WoW Video Update #1 (Patreon)

Here is an update on what has been going on these past few months.

I have roughly 400 hours of footage recorded across several characters, mostly of Classic Era and some of Season of Discovery just to capture some footage of the other faction. This is easily the most I've recorded of a single game for it's video (the previous TES videos all clocked in 80-150 hours)

I've been working on writing while still capturing everything I want to. I've attached the current word count:

I aim to speed up writing this script and moving it into full production in the next month. I am contemplating setting a deadline since I already have a release date for the video in mind.

This script has been somewhat challenging to handle. The topic is surprisingly difficult to write about, and I've had to re-evaluate my format to match with the new setting. Basically, the main issue is that a lot of the content is fairly simple or straightforward, to the point that even describing it comes off as synopsis to a casual listener.

I think this process will result in an interesting video stylistically, but not one I can fully release for mass consumption. So I've been considering going through and flagging a lot of the more synoptic lines that aren't necessary for a public video and throwing them as extras for the patron cut. I still think they are necessary to really get the big picture of how it feels to play classic WoW, just that it'll be boring for casual viewers.

Release Date

My target release date is November 23rd, 2004. This will be the 20th anniversary for the game, so I think it fits. I am unsure how long it will be at the current rate of progress. Hopefully once the script is done, I can get back to writing more regular updates. Script updates are always just (yeah, it's coming!)