M'aiq the Liar compilation (Oblivion)

[@troyb.8579]

I love how meta-gamey his comments are. "I have seen dragons. Perhaps you will see a dragon..."

[@phuturephunk]

Troy B. Almost all of them are. Destructive environments, Fast Travel, mounted combat, The removal of the levitate spell, map markers, the omission of crossbows, not being able to use staffs as physical, the physiology change between games for the kajit and argonians (legs).

[@timeslowingdown]

A prophet of the times

[@zhiracs]

M'aiq is the in-game voice of Bethesda themselves, as both a commendation of features they're proud of, and a way to eschew fan gripes.

[@xandan1668]

@@zhiracs so your saying they think we are idiots. That explains why they got away with 76.

[@TheHulk1850]

@@xandan1668 Got away with 76??!! Are you kidding me??!! Everyone ripped them apart for 76!! If you mean there are those who still bought it, yeah, there always is. But if you think they got off scott free, I'd say you're mistaken.

[@Ignore14]

So M'aiq is the developers' way of commenting on changes that have been made to the game?

[@lumengres]

+Ignore14 Màiq is a NPC that the creators put to talk about new games, old games and things the people use to say abour TES.

[@kelcapiral5301]

but did m'aiq say anything about TES 6?

[@lumengres]

Who knows. It is always very cryptic. Listen him un Skyrim and try to understand what means! But I think not

[@kelcapiral5301]

M'aiq is tired now. Go bother someone else.

[@goldcrusader6712]

Only Bethesda would make an npc that is only there for them to go "yeah, we don't have (feature) in the game, cry about it"

[@FerreTrip]

"Who would want to see M'aiq naked? Sick, sick people. Very sad." *looks at his fandom* ...Yep. Agreed.

[@Whydoineedahandlepissoff]

FerreTrip looks at the furry fandom

[@FerreTrip]

Eeeeeeeeeexactly.

[@daniquothefbidude1945]

Rip of failure Nope. I've looked his name up on websites, and all I got were Khajiro/ Deerkethus ones.

[@Whydoineedahandlepissoff]

That Hispanic Fur you poor soul

[@Sam-gx2ti]

@@daniquothefbidude1945 LMAO

[@JumperWC]

3:33 I guess you could say M'aiq was...... ...Needed Elsweyr. YYYEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@adamrules01]

JumperWC he shoots off like a god damn bullet i can never catch him when he takes off running no matter how much i try

[@Nazimoose]

adamrules01 i never see him move in skyrim, does he or does he teleport?

[@adamrules01]

greg diamond He possesses some teleportation and levitation skills yes, but i suppose the amount of time he has been alive he has had time to become a master mage, possibly the best in Skyrim!

[@emmjea6913]

He actually teleports to different places in the gameworld, and then walks around and then he teleports back to his own "house." you can see his "house" if you are own pc and type in console "COC Elsweyr."

[@scottallen2966]

He actually has a very high movement speed in Oblivion. He just runs really fast. How to get his attention: Drop some calipers on the ground for him to pick up

[@kaydotcontent]

After playing Oblivion or Skyrim for hours, days, months even, and suddenly encounter this guys was like... I dont know. Just it maked me happy, or smile. One of the best characters in videogames ever.

[@dendethewhitemage3739]

0:30 I get the reference. M'aiq wears a colovian fur helm in morrowind.

[@bighead8060]

Dende The White Mage That banana hat.

[@theodentherenewed4785]

And Colovia is a region in Cyrodiil.

[@Jokester6293]

"I have seen dragons. Perhaps you will see a dragon. I wont say where I saw one. Perhaps I did not." Teasing for Skyrim?

