The Barrens - Original Wow Music

[@Puipelo]

Being a noob in WoW was definitely the best time of my life.

[@AK-mh4zb]

Ilmeeni Kun BEST comment right here!

[@ohaRega]

So, so true.

[@apio_cl]

same

[@JockyCGE]

Not for me, my dumbass kept thinking I was ready for raids at level 20 as a shaman. I barely had healing spells and had to heal everyone ;-; kept getting kicked out.

[@mateor9515]

I think that is the best part of the whole experience, when you starts to learn everything and you get impressed

[@TrevorPhilips]

1. AIM AT CROSSROADS 2. PRESS AUTO RUN 3. RUN TO FRIDGE

[@rahbeat9785]

best comment here tbh .

[@Cruz474]

Trevor Philips get killed by raptor

[@theodoreroosevelt6937]

I didn’t know Trevor played wow

[@Masterwar15]

Get stuck running at a rock with a lion attacking you and find your dead corpse when you come back.

[@KruggTheAmazing]

Yes hahahaha. Hope that you dont aggro everything or get ganked on the way,

[@voliteon]

Wandering around on foot, the long journeys to the next quest... late at night.. you pass a fellow traveller. stop wave, maybe do some quests together... immersed in this incredible virtual world. It was a beautiful thing. No other game has come even vaguely close in achieving what WoW did... what incredible memories.

[@austinha11]

Well said

[@Ihavehadmanynames7779]

This game was just so exciting. The first time you play this you're absolutely shitting your pants. I remember getting to those really cool places with freaky demons and huge creatures and getting goosebumps. Can't remember what it's called specifically its been a while but you go through some sort of portal to hell to get there. Really memorable.and I'm talking about wow in general just in case that stuff wasn't in wow classic idk im really noob. I played cataclysm and MOP

[@fullelement4886]

@@Ihavehadmanynames7779 The Dark Portal my friend, the one that is on the login screen for TBC, Legion and Classic. Welcome to the Outlands.

[@Zebus112]

I can almost hear that raptor attack sound, lol

[@SNIPEDBYAMI]

lmao

[@theroboticman]

Just you saying that triggered flashbacks...

[@Mrvincenzo2012]

hahahaha

[@PelFox]

Plainstrider EEEEEEEEEHHHHKK

[@leonardopeli45]

60 tusks guys... 60 tusks

[@acrophis]

These tracks are ingrained into my memory for all time.

[@dashontelamarcus1814]

I want to cry

[@pmattoon]

Now you all understand what gramps feels when he talks about the good ol' days.

[@Myrdden71]

Eh? Speak up, sonny!

[@carstenhansen5757]

Heh. :)

[@AnGhaeilge]

It makes me sad I can't go back to this time. Such good memories.

[@olpdragon]

Yup, this applies to many memories people have. This is why you need to live in the moment for every moment you have in life, because most things are not forever.

[@rerunn123]

Why not join a private vanilla server? You can relive the Barrens all over again.

[@АлексейПипов]

there's still kronos 2.

[@AnGhaeilge]

I play on a vanilla server, but it's not the same. Crossroads is dead. Everybody plays in BGs.

[@oddhead]

Vanilla didn't have BGs...

[@zxc9884761]

Back then, I thought I can play WoW for my entire life without getting bored.

[@duckdicus]

+Sam T oh dude if society supported that lifestyle and vanilla was still around i probably would be hahaha

[@Wallafaza]

+Palm Horizon Same lol

[@Nefiji]

+Sam T If only WoD didn't turn WoW into total shit. I would be totally still playing this game.

[@ultimatesin3544]

2.4 is the patch that started nerfing everything.. that is when Blizzard's whole design philosophy changed.. they wanted everything to be more accessible.. no more areas on the map full of elites, no more wandering elites in low-level zones, mounts at lvls 20 and 40 with costs wildly reduced, no more ingredients for most cooking and crafting recipes, no more heroic or raid attunements, etc.. 2.4 is when they started the trend of nerfing and removing content from the game.. then 3.0 (Wrath) brought a recycled Naxx raid as endgame cuz Blizzard felt not enough people had seen it yet.. their vision for the game was now that everything must be accessible to everybody, and ultimately that vision grew more and more extreme until WoW is what you see now with minimal depth..

[@Sunthaz]

+Zangra Marsh Not to mention destroying the vast, coherent world they created by introducing more and more portals. And don't get me started on that dungeon/raid finder, a venomous tool that totally ruined the community aspect of the game. Two major reasons why I would even bother playing a MMO like WoW.

[@DrinkingMud]

Barrens, where children become men.

[@Ellthom]

+Raretimer Huolon According to Barrens chat you'd think it would be the reverse :P

[@walkbyfaith1462]

+Raretimer Huolon So much truth in this I can't even comprehend how epic it is rofl xD

[@LarxeneSP]

+Raretimer Huolon No country for old men!

