fights or scenes, it will be them responding to a twitch chat we can’t see as they defend their flag carrier.

Please god, someone prove me wrong. I miss the days of WoW movies.