[@gh0rochi363]

Yup

[@corntastrophy]

You also see one when Martin Septim defeats Mehrunes Dagon. Although, even that could be a tease to Skyrim, since The Blades protect him as "Dragonborn", and that one girl in Riverwood tries to protect you

[@llllloppppllkiii7003]

Well no it’s a reference to the end of the game where Martin turns into Akatosh I believe

[@chickenwaffle123]

Skyrim was a planned step in the lore for a long time, someone at the end of the game or a book says that they need to wait for the birth of the next Dragonbor, only problem is they had nothing planned after skyrim so they kept releasing it again and again

[@distorn90]

"So much easier to get around these days. Not like the old days. Too much walking" indirect reference to Morrowind not having fast travel? Perhaps, perhaps not

[@msladjan100]

EVERYTHING he says is a reference to Morrowind, actually.

[@timeslowingdown]

He references ideas that fans of the game are very vocal about, that beth either chose to include or drop from the game.

[@poland8752]

​@@msladjan100 What about the dragons

[@VickyHong1879]

​@@poland8752 they were in morrowind, just invisible, and very very quiet

[@U_C_G]

M'aiq actually just seems like a really nice guy

[@JonTheGameNrd]

"Who would want to see M'aiq Naked. Sick People, very sad" M'aiq is aware of Rule 34... We should be ashamed. That's why I don't play Pokémon

[@grosslyoffensivelizard-man3438]

Jon CreepSlayer True. It's also in reference to the fact Argonians and Kajhit in Morrowind could be completely naked. (It was not picked up by the ESRB because those races had no assets we could possibly find sexual back then and more closely resembled upright animals than humanoids.) Bethesda normalized body types in Oblivion, however, which humanized the beast races and necessitated that they be clothed. Some people were upset by the change, so Bethesda addresses them through M'aiq, who is essentially the devs' mouthpiece for addressing customer feedback, referencing previous games, and poking fun at their "competition".

[@JonTheGameNrd]

Nathan Baker. Never thought I would learn so much from a reply! Thanks for the information

[@KneelB4Bacon]

It's probably a response to all the porn mods at the Nexus.

[@samueldietschi4278]

Doesn't it sound like something Donald Trump could say?

[@Ephraim225]

And yet, this game has "The Real Barenziah". Internet rule 34 is tame by comparison!

[@Hunterstiq]

Most of Mai'q's comments are developers addressing some of the things the community was asking for, Destructible buildings, throwing weapons, nude mods, fast-travelling and before Skyrim was even proposed, Dragons!... Kind of awesome Easter egg that I passed by all the time not giving a second thought

[@watchman_1029]

"Perhaps you will see a dragon" he he he, I wonder where.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

M'aiqs sayings may sound like random silliness but he's actually a developer easter egg. He comments on features from past Elder Scrolls games and even drops a few hints about future games. When he says something like, "Snow falls. Why worry where it goes?", this is Bethesda addressing gamer complaints about how snow still clips through the walls and roofs of outdoor buildings, stables, etc. (It looks like they're finally fixing this in Fallout 4). He's been in every game since Morrowind, at least. I wonder if his name is based on someone at Bethesda named, "Mike." :)

[@KneelB4Bacon]

1:14 _"People always enjoy a good fable. M'aiq has yet to find one. Perhaps one day."_ from wikipedia: Fable (1996) video game: Reception of the game was mixed. GameSpot called the game 'an earnest but uneven effort', praising the graphics and voice acting but criticising the design, convoluted story and unsatisfying ending.[1]

[@KneelB4Bacon]

1:56 _"So much easier to get around these days. Not like the old days. Too much walking. Of course, nothing stops M'aiq from walking when he wants."_ The ability to Fast Travel was first added in Oblivion. :)

[@Morgan02]

Catzilla....appertly in skyrim he says "people in skyrim look better than people in cyodiil".....saying the grapics are better.....also is the dragon dialog wear get says I've seen dragon maybe you will someday too i won't tell you where though.....is this a reference to skyrim going to have dragons?....

[@Bunny153539]

Considering all the gods are named after developers, founders, and the orignal testers... Does that mean M'aiq is a god?!

[@Bauglir100]

@@KneelB4Bacon It's a reference to the 2004 game, not the 1996 game.

[@Aenygma_]

1:02 SKYRIM CONFIRMED.

