Hardcore WoW Players Fight For $100,000 (FINALS)

[@fredtott4684]

Xaryu doesn't get enough props for his Epic commentary. Guy is a natural.

[@ScytheNoire]

Agree. He could do this professionally.

[@MacoLincoln]

you could argue that he already is hes got a whole org behind him already@@ScytheNoire

[@martinlatour9311]

100% he carries this

[@Smalls989]

rank 1 Xaryu comms help for sure

[@Trehek]

Also for his numerous contributions to the hardcore deaths videos.

[@Matherz9]

Whatever you paid Xaryu to cast this was not nearly enough, he made this tournament 1000x more enjoyable to watch. Big respect to that man

[@OrdinaryJo3]

Man, this was the best WoW tournament I’ve ever seen. Great job to all of the contestants!

[@RoXx1811]

Couldn't agree more. This whole thing was absolutely epic and I loved every second of it. Xaryu and Esfand absolutely killed it - Top notch commentary. I can't imagine how much work went into this behind the scenes to pull this off this flawlessly. This was definitely one of my gaming highlights in 2023.

[@swigersssssssss]

Would have been better with different casters.

[@CV47Deagle]

Greatest WoW event I’ve seen, Xaryu did an amazing job casting

[@ggizipizi]

SL Warlock had to go all the way sadly

[@CV47Deagle]

@@ggizipizi i wish it was possible for Sonii to win lol

[@Freakout550]

OTK has just finished hosting the greatest wow tournament ever. GG to all the people behind the scenes and all the competitors, esp snutz. These last two days have been magical.

[@aaronfrank7499]

Amazing job by OTK to bring attention to the game in such a positive way. It would be great if Blizzard did stuff like this, but thankfully we have these guys to pick up the slack.

[@Crobian]

Would be boring corporate garbage if they did. This is much more authentic. At least Blizzard helped this time, maybe they finally dropped the deadweights that were holding the company back (wishful thinking).

[@FoxBatinaHat]

And that is why Blizzard doesnt. / Why bother when others will organise it for you. Costs us nothing amd free publicity. / gross

[@robertblackman6936]

Well said!

[@celestielsigh]

Nah it's way more enjoyable when it's community run. Blizzards greedy ass would make it more about making money than highlighting these great competitors and epic duels

[@secondleasegamer8312]

Dont be hard on Blizz. Remember, they Officially sanctioned this tournament.

[@Ziqoftw]

Thank you for your awesome commentary Asmon and to the gang & admins at OTK for making this event possible. This was the most unique and fun tournament I've ever competed in. Props to Xar, Esfand and Soda for their commentary and to all my fellow competitors. Super grateful that you guys did this, the love for classic WoW is just unmatched. GG's o7 see you guys in Brill.

[@Libertum]

Great plays man, well done!

[@skjor1989]

you are like the main character here lmao

[@romelibrahim1519]

What server do you play on in classic!?

[@shqceZEUS]

best player here, only if the void damage reduction worked it was free top 1

[@sageen]

Ziqo your are still the mage king

[@Hobbitberrry]

Watched the entire thing live. Honestly the best live event in wows entire history.

[@soggywafulz]

Cuz it wasn't hosted by a bunch of random blizzard employees, just community members

[@mochabearry]

@@soggywafulzblizzard sponsored and helped run it. 🤦🏾‍♀️ blizz even made them this place for them to duel. Hopefully if they do this again, they make an arena that’s be so fucking sick.

[@Drachy1693]

@@mochabearry Blizz didn't sponsor it, and they didn't help organize anything. OTK just needed blizz's permission to run the tournament, which they gave them. That's all blizz did

[@Sistik123]

Was a great start to a Halloween morning too

[@ph7947]

Funny.. You are comparing againt something with a very low bar, you couldn't be impresed by that alone but it's okay sheep :)

[@EvilCrust]

3:43:54 was the start of the best duel of the day imo

[@alexandernohez3437]

YES! it was the best one by far

[@wobblysauce]

And no phase 2 boss mode

[@neonmarblerust]

Yup that one was close!

[@KnuckleHead-t4x]

Hands down the best duel for sure

[@paprapple9398]

peak warrior gameplay

[@jh_lolz]

It's been a long time since we've had such incredible WoW content.

