Cause now they know Ironforge is so much better! And the dwarves aren’t even asking for rent! Honestly dude, dwarves are just the most Chad race in all of Azeroth.
Let me get this straight, Barathen Wrynn fought gnolls. And his grandson and great-grandson, Varian and Anduin, were/are fighting the Legion, Lich King, and Old Gods. Respect your elders my ass.
You forgot to mention the powerful Darkness that the Kobolds fear, the reason they have those candles is not just to light their way but to keep the Darkness away from them, this is why you see Betrayal a Hearthstone card with a kobold blowing out another one's candle.
Murlocs might not be cannibals but they definitely eat other humanoids. Remember finding the chewed up chunks of Footman Malakai in Elwynn Forest? Also, if you’re into creepy stuff in classic, the gnoll tents are made out of people. Look hard enough and you’ll see one of the tent models has a face.
@@kamilostek It was my understanding that hearthstone lore is an alternate reality, as in we theoretically could visit it with the help of the Bronze Dragonflight. You're correct though, it's not Canon to our timeline.
Have you heard the theory that Hogger is still alive? Cata retconned him into being captured not killed and taken to the stockades. He then broke out and was killed. But then at the start of BFA when the horde break into the stockades He's still there... except it turns out it was actually just someone in a costume [the cosplay winner from blizzcon]. Elwynn Forest was merely a setback.
Or it could be another Gnoll named Hogger, as Gnoll leaders tend to have the same name. In Redridge Mountain during Cata, you have to go help out a town deal with a pack of gnolls led by Yowler, who was the son of Yowler.
WoW summed it up best when they had some mobs repeatedly say: "Kill you! Take your things." it perfectly describes every players purpose in the game. Kill anything that crosses your path then check the corpse for any valuables.
As someone who is currently leveling through Azeroth, I would like to, respectfully, demand more 'Dungeon Dives' - please and thank you. Anywho, great video, as per ush'.
I really, really enjoy your videos on Classic WoW, Platty ! Since I started watching them, I have learned a lot about Classic lore, which I sadly didn't while playing my Nightelf Druid in Classic. Keep it up ! For the Alliance !
Thank you for making this video. I really enjoy learning more about the smaller races, such as the Gnolls which are my favorite. Their design has the perfect blend of Warcraft brutishness and animal cartoon mascot that I can't not love them. And thank you for featuring my artwork at 3:35. I was developing a mad max inspired scrap yard dwelling pack of Gnolls and planned to feature some concept art of them as a "fan pitch" for an allied race, but when the Mecha Gnomes got announced I decided to not explore the theme any further. I still think they have the potential to me made playable if the devs decide to include them in a "classic throwback" allied race pack, along with Murlocks for the Alliance I imagine.
Missed the reason the kobolds have candles in the first place. They are very superstitious and afraid of the Darkness. The Darkness is likely what they call shades they find while digging but it could also just be the absence of light
I would've liked you to talk about how the kobolds are mining ore for the defias brotherhoods war effort. They themselves might be a minor pest, but they actively contribute to the potential destruction of Stormwind until VanCleef was stopped.
Interesting facts about each race: 1) Kobolts. Kobolts Mages have magic Candles on their head. It seems that their Earwax actually contains some form of Mana ... as weird as that is. 2) Gnolls. If you look at the tents of the Gnolls you may see a special one. With a human face sewn in. Yes they make their tents from the creatures they slay ... ALL creatures, including humans. 3) Trogs. Trogs have a special resistance to Poison damage in many cases. This is the reason why they are resistant, if not immune to the radiation of Gnomeregan. 4) Murlocs. Similarly to Ogres, the most powerfull Murloc Casters also tend to have a mutation, which turns their skin white. While the strongest Warriors have a mutation which turns their skin darker. Murlocs are also one of the few races, that actually retain their free will, if they are resurected as undead.