[@aprialdanoarjunajaya5271]

Aenygma nah, it's spoiler for the ending of oblivion in fact

[@samuelevander9823]

Dragons have existed before Skyrim and throughout the events of Elder Scrolls. Paarthurnax from Throat Of The World, Vulthuryol from Blackreach and Nafaalilargus, Tiber Septim's personal dragon and other dragons protected by various kings, just to name a few.

[@TheOneCalledSloth]

Cyrodiil was supposed to have dragons in the pre-Oblivon lore. They were dropped during development.

[@holidaycomplex]

he says in skyrim that dragons have always existed they were just invisible and very quiet, maybe in reference to there spirits?

[@ItsAstie]

turns out he wasnt lying after all

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

M'aiq runs too fast for me. Can't catch up.

[@penguinmaster7]

part cheetah?

[@kfh45]

Well he is a cat

[@KneelB4Bacon]

M'aiq runs back and forth along the road from Anvil to Leyawiin. You can sometimes find standing right outside the gates of either town. He also likes calipers and will pick them up if you drop any near him.

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

Catzilla Robert Ivey knows

[@Raito73]

His speed is unbeatable in the game, I boost my speed up to 140 and just barely touch his tail, but he still outrun me after a while.

[@ESOdanny]

We must find the voice actor and get him to do ESO!!!

[@RealTreyOlds]

He’s retired

[@jamesmichaels3848]

Rare ESO comment from before he blew up!

[@rokzila]

He is in ESO

[@I3arett]

Can we be friends eso ?

[@CyborgAdmiral]

He's Jonathan Bryce

[@chillyafro]

I love how maiq is the developers' way of communicating with the fans, it's kinda nice for some reason

[@christopherholt9042]

3:40 there goes the most magestic fucking cat ever

[@theramblinmahoney2316]

Hah

[@alex_ho]

M'aiq is immortal and all knowing, but plays the part of the fool due to the ignorance of those around him. A true force of nature.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

This one was happy to see M'aiq in ESO today.

[@Bigdaddymittens]

Holy shit, this guy is like Bethesda's messenger. He's responding to fan requests.

[@StefanD99]

M'aiq is in Skyrim. It's been confirmed. A reviewer found him wondering around the north-east portion of the map. The only thing he managed to get out of him was: “What does it mean to combine magic? Magic plus magic is still magic. M’aiq once tried to use two fire spells and burned his sweet roll!” You can read the full review at Ripten.

[@MadPlagueDoctor]

I am so used to the softer more friendlier voice of m'aiq in Skyrim, it scared me at the start with his rough crusty voice...

[@TheJsabrao]

0:10 M'aiq predict the major problem in some skyrim companions

[@raulprima]

I so miss this voice actor.

[@HamanKarn567]

raulprima Me too along with the female they were perfect for their roles. Redguards and all the others were epic too. I mean Wonder Woman voiced the Nord Females that is epic. I just wish the Orcs had the same voices as in Morrowind.

[@HamanKarn567]

Wes Johnson

[@dieselface1]

Wes Johnson voiced the Imperials. Lol

[@Vairyehil]

Wonder Woman's voice actress is in Skyrim too, voicing Gormaith Golden-Hilt.

[@drstrangecoin6050]

M'aiq dissing Fable this hard got Peter Molyneux on suicide watch daymn

[@littlesongbird1]

I like both games but thought that ws funny

[@magikarp5368]

1:20. Bethesda knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

[@wrathofthewitchqueen]

Magikarp Fable 1 was amazing tho

[@Baldoxxx4000]

Crysis graphics right here!

[@BakuTex]

Fuck graphics it has better gameplay than crysis.

[@Skriak]

BakuTex I agree graphics aren't everything, but Crysis and Oblivion are rather hard to compare gameplay-wise.

[@fatrat92]

Only stupid people judge a game by it's graphics.

[@PaladinfffLeeroy]

It does not matter if a game has the best graphics ever, if the gameplay is shit the game is shit too.

[@Sisaleet]

you do realise this game is almost 10 years old.....

