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Formal Farewell

posted by Akrios on July 25th, 2010

Let me preface this by apologizing for not posting sooner. I’m also sorry if the following isn’t something you’re interested in, but it’s just my personal thoughts and feelings summing up my experiences revolving around the game. Some of this is from an article I drafted but never posted a few months ago. I haven’t been posting any of the comments that you might find in some of the articles under my name.

What am I doing now?

So as most of you have probably assumed, I’m essentially finished with the game, and have been for a while now. I never “quit”, which I always found ridiculous for people to say. Quitting makes it sound like an addiction. I played because I enjoyed playing, and I gradually lost interest. Since about last summer, I began playing more and more casually until I simply didn’t log on at all.

There’s a lot of reasons for this. Personally, I’m kind of moving on in life from wanting to sink a lot of time into gaming, my interests have just gradually changed.The game itself has also changed and become undeniably worse than it was in the past, both from a raw gameplay and game experience standpoint and from a community standpoint (I’ll detail my thoughts on this below).

The Decline of the WoW Community and its Understanding of PvP

When I refer to this, I’m not just talking about numbers, but about attitude. Maybe I personally changed, but over the course of this expansion I felt I witnessed a really decaying community that both didn’t understand what used to make this game good, and didn’t really help make the game more fun. What really made the game for me was the people I interacted with, and this had become abysmal.

One of the things that made me realize how much the pvp community specifically had changed was the reception I saw when Drakedog 9 was released.

Here’s my take on that video. The editing was incredible, first and foremost, from Vurtne. You can tell a lot of time and effort went into it and it shows. The video looks and feels beautiful, even if you forget the PvP content itself. It flows extremely well. It’s not the best editing I’ve ever seen but it’s comparable to the highest caliber of PvP video editing.

The content itself is world PvP. Having made a world PvP video in this expansion, I know how tremendously hard it is to find content, but Drakedog did, and having managed to do so is really a testament to him wanting to make the best product. Arena clips are vastly easier to procure, with some effort a solid arena video can be finished in a month; a mediocre one in a week; an unedited one in a few days. The content itself was solid, exciting 1vn that demonstrates control.

What was the reaction of most? People hating on world PvP. Really? What the fuck? You may say that this is just one video and you can’t base your views of the whole community on just one example, but what this critique leads me to is a deeper understanding that a large percentage of WoW’s current player base has no fucking idea what this game was and why it was so good. That epic PvP encounter in the roaming world, a random battle behind some mystifying scenery that will only happen once, where the only reward is pride. World PvP is WoW as a game, as a memorable experience. And THIS was one of people’s biggest complaints about the video. Players who have no idea what world PvP, is who would prefer a scripted arena match that can be decided before the gates open. I love(d) arena but it can NEVER be seen in the same light as world PvP to me. It’s just not the same experience and 99 percent of the time doesn’t even come close.

Things used to be much different. I felt like I was gearing my character and spending the time and practicing to become better so that I could kick ass when that moment came, whether in dueling or in world PvP or even in Arena.

But at this point in WoW? People blindly accept that arena is synonamous with PvP and Skill, and they are happy to sit idling in Dalaran until their partners log on, and are willing to call this a game. You can blame Blizzard all you want for ruining wow, but the community let it happen and gradually accepted it, and what hope is there for the game to improve when the community doesn’t even know what the problem is.

A lot of players who never played before WOTLK have no understanding of this game or its potential depth. They are told that 3v3 arena is all that matters in understanding skill and they follow this idea pretty blindly.

This all leads me down another path of thought. People talking about skill who have no fucking idea what skill is or what they are talking about.

This isn’t really a new trend but it’s one that has expanded greatly. You have this entire segment of the player base that only see this game through arena and arena ratings and gear scores. A lot of these players are elitists, and they don’t even know why. A big reason is that they emulate what they see from peers I suppose. These are the players that base skill entirely on meaningless arena rating. Not on reaction time, timing, control, movement, consistency, coordination, but arena rating.

So here’s a quick explanation of top level arena in WoW and how it relates to skill, because I think a lot of people don’t understand this. Skill is not the major factor in success in WoW arena. It may have been in BC, or even earlier in WOTLK, but as the expansion has progressed, what determines your success in arena is moreso the following factors:

What Comp Do you Play? What class do you play? What Spec do you Play?

Since the inception of arena, this has always been true to a certain degree, but in the past (TBC) skilled players could overcome the fact they were playing a weaker comp or spec or even class in arena. Today? Look at the trends of beast cleave or wizard cleaves. Want to succeed as a rogue? Make an RLS. I played RLS early this season for less than a week and barely knowing the comp got 2750+ mmr with cirranis who clicks out of his spellbook and shoewhistle, an alt warlock. I exaggerate because they are both competent players, but the key is certainly the comp. I’m fairly certain I could play with any competent RLS and succeed at the moment. I think any two decent healers and a warrior can achieve ratings for the same reasons that DK/Pally dominated 2s early in the expansion.

Is skill a factor? Yes, but what’s much more important than that is the people you play with and the classes you play with. Which brings me to my next point in this rant.

The Other Big Factor in Success in Arena is Who you Know in WoW and Who you Play with

You know what’s more important than skill in this game? Playing with the most well connected players and socially networking with them. When I was looking around to get sponsored in the past, I got a first hand look at what it took. Step one is be friends with other people who are sponsored. If you are not, you will almost certainly not succeed. That’s it. If you aren’t good friends with the handful of sponsored players, don’t expect to do anything unless you can qualify for that once a year tournament realm, and can find the right comp and committed players for it which can be almost impossible.

Look at the example of EG tryouts last year. Myself, perplexity, scythe, and litreacola were all passed up in recruitment in favor of a rogue named smatin. Not even speaking for myself, but smatin was a pile of shit compared to any of the other rogues I mentioned, but since he was friends with tenderloin (eg’s shaman at the time to replace kollectiv), he was selected.

That’s just a single example, but I’m sure many players trying to break into top pvp can attest that who you know is much more important than how well you play. You can argue that WoW is an MMO and social aspects are part of this, but I still think that skill should be the most important factor in your success in arena. Unforunately, it is far from it. This is one of the big reasons I no longer care about WoW, because I don’t want to spend time wandering around guilds and ventrilos trying to find a good resto shaman just to succeed.


Some Final Thoughts

Now don’t let the above rant fool you, most of that was written in frustration a few months ago. The game obviously wasn’t all bad. As lame as this may sound, I learned a lot about people and life and had countless amounts of fun playing on and off over the years. At its best WoW was an engrossing experience and I feel like it had a lot to offer.

I probably had the most fun in this game making videos, it was a unique experience and it let me be creative. I made them because I enjoyed making them, BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT! I’ve had a ton of support both with videos and this site over the years, and I hope that I’ve been of some help and offered you some entertainment along the way.

Although I’ve always tried to keep my personal life separate from gaming, I will mention that things are going really well for me. I never felt that WoW stopped me from having a social life and that this was just a myth because so many gamers are social disasters, but it was a time investment and it did affect my lifestyle. Since I moved away from playing over this past year I’ve been going to the gym 4-5 times a week, done better in academics, smoked a lot less weed (although you might argue this isn’t a good thing), and I’ve gone from meaningless one nighters to more meaningful things. On the off chance you care, life is good.

