Thal's bloody balls (Origin from Fan Festival NA 2014)

[@syris1952]

The dominoes leading from "Koji fox wants to make a fun fantasy swear" to "my entire party panics and wipes to meteors for a fourth time"

[@kinosthetic]

*wipes to balls

[@ryujin8754]

@@kinosthetic Thal's balls.

[@omegagilgamesh]

And here we thought the "bloody" part about Thal's "balls" was just an expletive, now we know it's the result!

[@tyrusdalet]

And now we know truly just how threatening Thal’s bloody balls are. Almost a decade later

[@raisylvaine8398]

And as it turns out, pretty fucking threatening in all honesty

[@gappy6964]

@@raisylvaine8398 T-T

[@zeehero7280]

They were real all along!

[@Pompadourius]

I can't believe how long they waited for a payoff for this meme.

[@viridianloom]

I love how making a dirty joke shapes the lore of the world lmao

[@KooriGraywolf]

To be fair, it's really incredibly how well Koji Fox understands the social implications behind swearing, how that is important to make a world feel alive, how using religion for swearing makes it more impactful even in real life... it's such an intuitive understanding of sociology and it really helps to build a world.

[@kaitokei]

ngl I like the fact how people are coming back to this video after so many years just because Aglaia raid really do be dropping Thal's balls on us and they really hurt.

[@gappy6964]

He packin

[@jervboxone2160]

Returning here after dying to Thal's bloody Balls in the alliance raid

[@ChieMiyagawa]

I wonder if he ever realized this would become a dreaded, but loved mechanic...10 years later.

[@IEatYourSandwiches]

I cannot believe that Nald'Thal was designed to be twin gods because Koji fox wanted his name to rhyme with balls

[@gororo9380]

The mad man did it. The absolute madlad put Thal's balls. He did it. He won.

[@Dehn396]

The lore in FFXIV is vast

[@GBS4893]

Just like Thal's balls

[@seaside18th]

And girthy

[@shinkamui]

the ul'dahnian desert is vast

[@rajabuta]

And round

[@jojobani8235]

Thal's bloody explosive balls. This hits differently now with Aglaia around. 😅👀

[@Konpekikaminari]

In more ways than one

[@MissLilianae]

I really wish I could play 1.0 sometimes, or more specifically this beta version to get past Sony's approval: Just imagine you're walking down the streets of Ul'Dah, on your way to turn in another question when you're just being barraged by "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!" "Thal's Balls!"

[@garmmermibe5397]

Omg, I'm so sad more people haven't seen this video.

[@Pangster]

Well we finally seen the face reveal of Thal's Balls

[@alessio_cali]

I had to come here after the new raid. Koji is a legend.

[@Prism_Heavy]

From Thal's Balls to Torgal being buried in nuts.

[@QuixoteX]

Interesting. "Thrall's Balls" seems to have been introduced to WoW in Cataclysm which I believe would have been in production around the same time as 1.0. I thought maybe one might have influenced the other, but they seem to be independent.

[@supersonicgamerguru]

1.0's dev cycle was lengthy and painful, while I'd be surprised if anything other than the base game of WoW had more than 1 year of lead time between start of development and release.

[@shinkamui]

i guess, as it turns out, people just like to rhyme stuff with balls

[@hentainin87]

almost a decade later, and we finally saw Thal's Balls in its entire glory~ Thal's Balls!!!

[@zeehero7280]

you havent truly lived til you've been crushed by thal's balls.

[@YumiGoblin]

Thal's balls I fucking love Koji

[@silmerien6]

Thal’s balls saved the day (and murdered us in the raid)

[@ryno4ever433]

Omg that last story is absolutely amazing.

[@zawarudoz]

By the Fury's Firecrotch!

[@Hawwwlucha]

"Halone's Left Tit" is my favorite one I've read someone come up with

[@acgearsandarms1343]

She’s an ice goddess though.

[@miri5373]

this is gold and just makes u giggle XD

[@Shirubakaze]

OMG what is this lol. Greatness

[@yumemirai4419]

This is the greatest game of all time.

[@Bluepaccao]

This is fucking hilarous

[@aurumvale9908]

Thsls bslls should be one of the next spells for blackmage

[@MD-ee2fq]

What a legend

[@ItsSauIGoodman]

I hate the Hilton guy. Fox however, is a treasure.

[@Sylphritz]

Somebody get Asmongold to react to this please.

[@rafacastillo9611]

I think it's better if he reacted to it once he gets to that part of the story

[@MyNameIsMir]

He just did.

[@Bluepaccao]

Like someone else said, he just did. It's on his reddit recap #31

[@Sylphritz]

Oh, I did see the reaction video, yes.

[@jbizzle4922]

I named my aurouchs on my island "Thal's Big Hairy Bullock"

[@circus1201]

the power of swearing i see

[@YoshiroPoh]

This is actually a true discussion, not the kind you see in Wow's trailer nowadays...

[@BIGDUEL]

Thank you Zepla for reminding us of this 😂😂

[@angelbabydragon]

Bruh, this guy gives me Gary Gygax vibes all over.

[@cherub4712]

this is so funnny he is HILARIOUS

[@dazzlemasseur]

Damn that's insane. Thal's name origin lmao

[@Meowcat2226]

Why are they bloodied though? Nald'thal isnt a warrior AFAIK

[@filipevasconcelos4409]

I guess bloody is just an exclamation of sorts Jesus Fucking Christ is sort of the same, imo

[@Senbatorii]

Stained with the blood of raid parties crushed under them

[@AvelineMelena]

I'd say they tainted with our blood from all the raid wipes they cause

[@Konpekikaminari]

Tell that to all the parties he's been wiping this past week

[@matteoar]

It was recently discovered that the blood is from the people that are hit by them. On a serious note, "bloody" is just an intensifier in British slang. For example: "that's a bloody hard mechanic"

[@ruikirisame1744]

what a legend

[@Twitter_sucks]

I have so much more respect for this man now. Someone send this to Pyromancer.