WoW Memories: Early Raiding, Loot, Drama - Episode 4

Part 4 of my personal WoW story. This episode goes over my introduction to raiding, and my guild in general.
If you have any suggestions, requests, or just general feedback let me know in the comments or with a message. I try my best to answer as many as I can.
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[@madseasonshow]

Here's #4....sorry about the delay! Edit: The "Taleisin" in this video isn't referring to the KZbinr - just an old guildie(Taliesin was a poet so it's a common name I think)

[@twistidtimmer]

its all good when the content is awesome . peace

[@nevermore1343]

Hey Madseason, is there any chance you would make video about Scepter of the Shifting Sands questline? Would love to see it. Loved the video, as always.

[@0Wayland]

The wait was well worth it!

[@madseasonshow]

Thanks guys. @nevermore1343 Scepter of the shifting sands questline is on the to-do list...I'll try to get to it soon!

[@DoctorBenDovah]

What kind of crazy shit did you guys get into? I've had some bad shit myseld

[@lightrunner8169]

...I don't know if it's awesome or unsettling to hear MadSeason laugh.

[@madseasonshow]

Lol =]

[@GnarGnaw]

That sounded satanic... First time i've ever heard you laugh btw :)

[@jumper1996ful]

Caught him POW haha awesome. great laugh !

[@mercenaryforhire3453]

he already laughed in a tips and tricks video because he doesn't know how to pronounce tartare (btw it's just tar tar)

[@armengoldz5136]

that make me feel fear for the first time.... and i love it !! Great video Madseasonshow

[@sounddrone8]

I absolutely LOVE this series, just sit back and relax, who needs netflix when you have MadSeason

[@spore51]

SoundDrone So Madseason and chill lmfao

[@sdwone]

Hehe... Yeah, listening to his vids, is like a wondrous trip down WOW memory lane ;-))) But yes... The Drama! I remember when my first real bunch of WOW friends banded together to form our first guild. Progress was going well... And, as an original member, I was promoted to officer almost immediately but, my three month game-time was coming to an end... Along with the summer holidays, and I felt that I had to get back to Reality... Namely my job (I was a teacher back then!) so I decided to give WOW a break... This was also my first foray into WOW so, during my three month stint, I was pretty much hooked into the game... Playing non-stop for HOURS... The worse being a non-stop, 3 day session, when I was grinding for my first mount!!! So yeah... I HAD to get back to my life... So I decided not to renew my game time... I lasted a few months and decided to come back online at the start of the new year... Shortly after the Xmas break (2005 I believe!)... I log on... And to my horror... I am demoted!... Due to my inactivity... Which was explained before I took the break! I was gutted! And, even though WOW was just 'a game' it still felt like a really hard kick in the nuts and I felt betrayed! Anyway, I decided to stick with it because, apparently, we had begun raiding Molten Core! After a few days re-adjusting to the game, I embarked upon my FIRST ever raid! We downed our first boss... Nice... A mage drop! But, wait a sec? I couldn't roll!?? We were using DKP (Dragon Kill Points!) and I was totally new to this 'system'. And, as a player fresh from a few months break, I had NO points to speak off, and felt even more isolated in a guild that I help to create! Apparently, there were a lot of political shenanigans behind the scenes when I was away, and we had recruited a couple of 'elitist' players who took it upon themselves to take our guild into another direction... DKP and high level raiding being just a couple... Anyway, Long Story Short, after I and a couple of others had a Massive misunderstanding in guild chat, I enacted my first */gquit* and so began my journey of joining... And then quitting guilds over a whole plethora of issues! AKA WOW Drama! Yeah... Perhaps to those who didn't play Vanilla WOW back then, all of this sounds incredibly unhealthy and unnecessary... But this is precisely WHY WOW was so special back then... It was a COMMUNITY! Warts an' all... It had the Good bits of any community... The Bad bits of any community.... And Everything in between! And, if it's a choice between a cold, soulless experience playing alongside human bots that don't utter a single word... Verses passionate exchanges, jokes, arguments, fall outs and kinship with Real People online... Then I choose the latter... Each and Every-time because it made the game feel REAL and ALIVE! Besides, WOW was Very Unique back then... And etiquette with regards to an online, gaming community simply did not exist... So perhaps, with Classic just around the corner, lessons have been learned and this time around, the WOW Community will be even more unified than ever before...

[@thedootlord]

Still here In 2019/2020

[@reffa2858]

​@@spore51Image being conceived to a Madseason show video.

[@PickyMcCritical]

I wonder how much MadSeason owes that officer for 13 years of interest on the repair bill.

