Ahn'Qiraj War Effort, Then vs Now - Gorak's Guide to Classic WoW, Episode 17 (WoW Machinima)

[@goraksguide]

I'm sorry the video is so late guys. It was a literal mountain of work, but I hope you enjoy it all the same!

[@stubbystubby]

Hey man, take your time. Glad you made this for us to enjoy

[@DJ1573]

Take the time you need, your videos keep turning out awesome !

[@lestutosdedrago6087]

I'd rather wait to have a video that put a smile on my face, just like you did :)

[@rhaya-fortelaza]

Quality takes time. Thanks for the video my dude!

[@Preacher_.]

It was worth the wait, this was so well done!

[@FreakyGremlinDK]

Love the elf's face when he stands there accepting the praise

[@Metallong]

Got a little dark with the dwarf miner, but i guess that would be so with war efforts lol! Great video!

[@goraksguide]

That was really hard to get right, the music and lighting and everything. Originally I had thought of having an epilogue with him and his wife, but it was way too much work already! :P Maybe in the future!

[@Metallong]

@@goraksguide hey it turned out great though, seriously! I wish i could make myself the time to do half of which your doing, but real life, and Shadowlands, lol hard to get on it!

[@maxhaly1612]

Might have been a subtle reference to grinding in Vanilla, not just for AQ but in general. People abandoning their families irl because they're so desperate to reach the top in a video game. MMOs like WoW prove that gaming addiction can be nearly as destructive as addictions to drugs or alcohol if not properly moderated.

[@Metallong]

@@maxhaly1612 i didnt really play till wrath, but i can understand that grinding mindset

[@EJsGameplay]

@@goraksguide Hopefully he just sells all his copper and gets his family back, lol.

[@amped333]

I lost it when the battleground leader showed up again, haha! I love the repeat characters.

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

It’s because he’s such a fitting appraisal of such a large portion of the community.

[@mortalsteinger5010]

His name is posterion gorak named him like that

[@NixxiomOnYouTube]

I hate when KZbin doesn't notify me of your releases! These are all amazing.

[@fastpace101]

Same

[@AbigatorM]

"RING THE BELL! " nice to be on that side of the table for once :D

[@shinn1542]

🤟

[@ExelArts]

At least I'm not the only one that doesn't get notified

[@Davivd2]

@@ExelArts It's because he uploads them and schedules them to be released after Patreon viewers get first crack. So it shows up in your feed at the time it was uploaded (For example 18 hours) before it's actually visible. Then when it becomes visible to non patreon viewers it shows up in your timeline from 18 hours ago. That's really a fault with KZbin, and they are not going to fix it.

[@WeedStriker]

2:15 Such a clever reference.

[@goraksguide]

Nice catch!

[@wobble6778]

Where is it from?

[@Braintoast93]

@@wobble6778 From the Shadowlands Trailer when Sylvanas destroys the helmet of the lich king. ^^

[@wobble6778]

@@Braintoast93 ahhhh i see it now cant belive i didnt catch that xD

[@TheRandomEpicVideos]

@@Braintoast93 It's called the Helm of Domination, you uncultured swine.

[@goraksguide]

The snake survived, guys!

[@Gebirges]

gud :)

[@ExelArts]

How?

[@markup6394]

@@ExelArts They forgot to skill their weapon ;)

[@Magictrickslol]

No Steppy on Snek.

[@0That_Guy0]

Thank goodness!

[@Giantwaspface]

Discovering Gorak's Guide is probably the best thing to happen this year.

[@maxhaly1612]

The part with the dwarf abusing/neglecting his family in order to harvest ore was really dark, and the worst part is it was all for nothing because the Guild Leader dude dumped a literal truckload of mats to automatically fill up the progress bar before the dwarf guy could even hand in a single bar of ore......

[@goraksguide]

That was really hard to get right, the music and lighting and everything. Originally I had thought of having an epilogue with him and his wife, but it was way too much work already! :P Maybe in the future!

