This is a truly beautiful documentary. Watching this 6 years ago was amazing, watching it today when you are that much older and hopefully wiser makes me realize the depth behind this masterpiece. Thanks so much for making this!
I remember the good times of my life playing wow. I don't nor will ever will think of it as wasted time. Now being a business owner I long for the good old times of my life.
The golden age of WoW! I remember watching this live when it was released, and thinking how well this documentary captured how multidimensional not just gamers are but people. We all have ambitions, different goals and challenges in life and we all feel social or other pressures. Showing that even the most consistently dedicated gamers were no different was so unique for its time. This was a time before gamers were paid and marketed as internet and social media personalities, and when gaming as a way to spend your time that was far more stigmatised. It’s brilliant that gamers can monetise their gameplay now, and earn real money, it makes gaming a real and viable career. If this documentary was re-done now, covering todays top players, there’d be a lot less to cover about gameplay, social stigma and motivation to play. It would have to cover business management, the use of follower and fan communities as enabling tools and the monetisation of playtime. There’s pro’s and cons to that, and to what it is now to be a professional gamer in 2022.
you can see none of those guys were adults and if they were they were basically jobless now its not the case, they can turn to streaming as a career you can rave on about the past all you want but current situation is 100 times better
Yeah the instance was a good podcast. Think I was listening to them since wrath of the lich king days before this documentary. Stopped listening when I stopped the WoW addiction back in 2015
Takes me right back to the feeling of the impending guild implosion, that anyone who's ever raided competitively, knows oh so well. The fact that most people's lives--especially if you're in your early 20's--change so much over such a short span of time, has a lot to do with it. Just... changes in priority and commitments.
Ikr, now its really just ran by Method, no other guild really stands a chance, they have killed the competition and its just not interesting to follow the race anymore since its barely a race. When only what....2 guilds, and has a chance to get world first......is it really a race then? Competition feels really dead and a minority of players seems to bother anymore. Most of the top 10 guilds now arent even famous or known within the community. Which wasnt the case back in the good old days. Even a top 20 guild could be famous back in 2004 - 2010
@@xMorbidArtx The difference now is that the world first contenders are basically just eSport organisations who gets paid to play as much as they do. This wasn't a thing back in the day and they are pretty much the only ones who are able to play 18 hours a day while the 15 ish other guilds in top 20 in the world consists of people with real life obligations such as school or work and thus can't dedicate even close to the same amount of time to raid as theese other top 5 guilds. In 2004 - 2010, even the top 3 guilds consisted of people with real life obligations and basically no one was paid to play except the guild leaders. And because of all this it was much more competitive back then.
@@xMorbidArtx The game doesn't foster healthy competition. A lot of gatekeeping, and pay 2 win aspects. The only appealing thing to talented players or upcoming talent is being in Limit or Method which isn't possible unless a bunch of players quit/leave or you grind for 2+ years to have a shot at joining. Being in one of the lower guilds isn't worth it.
Crazy how humble and wholesome Jb is in this video and since has turned into one of the biggest assholes on twitter. Seeing how big WoW expansion launches used to be also makes me feel sad at what has become
I remember this old documentary, was a good one. Along with The Raid, and Second Skin. I also remember cataclysm launch, was there at midnight at GameStop lol. I had fun that expansion Dude I had such a crush on that wow playing Finnish girl on Paragon. She was so hot to me back then, never got to meet her tho didn’t play on her server And that girl Narika from Ensidia, woo so hot but Xeno from Paragon was the hottest. I remember Lights was a big WoW player too. Lady Sinestra was a hard fight I never beat before it was no longer relevant content. Hard boss Was really sad when Paragon broke up, their videos were so good
JB? JustinBlade? Who is JB? We had a notorious Douchebag on our server Demon Soul called JustinBlade back in the day from vanilla to recent. Everyone hated him.
I still remember another versiom of this documentary when it came out. It had a specific guitar intro soundtrack. Wouls really like to see that. Sco was soop tiny in those days haha
There was another version of this documentary a few years back, anyone who knows where to find it? It was a very disinguished guitar themed song and only about the Cataclysm progress.
