Launch Day Of WoW The Burning Crusade

This video is of WoW TBC the first day it came out.

[@Demascius]

I miss this shit so bad it hurts

[@TatarProductions]

You really miss this? Say this on 2021...

[@Mrf36]

@@TatarProductions dang

[@hhattonaom9729]

it's back.

[@xMorbidArtx]

@Jonathan Walensi Will be a shitshow on pvp realms. Fuck it.

[@arkeez1181]

@@xMorbidArtx Go on PVE realm mate, don't f*** yourself, be a real man

[@Dafastso]

this was the height of the mmo industry right here

[@patrickstarshooter5221]

nah, Wotlk was next level tbh...

[@jadenstar1038]

@@patrickstarshooter5221 yup, statistics prove that Wotlk was the peak

[@kebabfoto]

science and logic also say that wow vanilla was the best period

[@MostaphaE]

​@@kebabfoto lol what, haha we can all agree though that WoW WAS best from vanilla tbc wotlk, everything after that was shit and not true wow, even thou there was some good shit in some expansions like mage tower, suramar, wod music and zones etc... True wow will always be Vanila-tbc-wotlk

[@daudl5011]

Even the alternatives to WoW at the time were decent games or at their height. RuneScape, Guild Wars, LOTRO, SWG, etc.

[@ericdicocco4986]

its sad that this will never happen again... i maen how many people even buy hard copies of wow now?

[@hophi4424]

you do know 1 some people still have the vanilla Cd's .... (me) plus the game will come out on the ingame store like every other xpac :| and vanilla is getting alot of hype

[@mattthecasualgamer]

Still buy hard copies of the expansions in collectors edition format, pre-order from GAME then pick up 1 day past launch, but recently buy a digital copy too so can play when it goes live.

[@Gyousel]

I still get collectors editions but recently with legion launch i had to wait till the following morning for the gamestop open so i might to check out my options for next expansion to make sure i can play at launch

[@XNarutoXbleach]

I still have my hard copies, cant wait for vanilla re-release im hyped

[@OMGaPuertoRican]

i only buy the hard copies of WoW xD i just cant bring myself to buy the digital

[@Emma-pl1qz]

That sense of community, the dancing, the smiles, I love it

[@Teeenbe]

Just don't get that anymore :( Wish I could have been old enough to have experienced this, the atmosphere looks awesome!

[@Shatamx]

Most of them left long ago. I loved the community in vanilla and TBC. Sadly I don't think Blizzard will ever be able to recreate that.

[@Emma-pl1qz]

To be honest, I do that too, randomly wave or say hi, because why not? :3 Or nuke a few beasties when I see someone having trouble ^_^

[@Karnagie]

BE THAT PERSON! We can still have this community today, it's as easy as just extending a hello or even a wave/greet emote while out in the world. Small interactions build up over time, and if everyone's doing these small interactions everyone would feel much more comfortable being more social. At the moment we're all either self absorbed in what we're trying to accomplish for the day or worried about what interactions we MAY have if we put ourselves out there so nothing ever happens.

[@accidr3g0r]

3:36 What a priceless comment.

[@Shatamx]

This is great. I was in Great Falls Montana when TBC came out. Stationed at Malmstrom AFB. I lost my debit card a few days before the launch and was awaiting my bank to send me a new one. So that night I decided to clean out my computer desk since I had some free time. To my surprise I found a $40 gift card for Gamestop! I yelled "FUCK YEA!!!" in my dorm room like a total nerd. It was a X-mas gift I got back from 2005 just in the back of my drawer. Still in the Christmas card. I jumped in my truck the next morning @ 9am and waited for the doors to open. Bought TBC and played for the next 16 hours. Oh memories.

[@HL_Eminence]

Good story, friend.

[@glaucocastilho6456]

Thats awesome my dude

[@Fruxaq]

That gift card was a gift from god

[@kissanruokaa]

thank you for the story :) that is so cool that you found the gift card and got to buy it heheh :) Wish you all the best :)

[@Mthompsonwv]

Haha the memories!

[@Nastranai]

This is part of why I'm saddened by the move to a digital marketplace for most games. CD's and DVD's are the things of collector's editions now, not the norm... So it also means that gamers, who used to have that 'I will meet you at the store on launch night' social event now no longer have it. A true tragedy.

