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Zero1030 t1_je8x85m wrote

The inn in dun morough?

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topjben OP t1_je9232e wrote

"Well met!" Yes, in Kharanos exactly.

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Theycallmetheherald t1_je9cb83 wrote

Wow this was exactly the inn i though about before opening... crazy after 15 years..

That game was special.

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topjben OP t1_je9k4y1 wrote

- Running through the tunnels dodging the troggs to leave coldridge valley.
- Drinking a dwarf pale ale while learning brand new spells.
- Taming your first pet.
- Aggroing 3 Frostmane trolls at once on the hills.
- Fishing on the ice lake.
- Fighting gnomes near Gnomeragan
- Discovering the ram mounts in the little farm, just under the yeti lair.
- Mining in the excavation site.
And finally stepping into IronForge, damn!

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Shoopbadoopp t1_je9tv59 wrote

I remember when people would finish their quest in the yeti lair then just sprint out aground s bunch of yetis. Eventually they would aggro leash, but then all aggro to whoever was still around and likely kill them. This was before they made changes to aggro

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[deleted] t1_je9w6pt wrote

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milkman1218 t1_je9xxg1 wrote

I will forever remember the night elf starting island. Such a great memory of a young me getting addicted to the most popular mmo at the time.

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The-Cynicist t1_jea0y8j wrote

Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest were always my starting areas (Undead). I loved those areas so much especially coming off the high of WC3. The early years of WoW really were something special.

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milkman1218 t1_jea5r44 wrote

Tell me about it, I can still remember thinking how am I going to get 100 gold for my first mount! I remember it taking ages back in vanilla not only getting to level to 20 but grinding gold unless you were a high level crafter was such a pain. I was always jealous of druids, eventually made a druid tank for cata.

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ReallyGargoyled t1_je9vv5p wrote

i've sat on top of that barrel on the roof so many times, drinking dwarven ale.

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right_foot_down t1_jea5ros wrote

You have hit me right in the feels, haven’t logged since 2009(ish), and I was right there again. Thanks for that

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hoes-in-this-house t1_jec9jzu wrote

You nailed it! Stepping into IF though..its like the most unique feeling I've ever had

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domestic_omnom t1_jed9hf0 wrote

I grew up playing the original warcraft 1,2, and 3. To actually walk through the dark portal and return to the orcs' homewold was pretty damn epic.

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Psychic_Jester t1_je9ugsc wrote

From the thumbnail I was thinking that or Winterspring. Spent many an hour farming thorium and the dragon sinew for my hunter. I finally got it the last few weeks it was available and never got the drop from Domo

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Availaber t1_jeawede wrote

Would much prefer to poke around storming as a blood elf than an alliance race.

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uzasno t1_jebryzf wrote

So lucky to have been there day 1 in 2004

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itsafuseshot t1_je9nokw wrote

It still is. Wow classic is alive and well.

(Not wotlk classic, there are official vanilla servers with great populations)

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UrBobbyIsAWonderland t1_je9rpr1 wrote

Nah, the internet ruined it.

Original WoW came out even before YouTube. People don't realize how old it is. Gaming culture was different. there was no meta. It was pure discovery. It just doesnt work like it used to.

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itsafuseshot t1_je9ta0w wrote

That’s fair, it’s not the same, but classic era servers (vanilla, not wrath of the lich king) are well populated, and still a lot of fun

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The-Cynicist t1_jea1jnr wrote

I’m with you on this. The sense of wonder and the unknown was vast in the original game. At best you had some spotty article pages on Thottbot if you were lost. Now every inch of the world map has been marked and gone into detail by thousands of YouTubers. Not to mention every min/max guide for the flavor of the month so your character just ends up being uncompetitive or a complete cookie cutter. Really I wish we could go back to 2000s era internet in general, it was a lot more exciting.

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Shibbystix t1_jea26ph wrote

Yeah, the thing that made wow so special is the thing that cannot exist anymore BECAUSE of the times.

The best thing about wow was exploring out in the wild and randomly seeing someone else doing the same. I made my first long term net friend running from troggs near Karanos.

Now, everyone is using the same speed Lvling guide to level as fast as possible, and people run right past everyone because everyone is trying to max lvl as fast as possible. It's so streamlined that most of the servers are on the exact same paths to get to places, doing the exact same quests and skipping the same quests.

