Blizzcon 2017 Opening Ceremony: WoW Classic + Battle for Azeroth with Chat Reaction!

WoW panel during the Blizzcon opening ceremony. Now with 110% more hype.

[@freedude9]

Thought I'd answer a couple of questions about the stream. It was live-streamed from Blizzard's KZbin channel. Didn't record from Twitch because chat spam tends to be delayed (2-3 secs), whereas KZbin live-stream chat has no such delay. Chat spam is love!

[@poexix9263]

Chat was delayed though with 10-15 seconds with the video.

[@youshouldknow8437]

The tears...they're real. Holy shit. Blizzard did something I swore wouldn't happen since Burning Crusade. Hype. I'm fucking hyped.

[@joshua7426]

Shane Russell you can thank metzen for no classic wow.. now that he s gone after so many years the world seems a better place again

[@Ren3gade]

I can't wait for Classic. The nostalgia!

[@chaosrex1487]

Evidence for this please?

[@RelentlessBG]

yea they had to make up for that disgusting mess they made called warlods of draenor

[@nooraldeen6637]

I've never played wow is it a good time to start when these servers launch ? or will it be too much to learn ?

[@ekscalybur]

WoW Classic.... I haven't played WoW since 2009. I'll come back for this.

[@dudlecore7358]

I wouldn't be suprised if millions would join you. I shall be one of them.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

And me. I never got to play the original Vanilla, as I only started during Wrath. BFA can go choke on a turd, I'm going back in time. :-D

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

"You don't want to go back. You think that you do but you don't". Then Nostalrius happens. "Fans around the world, we hear you". Lol.

[@xLogikBomb]

I think I speak for all of my vanilla brethren here when I say "IT IS ABOUT TIME!!!" No hard feelings though Blizz, thank you... just... thank you!

[@djwrox94]

Vanilla vet... Loved vanilla, hit level 60 about 7 months before TBC launch and I have such fond memories of the game :) BUT I don't know if I wanna ruin the fond memories by trashing them by reliving all the things that was also BAD about vanilla, I miss the old zones don't get me wrong but the questing was a cluster fuck there was a reason outland was 58 and not 60, you run out of quest at 58 and had to grind for 2 fucking levels... I love vanilla but idk whether reliving it is a good or bad idea

[@myokitt]

Vanilla hype!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CRACKSHACKCREW]

SOMEBODY INTERRUPT ANDUIN HES RESSING THE HOLE TEAM!

[@Bzk--]

I didnt get it FeelsBadMan

[@theashenverdict1629]

I honestly thought Sylvanas was gonna shoot him in the middle of the casting.

[@pozitivv8702]

sylvanas out of range

[@ameliuslantea1789]

U can't stop (M)Anduin-we already know from "Son of the Wolf" that he will be there as an old and wise High King, along with Velen, to stop the Void once and for all!

[@suchtignachwissen3510]

Mass Rezz Infight is cheating!

[@Bzk--]

Oh my god Im crying like a baby WTF

[@Ariaa76]

SAME SAME SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@nickillmann3193]

I am so happy.

[@insulareshdxo9454]

InnerSpace aye aye! it's so amazing, masterpiece

[@lordkappa1899]

NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO PLAY MY TOON AND GET TO PLAY VANILLA TOO

[@arlindosilva9713]

i don't play wow and i'm crying.

[@zauru192]

fucking hell the first expansion in years that actually looks good and they launch it SIDE BY SIDE with classic servers! TOO MUCH AWESOME GAMES

[@Leo-lx8bu]

little did we know, it would be the most bland expac we've seen since WoD.

[@SGOpenings]

Side by side ? Classic servers? Are you from the future my guy?

[@ml4dj0]

@@Leo-lx8bu give us classic already :(

[@Dominian1]

I'm from your future and I have good news for you. BFA is total shit and 8.2 sucks donkey dick, so we all have time to play classic now!

[@Maxisan]

I love all these nerds in the chat. I feel at home

[@alistersutherland896]

look at the chat go fucking BALISTIC when vanilla bombshell gets dropped! LUDACRUS SPEED!.

[@Skindred727]

Just a happy dog passing through.

[@Wisconsinwhiskey]

*Pets* Who's a happy dog, whoooo? You are, yooooouu arreeeee!!!

[@oidana]

hi im dog!

[@gavinolsen2588]

Good boy

[@inigo19hernandez95]

Screw you worgen!

[@Shivsey]

china gonna eat you up

[@ForceOfWizardry]

This announcement was BIGGER than fucking bitcoin!