[@mickaelruis8625]

​@@goraksguide Dude your videos are A M A Z I N G ! You literally animated the models yourself and even the 'direction' is amazing, felt almost like a tv show, good cuts, good pacing, you must be a professional for sure, or someone who took time to study this ! the humor is cute, good hearted and relatively clever, you manage to get us engaged, there's good ideas (the guy drifting on the ironforge tank, lol) ... In fact it's so good it's almost suspicious ! you must be working for blizzard's marketing team ! Unfortunately your humor seems to cute or specific to gather larger numbers viewers probably because classic wow is a ' relatively' niche game with a specific kind of players . Edgy or pseudo subversive/shocking humor like in rick and morty would probably target better those demographics..; kinda sad because I really love it !

[@Tundra.]

@@goraksguide I'm so used to your stuff just being straight funny, it was a surprise to see. It really tugged at my heart strings, you did a great job with it! Don't think I missed every single one of those bars being animated when they got knocked into the wall by the steamtank, either! Every episode is a treat.

[@paytondelaney8316]

I mean he can still sell them in the AH

[@mgtow346]

abusing? lmfao

[@MightyBolamite]

"Elf-man go brr" Made me laugh.

[@eugene4637]

12 year old confirmed

[@AbigatorM]

@@eugene4637 it was just so out of nowhere that it made me laugh.

[@AHunDread]

Zug zug

[@ВадимКовалёв-ш2н]

I expected Guild Leader to show in Booty Bay and smuggle trade goods on neutral AH.

[@blurry3255]

TIME STAMP i dont understant what im supposed to see or hear?

[@MrSurrealKarma]

You really outdid yourself on this one. The quality is top notch!

[@RionaSL]

The helmet part with the gnome was pure genius 😂

[@fatpanda9761]

It's been so very long, alone in the darkness, waiting for a Gorak's Guide video to release. Was the long, lonely wait worth it? Yes. Yes it was.

[@michellenich3172]

The dwarf that donated his pants was just perfect

[@deniboy1570]

Man the part with the gnome disenchanting, the dwarf giving away his pants and the guild leader really had me laughing! God job sir! You are always keep gettimg better in your amimations! 😁😁❤❤

[@thorinpeterson6282]

This is some of the funniest WoW content I've ever seen. Actual top tier. Great animation, great humor, weirdly good storytelling. The undead running away like "lol power to the forsaken" had me cackling

[@UkraineJames2000]

Great to see you back :)

[@goraksguide]

Thank you! :)

[@I_am_a_cat_]

Damn the quality on this is crazy good. The whole wife leaving thing was so spot on lmao. Also as a horde member, I would much rather have a nice dead snake to eat than to donate stuff to a war effort, pfffft

[@dylunr3143]

Idk how you managed to make 3d models for so many WoW items, and then gave them physics but dude. Oh my god. I laughed out LOUD when that Forsaken crafted a dagger in front of the Orc. And when the snake got stomped on. My man this is your best video yet. Idk how you keep outdoing yourself because this stuff is gold. You're the man.

[@dausciklas7537]

I love that elf leader, the way he represents himself and the faces he makes is great.

[@mitrooper]

This guy has talent when it comes down to character animations, humor and storytelling.

[@Hriskataaa]

The animations are great and hilarious, but what really got to me was the paid attention to the physic effects! My God, that amount of work must have cost you your dwarven family as well...

[@bubbless8]

That part where the dwarf's copper bars went flying each one in all kinda directions... just... damn. Everything is always insanely detailed but that part stood out to me especially among the many that the others already mentioned in the comments. Amazing video! Thank you :D

[@ThatKayen]

This is probably the most advanced fanmade machinima video I have seen in recent years, AMAZING work!

[@SupaFighta]

Watching it again, quite timeless imo. Gorak really made superb videos!

[@KaranKumar-di9fw]

I just found this gem of a channel and am loving it! Superb quality. Shame it has so few views, though.

[@HungarianWarHorse]

Best wow machinima ive ever seen. The timing, the animations, the use of sound effects. I never miss a gorak video keep it up

[@Masterwar15]

Out of all WoW machinimas, your animations are some of the most worked of them all, it's impressive the amount of detail you put into this.

[@ArcaneTricks]

That night elf is such a chad that he did a double front flip when he jumped.

[@superdaveozy7863]

You are seriously the best WoW Machinima creator ive ever seen.

[@MidWitPride]

I love the tiny nod the guild leader makes after reaching 100% Little details like this are the things that make your videos really stand out.

[@croszdrop1]

The expressions and and movement were almost disturbingly human like for a wow animation. Made me feel sad and other emotions. Very well done.