[@kent-ingestensen5371]

Huge shoutout to everyone involved! But man Xaryu as a commentator just was spot on! He’s perfect for it

[@TaraD1999]

NO he wasnt. his voice is so nasally its annoying after 5 minutes

[@miriamcoffey2717]

​@@TaraD1999 Xaryu knows a lot about the game and pvp as a whole. Plus he's quick with updating the viewers of what's being done in the moment of the duels. You can dislike the guy, sure, but you can't deny that he was the most professional commentator out of the group.

[@ТАДАМ-ю4ж]

​@@TaraD1999you slow or something, your main problem is his voice? Thats all?

[@celestielsigh]

This was so fun to watch live. Xaryu and Esfand were great and of course Asmon hating every class but warrior 😂

[@alfadasfire]

Thanks for also mentioning Esfand, most people here just mention Xaryu, don't get me wrong Xaryu is great, but the two work really well together. They have a very nice synergy.

[@celestielsigh]

@@alfadasfire Esfand deserves credit as well, he was entertaining and as you said they had great chemistry together!

[@Gorhbak]

3:48:29 Sonii pulling through was just amazing

[@cassiusblaxk]

Best moment in tournament to me

[@yep8058]

The skill of these players is insane. This was very satisfying to watch them go all out.

[@learning2727]

watched both days live. Awesome Tournament. Xaryu did really well on commentary. Thanks to all that put it on. Very entertaining.

[@QMS9224]

It’s not easy to talk that fluently for 5 hours. Great job and hope he gets a chance to rest his voice now

[@Chaooo]

4:12:25 If anyone doesn't know and is upset at the unfairness in Lepan's death, don't worry. He was awarded a free Starforge PC worth $4,000 I believe. Also, it is NOT Blizzard's fault for not removing the Coward debuff. It is the tournament hosts' faults due to a miscommunication, as Blizzard was willing to remove the debuff for the tournament.

[@deanthonyroche7994]

Sonii made me a fan for life with his amazing performances both days. Horrible RNG matchup at the end but still a legend and still #1 Warrior in WoW

[@kikuchi10]

Can we appreciate the effort of the camera angle here: 4:32:49 damn! That was epic.

[@akselmani]

5:17:40 easily the best sequence of epic plays in this tournament from Ziqo.

[@calsonis]

Insane Ziqo, Iq 200, Damn that was so well played.

[@cecilofs]

Ziqo is decent but that chicken was MVP. Carried him hard 🤣

[@Subgenrelol]

Ziqo vs Bean was one of the best wow pvp exhibitions I’ve ever seen. Pre-counterspelling the trap and then having a chicken eat the freezing trap is just absurd. Well done to everyone, this was such a fun watch

[@cYYAN88]

Best wow tournament I have ever watched. If Blizzard does not see how popular this was and invest into some more classic content I have no idea what they need as proof that people want this. They had almost 300k viewers spread across several channels.Officlal WoW PvP tournaments sometimes hit 8k viewers.

[@TannerWilliam07]

No offense, but 1 dollar for every 3 viewers is crazy bad lol. This was a fun experience to watch though

[@thorbeorn4295]

it's just insane how good some of these players are. I've been playing since 2005 and I don't even come close. You either have it or you don't. Experience can only do so much.

[@Healcraft]

its like 90% consumables and gear farming (via other people helping you) but yes

[@ScytheNoire]

This was the Ironman of WoW Tournaments. Very impressive. Great work by all those behind the scenes in the production, and all the participants who worked hard to do their best.

[@Rubycheckers]

Imagine Blizzard has an event like this in their 20 year old game, with 250k live viewers, by amateurs, but they, a multi-billion dollar company, struggle to keep wow popular. The biggest oof in corporate history.

[@TheTuttle99]

Blizzard is so out of touch its insane, especially considering their history and how long they've been in the industry.

[@jaymesgraham1013]

This tournament had everything; high stakes, elite players, entertaining matchups, trash talk, and a record cash prize. Oh yeah, and REAL deaths. What an awesome job by Asmon, OTK, and Snutz for clutching the first at5empt at what will likely become a regular event. PS: I was rooting for ziqo from the day they announced this tournament. Well done my friend.

[@b_smokin]

Absolute banger of a tournament! Over 100k of us in Asmon's stream alone.