[@c313zk6]

This is what I wanted. A BLIZZARD quality Classic server. No fucking bullshit emulator with corrupted GM's or living with the thought any time the servers can (and do) get shut down.

[@khanzy.]

It's beautiful, man. I personally can't wait to get into RP.

[@steffenrau2650]

Almost a year later and I still tear up watching this

[@MrDelsolVtec]

Stoped playing WoW in 2009... Now it is time to come back home. Grand Marshal Tronico is ready for Azeroth.

[@elysiumgaming_official152]

Vanilla was a journey,it was about the community.Because everything was so hard,people were helping eachother,heck even had time to post in Thotbot how they finished a quest to help the rest who couldnt.Vanilla was a Dungeon Run with not a tank taking all the mobs together and the rest just spam AoE.Vanilla was joy for a raid leader when he had to sitdown and deside each raid group composition.Vanilla was about pride every time you worked your ass to earn an epic and then people admiring you when they meet you.Vanilla had unique class buffs.Vanilla had Magic Resistances and actual Theorycrafting and no crappy secondary stats.In Vanilla professions had meaning and were an adventure to level up them.Vanilla was about respect for the good players,because without cross realm options and LFR,you had to know who is good and who is not for your taste to be part of your group.In Vanilla the friend list had also meaning.In Vanilla people didnt stay all day inside a garisson-class hall or a city.Vanilla is about walking from eastern kingdoms to Kalimdor with your friends or alone and feel like part of a huge adventure.Vanilla didnt have LFR-Normal-Heroic-Mythic.....raid was what the name says....40 people raid a dungeon and IT WAS AW|ESOME feeling. PvP was a huge party,yes 4 days AV,Yes unbalance....but Shamans had 2h weapons and strength and windfury had 5 procs with no GCD and it was Fun.Paladins had Reckoning and EYE for an EYE.And finaly in PvP you were fighting the Horde players of your OWN server for your Server Pride......Vanilla didnt have Raid Mechanics and it was easy?....well the 4 Horsemen in Naxramass disagree....Nefarian is waiting and C'Thun can have an argument about that.DOnt forget in Vanilla we all had 2000-300 life and the bosses hit like a track.ALso we didnt have so many skills and talents like today....but it was not about running like crazy and avoid AoE like today,it was about 40 people to not make a single mistake so we wont wipe.It was about posiotioning and strategy....it was a differend way of raiding...it was a diffferend game......Yes Vanilla had many stupid things and many for no reason sadistic and hard things.....but thats what we learned to play and thats what we love and miss.And comparing to the other games back then...Vanilla was a masterpiece....So, WELCOME BACK OLD SCHOOL WOW and i hope those who didnt play it back then,to try and enjoy it for what game it was and wont play it comparing it to todays WoW.

[@s0ltinsert841]

Raiding in Classic World Of Warcraft was very difficult!

[@elysiumgaming_official152]

Read the whole text wall and understund exactly what i said.Also use valid arguments instead of insults.We were inexperienced the first 6-8 months after that we all new the game. What i wrote are facts. I even said that Vanilla had stupid things to a sadistic lvl.I didnt try to say that new wow is CRAP. I wrote what we liked back then.

[@devnull1013]

+Giannis Tzouinat Vanilla was about the journey yes, but you already made that journey. That's the thing, going on the exact same adventure twice is never as rewarding the second time round. Thottbot, well we have a thing called WoWhead nowadays which is pretty much identical. People help others on there with comments, good 'ol thottbot coords and whatnot. Vanilla had unique class buffs, like glorious 5minute paladin blessings that half wore off by the time the palas were done buffing the raid. Raids also had fun gameplay elements like dedicated dispellers smacking their Decursive macro to cleanse the entire raid and dps standing still for hours perfecting their zero movement rotation (still possible at your local training dummy). I do agree that buffs have been streamlined too much in modern day WoW, but vanilla isn't really better either. And it seems by actual theorycrafting you mean actual lack of theorycrafting. Because right now we have a lot more and a lot more accurate theorycrafting going on for pretty much any class. Sure we had no programs to do simulations for us back then, or class discords. But you can bet your ass that this time around the boys from over at SimulationCraft will be ruining your Vanilla experience. The online community as a whole has progressed since then making it virtually impossible for authentic Vanilla to be a thing anymore. Vanilla was great because of the newness of it all. Private servers were great for some people because it attracted a certain demographic of people. When Blizzard officially launches their Classic servers no doubt a lot more people will be trying it, for various reasons, and you will end up with the worst of both worlds. I don't think you will get that 2004 community feel back at all. And your closing arguments of vanilla being a masterpiece compared to other games at the time, hardly seems relevant for today. "but thats what we learned to play and thats what we love and miss." - that's called nostalgia, and it wears off quick when it doesn't quite feel the same.