[@shaolin89]

hahaha

[@redforeman3686]

more like where men become basement dwellers

[@m.b.3840]

I'm 33 years old and I haven't played WoW for a long time because of big family and work obligations, but I often watch some WoW-related videos in the evening. Right now this music makes me very nostalgic, it reminds me of 2007 when I played tauren warrior on Laughing Skull-EU, it was a real feeling of belonging, I can even remember how happy I was when I finished Wailling Caverns for the first time, I remember of the first duel at Crossroads, the first meeting with the Alliance, the first flight with a taxi, even Ratchet and fishing... it makes me happy and sad at the same time, probably some people understand me. thank you WoW for that and thank you for your channel and reminding me of it, and thank you to all the people who were there then in creating a wonderful experience❤❤🥹

[@Sututiv]

The music makes me feel young again

[@gerritk.732]

The music makes me depressive

[@TatarProductions]

@@gerritk.732 Mine: Depressive, Nostalgic, Sad, Happy

[@karlhans6678]

just play it again

[@flamesRules]

When you nostalgia so hard it hurts.

[@privatprivat7279]

+Dolph In (Dolphin) google nostalrius ! free wow vanilla server! and re live the old days!

[@ynos254]

+kristof privat Blizzard took it down >:(

[@privatprivat7279]

I Know :(

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

For real. Nostalgia is so strong I can feel it in my chest

[@nicolashebert3830]

My favorite zone.Questing all night long in this magnificient savana, so peaceful... resting on top of a mountain looking at the life below.This is home !

[@Xerkrosis]

[3. Local Defense] : The Crossroads is under attack! [3. Local Defense] : The Crossroads is under attack! [3. Local Defense] : The Crossroads is under attack! [1. General] : Dumass: Whers Mankriks wife? [3. Local Defense] : The Crossroads is under attack! [3. Local Defense] : The Crossroads is under attack!

[@Nooplies]

YEEEEEEEEEEES

[@smckenzie1234]

***** hahaha

[@Gorthug.]

And of course the chuck norris jokes lol

[@34bully]

[1. General] : [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

[@Nooplies]

Well Met That was trade chat.

[@616TheBeast616]

3:50 still sends chills down my spine

[@lexbeats13]

Every time i do something alone during a hot summer day it plays in my mind, and it's been 16 years!

[@VaclavTichon]

This would play when I log in during the night. Best times...just me completely cut out from real world, enjoying every moment of the game

[@Mathijs751]

I recently found out that I often whistle this. Never thought that this game had so much influence in my life. FYI stopped playing 11 years ago

[@asbjornu]

Same! I dream of this flute melody regularly. It's etched into my very DNA, I'm sure.

[@HAPPYFUNTIMEx2]

It probably sounds like some sad existence to regular people, but 2005-2009 playing WoW with my friends were the best times of my life. I'd give up so much to go back and relive those moments and feelings.

[@williamkarl-gustafmoller8492]

The serotonin rush of discovering ironforge for the first time was better than amphetamines ironically enough.

[@UncleMofo24]

I get this. Back in 2021 I started playing WoW classic and it did so much for me. It was the pre BC patch and I felt like a kid again

[@dashontelamarcus1814]

​@@williamkarl-gustafmoller8492hence why I was crippled in wow addiction for years

[@phyein4815]

I'm right there with you man, exact time frame. I'm 40 years old and I can not deny it. It was a level of joy that i haven't felt before or after. It's like heroin withdrawal but permanent. All I can do is not think about it too much but I occasionally get taken and overwhelmed by nostalgia.

[@phyein4815]

I'm right there with you man. I'm 40 years old but I can't deny it. Same timeframe. It was a joy unlike anything I had felt before or ever since. Nothing comes close. It's like a painful substance withdrawal that never truly goes away. The first few years after WoW went downhill (controversial I know and everyone has their own opinion but for me Wotlk was the last truly great WoW, though it had its fatal flaws and likewise there was some things to like about Cataclysm), were absolutely brutal. It's literally a long lasting substance withdrawal minus the physical effects (the mental and emotional effects are the real killer, trust me I know). And I agree it might seem laugable or sad to someone not in the know but from all the talk and posta of old WoW vets its clear that this is not some rare instance but a real phenomenom unlike anything in entertaiment. All I can do is try not to think about it often but occasionally the memories just overwhelm me.

[@KotovIsHere]

I am watching this while being completely stoned. And this is the most beautiful thing i heard the last years. Its like a golden memory, buried far far away in your past, as if lost by amnesia. And you just found it ...

[@ivanberdichevsky5679]

Oh no man, I would not lose this even if I got Alzheimer, it's imprinted into my very soul. On my gravestone, I want written: "Herein lies a WoW Player that reached level 60 and lived life to its fullest"

[@Dudielicius]

Where ever you went, there were always a plainstrider dying

[@TatarProductions]

Now, nearly no people plays it...

[@DaWoWzer]

this music isn't complete with out the dying sound.

[@TatarProductions]

@@DaWoWzer lol yes

[@florianobenauf5026]

this sound ill imagine every time, and it hurts a bit on nostalgia

[@alanjefferson1127]

EEEEEYEEEEEHHHH *flops to the ground*

[@jasonb3687]

The Nostalgia is so immense after hearing this music. It's amazing how the brain works to flood you with endorphins from a previous memory or event. I so wish I could experience this all over again........

[@Vicariun]

it's been more than a decade... everything was so new... the immersion was beyond everything you could ever imagine back in the days..

[@Uruk02]

It aches my heart listening to this nostalgia

[@Jay0253]

"The Crossroads is under attack!"

[@adrianperes4705]

[3. Local Defense]: Southern Gold Road is under attack!

