The Player Who Broke Runescape: The Story of Woox

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Woox Won. This is the story of the innovator, the gamebreaker, the most elite Runescape player of a generation.
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Introduction 0:00
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The Player Who Broke Runescape 3:13
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[@KempQ]

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[@NanosoftRussia]

What songs were on the background?

[@KempQ]

@@NanosoftRussia Which timestamps in particular?

[@kylemoretti]

I personally think “Port Khazard” on KZbin is even better than Woox by a long shot at PVM. If you haven’t seen him on KZbin (which I can tell by his subscribers most of you haven’t) you need to it’s insane. He’s done lvl 3 firecape (only person to after they patched Rendi and Xact’s method they used) Killed Zuk from inferno without ever attacking it (absolutely insane - only person to ever do it) Killed 6 jad challenge with 1 prayer point, 1 hitpoint, and only using 1 ITEM. (Never seen anyone else come close to this) All videos on his channel too.

[@ivopintotuga]

how about interviewing the current 3! rs player or Telmomarques ?

[@TSVersa]

December 2?!

[@Lewufuwi]

I can't believe you didn't mention the fact an entire technique is named after him! Woox Walking!

[@KempQ]

It is because I have died one too many times at Vorkath and would rather not mention it

[@dreamed2much896]

@@KempQ lol

[@reece-diesel]

Rip

[@Lewufuwi]

@@KempQ hahaha fair play

[@skibumb16]

I was about to type this...

[@tetee6789]

Woox eating food in Rimmington store was so legendary.... The Twitch chat went crazy

[@imcontemptwithlife4155]

Super nice of mod ash too!

[@jleif7736]

I've been playing runescape since the beginning, and I've never been a PvMer, skiller, I just strictly play for PvP. i was so hyped when DMM came out, it felt like osrs was going into a "semi-esport" realm, and it was awesome... With that being said, I was so disappointed when Woox didn't officially win lol.. He won fair and square, if he would have done some insane bug, I could understand, but he was simply using a mechanic that has been in OSRS for a while now..

[@AukeBevela]

Seeing that live was the best thing I've seen that year. All I could think of was 'he's doing it, that crazy motherfucker is doing it.'

[@bugtesties]

That was so great to see live just in a pink skirt iirc 😂

[@dennisr2709]

you forgot to mention they made the dominion tower in rs3 with all the quest bosses and told him he would have a hard time, then he did it with an inventory of cabages

[@900199345]

Woox is like the John Wick of Runescape. A man of focus.

[@Scampagne]

john woox

[@LukesDeceiving]

John Woox Boys, John Woox.

[@CorrectionUnknown]

"He stole his first tinderbox sir..." "Oh."

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

The Woox V Jad with 1 prayer and no items, along with the Pernix Body solo was legendary to me and my brother. We were both pretty new to the game and it was awesome to see Woox pull off insane feats, and still to this day! Woox being the first to complete the Chambers of Xeric on the Twisted League (I believe) was one I personally witnessed. The man is a legend and it's amazing to see how involved and passionate he is for the game and community.

[@simpleman7516]

The things men can do if we don't jerk off and fuck around with women....we can be woox too

[@JammyOkay]

ayyy ur one of the comments in the video, also that pfp is cursed

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

@@JammyOkay Thanks lmao, I was surprised to see myself selected as a reaction to Woox's CTC.

[@vanhooza]

You honestly cant help but love Woox, his game mechanics are undeniable but his soft spoken quirkiness make him lovable.

[@boofingenthusiast]

His ‘tism?

[@danielhenderson762]

I think the lvl 3 firecapes in osrs is more impressive than anything woox has done

[@ZikkemanYT]

I literally got goosebumps watching all the old pvm challenges he completed. Truly a legend.

[@wizereactz]

woox is a childhood hero I got to witness him get the first ever infernal cape live and it felt surreal im pretty sure he crashed some of the worlds he hopped to because of the instant 2k people trying to get on his world, he was walking around varrock square and I felt like I was at the falador massacre with people just spamming and insane lag

[@noneyourbusiness341]

awh man falador massacre. those were the days

[@omgfackdehell]

Internal cape was in your childhood? God I'm getting old..