[@lorrieruff4402]

Love that story of the"Lil Stinker" Oh my goodness the I remember I first time I raided, I was new to the guild, watch fat boss videos, listen to the vent to hear the fight as it progressed. Never thought I get into the raid but I was ready if it happened. But was shocked when the raid leader said, " We are always waiting on that guy, He's never on time and never leaves a word to you guys." Meaning his best bud down the street. I got the invite," Oldonee is always here, let's give her a chance." Think my heart stopped for a few moments. It was the best time I had, I was not top of the list on DPS, shadow priest, But I only died twice. Which was enough to have me back later, after the one member was removed from the raid group for not showing up on time or at all.

[@TheZackofSpades]

The snowball prank...boy do shenanigans like that bring me joy. Well played.

[@cadian874]

11:10, such a geniune laught, you know he really enjoyed that troll XD

[@amarchello5209]

man never seen madseason laugh so hard

[@lastoeck]

I can't imagine how much time it took to put the re-enactments together. Creating characters, leveling them, forming guilds, etc. Your dedication is amazing. Thank you for all you contribute to the WoW community.

[@Snaresloth]

I've never seen re enactments like this! These videos are great

[@sensationalopie]

3:33 "wooow this guy has no life ... i mean, this guy knows his stuff" i died 😂

[@kyotheman69]

it was pretty much true back then, wow was huge investment the dungeons and raids took far to long in those days, especially just setting up to do it

[@Gh0StF1sHy]

Not too long; just long enough.

[@thurney4343]

WOW was not a casual game...if you wanted to play an hour here or there, you got nowhere!

[@Immagonko]

@@thurney4343 though Blizzard mentioned several times that WoW was created for casual gaming

[@sap1995-1]

T Hurney wrong

[@rurounigato]

I remember my first apply to a hardcore raiding guild My buddies guild broke after karazham, tipical drama So i decided, lets apply to a hardcore one I was a tank, so asking in orgrimar got replies pretty fast I dont remember the guilds name, but the GM said: "we need to test you, lest go to zangarmarsh" we went to heroic underbog, use the shortcut to the last boss The GM was using a resto shamy, so he could get the full picture from behind I pulled, charging to get rage as the GM popped bloodlust I was thinking, "i need to impress this guy, and with the charge i had like 2 sec advange from the dps guys, so lets hit the strongest i have, then devastate" So, i hit my shield slam.... CRIT!!!... then shockwave.....CRIT!!!..... then spam devastate like a maniac The GM checked the threat meter and was "WTF??, dps for the love of god nuke that boss, dont hold agro" We killed it in seconds and the GM said "we need to get you raiding NOW, can you make tomorrow at 20:00?" I was "yeah no problem" and that secure my spot as an off tank I raided with those guys till black temple, but then work schedule fuck me real bad, so i lose my spot for sunwell Thats life i think

[@MrEmothep]

Fernando Rivas fun fact about this is, shockwave didnt exist in TBC.

[@rurounigato]

we didnt have shockwave? my bad, it was like 10 years ago only thing i remember clearly is that everything crit, so for a time i had more agro than god and the dps could go wild

[@LuccianoNova]

Lmfao everyone sit down for story time 😂

[@basillah7650]

Caught bullshit lying lol.

[@alexgulino335]

@@basillah7650 think its probably more likely that thunderclap was the second cast as it was high in rotation for tanks back then. Thunderclap/shockwave... similar themes

[@kayennmedia5256]

Your videos are often what I watch to help relax if I'm having a flare up of my illness, which is almost daily. The chill vibes help a ton, love these videos :)

[@slickdog78]

My guild had an MC run ended when someone hit the Hunter pulling Baron Geddon with a snowball in the hallway back towards the Garr area. This was back when feign death and the like were bugged so he ended up dying. Didn't help that he was the Guild Leader. He cussed us all out on Ventrilo and immediately ended the raid. The guy who threw the snowball was a friend of mine, but as a Rogue (class officer) I refused to rat him out.

[@adamnshame8822]

Man, the editing you put into each video is 10/10. It's like a drama show.

[@declan7797]

So many memories, watching these videos bring back so many if my own memories of my first WoW main and raiding

[@novisual1542]

Hearing you laugh is the best part of this, it shows you enjoyed the memories, small touches like this make it so much better.

[@Ochatach]

I love these WoW Memories series, so much feels, so much happiness, and so much sadness that the community will never be the same. Thanks MadSeason

[@Generic-Username]

Thanks so much for these. It's really nice to listen to you reminisce. It's like talking with an old friend. You have a great voice for it, too, and a relaxing demeanor. I hope to see more soon, whatever the content may be.