[@s0ltinsert841]

That's basically summed up with "You think you do, but you don't." Which is, still, quite the retarded statement considering how many people played on nostalrius, elysium or whatever the fuck its called now.

[@s0ltinsert841]

By that logic, people should be flooding a private legion server instead of nost. Since it's not only "FREEEEE", the main reason they supposedly play on these servers, but also the oh so superior 2017 version of the game. People keep bringing up that thousands of players played on nostalrius since it's literal proof that people want to play classic world of warcraft. I don't understand why that's so tough to wrap your head around, but I am very sorry that this is such a big deal for you! :(

[@omeryilmaz6250]

Thats all what we wanted all the time... More alliance and HORDE battle, legacy server for vanilla players, kultiras, zandalari, badass playable races and more medieval theme and less shitty demons.

[@rainmist1938]

Legion and this new expansion have just been a lot of "look guys, we did what you asked! are you happy now?" Which is good, imo, because after this expansion (which will be amazing) we'll get new ground up story rather than the end of a storyline that got foreshadowed years ago.

[@t0nje]

"look guys, we did what you asked! are you happy now?" "no". People crying for lack of content after some weeks after new patches being released, crying out for new expac 1 year after launch. Will be same for vanilla servers.

[@jord4n193]

Jay did a fantastic job. Thank you, Blizzard. You've been watching and listening. PVP EXPANSION HYPE YES!!

[@thenarrowpath6661]

Don't get your hopes up. For all we know they could pull a quick turn and make some crappy city pve raids...

[@deenectar]

i remember a few Blizzcon's ago this was brought up and this guy shut him down so HARD!

[@IAsyncEnumerable]

Chills when I see Vanilla. Once more... Now I can finish my legendary quest once I started...

[@jacobfallon5122]

If you don’t get the feels, you haven’t played wow...

[@drew-alexander]

The music in the opening cinematic at the end gives me so many feels.

[@mortenskrlund3094]

love how the chat scroll speed goes from 100 to 200 when he said VANILLA

[@itsameerkat4743]

I still got about 100 DKP. Can't wait to roll against the other 15 shadowbolt locks in my raids again.

[@dugfunny7988]

I hide the fact that I still play but when classic comes out I dont even fucking care I'm telling my girl it's over and I found something better

[@hanialadham4336]

I Jumped screaming everyone at home thought i've gone crazy when i heared the F news, finally after long time im subscribing to wow again!!! thnx!!

[@ObzTicle]

Cool to see which side the crowd was on. FOR THE HORDE! YEAAHH! FOR THE ALLIANCE! YEAAHH!

[@eagleflies9515]

Those damn overwatch kids in the chat. Shut up and let the people enjoy it.

[@LapahnYT]

The funny thing is, overwatch releases came before WoW so they all missed it.

[@eagleflies9515]

Cute Hamster HA!

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

Overwatch babies, amirite?

[@P3pperOW]

wow is shit lmao

[@jackmacklemore2628]

EliasOW Lmao ikr like NO ONE plays or likes Wow at all. It is total shit

[@KristerNielsen]

Watched this again today and it still brings me to tears. Let it be launch day soon.

[@ssh2274]

Dude I've never even played WoW and I still think the Battle for Azeroth cinematic was fucking insane

[@battle-brotherthiel1563]

MASS RESURRECTION IS BACK!!! FOR THE ALLIANCE!!!!

[@Константин7]

I can finally return to WoW after nearly a decade!! Classic

[@trynox4fun259]

Play Of The Game: Anduin The Manduin Using The Power of Light/Heal Mass ressurecting. Damn those priests mains... Always POTG...

[@breakage5]

blizzard actually listened, this speaks volumes above other companies. they have my respect and i hope they make it worthwhile

[@ozzie607]

WoW’s fan base is the only type to say thank you when they do something right. I love it!

[@Zaiqahal]

Even the expansion itself is basically going back to the good old days. A good old fashioned Horde vs Alliance expansion.

[@Thrannn]

i got goosebumps like crazy when he said vanilla... i got TEARS IN MY EYES. im a fucking grown up men, but i got tears in my eyes because of a game from my childhood

[@TheLukas59]

yes sirrrr

[@dominiccongelose1266]

remember watching this, cant believe we are less the 2 weeks away from classic

[@liberator48]

Welcome back home, vanilla lovers. Welcome back home.

[@SuperSonaldo7]

im so glad me and friend we come abck to wow after 5 years. im pvp warlord rank 12. im back baby to rek alliance pussies once again.

