Core Hounds were trash mobs in the zone that could be skinned for Core Leather, a necessary component in many recipes for fire resist gear that were helpful versus bosses like Ragnaros. One of the first came out of an odd situation. Eventually, players began to post that claim mockingly in any thread alleging a stealth buff to a boss. Every time the game got patched, someone on the forums would claim that "Onyxia Deep Breaths more" than she did before the patch. It was believed that placing multiple DOTs on the boss would increase the time between breaths (which is probably why Dives keeps demanding them).
Players had a lot of superstitions about what would trigger a Deep Breath.
Onyxia's most dreaded ability in those days was Deep Breath. The guild, Wipe Club, later released a "best of" video. The recording reached new levels of hilarity when an enterprising player named Alachas created an animation for it. The latter two both became achievements during Onyxia's second incarnation. His phrases 50 DKP minus, Many whelps! Handle it! and More dots! were instant classics. In the audio, he first provides profanity-laced instructions, then completely loses his mind over a mistake, and ends the wipe with a scorching tirade. The audio featured a raid leader named Dives, who delivers uncontainable scorn and rage in a fun Finnish accent. Another famous vanilla-era recording, the Onyxia wipe, was all too real. The Leeroy Jenkins video has already been covered in its own Archivist column, so I won't go into detail here. Of course, the most famous WoW meme of all time was also one of the first. In time, Barrens chat became its own meme, even inspiring T shirts. The combination of a captive audience and a high saturation of new players made the Barrens the perfect zone to troll. Some who did ran up against the ongoing Tarren Mill/Southshore lagfest wars and took the first boat back to Kalimdor. Many in the Horde didn't know about the other leveling zones across the ocean.
Trolling Barrens chat became something of a hobby for early players. The quest is no longer in the game, but players can now visit her grave near Grol'dom Farm. It got to the point where people would ask just to troll the chat channel. Because the massive zone spanned 15 levels, everyone leveling through it saw that same question asked over and over again. It didn't help that she wasn't an upright and alive NPC, but rather a dead body laying on the ground - killed by marauding quilboars.Ĭonfused players asked where they could find her in the zone's chat. His directions were rather vague, so many players had trouble locating her. For an early Horde quest in the Barrens, the orc Mankrik sent you to locate her.
WoW memes began almost instantly after the game's release. If you've ever wondered where some of these memes come from, read on! Today, Archivist remembers some of the best and most enduring. In its eight years, World of Warcraft and its players have spawned dozens of memes. Last week, Archivist celebrated the Ulduar raid, including Thorim's famous IN THE MOUNTAINS speech - one of Wrath's most memorable memes. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW 's history? What secrets does the game still hold? WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past.