It's Not Nostalgia. Old Clash of Clans WAS Great.

[@Sato-fu7ut]

Remember when you don't have enough elixir to train troops and you just starring at the collector to get a small amount 😂

[@Anobodylolxo]

Or spamming it 🤣🤣😭

[@Laughing_budha69]

why is this so relatable

[@ExoticNuke03]

@@Anobodylolxo i used too do the same thing and dark elixir too train hoggos arhhh good ol days

[@Coolesfeuer]

I did every time

[@Cesar0721]

45 min a Golem lol no thanks. The nostalgia I get is from my old friends who gather around playing Clash and watching each other attack wars in the classroom. Sadly it's only memories now.

[@Fanakos]

I'm honoured to be your 69th like

[@juniorgutierrez559]

45 minute golem was wicked 🤣🤣🤣

[@LShaull-qw5um]

lol that’s a long time ago but I still those 45 golem training times

[@lennonmundy881]

Remember when you couldn’t queue 2 armies either.

[@vctmmhendra]

this one true it the most frustrated and annoying thing clash ever have ... it just now you feel pressure if just attack once or twice because training potion kinda force you to play at least one hour(it duration)... so do some of us miss simplicity absolutely, do we miss the friends that we make in clash that all quit because the game became burdensome and time consuming than make the game (especially in clan) not fun to play,,, 100% what happened to me....

[@fatinilham7815]

Wait 6 hours to brew spells and 21 hours for regenerating heros Coc Veterans : Good ol' days

[@AnonymusEngineer]

It’s the main reason why I stopped playing in 2013

[@riccardodellorto4267]

Farm 100 dark elixir by throwing lightning spells on the dark elixir storage. CoC Veterans: back in the day, you had to be skilled to farm resources

[@frustationoverloaded5976]

Seriously 21 hours ? OMFG

[@rubenlohata5263]

skill issue

[@SDseb]

@@frustationoverloaded5976 Yeah old clash was REALLY slow. One Pekka took 45 minutes to train, just one. It would take HOURS just to train an army. I started in 2012, and it took forever to get anything done, but it has it's own charm to it.

[@SomeGuy5555]

I too love when i had to wait a whole day for my army to be trained

[@bobthebuilder9007]

1 Golem -30 min

[@UserNameUserN]

It was better to compete with friends because you had limited attacks per day unlike now when it is RuneScape grinding trophy game

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Character building we all had to do it😂

[@sheikhjamilhussain4768]

But I dont😅

[@alexcalle8690]

​@bobthebuilder9007 45min

[@DoomedVortex]

I remember an event when Dark Elixir troops were cheaper to train. I would train a lot of them and once the event ended, I'd send them back to get more Dark Elixir than I had originally spent. The only thing I miss from the good old days is the global chat.

[@Iliaaa24]

Yeah, when some kind of 59yr old man would try to talk to minors.

[@DoomedVortex]

@@Iliaaa24 sounds fascinating

[@ManifiestingADream]

​@@DoomedVortexthat's why I quit clash originally, my parents forced me to cus I got groomed there lmfao

[@safwaankham2130]

If i could go back in time to peak COC(14-16), i would do so just to see and talk with my old clan mates again.Never saw them but spent everyday talking with them.Miss them truly

[@snowflake15sicesculpture]

I stopped playing clash in 2016 and returned to the game today, because it randomly popped up in my mind. Everything is so different, my old clan is gone and there is no longer a global chat to mess around.

[@icarrymyrevolverinsingleac9564]

98% of people would stop playing if they went to old days 😂

[@pritamgutka631]

yes that's a fact

[@ArcadeRemastered]

totally agree in the past it was so much hard to loot or to get a nice looking villge that's why i left the game back in the days coz i lost my account and did'nt have the enrgy to start all over again some complain about how it becomes pay to win but u dont really have to pay for anything to win u might just finish slower than the ones who use the gold pass

[@thenedsmmachannel8970]

I played back in 2014-15 and I wasn't a fan of the wait times and how limited it felt but I came back when I randomly saw the town hall 16 trailer and I'm like lemme give it another shot and I think it's so much better now

[@SharyK-_0]

2021-22 was peak honestly

[@bhagatfamily5363]

For me ,era of th11 to th14 was the peak. Complex yet fun times

[@arnenagode1243]

I started clash late - in 2020 and still i miss the time when you could spend hours desining your bsae logging off and not missing anything...

