Posts with tag wowcrendor

So, the MoP beta is here for many people ... but not everyone. Perhaps inspired by inevitable kvetching, perhaps by the recent April Fools' Day, Wowcrendor decided to answer the question: Is the MoP beta a joke?

This video is really more about the players than the game, as the best of Wowcrendor's videos tend to be. Most importantly, he addresses the players who treat beta as more like a promotional version of the game than a testing experience. I think how much you enjoy this video will probably depend on how much patience you have with the grouchier parts of our community.

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Are you one of those loyal WoW players trying to convince your friends to take a Scroll of Resurrection? Yeah, so is Wowcrendor. And it seems when you present an exciting, well-reasoned case to bring those friends back into our fold, you get one, single answer. That's the premise of this video.

This is a pretty short video, which is often for the best. Wowcrendor manages to make a full, satisfying video out of a single joke. I have a lot of respect for his brevity; dragging a video out when it's not necessary just turns it into a bore.

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Have you ever felt that Wowcrendor was a negative person? That he spewed nothing but loathsome, vile opinions? I certainly think he's sarcastic and probably critical but not negative per se. Of course, the entire WoW community feels like it's on edge right now, due to the lurking elephant in the room (wielding a laser sword).

Wowcrendor made this video to respond to critics who felt he was way too negative. His stance is that being a positive, rainbow-filled person isn't very funny. He used this video to prove it. The painful justice is that I actually thought it was pretty funny.

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We get a lot of musical submissions and comedy bits sent to WoW Moviewatch. For better or for worse, we can't always run them. Moviewatch usually needs an animated movie or live-action narration to really work. It's a rough guideline, but it's been a consistent one for years.

Of course, we see some awesome stuff that deserves its own spotlight. These are songs, comedy routines, and moments of sheer awesome that you shouldn't miss. It's up to you to decide whether they're good, of course, but that's what makes it a community effort.

Billy got kicked from his guild, which means he needs to find another guild. And so it was that Billy went on another tour through the various frustrating guild stereotypes. If you think about the baggage being carried by a single person, consider then the collective baggage hauled around by an entire guild!

How to Win at Guilds 2 is probably one of Wowcrendor's best videos in a while. It's a longer video and contains a deeper, more detailed criticism of the game. It's also a good example of that nice, painfully funny analysis for which Wowcrendor is known. I think we all know guilds or people like those in this video.

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Warsong Gulch is a frustrating map. It's a great game (one of my favorite), but it doesn't take much for a team to run right off the rails. One or two people determined to live in the field, one person who just doesn't have the juice to win, or even a bad flag carrier are all things that can wreck your game -- not even to bring up the dreaded turtle match.

Wowcrendor sums it all up in this movie about failing Warsong Gulch. It's not a complex video, sure, but it doesn't take a complex video to explain what can go wrong. If you find yourself saying anything that takes place here, take some time to reevaluate your strategy.

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Work warning: Very mild cursing -- like, way mild ... but thought I'd warn you anyway.

Wowcrendor tackles the seedy underbelly of player perception toward in-game races in Racial Stereotypes. Don't worry: this is purely trolls and elves and stuff, nothing about the real world. I admit I had that mild cringe at first, but it's just in-game stuff.

I think the most painful part of this video was the number of people I know who actually line up inside Wowcrendor's stereotypes. The whole way through, I just kept thinking, "Yup, know him. And her. And her." I guess that's what makes it funny, but it definitely makes me want to go re-roll.

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Wowcrendor occasionally creates these background stories for NPCs. It adds a little flavor to the stories already in the game (kind of), and the technique really lets Wowcrendor show off his comedy chops.

The Story of Dumass focuses on the NPC Dumass, one of three NPCs involved in Welcome to the Machine. In that quest, the player takes the role of quest giver, handing out goals to other adventurers. It's a very meta story, and Dumass really underscores the habits of some of our more challenged player peers.

Given that Dumass is already a parody, creating a parody video of Dumass seems like a stroke of genius. Check out the video and let us know whether you think Wowcrendor succeeded!

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Wowcrendor has made pretty good with his unreleased cinematics series. His Unreleased WoW Mists of Pandaria Trailer nailed down some of the fan myths and legends spurring on the oncoming pandapocolypse.

