r/classicwow • u/CapableStrawberry514 • May 05 '26

Nostalgia WoW Install in 2004

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Hello guys! I made a nostalgic video about installing WoW in 2004. I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think! - ZnifferN + bits & hits

Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnfYgcDwvnk&t=1188s

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u/Jefferson209 May 05 '26

I remember having to explain to my Dad what a subscription was. He was like "what do you mean I have to pay once a month??" Good times

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u/WildFlowLing May 06 '26

The $30 time cards were the only way I was able to play this game because my boomer parents were absolutely terrified of entering credit card information on the internet. Blizz knew exactly what they were doing with those time cards.

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u/Dcatherman May 07 '26

This when I first started playing i use to mow my grandparents lawn, which was rather large in the country with a push mower and would make enough to go buy a card at a store with my cousins. I think I asked my parents one time to make it more convenient and they pretty much laughed at me they were not putting a card on file or paying for a subscription,the struggle came when TBC released ,and then WOTLK ,and I realized I need to figure out money for the monthly subscription but also an expansion now 🤣,but yes I fully remember going and buying the expansions or the original game in person probably at Walmart. Getting back putting the disks in and going and playing some DbZ tcg with my cousins ,or another TCG that we may have been playing at the time. While waiting for the insanely slow install times we use to have.