[@Hedgeknight420]

Technology and social media destroyed sociality , isn’t it ironic and sad 😢

[@LorenzoBlade]

When cancel culture, crazy liberals did not exist and no one would get triggered for every little thing, the world was in a way better place

[@cyberreality7774]

1960's was probably better

[@multiestonian]

And people say that video games are bad for you. Look at how much fun they are having and it brings people together. I can imagine the feeling that these people had when they first logged into BTC. God damn, i love it!

[@Victor.Hugo1]

They can be bad for you, its about the time you spend playing. Anything in excess can be bad. It even says that when you enter Wow as a reminder

[@Flesketryne]

Back when ganking was socially acceptable

[@Flesketryne]

Looking forward to be ganking them nasty hordes ones again, I wont lie :)

[@s0ltinsert841]

I'll be seeing you in stranglethorn vale, alliance.

[@Johnygosu12]

6:19 my personal hero. Brought his laptop to insta install it and be ahead for a couple of minutes... legendary good times! :D

[@Great_chiefs]

Huge minmaxer

[@Hedgeknight420]

But .. but .. you needed internet connection to install the cds didn’t you ?

[@Great_chiefs]

​@@Hedgeknight420 Prob 3g network

[@Johnygosu12]

@@Hedgeknight420 Nope. You installed via cd. Maybe there was an update but i cant remember. So you still were slightly ahead :)

[@tjokkerstar1462]

Yes a moving laptop with a cd rom is a real smart move :D

[@khaledaz3097]

These days were the golden days of world of warcraft , I'm very happy that i was a part of this community back then , Eventho i lived in syria and my age was too young , but i'm still proud , I'm very happy that i watched this video fully , People back then were very proud , and every aspect of the game was running through their veins and souls , Today , Everything changed , No more launch days , everything is running through the internet like the internet is running us , no more smiles , no more dancing contests , if you want a physical copy , You just order one online while sitting alone in your room or behind your desk somewhere or even on phone , You don't need to sleep in the street anymore for 2 days to be one from early people to get a copy , i watched this video while hugging my burning crusade disk , the only disk i got to get back then here in Syria , Today Retail feels dead every time i log in there , Gold sellers and boosters are at every corner , trade chat is dead , no world chat , you don't even need to say something because you only have to link your achievements and your high ilvl beside your proving grounds medal , everything has changed , the only pain i had watching the video is my soul getting hurt , I watched the video knowing that almost everyone inside it stopped playing , some of them living a whole new life , Some are in the millitary , Maybe some are homeless or even Dead.

[@zorashki]

Why does this feels like its 1998? I swear.. I mean 2006 wasn't that long ago but the way thair hair/cloths styles looks really really old..

[@xMorbidArtx]

Time is pretty sneaky 🤣

[@bjornjoseph]

i worked at best buy geek squad in Wilmington, nc shit was crazy. of course all us hid away copies for ourselves

[@MrDaeltaja]

Back when games meant something.

[@MagnusStormfist]

I almost teared up at 7:00 where the guy said "you take care of us". Blizzard/wow could have been sooo much more than what it is now. I am glad we have classic/classic era vanilla, that is the only version of wow for me.

[@maxchan179]

classic wow was a complete disaster. anyone who played vanilla knows this. they couldn't even get basic things correct. blizzard died a long, long time ago

[@ZDProds-c8p]

absolute cringe - 'you take care of us' lmao

[@MagnusStormfist]

@@maxchan179 I do not agree, for the majority of the community it was a huge success! Th best move blizzard made in 15 years!

[@jessejamez707]

“They really take care of us.” Not anymore 🥺 that’s for damn sure lol

[@HoloBoss]

no king rules forever, my son

[@diegoanthonyherrera9952]

if there is no hope in your comment 2 years ago, NOW. Imagine with Microsoft under the command until this date, with SO sooooo bad future expectation.

[@Thegriff19]

Back when people went to stores to buy games....this makes me sad that this whole type of experience is gone besides paying a massive amount of money for conventions.

[@_atinsy]

now it's just download off steam, epic, :(

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

@@_atinsy convenience always wins.. remember lans? Split screen.. :'(

[@killer2403]

"You guys take care of us". Yep, yep, yep...