So thanks for the support along the way, and helping to make my personal experience with the game more than it would have been. I don’t know what I’ll be doing next in terms of gaming, or if I’ll ever come back, I may continue to update the site intermittently regardless.

Thank you and good luck.

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  1. good to see ur doing awesome dude and its been a blast watching ur movies and learning to play the class better This website was always a big help and i agree with most if not all the above statements world pvp is what made u jump from ur chair when u see urself getting attacked by another player playing this game since first day of release i understand how much has changed hope u still keep posting from time to time cheers dude
    ps good to see ur doing well

    Comment by miizery — July 25, 2010 @ 5:17 pm

  2. cy@!

    Comment by hahaha — July 25, 2010 @ 5:21 pm

  3. NOOOOOOOOO

    Comment by Pivin Dave — July 25, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

  4. I as well am glad everything is going well. It’s a sad day to see you go as I have been a big fan for a long time now. Your insights and call it like you see it commentary have always been money imo. I have learned and been entertained by you, some dude I will never probably never know but have grown to respect. Thanks man, you will be missed.

    Comment by soia — July 25, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

  5. 3rd ;p
    Dang i thought you were dead lol. Thanks for clearing all this shit up haha. Thanks for all the videos and dedication to the game and community, well good luck to you and wish ya the best later man.

    Comment by Wizex — July 25, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

  6. Thanks for all you did for the rogue community at its peak. I’m glad things are going well for you, and good luck in the future with everything.

    Comment by Rinzai — July 25, 2010 @ 5:35 pm

  7. Real life rocks… Hope you have tons of fun and success and that you’ll be able to enjoy WoW again down the road. Who knows what’ll happen once cata changes the PvP environment, but I’ll keep checking here to see if you have more to share. Thanks for the time, vids and resources on the site. Cheers.

    Comment by decot — July 25, 2010 @ 5:40 pm

  8. damn man..i learned so much from you thanks
    good luck with your life!

    Comment by moonfarious — July 25, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

  9. Good luck with everything. I’m going to miss my daily check of roguerogue but I guess it’s for the best.
    I too stopped playing a few months back and I agree with your analysis of WoW v social life. Good luck to you in all that you pursue.

    Comment by Ballzbandit — July 25, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

  10. Sad to see you go, but assumed you had quit long, long ago. Good luck with real life, because that’s what counts really.

    Comment by ryte — July 25, 2010 @ 6:51 pm

  11. Hey Akrios. Man its sad to see you leave the game. I visited this site when a friend mentioned it to me and I’ve never stop popping in every couple of days to see what you thought about this and that which were rogue-based. I’ve watched all your vids and even though this is my first time posting, know that I’m a long-time fan of your work. My rogue buddies consider you a giant in both your knowledge and skill in pvp. Its depressing to know that so many people think that world pvp isn’t what takes skill. Its more important for a rogue than almost any other class because you’re not prepared with your most important base skill: stealth. Some might argue that and I’d be willing to listen hehe. But yeah man the people who act elitest because they run a comp that almost always wins the day are the kids who started playing when WoTLK came out most likely. Once more, sorry to see you go and many good wishes to you and your future projects and endeavors!

    Comment by takie — July 25, 2010 @ 7:14 pm

  12. Good luck with whatever you choose to pursue. This site was invaluable when I started seriously working on my rogue and looked for a resource. Your videos have also been quite excellent.

    As disappointing as it is, I cannot help but agree with your rant.I am having more fun playing with some friends and doing nothing but world pvp than I am doing arenas or raiding.

    Comment by Neg — July 25, 2010 @ 7:16 pm

  13. Thanks for all you have contributed, Akrios! You have always been a model player for the rogue community and perhaps outside as well. I admire you expressing your experience. I am happy you are smoking less too lol.

    Comment by ez — July 25, 2010 @ 7:34 pm

  14. ps: i’d like to know if you have changed your music preference since slowing down the ganj. I know i personally connected with your vids and music in the past but recently, after quitting, i dont really understand it lol

    Comment by ez — July 25, 2010 @ 7:39 pm

  15. You walked down the path that me and a lot of my friends walked down – although you had different reasons why you left, it boils down to the same thing (at a high level) basically the people that wow now attracts and the gaming direction its taking that crowd.

    Before you left i hope you noted how much time you put into this game – I hope you’ll make it up doing real things and interacting with people in real life (not plugged into the grid).

    All the best -

    Comment by michael missing — July 25, 2010 @ 8:01 pm

  16. Glad to finally see your “goodbye” post. I had a lot of fun watching your videos…I learned some neat tricks about the rogue class. Sadly tho, it seems most of us are already going through the same changes you are.

    Hope you have a blast in RL, nice playing with you (the very few times).

    Comment by Evolas — July 25, 2010 @ 8:06 pm

  17. It’s so sad, that’s even a best rogue and a good man are quiting wow. No one’s movies never will compare with the eviscerate or arena vol. There two rogues that were really entertaining to watch Akrios and Unmercey. Akrios showed to us skill and I don’t know who gonna replace him, i guess rogues skill will be more disgusting. Thanks that you showed us how to play, you entertain us, and I hope this just a joke, and one day I will type on a web address bar: roguerogue.com and will see “Have you missed me guys? Ha, I’m back”. Thanks, see ya :’(

    Comment by Nooki — July 25, 2010 @ 8:19 pm

  18. Akrios, out of all the rogues I have followed over the past few years, I respect you the most. I have always enjoyed your videos and your style of play but also just the general feel of the videos (music, scenery, the world pvp, awesome duels etc). Honestly back in TBC i was playing a warrior and I used to visit roguerogue all the time because I was always interested in making a rogue. Eventually I did and my rogue became my main.

    I know what you mean about finding the right partners to play with in arena. I didn’t start to arena until Wrath and I never got far but I felt I was a decent enough rogue. BGs and World PVP always felt more natural to me and the World PVP experience in vanilla on my warrior was fantastic. I’ve yet to see that happen since then. It really is too bad, I think WoW would have been a much better game if the focus wasn’t on arenas and more on enhancing world pvp and BGs.

    I hope you enjoy life and you can look back proudly on what you’ve accomplished in this game. You’ve inspired many people, including myself, to do great things.

    Comment by Tavira - Detheroc — July 25, 2010 @ 8:39 pm

  19. Surprisingly I’ve had similar experiences. I quit wow for good just a few weeks ago, and I say quit because to me, it was an addiction. Life is more fun for me now at least.

    Comment by Zeneroth — July 25, 2010 @ 8:49 pm

  20. P.S. Have fun with real life, I sure as hell am this semester now that I’m not obligated to spend my evening doing arena.

    Comment by Zeneroth — July 25, 2010 @ 8:54 pm

  21. noooo =(((
    akrios.you were the rogue that got me listening to trance…
    sad to think i wont see another video from you.

