I remember how useless Silithus was
by Mike Schramm 
Nov 27th 2006 at 5:36PM
I don't have much to add to this "I've been around so long I've seen" thread-- it's a pretty good read on its own. But even though I haven't been around that long, relatively speaking, I will say that I've been around so long that...... I remember when Warsong was just a hunting camp, and not a graveyard for millions of PVPers.
... I had to ask a guildie in Ironforge to help me find a group for ZF when I was in Tanaris.
... I know there was a time when you could queue for a battleground at 19, and level to 21 before you joined the instance.
... I remember when dying actually cost you experience points (no, wait, that was back in Dark Age of Camelot)
... I remember when Chuck Norris was just a guy on a TV show, and not a supreme Godlike being.
Ok, maybe that last one was never true. Nickelplate (a player who posts on page 4) gets it right when he says he remembers "when people lived life at a slower pace and the idea of feeling nostalgia for things that happened only 2 years ago was laughable," but a little nostalgia for nostalgia's sake never hurt anybody, Nickel. This game has changed a lot over the past few years, and considering it's all going to change again pretty soon here (when the next patch, and, soon, the expansion gets released), now's a good a time as any to take a look backwards.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Fan stuff, Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Buer Nov 27th 2006 7:48PM
I remember when running UBRS and killing Drak was...well....UBER. We used to think we were so badass in our Greens & random blues.
I remember the neverending battle at Tauren Mill.
I remember when there was no such thing as Battle grounds.
Shaggy Nov 27th 2006 9:57PM
I remember when WoW Insider had some news to read, not littered with 'breakfast topics', screenshots, and other peoples blog postings...
Luka Nov 27th 2006 11:19PM
"... I remember when dying actually cost you experience points (no, wait, that was back in Dark Age of Camelot)"
It actually was the case when you used a spirit rezzer before 1.1 if I'm correct :) (and the spirit rezzers afterwards completely broke your equipment and inventory, instead of only 25% of it)
Sylythn Nov 27th 2006 11:30PM
I remember when WoW Insider had intelligent readers and was devoid of trolling...sigh.
joey Nov 28th 2006 3:18AM
- I remember when the only playable race was the dwarfs.
- I remember when the preferred method of travel was to drown yourself in the pond at thunderbluff (death porting) back when there was no death penalty.
- I remember when no items were soulbound (those were the days, trading paradise).
- I remember when I was the first person to sneak past the GOBs into winterspring before it was populated (when everyone said it couldn't be done).
- I remember when taurens had no mounts but they could run across the plains like a lunatic.
- I remember when you could climb any mountain in the whole game.
- I remember when having 1g meant you were rich.
- I remember when the level cap was 20 and people stared at you in awe for having reached it.
- I remember when the Runesword was the most hailed uber weapon in the game (LOL!)
- I remember when Wailing Caverns was the "Hot new place to be."
Ahhh WoW alpha... how I miss you. The best MMORPG experience I ever had.
blargg Nov 29th 2006 12:19PM
-I remember the camping of sarkoth etc.
-I remember paying nothing and still being able to play.
-I remember the neverending battle..
-I remember the 5th of November.