[@Bearial99]

This was so amazing! Thanks to everyone who helped organise it!

[@malcovich_games]

@xXSUBJECT3Xx Organise *

[@mochabearry]

Both are right, boys. America uses Z, everyone else in the world uses S. Both are accepted.

[@MC-nt7jz]

it was boring like your life

[@Bearial99]

@xXSUBJECT3Xx we made the language bro lmao

[@gregariousgaming6265]

Ziqo's reactions are so crazy that if PQR still existed I'd 100% say it was PQR. Guy is an absolute monster omg

[@-jakey-]

Feel so bad for Savix, but Ziqo and Snutz were in control the whole time anyways. I think Soni is a legend as well. Props to to everyone involved in this tournament, for the best WoW tournament I've ever seen. This is the closest WoW has ever been to an esport, especially with Xaryu casting and Esfand's on the field reporting lmao

[@mdubleyew7924]

27:04 Bobkaz vs Spoh was the best duel in the entire tournament imo, so hype.

[@LuvsicVI]

What I like about classic PvP is that it 's clean and simple but still skilful. In retail you have classes that have 15 button rotations and your retinas are getting burned off from the 3000 different effects popping off on the screen.

[@MalGameNetwork]

Possibly the best wow tournament ever. Excellent commentary, great duels to the death, and high stake prizes. Gave me the itch to play and stream again, but we'll see. Great content for sure!

[@miinyoo]

This shit was gripping. Nerd olympics to the death. I love that everyone had a period of time to get their shit together and not die all the way to such a glorious death. Those are stakes not just in a trained for a decade professional way (although there were sincere professionals on stage) but they were stakes in an emotional way. You all played these characters together and were for the most part all friends, knew each other well because of the journey before the process of elimination. Gladiators, all of you. Shakespeare would be writing until his hand bled.

[@Rose-Dew]

3:10:12 Esfand's cat chilling in the background has been a great extra 😺 And it was great watching the tournament too haha. Always enjoyed watching others duel, this was really nice.

[@JesseMichel]

AMAZING casting job from Xaryu holy crap. The guy really knows WoW pvp

[@thatkidfromthatshow]

3:47:00 Soniix vs Rcketman - Round 2 5:00:33 bigsad vs infestors - Round 3 5:14:50 ziqo vs bigbean - Round 3

[@punydag9843]

Absolutely epic luck and skills! Best tournament I've ever seen. Fantastic. I'm 47, it's International Games Week and this made my day.

[@PulsatingHyena]

This is exactly why classic is better than retail. The passion. Super entertaining. Xaryus calls are soooo good. His energy was awesome.

[@Rondigity92]

Xaryu absolutely is the mvp of this event!! I dont think many people if any understand the game like he does, better without soda occasionally just yelling over the matches

[@ericross3476]

I love Esfand out in the field, dressed to the 9's, holdin the mic for the characters!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@The_Dog_Father]

This was amazing. Please do it again!!

[@charleswinters9567]

Alliance next time

[@lReb]

From the POV of someone who has never played WoW... This was one of the most intense and entertaining tournaments I have ever seen in 2 decades worth of gaming! This had real Blood Sport vibes the whole way through! 🔥 Casting was second to none also, hats off to the people who organised this 👏

[@billsutherby]

Something they could have done to deal with the accidental Coward debuff on Lepan would have been to have his next opponent take a Coward debuff intentionally as well prior to the duel. That would equalize the penalties and make it so that neither duelist is at a disadvantage.

[@rosatopia5256]

This was so much fun to watch live, very much enjoyed it, and congrats to all the winners

[@starpartyyyy1216]

What I love about Xaryu is that he breathes Vanilla. You can hear that he knows what he's doing.

[@NauyaIsOnline]

This is the most exciting WoW content has been in awhile. The combination of Hardcore and the very large reward pool made this an edge of your seat tournament.

