Mad Season of Discovery(A Review)

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[@madseasonshow]

When this video goes live, we will have a watch party over at www.twitch.tv/madseasonshow, or on the "live" page on my channel! Come say hi!

[@mcfarvo]

ChadSeason! Good to see you uploading more l Livestreams and editorial video essays

[@mcfarvo]

Hey, ChadSeason, what do you think of calling Season of Discovery players "SoDomites?"

[@Nothraxius]

Nice to see you around, MadSeason!

[@j.franklin21]

I saw that Blizzard is now hiring The GM of Call of Duty to become the President of Blizzard. Do you have any thoughts on that? Personally, I think it's a disaster. Call of Duty is a mess.

[@bumperxx1]

Bet you 1mill we sod Bc sod warth sod catta and so on

[@codywatson9627]

That intro warms my heart ❤️❤️❤️

[@McBroDudez]

Came here to say this.

Came here too, for that! Great times to be alive!

[@codywatson9627]

Lol

[@Windfallity]

S Tiers intro

[@OfficialTommyEch]

Came here too, to say this

[@TheK3vin]

discord notification sound at 6:00 or so

[@sol9059]

the exact moment i read this the notification sound happened

[@tipou900]

Thank you, you saved my life.

[@BullcornTV]

I literally checked everything for where that notification came from. Thank you! xD

[@ph4se2]

Had me looking as well.

[@apolloeosphoros4345]

absolutely deafening one too lol

[@t00thman]

"Bots and gold buyers are customers, too" - Blizzard

[@henryhunter9643]

If people didn't buy them, they wouldn't be there. Blame the whales who'd rather pay to win instead of play the game.

[@jesperjohansson6959]

@@henryhunter9643That's like saying "blame the criminals" when a country's crime rate goes up. Like... what? I mean yeah, I guess, but it's the responsibility of politicians and the justice system to combat crime. That's what we pay taxes for (or a monthly sub).

[@daniellacomb917]

They dont give a fuck about the quality of their own games anymore. Its all just a corporate system to squeeze money outta dumbasses who like to eat shit

[@TheTechnicalMiracle]

​@@henryhunter9643 I get what you mean and I used to think it was up to consumers and that consumers should have the last say in the matter. But when 1 whale outbits 10-1000 of the average player on these types of games, the games cater to them and the average player can't do shit about it. Retail wow is literally a game designed for addicts with tons of FOMO. It has warped and twisted itself into a game that is unrecognizable. Even cata wasn't this bad to destroying what WoW used to be. So what happens? We stop playing the game, and nothing changes. Blizzard has their addicts and whales and we lose a game we once liked. Sucks.

[@camvalence]

⁠@@TheTechnicalMiracle Care to explain where the notion of retail being addict filled comes from? Examples of FOMO?

[@Rhannmah]

There's another, great side effect of having a level cap : It creates an endgame in a completely different environment. Items, dungeons, professions, everything really becomes a different endgame meta, the best items and farms are completely different and so are the relevant zones. It's amazing! Each time the level cap is raised, it's an all new adventure!

[@jacksonskipper1518]

This! Its the only reason I am hype for old content lol.

[@Grawwler]

For sure! I have never had as much fun in wow since Vanilla and TBC as now with Season of Discovery. It has made me fall in love with just messing around and having fun in an mmo again! Becouse I dont have to get to that elusive lvl 60 as fast as possible. It is great work from the SOD team! They are legends

[@ataridc]

yea boy

[@OneTwoMark]

Yes but what happens when it reaches 60 again, season of discovery 2?

[@Griswolda]

​@@OneTwoMarkcould definitely be. But if they work in other twists and content packages, they'll just use a magnificient foundation to build up on. Additional installments of an IP are usually doing exactly this! Imagine if a Mass Effect 2 or an Uncharted 2 was vastly different to the first games.

[@wolfofthepast]

5:57 discord notification jumpscare

[@Jingle12349]

The alex Jones part about making the game dumb was peak comedy

[@artty3116]

fuggin lost it on that part lmaoooo "it makes da game dull"

[@justin9744]

It was pretty weak tbh

[@merkuree]

@@justin9744 you're weak, Justin- do you even lift?

