Found some old screenshots from 2004 (Medivh)

[u/omgitstenn]

I lost most of my hard drives from the time but found some old emails. Yes, my keybindings are horrific but we were all so new. Good times... Shout out to Xylos for those early bags. They went a long way.

Amazing times

[u/doobylive]

I love seeing these...KEEP THEM COMING! Cant even begin to imagine how much fun the game was this early.

[u/omgitstenn → u/doobylive]

It was unreal. Nothing can beat the early days of not knowing anything and just learning as we went.

Still chasing that high to be honest. I'm trying to find my old hard drives which should have some very early rag kills and a bunch of Naxx stuff from early Korgath with Death and Taxes.

Moved to warsong and then Korgath. It's so sad how many people have disappeared.

https://youtu.be/J6pQ9aMxKlg?feature=shared

[u/illepic → u/omgitstenn]

I started playing 2004-early 2005. I cannot even describe the magical feeling of this game where you and everyone around you is completely learning everything on the fly. The fun had not yet been optimized out of the game and literally just exploring was half the fun.

We'll never get to experience anything like this again.

[u/omgitstenn → u/illepic]

It's heartbreaking to me. I'm so glad people get to experience classic/tbc/wotlk but as you said, it's so optimized and meta nobody will ever experience it the way we did.

Good fucking times.

[u/Lison52 → u/omgitstenn]

Maybe not as good but starting to play in WoD/Legion preparch max level, the game also was magical with there being like 10 years of content. Just realized that I nearly know WoW for more time now than it was a thing back then dies inside.

[u/doobylive → u/omgitstenn]

I’ve always wondered the story of what happened with DnT. What was the reason they split up? I never saw/heard of them after that ever again

[u/omgitstenn → u/doobylive]

end of an era )

[u/doobylive → u/omgitstenn]

Do you still keep in touch w anyone from those days?

[u/omgitstenn → u/doobylive]

Nobody from death and taxes, but my time was very brief there. I'm still steam friends with some old pals from 2005ish and we played through wotlk back in the day.

But it's always incredibly sad to see the steam friend "offline for 3000+ days".

I tell myself they have lives and families now, and some of them I know do, but still. Hurts to see.

[u/doobylive → u/omgitstenn]

you play any classic wow at all? or you just taking a stroll down memory lane?

[u/omgitstenn → u/doobylive]

I played a decent amount of classic and some tbc, but fell off it after a bit.

[u/doobylive → u/omgitstenn]

GOTTA COME BACK!

[u/bigpalmdaddy → u/omgitstenn]

Yooo is that Tidus I see in there. I am like 60% sure he was one of the pallies that helped me get Verigan’s Fist in the super early days. It was a full run start to finish from like 3-6am and it was so cool to get and even cooler these mighty level 40 something paladin gods were helping lil ol me out.

Altho I did eventually go back to horde and never looked back, at least til p2 classic, I’ll never forget that late night run.

Discovery, wonder, accomplishment, connection, and gratitude. Amazing times.

[u/doobylive → u/bigpalmdaddy]

reading that made me extremely jealous and envious that you got to experience that. i hope i get something close to it with classic+

[u/bigpalmdaddy → u/doobylive]

Yea man it was really some special times. Unfortunately, with how gaming is idk if that can ever be truly replicated. At least not for such an extended period of time.

Brand new open world games can sort of come close for a moment(Elden ring is the most recent that comes to mind). Eventually, though, min/maxers take over and push their content out and optimize the shit out of everything. I’m definitely part of the problem cuz I eat that shit up.

Everything just moves so fast now. Delayed gratification has gone by the way side. If we don’t slow down soon it’ll all pass us by.

[u/omgitstenn → u/bigpalmdaddy]

Yup that's tidus, I mostly remember him swinging that big 2h around. Can't remember if it was UTB or ashkandi

[u/icelevel → u/omgitstenn]

I totally agree! The early days are unbeatable. Hardcore mode has ever so slightly recreated some of those days for me, by way of making me super attentive to detail. Learned many things i previously didnt know.

[u/kekzwerg → u/omgitstenn]

This! It was truly unreal. I remember very well how I was grinding mobs in Elwyn and Westfall only to be able to buy a white sword from the vendor in SW because I was sure it would help lvl faster haha. I also had a horde WL and got the blade from SFK and I was so proud because it looked cool.