You don't randomly meet strangers in the wild anymore to team up

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MajinBuuMan t1_jeac72y wrote

That's what made me stop playing most MP games in general.

Meta this, meta that, find the most efficient ways to do things and stick to that.

Even first person shooters are going that way...

I like my sense of wonder and adventure in video games and that's gone from most multiplayer now.

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Cooleybob t1_jeaga9p wrote

"Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a game."

It's essentially an inevitability with competitive multiplayer games. If the goal is to "win", then the most efficient method of achieving that will be found and dominate the scene. For MMORPG's like WoW, that really sucks when the whole point of the game was to explore, quest, collect gear, and build your character however you wanted.

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JanGuillosThrowaway t1_jedud0w wrote

I did get that feeling again when WoW classic dropped. There were so much activity in the world. someone posted about grouping for the elite quests in Loch Modan and I dragged my NE priest up there and completely but barely saved a group consisting of three warriors and a hunter.

That was such a great time. I'd like to get back into classic now but I guess the experience would be very different from those first months.

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holdit t1_je9ueh2 wrote

The first couple months of WoW Classic gave me the same feeling as back when it first came out. Was incredible

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JobsInvolvingDragons t1_jeb4ay7 wrote

Nothing has been ruined, you are just ignorant and cynical. The magic is still very much alive in classic wow, if you choose to minmax the fun out of it that is on you alone.

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agamemnon2 t1_jedpwd4 wrote

I think you're mistaken. It's completely different to go back to a "classic" version of a game that's no longer being developed, than it was to explore the same MMO when it was still active. It's the difference between visiting a famous artist's house when they're alive, and visiting it 40 years later when it's been turned into a museum.

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Myrrmidonna t1_je8xx2a wrote

Best starter area for the best race! <3

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Spethual t1_je93cwx wrote

Hopefuly you mean Dwarf's and not those pesky Gnome.

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ecrw t1_je9cbkb wrote

Laugh all you might but nothing fucked you up like a fe gnome in r14 gear in WoW Classic

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Myrrmidonna t1_je956ml wrote

Wait, you mean those strange mutated rats were not my drunken stupor halucinations?

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Tigerstorm6 t1_jea21p1 wrote

My brother once went into detail about the kinds of mentalities players have when playing a certain race. For gnomes, he said (and I quote), “Gnome players have a screw lose. I’m convinced. [They’re] the kids that torture ants outside with a magnifying glass.”

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USS_Barack_Obama t1_je97q8c wrote

"I kill two dwarves in the morning, I kill two dwarves at night.

I kill two dwarves in the afternoon and then I feel alright.

I kill two dwarves in time of peace and two in time of war.

I kill two dwarves before I kill two dwarves and then I kill two more"

That's what I think of your best race.

Why did Blizzard remove that /joke anyway?

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DukeCornholio t1_je99do2 wrote

Maybe copyright or too offensive, originates from Sublime’s “Two joints”

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WarcraftFarscape t1_je9f9rk wrote

Sublime covered that song from The Toys which came out 8 years earlier

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Chyvalri t1_je9jb1a wrote

I've been playing WoW for 18 years. The first 12 as alliance only. In all that time, I've never thought to /silly on a horde character. I have no idea what their jokes are.

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_-Redacted-_ t1_jeb4fd4 wrote

Hard disagree.

"Those who do not stand with the Forsaken stand against them. And those who stand against the Forsaken will not stand long."

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pwnstar t1_je9fazq wrote

I don't remember seeing this in the undead zone?

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TimeTravelMishap t1_je8y0ix wrote

Horde through and through now(well when i play anyways) But my first toon was a gnome. I'll never forget entering Ironforge for the first time

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FuzzyDunlop227 t1_je9hlcw wrote

Alliance does seem to get cool looking base camps. But horde definitely has the cooler races. Lok'tar ogar!

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immigrantsmurfo t1_je9j58n wrote

I love me a blood elf but don't really align myself with Horde. Would much prefer to poke around stormwind as a blood elf than an alliance race.

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Moar_Input t1_je9pwo0 wrote

They also would always wreck Alliance in BGs :(

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FuzzyDunlop227 t1_je9v7a0 wrote

I used to get wrecked by gnome rogues. Those little bastards sneak up on you so easily.