I think it was Cataclysm that mentioned that part of the reason Troggs were considered a failure was because they ate rocks which means they ate each other and caused a ton of damage to any Titan facility they infested. They even managed to get into Deepholm and spread like a plague.
i do be lovin murlocs doe, ive always wanted to play as a Murloc. Imagine being the Murloc Death Knight Mrggglerrrgrgr, who fell at the hands of some adventurer in the Borean Tundra. Murloc in full plate with a two hander? Yes please.
I've just discovered this channel and I'm throughly enjoying it. Even though I already knew like 80% of this lore, it's still a blast to learn something new and the humor is pretty good :D
i have been playing wow since vanilla, and created so many human chars i can even remmeber, and yet STILL the kobold being eaten by spiders didnt hit me untill you excplicitely mentioned it, so good job! this game has a LOT of horrific things that you dont really notice cus of the ccartoony look, yet if you stop for a second and take a good look at the enviroment and what people actually sayu and read between the lines, you wil lstart seeing them which is awesome
I still don’t understand why we are killing Kobolds. Even though as you said they are pretty stupid, they clearly at least know some basic common language, enough to say “you no take candle,” which is more than other races. I’d imagine some sort of arrangement for peace could be made by just offering them lights/ lanters/ waxes. I mean, they were there first and the Alliance kinda just came into thier dwellings to use as mines and clean out!
@@hervisdaubeny2591 I mean, it would be a stretch lore-wise, but in practicality, just how iconic the Murlocs are would make them amazingly enjoyable playable characters. With how wide-spread they are, the best Blizzard could do is make a more intellectual sub-species appear. But there may be a more practical means, I'm not exactly a lore nerd.
Things like murlocs, kobolds and knolls becoming allied races just don't make sense. They don't have cities, they don't have diplomacy, they don't negotiate, some even cannibalize, there's no inter connectivity between separate groups. Not to mention that their body shapes are terrible. Sure they're "humanoid", but the structuring of their bodies are so far from the playable races body structures. The most comparable allied race I would say are Vulpera, but Vulpera are just reskinned goblins. They can just cut and paste goblin armor on them. Modeling their gear would be a nightmare. I get people's desire to have them, but that desire is the only thing, literally the only thing, they have in terms of being an allied race. No lore, no current model that gear fits, no intelligence, no major cities, and the list goes on.
Horde: fights for thier survival every day Alliance: lol lets take out the local wildlife and colonize the trolls 😂 wait unions? Sounds like defias to me 😂 bust up the unions
The fact that I came back to WoW after quitting in Legion after playing since vanilla as an Alliance player and kobolds were one of the main races featured in TWW was insane whiplash.
7:50 the Gorloc might have came first, at least according to Brann Bronzebeard. The gorloc (and murlocs) are also speculated to be descended from an unknown frog Ancient Guardian (possibly Krag'wa)
I figure lots of Alliance fight kobolds out of candle jealousy. And Troggs just because they're upset that Troggs are smarter and prettier. Murlocs, too, but that's a given.
Another great vid. But, when will you be making that murloc music video you just promised us? (6:50 - 7:05) Also... where can I get my very own Hogger plush?
I never understood the merchandising of Murlocs, I played WoW during the earlier years from Vanilla to TLK and I am still scared of them whenever I think of all the shit they put me through. They always appear in packs and it is extremely easy to aggro additional Murlocs when you're fighting one as they have a huge aggro radius. I don't know about the current state of WoW, but in the earlier years, fighting more than one monster often means death, and it was so very important to keep the fight one on one. I remember Murlocs love to gang up.
I wasn't expecting you did beat the ever loving hell out of a stuffed version of Hogger and then waterboard and run him over. Shit had me creasing with laughter XD
Got to be honest, the thumbnail kinda make me think the Alliance have it easier than the Horde with their goofy villains. Horde: Big, scary, sadistic monsters Alliance: Rat in a Hat, Baby Fish Man, Grumpy Ol' Welshman and Mongrel that eats his own turds
I have this theory that murlocs are actually the smartest beings on Azeroth but never progressed or became more sophisticated because they simply don’t give a shit
Did they change the Trogg lore? I swear they’re described by the discs of norganon in Uldaman as being an being a mutation of the Earthen that came about as a result of the curse of flesh, as opposed to being an entirely separate race of titanforged.