    Comment by andrew — July 25, 2010 @ 9:32 pm

  22. Farewell mate, great job for what you did.

    Comment by Absynt — July 25, 2010 @ 10:01 pm

  23. … or maybe he`ll be back later in Cataclysm, or not, either way good luck irl and thank you for all the tips and badass videos you did :) .

    Comment by Ghinion — July 25, 2010 @ 10:06 pm

  24. Evis X is prob my overall fav rog vid…
    and Ive been watching since the Grim/Meandro/Perkulator days.
    Another rogue hero bites the dust.

    Comment by Dave, just Dave — July 25, 2010 @ 10:21 pm

  25. @ 21
    He got me into trance as well, I’d think that fact alone grants him more respect than anything his videos taught me.

    Comment by Zeneroth — July 25, 2010 @ 10:38 pm

  26. fuck the gym…smoke weed and do 2s with mahiko, and show us skill

    Comment by chuge — July 25, 2010 @ 10:55 pm

  27. Who now will rise? With the last of the rogue hero’s fallen, and the mysterious Mahiko eluding capture, Who now will rise up and carry on their legacy? Who has the might to stand up and entertain these lost souls? Only time will tell, as the great lord Akrios would lie down, rest finally taking him.

    Comment by Elanar/Varick — July 25, 2010 @ 11:32 pm

  28. Bye Akrios,You have just been an inspiration for a lot.. I mean a LOT of people.. all rogues out there, You have showed us skill.. you have given us fun. just hope youll do great.. respect man peace

    Comment by concept — July 25, 2010 @ 11:56 pm

  29. Good luck.

    Comment by Aldarkman — July 26, 2010 @ 12:52 am

  30. As someone who has come all the way through pre bc, bc, wotlk on this class, like akrios, I agree with him completely. I stopped playing because it just bored me about a year ago, I decided to come back 3 months ago on a friends rogue that he hadn’t played since start of wrath. I played RMP and it was just terrible, I got it to 2184 with the two players. But I had been networking since starting back up, and was able to switch to an RLS and knock out 2.6k MMR with ease and I realised how boring it was and what the game is. He is completely correct on his judgements of the game.

    I hope you continue to do well Akrios. Your videos always did, and still do provide amusement for me when I am bored and nothing to do. Thank you for all you have done for the Rogue community of WoW.

    Comment by Pasinius — July 26, 2010 @ 1:48 am

  31. thirty

    FIRST

    Comment by Ben — July 26, 2010 @ 2:02 am

  32. I understand your situation completely. Thanks for the great videos and inspiration for success with Rogues. We’ll miss you!

    Comment by Herrou — July 26, 2010 @ 2:03 am

  33. Bye and good luck.

    Comment by Valgar — July 26, 2010 @ 2:03 am

  34. At Pas

    http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Frostmourne&cn=Philter

    Nice RLS bro

    Comment by Caught — July 26, 2010 @ 2:04 am

  35. Thank you and good luck.

    Comment by blackmesa — July 26, 2010 @ 2:12 am

  36. The only thing I can say is a great THANK YOU. You were an idol, a hero, and in my honest opinion the most skilled player of all time, in the way you, and the rest of us who check roguerogue.com think of skill. I’ve never posted any comment here, or on WCM, but right now I think it was time for me to say a proper goodbye to you. I wouldn’t have it done for anyone else, but you surely did deserve it. Good luck and may you have a nice life.

    Comment by Ereptor — July 26, 2010 @ 2:17 am

  37. TL;DR Akrios finally felt the touch of a woman.

    Comment by wow — July 26, 2010 @ 2:54 am

  38. So sad…

    Comment by Deashh — July 26, 2010 @ 3:21 am

  39. Akrios, the things you say about WOW-PVP are the things I feel about it. Today only arena-rating and purple-farming. Epics but no feeling what a epic fight means, what epic battle in font of epic sceneries feels like. I will miss YOU!
    And I think a lot of the old-school-rohues will miss you too.
    So, now I wish you good luck and all the best to you, your friends and your family!

    Comment by Maninshadow — July 26, 2010 @ 3:23 am

  40. Farewell bro, goodluck irl, just shelved my rogue after hitting 100k hk’s, gonna give real life more time also. Whatever the haters say your vids and playstyle were inspirational. Everything you said about world pvp and the community are bang on. Cya, end of an era.

    Comment by Mrdeeds — July 26, 2010 @ 3:33 am

  41. bye bye sensei and Gl

    Comment by Essentheymy — July 26, 2010 @ 3:56 am

  42. gonna miss mr akrios. but dont worry nerdos, u can always worship me.

    Comment by uschearak — July 26, 2010 @ 6:06 am

  43. Sad to see you go, but wholeheartedly agree with your reasons, your videos and advice through this site have been an inspiration to many many rogues i am sure and your legend will probably live on for a long time.

    Comment by stark — July 26, 2010 @ 7:22 am

  44. Bye bye, Akrios. I will never forget you from my life. The tactics you done… Hints… You learned me much, you are best rogue, even if you don’t play WoW.

    Good Luck in Real Life, Anen.

    Comment by Anen — July 26, 2010 @ 8:28 am

  45. Well Akrios, thx for all u’ve done for us. I’ve learned from you lot of things and I’m better rogue thanks to you.
    Good luck in real life, Tialys :)

    Comment by Tialys — July 26, 2010 @ 8:44 am

  46. Im almost crying reading this, but i hope that you will have a great time without wow. Without you i wouldnt be the rogue i am today, without you i wouldnt have ure awesome videos that ive watched for hours and hours. Good luck with real life and keep posting, there havnt been a day the past year that i havnt gone to this site loking for movies or new posts. Thanks alot!

    Comment by Moj — July 26, 2010 @ 9:03 am

  47. Time to get laid and make babies!!!! I quit several months ago, probably about the same time you did, because of the same reasons. Logging on everyday and just sitting there in town, reading the TC spam and jumping around the auction house…. The game just gradually got less and less appealing. The purple farming was a nightmare… go go go.. then wait for patch and go go go some more… how mundane. Interestingly enough, I went through a RL kick and practically never came home. Now I’m back to gamming… playing Modern Warefare 2.. although I don’t play as much as WoW – I was deffinitely addicted to that game.
    Farewell and good luck!! Ya know, I don’t think I can remember talking to a rogue on my server who hadn’t heard of you or roguerogue.com
    @42… whatever, go back to stormreaver

    Comment by Feight — July 26, 2010 @ 9:30 am

  48. nice to hear that you’re doing good in rl. farewell akrios

    Comment by Kuzam — July 26, 2010 @ 9:38 am

  49. /salute
    Bye Akrios, watched this site for a long time and it’s sad to see you go, but you’re very right with the things you’ve said. The game becomes less interesting and it becomes boring. Good to read that you’re fine, I wish you the best of luck and maybe the game gets better in Cata.

    Greetz from Germany.

    Comment by Saragas — July 26, 2010 @ 9:56 am

  50. I cudn’t have said all that arena things better myself. I totally agree, imo arena has ruined this game so bad. You see all these holy paladins and hunters running around in full wrathful and say that you’re a scrub if your under 2600. I mean, try to get more carried by class/spec/comp.