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maglen69 t1_je9kvld wrote

> But my first toon was a gnome. I'll never forget entering Ironforge Lagforge for the first time

FTFY

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Majestic-Iron7046 t1_je97lsj wrote

How is this even possible? At least once a day i end up writing these lines of dialogue on Reddit, what a coincidence!

HOW AREH YA?

KEEP YOUR FEET ON DE GROUND!

It is not a mere coincidence, in reality i am a dwarf.
I will now sing "The misty mountain cold" for the rest of the day.

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O-o-ozing t1_je9rbqp wrote

Time to put "Mine! Mine! Mine!" by Windrose on and transform into your true self.

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cyberdogg13 t1_je8x9ty wrote

Damn dude .... Almost all my characters where dwarfs. I felt something with this image. Thank you

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fdl2phx t1_je90dt5 wrote

Ah, Kharanos. Drink up, lads.

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Lexisseuh t1_je9hcm9 wrote

I haven't played WoW in so many years, and yet I still recognize this place. Feels good man.

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JonTheWizard t1_je95kz1 wrote

A cozy retreat from the Dun Morogh cold.

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CameToPoop t1_je9ge6a wrote

Now I wanna see such a render from every single inn in the entire game...!

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topjben OP t1_je9kg9o wrote

Working on Crossroads, a bit complicated, might take some more time :p

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Camaro_LT1 t1_je91yzr wrote

Love Kharanos. Now it makes me wanna log into wow and visit Kharanos.

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endrestro t1_je9ccdk wrote

Holy shit. I didnt read the title first and immediately thought dun morogh. Well rendered. Fond memories

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Cleeq t1_je9j193 wrote

This really feels like it's straight out of Tunic. I love the art style!

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Derp_duckins t1_jea5x7r wrote

Was scrolling and this stopped me in my tracks. Immediately recognized it was the inn in dun murough.

Love the art style!

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Majestic-Iron7046 t1_je97vwk wrote

The first time i played WoW i picked Night Elf, yes a vulgar elf... i am not proud of my origins but it's not the conditions of your birth that determines who you are, or the mighty acts that you commit.
Now i play regularly Dwarf Fortress, Deep Rock Galactic and i changed the idraulic system in my home to use homebrew alcohol.
I would forge my own tools but i already got sued twice because of my garden forge and the high flames that you can see from afar.
I grew a beard and tend to it by giving it even more alcohol.

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Flecco t1_je9ge03 wrote

Images you can hear. The theme from... Was it dun morogh? One of the ambient tracks from when I was younger.

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d4_H_ t1_je9irdc wrote

And that’s incredibile, I played wow for a bunch of hours, that mean like 30hr max trying different races, sadly the game is not for me (also considering the price) but even that I instantly recognised that inn, it does look cool!

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[deleted] t1_je9k5mf wrote

That's clearly Orgrimmar.

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Van_Lee t1_je9kdpv wrote

I just leave this here for you:

Wind Rose - Drunken Dwarves 🎶

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Bizee2 t1_jeai6q7 wrote

I remember spending a lot of time there not leveling and just doing something else.

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CGNoorloos t1_je8x4hq wrote

Cool, but from what game is this? Or it it only a render?

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darw1nf1sh t1_je9382x wrote

Originally WoW

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CGNoorloos t1_je9mep4 wrote

That i know haha. I meant if it perhaps was a new game that flew under my radar. But thanks anyways :)

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NovaHorizon t1_je8y99k wrote

Care for a round of Hearthstone?

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ethman14 t1_je98p8h wrote

I was a Horde man throughout, but made a DK human to play with my friend's guild during WotLK. So I never really experienced the Alliance starting areas until later on trying the game again during WoD. Definitely felt cozy in the Dwarf/Gnome area getting out of the snow and into the pub.

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Mad_Lala t1_je9fi5a wrote

I played WoW, but I didn't recognize the place

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Cirtius t1_je9ip75 wrote

Someone should turn that into a STL for 3d printing

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Reddcross t1_je9j2ed wrote

First stop on the way to Ironforge!

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ApexRevanNL716 t1_je9ky8l wrote

60 seconds later. Oh. Yeah I prefer Goldshire

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Omnifob t1_je9l70l wrote

"I don't have a drinking problem. I drink, I get drunk, no problem!"