[@MikaylaTheBoss]

Theory: M'iaq is a time traveler! It would explain how he saw dragons, because he time traveled to Skyrim to see them!

[@jayive34]

+Mikayla The Boss Or, all M'aiq descend from one another.

[@Gato-Sama123]

Or maybe he can see the future

[@Bauglir100]

"People enjoy a good fable. M'aiq has yet to find one, though. Perhaps one day." That awkward moment when you realize that Fable and The Elder Scrolls are now owned by the same company. Thanks, Microsoft.

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

I like how Bethesda cracks on the Furry lunatics. As they should.

[@sampeng1]

Rochester Swift actually he is actually referring to how in the first two elder scrolls games if you took the armor off your character, they would be completley nude.

[@immrkuby]

1:44 you know what,that actually makes sense and these line are more likely what a wise man would say.M'aiq the Liar is funny yet mystic.

[@CreepsMcGerald]

1:02 He was hinting at skyrim all along....

[@Amicus_Maximus]

I found a Dragon in Daggerfall ones, There practically invincible tho...

[@BushBumperBaker]

Father Karras Yup, and then we got the shittiest kind of dragons possible. Easily killable with your god-tier "plot revolves around me" character until dragons are just laughable annoyances you can scream at a few times to kill.

[@insloanwetrust]

M'aiq isn't a fan of Fable then :)

[@xalius_or_something]

Some people want special bows that take to long to load and need special arrows called bolts Crossbow reference In oblivion

[@yanyan_ingayspace9124]

M'aiq makes me Happy, I don't even know why XD

[@yanyan_ingayspace9124]

+Remove Cheeseburger!!! Ommmmmg yees peeerfect! 😂😂 M'aiq approves

[@yanyan_ingayspace9124]

***** 😂 **Goes off and bothers Jauffre**

[@rcreynolds6186]

I think its the accent that makes them likeable, same goes for J'zargo.

[@mexicantacos9665]

maiq is done talking

[@maiqtheliar9016]

go bother somebody else

[@brokentangent7999]

2:59 Sick, SICK people! Very sad... ...LOL

[@yayo4624]

1:22 The first Fable was FUCKING GOOD.

[@theramblinmahoney2316]

It was good, but it wasn't the Morrowind Killer everyone said it would be, that's what the joke was. I wonder what M'aiq thinks of the later ones. Ahaha

[@yayo4624]

Chris Mahoney Man, when I see people giving up praise to the new installments on the Fable series and to Fable 2 and 3 my blood boils, killing thoughts come to my mind, I grab my "List of people I need to kill" and write their names, I track their IP and I prepare my knife. I cannot understand how anyone could have enjoyed those shits.

[@nur-_.]

Akriloth. A cool dragon from your childhood (maybe). I enjoyed Fable 2, but I agree that Fable 3 was 100% SHIT.

[@Weaponsomasscreation]

NurusTheSquid I enjoyed Fable 3. Opinions. People have them. Now stop talking about them and go do something productive.

[@nur-_.]

Weaponsomasscreation My opinion was that Fable 3 wasn't good. Your opinion was that it was good. So why tell me about talking about opinions when you yourself are doing the same?

[@ashura9699]

Take care. **zoom**

[@LucaDolanRuiz]

I've got over 100 hours in oblivion and have travelled all over the map but I've still never encountered this guy!

[@Raito73]

Leyawiin front gate.

[@alaskanspartan89]

I did "talk" to him a few times

[@CaptainHieronymusLex]

He is at the anvil stables

[@LucaDolanRuiz]

@@CaptainHieronymusLex Thank you, I was informed a few days after my initial comment. I just remember being confused I couldn't find him since I was used to him randomly appearing in different places across Skyrim.

[@CaptainHieronymusLex]

@@LucaDolanRuiz lmao I did not realize the comment was 7 years ago 😂😂😂 thanks for answering anyways

[@thesir27]

As a person who only got into TES starting with Skyrim, I say about that line: freakin AWESOME foreshadowing.