[@SyedAfaq-u7q]

"You dont miss the old game you miss being happy" -flamingo

[@Sad-Man-y2j]

A child is always happy than a adult

[@christocream]

No no nononno nonono onooo it was nostalgia. I remember upgrading to th9 and it took 2 weeks. Along with 45 minutes for a single pekka and spell. And it was like impossible for me to get loot from raids. The only 2 things back then that was better was I was 11 in 2014 missing those days, and the blue th 10 walls were better

[@MK8MasterJunjie]

How the hell do you have more subscribers than me?

[@WilliamWilliamWilliamWill]

It's different for everyone. We all have our own opinions, preferences and experiences

[@Sodium_Light]

​@@MK8MasterJunjie Bcuz your A bot ( I think why is your views so low )

[@MK8MasterJunjie]

@@Sodium_Light A bit is a unit of data. Are you sure you didn’t make a typo?

[@Sodium_Light]

@@MK8MasterJunjie I did Oppeiss

[@prasad8386]

14:04 this line is so true...I sometimes remember about the tv shows i used to watch in childhood and then I go to youtube now to watch these shows it feels boring, because it's not the show that feel nostalgic but it's the time when we were naive and had no responsibility

[@Rayer-78]

Im a new 2024 player of clash of clans,i knew alot about the game from videos before but i never played the game till a friend convinced me too,i havent experienced old clash ever,but the game is very good for new players at this time

[@CorndogMX]

What TH you at?

[@xicort3dsn42]

Hello heli monkey from btd6. 😏

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

You are right there. For me, in 2014, getting to th6 [not maxed fyi] took 6 months. Six. Whole. Months.

[@god_level_edits707]

Old❌️ Ole✅️

[@CaramelTM]

"good ol' days" It's on purpose

[@void_serenade]

good ore days 😔 (there have been none)

[@CoreyDuhSavage]

Slow

[@bulbulahmed167]

I can't like or I will ruin the 69 like count😅

[@martinmudaliar7542]

'Murica

[@Shizuna560]

Apparently losing 2k dark elixir for each attack is something we miss?

[@AfradAyan]

I do

[@maximenskstudio8908]

I lose even more. I have problem spending it...

[@EddieLove]

I started playing clash of clans on my iPad mini back in 2012 when I was in middle school, I got my mom into it and she downloaded it on her phone she started playing, we were in the same clan, we tried different base layouts and she actually got a little too addicted she started playing it at work 😅so she ended up deleting it all together. Years and years later I found my iPad mini again and charged it, turned it on and tried to play but it wasn’t available to play on that ios anymore… good old times of 2012 and onward playing clash. I don’t wish I could go back but I appreciate the times. “Don’t be sad it’s gone, be happy it happened”

[@ALaMadrenmms]

I’m not gonna lie. This is probably my favorite video you’ve ever done or even one of my favorites. I like how you both address the ups and downs of the good ol’ days. Especially the last section of the video, yeah, the game’s more p2w, and too grindy, maybe too complex. But the ol’ days also had it’s problems, more punishing gameplay, less qol changes, maybe too simple. But the main thing is what we were on these years. We maybe was too young to see those issues, and probably children that play modern coc won’t see those flaws of the present coc. However there is something I love of Clash. It’s the stories we share when we think of those days, when we were kids, how easy it was back then. When it was 2014 my brother introduced me to Clash, I couldn’t play it because I had no phone or Tablet. When 2016 came, I finally had my own tablet as a gift from Christmas (It was a knockoff tablet, like 2,500 pesos back then, but it somewhat worked, enough for clash), it really was a memory I didn’t think I would be writing. And probably so many old players also have so many stories to share thanks to Clash of Clans. I remember so much of those days, and Clash of Clans is one of those. I think it’s crazy how a mobile game can take us to some memories.

[@Wichan137]

i started clash when i was in 7th grade which was around 2014. the core memories i have and miss are those that i can go home after school, pretend to be sleeping when there’s school the next day, and just chatting with friends in the clan chat while farming. now, with all the abundant updates it gets overwhelming how much stuff there is. i just fully maxed 2 equipment and saw that they’re buffing different equipment and nerfing the ones i just maxed. this video summed it up well.