[@Ashengard111]

Miss those times. Remember going to Orgri and getting into Uldaman party from the trade chat. Then we flew over barrens to Ratchet, got on the ship all together and sailed to Booty Bay. From the port we flew to the Kargath garrison in badlands, waited for everybody to arrive and continued on horses (wolves and raptors) to Uldaman. We stuck close together to not be ganked in this hostile place till we finally arrived at Uldaman. There was ofcourse an alliance party with which we wiped the floor because we being hordies were used to be outnumbered all the time so 5vs5 we felt pretty OP. This jorney took like half an hour and was an adventure by itself before even to reach the instance entrance. People used to live in this magic world and leveling was an unforgettable journy. Your reputation really mattered, assholes were soon finding themselves isolated and unwanted in dungeon parties. Battlegrounds were server specific and people used to recognize you and greet you before battle. The enemies were the same guys that ganked you outside in the open world so killing them and winning mattered alot. Now the game is killed by portals to everywhere and flying mounts. You can't meet people out there because you dont travel to begin with, only going to a portals and short flight with your fancy flying mount after that. Outside of the cities is a huge unpopulated dead world right now.

[@MaybachZ]

+Ashengard Nostalrius = Problem solved. It's just like back in the day :)

[@WhySooSeriouslol]

+Ashengard DUDE, you're right. I understood the reason the came out with Xrealm BGS but, before that back in vanilla, there was a sense of true rivalry. Back then I could log on, get in que for AV, go to Org and climb up the mountain to get in the hidden part on the wall, looking for flagged hordies. Then AV would open after about an hour wait. Then after about 3 hours in a turtle'd AV you leave it, the next morning you log back on, get in que, get back in AV and realize it's the same one from last night, still never won.. Oh, the good ole days

[@Templarboi]

Pretty much hit the nail on the head. I went back to try out a vanilla WoW private server called Kronos, as I personally never got to experience vanilla, but rather started during TBC. And the sad thing is that during my way to level 20, I had more social interactions and memorable experiences with people than I've had during the entire last 2 years of WoD. That is extremely depressing to think about. I just wish they actually made the game feel like a living and breathing world again, like it used to.

[@fogito21]

reading this comment was kinda painful

[@criztu]

@@Templarboi TBC was still allowing for social experience. Flying mounts at lvl 60 didn't take away much from the social experience. By the time we reached Outlands, we already knew lots of ppl, and a lvl 60 walking in lvl 20 areas, was not really fun. What killed WoW I think, was making leveling easier, and the LFG. If you wanted to level up faster in TBC, best way was to team up, approach ppl and walk to dungeons. After LFG and level nerfing, it was instant teleport to dungeons = no need to know the guys in your group. In TBC, waiting for other members in the party to get to the entrance of the dungeon = time spent with the others, having some duels, some chatting, aso. Even doing quests together, as the ppl in the group would reach to the dungeon area. Haha, even the occasional fight with the alliance players, as one of our group would encounter an alliance, and we would rush to help him lol. But now, what? Just don't give a fuck, soon as 5 players in 5 corners of the world click LFG, teleport to dungeon. Disgusting.

[@SoljaVuoriranta]

The original Barrens.. such a great memory. I remember running there so much 'cause I didn't have the 40g to buy a mount. And the "Crossroads is under attack" 24/7! Questing used to be so hard when there wasn't any hints of it on the map nor was the mobs marked with anything.

[@zental1374]

3:53 Purely enchanting. I can remember the first time I walked into the barrens and heard this song. It's one of the most vivid memories I have from playing WoW in 2005. Just hearing this song I knew thing we're about to get a lot more real. It's one of my favorite song in the game. And hearing it puts a huge smile on my face.

[@bsherman8236]

3:50 always makes me sad :(

[@sartanko]

+Bruno Andrade Yeah, that part is awesome.

[@BrruZem]

+Bruno Andrade Hey me

[@lucianovillontschopp505]

really...the sounds its sad...become tears here

[@orgasplosion]

This is peak barrens

[@sicklymuffin5177]

Collect four zhevra hooves, this shouldn't be hard, all of them have four hooves. *kills a zhevra* Wait...what? Not a single hoof dropped? BUT THE HOOVES ARE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME!

[@darklordmorgoth2543]

Sicklymuffin mmo logic

[@baldr12]

The quests usually said 'undamaged' parts. WoW is probably the only MMO that actually put some details in the quest description to make them plausible.

[@alexgheorghita4583]

same with the raptor heads

[@Λυκάων]

Just came for 3:50 part Some good memories over there with my Orc/Tauren characters

[@iamadapter]

+Evan Hector Same :D I had that loop stuck in my head.

[@AlejandroMinor]

+Evan Hector feels :´v

[@MrSmithe11]

+Evan Hector Seriously man this music takes me back to some good times.

[@ultramarine218]

I miss the old Barrens.... :l

[@themultiplay3rs]

You are not Alone! ;-)

[@WatoFBA]

RIP

[@3DTyrant]

LF Tank to WC!

[@truthseeker508]

it was a lot more envelopping than the new version and so this the music...

[@pmattoon]

I miss Mankirk wife inquiries, Chuck Norris jokes and other random bs. :(

[@carolasmx2516]

I love that drum around 2:55, i leveled so much in the barrens I used to hear that in my freakin dreams lol

[@nutshacklover5819]

This is one of my favourite WoW Soundtracks. I love the Orcs in the background doing noises.