No they are not. I may be wrong but as far as I'm aware Lawlie left the game to form her own company, and Eric just plays socially and casually last time I checked.
The guild still exists and is actually still playing and pushing content! But no, the original leaders of the guild are not playing in the guild anymore. Allthough they don't contend for world firsts anymore and probably never will again, since Cata or when it was they stopped playing for World First kills, they have consistently been in top 100 in the world every raid tier since! Which is impressive.
whats my problem ive watched this documentary like 100 times now literally lol, ive got some problems put i just cant help it, i hope to one day make a great game like blizzard have done with wow
The oldschool PVP vids with Blood Legion vs. DIE.... man I really miss those. I’d play them at work and everyone else just loved the music so they didn’t mind me watching while working lol.
@@acetown2263 How is it better when the competition is literally speaking....dead? Theres only 1 to 2 guilds that can get world first theese days, and and no one knows about any of the other guilds in top 20 because no one just gives a fuck anymore. It's all about MDI and Arena nowdays. No, the world first raiding race is just dead at this point. Sure the content may be greater and better than ever but......the competition really isnt there any more. Not even close to the same level it was back in vanilla all the way to panda. In the good old days, literally anyone could get world first because there really were a huge competition for it compared to now.
@@ZUMTEZ yeah dead mate, thats why the week of Race to World First, Method(now Echo) channels become one of the top 10 most watched channels on Twitch, and not to even mention the individual player streams while also gathering over hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity dead scene tho right? LUL
52:00 wow she was 23 back then. She must be in her mid 30’s like I am now, since I was early 20’s when I started playing WoW, maybe even younger. I bet she is still super hot 50:40 there is an end Eric like me if your guild all breaks up and you just quit the game. I quit in warlords of draenor and haven’t been back since. I miss the game but there IS an end. Sad but true. 47:21 thought it was lame they added the sound clip from their lich king kill video of them celebrating into a standard raid boss world first kill. Thought the editing was a bit weird in some of these moments back when I first say this documentary in early 2010’s
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This is a truly beautiful documentary. Watching this 6 years ago was amazing, watching it today when you are that much older and hopefully wiser makes me realize the depth behind this masterpiece. Thanks so much for making this!
Thanks Emo. It means a lot to hear that. We love it more now than ever for similar reasons.
I remember the good times of my life playing wow. I don't nor will ever will think of it as wasted time. Now being a business owner I long for the good old times of my life.
I still love watching this video and to see who is still playing all these years later. Great video
Shows leadership skills,organizational, management , cognitive quick thinking, work well under pressure etc
The golden age of WoW! I remember watching this live when it was released, and thinking how well this documentary captured how multidimensional not just gamers are but people. We all have ambitions, different goals and challenges in life and we all feel social or other pressures. Showing that even the most consistently dedicated gamers were no different was so unique for its time. This was a time before gamers were paid and marketed as internet and social media personalities, and when gaming as a way to spend your time that was far more stigmatised. It’s brilliant that gamers can monetise their gameplay now, and earn real money, it makes gaming a real and viable career. If this documentary was re-done now, covering todays top players, there’d be a lot less to cover about gameplay, social stigma and motivation to play. It would have to cover business management, the use of follower and fan communities as enabling tools and the monetisation of playtime. There’s pro’s and cons to that, and to what it is now to be a professional gamer in 2022.
you can see none of those guys were adults and if they were they were basically jobless
now its not the case, they can turn to streaming as a career
you can rave on about the past all you want but current situation is 100 times better
I bought this doc in 2012. It got me starting listening to the instance to this day :D
Yeah the instance was a good podcast. Think I was listening to them since wrath of the lich king days before this documentary. Stopped listening when I stopped the WoW addiction back in 2015
I loved the ending! The look of wonder in the girl's eyes was priceless.
That poor guy sitting in the middle at 39:00 wishes he was anywhere else than there.
Excellent documentary! Very well done. Zugzug.
Takes me right back to the feeling of the impending guild implosion, that anyone who's ever raided competitively, knows oh so well. The fact that most people's lives--especially if you're in your early 20's--change so much over such a short span of time, has a lot to do with it. Just... changes in priority and commitments.