[@mockinghyena960]

The memories and nostalgia make it feel like Clash of Clans was really great in the past. You've gotta agree that the game has gotten way better from the past due to the updates, especially the time reductions in training troops and waiting for heroes to recover

[@dobiesj]

@@mockinghyena960 The game has gotten better. But there's too much time suck bloat - builder base, clan capital/Raid Weekends, 7 day CWL (could be cut down to 3 days - attack 2 clans per day). Then you have clan games and events for epic gear/ore/stars (could be added to clan games instead). Now they removed searching for players to invite and replaced it with Clan Notice. Over time that will be the end for clans since there's no easy way to inviting players.

[@LaxChicken]

I remember saving my elixir in the form of over training troops so that when i get back on, i would "untrain" all my giants or pekkas to get it all back

[@charlatanchess]

This video was really well made. I too was 14 when I started playing clash of clans and am now 24. I'm busier now than I was then, and have a lot more responsibility. The game feels different than it did in the first few years of playing it and it's why since around 2018 I've gone long stretches of time without playing it, but finding myself returning to it. Right now I'm on one of those stretches where I'm playing it though, and it does feel different than it did when I was an age where I had much less worry. I am nostalgic for old clash of clans and for my childhood. I'm an almost maxed out th 12 and I'm taking my time fully maxing my main base but not really caring about the builder base beyond getting my 6th builder.

[@deathghost3714]

You actually Break my heart. Thanks man

[@1m_the_tryhard108]

The only Reason I want to go back to the old days is That ,Clash was Simple back then

[@yourmypookiewookiebear]

ye and the memories

[@MMAengineer]

its still simple. heroes do 85% of the base, and for the other 15% you have 380 troop space

[@Footballfan446]

Real though ​@@MMAengineer

[@1m_the_tryhard108]

@@MMAengineer Not about Attacks but overall, There's to many things to do nowadays,It feels like i gotta grind ,but years back there was nothing like that , So i was talking about that

[@Lucy_595]

I think the game is way more simple now, it's quite easy to 3 star

[@penguinlord-yt9xc]

Ngl this is my favorite Havoc video ever I think and ive been watching for years. Great job dude!

[@jayessdoubleyou]

Great video! I didn’t even start playing until well into adulthood, but your commentary on nostalgia and growing older I found to be profoundly insightful and even moving. Yes you are discussing CoC, but you’re also discussing something so much deeper and more universal. Thank you. I’m going to be thinking about what you said.

[@wolverine1854]

Man you literally nailed the point!! So relatable 💯💯.. Love your videos.. Especially this one.. It was with a deep meaning and reality

[@usert6r8v]

Hey, it's not only clash. It's with every game out there. See I played COC, CODM, FF from the time they were launched. Now I don't enjoy playing any of these as much as I used to. But today's kids playing these games seems to be very happy and excited. See when I discovered those games, everything abou them was new to me, that's why I enjoyed it playing. It's not just me, it's for everyone. When we started playing game(s) everything abou that/them was new to us. Thus, we enjoyed playing it.

[@TAFADAS]

That video is all what i was needed to watch. Thank you, Havoc

[@goldeneagle3219]

You feel like a champ When Clan Wars Was There and you're one of the best player's To Count on you to save The Wars

[@King_Moostache]

Sometimes though, it's nice nit having old clash. Means I can cherish those moments even more

[@fabro_tope]

Havoc sounds like he's sick. He's catching his breath lol 😂😂😂😂

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

he sounded like such a boomer at the end lol, instead of playing coc wouldn't we want to go out with friends? bruh it takes 3 minutes to attack and you can train two armies at once, it's not that hard to attack twice

[@UtukusiiBelgian]

Amazing video, wish we were able to bring such feelings back :D

[@zaxtinhazelhof6006]

i remember wait for years for up my town hall damn those old days

[@riccardodellorto4267]

Peak strategy: 100 archers 100 barbarians, no spells. Not because I didn't want to spend hundred thousands of elixir or 5 hours to attack. Good ol' days

[@zaxtinhazelhof6006]

@@riccardodellorto4267 yeah bro just for gold and elixir on the colector

[@chrisgipson1860]

It's definitely nostalgia. If you were at TH10 when TH10 was the top, it was miserable unless you spent money.