His new Unreleased Dragon Soul Cinematic is no different. Wowcrendor revisits the final cinematic in Dragon Soul, in which the dragon aspects chat about their new mortal lives. We even get an arrow-to-the-knee rebuttal, killing a joke that very badly need killing. I can't help but feel this is a more realistic conversation between the dragons than the one we actually got. After all, who wants to spontaneously be made mortal? Bring on the Age of Pandas!

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Finally, Wowcrendor has decided to lay down a parody to the hit YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History. If you're not familiar with the series, Nice Peter grabs two pop culture icons and forces them to engage in comedy rap. The videos are well acted, clever, and a lot of fun.

In Wowcrendor's version, Hogger and Gamon throw down for lyrical superiority. Don't forget to visit the YouTube page and vote for the winner. Not to show any Alliance bias, but I think Hogger won, personally.

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If nothing else, Wowcrendor is certainly prolific. He clearly takes his machinima seriously and keeps himself on a rigorous, disciplined production schedule. This is the second movie from Wowcrendor this week. And while we run the risk of turning the column into Wowcrendorwatch instead, we do love seeing what Wowcrendor is doing.

In Orc vs Wild: Northrend, Boar Thrills encounters the challenging terrain in Northrend. Using the natural terrain, fauna, and condors of the land, Boar continues onward throughout the frozen land. Wowcrendor uses this video to poke fun at Bear Grylls and all the tropes and memes about the survival lifestyle. It's an amusing video, though it does help to be familiar with the genre.

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I tell a joke around my house. I used to be thin and svelte, enjoy social interaction, and even occasionally get a tan. Then I embraced the hot new workout program known only as Body by WoW, and all that changed.

That's a joke, of course, and not really true. Still, those of us who look back on our lives before embracing Azeroth can empathize with Wowcrendor's World of Warcraft Commercial Parody. The whole painful nostalgia of life before WoW is underscored by The Go Guy.

Yup. We play WoW and it changed our lives ... so that we could listen to The Go Guy in dungeons. I suppose there are worse ways to spend your time, but I do wish he'd shut up longer than a few minutes.

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Can you believe that Wowcrendor has been on YouTube for nearly three years? In that time, he's earned nearly 65,000 subscribers and created almost 200 videos. That's one heck of a track record, no matter how you measure it.

In all this time, Wowcrendor has never put together his own compilation or retrospective video. Since that kind of thing is mandatory, he created Wowcrendor's Compilation of Amazing. This video is nearly 8 minutes of clips, gags, and funny voices from man behind Billy. If you enjoy Wowcrendor, take the time to kick back and revisit some old favorites. And swing by his channel and congratulate him on his longevity; my hat's off to you, mate.

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Myndflame is back with a new series titled It's Not Quite Illegal Danish. This is the first episode, so Myndflame invited Wowcrendor to join him, reprising the Gnomish role of Sproodle. Dirti G and Sproodle set out in the Eastern Kingdoms to reach that elusive level 4.

This is what Myndflame said about the conception of It's Not Quite Illegal Danish:

This series is not meant to replace Illegal Danish, but to provide a faster alternative to long, complex Machinima movies by focusing on short stories and character development featuring everyone's favorite Illegal Danish personalities that can be captured entirely in-game.

That's not all Myndflame has been doing lately, though. Check out his latest Battle of the Blues, part of his Epic Blue Time series. Myndflame's hit an amazing stride with these videos, producing some incredibly funny videos. Epic Blue Time is definitely worth the time to watch.

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Before I get started talking about Wowcrendor's newest video, an unreleased version of the Mists of Pandaria trailer we saw from BlizzCon, I want to let you all know that Michael Gray is totally fine and wanted me to sub in because he knows how well I treat you all in his absence. Instead of actually treating you well, I'm going to advertise the fact that someone out there in Machinimaland needed me for a guest voice role and then, after a few days, I lost that person's contact information. So. If you wanted me for guest voice work on our machinima and I haven't gotten back to you, you should probably send me another email, because I am a dumb.

Anyway. Wowcrendor. What a treat, right? Barely a week after we see the trailer for Mists of Pandaria at BlizzCon 2011, Wowcrendor pushes out a fan-made trailer of his own telling us the real story behind all of the announcements and poking fun at the new features. If you're a Wowcrendor fan, you won't be disappointed. If you're a Mists of Pandaria fan, you won't be disappointed. There are a few pieces of the video that I know for a fact will ring true, especially the leader board guy in the challenge mode dungeon. Also, I am a huge fan of Wowcrendor's take on the new talent UI. Good work, buddy.

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