Considering the human starting zone quests I'm surprised hunger isn't on the list.
The amount of food quests is ridiculous haha
Seems mundane but kinda illustrative of the state the human kingdom was in at the time.
The massive amount of bandits and monsters on every square foot of land is probably the reason why they can’t grow any food
@@MadPutz In the lore, the problem come from the Defias who burned all the crops in Westfall and took control of smaller ones in Elwynn forest.
Pretty accurate depiction of what happened to hogger during the first week of classic.
It was funny to see 40 stacks of gnomes walk to Elwynn forest to fight Hogger as a raid boss
did he just waterboard hogger, thats defenetley new
When you are 60, but the memories of being 6 won't leave you.
Did you just spell definitely as defenetley, that’s definitely new.
Haha
Someone might even say.... Poggers
Came here to say the same he fucking waterboarded Hogger... Roflmao!
15 years on, the Gnomes haven't taken Gnomregon back....
The live in Mechagon now
Chris Smid I read that as Michigan for some reason but it made sense to me.
Gnomes just went in ironforge to corrupt dwarvish master race instead of defending their home.
Cause now they know Ironforge is so much better! And the dwarves aren’t even asking for rent! Honestly dude, dwarves are just the most Chad race in all of Azeroth.
Look how much dps gnome warriors have. It should be easy nuff to wipe out troggs.
Let me get this straight, Barathen Wrynn fought gnolls. And his grandson and great-grandson, Varian and Anduin, were/are fighting the Legion, Lich King, and Old Gods. Respect your elders my ass.
If you leveled in redridge you know that those fuckers are worst than anything the legion/old gods threw at us at this point
they may had greater threat to civilians
We have defeated The Legion, The Lich King, and the Old Gods. Gnolls, on the other hand, is an enemy we haven't defeated yet.
@@joel7342 actually true
@@pogchamp2897 lmao
Somewhere i have read that if the gnolls werent constantly fighting amongst each other,they would actually be a powerful enemy to the alliance
I heard this too. Scary shit
Anything in large numbers.
As someone said here: "We defeated the Lich King, the Burning Crusade and the Old Gods but we still haven't defeated Gnolls". Think about it.
Gnoll Horde allied race when?
@@Makslaite I dont think they like the horde
You forgot to mention the powerful Darkness that the Kobolds fear, the reason they have those candles is not just to light their way but to keep the Darkness away from them, this is why you see Betrayal a Hearthstone card with a kobold blowing out another one's candle.
Murlocs might not be cannibals but they definitely eat other humanoids. Remember finding the chewed up chunks of Footman Malakai in Elwynn Forest?
Also, if you’re into creepy stuff in classic, the gnoll tents are made out of people. Look hard enough and you’ll see one of the tent models has a face.
Well, there were also bears and wolves nearby where the footmen were found... devil's advocate here - not sure I'd blame the murlocs right away.
@@BrewmasterBubbli
Bears and wolves wouldn't rip up bodies that way. That takes some dark intelligence.
@@wikipediaintellectual7088Azerothian wolves and bears would.
@@thomasleonardis711
They're not nearly smart enough.
1:42 “But never to a full-blown threat”
Kobolds in Hearthstone literally resurrected Galakrond
Yeah but Hearthstone’s lore is not canon
@@kamilostek It was my understanding that hearthstone lore is an alternate reality, as in we theoretically could visit it with the help of the Bronze Dragonflight. You're correct though, it's not Canon to our timeline.
Have you heard the theory that Hogger is still alive?
Cata retconned him into being captured not killed and taken to the stockades. He then broke out and was killed. But then at the start of BFA when the horde break into the stockades He's still there... except it turns out it was actually just someone in a costume [the cosplay winner from blizzcon].
Elwynn Forest was merely a setback.
Or it could be another Gnoll named Hogger, as Gnoll leaders tend to have the same name.