[@ZOCCOK]

COC in the old days was hardcore when compared to today. 7+ days upgrades being common even for canons and resources, plus 45+ mins troops 😂 Also how much of a pain dark elixir was to farm 💀

[@vexxxyz67]

Early HaVoC finally posted😭🙏 been praying for moments like this

[@dhambone825919]

There is a dating that I cannot remember in it's entirety. "We remember the past better than it was and we encoding the future worse than it will be"

[@IsiayeiBrakemi]

Bro has just been dropping hard endings and think no one would realise 🔥❤️

[@Anobodylolxo]

The ending was gold big dawg. I'm 26 & that hit home. Oh how time flys

[@mrinferno1571]

this video can be applied to almost any game nowadays

[@不滅幻化]

I still remember when I was 7, my parents only allowed me to play video games twice a week and for twenty minutes each time. I was only able to make two attacks and was never able to collect enough loot or progress faster or attend a full clan war. Good old days. I am from a Taiwanese family and yes, my parents are Asian.

[@ioi.t3082]

For me it was the friends I used to play with. We have our own responsibilities now and we can't just spend all of our time playing the game even if we want to unlike before. I still sometimes log into the game and visit our first ever clan that was now dead with only my accounts in it, look at the war history and reminisce the time of how we helped each other learn new attack strategies for war. It was fun trolling at your friends sending them goblins and make them wait another 15 minutes to request. fun times.

[@weikanglim8668]

too sad almost everything has moved to the direction of 'filling your time' not only will you feel less satisfied, but you spend more time games/apps used to be something that adds a bit of joy to our life (years before 2019), but now everything is just overstimulation. It's really sad to see things progressed in that way

[@rufsanji7633]

11:46 Someone send this to supercell

[@fafnirnz5970]

Ah the good ole days where I had to wait a day for my army, only to one star a base, wait another year for my next army, just to do it all again, beautiful.

[@Pratik_Sanyal]

8:46 damn he uttered money and the ads popped up 😂 I see what you did there KZbin 🤫

[@SkellyWOG]

God damm, you always get me if gard with this ads 😂😂😂😂

[@gurpejsingh8660]

I like your new editing style 😁

[@paradox7729]

Let's be real, most players nowadays won't even survive clash of clans back then. Loots were so hard to farm, dark elixir is rare as gem, troops weren't free, upgrades on camp and barracks were different back then, and most of all, no clan games, no raids, no star bonuses, no special books, hammers or potions, no war leagues, no extra traders and mini events. I even considered myself lucky for reaching TH9 in 4-5 months of playing way back in 2015 because that's extremely tough to achieve. Today, after all the updates and improvements, I realized how easy and rewarding the game right now for the new players. Reaching max TH9 or TH10 only takes less than a month nowadays with all the events and new features.

[@rabbi50381]

I really miss those days 😢. I was in class 8 when I started this game. It's not a game it's my emotion 😔.

[@Evan_Karatas]

Damn, you really pointed out every important aspect to why the game doesn't feel the same anymore. Didn't know I would feel emotional throughout the video.

[@declanhughes7484]

I miss the old days as well and this video is a great reminder to live in the moment thank you so much for making this video keep up your hard work and it will pay off

[@garraxconrad]

i no longer play coc, the good ole days were so best i miss that time

[@vortexlunaa5492]

i just loved how back in the day when I had an army trained and hot raided I had to retrain my entire army (training took longer and costed gold/elixir)

[@SweetiePizza]

Legend says that the barbarian is still running in circles under the water

[@protonish]

You missed one key reason- Progression of Technology. How many good, popular mobile games did we have 10 years ago? I can remember only a handful. Clash of Clans, Angry Birds, Hill Climb Racing, Dr Driving, Plant vs Zombies etc. If you asked 10 mobile gamers, you would find at least 5-6 that played most of these games. And our smartphones weren't much powerful either, streaming services were also just becoming popular with the introduction of 3G in many parts of the world. So we could derive that level of enjoyment only from a few games like CoC. Which is why we were insanely drawn to it. Nothing could compare because there literally was nothing like it.

