Day9 Plays World of Warcraft for the 1st Time Ever - Classic Era 

“This gameplay loop is pretty stupid, but its kinda fun.” Yes.

I may have to skip this video....I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to get the itch again. I'm 5 years clean

Playing WoW on release was one of the COOLEST events of my life, its unlike anything Ive ever experienced. Classic release was a thing, but vanilla was crazy because it was SO much discovery, and it was before the answers were easy to find

**You have been disconnected from the server** Sean: "Is this the game?" Every WoW player of all time: "Yes."

I'm only like 15 minutes in, but as someone who spent close to 20 years playing this game, this is DEEPLY FASCINATING to watch. I actually am so enjoying watching someone who is both really into game design, and also has literally not played WoW at all, nor any other traditional MMO.

"how can a game i've never played feel so nostalgic" classic wow was a very special chapter in gaming. happy to see you playing

The disconnections are there to give you the true classic experience.

Watching this video makes me feel qualified for a senior discount

It was super fascinating to watch a "veteran gamer" be introduced to such an iconic gameplay system. The way even hours in he was still messing up basic functionalities is a great reminder of how much knowledge we build over time, and how much of a barrier to entry even the simplest things can be.

Backseaters are like the giant arrow, quest pointer. They don't realize that part of the fun of watching this content is observing that moment when day9 finds out he fcked up, and LEARNS from it. Those learning moments are so good. I'm just watching and thinking, oh it's gonna be so juicy when he finds out that...

Seeing Day9 finally buy Arcane Intellect only to buff the trainer made me spit out my water.. goddamn it

It took two hours to train Arcane Intellect. This is the new user experience I’ve been waiting for.

Sean is right that the original is so chill. I could never quite place what made the game feel so comfortable. Trying to play the retail game is a completely different experience now.

15:00 “Oh my God, I’m gonna get 25 kidney beans” I never laughed so hard 😂

I love that the first thing you did was change the controls to exactly how ive played wow for 20 years. No camera movement, A and D to strafe. truly a legend

20:20 "I don't even need to be looking at this" with "Target needs to be in front of you" on the screen ended me

They way Day9 appreciates and loves Brood War is the same way I love this game. Seeing him play this for the first time is magic.

The thing that stayed most with me from that game is the sound and music design which transport me right back. It makes spells and hits feel like they connect, the ambient sound in quiet moments is immersive and the epic soundtrack changing between epic and contemplative ist just fantastic. Having Mulgore open up to me after leaving Camp Narache with my first MMO character will be forever burned into may brain. And what Sean says about missing quest guidance and being rewarded for exploration is so true. I played through Skyrim and Oblivion, but by the end more so I can say that I finished the main quests. I never finished Morrowind due to bugs, but let me tell you there are so many moments I can remember from this game and I listen to some tracks from it (and from WoW) to this day. One day I will find the time to play either Morrowind or WoW: Classic again, maybe this time, with one or both of my kids...

3:16:50 Sean: "you think we're strong enough, Altenon?" Chat Window: "Altenton yells for you to flee!"

This was extremely enjoyable to watch. It was wonderful to see a new player simply enjoy the game as I and all my friends did almost 20 years ago now. I've always liked your personality, but since I'm not that into Starcraft, I've only ever properly watched you when you've hosted gaming events. Nice to see you do something so familiar to me! I have come to hate the hyper minmax playstyle people play with even in classic era, so I only play HC WoW, since people play that at a wholly different pace and mindset.

9:21 ah yes, there's that classic WoW gameplay experience. Only surprising he wasn't in the middle of combat when it happened.

its honestly nice seeing someone play a game that I played for over 10years and hearing their take on the game. I always enjoy watching someone learn something that I grew up playing, I look forward to more if there will be

9:21 this is the true experience, welcome to the game

Spending 20 minutes configuring the keyboard and chat options on a game that Sean likely won’t play again after today … this is the content I’m here for.

9:19 I'm REALLY glad you got to experience the real Warcraft game feel. It's just not the same if you don't know what it's like

As a wow player for 15 years this was amazing to watch, thank you :D

Its crazy that they made a MMORPG just based off Hearthstone game

Ooooh how I wish I saw this live, I love you day9, and this is kind of as big as when you played Amnesia for me, of course it's even bigger considering everything you told us and even if it wasn't for that, what a great thing this is. I can't really describe it with words but this is so cool to see.