[@wizereactz]

@@omgfackdehell no lol I was watching him back in 09, I just happened to be on twitch when woox was going for infernal cape

[@virkutisss3563]

Woox also discovered nature island in the wilderness during CTC1, a big accomplishment too

[@mutants4882]

great video but how do you fail to mention the 6 jads with no prayer?! It bothers me that I can't properly explain to my friends how amazing he is at this game...

[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

His internet connection must be legendary

[@boofingenthusiast]

@@user-zu1ix3yq2w it is, he’s swedish

[@jessecornelius6227]

@@user-zu1ix3yq2w north europe has goo internet tejbz a cod commentator talks bout it in a vid from 2009 0r 2010

[@Olivia_Hye]

That comment you showed at 6:05 was actually saying "born for pvm" the player not that "woox was born for pvm". After seeing that clip I went to Born's channel after not hearing fromhim for years and his recent video comments all say RIP and that's how I just learned that he died from a motorcycle accident 8 months ago. Holy shit. Born For PvM was in Simon and James Runeshark's God Sword Set From Scratch series. And that series was like a part of my childhood. Idk how to feel rn tbh. I feel like RuneShark's GSSFS was the first ever exposure I had to DIY runescape and they definitely made it mainstream. It directly led to One Man Army and OSRS Ironman modes. Its a shame that nobody remembers them nowadays.

[@mrcool76789]

you awoke a whole pocket of my memory

[@TheCWasson12]

Wow totally forgot about RuneShark. Those guys were awesome. Whatever happened to them?

[@imcontemptwithlife4155]

@@TheCWasson12….

[@Maoki]

Wtf born for pvm died???

[@cru3l525]

GSSFS remains as my all time favourite YT show for Runescape. That one and RS Gods Exposed. Amazing content. Born for Pvm was also there for Woox when they trio'd Nex for the first time ever, and duo attempts. RIP, amazing pvmer and content creator.

[@SharpShot501st]

Okay, but Mod Ash coming through with 10k of his own money to award to Woox is the hero we needed. Mod Ash is truly a treasure. Also, love that Woox has been popping off since 2008!

[@fdgfdgfgdfgf]

I remember watching his tormented demon with steel titan guide. Took me weeks to get close to his kill per hour, still never got to his level obviously. Made me a lot of geepee back in the day. My hero

[@xXTheXXMrMasterXx]

I'm just a huge runescape fan even though I stopped playing ages ago... I still get extremely excited when I see a KempQ video! Keep up the great work!!

[@WellDoneOnTheInternetEverybody]

Had no idea that was pre-eoc Woox at the Myth's guild. Such a amazing easter egg, especially along with the examine text.

[@1dkrs934]

Began watching Woox when he uploaded his Nex Duo with Stokenut. And he is still pushing the limits of what can be done, amazing!

[@Stokenut]

❤️

[@ruskibruski]

@@Stokenut make videos bro

[@ikillyou121]

Stokenut. Now there’s a blast from the past

[@kylemoretti]

I personally think “Port Khazard” on KZbin is even better than Woox by a long shot at PVM. If you haven’t seen him on KZbin (which I can tell by his subscribers most of you haven’t) you need to it’s insane. He’s done lvl 3 firecape (only person to after they patched Rendi and Xact’s method they used) Killed Zuk from inferno without ever attacking it (absolutely insane - only person to ever do it) Killed 6 jad challenge with 1 prayer point, 1 hitpoint, and only using 1 ITEM. (Never seen anyone else come close to this) All videos on his channel too.

[@FU-Utube]

Names in RS history: Zezima, Woox

[@Dikkesamir]

SoSolid2k

[@benetnasch2096]

Durial321

[@ritzylumms3427]

In 5 years lynx titan

[@jtsunami6531]

Durial321 deff another one. 100%

[@Jacob-ol9ji]

NightmareRH, Mr. Roboto, [White Text on Blue Background] ;)

[@iluvtv2]

Beautiful video Kemp! Loved it. Woox has been a legend since before some people were born that play Runescape. Incredible.