[@XGems2]

You're speaking about things about a game, is such inspirational 😢😢

[@SubhhaniiShar]

last we all grew up hit hard I still remember when we were in school we talked a lot about coc and we used to sit together to attack war that days

[@Dr.lloyd.V08]

Yes the feeling of playing it isn't the same anymore, but not in a bad way it's just remembering the way we play it before really gives nostalgic feeling and I also used to play it with my friends.

[@just_a_casual_user]

Started playiny in 2016, loved it back then, still love it

[@herrnegg]

This is hands down one of the best videos I've ever seen in my life

[@tiar4234]

The game is definitely better now but the good ol days when you used to be in the same clan and play clash with your friends is definitely the golden memories

[@MORKLSKITS]

Not gonna lie I enjoyed old clash more, it was more strategic and I loved that troops costed loot.

[@masonhilliard5803]

Clash of clans doesn't seem as time consuming now that I have to play it around work

[@slockermusic]

I can totally agree with you. Wonderful video. ✨️💯

[@madtrucker78]

As someone that has been playing since December of 2012, I surely have a love-hate relationship with the game. Me and my friends picked it up in high school around sophomore year and we all used to attack each other's bases and compete in wars. Honestly, we had a blast on the game. Years later, we don't talk as much as we used to because we have our own responsibilities now and don't always have time for clash. I was never a big spender on the game and in a way, I liked progressing slower as you could really soak in what a town hall has to offer. Now after seeing this video pop up on my screen, I recovered my old account and I am starting the game where I left off. When I loaded my base, it didn't feel like the same game anymore but as said in the video, we aren't the same anymore as well. It's a bit disappointing I won't get to the endgame anytime soon as the only time I maxed out was in 2014 when th 10 was max. I'll still continue to play the game and if anyone here is feeling bored, just take a month or two off the game and I guarantee you will have so much motivation to play the game again. Also, try making your own bases. Recently most of my inspiration has been coming from old Godson troll base videos. The bases might not be the best but I had fun building them.

[@UserNameUserN]

Having to take care of just one village was the best we compared our bases and who had the best design for town halls for both war and normal village nowadays there is too much going on too many villages it feels like a chore unlike the fun village you take care of.

[@greg9069]

lol there was no wars in the good ol days

[@sanjays1180]

You still don't need to play builder hall if you already got 6th builder.

[@atharvashah4433]

Always a good day when Havoc posts🎉🎉

[@david-sg6cw]

You pointed it out great. Keep the good work up! 👍💪❤️🙏

[@lothairenobili6797]

You don't miss old clash of clan, you miss how you felt when you played old clash of clan

[@thegamingking1972]

7:50 I made it to havoc's video. That was my post lol😂

[@BigElk-h5q]

never thought a clash of clans video would have a life lesson in the end.

[@jd_kreeper]

Clash of Clans has changed with us. As we got older, it changed to adapt our new needs.

[@DatBoiHoboJoe]

Bro really woke up and said "Lets see what I can get away with before Supercell kills the partnership."

[@marco_grt4460]

I watched this video thinking was a technical explanation about the game, but the last line. We have the same age, thinking about the organisation I've got with my friends and classmates, learning and help eachother tactics and building... It's not about the game, but the times spent with who you once thought was a friend or still is, but every time you try to do a reunion, somehow someone is always missing or it doesn't happen

[@LittleHeroClash]

Oh man , it was great , i loved the way you reviewed this video

[@COSTAYT]

I have started playing clash when I was in fifth grade and now I'm on my third year of university. I have never been maxed, however I'm almost full th15 currently. The thing is that I feel that I'm never gonna be a maxed player because of the continuity of updates and that kinda makes me less in to playing (not saying updates are bad)

[@daj27]

I see comments talking about how long it took to make an army but heck it’s starting to get back that way: it takes almost 50 minutes for my army to brew

[@iMulTiPleX]

I don’t miss having to upgrade walls 1 by 1

[@DarkStrife]

If clash was the same as when i left it, which it was overburdening, troops costed exlixr and having huge training times so it wasn't uncommon for an only barbarian raid left and right because elixir costs, huge upgrading timers, and a lot more. I'd never return without the changes now.

