WoW Moviewatch: Gilnean Like Me
by Michael Gray 
Mar 25th 2011 at 12:00PM
We see a lot of Horde anthems around here. But it's relatively rare a video comes along that captures the zeitgeist of the Gilnean experience and really gets you pumped to wolf out. Gilnean Like Me feels like it answers every Horde anthem without trying. It's less a battle song than chants about how awesome Gilneans are. It bites into the experience with tooth and claw -- just like a Gilnean damn well should.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Chops Mar 25th 2011 12:08PM
TV on the Radio FTW!
this is pretty awesome too :)
zweitblom Mar 25th 2011 12:24PM
One of the best 'Oh shit' moments orchestrated in WoW machinima - and on a guy with no chin to boot.
xyna Mar 25th 2011 12:47PM
Incredible work, amazing job!
quasarsglow Mar 25th 2011 12:54PM
Victory for Sylvanas.
We could have probably just offered them a rawhide chewie in exchange for their land and saved a lot of trouble.
Arturis Mar 25th 2011 1:36PM
In Gilneas, "rawhide chewies" are known as "Forsaken".
Dreyja Mar 25th 2011 1:47PM
@ Arturis - /chuckle /claw-bump
MusedMoose Mar 25th 2011 7:52PM
@ Arturis:
Best. Comeback. Ever.
FOR GILNEAS.
Ronin Mar 25th 2011 12:57PM
Awesome job, I enjoy it every time I watch it!
Now if the in-game worgen hadn't been made so goofy looking. Don't get me wrong, I like the male worgen model-- when he isn't moving. But his walk/run animation is a lumbering, swaying, ungraceful gait that would be better suited to a drunk Frankenstein's Monster than a lycanthrope. And Running Wild's fault is that there's no sense of momentum, so it tends to resemble a frog hopping from spot to spot (at least pre-lvl 40) rather than a rushing, dangerous beast.
Not saying they should've gone with the NPC model, just that they failed to capture the essence of what a Worgen should've been.
Mitawa Mar 26th 2011 9:40AM
It's the lack of tails.
Tails are an essential counterbalance for a digigrade race. The lack of one forces the race in question to lean dramatically forward; leading to a lumbering, weight-throwing, ungraceful walk.
Proof?
-Tauren have tails, and stand much more upright than Worgen do, although the males suffer from the disease known as "Hordeslouch".
-Draenei have massive tails and stand even more upright than Tauren, without a trace of Hordeslouch.
Marcosius Mar 25th 2011 1:35PM
First time I've seen this, and - holy cow. This is awesome. Awesome to the max!
Noyou Mar 25th 2011 1:41PM
This is probably one of the best machinima's I've seen. I haven't watched a lot of them so not a big sample size. It go me very excited to play a worgen. Just wish playing one lived up to the video. I can only equate it to baseball when a player almost hits a home run. Just misses the ball by a fraction. Ends up being a really long pop fly. :/
Dreyja Mar 25th 2011 1:41PM
/SQUEEE
This is right up there vying for #1 favorite for me. I'd kill to see it done with updated models (male only, alas). I love this song and I LOVE what Gnomechewer did with it. The effects add to it overall, rather than distracting, which is pretty brilliant. :)
Now if those of us who play Gilneans could just have a few more moments like this, on behalf of our homeland, I'd be a happy gal. ;)
Senotonom205 Mar 25th 2011 2:49PM
I love TV On The Radio and setting it to this makes it even better
Raginghobo Mar 27th 2011 10:10AM
Awesome song, Smashing video!
Omegan01 Mar 25th 2011 2:54PM
I love this video, it's still one of my favorite Machinimas. I wish Gnomechewer would go back and revisit it now that the official worgen models are out and the Gilneans have their finished appearances (Like Genn and Crowley) but even as it is, it's a lot of fun.
Vorenus Mar 25th 2011 3:19PM
is there a place where I can view the storyline videos?? like the one of the guy with the eye-patch (crowley i think) gets shot with the arrow and cleaves thru undead??
RetPallyJil Mar 25th 2011 3:56PM
(throws her head back) AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sorry, I get excited.
Joker Mar 25th 2011 3:57PM
Too bad Blizz couldn't make Gilneas and the Worgen as cool as this video makes them out to be.
Still disappointed about Worgen being so boring, and having to read the comics just to get the whole story, while the Goblin starting area is an entire story that doesn't force us to pay more money just to know what's going on.
Also, why does Crowley sound like a mentally disabled drunk?
Dreyja Mar 25th 2011 7:50PM
This was before Crowly's model was really known. We all thought Liam was Crowly for a while.
Joker Mar 25th 2011 7:59PM
@Dreyja.
What are you talking about? Crowley sounds like a mentally disabled drunk because you didn't know what his model looked like? I'm a bit confused.