[@ShVanesMusic]

@@nutshacklover5819 👍

[@Helvetorment]

Sitting here, in my university computer lab, while listening to this epic music of my childhood and programming :) I'd never think that after 8 years i'd be doing this. Oh the nostalgy =)

[@DomSchu]

+Mister Jensen Funny how WoW can change our lives.

[@TheDynamicxHD]

I find it wonderful when the clarinet kicks in at 3:54 and all the other instruments play an echo :D

[@kaylah6406]

Just came here for this ❤

[@TonyMontana-hv9ed]

I wish I could return back in time to the 2006 for that first two weeks when I began to play wow for the first time. This is one of my big dreams. I mean to go back to game with no memories about it because first impression was so amazing and incredible! I remember I was completely shocked(in good meaning of that word) when I first started playing this mmorpg because before wow I played only in singleplayer games on my ps1 and ps2. One of my best friend also began to play wow at that time. I was tauren and he was orc and we played together in the barrens.. and that beautiful music on the background... and then we discussed the game with him in the evenings... Unfortunately, because of some life circumstances my friend left the game after a few months of playing... I continued to play wow until the Cataclysm happened but among of all my in-game time the first weeks when I played in barrens with my friend was the best moments of my life. I wish so much I could return to that moments...

[@dirkkify]

Goosebombs whenever i am listening to that music. Strange feelings. It now feels unreal because nobody knows what feelings i had playing wow back in 2004-2008. It was one of the times i will always remember. It was and somehow is a great game. It is just getting a little old :)

[@dickgori2623]

"I can't carry anymore" -Tauren male voice NOOO! *starts moving back to town cursing no mount in vanilla until 40*

[@timo3457]

Those Warrior Charge glitches off the map and this music played... Nostalgia HAHA!

[@arciturisstudios4404]

2:55 = extreme nostalgia + tears.

[@SLIvista]

goddamn buddy you couldn't be more right

[@ultimatesin3544]

lol thats the one with the singing tauren

[@xxsaltywafflexx8332]

lvl 90 elite tauren cheiftan lol

[@dt40943]

Agreed.

[@theroboticman]

HUH HAH

[@ageoflove1980]

Nowhere you could feel the immense scale of the game better than in The Barrens. Those vista's of these roads stretching out in the distance with the mountains in the horizon. These designers were absolute masters and the mellow, tribal music just fits it so well. I think ive never felt "there" as much in a game as back then, just pure immersion. It was just perfect. No (or hardly) loading screens really helped to establish the place as "real" plus of course the knowledge that this world was populated with actual people, 100's of them... It was just a special moment in time where so many ideas, Everquest, Warcraft 3. gaming in general, all these elements, just came together at the right time and place to, well, in my opinion just create a work of pure art, a sum that cant be explained by its parts.

[@lodovicoodak9401]

I shall go ,too much feelings here...

[@Marconel100]

Come to dalaran wow and you don't have to be sad, it is my home

[@mariabars527]

The mega long walk to Wailing Caverns and Thousand Needles..made it all worthwhile with this music,also Barrens chat could be highly entertaining aswell.

[@simulki7108]

I would do anything to go back home...

[@Hardworking_Trucker]

Brings back memories of simpler times for sure

[@Thadnill]

Fuck this... this does only make me sad, back at the vanilla time people were actually social, and humble. You had to be social to manage leveling and questing, you really had to write in general, look for groups, run to the place, unless you had a lock in your team with sum which could be rare... Today its like-- Raid finder - instance- found group-- auto teleport - ohh i can repair at the instance and sell there how comfortable! -- just pump the fuck out of the instance cuz its so easy - using your HS with 15 min CD ... and the circle goes.. The world has become like an auto machine who helps you with everything... Its not abit challenging anymore.. I miss that old generation of wow players, the generation who played this game to explore the world with a nice attitude and exitement.. Nowadays its mostly brats, pricks, showoff dudes with p12 attitude who only wants the coolest mount, coolest transfmorg and so on.. And still i play this game.. just beacuse i love my shaman... its me and him against the world

[@k4ir0s]

This is so true. it really turned into an anti-social game.... I remember in vanilla my friends list was always full, good people to do instances with, pvp etc.. One of the most enjoyable times of my life (sad yes, but idc) I would group with the same people every day, as soon as they'd come online we'd throw eachother invites :D One of the best things about doing an instance back then, was getting there, groups often had to work together just to make it to the instances! Something as simple as getting to form your own instance groups, and picking people was great, When I came back to WoW 2-3 xpacs later, I struggled to make a single friend because of what you're talking about. I felt so lonely playing it.

[@RhodesbySea]

Couldn't agree more, while the old vanilla community had its elitists and problems but it was no-where near the god awful one we have today. It's why I moved to an RP server, they're friendlier there and most of them actually care about the game, it's only marginally better though.

[@Thadnill]

You know what else i miss guys... The Class quests! Or just the thing that you had to run to a Class trainer to get your spells after ding, it just felt more realistic and real... I loved my specific shaman quests, i loved that idea in general... Did they really have to take that away... WHY....

[@totravska]

Yeah, a lot of quests that are now solo quests were group quests back then as well. Elite. Nowadays you can even solo elite quests alone because of BoA gear and such things. Back in the day it wasn't like that (until TBC introduced Clefthide Leg Armor). The result was people had to be social and help each other and that's how friends are made!