35:53 not sure why but the "uh, for the alliance bro" got me so hard

Please more classic this is the most fun I've had watching a video in ages. listening to your commentary and how you perceive this old school mmo from a perspective of someone who hasn't played mmo's is AWESOME!

It's really interesting hearing you talk about the way the game works, as someone who's been playing it most of my life I can overlook the small stuff you mention.

this might be the only "first time playing warcraft" video I've seen where the person wasn't duped into installing 50 "essential" addons within the first half hour

1:18:15 man's never played wow and immediately knows to exploit the fence terrain when he pulls multiple mobs. chad gamer.

I absolutely love how in the first 30 seconds of being in the game he identifies a problem with the controls and fixes it in a way that already makes him more capable of playing at a high level than like 50% of the playerbase

Wait what?!? First time ever? No way! Hope you enjoy dude

What a delight, it feels like reliving my first time playing. Definitely will be watching this series! You’re the man Day9

"Look I'm kiting!" >Is backpedaling Laughed at that part.

Having been a veteran WoW Player (since 07) it is what made me absolutely love Hearthstone at first too. Players that love Hearthstone should have a greater appreciation for WoW and vice versa.

I, too, can have my productivity tanked by elegant code, but I think elegant code is so neat in the same way that an elegant math proof is neat, so I'll probably never change. I like the xkcd quote, "I find that when someone's taking time to do something right in the present, they're a perfectionist with no ability to prioritize, whereas when someone took time to do something right in the past, they're a master artisan of great foresight." :P This captures the dilemma in my heart.

Seriously, I could watch hundreds of hours of you just lulling around wow classic. Thanks for diving in for us and let us experience it again through your eyes :)

50:08 I see he's already practicing for his role in endgame as a mage

pausing my "the barrens - music & ambience" video to see sean play wow-cassic :) wow has a special place in my heart. sometimes i wish i could turn back time and just have the time to strave through the barrens with my undead rogue for hours, killing raptors and quillboars @day9tv - i'm not sure if that's a style you want to go for, but there's a AI-Voiceover addon for classic, which reads you the quest-text in a mostly very fitting voice of the NPC that has given you the quest.

Had to add this to my liked immediately. Will be a blast to watch later!

I loved watching this, it's so good. And he's right! It is relaxing.

Ahhhhh yes!!! Been wanting this one Super needing this rn

I would watch you play this game for like 1,000 hours. This is so chill.

i love that you intuitively sense that you should not keyboard turn right off the bat. gamer senses are tingling

I'd just like to say that revisiting your channel to binge all your blizzard month stuff has felt like catching up with a very old friend. I don't know why I stopped watching you for the most part. You're still as golden and glorious as ever.

loved the final thoughts! Really accurate and interesting point of view.

I loved the part about programming principles and stuff. I am self taught and have a lot of friends studying programming in university. I always argue with them the second they see my code. They get it so hammered in them that everything needs to be up to code its crazy. I kinda get it for huge team projects, but people tend to go too far in their quest for perfection.

Can’t believe this is your first experience playing WoW! Great to see people trying the game out.

I absolutely love this! Please continue streaming your experience! =)

I really wish he went right into starting a new character on retail after that review/analysis at the end - just for the whiplash.

This is one of the funniest and most interesting streams I have seen!

Easiest was to strafe (at least for me) was always to just hold down the right mouse button which locks your camera and then use a and d as they were originally bound.

I wish you all the best Luck and Adventures on your Journey!! I love that you dont let Backseating taint your journey. Thats the way to go!!! The only way to really enjoy WoW! Reading and preparing is fun and enjoyable. This game rewards taking your time.

never thought id see the day! cant wait for the rest of the videos!

DAY 9 finally playing wow! So hyped on this kind of content !

Changing strafe to A and D and getting rid of turn left turn right, something I wish I did when i first started playing wow, was hard adjusting after 15 years of doing it wrong.

Been waiting 20 years for this!!!

Ultima Online was my best experience with gaming in the late 90s / early 2000s. I miss that game so much.

Options tip: if you want to find something, just type a key phrase to the search bar. for example, if you want to find camera options just type "camera".