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

Boo this man: ​@@justin9744

[@AkiRa22084]

@@merkuree Justin is right.

[@rdropcuff]

Missed you so much mad season! It feels nostalgic and warm to see a video of yours again. sinking into it right now :)

[@WiddlyScudz]

Your content always makes me feel nostalgic and comfy. I appreciate the work you do and content you make man, thank you!

[@natashagalaxy7228]

One of my greatest memories playing WoW was when I first started in Legion and I was watching and listening to your videos in the background while I was getting flamed in a dungeon. It's always a joy to see when you upload again Mad ❤

[@BLKCLVR]

Good vid, welcome back! I think you got it spot on. I love the scaling level caps. They offer brand new endgame with stuff we already have, they prolong (in a good way) the journey, and it's just really fun to see your class evolve from phase to phase. It's really interesting and refreshing to see such intelligent and economic design that makes the world much more relevant.

[@Marlfox70]

Missed you dude! You got me so hyped for classic back in the day

[@DungeonMasterBushy]

"Nothing is perfect, except for me." You are too funny man. Have a good one!

[@johanneswestman935]

Respect for the Double Dragon Battle Toads soundtrack. It slaps hard. After all these years I still blast those tunes while working.

[@TechnoWaffol]

Same

[@Bottlecap0]

Yessss bro the intro gave me chills. So good to see you upload.

[@Pvariety441]

Thanks Mads, enjoyed the video and thanks for the update. Been clean of wow for over a year now, glad to see SoD is doing good, but have no intention of coming back. Keep up the great quality vids and take it easy :)

[@skychaserwow]

You’ll be back, they always come back.

[@tommypwow4083]

@@skychaserwowthis is true think I’ve quit 48 times

[@masterchief699]

MadSeasonShow, we are grateful for any and all content you produce and whenever it may be.

[@Oscar-sj1qn]

I love you bro, I almost started crying when I heard the intro sound.

[@dremora2232]

Glad to see you make a new video. Your intro noise alone yeets nostalgia out of my speakers

[@Eagleknight815]

Glad to see Mad doing good. Keep up the streaming and just have fun with it

[@brennonr]

i love the mad season firm grasp of the single entendre

[@MuhammadZakwan-jq4mr]

Welcome back Madseason ! the intro warms our heart.

[@Onyxim]

I like that you're back. Like the new audio and new more mature you. Good that you're finding your way back home.

[@Therealjetpilot]

Good to have ya back man. Thanks for all the great memories and storytelling

[@danielsun9124]

I don’t give a shit abt SOD , BUT when my favorite monotone youtuber makes a video i watch

[@andrewwolverton3762]

I know you can’t go home again, but damn, from the first seconds I was brought back to MadSeasonShow back in the day and it sure feels good.

[@maybecole]

So glad you're back Mad Season! Something about you, UberDanger's adventures, and Barney's antics just go so well with Classic.

[@stqui]

Glad to see you back enjoying the game! I've been having fun in SoD as well. I love the phase-approach they''ve taken here. Lots of positives from this so far.

[@Boostich]

yo madseason i still love all your videos, the soundtrack behind is always perfect and videos are so chill, thx for still being around

[@Axelarden]

i'm glad you're enjoying the game again, mad. i've been having a blast with SoD too, and am really really stoked for phase 2. also i really like your use of ffx music throughout the vid. it adds a certain extra something to the vibe that i enjoy. glad you're back!!

[@jdmaze1]

I was so hoping you'd be back for Season of Discovery. Glad to see a video from you about it! :D

[@Chongjr420]

I've always loved your video's. Glad you are back :)

[@Yummypieman]

The discord notification made me think I was losing my mind for 5 minutes

[@ExhumedToConsume]

Right? I instantly checked to see if discord was running in my task bar lmao

[@Axelarden]

same lmao

[@AggressivelyLoving]

same, and while I'm here having your attention: put some discord sfx on the soundboard to troll your friends.