[@totravska]

k4ir0s My best friends were made during vanilla and TBC, I really struggled after WOTLK to make any. We'd do so much pointless shit back then, but it didn't matter cause it was so much fun. Wall jumping into exploited areas (remember when they patched walljumping? 2.3.4 I think it was), raiding random towns, gathering groups as alliance for SM, boy was that a run (and swim). Lots of PVP to be had around there as well. We'd even play hide and go seek in Brill or some other town. Turn off nameplates and gather up a few people and it could really be a blast, especially with ventrilo. Nobody is interested in that stuff at all anymore cause it doesn't pertain to getting better gear.

[@cundalini5092]

Found myself whistling 3:50 tune out of nowhere today. Some good memories in the ole' Barrens. Haven't been in Azeroth for some time now. Thanks for the upload

[@drateryako]

i always loved going through the barrens at night and hearing this music, after burning crusade wow was never the same

[@gorgorgorgorgor1]

"Vanilla was better" isn't purely nostalgia based. Vanilla was more like a genuine MMO because you had no choice but to walk on foot, see the world, run into danger on the way to your goals. Zones and quests were non-linear. And there were actual server communities.

[@valonoss]

+Jaxson Jillix well put my friend....well put

[@Ep1cRainbow]

All true. Vanilla WoW was a beautiful game

[@truthseeker508]

quests were more linear than Legion whose quests are diverse: kill 12 bears, 30 raptors, 20 wolfs 10 spiders etc. get it right. but was new game.

[@noctusowl]

linear as in linear progression. Quests were not all chained up like in Cata or WOD

[@MichaelBurnsGuitar]

The ludicrous degree of disorganisation in the world is almost what I miss the most. You had to search and research everywhere you wanted to go... then run there yourself without a flying mount encountering whoever you did

[@itsdannyhoney]

03:52 This part always gives me chills. I could name you all the quest in the old Barrens. So many of my characters went through that zone, although none of them made it do level 80. The memories of collecting zhevra hooves will forever stay in my heart.

[@capsulej]

To accurately reflect the experience of playing through this level, this track should be 5 hours long.

[@Gormathius]

And that's the zhevra hoof quest alone.

[@JACALGamingAU]

***** The Zhevra hoof quest still haunts my dreams too this very day.

[@tkaz123]

JACAL Gaming LOL hahah. good memories, ay.

[@Mangs1337]

***** Barrens, the only place where only 1 out of 10 zhevra got hooves.

[@PrimordialNightmare]

Mangs that is a great ratio. have you ever tried to get some blood out of these demonic dogs at tirisfal glades? it was like kill a hundred of them for 3 vials. Three. With some charakters i reached level ten or 13 before completing the quest lol.

[@p.a.d.5164]

it's weird to feel nostalgia about a virtual world... But man... This game literally consumed my teenage years. My parents were hiding my computer on holidays to contrain me to watch the sunlight LOL! What an addictive game it was... Now that's shit, all the players are playing for themselves, don't care about you etc.... Very sad

[@hesseldraaijer7938]

D Pierre Defeats the whole purpose of the game. There is hope Elysium is the answer!

[@solarmaru49]

Are you trump

[@allenharper2928]

Caught the tail end of vanilla, played through Burning Crusade and Wrath... Very little of Cataclysm. Miss the old days. Couple of friends I teamed with worked our asses off to walk through the Dark Portal together the first time. So many memories.

[@Illnathftfw]

I would give anything to go back. If only for a day..

[@CaptEm1]

You can with private servers. Check out Kronos WoW, it should be the best vanilla server ever when released.

[@winnieelegante6901]

Only weeks bro

[@zulok1337]

5 days and you can

[@winnieelegante6901]

Duuuuuude

[@oguzkaraca1434]

have you? gone back, I mean

[@neonmarblerust]

Don’t worry, we will all go back again someday

[@simulki7108]

It's not the same anymore, never will, unfortunaly. Time has changed.

[@Beanjuice]

Oh man, I remember my first steps into The Barrens, back in burning crusade. Before WoW the only MMOrpg i had experienced was Runescape...This was a wide awakening and boy did I love it. It's been 9 months since I've touched WoW...I may just go back for WoD.

[@jackmiddleton2080]

I haven't played more than a week for over 2 years. I am afraid I will just waste more of my life and have nothing to show for it.

[@MaDmanex100]

Give it a spin! there are alot of improvements and other fun additions to the game that i think you would enjoy.

[@Destroyer120296]

Jack Middleton How are you wasting your life if you enjoy and love what you do?

[@fyerfyer1]

Jack Middleton If you play it for over 10 hours a day, that's bad..but i have been playing since BC and now I mostly play it in my free time, my social life is great and I don't regret all the times wasted on this piece of art.

[@aevitas_]

Jack Middleton Don't do it! It's a trap! Something something nostalgia!

[@furkanc2002]

I remember waking up one day at 6 am and playing this zone with my friend. It was a school break and I still couldn't let myself sleep lol. How enchanting memories!

[@Darebi]

Forever in my heart

[@ZeddPlay]

This OST always gives me such a big burst of nostalgia

[@julesmartin6972]

You should just close your eyes, it's amazing howmany associations and memories the mind comes up with when listening to this. 2:57 instantly brings me back to razor hill

[@Wowmusicable]

Those simple, good old times in Wow.... Miss them...

