WoW Moviewatch: I Tried to Play Alliance
by Michael Gray 
Sep 30th 2011 at 12:00PM
I Tried to Play Alliance is an amazingly executed parody. Not only does it really sound like the original song, but Palette-Swap Ninja really nailed the vocals. If you're not paying attention closely to the lyrics, you might well mistake it for the original song.
Overall, this parody is just fantastic. My hat's off to the creators, and I hope they keep doing more.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
snowleopard233 Sep 30th 2011 12:03PM
Well-written song but does this really count as machinima? There's hardly anything added by what minor visuals are offered in this video. I could have had the same experience just by listening.
Dankie Sep 30th 2011 12:38PM
Personally I like this better than the "OMG I HAVE AWESOME VIDEO.. but I suck at singing and my writing is lousy!" types of machinima that we get 90% of the time. If he had an awesome video to go with this, I think it'd be nice. but it's not a requirement. Not everyone owns sony vegas. >.>
Dankie Sep 30th 2011 12:51PM
I take that back. I went to their website and checked out their gear >.> (man, that guitar collection makes me drool).. they do use vegas. So.. yeah. You win one point, dude. One point. Other point still in the 'rather have good music than awesome video' corner.
VioletArrows Sep 30th 2011 2:05PM
It's not, but moviewatch is supposed to be for all kinds of things like this. MrVoletron is on here every once in a while and his work is just music. I found it weird that yesterday they gave the Mine of Worldcraft video its own article instead of just putting it here.
Tili Oct 1st 2011 9:10AM
I think the cheesy minimalist visuals actually add to the hilarity. I love it!
avahnel Sep 30th 2011 12:42PM
Woot!!! I love this, My hubbie and I switched to Ally to another guild a few months ago, and this song is so true. We are both Worgen, the only race that was even an option.
Valorum Sep 30th 2011 12:19PM
wow. amazing job.
HappyTreeDance Sep 30th 2011 12:25PM
That was hilarious. As a long time horde player who now has exactly one alliance toon (I wanted to see their quests!) I was laughing at a lot of the sentiments in the song. Amazing parody.
Pocky Sep 30th 2011 12:29PM
Holy crap was that ever spot on! Always loved the original and this was extremely well done. He even sounds like the guy, which I didn't think would be possible!
I raise my brewfest mug in salute!
Malkil Sep 30th 2011 12:29PM
I have to say... as a child of the 80's, I wholeheartedly approve. Great job on this parody, Palate-Swap Ninja!
StClair Sep 30th 2011 12:44PM
Same here.
(Also, don't feel bad - not everyone's cut out to play a gnome. :)
MattKrotzer Sep 30th 2011 12:34PM
That was truly epic. The video wasn't anything special, but the lyrics and performance were incredible.
MusedMoose Sep 30th 2011 7:41PM
Seconded on all counts. I grew up listening to Weird Al Yankovic, so I've got really high standards for parody; being able to write and have the new lyrics match the meter of the old is an absolute must. This one was very well-done.
And particularly hilarious to me because I chiefly play Alliance and feel the same way whenever I try to play Horde. @_@
Ellemir Sep 30th 2011 12:41PM
That's a great song!
Khoonda Sep 30th 2011 12:43PM
Now the next challenge is to make a funny video to match the song :P
Luna Sep 30th 2011 12:46PM
I hear the original ALL the time at work. That was truely and epic parody. Well done!!
Catsmeow Sep 30th 2011 12:48PM
A true palette cleanser...I found myself giggling and smiling the whole time. Thank you :)
Natsumi Sep 30th 2011 12:48PM
I give the song a 5 out of 5, simply amazing and true to the original in timing, cadence, and even the super awesome '80s effects. The only issue I had was that the opening words were barely audible but at least it had the lyrics right there, but that's just me being a perfectionist as it didn't detract from the song overall.
The video I can't give more than a 2.5 of 5, with no actual animation in it, even the amazing job the author did timing everything (proper pictures, graphics, and lyrics) with the music (which was excellent, I know how hard it is to do timing on a video) it still doesn't do justice to the amazing song, I would have loved to see him running around Northshire or Ironforge, basically to see what he was saying.
Overall I'm giving it a 4 of 5, the outstanding work on the song coupled with the superb timing warrant this video a good rating despite the lack of animation. I'm also downloading this song, it's just that good. :)
EaterOfBirds Sep 30th 2011 12:57PM
having heard that first part off of atheist experience videos a million times it does indeed sound very impressively like the original. the vocal effect is bang on :)
Sprawl Sep 30th 2011 1:03PM
I had forgotten just how lousy the original song is.