ngl I like the fact how people are coming back to this video after so many years just because Aglaia raid really do be dropping Thal's balls on us and they really hurt.
To be fair, it's really incredibly how well Koji Fox understands the social implications behind swearing, how that is important to make a world feel alive, how using religion for swearing makes it more impactful even in real life... it's such an intuitive understanding of sociology and it really helps to build a world.
I really wish I could play 1.0 sometimes, or more specifically this beta version to get past Sony's approval: Just imagine you're walking down the streets of Ul'Dah, on your way to turn in another question when you're just being barraged by "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!"
Interesting. "Thrall's Balls" seems to have been introduced to WoW in Cataclysm which I believe would have been in production around the same time as 1.0. I thought maybe one might have influenced the other, but they seem to be independent.
1.0's dev cycle was lengthy and painful, while I'd be surprised if anything other than the base game of WoW had more than 1 year of lead time between start of development and release.
It was recently discovered that the blood is from the people that are hit by them. On a serious note, "bloody" is just an intensifier in British slang. For example: "that's a bloody hard mechanic"
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The dominoes leading from "Koji fox wants to make a fun fantasy swear" to "my entire party panics and wipes to meteors for a fourth time"
*wipes to balls
@@kinosthetic Thal's balls.
And here we thought the "bloody" part about Thal's "balls" was just an expletive, now we know it's the result!
And now we know truly just how threatening Thal’s bloody balls are. Almost a decade later
And as it turns out, pretty fucking threatening in all honesty
@@raisylvaine8398 T-T
They were real all along!
I can't believe how long they waited for a payoff for this meme.
Returning here after dying to Thal's bloody Balls in the alliance raid
The mad man did it. The absolute madlad put Thal's balls. He did it. He won.
ngl I like the fact how people are coming back to this video after so many years just because Aglaia raid really do be dropping Thal's balls on us and they really hurt.
He packin
To be fair, it's really incredibly how well Koji Fox understands the social implications behind swearing, how that is important to make a world feel alive, how using religion for swearing makes it more impactful even in real life... it's such an intuitive understanding of sociology and it really helps to build a world.
The lore in FFXIV is vast
Just like Thal's balls
And girthy
the ul'dahnian desert is vast
And round
I love how making a dirty joke shapes the lore of the world lmao
From Thal's Balls to Torgal being buried in nuts.
Thal's bloody explosive balls. This hits differently now with Aglaia around. 😅👀
In more ways than one
I had to come here after the new raid. Koji is a legend.
I really wish I could play 1.0 sometimes, or more specifically this beta version to get past Sony's approval:
Just imagine you're walking down the streets of Ul'Dah, on your way to turn in another question when you're just being barraged by "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!"
I wonder if he ever realized this would become a dreaded, but loved mechanic...10 years later.
Thal’s balls saved the day (and murdered us in the raid)
Omg that last story is absolutely amazing.
By the Fury's Firecrotch!
"Halone's Left Tit" is my favorite one I've read someone come up with
She’s an ice goddess though.
Interesting. "Thrall's Balls" seems to have been introduced to WoW in Cataclysm which I believe would have been in production around the same time as 1.0. I thought maybe one might have influenced the other, but they seem to be independent.
1.0's dev cycle was lengthy and painful, while I'd be surprised if anything other than the base game of WoW had more than 1 year of lead time between start of development and release.
i guess, as it turns out, people just like to rhyme stuff with balls
Thal's balls I fucking love Koji
This is the greatest game of all time.
Omg, I'm so sad more people haven't seen this video.
Well we finally seen the face reveal of Thal's Balls
this is gold and just makes u giggle XD
What a legend
Thsls bslls should be one of the next spells for blackmage
This is fucking hilarous
OMG what is this lol.
Greatness
This is actually a true discussion, not the kind you see in Wow's trailer nowadays...
the power of swearing i see
I named my aurouchs on my island "Thal's Big Hairy Bullock"
this is so funnny he is HILARIOUS
Bruh, this guy gives me Gary Gygax vibes all over.
I hate the Hilton guy. Fox however, is a treasure.
Thank you Zepla for reminding us of this 😂😂
Damn that's insane. Thal's name origin lmao
Somebody get Asmongold to react to this please.
I think it's better if he reacted to it once he gets to that part of the story
He just did.
Like someone else said, he just did. It's on his reddit recap #31
Oh, I did see the reaction video, yes.
Why are they bloodied though? Nald'thal isnt a warrior AFAIK
I guess bloody is just an exclamation of sorts
Jesus Fucking Christ is sort of the same, imo
Stained with the blood of raid parties crushed under them
I'd say they tainted with our blood from all the raid wipes they cause
Tell that to all the parties he's been wiping this past week
It was recently discovered that the blood is from the people that are hit by them.
On a serious note, "bloody" is just an intensifier in British slang. For example: "that's a bloody hard mechanic"
what a legend