[@endomlic]

These videos are so relaxing.

[@NexxZt]

Man I love your videos! Started playing WoW 4 about a week ago, and doing dungeons while listening to your videos might just be my new favorite thing to do!

[@the69fury]

Enjoying your older vids while we wait for Classic.

[@julianstrong1364]

This is my new favorite game channel, not just warcraft. Man you bring me back to a time and place that's just fucking amazing. indescribable. Your music choice for videos, the soft guitar and folk music. It not only brings me back to my days playing back in the old days, it brings me back home somehow. Like I'm remembering my family back on the farm after a 13 year journey through azeroth lol

[@timothypadgett9881]

Wow I never even thought that the blessings were shared between classes when cast. You learn something every day!

[@Selcatys]

That Elune song at the end, with the resume of your story, brings so much memories of my own wow story

[@RossardJames]

Thanks for this series, the nostalgia is so vivid. I personally still love WoW (and videos about current WoW) but there's something special about those first few magical years, something that I'm not sure could ever come back. WoW came out right after I had got to high school and it was just the perfect storm. It was the big new game that so many people I knew were playing and being a high school students means almost no responsibilities and plenty of time to hang around on Ventrilo with your friends and just play WoW all day. Definitely looking forward to classic servers, but I'm not sure it's possible to ever regain all the magic from vanilla. Makes me somewhat sad thinking about it, but I'm also happy that I was around to experience it. Certainly a time in my life that I'll never forget! Thanks for bringing a taste of it back with your excellent channel MadSeason.

[@TheEivory]

I feel like listening to grandpa, telling me his old stories from back when he was young. So calming :)

[@grummle7545]

14:00 the guild message of the day... Wish I was earlier ;(

[@avargs3505]

What a great little Easter egg.. This is MadQuality

[@card969]

I remember hearing "wow hes full purple" from casuals back in the day and it made me feel proud. Now 11 years later I'm farming lengendaries like they were common currency. Somewhere blizzard made a terrible mistake.

[@Perseius1]

Its like going from street hustle to wall street.

[@HugeCoffeeAddict]

Oh, our players love to get purple gear? Let's have them drop from every dungeon boss, elite mob, and quest. The players will love it!

[@Sylphid15]

I love your Vanilla videos. They bring back cherished memories of a time long past.

[@mightywings1161]

Madseason, I just wanted to thank you for all of the awesome videos that you make. I always look forward to watching these.

[@The333ministries]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, though my experience with higher end dungeons and raids were cut short as TBC came out right as I hit 60. Excited about playing classic to have a 2nd chance at getting to experience it all! I had an undead warlock. Looked around my computer table and saw a bag of jerky, and premium on it...Premiumjerky was born! Later called PJ for ease.

[@SpreadTheLaugh]

Amazing video, so many memories man... remember the patch when the tiers got their new looks? Everyone wanted nemesis and bloodfang helmets..and how to forget rokh delar bow!!

[@matthewwebb8245]

Love your videos dude! The re-release of Vanilla is really pulling my nostalgia strings, and making me remember all the things from back in the day when the game was new to all of us. :) Its weird that a game can have such profound effects on people, and the locations and memories almost seem like they are "real". I've been pretty casual for many years now, but I cant wait to play Classic, and your videos capture what a lot of us were doing and thinking back in the early days. Kudos, my friend!

[@sunwalkeredaaga4154]

Nice reenactments :) Ahahahaha, skinny runs :D I remember people doing that. you’d just be going along and some mostly naked dude would come running through the middle of Dalaran. Usually followed by a “ is sobering up” message. Good times, too bad people don’t do stuff like that anymore. Then again, what would be worth celebrating like that? Curve maybe? Idk. Used to be that euphoric celebrations weren’t just for progression raiders and rank 1 arena teams. There was plenty of stuff worth getting worked up about even for the lesser mortals. I hope there’s some of that in BfA.

[@veqazz9526]

I love this series! Pls keep it going!

[@charmizzzardthelizard8543]

where is number 5? IVE WATCHED EVERY VIDEO TWICE OF YOURS! my favourite you have a very humble approach to the game and love all of your content but this series is by far the best i keep thinking of my own vanilla memories and play them back in my head and it feels like im having a drink with you reminiscing about the old days. :) thanks friend@@@

[@epter1]

Awesome videos you put out dude, really enjoying this series, vanilla wow must have been a truely great experience to have witnessed, tnx for taking us on this trip down memorie lane

[@mrsthehotdogdance]

I just found this series and love them!! The holy damage paladin kills me!!