[@Cheeseberry69]

Xaryu was the real MVP here. What a superb caster, he made this super easy to digest for someone like me who's enjoyed PVP for many years but doesn't have anywhere near the intricate knowledge needed to unpack everything that's going on so quickly

[@BlackWyvernFS]

41:50 "Looks like he accidentally fapped there" "Just like DSP" God DAMN Asmon lmfao

[@theinfinitycommentary8497]

This tournament was something to remember. This was the day. I hope this creates a good example for all other mmo companies because you can clearly see that such events lightens up the genre and strengthens the communication, the bonds among the player base. Viewers count was insane and thank you for those who makes this possible! :)

[@relaywow]

I choked so hard from the pressure going to hit the lab and make sure we don't lose like that next time trying to stay positive after this long 30 day journey nonetheless thank you for the possibility at a life changing amount of money

[@ThePwnTheory]

Its not really that lifechanging tbh… minimum wage in US would get you up there…

[@Lewis-xi9nm]

@@ThePwnTheoryare you mad, car and crib you’re set easy life after that

[@ThePwnTheory]

@@Lewis-xi9nm which crib can you buy with 50k $? (less without taxes). + a car to go with it lol. Not even in the 2nd world country would you be "set"

[@Lewis-xi9nm]

Bro are you mad mortgage a house and pay £200 a month until it’s gone and cop a car what are you talking about?? Not everything has to be some 15 bed mansion with a solid gold Lamborghini man, come look at minimum wage in the UK and we’ll see if you think that moneys life changing

[@ThePwnTheory]

@@Lewis-xi9nm Bro, please find a house in USA, no matter how small it is that you can buy for 30k$. You are delusional

[@Boostguru]

This was actually really cool, thanks guys for putting this on! Grats to Snutz!

[@trentfable4069]

Had a great time viewing the tourney, been a long while since I was hyped over anything Wow... thanks all and grats to all the class winners and Snutz !

[@MrArinkia]

@ 1:28 the warrior vs hunter.... that was a brutal and hard to watch. great duals all around! loving it

[@Machiavelli_0000]

I enjoy watching this tournament. I have never liked watching arena but this is a different level.

[@trev119]

I have to say fantastic job commentating Asmon, they really didnt pay you enough for the show you put on. The best commentator of any production ive ever seen. From the instant callouts to always making sure to stay hydrated. The show simply wouldnt have been worth watching without you.

[@e39shady]

Asmongler ❤ this was such an amazing event massive shout out to OTK! Grats Snutz

[@vasiliysmirnov3922]

Best nickname battle: spicy vs proxy. I love when people invest time in rly nice nicknames. My last ones in multitwink LostArk were "OmniDeus", "MetaDeus", "SemiDeus", "XenoDeus" and "UberDeus" maybe not so bad too, if you catch the idea and translation. At least they were all available )) in mmo.... unreal

[@thedarkvoid4422]

Just watching this tournament wants me to play classic WoW again. Amazing content as always from asmond and the community.

[@nunyabidness8281]

Pretty awesome how esfand perfected the interview part of this. Love his green screen usage hahaha

[@Fourside__]

congrats to snutz! i was rooting for Ziqo since the start. Anyone else feeling its a bit weird 2nd place doesnt win a bit more, they won 1 duel more than the rest

[@jesseadams8933]

Really well done all the way around, OTK! What a fantastic internet moment... really. Damn, just such a great production. It's so specific--the way that this event can resonate with folks on such a personal/visceral level. It's the opposite of modern/mass media. Well done!

[@AutisticLlama]

Man, I was thinking about that as well. It just seems to be driven by genuine passion unlike most media these days, and you can really tell. It exudes joy and evokes joy. I hope they do more of this in the future, and just keep doing what they're doing and have fun.

[@Totsy30]

Agreed! It's clear they made this because they wanted to, and not because they felt like they needed to. The Esfand on the field interviews were so goofy but honestly, exactly the kind of goofy you get in a passion project. To think, WoW was 2nd on Twitch directory because of a community 1v1 tournament. This definitely garnered a lot of interest, even if not just for hardcore.

[@fyisic]

Great tournament! Well organized. However wanted to be able to see their talents, at least how many points in each tree. But again, well done to everyone involved.

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

5:16 this is where the boar is the better pet than broken tooth. The stun. Higher hp. Broken tooth has the fastest attack speed, but it is the squishiest. For PVP I like the boar by far.

[@austinhodyniak8075]

This was the best WoW content of all time. When you consider all of the work that went into preparing, the amount of time and coordination involved, what an amazing event.

[@lazzzlooo]

Man i was so rooting for Rocketman against Sonii. That was an amazing fight! The battle starts around 3:44:00 in case anyone is wondering.