    I also wanna thank you alot for this website and all your movies. They have helped ALOT bot in entertainment purpose and learning purpose. You’re movies are by far my favourite ones, and the best of em all is Eviscerate arenas vol V. I’ve seen the movie almost countless times lol, and i’ve also learned alot from it.

    And last but not least, thanks for all the great music u’ve given us! Tbh you re the one who have got me into trance and also u’ve made me experienced some new bands and such.

    Have a really great time now man, even tho i really hope u’ll be back with more movies! :P

    Peace & love, Rohx

    Comment by Rohx — July 26, 2010 @ 9:57 am

  51. Thx for everything , for videos you have made ,guides and posts , you have been my favorit rogue and will stay favorit, I have learned lot of thing from you , gl man your fan from Slovakia :)

    Comment by Ripsk — July 26, 2010 @ 10:34 am

  52. Thank you so much for your videos and insights. You helped me a great deal in season 2 and 3 with roguerogue 2v2. I agree with everything you have posted about WoW and just like you both me and my 2v2 partner of 4 seasons have moved on from this game. Good luck with your future endeavors.

    Comment by Divino of Arthas — July 26, 2010 @ 10:59 am

  53. awesome job man!.
    thanks for all.
    good luck from South America, Chile.

    Comment by Andrewwx — July 26, 2010 @ 11:49 am

  54. Thanx for not being an elitist like everyone else, and sharing some of your techniques, i know its helped me threw out all the years I stayed tuned into this site, Great vids. Glad to hear everything is going good for you. Good luck from a long time fan.

    Comment by Wero — July 26, 2010 @ 11:56 am

  55. ur a good writer.

    Comment by hai — July 26, 2010 @ 11:58 am

  56. Hey Akrios,

    First of all, Great fucking videos! While leveling my rogue I have always been way into pvp and world pvp and always came to your site for great videos, tips, and everything rogue related. So with that said, it will be sad to see you go. You are the one who got me recording world pvp and arena matches and I’m still working on videos. So for that, I thank you for your time and effort into the rogue community.

    Comment by Glo — July 26, 2010 @ 12:09 pm

  57. [quote]Ok guys I changed my mind, I’m back again![/quote]

    You son of a bitch, holy shit Akrios back, salute! Waiting for your Arena Tournament Realm video, you promissed! :) fuf he is back.

    Comment by Nooki — July 26, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

  58. Man, I agree with ya, and its exactly why I quit, the people who say ratings = Skill have some massive brain Dawgs, Its not about the numbers its about how good you are during the match, fuck.. you could even get to 2.2k by getting carried or sometimes 2.4k if the “Glad” is playing your character. The sign of a good/experienced player is in the arena.

    On a side note, I loved World PvP it was like your own version of Lonewolf and the Cub/western fights. Regardless…

    o/ Akrios

    Comment by >=D — July 26, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

  59. So true Akrios! The dumb community is by far the most annoying aspect of the game.

    Comment by Gobbo — July 26, 2010 @ 12:34 pm

  60. Thanks man for the videos over the years and all the work. Real life is way better, best wishes.

    Comment by Happystuns — July 26, 2010 @ 12:37 pm

  61. Thanks for all the effort you put into the site and your video’s. Take care in real life

    Comment by Carps — July 26, 2010 @ 12:45 pm

  62. I stopped playing the game about 2 months ago, because arena doesn’t appeal to me any more in the least, and that is what WoW has been reduced to.

    A new expansion is on its way, but I will not check it out, because it will be another waste of time and money.
    The game will never again be as good as it was in 2005/2006.

    Also, I never understood why everybody likes arena movies.
    I can’t even sit through 5min of an arena movie without falling asleep, but I can watch old vanilla world PvP movies over and over.

    Thanks for ten VERY enjoyable movies Akrios, and good luck in life. :)

    Comment by aMondia — July 26, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

  63. Akrios you my teacher!I allways really enjoy whey watch your videos, and i hope you come back…

    Comment by Jogard — July 26, 2010 @ 1:14 pm

  64. Hello, I’m sad to hear that your leaving WoW for good. I’ve ben following you the past years, watching your videos and reading your comments. I almost visit the webside everyday to see your new posts and stuff. Even though this is my first time posting, know that I’ve ben here for a long time. I personally think that it’s sad to see what the community evolved to, and that people got the idea that the perspective of skill, is builded on the score of your arena rating. I’ll miss your videos, suggestions and your perspective of the game. Hope that you’ll return someday.

    - Neso

    Comment by Neso — July 26, 2010 @ 1:20 pm

  65. Goodluck with everything Akrios.

    Playing as a rogue will have less meaning from now on.

    Comment by Hitman — July 26, 2010 @ 1:26 pm

  66. Bye Akrios have some fun irl , gaming is when ur bored/got nothing else to do.

    Comment by Fatchick — July 26, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

  67. Goodbye Akrios! I have been following this website for years, and now I am here to see the last of it. Thank you for everything, the videos and everything was really helpful for Rogues. I recently stopped playing my Rogue, but you were the reason I got Season 3 Duelist title. Good luck to you in the future, and don’t quit smoking weed!

    -Parabòla
    Sargeras US

    Comment by Parabòla — July 26, 2010 @ 1:52 pm

  68. Although helping create SSS and Evis X was certainly rewarding from an editing stand point, I think the most enjoyable aspect from either was a chance to meet some very unique individuals.

    Some people were a little more….peculiar than others (you know…) – but I honestly can say that I enjoyed the time spent working with you. It was nice to know someone “up” the PvP food chain who was a human being, and so easily relatable. I’ll keep the sentiments short in here, but:

    1. Make sure to stay in touch.
    2. Don’t become a d-bag.
    3. Keep that Dolemite poster safe.

    <3

    BSnaff

    Comment by Bizzlesnaff — July 26, 2010 @ 2:18 pm

  69. Akrios , a lot of rogues will be thankful , just do what you think is right. JUST ENJOY YOUR LIFE!, what you did was beautiful for wow community and noone should complain. There will be time for everyone of us to leave this sh**t ;) I also miss BC times, now its not that balanced anymore, more effects, and you got more stuff.. but overall pvp suck. Ex. plates with 30% more hp than other dps do the same damage other classes do. Its not fair(killable but its harder for us than for them) , ill say again PLATES / MORE HP / SAME DMP / Lots of stuns(etc). Wheres Rogue ambush? killing from behind. Does any1 use ambush ? no. only mut/prep , why not its the best choice… Rogues are now boring to play..blizz made it all wrong, rogue pvp is is still interesting / not that bad if you compare it to other classes, but pve ? geez we got nothing.. using 2-3 skills over and over again. Nevermind though , I just want you to know that we understand you and fully support ;) Peace.

    ( this might be messed up but im sure you know what i mean )
    p.s.
    was drunk while writing it.

    Comment by Zan — July 26, 2010 @ 3:35 pm

  70. Thanks for all you’ve given to me and so many other rogues-players. Good luck and have fun in rl!

    <3

    Good bye from Germany.