[@zantox100]

oh my goooood this news just changed my life plans

[@dudlecore7358]

chat reaction is basicly the "oh my gawd it's happening, what's the procedure" meme

[@terriblegamers2213]

Didn't realize how much I missed wow until I watched this.

[@vankhorne]

Horde VS Alliance: wounds that can never be healed. World of Warcraft: Lesion

[@Stratocaster42]

Man, I barely played more than 10 hours of WoW and the only time I played was 9 years ago, but I love seeing people get hyped by things like this. Really happy for everyone who got what they wanted!

[@Basih]

As excited as I am for Classic, 14:44 was so badass! FOR THE HORDE!

[@amatthew1231]

The --North-- Alliance remembers.

[@dirk6503]

The chat exploded on legacy haha! FINALLY !!!

[@victornguyen6009]

Legacy is huge... But what happens if majority of the WoW population plays the Legacy servers over the new servers?

[@koenwijnen6520]

An awesome fuck you to the retailfags that wont be able to play vanilla, lmao cant wait.

[@s0ltinsert841]

Cry louder.

[@javsama1]

Lol majority won’t play Legacy, it’s just probably going to be full of no life elitists, it’s probably just going to be 1 server medium population best case scenario

[@s0ltinsert841]

Sorry that it's such a big deal for you :(

[@koenwijnen6520]

Lmao you guys have no clue what you are talking about... People have been playing vanilla for years, much longer than 3 months. You guys were wrong to say vanilla servers wouldnt be released by blizzard, and you'll see how unbelievably popular they will be. Literally every top streamer in WoW will be vanilla! And I predict a huge spike in players. Many of the returning players will actually quit vanilla and start retail because they will come to the realisation that they themselves have become casualfags, which is good for retail. I am actually so happy to see all these salty retailfags that have been hating on vanilla for years finally being shunned by blizzard! Lmao best time.

[@Batistann]

VANNNILAAA BOYYYSSS HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@shivasthong4924]

Let's compare hype levels. 4:12 Classic 4:35 Classic applause round 2 10:14 BFA

[@meiz1795]

Shivas Thong then go watch live crowd reaction...

[@Braxor1]

When starts The Official Classic LvL 60 Realms again ??? I wanna PLAY ! *.*

[@athens_dio9741]

With Nostalrius private server started a revolution, a revolution that we won!

[@RodneyWolfram]

this alone made me resub after years

[@axey7476]

YOU THINK YOU DO, AND WE DO!

[@r1pp3dx]

My God...those nerds in the chat are going mental

[@ThatHoosierKid17]

FOR THE ALLIANCE!

[@johanphillipsvlogs2197]

I'll definitely play a human paladin/warrior if anduin's hairstyle becomes available

[@Armfan99]

Its getting closer boys, classic demo will be playable at blizzcon.

[@Forsaken139]

For King Manduin!

[@nemoletov8214]

Back of Vanilla WoW its fucking best news in the Universe sice Big Bang!

[@meesacalledjarjarbinks3500]

This is great but that clip with the top down view gave me tingles of what could be in a Warcraft 4.. now that will be amazing

[@everythinggaming7938]

Can not wait to resurrect my Vanilla character whom committed suicide when TBC was released, by jumping into the hot pools of black rock depths! HE WILL BE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!

[@Orca00001]

am i the only one who loves horde and alliance and is having a hard time deciding what to do

[@adriankovacs4133]

No.And i am going with Zandalari troll shammy possibly and my main draenei hunter in this expac

[@businesscatlimbo]

I called Kul Tiras, but not Zandalar. Then there was the customization options. Niiiiice. I'm hype for the new expansion. But also hype for vanilla servers. I have no idea what I wanna play more though!

[@PhillyD998]

I want a Lich King server.

[@alec5292]

There are private ones

[@holster7361]

Warmane is great go check it out

[@xNEONNINJA420x]

you will probably get one, be patient.

[@MasterOFSuperFunny]

We've seen this before. Oldschool Runescape did it first. After a year the community wanted updates for the game. Upon request, it was granted. Wrath of the Lich King was my favorite expansion as well. I'm sure we'll see that content down the road, but in a Vanilla fashion. Praise Boom Chicken.

[@Mysterdion]

Well with Oldschool the game had little to no content anyway. Plays just like Oldschool but has quality of life interface options and new items. Ain't even close to changing from it's roots.

[@obbldudeTV]

Blizzard killed it this year

[@VeryCoolJeep]

I quit playing WOW in 2011 when i Joined ARMY and now if they will bring my Vanilla back Fight me BOOOY

[@RZAJW]

I have watched this so many times now :D

[@Sarok-rw2ri]

Vanilla Hype !!!

