While marked, any players who tried to re-engage Azuregos would be frozen. Blizzard foresaw this problem though, so they marked any player that died to Azuregos with a 15-minute debuff. I do not know how the first Azuergos kill was secured but I do know that many of its subsequent kills were graveyard-zergs. Vael’s gate locked even after he was defeated.

Unfortunately, the lock bugged and let one guild through, Fury, while the rest were forced to sit idly by as the race to half the World Firsts in the zone slipped away. It wasn’t, so they forcibly locked Vael’s gate, preventing guilds from moving on. For instance, BWL was released while devs were still putting the finishing touches on the back part of the instance, as they thought that Vaelastrasz’s inherent difficulty was enough to prevent players from progressing past him.

Also, when it happens in reverse, and bugs end up negatively impacting players, we aren’t afforded a do over. It’s up to the developers to moderate the use of those mechanics, not players. Some believe that using bugs is an exploit, but I’ve always held that anything done inside a game, without modifying the game, is not an exploit but a clever use of game mechanics. And those strategies were often unconventional, occasionally even relying on the bugs that filled the unpolished games of that age. Without donations and subscriptions streaming in, top guilds and players were not incentivized to reveal their strategies. What we get to hear about some Ragnaros Spyglass trickery, the origins of the 'Kite it to Vael's room' strategy/meme, the ingenious method of dropping a debuff on Azuregos, summoning dead players back into the Nefarian fight, the insanity of Viscidous and more! So let's get into it, with Nineteen taking over, with comments from Plastique/Lenny throughout:īefore the age of Twitch, much of the gaming world was hidden, especially so when it involved competition at the highest level. Plastique/Lenny from D&T and Nineteen from both D&T and Drama are here to take us through the experiences of two World First race guilds and the oddities, exploits and more, starting from Molten Core and ending with Naxxramas. We have something special for you today, as we take a dive into raid history and its very beginnings, taking a look at the entirety of Vanilla and the weird things that happened on boss fights during World First progress! We have some very special guests here to talk to us about the various bugs and strange happenings, from two of Vanilla's top guilds, Drama and Death & Taxes.

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