[@Therspoor]

Tbh i've always thought oh theres nobody ever gonna be coming close to legendary status or popularity as zezima but tbh Woox is getting up there.

[@delanuma5]

Imagine an OSRS fresh start world speed run Woox vs Zezima

[@rekx3497]

@@delanuma5 that will be the battle of Innovativeness vs Efficiency

[@howienelson9387]

@@rekx3497 Innovativeness would probably work, with Woox's mind at the helm.

[@RJ-vy9ch]

Zezima is legendary status because he was the number one king of the game. A total enigma, nobody knows what he looks like. He could have had one of the biggest youtube channels or twitch channels if he didn't value his anonymity so much. Maybe it's just down to opinion but I see Zezima being the best, number one most iconic player Runescape has ever seen and Woox as a prodigy at PVM. Zezima accomplished everything before efficiency was even considered.

[@jacksavage3516]

I was there back in 2005-2010 he was a celebrity

[@Vieriz]

Some people are just born different, woox is truly an extraordinary human being

[@Minneolaos]

High functioning autism, perhaps ...

[@tuesdayming3803]

Back in the day everyone knew zezima, now. Everyone knows Woox

[@channingtaintum]

Zezima was rank 1 on the hiscores. Woox is rank 1 in our hearts.

[@Jacob-ol9ji]

@@channingtaintum that's the other way around tbh

[@channingtaintum]

@@Jacob-ol9ji Did you not play Runescape in 2004? Zezima & TheOldNite were the ranks 1 & 2 for the longest time.

[@Jameson11ink]

@@channingtaintum and chessy018 ran the merching guilds Ahh good times

[@leg0land100]

@@channingtaintum duriel321 was also goated

[@BlueVVaffle]

I just smoked all my grandmas heart medication and am watching kempq RuneScape videos

[@IlIllIIIIIl]

Everybody laughed pal.

[@austythesnowman5093]

Okay but the donning of the cape is about as epic as that gets. Nerdy af, yet immensely cool at the same time

[@rileyhughes5613]

I played RS as like... a LITTLE kid. Came back like 5 years ago to RS3. I missed the reign of Woox, but his mythos is TRULY legendary and he is still mentioned often in the conversation of gamechanging pvmers.

[@PepperMarioo]

VERY nice video ! Woox reminds me of evil lucario and what he's doing with runescape 3, truly 2 legendary players that are doing amazing things !

[@omgfackdehell]

In rs3 we have a few more, couchy comes to mind

[@dvst_tv]

The name Woox really starts to sound weird after hearing it 40+ times in a video. I've been watching woox since preeoc and I'm so happy to see these old names stay relevant in a game that just keeps on growing

[@joshuaklinger7384]

Great video. Who doesn't love Woox? I remember the first video i saw and I just thought "who is this guy??" Little did we know a legend was in the making.

[@LilacFamiliaris]

Crazy that you didn't even get to his dominance in King of the Skill or how we have the phrase "Woox didn't do the inferno with no supplies for you to die with brews in your inventory."

[@logic9436]

I was looking for a comment like this ^^

[@MrBa143]

You can tell Kemp didn't put alot of effort into this video. Seems like he found a reddit post and just read from it

[@alwaystired1]

@@MrBa143 alternative answer: woox has achieved a lot in this game

[@MrBa143]

@@alwaystired1 ?

[@NetSraC1306]

10:18 that high five into a handshake tho. Guess he's mortal after all

[@noahx.classic]

That corp clip brings back memories. I miss my 2009 to 2012 rs. The irony is 2007 is adding a bunch of content from that era that mimics what we had then.

[@firegod555]

Absolutely LEGENDARY! I still revere this an as a gaming god and probably always will, much deserved documentary imo. Someone should make a longer one and breakdown every achievement(how he did it/why it was thought impossible at the time).