[@ungobufungo]

Welp...... looks like i need a new computor and quit my job... i wonder if the department of defence will sympathise with my decision.

[@nopenope460]

Shit Goes Serious, Finnaly! After so many years i've been waiting and fighting for in petitions to Blizzard... YES!!!!!!

[@TankkOneFGC]

FOR THE ALLIANCE

[@Nizidramanyt]

Live to win. 68 days to go.

[@gomolynaiojnikong204]

I'm intrested in the opinion regarding my comment: Vanilla and new WoW are the two extremes. Why then nobody mentions the middle way? What I consider the middle way (and the best as well) is from TBC patch 2.0 (launch) to WotLK patch 3.1(Ulduar). Anyone who has play through this era agrees/disagrees with me?

[@omarct]

Oh man the Twink battlegrounds are going to be nuts.

[@DarkTider]

The reaction to that wow classic announcement is fantastic :D

[@PandoraNYC1]

Forget ""For the Alliance", FOR KING ANDUIN!!!!!

[@SuperSkandale]

Haven't fealt this amount of emotion in years. I was literally shaking when he was warming up to the vanilla confirmation. All I can say is "FUCK YES". Excuse the profanity. Finally Activation-Blizzard making a step in the RIGHT direction. After all this begging and pleading.

[@raganark4214]

Anduin went full Brad Pitt

[@VotePaineJefferson]

An old friend? What is the guy who does thralls voice dead already?

[@takatoekoe]

tears when sylvannas said FOR THE HORDE

[@zerocopy8407]

I can't believe I didn't notice it. I thought he was legit going on a discussion about Ice cream. Obviously I knew when he said vanilla and every one screamed.

[@nealleipnitz9332]

FOR THE HORDE! FOR THE ALLIANCE! FOR *TRUE* FACTION WARS! *Sniff* so beautiful!

[@ryker4997]

I love how when he talked about horde everyone screamed in glory and when he talked about alliance almost no one did.

[@shabanoozytv8265]

god im so hyped...

[@Jackewa]

from where do I know the music when Chromie turns back the time? o_O

[@Volker1944]

That was no Gnome by the war. It was Chromie the Dragon.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

is the new server gonna be called "World of Warcraft Classic ; ABOUT FUCKING TIME" ?

[@hunewearl8924]

best decision they made in years!

[@dertitanlp7377]

Best Trailer FOR THE ALLIANCE!!!

[@tomasverda]

Der TitanLP Do u ******* realize that u have Troll Hunter as profile picture and horde symbol as a background ?!?

[@dnw009]

@The Big Game Theory It's a return to vanilla, those who care will go because they enjoyed the experience, I personally don't give a fuck about the damn trailer being "shit".

[@coryabs8892]

Been playing since vanilla and I can't say with all certainty... FOR THE HORDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FinalFanboyFantasy]

Fuck, we did it. We did it. I can't stop crying.

[@xXPICHOMANXx]

FOR THE HORDEEEEE!

[@dennisfxd]

Hellcaller Dazed For the Forsaken!

[@dathip]

Zug Zug XD

[@jonhg92]

barrens chat her I come!

[@nesano4735]

FOR THE EDGY 12 YEAR OLDS!

[@MCG55SS]

i have prob watched this 220 times i am so fucking happy.

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

Chat running like a Browning ammo belt.

[@So.cheese]

I cried a little bit when I heard about ice cream flavors...

[@GMZohar14]

I love wow where it is now, I think Legion is pretty damn amazing. I haven't had this much fun on the game since Wrath. That being said I love Vanilla wow too. Yeah it took forever to do things, but thats part of what made it fun for me. Vanilla is not something I am going to main, but it is something that I will play on my off-time from my main. I am looking forward to it

[@YamiPoyo]

How would it be done? old graphics or new? old animations or new? from scratch new maps etc or cut past from a file in the desk? Would you have to pay for two accounts? can your characters you have today switch back and forth?

[@dmitriyn1923]

Спасибо, ждем с нетерпением.Возобнавлю подписку сразу. Без разговоров. Ток еще бы добавили diminishing ( не очень суровый) да и от resilience я бы не отказался. :))

[@smutserkling6848]

Classic is the only reason I still even have a tiny amount if faith in Blizzard, don't mess this up. We want the true vanilla experience, not the updated version where we get everything handed to us, WE LIKE TO WORK HARD AND DESERVE THE GEAR WE GET and we LOVE doing it together with our fellow vanilla brothers and sisters!