[@Vo1dwave]

Ahh the good old days

[@Vo1dwave]

They are just memories in the past that we can no longer enjoy

[@LuffyToons]

It's not the gameplay i miss but the atmosphere of the community both in-game and on KZbin. The atmosphere of it all is what i miss.

[@shanjidamithila]

Havoc talking deep stuffs. I do miss playing it for fun, and then playing with friends anf family, but i don't definitely miss the training time and cost. 😂

[@Dripshadow1]

i was a 2013 to 2014 player and yes the game was fun back then but i quit because i couldnt get even close to enough dark elixir to ugrade my queen at TH 9 I farmed all day just to loose half of my storage in one defense over night

[@AverageCommenter2023]

I loved it when I didn´t new about the Meta when I was 14/15 years old. Just train up 8 pekka's, I even managed to calculate that they were finished training when I came back from school. Just to get a zero star 49%. Best clash days ever... I also remembered the excitement I got when a Christmas update was released and I informed my mates about the patch notes lol.

[@pascualsalazar2689]

I used to love looking up th base builds back in the day 😭😭

[@VuNam_MCVN]

Music is the carrier of memories and nostalgia beside images

[@umamaqayumkhan]

"CHANGE IS THE CONSTANT THING IN LIFE"

[@yuri990]

There was another game that had like 5-8 “hero’s” and I was that I go clash is not like this, but it’s just slowly getting there.

[@vrm37]

i remember there was a event in which every troup can be trained at 1 elixir cost. I was very excited and literally played the game 24x7. I player sooo much that i eventually get bored and uninstall. After 4 yrs I'm back again playing the game. Man those time was different. You are absolutely correct 💯 it's not about game (coc/ gta/ nfs/ cod or any other game) it's about time. 😭😭😭😭 good old days

[@Windyy-kb4ic]

every upgrade way back then whether it will be buildings or troops or spells feels like fulfilling as if you achieve a great thing. Nowadays, it feels like nothing changes or the "fulfilling" aspect is no longer there... it's sad but it's reality for me..

[@galaxy_brain]

ive always enjoyed spending a lot of time afk just looking around my base, some planning and some twiddling of my home base. logging in to admire my work... the difference is, today this afk behavior carries a dose of decision paralysis from not wanting to do clan games, capital raid, star bonus events, clan war for ore, gold pass challenges. back in the old days, the game used to be so much less busy - while my army trained and builders were down, i would log on just to admire my work. there was nothing else *to do* today, sitting afk and admiring my work feels subverted by the long queue of progression routes acting as constant reminders of what needs to be done to stay on track. ps. this is really similar to how maplestory has evolved (to an exponential degree), in case anyone can relate.

[@aiden93494]

If I had to permanently choose between the 2 I’d choose current, but if I had access to both then ofc I’m going both, I’d probably cry

[@g3n3t1kzz3]

I've been feeling burnt out of clash, and the $33 village skin was the nail in the coffin for me putting the game down personally.

[@cartooninhindi2300]

What a well written video like you did it perfectly as possible. 💯/💯 For the video & everything.

[@garraxconrad]

Take me back to the night we met ~ 2017

[@idra4177]

I love this video and i think ppl didnt really understand what you man ,gg man❤

[@riccardodellorto4267]

It is nostalgia. I used to play in 2014 (I think) and stopped once clash royale came out. I started playing again this year and the game is waaaaay better. Being able to use dark troops was my dream back in the day, but they cost too much. So I usually used pekkas, wizard, dragons and balloons... you could do 2 attacks per day that way. 95% of my attacks were only archers/barbs spam, since by the time you didn one attack, more troops were ready.

[@XtremeSteelGaming]

The only thing I miss are the people I used to play with, even I left, just recently came back to play cause there is nothing else to play on my phone except chess. and most of the clans are dead. But I agree with everything Havoc said in this vid.

[@livelycardcollector]

i just started playing 2 weeks ago after taking about 4 years off lol There is so much to do it’s a bit overwhelming. but it’s way easier now than it was before.

[@Prince-dt6wq]

me too. I reached Th12. Hows it going?

[@letsplayingoff]

I would just love to go back at the time when there was no equipment and ores, i've been playing for about 10 years and the new hero system is what upsets me the most, today it's more about making money than actually creating one of the best mobile games with memories

[@eljoramos3810]

We grew up indeed Havoc, majority of us grew up.