[@samapak7]

I'm watching this on the side at work and I was like "how am I getting a discord notification?"

[@SlingshotFooty]

I rewound it to make sure it was the video

[@Shockdoctor_OG]

Your intros are absolutely the best ❤

[@AggressivelyLoving]

You're back! Welcome back! Love your channel.

[@Dekrypt84]

What a great installment of Madseason. I just came back to the game from a very long break and really did not understand what Season of Discovery was all about, so thank you! I was already enjoying it but now the POWER of MadSeasonShow COMPELS me to log back into that world... of Warcraft.

[@imnotabotiswear3276]

The king rises

[@darpa.9018]

bro made the intro more nostalgic than disney movies on VHS. And it worked...

[@KugelfangTV]

What a nice video mads! thanks for the, once again awesome content!

[@PureePlayer]

Loved how you had to get your "I told you so" moment in there. You saw it coming MadSeason.

[@Tobias5036]

13:54 Is such a sick transition! You are a fantastic editor mate.

[@MrEggplant]

My friend and I joined Season of Discovery pretty late. He hasn't played WoW since Warlords, and never had the opportunity to play the re-released Classic. This has been a really fun time in my WoW journey because he and I are on even ground and really exploring the world together for the first time. I play retail and have been since BC, but this has just been a ton of fun. We're actually working on one of his runes as phase two launches.. the warlock meta rune! It's great to go all over the world and really feel like we're progressing with each quest. Classic isn't for everyone, but if you're not sure if you want to play or not, give it a shot! We've had a ton of fun just leveling and collecting runes, and we haven't stepped foot into the raid. Thanks for the video, MadSeason! Great as always :)

[@jaroslavbilek2386]

Hell yeah i rly love to see a new vid from you! Its been a while, we missing you :)

[@chasejohn5748]

Always happy to see a new video! Keep up the good work!

[@GianfrancoGalassoBaller]

I played SoD last month for about a week, got my runes and did some dungeons. After getting to 22 I just stopped playing. The main negative of the version for me is that despite the name there's little to no discovery. As someone that played vanilla back in 2005 and got thru that content leveling alts several times in the following years, the only fresh things for me were the runes. To experience all of them it would require making multiple alts and walking around the world with each one of them for hours and hours and that makes me exhausted just thinking about it. The only other "new" things are getting oneshotted in Ashenvale and the revamped instances; personally I don't particularly care about BFD and surely I'm not going to waste my nights babysitting people that quit WoW after wiping twice at Valiona HC in Gnomeregan. It's less of a love letter to old players and more of a necessity to keep geriatric ward patients paying the sub.

[@Bigsecksie99]

2:45 when the battle toads music kicks in is my favourite part of your videos.

[@Schlain666]

Its basically Captain Grim's video.

[@senismarsenis9678]

Battle toads... don't f*** with them 🐸

[@madseasonshow]

One of the best games ever but I couldn't ever make it past level 4 as a kid!

[@jamesmcclanahan2558]

Just got done watching the video and I loved it. Keep up the good work and glad to see a new video.

[@sjsr1067]

Love your videos! Thank you for making them : )

[@Zordiak17]

anyone who played 2019 classic will remember you for ever dont worry bud !

[@phenel]

In 2019 i was lucky enough to have a group of friends who all had played WoW, but none had played vanilla. i dragged them from pillar to post in that game showing them every cool nook and cranny i could possibly think of. we 4-manned all the content up to LBRS. I'm so glad that i got to enjoy an untainted run with friends through one of my favourite games. I'm not sure I could do it again and with how things changed only mere months after classic dropped. it was quite a serendipitous turn of fate that we all had free time at just the right time and we all worked similar hours. love your videos man

[@hammerofgayz]

you'l never be forgotten here sir, I grew up along side you, thank you for the good times and the good times to come.

[@bradhanthorn7789]

I never fully got into WoW but i love this channel :) its my way of not missing out on a game i always admired! Thank you for all the amazing content!

[@Lurreable]

The bot trains would be really easy to autoban if Blizzard wanted to. The game runs on their servers, they know if 10 bots are running in a row over and over again. Blizzard knows.