    Comment by Levilol — July 26, 2010 @ 4:50 pm

  71. I have been contemplating my thoughts exactly on leaving WoW not simply cause of your above ranting, although it did inspire me; it is utterly stupid how WoW is as of now and I was the rebellious type till the end which is today. I refused to arena after I had deadly and I watched as all my friends went up the ladder asking me why I never tried. I desperatly tried to find world pvp always but never worked so I sat and dueled outside of org all day. It was the closest thing to the origional WoW I could remeber when hundreds were outside and dueling away; when rogues could kill anything, but the shaman was always top with the FROST SHOCK SPAM!

    Back on topic to what I was saying before about the dueling, I did enjoy it, and battlegrounds were my favorites. I had the skills to win against wrathful geared players in deadly; people called me skilled yet it was a joke to see how bad they truly were without their OP gear. That’s when I started to think like you… The PvP skill factor is no longer in the majority of players but the gear they wear, and the arena ratings they have… My skills which you inspired me to get when I was first starting out never faded, simply cause of the fact I refused, no… I actually HATED the gear factor to all hell and continued with deadly. My ultimate goal was to surpass you someday and be a great rogue. With you gone and WoW not the same as it once was, leaves me heart broken at the reminiscing of my past WoW years. I will join you in this retreat and maybe I’ll come back, maybe I wont. HOWEVER MUCH I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY I WILL NEVER STOP SMOKING WEED.

    Just some rebellious Rogue,
    Interesting

    Comment by Interesting — July 26, 2010 @ 4:54 pm

  72. Thnx so much guys. Even if I never play WoW again, know that all of you have shadowstepped into my heart…

    Comment by Akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

  73. Yes Darksight. It’s me

    Comment by Akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 6:35 pm

  74. I’m sad:C Ty for all the teaching! Loved ur videos, good luck, hf!

    Comment by Forty — July 26, 2010 @ 6:51 pm

  75. @ 74, well said

    Comment by TrueWan — July 26, 2010 @ 7:47 pm

  76. ur a good writer

    Comment by hai — July 26, 2010 @ 8:42 pm

  77. no rlly u are a good writer

    Comment by hai — July 26, 2010 @ 8:42 pm

  78. should make books

    Comment by hai — July 26, 2010 @ 8:43 pm

  79. im srs

    Comment by hai — July 26, 2010 @ 8:43 pm

  80. i know im a good writer

    Comment by akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:44 pm

  81. i know i should make books

    Comment by akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:44 pm

  82. thanks hai for the complimentz

    Comment by akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:45 pm

  83. well cya guys ima go write book about getting laid

    Comment by akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:46 pm

  84. o im a bad writer, i spelled laid wrong.

    Comment by akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:46 pm

  85. SVICK!!

    Comment by Akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 8:55 pm

  86. TRANCE FTW!!! That’s certainly one thing that will stay with me long after wow has faded away from my life.

    Comment by Zeneroth — July 26, 2010 @ 8:56 pm

  87. I have been a fan of this site for years, though I never posted. It will be a loss to the WOW community with you not playing. I would agree wholeheartedly about world PvP. It was the whole reason I left my old PvE server years back. I have been playing WOW sense the Blackwing lair patch and have noticed a slow decline it the quality in the players, and in their additudes. It is like hanging out with a group of adults and now having to deal with a group of middle school students.
    But, I have to thank you for all that you have done on this website, you had great tips that where a great help in tweeking my PvP.

    Comment by Bellidas — July 26, 2010 @ 9:06 pm

  88. Try hard guild!

    Comment by Akrios — July 26, 2010 @ 9:36 pm

  89. @ 87, best comment so far +1

    Comment by TrueWan — July 26, 2010 @ 9:52 pm

  90. hey thnx for all you have done with the site the movies the intell to all about rogues i learned alot from this site and your videos always made me smile well thank you for all the cool movies intell and i hope you have a good life and wish you the best of luck take care

    Comment by toxicwasted — July 26, 2010 @ 11:46 pm

  91. peace man

    Comment by Aerobatics — July 26, 2010 @ 11:55 pm

  92. Good to see you are fine. Goodbye you will always be remembered.

    Comment by Chris — July 27, 2010 @ 12:16 am

  93. Ok Akrios, you win! I’ll fix vanish. How does a 10sec cooldown sound? What else can I do to sweeten the deal, just name it; all ablities are negotiable.

    Comment by Ghostcrawler — July 27, 2010 @ 12:51 am

  94. Azael smashin’ on you about that Smatin comment.

    http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/World-of-Ming/Cataclysm-Beta-Journal-In-Depth-Rogue-PVP-Damage-Analysis-Akrios-Farewell-It-Is-About-Who-You-Play-With-Starcraft-2-Out-Can-We-Please-Put-More-Resourc/1#comment_626671

    pz homie

    Comment by Anonymous — July 27, 2010 @ 12:55 am

  95. Certainly it is very a pity that you leave, all your videos simply super and game very beautiful, but you have chosen that that you need also I for you is glad. You for ever will remain mine an idol of the rogue.Thanks to your clips I began to listen to a trance music.
    Good luck man.

    Comment by for best rogue — July 27, 2010 @ 1:21 am

  96. peace out homie, gl in life your vids have always motivated me to improve my game

    Comment by lolkk — July 27, 2010 @ 1:43 am

  97. Farewell man, gotta say it was your eviscerate VII movie that initially got me into pvp and kept me investing time into this game all the way up to s6. I gotta say I agree with almost everything you said about the changing state of the game and that is the reason I have left also. GL with all your endeavors. LND!

    Comment by Opportunist — July 27, 2010 @ 1:43 am

  98. WoooWwww…
    No way….
    Omg…
    WHO WILL TEACH ME HOW TO BE PRO NOW?!….

    Comment by Wrathful Badiator — July 27, 2010 @ 1:51 am

  99. O HEY LOOK I CAN BE AKRIOS TOO!!

    Anyways… Im NOT actually him.

    Im gonna dedicate a vid to this guy.. IT’S GONNA BE AWESOME!!!

    it’s gonna be called:

    -The Path of Vengeance- or something along the lines of ‘Vengeance” ;D (Rogue PvP Movie)

    Wow!! that sounds awesome.

    Anyways Imma go check out Drakedog 9.

    Akrios, thanks for the inspiration bro. I hope life continues to bring you many gifts.

    Comment by Akrios — July 27, 2010 @ 1:59 am

  100. Its what goes on in the real world too bro. Kiss ass to get somewhere, its a harsh reality, but if life gives you lemons being just where you are even though you’re so good, its time to start questioning whether you were chasing the right thing after all? Happiness and success are not the same, in the game, outside the game. Hell, you yourself once said that the game is about socially bonding with people, maybe sometimes people you don’t even like. Anyways, best of luck with your real life, we all enjoyed seeing you as a rogue evolving over the years, we enjoyed your videos. Peace and Long live the assassin rogue. Mutilation!