[@politiikkapontus117]

God damnit... I wish I could go back on the time when I was 15-17, high school student living with parents. Nothing to worry. Just play WoW and hang out with friends. Now, after 7 years I have university, work and girlfriend... Nothing wrong with that but when I listen this it occurs me how carefree my life was back then. Now, youngsters between 15-18, enjoy your gaming.

[@lexbeats13]

3:52 plays in my head every time i do something alone during the sunny day.

[@dranzul]

I think WoW Vanilla was what you guys have described, also because it was new. It was the beginning of internet, I mean we had 512k connexion, there was not much web site about WoW... etc In fact; when you was stucked in the game (like finding something for a quest), you were asking the chat to get other people's help. Today, when I need to know something, I just type "wow blah blah blah" in google and in few seconds and few clicks, I have my answer. Nevertheless, I think there are lot of great things in wow today. I've stopped to play WoW at the end of BC, and I come back to play few months ago (middle of WoD). I've to say that I've really liked to leveling my new toon, rediscover vanilla places, quests, do new zones, dungeons... etc. WoW is not what it was in vanilla, but definitely, it is still an awesome world ! With love, from Belgium

[@Wowmusicable]

+Cyril Maitre The only resource about quests we had during the first 2 years of Wow was Thottbot. There you could find the answers.

[@aerodynamic6560]

+Wowmusicable Sometimes I still go to Thottbot and just look at the home page for a few seconds.

[@arne1356]

I Think the major difference that has changed with Wow since vanilla is the social aspect. If you wanted to accomplish deeds in vanilla (tbc, early wotlk ) you had to be social in some way. If you wanted to raid you most likely had to find a guild. Heck, you even had to look for people to do a simple instance. Here's a scenario. - LFM UBRS! 30 minutes later.. - So, anyone got the key? A couple of minutes passes till you receive a whisper from a rogue named gangstah . - psst, hey. I heard you need someone to open UBRS. I can do it for a fee. - yeah ok.. And after that you could proceed. My point is that the game design rewarded social behaviour. You also had separate servers which generated local heroes. Who doesn't remember the first gm/hw? I do, his name was nomercy and he was the shit at the time. All these time consuming steps like finding a group, travel time, food to pet, ammo, attunements, resistance gear, farm gold, first mount(pain in the ass) was things that unintentionally made the game great. I'll break it up to two components. 1:You needed to be social and you felt you had the time to be so. 2: if everything is epic nothing is epic. They can add as much content they want. But it won't change the fact that the core of the game is gone. it has been replaced by instant everything. Maybe I'm getting old but I prefer a well cooked dinner over micro food.

[@Wallafaza]

+SegwayJesus Thottbot was awesome

[@Dorkus89Malorkus]

+Hobbe Lillqvist That's not how I remember it. I mean yeah, you're right about the social aspect. Luckily I had 10 IRL friends playing so we could usually get shit together but in general PUGs were a nightmare. It was almost impossible to find tanks and healers up to the task. Putting up a group would take several hours and you'd wipe 20 times in a regular UBRS run. It kinda sucked. We idealize vanilla because of the great memories, we don't really remember the bad shit. TBC and WOTLK were amazing expansions but that's when I stopped playing. But yeah, this music is nostalgic as fuck. I remember playing this game with my brother when both of us still lived at home. Where the hell did all this time go?

[@Drowfan]

For me, these are the most iconic songs of the game. I'm always close to crying when I hear them. Memories of a much better time...both ingame and in real life.

[@darkjak224]

I remember spending hours just killing random mobs in the Barrens to level up. Because I was like 12 and couldn't find anymore quests to do. Good times

[@rickeyglessner7426]

Dude this takes me back to when i was 5, i heard this while i was watching my dad play... then i started and every time i play Wow i go to the barrens just to hear this..

[@AK-mh4zb]

Don't worry guys, we're gonna hear this soundtrack again in Classic WoW. We're going home boys

[@simulki7108]

It was not the sam, not even close.

[@simulki7108]

I am stuck in a big nostalgia hit.....

[@jasonb3687]

Right at 3:54 just floods me with nostalgia

[@mr.bluebird6544]

The Orc saying "yo" will be ingrained in my mind forever.

[@riccardoficarra1551]

RIP Taurajo and 1k needles They were my fav places to level, blizz destroyed them both )=

[@fabiorachid3430]

I loved thousand needels and shimmering flats, thank god they're coming back in classic

[@Fmannen93]

Blizzard didn't destroy them. DEATHWING did.

[@artudatu449]

7 years ago, my orc Shaman grew up here....will never forget the endless hours of wandering and questing trough the barrens.....epic...

[@JesterOfDestiny]

As much as it felt like a chore playing this game, I still have fond memories of it. Mostly because I wasn't interested in the actual game, but in exploring the many different places, listenning to the ambience sounds, observing other players playing properly and looking at the npc models. I remember when I gained a level by exploring entire Desolace, or first stepping into Felwood with my Tauren druid. Or the time I followed the road in Western Plaguelands, with my undead warlock still around lvl10, only to be gutted by a spider and several zombies. But Stranglethorn Vale, Ghostlands, Stonetalon mountains, The Barrens, Hillsbrad Foothills and Azshara also have a special place in my hearth. This music just gave me a nostalgia attack.