[@mikfhan]

Yep, it's all about money, a bot account is still a paying account - so long as regular people keep playing on servers with bots, Blizzard will do nothing :P "Why did you cancel your subscription? - Too many bots." If a few hundred players do that, no biggie, if tens of thousands say that, it IS going to matter. Ofc problem also is a new bot account can just be remade, but if people stop buying gold, eventually it will not be profitable. That or the server dies out. I'm all for GMs monitoring bot activity, but I guess Blizzard is not. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zl7PlKR_qruUiJo

[@alturius4]

Nah mate they don't! They are to busy suspending people who put naughty words in world chat or have spicy guild names. And good lord how much processing power the auto ban demands when receiving X amounts of reports.

[@tainicon4639]

It’s trivial to not have a bit behave that way… I have seen some rather complex bots than act pretty normal but are just doing weird things for too long.

[@MyehMyehsen]

3:10 that's a impeccable Alex Jones impression

[@bren3233]

Nice to have another madseason YT Vid, just made my day.

[@fruitpandaa]

Hey Mad. Been there for a lot of your Season of Discovery streams and it really warms my heart to see your renewed passion for the game. Never change brother.

[@mcfarvo]

1:13 the fridge contents 😂

[@selwrynn6702]

MadSeason on the topic of botting and why they don't fix it I HIGHLY recommend the interview Meta Goblin did with a former Blizzard GM like a month or so ago now, he gives us the insider perspective on how being a GM works now & why they don't fix botting. Also loving the streams, keep it up man.

[@CyandreIl]

Holy, feels good having to watch your videos again!

[@Spinevoyager]

I love how often you use the Battletoads/Double Dragon soundtrack in your videos. Thanks for the review, Mad. I haven't jumped into Season of Discovery yet, but I'm considering it.

[@LightisMyStrength]

Turtle WoW is living proof an actual good vanilla plus server is in the works.

[@Shokisan1]

💯 🐢 ❤ 🐐

[@mcfarvo]

3:10 The Alex Jones bit 😂

[@WilliamFilmsStuff]

Nice to see you again! Can’t wait to see what you have in store

[@user-de2nx1xk3t]

Love your videos my man! welcome back.

[@quadehejdak8798]

Been on KZbin for 16 years. Stop apologizing for not being active, it will kill your channel! Just post good content and the people will jump at each video! If you apologize on every video it starts to get disingenuous and people lose trust in you. Just a tip great vids!

[@wholewheatrotini6712]

For real, just being honest it's annoying to listen to and I guarantee most people wouldn't even know if hed stop reminding them.

[@nakedfrijoles]

Yeah I can vouch for that. I love madseason's content and I never once wondered where he's been for so long.

[@asmrtpop2676]

Yes when creators apologize for being gone I start skipping until it sounds like the actual video has started.

[@pile_ofsalt]

​@@wholewheatrotini6712whats wrong on being sincere?

[@pile_ofsalt]

​@@asmrtpop2676so only positivity counts? you peeps hide at every damn negative thing. or even hinch of something might have been not well

[@danthewatcher9681]

One way to combat bots is for both factions to work together in their extermination. When found in contested territory, just inv the other faction over for free honor :) if I remember correctly, Thor of Pirate Media, being an ex Blizz employee said they were purging bots once every few months never in the same day of the month or at the same hour so as to not let the users of bots predict their moves!

[@ekenosen777]

they are fly hacking so thats not really an option

[@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God]

By the time you get there they'll have flown to a different zone 😂

[@Minimax04]

Great vid, still so very happy that you’re back!

[@Rionmac82]

Love the content bud. Glad to see you back. Even a little bit at a time.

[@Shaux1337]

Sod > Retail

[@mald34]

they arent even comparable lol

[@KevsShwaShwa]

I prefer retail. Dragonflight is the best WoW has been in a very very long time. I’ve played since 2004 as well, missed MoP and Legion though :(

[@kristian5073]

Eating poop>retail

[@Dreijer94]

It’s two completely different games and player bases at this point.