    Comment by Ghost — July 27, 2010 @ 2:15 am

  101. He found some girl who is most likely freaky as fuck, next vid he makes will be a porn

    Comment by Hustle — July 27, 2010 @ 2:49 am

  102. ty, hf & gl

    Comment by warulex — July 27, 2010 @ 4:07 am

  103. ^Guess it was your mom

    Comment by LMAO — July 27, 2010 @ 4:16 am

  104. The game has grown a lot since the release and so have players.
    But some got stuck…stagnant, wishing for old times.
    World PvP was cool but things have changed and arena represents true trademark of PvP skill these days – mano-a-mano.
    Adapt or GTFO.

    Quitters will not be missed ….

    Comment by Hillsbrad40vs12 — July 27, 2010 @ 4:42 am

  105. Akrios your videos on archive on hard disc – just like museum ^^ and YOU always in my heart “#1 AKRIOS”

    Comment by Jogard — July 27, 2010 @ 5:06 am

  106. Akrios, it’s sad that you’ve lost interest(and so do i) in the game, but you just pinned it with the community thing and i can only agree with you. This community just fucked this once loveable game up.

    I wish you good luck in everything you’re going to do in the future!

    Comment by Herse — July 27, 2010 @ 6:37 am

  107. Akrios……….”UR THE MAN”

    Comment by m.k — July 27, 2010 @ 6:58 am

  108. Farewell dude.
    You’ve always been a great inspiration for me. I loved watching your videos with that awesome music and I loved reading blogs at this page reflecting things about our class. I also read it when I wasnt playing at all lol.
    I think you are totally right about the PvP stuff u wrote. Having skipped most of TBC I was shocked how different PvP has become when I started playing again in WOTLK. Personally, I also refused to play superior comps just to be successful. I really don’t get why ppl are doing this, look at those guys playing doubleheal protpala just to get higher ratings, it’s ridiculous.
    Let’s just hope that Cataclysm will change a lot of things for the better, hope you will be back then.

    Greetings from germany.

    Comment by Rkys — July 27, 2010 @ 7:12 am

  109. hay man wish u the best n everything u wanna do, and hope to always here from u…
    it was a gr8 3 years knowing u and learning from u because u r the best.
    take care and good luck to u 2 :)
    Akrios (roguerogue.com) for ever

    Comment by Zaraki — July 27, 2010 @ 7:21 am

  110. Over the past few years of you making videos and posting updates on this site, I’m glad that there was someone out there with the intelligence and creativity that you put into your videos, even if the majority of people don’t understand why you put so much effort into making them and what this game used to be about. I guess there’s a time for everyone when they start to lose interest in the things they used to love, for whatever the reason.

    Thanks for helping make my experiences over the years more pleasurable. Good luck to you with life/school. Hopefully you’ll find something to replace the time you spent playing WoW that you love even more.

    Best regards.

    Ultor <3

    Comment by Ultorskoss — July 27, 2010 @ 8:11 am

  111. BB and GL in the RL. I learn a lot from ur movies. I will miss you :(

    Comment by Mayder — July 27, 2010 @ 8:23 am

  112. Thanks for all the commitment/effort you put into our class over the years :) , it sucks to see another awesome Rogue leave us, but for what it’s worth, I wish you all the best :D

    -Kine

    Comment by Kinetsu — July 27, 2010 @ 8:25 am

  113. You did a great job with your movies and this site. Thanks for that and good luck.

    Comment by zahx — July 27, 2010 @ 8:32 am

  114. Your name has been definetly carved in wow history as one of the best rogues around. Resto your blades and travel to greener pastures. Maybe someday a new challenge is born.

    Have fun Akrios :)

    Comment by Daggerz — July 27, 2010 @ 8:54 am

  115. The death of the greatest Rogue Hero there ever was. Your breed is slowly dying out. Sucks that there’s not really any good not-arena rogues left.

    Comment by Ohnobro — July 27, 2010 @ 9:52 am

  116. Best of luck in the real world Akrios. Glad to hear things are going well and thank you for all the entertaining and useful videos over the years. Take it easy.

    Comment by Warpath2k — July 27, 2010 @ 9:59 am

  117. akrios thank you for all youre amazing videos.
    you got me into pvp, wcm and awesome trance music which is now my favourite.
    for me youre the best rogue ive seen
    good luck in your future

    Comment by Xeru — July 27, 2010 @ 10:05 am

  118. Farewell me boy ;)
    I learned a lot from you and always enjoyed your videos and playstyle and everything
    But with this post…
    I am overwhelmed you think that way
    May the holy light bless you :D :D

    Comment by Vastatio — July 27, 2010 @ 10:12 am

  119. Take care man. It was great watching your videos and stuff, I learned a lot over the years I visited here. Good luck in life. God bless.

    Comment by Jonezy50 — July 27, 2010 @ 10:48 am

  120. bye dude , gl irl , in my point of view you are totally right , the game simply went bad , i also lost interest and starting playing just casually until fully stopped.
    I saw that many tbc heroes aka people who had fully achieved their wow gaming potential during this expansion , had the same wotlk fate or started playing with different classes , not sticking to one , or simply rerolling good ones. Lots of tbc rogues rerolled mages , cuz now on wotlk mages have the pvp efficiency which rogues had on tbc.

    Comment by geshic — July 27, 2010 @ 10:53 am

  121. Man I agree with you 1000%

    I simply cannot agree with you more.

    I quit around the same time last year so it’s been about a year and I haven’t regretted it since.

    The old wow was the true masterpiece that made wow the worldwide phenomenon it is today. Not the instanced game it is today and I could write a thesis on the myriad issues with the game today but I have pretty done so when I actually played and it did nothing. I felt the game going in the wrong direction from WotLK day 1.

    Comment by xer — July 27, 2010 @ 11:44 am

  122. Best of luck. From Argentina. Akrios fan Forever.

    Comment by Morris — July 27, 2010 @ 1:34 pm

  123. You helped a generation of rogues among their PvP journey, you will most definitely be missed, Akrios. Thank you kindly for your devotion.

    Farewell.

    Comment by Chaosthane — July 27, 2010 @ 1:37 pm

  124. You just read my mind with that post, i agree with you to 100% but well, i still i got moviemaking and friends keeping me in the game “/ hoping for Cataclysm to be better.
    Hope you’ll have it good IRL but would really want to see something from you in Cataclysm if you ever decide to come back ;p
    Well.. be around :]

    Comment by Cruxe — July 27, 2010 @ 1:53 pm

  125. 1 of the best rogues who ever fought on the surface of Azeroth. I DL’ed all your films ages ago, even the real old ones. Keep watching them when I’m bored. I still keep being impressed how you handled that situation in that scene in that movie. Your technique, timing, cordination, precision, controls, prediction and understanding of the game mechanics etc. always keep me impressed. It’s what you said – skills. I stopped playing my rogue probably a half year ago because of the same frustation and “issues” as you and can compare my entire mind with what you writed above. I hope you will keep updating the site with random stuff just like Buddhist does with his website Thekingdomofernor.com. You’ve always been my rogue idol (lol) and always will be xoxo. I wish you all the best of luck in the future.

    P.s show us your face! :D

    Best regards
    Zwiper, EU, BronzeBeard – retired.