[@MrFluffytheTurtle]

I love how a noteable part of the gameplay loop comes back to flexin' in the city! Lol

[@BjornHegstad]

Watching this is the most comfy I've been in a while.

[@seniorjrr]

Anyone else get super excited when they see a notification for a new Madseason video?

[@rusroyce]

Ever since i found this channel, I canceled my cable/netflix and crave. Content for days MadSeason!

[@sergiokamberov6328]

Damn man, I've just found your channel few days ago, one of your series just spawned on my screen so I decided to give it a look... I have never seen a better Classic WoW videos, you're a genius of creating and sharing videos. It's in your blood I bet, congratulations and keep up with the good work! :)

[@maxwell4809]

Love the Final Fantasy X music you use in these videos. One of my favourite games mainly due to the music!

[@Krideezy]

I love going back to these videos....Miss this old content. Love the new stuff as well, but don't think everything has to be a grandios production to be relevant. Love ya fella.

[@ez6791]

Please continue this, major nostalgia from this series

[@critstixdarkspear5375]

I have a terminal case of nostalgia. Can’t wait for classic.

[@Arelath]

These videos really remind me of my own vanilla times, these are delightful and nostalgic (bonus points for laughing)

[@ZootmanX]

I find a disturbing lack of "OOF", specially after that snowball story. I absolutely love your stories. Cant wait to see the following parts!

[@dylunr3143]

just now saw the guild message. That was nice of you

[@Hookokokkokoko]

I love your videos. They remind me of my very first raiding guild. I leveled up to 70 and was like... oh snap that guy has a cool thing! I want that cool thing! My irl friend told me what to do and then Wrath came out very shortly after. I was a druid, and the game design back then was so coarse. So many little things to explore. My first kill was Flame Leviathan on 25. I still haven't given up.

[@bialos3803]

Yep - I subbed,liked, and remember eating the snowball. Good job Show.

[@ysf-psfx]

That would have been infuriating at the time, but hopefully you looked back on it and laughed when you watched this

[@lohkin1435]

The snowballs. Classic.

[@wimve4719]

Sorry, did not read all of the comments, so if it has been mentioned ... One of the things I remember as a hunter, was the kiting the boss out of the room. Just fabulous.

[@docbuddy2575]

Hey MadSeason, first of all, your videos are great and I´m glad I found you, you tell me many things I was unaware of, since I just started playing WoW for the first time like 3-4 weeks ago. I do enjoy the game, but there are a few things that really annoy me (important to mention I play on the European servers) The first thing that buggers me is the fact, that I rarely met any people while questing. (I´m only lvl 65 yet but anyway). There are like 5 people on a whole map and thats kinda crazy. Even if you may encounter somebody, the chances are very low that you talk or quest with them. Communication at all is mostly not existing. It´s like playing a singleplayer game in a big world, even though its an mmorpg. So, when I got frustrated and wanted some people to be able to talk or quest with them, I tried to find a guild I could join (I was level 65 at that moment). I went to Orgrimmar and said in the chat that I was looking for a guild, but also that I´m still a beginner. At that point I was pretty excited, but well nobody at all answered, but I continued asking. I spent several hours but still nobody even answered. Now I´m feeling even more lonely in this huge world... Anyway, maybe you or somebody else got an advice for me.

[@Karreth]

You could try playing on the classic servers when they release. The community aspect will be way different there, much more social. You won't feel like you're playing single player any longer then.

[@whatwhat98]

You voice tells us "Yeah, Im a pretty chill man" I like it

[@lucas_grant]

It's great to see you grow as a channel MadSeason.

[@madseasonshow]

I appreciate it Lucas!

[@Sebcarr21]

Absolutely love this series

[@wallchris75]

I played a priest. My ex played a rogue. She went afk in Org in my party. Back then priests could MC ppl in your party. So I chain mind controlled her all the way out of Org into Durotar all the way to the ocean where I left her. She wasn't happy to see her dead floating corpse when she returned lol

[@nandoborchardt4327]

I chill on KZbin all day... And this is the best series ever

[@nandoborchardt4327]

True dude

[@PokeCao3]

Thank you MadSeason for releasing this! I love this series keep up the good work.

[@Mysbananen]

Love this series. Can’t wait for more episodes

[@Sonicgott]

The spirit of Nobuo Uematsu shines within you.

[@MiddniteP]

Hearing your laugh was quite shocking, but also really endearing keep up the great content

[@Crossf4de]

Love the final fantasy soundtrack in the background! +1 and the video also

[@JoordyDreaming]

Gotta say love the background musics you have been picking man !