[@SuperKillJoy15]

The good fable joke. Ha!

[@AnonYmous-lk9qy]

The Deadpool of the Elder Scrolls Universe

[@Maiq-the-Liar]

M'aiq wishes you well.

[@Maiq-the-Liar]

***** M'aiq is glad you like it.

[@swwgaming7656]

M’aiq does not understand what is so impressive about shouting. M’aiq can shout whenever he wants.

[@yamasaa]

AHA! Mai'q predicted the coming of the dragons in the next Elder Scrolls (part V), so maybe he also predicts something that will happen in TES VI? I'm off to find him and listen to what he has to say :)

[@chiara87able]

He was actually talking about Martin Septim.

[@hardcorescissors582]

Actually I think it might have been implied that the game developers had originally intended to add dragons to Oblivion and later decided to not include them. I don't know for sure but I'm just saying that's what I think.

[@SaturdaySauce]

***** Actually because M'aiq was also in skyrim Mariano97 may have been correct and this may have been a prediction as he says we won't tell where he's seen these dragons maybe implying he'd seen it in skyrim

[@gtpower3]

***** or Hammerfell! exciting

[@iamthechanceman]

***** I hope it's Elsweyr.

[@insolitude6324]

You just gotta admire how fast after "Take care." he books it right the fuck outta' there.

[@adub92199]

When he said somethin about bolts and bows that take a long time to load he meant a crossbow. Then they put it on dawnguard in skyrim.

[@GoldieMethrans]

Crossbows are in Morrowind too x3

[@jusky_]

Crossbows are still weak, and stupid though.

[@21Brawler]

M'aiq the Legend

[@hellsongfurry123]

Yeah the voices of the daedra were pretty awesome in Oblivion and skyrim. And Lechance sounded pretty unique, too.

[@Korvo.420]

And like a hero... he ran off into the sunset.

[@Neelmay13]

hmm he seems like a mad god i know.

[@Neelmay13]

I wonder if there's a connection.

[@TheMudrash]

Neelmay13 dunno?

[@soulman221]

M'iaq: "I have seen dragons. Perhaps you will see a dragon. I won't say where I saw one. Perhaps I did not." epic foreshadowing.

[@MX3rules]

Kids, this is what too much skooma does to you.

[@Nocturnehunt]

M'aiq enjoys talking of himself in the third person. Very interesting story, M'aiq has. When M'aiq is traveling, M'aiq narrates his own life to repel boredom.

[@prokisto]

The voice actor here for Maiq was waaay better than the one in Skyrim.

[@OsnosisBones]

he's an easter egg, fun guy, and just a long time stapple in the series

[@Joao-ot1mw]

3:00 that one was for Rule 34 artists.

[@Flaming-Tongue]

Now that i think about it, m'aiq has lived for too long, more than 400 years and he doesn't look like a vampire.

[@pesoff]

I wonder what the guy behind this voice looks like hahahah!

[@christianicecool3641]

a cat obviously

[@bichmaivien6150]

He shouldn’t be called a liar, Maiq the Wise

[@GameSlimia1]

how old is Miaq. I saw him in Oblivion and Skyrim

[@dekaron12]

M'aiq had a son, called M'aiq, the son had another son, also called M'aiq, the another son had one more.....M'aiq and so on...... and on..... and on..... and on

[@SadButter]

"M'aiq had a father who was also named M'aiq. As did M'aiq's father's father. Or at least that's what his father told him."

[@dekaron12]

RandomGuy1994 That`s what i said. -__-

[@SadButter]

dekaron12 See, what you did was explain M'aiq's family tree. What I did was simply quote M'aiq himself, hence the quotation marks.

[@dekaron12]

RandomGuy1994 That quotation also explains maiq`s family tree......

[@Isaac10406]

This man has been alive for 200 years

[@codafett]

Seeing as how half of these were in Skyrim, it's safe to say that Bethesda just didn't know how to put the ideas in at the time.

[@aidankeogh9994]

Even at 100 Athletics, I've never been able to keep up with M'aiq for long. I swear he's constantly on a skooma high.