[@thaynealexander]

You put it so well. And that was the same feeling I got, almost exactly. I didn't care for the game itself but exploring, seeing the different areas and players and listening to the great music was it for me.

[@kawa1n]

So many memories... I remember all the nights I spend running around alone as a noob in The Barrens. I was all alone questing. The Barrens was so big and you had no one near you, so you just listened to the amazing music.

[@colincarr2052]

Listening to this makes me ache, quite literally, and want to go back to WoW. But without my friends, my Guild, my main, it just wouldn't be the same. RIP game of wonders.

[@KryoxTV]

I actually just cried to this, such a big part of my life.

[@montezuma0000]

You ain't a real one unless you go "HUH!" at 3:02

[@TheGlynja]

Totally.

[@nutshacklover5819]

HUH HAH HEY GUH

[@JohnBlazkowicz]

It was not just a game it was an another world you lived in.

[@philipquaglino]

Blizzard before Activision was LEGENDARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@simulki7108]

Indeed...

[@YurlaBo]

god that takes me back... a moment of nostalgia and calm...

[@gerritk.732]

makes me depressive not calm

[@ultraevilusorc7853]

Legendary times, its going to be awesome when we are going to be old in 70 or 80 and look back and remember all good and bad stuff that was going in WoW. Vanilla times were the best!

[@cyboinc3583]

so much nostalgia .. back when wow was so much fun for me.. it was so new and awesome.. me and my friends spend every day after school playin until we went to bed ... this is now 12 years ago ... damn i feel so old ... :(

[@TheThunderbird63]

[1. General] [Derpinator]: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE MANKRIK'S WIFE IS? SOMEONE TOLD ME SHE IS IN A SWAMP TO THE SOUTH BUT I WENT THERE AND NOW A LVL ?? CROCODILE IS CAMPING MY CORPSE! PLEASE HELP MY GEAR IS ALL RED!

[@Mangs1337]

The average vanilla player's skill and understanding right here. Bless those times!

[@CollMomo1]

+TheThunderbird63 LOL TRY ALT-F4, IT WORKS LOL

[@Ayudado]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VDA19]

This song is enough to make my day better. So much nostalgia.

[@vikingskog8523]

"Where's Mankrik's wife?"

[@gruffgruff92]

fuck that bitch

[@TheMankrikscow]

I don't know :< But know that Mankrik has peace!

[@weirdgamingstuff2787]

your mom's house!

[@TheMankrikscow]

WeirdGamingStuff Outlands! :D

[@vooran]

At least I'm not twelve, I'm firteen.

[@dustypaint]

The only game where failure, wipes and constant hard work is satisfying, and success is quite rare, which was kind of a feat.

[@salfademas]

God, anyone remember the quest Egg Hunt? I don't think it exists anymore, but I think it was from Crossroads to go way south in the Barrens like near RFD almost and dig eggs from these bug guys. I dunno if they were scorps or silithid or what but their poison hit for a lot and if you didn't have a healer you ended up grabbing the eggs, running, and dropping agro to go sneak some more out lol. GAH.. right in the feels, this music.

[@jimmybly2630]

oh god yes i remember this quest hahahhah

[@thenuparrisz]

guys i cant find the bloodfen raptors where are they

[@Paparachu]

wow was an unique and fantastic experience for me. it was pure magic back in the days. classic and bc times were the best!!!

[@SavageDragon999]

Remember how most of us probably played this game on a shitty 14 inch monitor (we'd be lucky to have a 17 inch CRT), with some shitty speakers, mouse and keyboards, because we were like 14, 15 at the times and were playing on parents or family's computers. None of that shit mattered. Remember how people love to talk about their 4k monitors with Razer mice and keyboards and 5.1 surrounds sound to 'maximize' their immersion? I bet none of those setups will ever help them immerse into a game like the way we immersed ourselves in wow using our shitty machines back then.

[@everythinggaming7938]

This place will always have a area in my heart. Loved WoW, loved the Barrens, long live Vanilla :') good times, good times.

[@Mangs1337]

Vanilla was utterly shit. It took forever to level, quests were horribly designed and scattered all over the place, and the concept of class-balance was non-existent. Yet, it was magical, and mystical, and the world felt large and dangerous. Maybe it is just nostalgia, maybe I just remember what I want to remember, but there was something more to it as well, something which is really hard to explain, yet I read through all these comments and see so many people with likeminded thoughts, can it truly all just be nostalgic thoughts and rose-tinted glasses? I think a large aspect of vanilla WoW was the community. You’d chat to people you met when you were leveling or grinding, and the entire game had a much more “relaxed feel” to it. Maybe it’s because the leveling and questing was so terribly slow, the people who ended up enjoying the game were also people who didn’t like to rush things. You could easily be stuck on a single quest for an hour, so talking to people came more naturally. Building a network of friends on your server gave you power, because there was only so much you could do solo. I reckon most players today don’t even know there used to be a lot of elite mobs in the outdoor zones that was nigh impossible to solo for most classes. Yet, as the game “sped” up, it also lost some of it’s magic. Sure, it appeals to a wider audience now, because few people have the patience for the long grind. You can easily hit max level in a week now if you power-level. Everything’s rushed, has to go fast, because time is valuable and we all have so little of it. Yet I remember those long nights questing in the Barrens fondly. Forgoing sleep to level my undead priest, grinding plainstriders and raptors, trying to find Mankirk’s wife and only getting Chuck Norris jokes in response from the general chat. Trying to find that stupid oasis, only to realize I was in the wrong one. Starting to chat with a orc warrior who just happened to pass by, and ended up questing with him until the sun was shining through my window. I think nostalgia plays it’s part, but looking back, there was something else, something I cannot explain, yet I think most of the people here will understand what I’m talking about. We will never get these days back, but we will cherish the memories forever. Peace!

