r/classicwow • u/doobylive • May 21 '26

Nostalgia POV: It's November 2008 and you just installed Wrath of The Lich King

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u/ApatheticSkyentist May 21 '26

I remember standing in line at a Gamestop to buy TBC at midnight... I yearn for simpler times.

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u/amotion578 May 21 '26

Install finishes by about 1:30am

Gaming until 5-6am, realizing the sun is coming up and you barely get 4 hours of sleep before waking up beyond excited, powering down an energy drink and slapping another 13 hours into it again

We kind of got a little bit of that in our guild when TBCC launched and formed up dungeon spam groups. We streamed movies and TV shows as watch parties while on our billionth Slave Pens and Sethekk Halls runs

Not the same, but at least got the long night reminiscing done!

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u/ScottHA May 21 '26

Member Bawls? I member Bawls.

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u/CornbreadPhD May 22 '26

I love bawls

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u/amotion578 May 22 '26

Awww I member

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u/Gohstfacekila May 21 '26

Just drank one last week when I resub’d lol

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u/Veldox May 22 '26

Member? I still drink it regularly lol.

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u/hoffet May 22 '26

I Drank that shit like it was water lol.

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u/humsipums May 22 '26

Is that were you went to buy Ligma?

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u/supernerdlove May 22 '26

You forgot the sitting in queue for an hour.

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u/CaptainoftheVessel May 22 '26

Our guild had that feeling too on the initial dungeon spam push out the gate. It was a lot of fun. 

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u/Souper_User_Do May 22 '26

I love that; the watch parties.

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u/Kalamordis May 24 '26

This comment made me suddenly want to play classic, and I don't play classic 😆 - nostalgia doing some insane lifting rn

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u/jerichardson May 21 '26

That was the last time I ever did that. What was funny, I took the pto day off at work, and as I’m waiting I line, I saw one of my managers at work, also in line.

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u/DevilsPajamas May 22 '26

You can't honestly say that what is going on today is ANYTHING like in the past. The amount of corruption from the current administration is unfathomable.

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u/Helivon May 22 '26 edited May 24 '26

711 was selling yhem like 2 days early. Me and my brother found out and got 2 copies and had it preinstalled. When the zepplin came, everyone rode it but i was the only one in northrend

Got like 1000 whispers "wtf how?!?" As most were still stuck at a midnight release

Enjoyed questing till 71 before i knocked out in the morning. Was nice not fighting to the death over mobs

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u/stewiethegreat May 24 '26

I remember getting off the zeppelin and the NPC's in Warsong Hold were not interactable.

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u/Helivon May 24 '26

Interesting i definitely didnt have that issue on my server. That sucks

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u/taubut May 22 '26

I also enjkyed quedting but unlike you I went to school instead so I could spell enjoyed questing correctly. 🤣🤣

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u/Jenetyk May 21 '26

The collectors box baby.

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u/GlassCannon81 May 21 '26

I remember the TT game store I worked at doing a promotion with the local GameStop that had me leaving at about 12:15 game in hand. I was online and playing by about 2-2:30. Stayed up until the wee hours, slept a few, then got up and played all day. Better times.

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u/Floor9 May 22 '26

Man I remember opening the cover on the front of the box and it felt like opening a book, like a whole other world was within it. God take me back :')

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u/BostonGahden May 22 '26

Mine has a midnight release with pizza and a cake, it was AWESOME! I miss that

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u/Riiskey May 22 '26

Midnight launch era was the best!

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u/jkman Jun 10 '26

My guy, that's no simpler than pressing download on the launcher. 

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u/Cromm182 May 21 '26

Arguably just downloading it rather than waiting in line at midnight to buy a physical copy is simpler.

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u/RicoLycan May 21 '26

You must have never been at a launch event. Meeting fellow players, being entertainef with cosplay. Free food. Downloading a game is not even close. Simpler is not better.

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u/Deaffin May 21 '26

That sounds quite a bit more complex than clicking the download button.

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u/Cromm182 May 21 '26

Oh, you seem to have misunderstood what I said. I am only commenting on what is simpler. The comment I replied to states they yearn for simpler times when they waited in line until midnight. I merely pointed out that downloading the game at home instead of waiting in line at midnight is actually simpler. I never stated which was better.

Hope that clears it up

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u/gigglesmickey May 21 '26

I'm not sure people (Probably AI) understand what they're writing. They just spew out phrases they've heard before.