OMG I used to listen to “The Instance” all the time! I still have original episodes on my old iPod!
Great documentary.
Quality content as always my dude, thanks for taking the time.
rarely comment but seeing jb now and what his mom said here was so damn heartwarming
Young Sco POGGERS
Great video. Love the insight. The ending is epic!
Dan's mom raised a good man
Ah, the good ol' days, when any number of amazing guilds could snatch a WF. Back then we had a true race!
Ikr, now its really just ran by Method, no other guild really stands a chance, they have killed the competition and its just not interesting to follow the race anymore since its barely a race.
When only what....2 guilds, and has a chance to get world first......is it really a race then? Competition feels really dead and a minority of players seems to bother anymore. Most of the top 10 guilds now arent even famous or known within the community. Which wasnt the case back in the good old days. Even a top 20 guild could be famous back in 2004 - 2010
..whats diff now?
@@xMorbidArtx The difference now is that the world first contenders are basically just eSport organisations who gets paid to play as much as they do.
This wasn't a thing back in the day and they are pretty much the only ones who are able to play 18 hours a day while the 15 ish other guilds in top 20 in the world consists of people with real life obligations such as school or work and thus can't dedicate even close to the same amount of time to raid as theese other top 5 guilds.
In 2004 - 2010, even the top 3 guilds consisted of people with real life obligations and basically no one was paid to play except the guild leaders. And because of all this it was much more competitive back then.
Games low tier now. No one gives af
@@xMorbidArtx The game doesn't foster healthy competition. A lot of gatekeeping, and pay 2 win aspects. The only appealing thing to talented players or upcoming talent is being in Limit or Method which isn't possible unless a bunch of players quit/leave or you grind for 2+ years to have a shot at joining. Being in one of the lower guilds isn't worth it.
Here in 2024, Cata Classic here we go!
Crazy how humble and wholesome Jb is in this video and since has turned into one of the biggest assholes on twitter. Seeing how big WoW expansion launches used to be also makes me feel sad at what has become
That's so cool hearing Dan's mom had a heart transplant, I've had two so now it feels like I can relate to them a lot better now :)
would be cool to see a where are they now
I remember this old documentary, was a good one. Along with The Raid, and Second Skin.
I also remember cataclysm launch, was there at midnight at GameStop lol. I had fun that expansion
Dude I had such a crush on that wow playing Finnish girl on Paragon. She was so hot to me back then, never got to meet her tho didn’t play on her server
And that girl Narika from Ensidia, woo so hot but Xeno from Paragon was the hottest. I remember Lights was a big WoW player too.
Lady Sinestra was a hard fight I never beat before it was no longer relevant content. Hard boss
Was really sad when Paragon broke up, their videos were so good
OMFG IS THAT JB!?
I legit just came to the comments to see it anyone else noticed too.
JB? JustinBlade? Who is JB? We had a notorious Douchebag on our server Demon Soul called JustinBlade back in the day from vanilla to recent. Everyone hated him.
I still remember another versiom of this documentary when it came out. It had a specific guitar intro soundtrack. Wouls really like to see that. Sco was soop tiny in those days haha
The version that you are recalling was someone that cut out the first half of the film and simply showed the race that begins at 42:45
@@LFGproductions Ahhh there we go! Thanks for that info. That music gives me some serious nostalgia.. :)
@58:16 I just realized this guy is legendary '' Usso taunta''
Crazy seeing young JB
23:24 for those coming from the PoddyC
One of the best balance druids in the world... AND THE UNITED STATES
I've been waiting for it for over 5 years
lol, it came out 5 years ago. We are posting it free to play for a month.
Hope you like it!
YOUNG BABY SCO DAWWW
Narilka is so cute!
There was another version of this documentary a few years back, anyone who knows where to find it? It was a very disinguished guitar themed song and only about the Cataclysm progress.
This is cata
What is the song that plays around 18:30?
When do we get the follow up?
Are you still playing wow
Any updates with these people
I’d love to know.
What happened to adept?