In Redridge Mountain during Cata, you have to go help out a town deal with a pack of gnolls led by Yowler, who was the son of Yowler.
@@Crawdithe98 like the Gordon King of Diremaul?
No way he survived being run over by an SUV dude
Ngl, they had us in the first half.
"Murlocs, but more terrifying."
Sir, I prefer to *not* have to panic that something more terrifying than a murloc exists, even if in fiction.
WoW summed it up best when they had some mobs repeatedly say: "Kill you! Take your things." it perfectly describes every players purpose in the game. Kill anything that crosses your path then check the corpse for any valuables.
Yes those wyrmtongues? Always struck me as a parody of the player characters, hoarding masses of items for esoteric purposes.
The lack of Gnomish representation in the intro sequence is deeply, deeply... appreciated
it has troggs so close enough
Oh, that gnomophobe cringelords...
@@amalekh midget
@Focus Support pls i believe you mean kobolds??
nah, they were represented. They’re just under the screen
As someone who is currently leveling through Azeroth, I would like to, respectfully, demand more 'Dungeon Dives' - please and thank you.
Anywho, great video, as per ush'.
This is discussing vanilla era wow. Nothing like the game today.
I really, really enjoy your videos on Classic WoW, Platty ! Since I started watching them, I have learned a lot about Classic lore, which I sadly didn't while playing my Nightelf Druid in Classic. Keep it up ! For the Alliance !
The Murlocs where rapping I want to hear more of that.
It's an illegal Danish reference! ua-cam.com/video/vgYcfV7D5gc/v-deo.html
Sadly Myndflame hasn't uploaded in years, god I miss Illegal Danish
Sam Shue thank you
These videos make me feel a lot better about my murder rampage through Azeroth. Thanks for great content
"No plushies were harmed in the making of this video"
Those punches on that Hogger plush were *personal*
oh man. blast from the past with that Myndflame Murloc track
Thank you for making this video. I really enjoy learning more about the smaller races, such as the Gnolls which are my favorite. Their design has the perfect blend of Warcraft brutishness and animal cartoon mascot that I can't not love them.
And thank you for featuring my artwork at 3:35. I was developing a mad max inspired scrap yard dwelling pack of Gnolls and planned to feature some concept art of them as a "fan pitch" for an allied race, but when the Mecha Gnomes got announced I decided to not explore the theme any further. I still think they have the potential to me made playable if the devs decide to include them in a "classic throwback" allied race pack, along with Murlocks for the Alliance I imagine.
man your vids just keep getting better
Excellent work, Platinum. Thanks for this.
Dude I love the Illegal Danish reference with the murlocs
Ahhhh that amazing trumpet music from the barrens and the badlands.
Been looking forward to this one for ages!!
Missed the reason the kobolds have candles in the first place. They are very superstitious and afraid of the Darkness. The Darkness is likely what they call shades they find while digging but it could also just be the absence of light
Another hilarious video Platinum. I don’t even play wow but your videos are so entertaining that it doesnt matter
The "So...uh yeah, they're pretty stupid" part killed me 😂
I would've liked you to talk about how the kobolds are mining ore for the defias brotherhoods war effort. They themselves might be a minor pest, but they actively contribute to the potential destruction of Stormwind until VanCleef was stopped.
Best WoW Classic content creator
Interesting facts about each race:
1) Kobolts. Kobolts Mages have magic Candles on their head. It seems that their Earwax actually contains some form of Mana ... as weird as that is.
2) Gnolls. If you look at the tents of the Gnolls you may see a special one. With a human face sewn in. Yes they make their tents from the creatures they slay ... ALL creatures, including humans.
3) Trogs. Trogs have a special resistance to Poison damage in many cases. This is the reason why they are resistant, if not immune to the radiation of Gnomeregan.
4) Murlocs. Similarly to Ogres, the most powerfull Murloc Casters also tend to have a mutation, which turns their skin white. While the strongest Warriors have a mutation which turns their skin darker. Murlocs are also one of the few races, that actually retain their free will, if they are resurected as undead.