[@cci9459]

You guys love to act like retail is some kind of asian mmo whwre the first pop up when you log in is the cash shop. Truth us you are just old people who refuse to live in the present :) and thats fine. You love "new" things to be added from newer expansions (abilities I mean) but ITS FINE, as long as the world is still the one from 20 years ago. Aka stuck in the past hard time. Just admit it and stop throwing poop towards retail lol. Its pathetic. YOU are pathetic.

[@RoninYeti]

I could've sworn you said you were done with Warcraft vids. Never believe a KZbinr, y'all.

[@angrynoodles4293]

IIRC he said he was just done playing classic. Not done with wow videos as a whole.

[@stealthydingolives2892]

Great to see you back mate. Watching a fantastic creator again, after an hiatus, and that wonderful FFX, Calm before the Storm, soundtrack was beautiful.

[@SATANWORSHIPINGISCOOL]

Its not a Madseason video unless he mentions that he left wow because of the boost and that the wow token was coming and “nobody” believed him.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Sod has fizzled out for me faster than I thought it would

[@ProfessorOfCookies]

WoW Ascension is the server they took SoD mechanics from and Ascension has more fleshed out mechanics, i reccomend giving it a try.

[@willywalnuts]

It's only to level 25 what did you expect for p1 lol

[@willywalnuts]

@@ProfessorOfCookies I'll check it out. There are many great ideas on p. servers I wish blizz would implement. At least it seems like they're going in the right direction with SoD.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

@willywalnuts that's there fault then.

[@mcfarvo]

Did you rush to level cap? ChadSeason discusses both the "rush to cap/endgame/destination" problem and the "pre-release hype brings tourists that quickly leave" phenomenon in this video.

[@njrandall5]

The Alex Jones bit had me laughing on the ground xD Keep up the good work dude!

[@greg2085]

love you mad season. glad to see your back

[@FABIOFABIUS]

Play private servers, don't support garbage blizzard.

[@Madlux14]

Miss ya madseason, youre like a friend who disappears a couple months at a time, but always warms the hearts of his friends when he shows back up

[@brianlundy4352]

top notch editing and music choices. you are a consummate professional

[@Storiann]

So good to have you back man!

[@xKillinen]

love your backround muisic choices! Noticed straight away The Place Of Trial ost from ffx!

[@MrMorbius32]

Bro I watched all of your vids! I was sad when you announced your retirement... Seeing your new vid made me happy ! Please continue doing vids! I'm looking forward to your new ones!

[@BillyGlyde]

The music is perfect every single time! Love the video

[@thomasgrover3413]

Always a good when MadSeason uploads! Thank you sir!

[@destructive6969]

great video. good luck with multi-stream and your return. I hope to see more from you and take it easy man, doesn't have to be 100mph!

[@clarkh3314]

This is the happiest I've ever heard you. There's a really bright undertone. Nice

[@AgentNoun]

Your music choices continue to be impeccable

[@blainelapierre4096]

Welcome back MadSeason! Missed your content.

[@fraupest7857]

love your vids. see many of them since BfA xD and yes I was very happy to see another video of you. it feels nostalgic

[@panajotov]

Welcome back, Madseason! It's good to have people expressing their opinions and criticism. Your voice matters in this community.

[@MickeRamone]

Your background music choices are just *chef's kiss*

[@jamesmcclanahan2558]

I haven't even watched the video yet, But im just happy that u have a new one out. I have loved ur stuff for years and I hope ur doing well. Now let me watch the video. :)

[@Skackarn]

I really dig your stuff! Keep it up!

[@ez6791]

great video dude, thanks for the chill wow vibes and completely agree with your points

[@KingCorr30]

Seeing MadSeason pop back up in my feed was hype!

[@musimations5212]

awesome man! Glad to see you make another video!

[@LaughingSkull1992]

Glad to see you back at it !

[@Devistator16]

Please post more videos like this, we need your content!

[@aleher4093]

The intro gives me goosebumps. I lost my old yt account but I still follow you. Missed you man

[@michaelramos7026]

Love you bro, keep up the good work.

[@dickhead2285]

your videos are sick bro, love it