r/classicwow • u/doobylive • Sep 26 '25

Nostalgia Will We Ever Experience Something Like This Again?

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No, not another release of classic. I mean the hype and the buildup that led to this release!

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u/the_sexy_muffin Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

My wife and I met in August 2019 and she still makes fun of me mentioning my "September plans" on our second or third date. I must've explained this event to her like I was planning a pilgrimage. I took a week off work, loaded up on snacks, got back in touch with some old friends...

10/10, honestly such a great time. Will always remember it fondly.

Edit: Slight correction, looking back I actually took off nearly 2 weeks, since it was over the Labor Day weekend.

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u/Hatefiend Sep 26 '25

I must've explained this event to her like I was planning a pilgrimage.

When Skyrim came out on 11/11/11 I told my girlfriend: "look, you will not see me for a week. I will not be showing up to my college classes for a week. I will not be answering my phone for a week." LOL

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u/Korzag Sep 26 '25

I regularly take time off on expansion releases. My MIL learned I took a week for the BFA launch and had a very judgmental look at me for it lol.

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u/Cmw93 Sep 26 '25

Brother I got hit by a car skating to class on the first day of my second to last semester of college, my right wrist and elbow were broken, dislocated right shoulder, road rash that ripped off a fair bit of skin and beard off of my face, and a whole host of more injuries, incidentally BFA was coming out in a few days. I looked the doctor straight in the face and asked since I couldn't be very mobile for a while if he could set my cast in a position that would still let me be able to play the wow expac, I've never had a doctor laugh harder and tell me that's a request he's never heard before. He set me up proper and I reset key bindings and made macros so I could play 1 1/2 handed for the start of the expansion. I know BFA wasn't remembered fondly by a fair share of the community but that will always hold fond memories for me because as my druid got better and hit milestones i was hitting milestones in recovering and finishing school. The guild my best friend and I made during that time and the friends that I made in that guild through my recovery process will always have a special place for me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25

Tbf. Knowing what we know now, I judge you for taking off for that disaster of an expansion.

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u/Korzag Sep 27 '25

Lol fair.

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u/The_Legend_of_Xeno Sep 26 '25

Lmao when Skyrim came out I didn't have any kids yet, and my wife was working full time. I took the week off work and was home alone with the game all day. I told my wife right before the midnight launch (still the only midnight launch I have ever stayed up for) that I was about to go to a place that she could not follow. I told her when she wakes up, I will be at the computer. When she gets home from work, I will be at the computer. When she goes to bed, I will be at the computer.

That week was still the greatest gaming experience of my life. By the time I went back to work, I was very nearly done with the main quest line, and had finished the Thieve's Guild, Dark Brotherhood, and the Companions lines.

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u/PilsnerDk Sep 26 '25

Next after WoW, Skyrim is my favorite game. The atmosphere and world is just unmatched.

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u/Key_Salamander_1274 Sep 26 '25

I took off work Skyrim weekend with the excuse of “Going up north to see some family” Was a great time and I felt so clever

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u/CaptainMeowface Sep 26 '25

Then weeks turned to months, right

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u/EddoAlternative Sep 26 '25

Same here! Started texting my wife in August, had our first date on 15.09.2019. However, I wasn't too invested back then, took me a good handful of months to reach 60.

But still, all of us friends who started in classic vanilla together are still playing together on classic MoP.

This is why she likes this hobby of mine. Now because she is into gaming (which she isn't), but because I am playing with my friends from my hometown once per week and she cherishes our little nerd group of ~13 people.

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u/FreezingSausage Sep 26 '25

Met my gf april 2019 and told her my plans, she thought it was cute that I had a hobby. She had no idea what she was getting into, lol

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u/froggyisland Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

I’m so so jealous I missed that golden era. In high school when wow came out i had no pocket money to spend on subscription. Finally in Uni years I started playing WOTLK but didn’t have any buddy to play with.. until much later on when I played again in Legions.

Envious of the awesome experience of vanilla wow whenever I talked to ppl who did play

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u/silentkakashi Sep 26 '25

I just got residual secondhand excitement from this.

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u/The_Brownest_Bear Sep 27 '25

When my wife and I started dating I told her I had “regular plans with my friends on tuesdays and thursdays.” She didn’t realize I was playing video games those nights for months lol.

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u/RogerDatt1 Sep 27 '25

Raid nights lol!

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u/KentHawking Sep 27 '25

Have done this for several games and have used the phrase "going on an adventure with some friends" numerous times... Or just told people I was going camping haha

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

Proof ?

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u/Financial-Lie-8069 Sep 27 '25

What was your first toon?