Man, if that candle magic things were true, they should sell it to the blood elf as 'magic cheese'
@@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123they no sell candle!!
your videos keep me thoroughly entertained, i truly lost it when you waterboarded your hogger plushie
This type of videos is by far my favorite on this channel ^-^
2:32
Now all we need is a couch and we would have ourselves an *interesting* movie.
Been waiting for this episode for a minute
I think it was Cataclysm that mentioned that part of the reason Troggs were considered a failure was because they ate rocks which means they ate each other and caused a ton of damage to any Titan facility they infested. They even managed to get into Deepholm and spread like a plague.
i do be lovin murlocs doe, ive always wanted to play as a Murloc. Imagine being the Murloc Death Knight Mrggglerrrgrgr, who fell at the hands of some adventurer in the Borean Tundra. Murloc in full plate with a two hander? Yes please.
“Kobolds are known to breed like rabbits..” now there’s a mental image I didn’t want...
Well kobolds fight the darkness (Void..aka the end of all things) with there candles..so You NO TAKE CANDLE!
best classic content on youtube
Platinum, you make that good shit.
I've just discovered this channel and I'm throughly enjoying it. Even though I already knew like 80% of this lore, it's still a blast to learn something new and the humor is pretty good :D
6:58 *YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T NOTICE?!*
what the hell are you talking about
@@evanlarson2726You are uncultured! It is the murloc chant from Illegal Danish.
6:45
Holy shit, the nostalgia that just hit me
I like this, instant like and sub
i have been playing wow since vanilla, and created so many human chars i can even remmeber, and yet STILL the kobold being eaten by spiders didnt hit me untill you excplicitely mentioned it, so good job! this game has a LOT of horrific things that you dont really notice cus of the ccartoony look, yet if you stop for a second and take a good look at the enviroment and what people actually sayu and read between the lines, you wil lstart seeing them which is awesome
The most expensive thing in WoW is a 1st blizzcon code for Murky. Let that sink in.
That murloc song takes me back and for some weird reason I just want to buy murloc merchandise.
I still don’t understand why we are killing Kobolds. Even though as you said they are pretty stupid, they clearly at least know some basic common language, enough to say “you no take candle,” which is more than other races. I’d imagine some sort of arrangement for peace could be made by just offering them lights/ lanters/ waxes. I mean, they were there first and the Alliance kinda just came into thier dwellings to use as mines and clean out!
We kill them because the Alliance benefits from exploiting the mines and they're viewed as subhuman pests.
Super Funny vid keep up the good job
I really enjoy these man.
The only thing murlocs don't have at this point is a playable race. "Still waiting"
Still a stupid idea
@@hervisdaubeny2591 I mean, it would be a stretch lore-wise, but in practicality, just how iconic the Murlocs are would make them amazingly enjoyable playable characters.
With how wide-spread they are, the best Blizzard could do is make a more intellectual sub-species appear. But there may be a more practical means, I'm not exactly a lore nerd.
@@YourCrazyDolphin not saying its impossible. Just saying its stupid. Never liked the fishy bastards never thought they were cute.
Things like murlocs, kobolds and knolls becoming allied races just don't make sense. They don't have cities, they don't have diplomacy, they don't negotiate, some even cannibalize, there's no inter connectivity between separate groups. Not to mention that their body shapes are terrible. Sure they're "humanoid", but the structuring of their bodies are so far from the playable races body structures. The most comparable allied race I would say are Vulpera, but Vulpera are just reskinned goblins. They can just cut and paste goblin armor on them. Modeling their gear would be a nightmare. I get people's desire to have them, but that desire is the only thing, literally the only thing, they have in terms of being an allied race. No lore, no current model that gear fits, no intelligence, no major cities, and the list goes on.
Best Wow content creator!!
Just wanted to say, I love your vids and keep it up, brother.
Ah the murloc song...takes me back
I just found this channel and never subbed so fast. The video was amazing!
fact that he waterboarded hogger is golden
oh man I haven't heard that Illegal Danish music in years!...