[@einimea4947]

2020 im still laughing at this comment every now and then

[@anguswalsh2387]

Take me back to January 16th 2007 PLEASE IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE

[@TanzzTehPro]

So much nostalgia... Good times, wish we could go back in time and re-experience it... Now with the adult life, shits so stressful, marriage, etc.. Granted I'm not as old as many of the older players. But these were good times. Specially with your paps or mom, then Blizzcon, etc... Never had so much happiness in my life, even if it was in a mechanic shop or a store playing in the backroom while your parent(s) worked while they let you play and have fun. I hope everyone here watching this is doing good now and having a amazing life or doing whatever they can to improve anything and everything...

[@Xeshiraz]

Unfortunately no amazing life for me. Life feels so much different now. So much worse. This lovely connection between people and sense of community just disappeared. Overall our world is much darker place than before. Im watching this with tears in my eyes. Those were the days man.

[@lochvast1180]

​@Xeshiraz just play classic and immerse yourself in what was until the good times roll back around. It's a lil different but 95% the same and still $15 per month. I'm going to play it until reality gets back to normal.

[@RomuloAL456]

I felt so emotional while watching this... damm, so good memories from my childhood, with my friends... 😢❤

[@multiestonian]

This is the coolest thing ever. I appreciate the simplicity of the digital era where you can get any game onto your pc without leave the comforts of your home, but i would really much like to experience something like this :).

[@threestars2164]

LMAO!! Gaming will never be the same!

[@CousinMarvin]

its so sad knowing that we will never go back and we can never replace this and never experience anything like this again no matter what game comes out. ITs just over. Memories and remnants of a better time all around. ITs much deeper than just a game. ITs the awful change in society and the awful change in generations mentalities and personalities

[@Arkanes_Ark]

Bad take. It's the rise of technology. It has nothing to do with Society. We've made things easier for people as Technology advances, AKA fast internet, fast downloads, no more discs. Stop blaming "Society". Be happy for the technological advances.

[@CousinMarvin]

@@Arkanes_Ark it has EVERYHTING to do with society. Society is worse off in so many ways yet technology is far better. Yet peopel are more miserable today than ever before. this is statistical and proven.

[@Thrall966]

@@CousinMarvinit has nothing to do with society

[@drooskie9525]

@@CousinMarvin It's modernism and consumerism and social media. We've become more isolated and digitalized, with a significant jump since covid. We are in part victims of the ideas of dead philosophers from 100-200+ years ago and people don't know how much they speak their words without knowing it. The BC expansion era was that transitional period before social media took the scene and before phones became more advanced.

[@xMorbidArtx]

Every generation feels this with something to some degree.

[@Mealwormies]

I hate how fast time is going, I really don’t like it

[@xMorbidArtx]

One way to slow it down, if you this, is to quit all drugs especially weed.

[@somedude5010]

People still watch this so there's hope guys :D

[@inoox]

3 months to go!!!

[@froggin-zp4nr]

Miss the sense of community not just for wow but other game releases.

[@Gladius_Here]

Back when WoW was exciting LOL

[@davidk5990]

playing in 2007 was another feeling. what happend =/

[@Battyxdarko]

Why am I crying? What is wrong with me LOL

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

Nothing, this was when the world was a more human place, God bless you

[@caseycat]

I just want to go back. That's all i want. 😢😢

[@SuperNaturaali]

We Are Prepared Again !!!

[@MRBOOOYA]

Why am I crying watching this O.o

[@360Fov]

Especially when the crowds are cheering and stuff

[@arkeez1181]

Because this is from an old age. The society now couldn't do it again. We are screwed.

[@kaydee66781]

This was Blizzard, pre-merger with Activision.

[@EdouardPicard0224]

I still believe digital games ruined events like this.

[@puzzleheaddesign3789]

Gone are the days games had to be completed and in a final state before shipping.

[@Aureliusus]

The good times. Hardcopy games, one MMORPG to rule them all, every gamer was playing the same thing and no virus around. I share the the opinion: something like this will pretty much never happen again :(

[@xMorbidArtx]

I was stuck on CS while most of my clan moved to WoW. Im glad I finally gave in and tried it when learning lots of my classmates were playing it lol

[@VaeVictisXIII]

lmao in queue for 48 hours

[@uvuvwevwevweosas4459]

Dude you are a legend

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

Sounds like classic launch.

[@multiestonian]

Literally the best time i've had in my life.

[@Kerimye]

You are leaving a comment here every year.

[@multiestonian]

@@Kerimye I find myself watching this video a few times a year, love it. :)

[@BartjeB289]

People were awesome back then.

