World of Warcraft Gets Its First Level 80

[Furrama]

Well, now he has THE achievement that no one can get. It's almost like having the AQ mount... but without the mount. However it also travels across servers, and that's pretty darn impressive in the WoW world.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

To be honest though, who really remembers the 'first to [anything]' guys?

Yeah that's true. The only WoW 'celebrity' I know is Leroy Jenkins, and what he did was fairly unspectacular (albeit freaking hilarious).

Leroy Jenkins. That name sounds very familiar. Who is he, exactly?

 

[Galletea]

Each to their own I guess, but in 27 hrs it's pretty good going.

 

[Mythnomer]

That seems a bit strange. It took the french Mage who was boosted by his entire guild 28 hours to get to level 70 as I recall. Odd that this guy would manage it in not only less time on the whole (what with more EXP required) but also with less people assisting him.

Still, grats to him I guess. Personally I've never been one to jump for the level cap, but whatever floats his boat.

It's because he was a warlock and with healer support has literally 0 downtime due to mana thanks to lifetap. The first to 70 was a mage and would have to drink at regular intervals even if he was just tagging stuff and letting his guild do most of the killing.

Chain killing / AoEing lots of mobs as an affliction lock was a well known and popular tactic back when TBC first hit, I'm sure its just as effective in WoTLK if not moreso. Could probably find a youtube vid showing how its done if I cared to look for one.

 

[Lusperus]

if thats what makes him feel happy so be it.

 

[Baby Tea]

To be honest though, who really remembers the 'first to [anything]' guys?

Yeah that's true. The only WoW 'celebrity' I know is Leroy Jenkins, and what he did was fairly unspectacular (albeit freaking hilarious).

Leroy Jenkins. That name sounds very familiar. Who is he, exactly?

I'm surprised you don't know! Even non-WoW players know!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU

Watch the whole thing to really get it.

LEEEEROY! JEEEEEKIIIINS!

Awesome.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

that really doesn't surprise me someone is lvl 80 already

it's always a race and 10 lvls isn't much really

 

[Devil's Due]

Isn't this the same guy that changed the lyrics of popular songs Weird Al style and made them into WoW videos?

Not the same guy. Nymh is the French player to 80, Nyhm is the one who does that lyrics youtube videos. Nymh states he travels to Ironforge at times to repair or such, but Nyhm is a blood elf Warlock.

... And Nyhm is American. I thought it was the same person at first, though, too.

 

[irishdelinquent]

*inhales*

NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!

but in all seriousness: yay? So now this person has no reason left to play the expansion, right? (other than the new class or the new continent, obviously).

 

[Blind0bserver]

To be honest though, who really remembers the 'first to [anything]' guys?

I don't know, really. I guess it depends on the game and the overall canon of the universe. I'm sure the first guy to become a Jedi in that Star Wars MMO a while back was walking around like he was big sh*t for a while. The, er, "fame" will probably wear off in, I don't know, a month at most, but at least he'll have that achievement for the rest of his time in the game.

*inhales*

NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!

Very well said. We can all learn from this man's sage-like wisdom.

 

[Dommyboy]

And here I am only halfway to 72. I feel like less of a man.

At least you are getting your monies worth out of the game and enjoying what it has to offer.

 

[darthsmily]

To be honest though, who really remembers the 'first to [anything]' guys?

What about Neil Armstrong do you remember him?

 

[Senor Smoke21]

I feel slightly ashamed that it took me so long to get 61... and then give up.
With a game like WoW i don't really see the point in "beating" it as soon as possible. Surely now he has little to do until everyone else gets to 80 and he can start on the high end stuff. But whatever, it's an achievement I suppose.
=]

 

[the_tramp]

What about Neil Armstrong do you remember him?

That's slightly different though, for one thing American media, TV et al shoves that down the whole world's throat as often as it can. In addition comparing a WoW achievement to a feat such as walking on the moon is ridiculous.

 

[Lt. Sera]

What about Neil Armstrong do you remember him?

That's the guy that won the Tour de France, right?

 

[Vlane]

Now he has to wait for about a year so he can get to lvl 90. Great! I really don't see the point of grinding to lvl 80 when he has to wait for more content anyway.

 

[Amnestic]

I found a missing part of the interview:

Nymh, after our perfunctory interview, mentioned that he's never even so much as touched a woman, and that he cries himself to sleep every day when he comes back from his job at McDonald's.

My God you're witty. Playing the "Virgin with a dead-end job" card, that's clever, really.

And here I am only halfway to 72. I feel like less of a man.

At least you are getting your monies worth out of the game and enjoying what it has to offer.

If this Nymh fellow enjoyed his slog to be the first to level 80, then I'd say he got his money's worth out of it too. Games are there for fun, yes?

 

[Eruanno]

And I'd get bored grinding the same mobs for Primals for more than 15 minutes back in BC...
Oh well, as long as he's happy.