    Comment by Zwiper — July 27, 2010 @ 2:47 pm

  126. Wasn’t the news I was expecting. After all, I thought that your absence was due to it being summer and all. First time actually posting here actually, and would like take some time to give you the appropriate thanks for the time you took out of your life to create the videos and articles you shared with the community. The dedication you also showed to this blog, similar to the skills you demonstrate, is also worth admiring. I can personally say that I, like many others, would not have the perseverance to constantly update and maintain a quality blog.

    It’s unfortunate that you are leaving, but I guess it was inevitable, as no one could continue playing ,and at the same time, continue enjoying, WoW or in fact, any game for the rest of their life. Nevertheless, I truly wish you good luck on your journey of life and hope you periodically post something, as I really enjoy your style of writing ;P I am certain you will find something to devote your time to, and certainly hope you will enjoy it as much as you enjoyed playing WoW.

    Hope to hear from you soon ;P Later!

    Comment by Tom — July 27, 2010 @ 2:53 pm

  127. Finally. I’ve personally been waiting for this post for a long time and now it’s here. Thank you Akrios for the good and entertaining articles and thank you for this web site.

    Ps. First time posting but been following this site since tbc.

    Comment by Mikko — July 27, 2010 @ 3:32 pm

  128. This is a sad day for me. I’ve been waiting for a new post, and I was hoping it wouldn’t be this, Because this is the day that all of my favorite WoW bloggers are now not blogging about WoW anymore. BRK, Eurpides, and Now you, Akrios, have all quit. I was a terrible (PvP) rogue back in BC. I was told this by a rogue on my server, and he forwarded me to this website. I read your tips, watched your videos, and started keybinding (I had no idea at the time that it was the way to go, which it is) I transferred servers, to the terrible Fizzcrank server, and noticed many other rogues that were in my previous predicament. Every time I saw a rogue going into PvP keyboard turning, using sinister strike and not using stealth, I would send them to this website. usually, in a few weeks, I noticed them in BG’s (and occasional sporadic world pvp) doing much better. The loss of this blog, and your opinion is a critical blow to the Rogue community, I thank you for your years of help, and your Changing me from a scripted bossfight killing rogue, to a master of subtlety and assasination. Thank you, very much.

    Comment by Marche — July 27, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

  129. From 60 to 70 and finaly 80.Your playstyle-skills-movies was elite(even your name).I’ve learned so much from you and loads of people learned something from you.Thnx for world pvp when almost all movies are about ratings and arena and thank you for everything.I will always watch your movies and i ll always waiting for a new.Wishing you the best for your life…Farewell and good luck Legendary Akrios!!!

    Comment by Ogen — July 27, 2010 @ 6:07 pm

  130. By far one of the best an most respected rogues I have ever seen. Thank you for all your support! I’ve been following you for a while now and have learned a great deal from you. It’s a sad loss for the rogue community as you are one of the few that have put themselves out there to teach others. Best wishes to you Akrios! i know you’ll do well in life.

    Comment by Fierce — July 27, 2010 @ 6:11 pm

  131. I’ve been following you since the site’s release a few years back and I have to say, this is quite a downer. I love everything you’ve done with the sight, playing with you back in the day on Gurubashi a few times, and I wish you continued success with life. I have a fond memory of accidentally joining your chat channel and being ecstatic with talking to the real Akrios. Who knows; Cataclysm could bring back the “TBC” style of playing and bring you back to the game assuming it isn’t a total disaster. Anyhow, much luck and have fun.

    Comment by Fiare — July 27, 2010 @ 8:15 pm

  132. Damn m8 thats the best blogpost ive ever seen. Im rank13 and played tarrens mill in the old days…what u write is what i think, thats wow today and its getting worse. Sounds funny but i switchedback to shootergames, where skill is real skill, and where dumb developers cant ruin your gameplay.

    Comment by Sorran — July 27, 2010 @ 10:41 pm

  133. <3 Akrios

    Comment by kalamitykity — July 27, 2010 @ 11:57 pm

  134. HOLY FUCK GUYS I HEARD THAT AKRIOS DIED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT

    Comment by Kumen — July 28, 2010 @ 12:44 am

  135. I quite relate to what you feel towards WoW at the moment, though in another context altogether. And somehow I feel that, for all the reasons you’ve exposed (the worsening of community around WoW etc.) they’re all makeshift excuses. The number one reason is you don’t want to play anymore – most of the time is just a lack of interest that builds gradually while you play for so long. As for myself, I felt better when I accepted the fact that I just lost the interest in that particular area – this is quite hard to swallow especially when you’re good/very good at that and people see you as some sort of role model. Nothing wrong with it, if you feel like you wanna move on to some other things, peer pressure shouldn’t be a barrier. It’s your life not theirs.

    Comment by Seba — July 28, 2010 @ 1:55 am

  136. It’s going to be hard coming to grips with the fact that we (WoW community) have lost a truly talented player. I am going to miss your videos and posts about all things Rogue related. It seems that you have found something good in your life and I wish you the very best.

    Just as we will never forget you please don’t forget the fact that even though you never meet most of us, you played a crucial role in our Rogue/wow development.

    I/we appreciate everything you have done.

    Goodbye and good luck
    Hannat

    Comment by Hannat — July 28, 2010 @ 2:05 am

  137. Arg! Writing sentences with proper spelling and grammar without coffee is hard :/

    Comment by Hannat — July 28, 2010 @ 2:06 am

  138. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY HERO T_T OMFG……
    Ozzyhead
    Warsong US

    Comment by Ozzyhead — July 28, 2010 @ 4:10 am

  139. He never says he really stop the game, that why he still playing, until he chang his name & realm.
    IMO, of course.
    Perhaps … just .. well .. good skill, but wrath doesn’t gives you to expand this skill. Burning Crusade <=
    Sorry for my english, i'm a french gamer.
    Bye

    Comment by Leavesfallingdown — July 28, 2010 @ 5:14 am

  140. Idk but its nothing weird that Akrios,Buddhist and other good rogues left WoW for some reason… Here’s an example for the “BALANCE” blizzard makes with classes , Today i was dueling a destro warlock who used 5 buttons critted me with 3 for 8k and with others he feared me , deathcoiled … I got 31 keybinds (including 1-6) just to play and be on the normal skill rogues are these days and 2-3 classes can kill you only with 6-7 buttons maximum… Its just not fair or balanced which blizzard tries to create in their bullshit game which was good only at the beggining.

    Comment by Undisputed — July 28, 2010 @ 6:10 am

  141. bb

    Comment by Akrios — July 28, 2010 @ 8:49 am

  142. Farewell.

    Comment by God — July 28, 2010 @ 9:42 am

  143. didnt he say that he will make a last farewell video ? or a fake akrios said that?