[@ero302]

14years later and i can still smell it, sniffing at my monitor.

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

OMG is this the Fry's in Anaheim? Sure looks like it!!! I remember my roommate and I who (when TBC came out, were fairly new players) went over to the Fry's before work (we worked second shift) to LOOK at the line and it was pretty long. I was pretty impressed. It was a store we were familiar with back then as we lived close by and visited fairly often, so we went in to look at some merchandise that day before going to work. They had some Warcraft . . . board game? Something in a big box. We weren't talking to anyone, just looking and this guy comes up, completely out of nowhere and starts RANTING to us about the people in line and how they are all "CRAZY" and blah blah. Before stomping off, he said, very emphatically "I HAVE A LIFE!" And we just stared at him walking away thinking "O . . . K hmmm . . . dude doth protest too much, methinks?" 🤨 We did the same thing for the Wrath launch, just looking at the line (since we couldn't be there since we got OFF of work at midnight). We went in and saw a pile of strategy guides for something to do with WoW (I think may have been one of the dungeon guides). Both my roommate and I had a book in our hands, just looking through it and a LADY comes up to us and says "Do you see that line out there? Those people are CRAZY." Then, she must have noticed that we were both holding a strategy guide and said quickly "I mean, crazy in a GOOD way!!" 😅 While we couldn't actually be at the launch (the only one we made it to was the Legion launch in Santa Ana, where we got everyone to sign our box of the Limited Edition) those memories are still so dear to me, mostly because I'm reminded of how excited the COMMUNITY was for the games, and how we could just get together in our neighborhood to celebrate together.

[@PittsburghAfterDark]

There just won’t be midnight launch parties for games or consoles anymore like there were in the 2000’s. I was in line for Halo 2 and collected like 15 gamer tags during the wait. Hell, I remember launch parties for Windows 95. Even back then that seemed a bit too geeky for me.

[@egohaze]

what a time to be alive as a wow player. didn't get it at launch but I first started playing during burning crusade. I was 11. never even made it to max level. just loved being immersed in this amazing world teeming with excited players. met friends at school all because of our love for this game. oh to live it all over again.... I'd do anything

[@Nielsfest]

Look how dedicated and grateful the WoW fans were. Blizzard fucked it all up.

[@ggreg15]

Man I was 25 when this hit. I dropped off cause I was getting too addicted. Have a wife and 5 kids now and I’m back…… Until my wife needs me. lol But it’s just not the same. Still good though 🎉🎉

[@sealboy1211]

Not only will I never again stand outside of a gaming shop with like minded enthusiasts and just be present in life, I’m never going to see anything as epic as watching that portal open as just one single adventurer among what felt like a horde of others and rushing through in real time. Genuinely thrilled at what awaits. Great times in gaming. The best likely.

[@Venatore85]

I really want to go back to Either vanilla or TBC :(

[@toohighstrung]

Tony Reilly good news everyone!

[@ThunderingRoar]

i fixed the poison slime pipes

[@KNByam]

I"m currently leveling a hunter on a Vanilla server, I thought I did, now I'm not sure that I do.

[@ShikiT]

Tony Reilly Welcome back.

[@rizzcs6018]

Guys this is a 6 year old comment, the guy could be dead.

[@Royberg]

lol my experience of getting BC was very anticlimactic...i never reserved a copy or went to a party and just woke up around 7 am the next morning and bought a copy at target

[@inoox]

Here in the UK my brother woke me up waving my copy of it in my face the morning before it was released because it had arrived early so I had it all installed and ready for midnight :)

[@RiptideDVY]

17 years ago. fuck

[@twokei2]

i miss the physical copy era. its a good thing.

[@AprilDineOfficial]

Sad I was a child back then. I wouldve been there, if I was old enough xD Got it from my parents 1 day after though xd

[@nopenullify8947]

i cri everytime

[@roninzero12]

When companies and player cared about the fun, not shity woke politics

[@3runjosh]

when you had to use dvds to install. good times

[@SSJGengar]

Damn, I miss Fry's so damn much. Better than Microcenter.

[@tjokkerstar1462]

It was way more fun back then :D

[@OutcastSoldier]

Blizzard, before all the key staff left.

[@TatarProductions]

Greetings from 2021, DONT COME, STAY ON YOUR YEARS

[@lochvast1180]

Greetings from 2024... Holy F*** it's hell. Get me a motherf***ing time machine.