[@grizzyg]

I’ve never played wow and I don’t even understand how pvp actually works but shoutout to the great casters and production. This was one of the best pvp tournaments I’ve ever witnessed for any game.

[@Khunark]

for real!

[@shamalau6265]

I'm curious as to why you would even watch the tournament ? And how much you could understand !

[@grizzyg]

@@shamalau6265 #1 asmongold put me on and the casters made it easy to understand. I didn’t know what exactly was going on but the excitement and energy from the casters made it a blast. I picked up more and more as I watched and by the end I had a decent understanding of how people were playing and strategies used.

[@OneWorldHistory]

Awesome fun for we who have love HC. We use ANYTHING to simply survive, and seeing all the pots, odd racials, one chance gear, massive long CDs and even beginner’s items made this so damn exciting. The contestants having to tie all this together, figure it all out in 30 days …without dying… (and quite a few did!) …and then pour it into a few minutes against some of the best pvp players was pure joy. Thanks to all involved!

[@Kenpachi1985]

Man there have been some epic duels, it was fun to watch!

[@KaX321]

Seen a lot of players going with stamina or resistances instead of movespeed, and then getting kited to death. Man, vainilla was a wacky game. Surprise quest item from lvl 10 to random obscure 3charge consumbable, its all there.

[@thraungaming824]

Absolutely amazing tournament! Please more of this!! And great job everyone and you too Asmon! ❤

[@h0b0b0z0]

2:24:09 "It's the roach clause. In the RAT section" lmao

[@TidusfromZanarkand]

Incredible tournament, congrats to the winner and all competitors, I was waiting for that exact final!! As Asmongold would say, absolute GODS!!!

[@wacojitsu]

That was an amazing amount of content. Thanks OTK for creating this event. never would have thought i would enjoy watching Wow again.

[@RS-bu1vz]

Xaryu is a rank 1 commentator honestly, dude does a magnificent job. Watching these absolute gods of players fight each other is awesome. Watching Hydra, Cdew, Snutz, Pshero and Ziqo just to mention a few dish it out in these duels is beyond awesome. I've been playing wow since 2006 and these guys have been gods amongst the player base all along. Massive respect to them for keeping up with all the changes and still being on top of the leadboards. Absolutely epic job! If only reckful could've been here though, he is so incredibly missed by the entire communtity. I honestly miss that guy!

[@RS-bu1vz]

Also: outsiders will never understand what it takes to be this good in WoW, and they'll never respect the players for it. it's great that we have a community like this guys.

[@Smalls989]

So many good moments and memories for everyone involved, thanks for the amazing WoW content.

[@D3xt3r33]

the bar is pretty low nowadays huh ?

[@mochabearry]

@@D3xt3r33With WoW? No shit, Sherlock.

[@gigahertz7352]

@@D3xt3r33 so as the retail contents,

[@TheFingolito]

So exciting tournament! and the whole server is following it, everyone is talking in the chats and people are supporting their favorite players. Love the spirit this brings to the game!

[@prodobnoxious]

holy shit this video made me feel 14 again duelling with guildies

[@luckyumbasa417]

Asmon's commentary not walking over the stream comms was significantly better than during the qualifiers. Xaryu is a natural caster, A+.

[@kai1x_]

This was so entertaining to watch. They should do more of these or somethin similar

[@dolorous_sorrow]

Btw Spo vs Bobka, Spo had three different chances to win if he went for the kill using the cat form rake strat, like he was overpowering so much already but was holding back too much from caution to be safe so he gave Bobka multiple chances to wait for his potions to come back and reset the fight, if Spo went for the rake/root strat then he could of killed Bobka three different times that fight (coming from an experienced druid main).

[@unbr3akable688]

Only halfway through, but these are some of the best duels and show of skill I've ever seen in wow

[@Zerg123]

Sonii vs Perplexity was the best duel of the tournament and it was round 1. The level of competition and quality of the duels made this very memorable.

[@MatheusRebelo]

It’s crazy how a streamer made tournament managed to be so much better than anything blizzard ever had put together. All that prep, just to see them fight to the death on a field filled with the corpses of the former competitors. Incredible. This was a pve tournament as well as a pvp one.