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Olliebeani t1_je9mguz wrote

I went here when I was 5 years old on a dwarf warrior playing with my sister and my mother. Good times.

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Doracy t1_je9o1ue wrote

I remember raiding the area! For the HORDE!!!!!

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idontcarewhatever222 t1_je9rpld wrote

I never played Alliance seriously, only started a few humans. Horde ftw

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ballsmigue t1_je9s09l wrote

I've only done that zone a small handful of times and I still knew where it was.

Just shows how much of the map really sticks with you.

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Yo_Wats_Good t1_je9wvmt wrote

First ally char was a dwarf hunter and I thought it was so cool the buildings were fun to run around in. Ironforge was also mind blowing.

I joined an RP server by accident and people were in the tavern RPing which was first experience with it. I didn’t stay in the server and my main became a Human Prot War but it was cool

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Tigerstorm6 t1_jea1u5a wrote

Certainly a lot calmer than Goldshire, I can tell ya that!

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AvidReads t1_jea3ztz wrote

A good rendering of thunderbrew brewery in kharanos

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BifronsOnline t1_jea46ns wrote

This looks like something that could be straight from Tunic.

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Please_obtain_taco t1_jea4gj3 wrote

I wish I still talked to all my old wow buddies. I’d send them this.

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DarkTechnocrat t1_jea8t2s wrote

TIL there is a keg on the roof. I've played since release lol

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tnnrk t1_jeaceyu wrote

God I would love a brand new wow version built in UE5 with all the new tech they added. Still keep it slightly stylized but overall way more realistic and detailed. Would be so fun to go back and play through it like that.

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tylerjn85 t1_jeaezst wrote

missing the npc outside who gives the sausage quest

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DogDavid t1_jeafnsj wrote

There should be snow on top of the barrel

Oh it's supposed to be warm, then some of the snow around the barrel and pipes should be melted as it's not actively snowing

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BeginTheResist t1_jeag8uz wrote

Wow was amazing I have never found a game that filled the void it left in my life. This pic reminds me of when the servers were down but one was open so everyone fiending would hop on and make a new character, so you had a few hundred lvl 1 dwarves all chit chatting and doing stupid stuff. Man those days were it.

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Lysvaerd t1_jeaghzr wrote

MY FAVORITE INN IN WOW

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FizzgigBuplup t1_jeavwg9 wrote

Those kegs were off limits. Must’ve been some secret dwarven brew! ;-)

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Corny_Toot t1_jeayqkf wrote

Remember it? I can hear that place!

That looks super cool.

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Durakan t1_jeb1vst wrote

Alliance scum.

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4ngryMo t1_jeb8xi0 wrote

A, simpler times.

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Hollywood330 t1_jebb2l4 wrote

I clicked on the picture before reading the title, and I was hit with nostalgia even without fully knowing.

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QuillQuickcard t1_jebqoeu wrote

Blew my mind in 04. The building had an INSIDE! A full inside! And I could into it without a door or loading or anything.

By the heat of the fire and under the catchy music, I thought that truly, nothing would be the same again

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SkySweeper656 t1_jebraxd wrote

I want to go back. That was my first "trip" in that game ever. Going into that inn... it feels like home.

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Orcrist90 t1_jeca54k wrote

Ah winter, yes winter.

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ChristianLW3 t1_jecxyb9 wrote

Azeroth needs more dwarf towns. Distinct while being a great balance between style & believable

Wish menethil harbor had stone structures

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huh_phd t1_jecy29s wrote

I just got nostalgia everywhere

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TinyRodgers t1_jed2kbi wrote

Man I remember this inn being my base of operations during the pre-legion invasions.

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downonthesecond t1_jedkoi4 wrote

Never played anything after Warcraft 3, but it reminds me of Captain Toad.

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Limonade6 t1_jee2dd0 wrote

One of the reasons why I wanted to play wow was because of these cosy inn's that you can walk in and out of. Really immersive.

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[deleted] t1_jegig3r wrote

I can safely say I will die and never have another game that had the same impact on me as vanilla WoW did.

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MatichetTwoPointO t1_je9cfvb wrote

This looks like it could be a building in Clash of Clans

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Kystael t1_je957yt wrote

TREES BADLY PLACED UUURH DUUURH

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