[@VORP125]

Hands are sometimes for clopping.

[@Weaponsomasscreation]

Only hooves can clop. Unless, you're being gross. Please don't be gross here. Please?

[@WarnerKov]

3:04 M'aiq when he finds out about DeviantArt.

[@KoongYe]

he was much better in oblivion

[@ultimateloser6801]

XD M'aiq athletics is beyond comprehension.

[@malachicorreia2385]

42 people are liars

[@arthurbeyer2159]

Just so you next gen followers and TES noobs know, THERE IS NO F*&@ing references to future games ex:skyrim. These are references to requests and suggestions, skyrim just happened to include these in the next gen -TES leet knowledge

[@arthurbeyer2159]

Exactly.

[@rafasc94]

wrong, in Morrowind, in Muornhold there is a quest where you have to put down a daedra cult inside the city, when you confront the leader he says that he has visions and that oblivion gates will open in the imperial city very soon. It may or it may not be a reference, but i think Bethesda is way ahead where the next game will be and what the main theme is going to be.

[@ThePrinceSterling]

To call most of these snide little remarks "in poor taste" would be an understatement.

[@BrazilianNutYT]

Mai'q should run the marathon o_o

[@Olgierd99]

+BrazilianNut M'aiq did..well tried..but he was outrunned by redguards..

[@timeslowingdown]

Adrenaline rush is no joke

[@mightyshockwave]

M'aiq says he was soul trapped, so he probably got put in a soul gem, left for 200 years, and found by some amateur who set him free.

[@mikewright7964]

His lines are basically the developers hinting at future/old games, the development of this game and the developers opinions on things

[@Algenie]

The Dragon line wasn't a teaser for Skyrim methinks, but a little nod to what happens to Martin at the end of Oblivion's main quest.

[@TheInnerSanctuary]

No matter how many times I saw M'aiq in Oblivion, I always got a little giddy.

[@thatguywhoappearseverysoof6833]

For someone called the liar he's saying facts.

[@flysinsoup]

Wow these textures are ... out of this world!

[@Otto_legend]

oh I love that character, was so happy to met him in Skyrim !

[@Mister_Shire]

"M'aiq believes the children are our future, but we have no future, as there are no children in Tamriel"

[@rojaws1183]

Maiq is the daedric prince of the fourth wall.

[@anonthe-third2367]

The not so subtle jab at furries is amazing.

[@buhja543]

2:15 mai'q predicted crossbows

[@wareforcoin5780]

"People always enjoy a good fable. I haven't found one yet though." Bethesda roast

[@hellsongfurry123]

Maiq knows much, but Maiq has never encountered this civilization phenomena.

[@BehindTheSystem]

He says in skyrim that his father and grandfather were both called M'aiq. It could be that it goes on until the events of oblivion.

[@crazyiso]

either Maiq is a time traveller, or he found the fountain of life while wandering around, which gave him immortality.

[@MisterEclipse96]

Thanks for making that comment, I wouldn't have been able to find that one out on my own.

[@robinalonso3466]

2:05 an acid critic of fast travel

[@headrockbeats]

M'aiq guesses it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy talking, or get busy running.

[@Drunk_Katyusha]

He is also in Morrowind. He sits on an Island and is fishing. He also has a stylish colovian fur helmet and fancy clothing. :3 Also.. The M'aiq in Skyrim says that his father also was named M'aiq and so was his father. So either it's a family thingy.. or he is immortal.

[@marsyetir8304]

He stares right into my soul.

[@Mordaedil]

They had not even planned Skyrim at this point. He's more likely referring to the ending of Oblivion.

[@oopdi]

Ahh I love how he mentions Colovian Fur Helms and that's what M'aiq was wearing in Morrowind.

[@Deltarii]

M’aid would approve of this video.

[@discountmike8856]

I found my hat next to some Icarus Scrolls.

[@FoolsChaos]

There needs to be a book in the next game after Skyrim explaining how M'AIQ lives so long......