YouTube losing WoW content creators? Why I think it's not surprising

Why are more and more WoW players deciding to no longer make YouTube content on the game they once loved? It appears that the reason is because the community in WoW retail just isn't there.

Alexensual gives you his take.

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How to block all gold selling spam and channel invites on Nostalrius and Elysium

The gold sellers are back in full force! If you've been online in the past week, you will see that you are being flooded with messages to buy gold.

Elysium is busy getting the new pvp server ready, but you can take your destiny in your own hands and limit the spam from gold sellers. Alexensual breaks down how to do this.

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My thoughts on Elysium banning accounts for gold selling

Alexensual, the WoW Vanilla advocate breaks down the recent bannings by Elysium WoW, which are targeting those who have been suspected of gold buying / selling.

This ban wave comes on the heels of a large amount of accounts recently being hacked. Make sure to change your password ASAP!

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Nostalrius/Kronos Detailed Solo Hunter Tribute Farming 150g/h

How to Farm up to 150 Gold/Hour Nostalrius Elysium

Hi guys, this is my second video related to gold farming, this one also features a mage, but this time the action happens in Dire Maul east.

There are a few tips and tricks in the video, some of you might already know about this method of farming, but there's always something new to learn to improve ourselves in the best MMO ever made.

Now keep in mind that this video is 20+ minutes long and I'm confident that 1 instance run is doable under 15 minutes, some might speed it up to under 15 and if the trick i'm showing at the end of the video worlk on Nostalrius/Elysium, you might farm even more than 200 gold/hour only on the lower lvl on dungeon.

Fortunately, this guide is not only for images, priests can do it also, a skilled warlock might do it and with the right spec even a hunter.

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The Best Race for Priests - Vanilla WoW

This video will help you determine the best race for priests.

This is more or less a priest guide, but not really. I go into some detail as to why the spells would be useful for both PvE and PvP, and in the end I give a conclusion on the best race for priests. Hope to see you all on Elysium / Nostalrius!

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Nostalrius & Elysium 50G+ Dire Maul East Farming Guide

Vanilla WoW gamer, Lord Chezil comes with us today with a Dire Maul, mage gold farming guide.

Dire Maul is one of the best places for many classes to solo gold mine. Mages, are one of these classes and Lord Chezil shows you just how to do it. The routes, the profits, everything.

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Dodgykebaab - How to Play on Nostalrius Guide

With all the hype and all the talk of the re-launch of the Nostalrius WoW Vanilla servers, many posts are being made on both the Elysium and Nostalrius forums, with people asking "how do I play Nostalrius" as the topic.

Its quite simple to connect and Dodgy Kebaab has made this easy to follow and easy to understand video on how do so. See you in game!

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Lord Chezil - Nostalrius WoW Vanilla Re-Launch How Did it Go?

Lord Chezil, the WoW Vanilla Youtuber breaks down the Nostalrius launch day and how he seen it. Was it a success? Was it a mess? Tune in, listen and find out from his perspective.

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Elysium Nostalrius Server Launch /w Alexensual, Orcbit & Ithlien

Well, here it is, some footage of the official launch of Elysium's PVP & PVE server! It was an absolute madhouse but I had a lot of fun!

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Vanilla Class Overview - WARRIOR - Which Class to Pick In Vanilla WoW

After many questions like "Which class should I pick for vanilla wow?", even I got confused. I don't think I'm qualified to tell you which class to play, sometimes even i don't know exactly what to chose. That's the reason why I'm making this series of 9 videos, covering the 9 classes available in vanilla wow.

First 5 episodes were the hunter, mage, warlock, rogue and now we covered the warrior; coming next: shamans, paladins, priests and druids.

It wont be an in depth guide, i will focus more on the early game play, the leveling experience, the pvp/pve aspects of the game probably a bit of roleplay and in the end will make an overall performance for each class during the vanilla expansion.

This was when i'm done with the series me and the people will be more informed and confident in choosing a class that suits their play style.

I know I might skipped some important aspects of the warrior, like talking about each talent and how it can benefit you; eg. piercing howl and so on... But warrior is a class that must be learned because people will rely on you in game, not only that you'll have fun playing it yourself, you'll deliver fun to other people by tanking their dungeons and acting like a father in this game.

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Vanilla Class Overview - ROGUE - Which Class to Pick In Vanilla WoW

After many questions like "Which class should I pick for vanilla wow?", even I got confused. I don't think I'm qualified to tell you which class to play, sometimes even i don't know exactly what to chose. That's the reason why I'm making this series of 9 videos, covering the 9 classes available in vanilla wow. First 3 episode was the hunter, mage & warlock, now we covered the rogue, coming next: warriors, shamans, paladins, priests and druids.

