It's a shame, really, that people abandoned the smaller population servers to create these megaservers, because I've found enough people out and about in Azeroth on Myzrael-US that are looking to have fun that there was really no need to leave.
But here we are, and all the wishing in the world can't change what happened.
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So...
This post isn't about that, but rather this video:
You see, I wasn't the only person who noticed that there were more people out in the Classic environment. The title of this post references a line that All-Trades Jack made in the video:
"I also just wanted to point out how easy it was for Blizzard to make Classic a bit more popular and bring people back to the game. All they have to do is say 'Wrath' and give a 50% XP buff and people go fucking nuts."--All-Trades Jack, from Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft.. For Now
And another thing I noticed while watching the video was, well...
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| I circled it in yellow so you could see the guild name. (From Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft... For Now) |
"Hey," I blurted out. "That's Variance." My first thought was that this was an old video clip, in the pre-exodus days, and I was looking at an instance from Myzrael-US.
Then I noticed...
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| Again, highlighted for ease of observation. (From Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft... For Now) |
The Anti-Drama Society is an Atiesh-US guild, so All-Trades Jack must be on Atiesh-US.
This was confirmed by this last one:
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| You can't really tell, but that's because his quest lists kept getting in the way when I'd do screen caps. (From Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft... For Now) |
That's Rage Against the Murlocs, another Atiesh-US guild, and one that I've a couple of acquaintances in. (They're more my questing buddy's friends than my own, which is why I said acquaintances.)
So I was amused by All-Trades Jack's utilization of the Atiesh-US server for his videos.
Still, that does color my perception a bit. I don't think he's aware of the "Great Myzrael Mass Migration Event", which is why a lot of newer toons showed up on the server. Admittedly most of those are max level, but still an influx of about 1000 raiders will have an impact on server populations.
And there's a very real connection between that YouTube video and my own activities, one that had me combing the background to see if Deuce showed up somewhere.
(Narrator: She didn't.)
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Overall, I thought it a good video, although I disagreed with his characterization of Classic Era as dead. Compared to, say, Grobbulous-US, Atiesh-US, or Pyrewood Village-EU Classic Era appears dead, but as Shintar's numerous posts on the matter confirm Classic Era still has an active population that is simply not that concerned with what a lot of Wrath Classic's population is into.
I was kind of nonplussed about All-Trades Jack's suggestion about having more wacky servers from the WoW Classic team as one-off events, although to be honest I could get behind some of the ideas he had, such as having Hogger as an end boss. Sure it sounds funny at first, but wouldn't it be just how some of these stories would end up? That it turns out the evil mastermind wasn't Kel'Thuzad at all, but rather Hogger, someone you bypassed and ignored after you left Elwynn Forest?
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| Speaking of ignoring things, there's Kira, oblivious to the fight surrounding her. Somewhere, Card and Linna are facepalming right now. (From Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft... For Now) |
But I will say that I suspect that All-Trades Jack is a Jaina Proudmoore fan. Why would I believe that?
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| Look at all the hearts... Oh, don't give me that, you can see the hearts as plain as day. I sure can, just like how I can see that Jaina's eyes are blue. :-P (From Wrath Classic Pre-Patch Saves World of Warcraft... For Now) |
Oh, no reason....
EtA: Corrected some grammar by removing a few commas.
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