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The latest patch 5.4 newsWoW Moviewatch: Nub Tales ep. 1: Celestial Steed (the tears of noobs)
by Michael Gray 
May 10th 2010 at 12:00PM
We all suspected that the star pony might have ulterior motives. Yumfries has blown the lid off the conspiracy with Nub Tales ep. 1: Celestial Steed (the tears of noobs). In a moment of brilliant revelation, we learn that the star pony is not made up of simply stars, but also filled with the tears of noobs. The video then goes on to reveal a dastardly plan as clever as any I have ever heard.
I think this is a fun video from Yumfries, but also fills an important community role. This is a player responding to something that's happened in the game, but also the community follow-up after that action. It's also poking fun at the vast overreaction among the WoW community about a horse. Of course, that whole thing just seemed like a snowball to me, rolling down a mountain. It started off as a blip and turned into this gigantic controversy that we've all since forgotten about.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
execratedessence May 10th 2010 1:30PM
Every time I see that horse I think of two unicorns from the Charlie the Unicorn videos. The voice acting in this video only furthers that connection, lol.
nonentity May 10th 2010 1:47PM
Hehe yeah, the voice acting sounded an awful lot like Charlie, also sort of the same type of humor, similar at least.
For those who don't know it - http://www.filmcow.com/charlietheunicorn.html
KrisseyB May 10th 2010 1:31PM
I want a 9k gearscore to put talents in every tree, and pug everything I can. Lulz.
Matt P May 10th 2010 1:36PM
Movies like this put thing into perspective. By externalizing the nerdrage against the mount into a character that's seemingly evil, it's easy to see how silly getting angry about it was.
As an aside, this is also a warning to extremely vocal critics of the Celestial Steed: It feeds on your tears. The more you QQ the more Steeds you'll see! Why? Any publicity is still publicity. Muahahahah! >:D
RndySasqatch May 10th 2010 1:39PM
Sparklehorse ftw
miz May 10th 2010 1:51PM
It's been a long while since I laughed so hard at a WoW video. My congratulations to the creator, and if he reads that, than I hope he knows that his video just made my day (meh, afternoon) :)
Good job and keep the awesome work going!
CvijaFaQ May 10th 2010 2:50PM
This isn't funny to me one bit
Downrate me all you want
Tokkar May 10th 2010 4:17PM
Um...okayyyy...if you insist...
Bart May 11th 2010 10:43AM
*click* done
Soon your comment will be covered with white out
shotiechan May 10th 2010 3:16PM
Yay! LFG! *FOOM!*
Mihn May 10th 2010 3:28PM
You mean people PAY for that thing? Shows how long Ive been away from the game. Well, I paid for my FnF mount, but, I at least have another acct to show for it. Oh well. I guess if you got money to burn, you deserve it.
Abraham May 10th 2010 4:40PM
OMG FRICKIN AWESOME
RocknRolla May 10th 2010 5:23PM
Best. Vid. Ever.
elstor May 10th 2010 5:24PM
You are now a Paladin! You have 2 buttons and a hearthstone!
phorns May 10th 2010 6:18PM
Loved the video but could someone explain the drenai's ironic reward/curse?
Blondies May 11th 2010 2:31AM
The Draenei got a 9k Gearscore and was cursed with not knowing how to play and being forced to pug for all it's life.
uncaringbear May 10th 2010 6:33PM
That was stupidly funny! The voice acting was a bit grating at first, but it was fitting, and the steed's voice at the end was perfect. Well done.
Snark May 10th 2010 6:42PM
lol, I liked it.
Except that I think that horse is butt-ugly.
Artificial May 10th 2010 8:14PM
Perhaps, but not as ugly as the lion-bat you have to fly as Horde unless you find some alternative...
RomanVS01 May 10th 2010 7:15PM
Epic video, I thought at the end the voice was awesome,and when I saw that female warlock die, and the Celestial Steed said." You must now spell out URL's with your body." It made me instantly think about gold seller's/farmers who do tons of work and get tons of gold for nothing.
Also I loved these,"I'm made from the tear's of noobs,cocaine,crack..and stars.", and finally "Yes..YES......25$ will now be deducted from your credit card..and furthermore you will be labeled as a noob." I can so imagine that gnome crying thinking of his money lost and feeding the Celestial Steed even more.