[@K4inan]

Problem nowadays is that people are trying to find obscure ways to enjoy the game when the only way to enjoy the game is to play it and enjoy the gameplay itself. The enjoyment in WoW for me never came from some simulated progression, nor did it come from a rigid, structured leveling scheme, it came from me wanting to log on and kill things, and get more powerful to kill more things more easily. I wanted to do this because I felt weak in-game, nowadays one would have to pull 6+ mobs to be challenged by the game, and even then one feels immortal, back then pulling 2 mobs was a challenge and 3 was almost certain death. Because of this we felt motivated to get better gear and higher levels, there's no enjoyment to be had from just seeing bigger numbers or the gear itself, the enjoyment comes from seeing what the gear does and how it affects gameplay. Think about a game like Skyrim, what makes people log on to play that? The quest line? Getting higher gear just for the sake of getting better gear? No, people log on to that game to kill monsters and have a great time, I feel as though the developers of WoW have forgotten this. Players need to feel weak and helpless in the wilderness, they need to feel challenged by something other than 25 man heroic raiding. This will make leveling feel more important making players take it more seriously, and it will drive people to work together. In Vanilla and BC there was no such thing as a group quest, there were simply quests that were hard to do alone, that you almost always needed a group for, people discovered a quest to be a group quest by not being able to complete the objective. Why Blizzard doesn't understand this is a mystery to me, why they see fit to make leveling a joke is mind-boggling to me.

[@Mangs1337]

You just nailed it... actually. It's an old-school piece of game-design philosophy that's been all but forgotten. Such a shame...

[@chromie1990222]

MangsandZerul it was just that you were thinking that azeroth was just the beginning and that the upper levels zones were more serious and dangerous

[@somervillettv2272]

Guys just download and log into emerald dream feenix vanilla server it's amazing and you feel like your back 05 no joke me and a buddy have been playin it the last week or so it's a amazing throw back

[@dannybu898]

Sebastian Somerville thats the thing with private servers, Blizz finds out you play on them and they'll nail you.

[@Threat_LvL]

I miss those times..running around and exploring while waiting for the dungeonbrowser to find me a group was so simple and good. Its pure bliss because now we are burned out and nothing makes fun anymore. We need a break guys.

[@Molhedim]

Spent so much time in this place. I had no money to buy an account so I created new trial accounts and level them to 20 ( max for trials ) until they expired ( at that time you had only few days until the account expired ) . I did that for like half an year lol, playing horde characters .

[@sophieduchesne3034]

Holy crap I know the feeling. I used to share an account with my brother and we used to create trial accounts to play with each other. ;-;

[@TheFourFats]

TURNING THIS UP FULL BLAST WHILE I....wait.....two.... more years for classic :(

[@Dracotonis]

I remember first sertting foot in the barrens, me and my girlfriend, both night elves venturing into the unknown, it was such a big place we couldnt believe it. Ended up getting too scared and running back to Ashenvale after a few minutes :)

[@Ubersnuber]

As a warrior Orc I wandered across the bridge to barrens. I remember walking south towards the thousand needles. Didn't dare leave the road since everything was lethal to my level. Then I met Terekra, who came fro thunderbluff. I tanked and he healed. It was great ^_^ thanks 4 all the fun, wherever u are

[@tropicalsundae]

hahahaha i remember barrens chat was always hilarious

[@carstenhansen5757]

It still is. :)

[@Marconel100]

the best

[@Tyberias1337]

Ahhh the Barrens and the Crossroad...dam so many good battles at Crossroad, i would give up anything to go back in time and do it all over again.

[@DHammerr]

you think you do, but you dont - blizzard

[@SLIvista]

huh

[@LanceDH]

It was Blizzard's reaction to Vanilla servers.

[@SLIvista]

+LanceDH fuckers

[@robertranes2941]

That comment he made was the most insulting thing ever to come out of a Blizzcon panel. For a company who thinks they know what we want, they sure dont know how to deliver it.

[@mojolotz]

CLASSIC SERVERS BOIS!!!! HYPE! Sitting here in the office and hurting from nostalgia and anticipation. Can't wait to return to this rugged masterpiece and level with a friend.

[@eatsleepgame3467]

There's only one game in the human history, that had managed to justified to phrase: "It's more then just a game."

[@gerritk.732]

It made me addictive. Ruined my life.

[@vvgeorgee]

@@gerritk.732 Own your destiny, pussy

[@chinita_doll]

My whole teenage years !! Getting chased by raptors on my blood elf pally lol Played from 2007 (my sophomore year in HS) when BC first came out until Cata. I might one day come back. But for now; thank you for making this video. Made me cheer up!! I miss those days. I met very beautiful ppl and played w great players. Still my friends to this day irl.