Have an amazing time with the game, going to enjoy your wow content a lot

I have been waiting for this video.

This relaxed vibe was alot of fun to watch! Cant wait for the whole series! Sugared Onions!

Seeing Day9 ignore Arcane Intellect every time he visits the mage trainer hurts me deeply.

It happened! i renember Day 9 talking about why he dident play wow ages ago.

Classic andy here, HE SOLD BAG OF MARBLES REEEE

It's so fascinating to see someone completely fresh trying to get to grips with MMO controls. For so many of us, all the idiosyncrasies of selecting targets, using abilities, etc. is pretty much muscle memory at this point, so it's easy to forget that there are people, who've no idea how all that works.

Welcome to the club!! We are similar, I came from starcraft and now also started to play wow classic

This is amazing content. Hope it keeps going brother.

Good stuff Sean, liking videos like this

this gameplay hurts my soul on so many levels but yet i liked it a lot

I never thought I would see the day Day9 playing classic wow, it's great!

I had such a blast playing when classic released - had never played it before and went it blind, just enjoying the game for what it was. Was hooked for months until my guild disbanded and then it lost its charm for me.

The ONLY reason I would say WoW is more difficult than Starcraft (1 or 2) is that in Starcraft, your success is only reliant on your skill. In WoW, your success is reliant on 9/24/39 other people not messing up. And that is a TALL ask.

Day9: "You couldn't pay me a million dollars [to pick up all the loot to sell]" Me: Oh boy are you gonna regret that...

Fun thing about the movement. I never rebound strafe keys nor do i ever use A and D to turn but i've gotten so used to this setup now that i could never bind anything else to those buttons because i fear that that would probably make me play like a total beginner again for whatever reason, forgetting everything else that i've learned in my 15 years of playing this game.

So glad you're finally experiencing WoW. I started with wacraft and starcraft RTS's too, and was skeptical of MMO, but turned out WoW is amazing game, that even is nice for my RSI arm to play compared to intense RTS and FPS games.

Man old school original WoW was so fun. I remember running around, my first little undead warrior, activating pumpkins in a field 😂😂😂

I can’t play WoW atm, but I’m so glad and excited to see it through a new person’s perspective (more so when that person is one shot Plott)

Love watching you make me laugh!

Getting backseat gamed at the beginning was definitely a large part of the experience for my friends and I. None of us picked it up on our own, we were all brought in by other people who really wanted us to make sure we played it. Also, I am surprised that Sean hasn't read "The WoW Diary"; where Staats goes into a lot of the game design process on making the game. Maybe he wanted to experience the game before reading it.

So that explains why you're a relentlessly positive person, you've never played WoW.

Lol I like that he unbound Q and E immediately without anyone having to tell him to

Does anyone remember playing TES: Morrowind? Specifically how you talk to a random NPC for a quest and that NPC said where once and wont talk to you again. That we had to use our journal and context clues of the journal notes.

Casts firebolt: “Well… that’s kinda sweet….” Yes. Yes it is.

This is some of the most fun Day9 gameplay in a long time, go out and discover it by yourself Day9! You got it!

I have been waiting for this video for years.

I remember back in the day I got like a free month of WoW and played so much my hand was stuck in the shape of a mouse lol

Enemy Nameplates Turned Off

I love that you rebound strafe keys as the first thing. I did the same in 2004 :D "Q and E are closer to the hotkeys".. Well not if you rebind Q and E to be spell hotkeys!

haven't played WoW since vanilla was about to "end" (1st expansion was coming out) but this is so fun to watch in the background while I answer emails and pay bills

Damn we are getting old. I remember watching you back in 2011. Will add this video to watch later while playing WoW.

I remember the Southshore/Tarren Mill pvp battles. That was the ultimate pvp back then.

When he goes…”oh my gaaaah… I had to read. This is sick 🤘”

Welcome, friend.

Sean did his mage hotbar almost the exact same way i did it with food and drinks far right and the spell to conjure more beside it. Bolts far left, blast, Polymorph has been 7 for my entire life.

First think he does is rebind strafe to A+D, a true gamer at heart.

Day 9 thought long and hard about conjuring unlimited food for 1 silver and said, No.