[@ecoharbor1558]

Mod Ash gave out 10k for that. That’s actually insane. We love Mod Ash even more than before

[@jp-sx2zi]

Wasn't it 1k

[@KiichiIsanu]

@@jp-sx2zi watch the video - it was 10k

[@OfficialSamuelC]

If only he was running the company. The company and game would be so much better as he understands us players more than anyone and can truly relate.

[@ricokramer7716]

OFC woox will be back.!!! this man was born to play this game, give the man some time to party IRL....

[@ThisUploaded]

You covered a lot of big stuff here, but wasn't he also the first to solo raids 1? I distinctly remember watching his stream and he got a TBow on that run. Maybe it was the first no death solo or something. Other have mentioned his Legendary nex content from RS3 as well. The guy is an absolute treasure to the community and I'm glad he still is so active.

[@octopusje]

@6:05 woox AND born for pvm, (not WAS born for pvm), Born For PVM was a youtuber who played a lot with the runeshark guys (GSSFS). died early 2022 btw :(

[@carlosmdc9069]

His ISP is legendary as well. Holy crap!

[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

For real, dude. This game was never that stable for me at that age.

[@boofingenthusiast]

Sweden

[@Aeblehjem]

Very nice indepth video of edging out Woox. However, I am surprised you did not include the fact that Jagex put a statue of him in the game.

[@noncog1]

It was mentioned in passing

[@orangecrix6]

6:04 Born for PvM was another well known pvmer back then. Gained popularity for corp/nex videos and being part of the Godsword Set from Scratch series. Passed away recently from street racing

[@AsianRailgun]

It's great that he did all sorts of feats both in osrs and rs3. Pretty sure he was part of the first team to duo Vorago back in the early days of the boss.

[@Arrowatch]

Woox being the master behind crack the clue is very 'you die a hero or live to become the villain' energy

[@danieln6700]

It was crazy when he first beat Corp. But when he did it with all those insane challenges. Ppl struggling to beat a boss and he does it without food lol. He's done so much cool stuff in the game

[@anothersouljust8788]

This was such an amazing video to reminisce on

[@Mccaine17]

I remember being in Amsterdam for a Pokemon Go event. Some pokestops had lures from a player with the name "WooxWon"

[@nipunkoli9425]

Just searched for KempQ on KZbin while being subbed, forgot to check subscriptions lmao

[@nitogenski473]

Would anybody please help me figure out the name of the music in his ending statement? It starts at around 13:30. Such a beautiful tune.

[@danieln6700]

I remember when he first solo'd Corp back i was addicted to the game and loved playing, it was crazy. I managed to solo it eventually as well like others did but wasn't really efficient at it, did some to say could do it. used so much supplies per kill. It was a good challenge tho and lot of fun in those old corp days doing duos or trios hanging out in Mirc and vent or TeamSpeak

[@gertjaars69]

This is by far the best osrs channel… thx kempq

[@Smokerlife261]

This was gold Kemp keep up the grate work

[@Jasongy827]

A lot of legendary players. I loved this guy channel

[@kasenhaddix7651]

I know it’s been said and I know the confrontation behind it but I’m sad you didn’t bring up the vorkath method. Mainly because I played this game in 2008 F2P and stopped shortly after and picked it back up on day a few years ago on a fresh account and after all the trial and error of playing the game without guides except for vorkath, Zulrah, and Corp I finally got “the walk” achievement and I’d love to learn more about his accomplishments

[@AFFI909]

nice last airbender reference in the intro. wonder how many people catched that

[@iwildeyesi]

The title of this video is quite relevant today, thanks woox for breaking the game

[@codeityourself4847]

That duo fireball jutsu at 10:20 was clean

[@takoza5396]

i think it's safe to say he already is one of , if not THE best rs/osrs player of all time

[@santii9305]

He is a legend that we will never forget, a hero within the world of Runescape

[@HenryProperCall911]

I remember him completing the Dominion Tower with cabbages as a Jagex challenge

[@Adam-tp8py]

9:58 he was a god the moment he solod corp. I remember watching that video on upload like it was yesterday.

[@ArneyO7]

Woox is by far the best, but Zezima is the best childhood legend for this game. I remember seeing him once in game and I almost melted.