Horde: fights for thier survival every day
Alliance: lol lets take out the local wildlife and colonize the trolls 😂 wait unions? Sounds like defias to me 😂 bust up the unions
murlocs sounds like they are constantly being water boarded
ah yes, I, venkleftis, the leader of kobolds. 1:31
The fact that I came back to WoW after quitting in Legion after playing since vanilla as an Alliance player and kobolds were one of the main races featured in TWW was insane whiplash.
One great video while I have to be at home because of covid-19
Good work man that part with trogs made almost spit my drink XD
5:44 when he explains the difference between Troggs and the Earthen who fell to the curse of flesh. Lol
Haven't heard that Myndflame song in ages
Just ONE mistake, Murlocs are Gorlocs that left the Sholazar Basin and not the other way around.
im surprised you didnt mention the devouring darkness when speaking of kobolds, such a cool part of their lore
7:50 the Gorloc might have came first, at least according to Brann Bronzebeard. The gorloc (and murlocs) are also speculated to be descended from an unknown frog Ancient Guardian (possibly Krag'wa)
I figure lots of Alliance fight kobolds out of candle jealousy.
And Troggs just because they're upset that Troggs are smarter and prettier.
Murlocs, too, but that's a given.
He forgot to mention that the gnolls make there tents out of human skin
4:00-4:23 This is what PTSD from Hogger looks like kids. War is hell.
:Yes! My shammy made it to the vid at 8:13 thanks Plat
My dude busted out the “enhanced interrogation” on hogger 😂
I need the murloc song as my ring tone
I'm so glad that Gnoll Plushie clip exists because if someone hadn't done that before I was going to
Myndflame, now thats a nostalgia hit
Another great vid. But, when will you be making that murloc music video you just promised us? (6:50 - 7:05)
Also... where can I get my very own Hogger plush?
I never understood the merchandising of Murlocs, I played WoW during the earlier years from Vanilla to TLK and I am still scared of them whenever I think of all the shit they put me through. They always appear in packs and it is extremely easy to aggro additional Murlocs when you're fighting one as they have a huge aggro radius. I don't know about the current state of WoW, but in the earlier years, fighting more than one monster often means death, and it was so very important to keep the fight one on one. I remember Murlocs love to gang up.
Man I have that murloc hoodie and I fucking love it
great, Jinyu, yet another allied race we'll never get
Kobolds, Gnolls, Troggs, and Murlocs... the Axis of Awful shall rise again!
Keep it up dude, you are hilarious
Been wanting my own murloc since 2005
3 mins ago this has never happened in my life
I wasn't expecting you did beat the ever loving hell out of a stuffed version of Hogger and then waterboard and run him over. Shit had me creasing with laughter XD
Murlocs, the Slayers of Newbies
Is there really a murloc themed song????? Loved the one that played!
Got to be honest, the thumbnail kinda make me think the Alliance have it easier than the Horde with their goofy villains.
Horde: Big, scary, sadistic monsters
Alliance: Rat in a Hat, Baby Fish Man, Grumpy Ol' Welshman and Mongrel that eats his own turds
I appreciate your familiarity with the work of HP Lovecraft. There are many hints of it in the WOW lore.
I have this theory that murlocs are actually the smartest beings on Azeroth but never progressed or became more sophisticated because they simply don’t give a shit
OH. You said Kobold... sounded like you described the horde.
YOU
NO
TAKE
CANDLE
amo tus videos!! como es que nunca los descubri antes
I was expecting him to say "Murlocs are the one race that players wanted to be able to level as, but never got (Aside from Tuskar)."
Did they change the Trogg lore? I swear they’re described by the discs of norganon in Uldaman as being an being a mutation of the Earthen that came about as a result of the curse of flesh, as opposed to being an entirely separate race of titanforged.
oh gods... my flight response got triggered hearing the Murlocs.
the murloc part was from from illegal danish
I did not take that candle,i did nawt!