[@viniciusmarra1291]

This is my favorite WoW channel

[@Prax97.]

Awesome laugh, I love watching these vids, I only started WoW in cata, but seeing these gets me excited for the release of WoW Classic (whenever that'll be)

[@flymolo20]

First raid. Naxx 25, guild needed a warm body. I knew nothing of raiding, nothing of my class (Deathknight) but hey raid! Got a pair of epic boots, which made some people upset. Afterwards the RL whispered me and said "You need to respec and change gear" and he a good amount of time after fixing my spec and gear. I read up on the fights and by my next raid was ready to go. Early WoW memories are the best. Love this series. EDIT: In Heart of Fear I had a toy that put a banana peel down and would make people fall if run over (Of course) RL started counting down, I threw it in front of him he went to run in and NOPE! I didn't get a lot of gear that night. Worth it.

[@dafire9634]

Madseason’s laugh is the best thing to have blessed humankind

[@antalgergo2699]

MadSeason laughing, now that's a rare thing to hear.

[@WeedStriker]

Oh boy, another episode of MadSeasonBall Z

[@madseasonshow]

And this.....IS...TO GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

[@dusk1999]

I can't believe it. This video is double-nostalgic! I mean, Final Fantasy X was the game I played the most back then alongside with WoW...and now you're using its music in your videos You're videos are always so incredibly relaxing, especially with your voice... Love it! (I'm german, you gotta excuse major/minor grammar mistakes and so on^^) Edit: We got the same diabolic laugh.

[@madseasonshow]

Your English seems fine to me! Glad you enjoyed the video =)

[@Fulipes83]

At some point the snowballs even threw the target back instead of just knocking over. I remember waiting inside towers at Alterac Valley for horde to appear at the door, so I could chuck a snowball at them and they would fly out to their deaths. Or maybe those we're BG specific snowballs? I don't remember, but they sure were fun!

[@haks8639]

This series is just too good!

[@SleepDepJoel1]

Busted out laughing at the snowball hijinks. Love your stuff, man.

[@Shjandy]

Haha! Love the snowball story, reminds me of my old guild using the stun wand toy in WoD while we're doing world PVP on our guild officers

[@NathanChambers]

Loving this wow memories series!

[@woxineaucrows7355]

Best way to start a day --cup of coffee and a Look back with the Madman =) ty~

[@TheDieHardMMAPodcast]

Lmfao thanks for sharing these stories man. I loved WoW and mostly stopped after Wrath. I love hearing these stories about vanilla it brings back awesome memories.

[@meowdy..]

11:15 you can hear the smile after the laugh. love your vids man.

[@freikinnewb122]

Seeing the old dwarf model reminds me of my dwarf hunter back in vanilla. Those were good days.

[@Matthew_mcmahon20]

That snowball thing had me in tears 😂😂😂

[@jond2697]

That screen shot at 8:21 brings me joy! 8D

[@diegoguerraehremberg7602]

I need to say that the video is awesome ... but omg that laugh made the entire video ! hahahaha. Love this series Mad ! keep it up the good work and fill us whit more nostalgia !

[@rick9977015]

OMG, the snowballs were so freaking awesome. I did the exact same thing with them. I was totally bummed when they removed that knockdown effect.

[@tempestindustries9446]

It feels so nostalgic looking at your pre raid pally... I still have my level 55 dwarf in either the same or similar blue helmet XD (switched to dk when i dinged 55 and forever will keep my pally there as a time capsule of when i started playing wow)

[@Treeyoyo1]

I love your videos, truly a treat to see

[@metalcrown_1182]

Hahaha! What a story Mad! I absolutely love your Vanilla videos. Stay buffed! 💪👑

[@3zzee]

Man ur stories go right in the feels 😭 Early wow raiding were such fun times. I was Oxx on Magtheridon US

[@DriveCancelDC]

LOL the snowballs... I also got in trouble for doing that. Hilarious.

[@makhylahodson8380]

I've waited for this one! So happy ❤

[@DKLAN66]

FinalFantasy 10 music and wow at the same time!.. to many feels and nostalgia.

[@7arkan]

this guy.. is my fav wow youtuber.

[@TheWierdPlatypus]

really love this series!

[@marcellkovacs2093]

Omg how satisfying to hear MadSeason laughing :D

[@Terrarixum]

These videos are so entertaining to watch. Can't wait for the next episode. At this point I feel uncomfortable to hear you laugh

[@hailyearzero3739]

That snowball shot ! Awesome ! :D

[@allflats]

Great video. I cannot WAIT for Classic WoW