Jace Hall raps in music video 'I Play W.O.W."
by Michael Gray 
Mar 25th 2010 at 9:00AM
Jace Hall has managed to level up the genre of Belf Rap videos with his musical creation, I Play W.O.W. (Although, he does admit to playing a blood elf paladin.) The four minute video contains about four dozen common references that all of us WoW fanatics should be able to identify with, right down to no one understanding our MMO obsession. Hopefully not too many of us can empathize with Mr. Hall's mom, though.
The song is actually incredibly catchy, and I'm almost a little ashamed to admit I'm going to have it stuck in my head for a while. Jace Hall does a great impression of both the stereotypical angry rapper, while still immediately fading into that excited, giddy gamer who's excited to be around his fellows.
The slight send up of Felicia Day was a little funny, my favorite part was the guy cruising around in the orc mask. This video has certainly made me put Jace Hall on my YouTube subscription.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Magma Mar 25th 2010 9:10AM
I'm going to be the first to say, I really like her pink-ish shirt..it sticks out.
blizzardsprules Mar 25th 2010 1:17PM
This vid was awesome, and while it was a joke vid, some of the lyrics are true, but of course, I don't think playing WoW 24/7 is gonna be healthy for any human being
rondesouto Mar 25th 2010 2:12PM
He has produced a ton of stuff that anyone would appreciate. Check his IMDB, I personally had no idea how involved in hollywood he was. and the video was cute and funny.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995727/
thephoenixoflife Mar 25th 2010 9:10AM
I can't belive this doesn't have any comments yet! Absolutely wonderful video. Kudo's Jace!
Ramco Mar 25th 2010 9:15AM
Quite a catchy song indeed, and a nice one too. Vid was okay, started out great, but got too repetitive...
And who's this Jace Hall guy? Some American celeb?
Nadia Mar 25th 2010 9:19AM
This vid was hilarious!
Pez Mar 25th 2010 9:18AM
Felicia Day's song was better ... just saying.
Alchemistmerlin Mar 25th 2010 4:57PM
Not sure why you're getting downrated for having good taste.
Kilaybay Mar 25th 2010 5:15PM
He's getting downrated because it's impolite to say something is better than the thing that's currently being showcased, especially without any reasoning to back it up.
You'd think people would learn after the Kanye/Taylor Swift thing, but nooooo.
Brandough Mar 25th 2010 9:19AM
K... Equip is not Legit. Mr. Jacepwns is nowhere to be found in the armory. But I really don't care. This just made my morning.
Quote the Raven Mar 25th 2010 9:20AM
He's actually kinda a video game industry bigshot. Others will probably be able to tell you better than I. Good video though! Funny without being overly cheesy and a fairly decent rap. Well done Jace.
bruce Mar 25th 2010 9:21AM
some of it was, meh,, but for overall it was good. for the horde.
Andytizer Mar 25th 2010 9:25AM
I think the video doesn't quite do the song justice. I have had the MP3 on my iPod for a while and I always visualized it being a traditional rap video.
I think it work would a lot better playing it more straight because the lyrics of the song are funny in themselves and the visuals don't add anything to it. The 'acting' of it was really bad, basketball tricks have got nothing to do with WoW, dunno what's up with the dude playing the mum.
Samutz Mar 25th 2010 9:30AM
+1 for proper Leeroy Jenkins reference
-1 for being belf rap
-10 for dissing Felicia Day
bones Mar 25th 2010 10:54AM
Agreed!
Great video, but we love Felicia Day.
Bunny Mar 25th 2010 1:07PM
They know each other in the industry, so its more like a friendly diss. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khz9b3wz_zk#t=2m53s
Captn Obvious Mar 25th 2010 9:36AM
**Idea of the Day**
Why oh why hasn't someone done "I'm awesome" by Spose in a machinima yet?
Are you telling me there are no Blood Elf Rappers that couldn't do this song justice?!
This song sums up the view (of themselves) of some wow players I've met.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdseQsEbng
NSFW
Trust me though......it's awesome.
Sealock Mar 25th 2010 9:41AM
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Uldum&cn=Avinhdah = the toon in the video.
Valt Mar 25th 2010 9:48AM
I suggest people to watch "Jace hall show" too. Hes been on Blizzard's meetings on every episode so far in season 3 with some hilarious jokes blizzard makes about themselves that fans "seriously qq" about them.
Also Felicia Day makes appearence on them. They have bit of "rivalry" going on, so the part of the song about "dont wanna date your avatar" is not harsh joke just part of the thing. They are most likely in good terms.
Ep 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDOg-yWAUqw
brucimus Mar 25th 2010 1:29PM
lol Belf Posers