It wont be an in depth guide, i will focus more on the early game play, the leveling experience, the pvp/pve aspects of the game probably a bit of roleplay and in the end will make an overall performance for each class during the vanilla expansion.
This was when i'm done with the series me and the people will be more informed and confident in choosing a class that suits their play style.

I know I might skipped some important aspects in the game mechanincs of the rogue, like playing as a twink. Was not fair to say that is easy to play, some people said that the rogue is hard to master and they might be right.

Rogue was overpowered in vanilla both PVP and PVE, some people might say that when other classes will get AQ40+ gear rogue will take a downfall in pvp but this is debatable.

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The Return of Nostalrius; The Birth of my Channel

YeahXynni, the WoW Vanilla "let's play" streamer reaches 1,000 subscribers and thanks the people who helped him get there. He plans on playing on the re-launch of the Nostalrius Vanilla WoW servers, as do many other gamers and streamers! Good work, lets keep this community growing and flourishing.

You think you do, and you do!

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Nixxiom - My World of Warcraft Story

Nixxiom, the legendary WoW Machinma artist breaks down his WoW story and how it all began. Yes, it all started with Vanilla World of Warcraft.

"A question I tend to get asked a lot is how I got into World of Warcraft and what led me to becoming the machinima-making barbarian that I am today. With this video I hope to share my story and my love for Blizzard and the game that they created."

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Nostalrius Elysium Project Gives Update on PvP Realm Status

The Elysium Project team is working feverishly to get the Nostalrius servers back online for all of us to enjoy. As previously announced, a hot fix was applied to the PvE servers and they are now online, although some players are still reporting some minor items missing from their characters.

Meanwhile, progress on the PvP server continues on, with a recent announcement just released on the Elysium Project twitter account.

Progress continues on and we can expect to receive an update around 21:30 GMT+1, stay tuned! This is worth the wait.

Nostalrius PvE Server Fixed - Going Live Soon!

Well that didn't take long, already, as predicted, the Elysium / Nostalrius team has applied some quick fixes to the PvE server they have been working on and we will see a relaunch within 30 minutes from now!

As stated above, by the Elysium Project team, the servers will roll back to launch, and a server cap of 5,000 people has been enacted, until they can be sure that everything is A-OK.

It is likely that they are already working on the PvP servers now, and we will hear a similar announcement momentarily. Stand by, to stand by.

Nostalrius WoW Relaunches! Please Stand By.

The countdown is over, the wait is over. The hype is here and now. Errr is it? As expected my the vast majority of us, who participated in these type of launch events before, there have been snags and bumps in the road.

This should not be discouraging to anyone and it should not come as a shock. Upon login, many players were discovering that they had the wrong item in their inventory. Quickly and professionally, the Elysium / Nostalrius team acted and brought the servers down for an immediate maintenance.

Shortly after this announcement, the Elysium Project team updated the community that they were already working on resolving the problem, first via the PvE realm.

Given the professionalism and experience that the staff on this project has collectively, I expect that this situation will be resolved in short order and the community will be reunited at long last, for good.

Vanilla WoW Nostalrius: Shaman Guide - PvE, PvP, Gear, Professions, Talents, Leveling

Hello guys! Welcome to the second Class Guide Video out of 9. This guide will be covering the vanilla wow shaman, i will put basic guides out for each class, afterwards an advanced guide for each class will be release - stay tuned for that!

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My Final Thoughts on Nostalrius Coming Back...

This battle to show Blizzard our support for legacy realms has had its ups and downs, but I think now things are finally coming to a cooling end. The ball is in Blizzard's court, they've heard our voices, and now let's see what happens. That said, Nostalrius is coming back and so I'm sharing some of my final thoughts on this whole legacy server issue/Nost issue before I move on to talking about other stuff. Thanks for listening, guys!

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The Top 10 Vanilla World of Warcraft Leveling Zones

Before Cataclysm we enjoyed the many hours spent leveling across the former lands of Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Although many of the questlines and zones we loved have been torn asunder or removed, we still remember the Vanilla WoW leveling experience even to this day. For that reason, I'd like to take a short trip down memory lane with the Top 10 Vanilla WoW Leveling Zones. I hope you enjoy!

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Nostalrius & Elysium Release Their PvP and PvE Server Timelines

Many people are wondering whats coming, whats next? What does the Nostalrius PvP have left to offer us and how far along were they before the nefarious Blizzard shut them down?

Well, the great staff over at Elysium have updated the release timeline for both the PvP and PvE servers, the former of which you can see above, and the latter of which you can see down below.

As far as it goes for the PvP server, it is well advanced, but still has some amazing content yet to come, such as the patches 1.9, 1.10 and 1.11, which include the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj and the Scourge Invasion, followed by the dreaded Naxxramas.