[@merwynn5388]

thats hands down the funniest wow machinima ive watched for years. the last tine i laughed that hard was watching the oxhorn clips. awsome work!

[@figtmen5]

Damn this was a GOOD video, top notch editing and animations! Can't imagine how much work went in there. Awesome!

[@malvar3665]

That body language and subtle facial expressions dude, you are a true artist good sir.

[@Inlet]

This was awesome! The physics really make the word feel more alive. The dwarf miner could even be a story on its own.

[@huuminbloodborn7570]

Welcome back and great job as always. I love how well the ending embodied a alliance dominated server lol

[@kyero8724]

It embodies any dominated server.

[@hizzousekakashi8836]

Dude this had to take SO MUCH WORK for all this animation man! GOOD JOB! IT'S FANTASTIC!

[@nyobimatrix3868]

@2:27 that eyebrow raise was hilarious. great video mate

[@peagames2002]

You deserve so much more subscribers.

[@uz7699]

this was so hauntingly beautiful, thank you for blessing my eye balls with this quality content Mr. Gorak

[@level10gnollwarlock]

basically what happened on zandalar tribe eu LOL. alliance had to horde's war effort

[@Kamradec]

No war effort − no Scarab Lord!

[@robfus]

Yeah lol

[@agdraaijer7288]

Yep, that was golden kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIfbfHl6ZbChqq8

[@multi9126]

on hearthstriker too....

[@raicoron3466]

The last portion of the video had to be a reference to the zandalar drama.

[@videos8159]

that copper into dagger was rly smooth. your animations are getting better and better every time!

[@78chrisdavid]

Please don't ever stop these videos

[@fizzy1197]

Damn in all these years of WoW machinimas this is by far one of the better ones i saw. Good job!

[@labradorite6370]

I bet you would win if you ever entered one of those Blizzard video contests. This is so well made and freaking hilarious.

[@goraksguide]

I'm not sure they do those anymore, but I'll keep an eye out anyway ^^ Thanks for the nice comment!

[@RandomLight-m5v]

Really amazing video. Dwarf part. The creepy mininghatchet sound in the background really set the mood. It reminded me from There Will be blood movie.

[@_Tomon]

The disenchanting Gnome paroding the Helm of Domination destruction was superb :-D

[@IvikNier]

I love these little movements that shows so much of a character in those... characters. They are so subtle but yet so clear.

[@Lyn685]

Your talent for animation and visual storytelling are really impressive as always. And you made me laugh on top of that! BTW: Wouldnt it be funny if the alliance guild leader disguised himself as a member of the horde so he can complete the war effort for them?

[@Quitarstudent]

that was the reality for the sweatiest guild, they did the war affort on both horde an alliance

[@PestilliusVeno]

Some servers were forced to do that, as the faction imbalance was about 95/5 (or worse) by the time phase 4 came.

[@Deraine]

Incendius had our resident mega-guild Fusion complete both war efforts the first day.

[@Scorpion0308]

Your skills have improved man, excellent video, love the effects, comedy, throwbacks, everything. Don't stop, keep them coming!

[@Bluepenguin28]

when the female dwarf became sad because she was lonely at the dinner table my heart melted 😥

[@LawrenciumPro]

Probably the best episode yet! A genuine smile on my face the whole time :)

[@spicylemons490]

Made me laugh hysterically once again. As always, well made, and wonderfully written, even without dialogue! You never fail to capture the feel of classic and I love it.

[@edwardtherhea6818]

This is probably the cleanest machinima i have ever seen. Thank you for your efforts sir

[@Krafteon]

Love the amount of detail you put into your videos! Thank you for all your hard work Gorak!

[@designatedred]

I went back and paused to see what ate the fish and MY EYES AUGH! Fantastic work dude!

[@stevenvargas3417]

Thanks Gorak we appreciate your videos!

[@DVo-hb3tg]

It is awesome to see you back! I was missing your videos.

[@Boricuanima]

These videos are the best, highest quality classic content period. Thanks for making em'

[@mattwo7]

2:22 If you skim through with . key, a nude Asmongnome with a goatee chased by a dwarf with a broom eats the fish on the floor.