[@Repetoire]

Back in my day I believe a guy named kingduff was the first 126 but zezima is old old.

[@ArneyO7]

@Ian Farris naw I thought he was the fist 138 when summoning dropped. Kingduffy1

[@Repetoire]

@@ArneyO7 that sounds correct. I played a lot when I was young that's the last big name I remember.

[@TheWesen18]

6:05, you read that completely wrong haha. Loved the video anyhow

[@BioMasterZap]

That redditor looks familiar... Didn't realize I predicted the first ToB solo back at its launch, but going with Woox was a pretty safe guess.

[@jayf6206]

Has anyone solved the braille (dot-23) clue on the maps from W00X's Crack the Clue 3?

[@moralester]

Woox is perfect to host the Crack the Clue event. He's not just really good, he's creative about ways to beat stuff, etc

[@penlux9402]

great video but kept waiting for when you would mention "woox walking" too XD

[@aarons6935]

Ash gave wooc 10k from his own pocket? Mod Ash leaves, old school dies, basic math.

[@simpleman7516]

He owns duel arena and all taxes go to him he's rich irl and if he isn't rich irl then he is extremely dumb

[@woof3065]

6:21 "when the world needed him the most, he vanished" x'D nice unexpected way to stay on the theme of the meme

[@RSAgility]

These types of games are what we need more of. It's difficult, insanely difficult to break the game and become OP, but, it's possible, though very few do it or try it because it's actual work, but notice you have the freedom to do it. Nowadays companies control too much of how they want players to play, the programming, the balance, it becomes stale quick. "Oh we don't want players to use this, do this or that here, let's just heavily script it" instead of "we need a plan for if X happens or players use this, that, etc"

[@Postaldude__]

The fact that he casually types shit in chat while doing this stuff is crazy too

[@smxkingalonebeats2895]

The amount we know about games now is mind blowing. All the digging into codes, figuring out patterns, learning to abuse in game mechanics, etc. It's so different than how we "broke" the games as kids.

[@danieln6700]

Yeah especially now because of the internet communication all these ppl can work together and combine ideas.

[@matthewmccoy7437]

lol he reminds me of zezima. i remember when i was like 10 years old i went to lumby and accidentally ran into easily 200 people crowding around zezima and i had no idea what was going on. i didn’t even know who he was at the time. it blew my mind how many people were following him around so i did too out of pure curiosity lol.

[@evilkittens9]

the part where you say that a fan said "woox was born for pvm" was a big misread and it actually says woox and born for pvm xD

[@Baby_Bear769]

Lots of misreads in this one lol

[@Stokenut]

Rest in peace Born ❤️

[@vencislavmilkov8249]

dead?

[@IlIllIIIIIl]

Who?

[@Stokenut]

@@IlIllIIIIIl Born for PvM. Died last year.

[@Ashen2437]

I remember when I first got into RuneScape, and I only heard stories of how scary hard corporeal beast was. So I did a quick KZbin search and saw woox soloing him. I was shocked.

[@christopherw3655]

Wait.. is it true no one solo’d Corp beast for a whole year?

[@Borchert97]

Crazy how Woox's claim to fame was that he was the first one to think of lowering Corp's stats before fighting him lmao, back then everyone just assumed his stats reset with his HP when you left, but it didn't really become public knowledge until early OSRS, I was in a smaller clan with some friends back then and we were some of the first people to figure out how he actually soloed Corp, we figured he was spamming SWH specs before the fight, he was on Lunars so he could check Corp's stats if he wanted to, and he went through several hammers during his solo grinds, something that would be hard to do if you're only hitting the 3-4 specs per fight, we figured he's going through far more than that per kc. We were soloing Corp not long after him, but he is indeed the guy that made it famous. The thing that really cemented him as a PvM legend was soloing Nex. Even to this day in OSRS that's almost impossible to do, only Port Khazard has done it and that was with a red x stall that got patched. In Nex's current state she has not been soloed yet which is insane.