[@BrennanSnodgrass]

Noggenfogg to not let the guy know ur forms is insane. I have never in my life seen classic trying at this level. It’s absolutely insane, and it’s absolutely incredible. So much respect to the lengths these people went through.

[@MonosEx]

Poor Savix, losing the advantage due to a disconnect is such an unfortunate situation

[@MaximumCarter]

3:48:40 this was an amazing duel! The Rogue shouldn't have had a chance but he put up one hell of a fight. Just awesome guys!

[@MemoryMatrix]

Unbelievable the lengths everyone had to go through to level and gear up. Unforgettable tourney, will go down in history as one of the best 🎉

[@moonjt9]

I never watch long KZbin videos, but I was glued to this from start to finish. Absolutely epic tournament. Hardcore WoW is really providing some amazing moments. S tier production, event, and especially casting. Xarryu was a joy to listen to. So professional.

[@velvet5922]

Never thought I'd get so into watching these fights but OMG - my family thought I was nuts I was hootin and screaming and cheering xD - this was EPIC

[@matprovost13]

I don't play WoW anymore, but damn I couldn't stop watching. It brang back alot of memories of a great time in my life. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

[@Dene181]

What a damn legendary tournament with all the stupid classic stuff that one can do, VERY interesting to see all the small tricks! 👌😊

[@xxZodxx]

4:11:19 So disappointing that blizzard didn’t remove the debuff. GMs were present during the tournament and did not do anything about it…

[@Mexi99]

Soda poppy need to grow the F up. Good he got taken off.

[@Locruceus]

What happened tho?

[@Mexi99]

@@Locruceus was shitting on players and talking so much smack. It's cool like to do it a lil but he just wouldn't stop.

[@Locruceus]

@@Mexi99 Thank you.

[@Alellion]

Huge shoutout to OTK, the production team, as well as Mr BiS caster: Xaryu. There may have been some scuff, but frankly it was very clearly run well and that is much appreciated from the viewer end. Much love and hope this has been worth all the effort put in from ya'll!

[@thegriskossan4488]

Best wow content I've ever seen. Thanks for making this happen!

[@nevermind5657]

i wish there could be one more option in the the mak'gora duel if they are done in certain places: Do you want limit the range you can wander to? this would place physical visible barriers to both players that duelers can see but not spectators it would be in a shape of a square (or circle which ever is the one in duel wandering range) and it would just straight up prevent you from walking outside of that which would prevent situations like that mage and warrior duel in tournaments and if you do manage somehow leave the ring it would give the player who left first coward debuff, so there would be only 2 realistic ways to exit mak'gora: leaving the game which would give coward buff to the one that leaves the game(in this both players probably would agree for this and one that is losing would log out to suffer the coward debuff or one just disconnects) or one of the players wins the duel.

[@bobbyrabii6119]

We all knew a warrior wasn’t gonna win. This is classic wow

[@bradeno]

but the warriors instilled us with hope o7

[@Krang_e_Shreddy]

@bobbyrabii6119 I still have my old Vanilla WoW manual from 2004, even if it's very ruined. In the page dedicated to warriors, it says: "Among all classes avalaible in WoW, the warrior one is the strongest. Warriors have more health than all other classes, they can use the strongest weapons and the heaviest armors and they are able to deal big damage to the enemy. They are specialized in melee combat and, even if they are not as quick and lethal as rogues or as skilled in ranged combat as mages or hunters, warriors are still one of the most powerful classes in WoW, including PvP combat. 😅🤣😂😂😂

[@bobbyrabii6119]

@@Krang_e_Shreddy believe me, I’ve played a warrior since day 1 of wow back in 2004. Still have that character today. I love warriors. But I’m duels other classes in classic just have too many things to kite and dot and kill them, unless they land some good crits and stuns early it’s a tough go.

[@irevisibel9237]

Fantastic tournament/event! Thanks a ton to the whole Org and all players + extra love for Esfand & Xaryu and their entertaining and professional casting! ❤

[@TipYourtank]

This is actually so good for the HC community. Well done!

[@zetsun0]

Byron would have loved to enter this tournament, I just know it. Made me sad not seeing him here. Great tournament overall, haven't had this quality of WoW content in more than a decade or so now.

[@IkeepsItReal32]

Asmons reactions to warriors wins was the best, being a warrior main i can relate. LOL so wholesome.