As seen above, the PvE server over on Nostalrius was relatively new and JUST had Alterac Valley released. In fact, it is so new, there is barely anyone who got exalted yet, including myself.

Blackwing Lair has not come out, so there are tonnes of content yet to come to this server and countless hours of progression.

As time goes on, we'll sure these events will move from "to be confirmed", to more specific timelines. For now, there is much work to be done, as launch day is tomorrow! See you all there.

Less Than 24 Hours Away! The Re-Launch of Nostalrius!

Hype! Nostalrius Elysium Realms Online?

The hype is here and is boiling over for many as they await the re-launch of the iconic Nostalrius vanilla WoW servers!

As you can see, from the images below, the GM team has activated the servers and they are online. Only one slight problem, it is GM access only.

The population remains 0, until tomorrow, when the official launch will take place and the masses will flood the servers. For now, it appears they are doing some last minute testing and tweaking, as they get ready for the BIG event.

Get READY for the Relaunch of Nostalrius Elysium - 10 tips for leveling in Vanilla WoW

Alexensual covers what he believes to be the top 10 points everyone should know heading into the WoW Nostalrius Elysium vanilla wow relaunch. Are you ready for it? Can you handle the hype? 

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The Mithril Compass! Adventure and Fortune Awaits! [Alliance RP guild, on Nost PvE]

New guilds abound as the hype for the relaunch of the Nostalrius servers is anxiously awaited! The lack of good RP guilds on Nost, is something I previously wished would change. Hopefully, the Mithril Compass will flourish and prosper as they begin their journey on the Nost PvE servers.

Their announcement can be seen below:

The Mithril Compass is an Alliance RP guild based on the Nost PvE server. The guild shall be themed around Adventuring, World RP, and Travel RP! We have hopes to do everything from Tavern RP, to In Character Dungeons!

For those interested in story arcs for their RP guilds, The Mithril Compass shall have a number of several smaller arcs, typically set around specific zones or regions of the world. The Guild shall take in all manner of adventurers! From Gnome Warlocks to Night Elf Priests, you have a place with us.

Just as we’re happy to take all kinds of characters, so too are we happy to accept any RPer regardless of skill-level. We are an open and helpful group of folks, happy to work with and teach the brand new and inexperienced roleplayers of this vanilla experience!

So stop by our Website: http://themithrilcompass.shivtr.com/ if you’d like to apply.

Also be sure to stop by the RP Community Discord: https://discord.gg/Ft7E4qU if you wish simply to be among like minded RPers across Elysium’s fine servers!

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Ithlien - Why Vanilla Was So Great

Ithlien, previous nostalrius core team member comes at you again with another video. This time explaining why Vanilla world of warcraft (wow) was so great and also gives you a daily reminder that Elysium is only 2 short days away, get ready.. get set... lez go.

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Dodgey Kebaab's Vanilla WoW Private Server Rewards 2016!

The infamous Dodgy Kebaab breaks down his nominations and ultimately his winners of the 2016 Vanilla WoW Private Server rewards!

Topics cover a wide range of categories and servers! Some don't receive such kind words, while others are duly praised. Enjoy!

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Vanilla WoW Nostalrius, Elysium - Warlock Guide

Hello guys! Welcome to the third Class Guide Video out of 9. This guide will be covering the vanilla wow warlock, I will put basic guides out for each class, afterwards an advanced guide for each class will be released - stay tuned for that!

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OrcBit - Nostalrius PvP & PvE Timeline - Content Progression & Patch Releases!

Hello guys! Welcome back to another video! This is a quick look at the timeline of the 2 Nostalrius servers - PvP and PvE. Really looking forward to the release on the 17th of december! What do you think? Let me know in the comments below!

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Alexensual - Private Server Cash Shops and Nostalrius Financial Status

Alexensual returns to cover the financial news that the vanilla wow, Elysium / Nostalrius server admins have announced. 

This news covers the cost of their servers, including the new fresh one and how the vanilla wow private server community can support them as a whole.

The cost in my opinion is minor and they will easily be able to cover the monthly cost via donations. The community will come out and they will support this project. There is a demand and it will be met. Sorry Blizzard.

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Alexensual - Nostalrius Fresh PvP Update and Transfer Information

YouTube blogger and Vanilla WoW advocate breaks down some of the latest news about the relaunch of Nostalrius via the Elysium admins. This news covers the vital character transfer that we have all be anticipating and waiting for.

You can now transfer your characters via a generated, unique token to the new Elysium Notorious servers! I've already claimed mine. Be careful as Alex breaks down in this video, many scammers are out there.

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