[@stitch5604]

I'm surprised you mentioned nothing about king of the skill, where he demonstrated insane mechanical skills and game knowledge as well

[@sweatystoner]

Woox will forever be the goat of osrs. Not only is he a literal pvm god hes super kind. Deserves it all hope he continues to catch Ws

[@ellivafgnik9812]

This is one of, if not the best KempQ video I've ever seen. Hats off to you KempQ, Woox is the greatest Scaper we will ever see.

[@JacobStarclassik]

Hats , it’s “hats off to you”

[@ryandoubleu.]

10:20 That zoom in **Chef Kiss

[@JoshT4life]

I stopped playing runescape over 15 years ago, but it's cool knowing there some dude who is pretty well known playing rs. I invested too much time into that game getting 99 mining 84 smithing max level etc. I played when Santa hats and bunny ears were being dropped. And masks sold for 500k lol

[@Sliznark]

Every runescape players dream: Mod Ash, Mod Kieren...and Mod Woox working side by side. The triple threat.

[@Diapolo10]

I still think Woox displaying absolute dominion over the Dominion Tower back in the day, by "beating" it with an inventory of cabbages, is still the most impressive feat in my opinion. Sure, it's technically easier than Inferno, but the video also had a killer soundtrack.

[@nasriqumsieh1110]

Yeah, you just shown his greatness without even mentioning the 6 yads challenge.

[@mikehudgins8545]

You forgot to mention during the treasure event woox coded image recognition software custom made to help him solve the clues lmao.

[@Biefstukje]

When I was on twitch some time ago it was his last stream ever. Sad to see him go.

[@Jackson-sr4fk]

those are scam bots lol

[@ScopjeDisco]

Woox will not return, he hasnt left. I feel better knowing that he's out there tackling real world problems too, he's making it a better place for all of us.

[@MAXXvzammy]

he also won king of the skill event november 2017

[@hunter907akmayne]

Hearing the achievements of woox makes my so happy and I don’t know why. You can’t dislike woox he’s too awesome!

[@sunsetat9]

Woox needs to move into the pvp scene too

[@BELLEVERIC]

i always loved Woox man, he gives us hope to try things lmfaooo!

[@starkai6806]

Woox is an absolute Legend! There’s zezima, god ash, and woox. The holy trinity of oldschool 💚

[@civilservant9528]

no

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

Zezima may be a legend... Woox is a myth. The unattainable form. Peak Runescape preformance.

[@ratchetfabrication]

We all love Woox, but can you do a video like this for Rendi?

[@AMarkosov]

Kemp, at 6:04, you misinterpreted that comment. "Born for PVM" is the username of Mod Kieren's old RS2 account. I remember watching Kieren play alongside RuneShark leading up to EoC (to my knowledge, both Simon and James of RuneShark and Kieran quit when EoC came out). Kieren was also the one who conducted the interview.

[@Olivia_Hye]

Born For PvM was not Kieran. Kieran was FairytaleRS. Born was another friend of the RuneShark channel. He was on several Runeshark series and he eventually quit RS for League. And I just found out today that he died 8 months ago from a motorcycle accident.

[@QTmoto]

Maybe one of the best known and most liked PVMers, have known a lot of crazy good PVMers, pkers, encyclopedias etc who didn't care to be known or seen. It's honestly pretty crazy how broad the spectrum of RS players is as far as professions and types of people goes from political to social statuses etc. He was/is crazy good at what he does though and got a huge following from it, I'm sure there'll be other figures like him ppl will gawk over in the future as well lol.

[@user-jn7ic7un1e]

What about PvN though?

[@Sowa238]

Can't wait for the random upload of Woox completing Tombs of Amascut 600 lvl invocation raid solo

[@toonski8718]

1st time i heard or seen wooxs was his solo KK video, a boss with an instant kill machinic so solo was "impossible" but wooxs did it anyway. i remember trying it and failing miserably.

[@Niko..]

At what cost?

[@99wc57]

I remember watching him solo bandos with one item and no food and jizzed myself

[@TheBetterVersionOfYou]

6:04 Audio was wrong, he stated, woox and born for Pvm, Born For PvM was famous content creator back in the day that also quit, he was the guy who interviewed woox.