[@lordmazdamundi2847]

I just discover your channel today Gorak. And i'm watching all the videos. Your work is so funny to watch and so cool. You really have a talent to make it really nice to see and fun. All the facial expressions, the sounds, the jokes etc are perfect. keep up the PERFECT work mate. A god of the Machinima.

[@beornyondur4594]

you've been gone so long Gorak thank you for coming back!

[@jordanedwards2714]

the way you animate these videos is fantastic

[@Talzion42]

Holy shit, the part where the Guild Leader drifts into the bars was amazing, first time I have ever seen this use of physics in a WoW Machinima! Amazing work as always

[@martinfey578]

i hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves in 2021, great work and looking forward to more.

[@notsure9259]

1:53 - but... the last guy charging there already has AQ boots? 2:22 - those 3 frames were the most terrifying thing I have seen in a WoW machinima so far. Extraordinary job, I loved it.

[@overing07]

Man this quality is soo goood, you did excellent job!

[@lordSeverynn]

You deserve more views! Sharing this to everyone!

[@drivebypoet]

You're my favorite machinimator. No one else compares.

[@jgalla5549]

best animation skills i've seen in the machinima-type video scene by a mile

[@Marshmallowcookie]

XD i love your content so much, your machinimas have so much character, so much emotion with just the use of their movements and expressions. I hope you blow up soon before you get tired of making content for a small audience xD

[@DZombieDragon]

I have to say you really outdid yourself with this one, everything was so perfect! Also loved the reappearance of the BG leader XD

[@yaroslavbolotov7653]

Your videos always bring a smile to my face even though I don't play any longer!!

[@saliktor]

Just got recommended a video of yours. Top notch stuff!

[@coffeebux]

I can't get over your skill of facial expressions and emotions. Your videos have almost 0 dialogue but I can tell exactly what is happening and I'm hooked

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

I am baffled. This must have taken ages! Wonderful work. Thank you very much. That you can get so much nuances out of the pixel mash models from ages past is simply lovely. Although the theme of "then vs now" is as depressing as always. The memories prevail though. Thanks Gorak. I wish you a merry christmas.

[@marcuselias4412]

perfect as always. the dwarf at 2:30 really got me.

[@darckben999]

So much work in this animation, you can see the amount of work in every damn scene. Amazing as always !

[@pogolas]

Stopped playing WoW months before. Still subscribed and having fun.

[@perseverance6994]

Insane improvement in editing. Good job!

[@joshuapirolo6263]

Bro this is your best one yet! Keep it up!

[@FozzaCovers]

Take as much needed time you need in order to perfect these masterpieces of yours :D Love them all!

[@Babaganoosh69]

Absolutely fantastic, your best video yet! The madlad got an ankle biter in there!

[@Otakou]

This is one of the best WoW Videos i've seen lately, I love it!

[@therealdoc]

The animation and cinematography for these are phenomenal.

[@isarke7042]

Dude amazing job, this is by far one of the best you've made, good job

[@smallrose323]

this is so funny dude i love it. the animations are wonderful, they flow so nicely and are so comedic. the sound effects are hilarious too. the storytelling! anyway great work dude :D

[@goraksguide]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@user-qr1cp3rc1g]

dude the animation is so well done I love the amount of effort you puıt in

[@EdyGlockenspiel]

That was an amazing binge of all your videos. Thank you for existing.

[@ComesopaIndustries]

This channel deserves more love

[@Timmyplayz]

Honestly was an amazing video, I hope it goes big!

[@666devillord]

Awesome video sir, top notch animation as always.

[@Sarik0497]

Extraordinary video! You got yourself another sub, and hopefully many, many more to come.

[@Quitarstudent]

dude, easily best machinimas done, you make the best out of these low polygon models, dont stop

[@armedlex]

Guild Leader's face emotion is amazing, like a real general or admiral.

[@Lonerprime]

2:01 Nice throwback at the origins of the most sought after gnome name, Anklebiter, Gorak. Awesome work as always my dude. Looking forward to the next camo of the dancing druid from the BG!

[@gabrielmanolis5188]

You're the new Oxhorn in my eyes. 10/10, loved it.

[@extragoofy8030]

Your best work yet! Congrats, man! :)

[@Taskmaster17]

Amazing work! Especially the scene where the dwarf gets knocked over with all those copper bars....and the emotion on everyone's faces

[@yeast7485]

The animation skills are unreal in this one