Awesome documentary. Hey, are the leaders of Blood Legion still the leaders/still in the guild?
No they are not. I may be wrong but as far as I'm aware Lawlie left the game to form her own company, and Eric just plays socially and casually last time I checked.
The guild still exists and is actually still playing and pushing content! But no, the original leaders of the guild are not playing in the guild anymore.
Allthough they don't contend for world firsts anymore and probably never will again, since Cata or when it was they stopped playing for World First kills, they have consistently been in top 100 in the world every raid tier since! Which is impressive.
17min: BEST BROTHER
Plot twist you can infact be 35 and playing wow as career
thank you so much
can someone tell me what the piano music is around 11:50?
whats my problem ive watched this documentary like 100 times now literally lol, ive got some problems put i just cant help it, i hope to one day make a great game like blizzard have done with wow
the background music is so damn good!
What's the name of it? (The one at 47:50), any idea?
The oldschool PVP vids with Blood Legion vs. DIE.... man I really miss those. I’d play them at work and everyone else just loved the music so they didn’t mind me watching while working lol.
22:20 she’s so cute 😝😚🤣🤣
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38:30, her body language.... shes allover him
Min 59. Why is Ensidia on 3? on WOWprogress FTH Killed Sinestra as 3rd and Ensidia as 4th?!?!?!?!
Limit World First. Where are Eric and Sabina now?
btw i love her in paragon, where are you my nordic neighbour?
Beautiful
Holy fuck! Is that JB lol
I love this documentary, OG BL daemon
the game is nothing like this anymore
It's better, cata was aids. And now classic is coming out so even better.
@@acetown2263 How is it better when the competition is literally speaking....dead? Theres only 1 to 2 guilds that can get world first theese days, and and no one knows about any of the other guilds in top 20 because no one just gives a fuck anymore. It's all about MDI and Arena nowdays.
No, the world first raiding race is just dead at this point. Sure the content may be greater and better than ever but......the competition really isnt there any more. Not even close to the same level it was back in vanilla all the way to panda. In the good old days, literally anyone could get world first because there really were a huge competition for it compared to now.
@@ZUMTEZ yeah dead mate, thats why the week of Race to World First, Method(now Echo) channels become one of the top 10 most watched channels on Twitch, and not to even mention the individual player streams while also gathering over hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity
dead scene tho right? LUL
35-40 hours a week while progression.....he just didnt have the balls to be honest LOL
Oh shit thats jdotb
Finally :D
52:00 wow she was 23 back then. She must be in her mid 30’s like I am now, since I was early 20’s when I started playing WoW, maybe even younger. I bet she is still super hot
50:40 there is an end Eric like me if your guild all breaks up and you just quit the game. I quit in warlords of draenor and haven’t been back since. I miss the game but there IS an end. Sad but true.
47:21 thought it was lame they added the sound clip from their lich king kill video of them celebrating into a standard raid boss world first kill. Thought the editing was a bit weird in some of these moments back when I first say this documentary in early 2010’s
Woah
That wasn't sooon 😂
WRATH YPE
do these players still play?
Sco leader of method and JB (playing mostely M+), they play, the rest i really don't know
most of them no
Indeed. This is for the most part the previous generation of wow raiders. It was a good generation 👍🏻
Narilka, marry me! ooft..
Lol wtf SCO?? damn
Shame this documentary focused so much on a guild that was never world first for a last boss. i would love to see this remade.
8:01 man shes the cutiest of cutiepies:D
she went on to do porn after this
EU is always the first.
These boomers are so arrogant lol they couldn’t compete in todays game.
8:01 Played in porn... xD (Khaya Peake)
@@daviduk1692 It definitely is, just search khaya peake a d u ltdv dta lk, she talks about playing wow hardcore raiding for 7 years++
@@daviduk1692 Is she it? didnt find anything about it. Her Name in Credits is Vanda Magro.
@@veggstah @david d Is she it? didnt find anything about it. Her Name in Credits is Vanda Magro.
lmao so dated now they have million dollar endorsement deals and free gaming set ups to raid on
I bought this doc in 2012. It got me starting listening to the instance to this day :D