[@RocknRollHairMetal]

best expansion they ever did thats when i started playing... great memories

[@crossfitnerd1085]

Since then, nothing has seen the hype like this. :(

[@DrVagax]

Midnight store launches were a real phenomenon for its time, I went for Halo 3, GTA 4 and WoW WotLK, after that the midnight launches died down because you can just get the game digitally.

[@GabagoolGang]

last big midnight launch I remember was GTA V, the last one I went to was Arkham Origins lol I was like the only guy there

[@rogno6449]

no smart phone = world happy

[@dababy4182]

memories from a more promising time

[@mrfeather2732]

7:08 2007 - "my goal is to get 61 before I sleep" when WOW had a soul 2021 - "clearing the entire phase 1 content in 3 days"

[@ShadowsOfThePast]

I had similar experience with Wotlk launch and also when I was getting my first CE at Cata launch. I started playing mid TBC though but was a clueless noob still at that time (not 100% sure but I think it took me ~4 months of play to hit lvl 70 and I played a lot especially on weekends..)

[@bernadogmiad1373]

it happens again :)

[@xMorbidArtx]

Not quite.

[@evancarlson9329]

this is actual historuy

[@JoshHolden-Aka-evani]

thanks to digital downloads we will never get something like this again

[@wsypeter]

do they not have phones?

[@marykay8587]

yup it's 2024 and just going back in time when WOW was the real deal...oooh good ole times

[@dimkacracker]

won't see shit like this anymore.

[@clammerify]

and now I just download it from the cloud

[@jayksman7605]

Ich will das zurück das war so insane... Scheiß auf online käufe lasst wieder davor campen haha

[@Hazelthenerd]

Take me back, Now we all just sit inside our house alone waiting for the client to update, We need this kind of thing back man ):

[@Terorflux]

These collector's editions are around 200 dollars on ebay.

[@lulu-xz4jp]

best expansion imo

[@squadalahhh]

Not an opinion. Just a fact.

[@SurfingJakeOwns]

before the phone era 🥲

[@brandonletsgo1594]

This was before Political correctness, before social media, before a collapsing economy, when there was hope still left in the world

[@lochvast1180]

Back when you would get off the game and think about what you would do the next time you log on instead of thinking about how your mortgage payment has doubled in 5 years and your salary is the same

[@socloseagain4298]

@@lochvast1180 😀

[@MLM7827]

This was literally during a recession lmfao

[@siskavard]

Lost this sort of thing once games became mostly downloadable only

[@Xeshiraz]

Life is so much worse now compared to the good old days.

[@TR-ly6kq]

This video made me oddly emotional, those were different times for sure.

[@karstenkunneman5219]

Wish I could've been there :/

[@rezzEE897]

Those players are long gone, I don't think they are still playing the game, on how shity it is now. *Cough* *cough* bfa

[@xMorbidArtx]

😢

[@Catakidxd]

good times :)

[@jalogrono]

I couldn't even load Shattrath at the lowest graphics settings

[@warpawsgaming4958]

i remember getting my copy at a midnight release got home and the disk wouldn't install lol

[@gixxie117]

still have a vanilla CE sealed edition on my shelf from back in the day and yes im still a clicker and dont give a damn.

[@Aldever13]

This is great, if only wow still had this much hype still

[@Kormos17]

THE BOOSTING CRUSADE

[@silberwald5469]

Miss those fucking great times and I miss you Reckful R.I.P. BLIZZ please make BC Servers.

[@Arkanes_Ark]

Still here. WoW Still the strongest MMO.

[@hhattonaom9729]

we back boys

[@scrapy17]

there just people having fun, trying to do something to kill time before the game was released jeez

[@IzzyGames874]

This video will be overblown with much more views and become relevant again next year. You know why!

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

It's been 17 years. Oh Lord.

[@lochvast1180]

O__O time only goes faster

[@Emmeris1]

1:00 best for the Horde yell ever

[@kronniichiwa9909]

Yet he plays a human irl

[@JanssenReyes]

This community was the best ever.. I would like to see that these days.. It hurts deeply..

[@xMorbidArtx]

Life be like that

[@multivitamin425]

when you had to buy the cd hahahaha

[@x1bl0odman]

Convenience is nice but it sure it did kill an experience..