    Comment by wtf — July 28, 2010 @ 9:44 am

  144. It is so painfull to read this. All my time when playing wow in wotlk I inspirited your vids, it is was great. When I am started played arena I have been watching your video over9000, and I tryed copyed your playstyle to get your pvp achievements, I used your ui posted here to be like you. I depressed by your decision to leave the wow. Good luck in your RL, I bealive you will return in cata.
    Russian players with you, I gave a lot of pvp expirience by your vid and posting here. Thx alot

    Comment by Breaked — July 28, 2010 @ 10:03 am

  145. 1 question Akrios please, why you stop playing with Pyrilus? (RLD, RLS)

    Comment by Hori — July 28, 2010 @ 10:27 am

  146. T_T Q.Q :’C

    Comment by Forty — July 28, 2010 @ 10:47 am

  147. Completely agree. I was there on guru back in the day man, recently stopped playing for the same reasons. Props on all of your vids. Your an inspiration. Good luck! And yes, less weed is a bad thing! =D

    Comment by Haxrawr — July 28, 2010 @ 11:13 am

  148. WoW sucks since WotLK release…only a matter of time till very good players come zo this conclusion. Only thing that counters the ideas from the community to make this game actually better, is that blizzard tries to get a huge amount of money more with suck this game up…look at faction change.

    kkthxbye for few years of very entertaining rogue videos and commentaries.

    Comment by caspeR — July 28, 2010 @ 11:38 am

  149. So the bigger question is.

    Where is your rogue at the moment?

    Sold, Deleted.. What?

    Comment by Wizex — July 28, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

  150. It is the end of the game … Good old times. TT

    Comment by skzzk — July 28, 2010 @ 2:15 pm

  151. Your videos were a huge source of inspiration, entertainment, and knowledge for me. Thanks so much for everything you’ve done for the rogue community, keeping this site alive and running and releasing the vids. Take care man, good luck with whatever you choose to pursue in life. Much respect

    Comment by Semmler — July 28, 2010 @ 4:39 pm

  152. Think of where you are sitting now, in your chair reading this. Image how BIG the earth is compared to you. Then imagine, HOW BIG the sun is compared to the earth (you can fit 1 million earths into the sun). Now imagine, HOW BIG our solar system is, including the space between the planets. Got it?

    K, Our solar sytem is on the outter edges of our milky way galaxy, it is a spec of dirt compared to the rest of the galaxy. There are 30 galaxies near us (one of which is crashing into us). Take that into some thought.

    From our local group of galaxies, (30) there are HUNDRED’S OF BILLIONS OF GALAXIES!. Most of which (actually nearly ALL of which) we will never see, because the galaxies are expanding faster than the speed of light, so we can never see those’s galaxies light, ever. Every galaxy, is in a cluster of galaxies, that form a local group. That bind or stick together from the law of gravity. In between those galaxies, there is an unimaginable amount of space between them. This space will continue to expand.

    Feel like being a geek right now so bear with me. All this must end, and not even this universe will last forever, (is there other universes out there? I think so). One with different laws at that, maybe there is no concept of time in one universe, or gravity. But I am getting out of hand, your sitting in your chair, and for now, that 8-15 square feet you take up is enough.

    Goodbye akrios, all things must pass.

    Comment by Truewan — July 28, 2010 @ 6:37 pm

  153. Akrios, it has been a pleasure following your videos over the course of a couple years. Good luck with everything man.

    Comment by Ranthom — July 28, 2010 @ 7:54 pm

  154. Many thanks for the years of entertaining ambushing, mutilating, eviscerating – and writing about it! Good luck and best wishes for your future! Greeting from a sad german rogue.

    Comment by Ministophylis — July 29, 2010 @ 1:24 am

  155. I could have written that post myself. I agree entirely, stevey-chan, and I’ve been arguing those points for years. It didn’t start with WOTLK, BC, or even arena. It started with battlegrounds, which began the unending process of trivializing PvP.

    Comment by Buddhist — July 29, 2010 @ 3:24 am

  156. Cheers for the entertainment and education, Akrios. Optimism for D3/cata.
    Good luck.

    Comment by CJT — July 29, 2010 @ 3:35 am

  157. I used to come back here for PVP tips (it got me to top 36% in 2s with my druid friend ^_^) although i never really got that good haha.

    I stopped playing a while back but always came back to roguerogue just to catch up on how my favorite class was doing, but this post put a smile on my face, reminding me why I quit the game myself, that WOW eventually stops being as fun as it used to be, and simply becomes a time sink. Farewell Akrios, and know you’ve made a sound choice. I know I have.

    Comment by resolt — July 29, 2010 @ 3:38 am

  158. you helped me expand my trance music tastes as well ^__^

    Comment by resolt — July 29, 2010 @ 3:39 am

  159. Thanks Akrios for your awesome videos and insight on WoW, especially the rogue class. Your videos alone got me into trance music, and definitley inspired me to keep playing my rogue. I learned a lot from you man, thanks again and gl hf :)

    Comment by Twizibb — July 29, 2010 @ 5:08 am

  160. AK! I love you so mush! Good luck!

    Comment by xiao_hun — July 29, 2010 @ 5:19 am

  161. Thank you Akrios for the inspiration and all the joyful moments I’ve had following your videos, it has been a true pleasure. Good luck with whatever you’ll be doing further on in your life.
    Farewell.

    Comment by Stabzor — July 29, 2010 @ 6:19 am

  162. This couldn’t describe better the point ov view of the game i have of the game nowadays. The game i played for 4 years is slowly dying. World pvp is dead. PVP mixed Realms, Real ID = Horde chatting with ally. The magic is gone. I wish i could go back to the good old Pre-BC and BC days.

    Comment by Välerie — July 29, 2010 @ 6:45 am

  163. I will miss you a lot you’re a rogue god imo and you will always be the person who made my day when I saw a video of yours!

    Anyway here is why people hate on World PvP at the moment, If you look closely on drakedog 9 and you compare the gear of the people he is killing you can actually see a HUGE difference in resilience on them both which makes it a lot easier for drakedog to kill them due to Chaos bolt basicly destroying them. Not saying he isn’t skilled or anything I loved the movie and the content just saying.

    People did accept that world PvP was gone because they were most likely to be that guy who got killed in World PvP. And because it was just not found in PvP anymore in Wotlk so therefor Arena and BG’s just took it’s place and people just seemed to deal with it.

    But I must say you are 100% correct about that thing that now people just sit in Dalaran and wait for their arena partners to log in.. Tho I personally find Orgrimmar Bank roof to be more satisfying to jump around on. I don’t know how many times I “quit” as you may call it due to all I was doing 85% of the game was jumping on a bank roof o.o

    I’ll miss you, You’re a man of inspiration. I tip my hat for you sir!

    Comment by Varmt — July 29, 2010 @ 7:06 am

  164. Gonna miss you man. You’ve helped me through so much as a rogue and it’s unbelievable how much you’ve helped me just through this website. Can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done. Hope you have a good one, Akrios.

    Regards,
    -Banis

    Comment by Banis — July 29, 2010 @ 7:50 am

  165. Well said Akrios, I wish you good luck with whatever you decide to do.

    Comment by Cronix — July 29, 2010 @ 8:29 am

  166. Now that I’ve stopped playing for about 4 months, I’ve debated if it’s worth it to buy Cata and resubscribe for a month just to see how it is. The more I think about it.. Jumping on the Orgrimmar bank roof just isn’t worth that much… Plus everyone else I know has left. I wonder if Blizz will drag the game on forever or just cut it off?

    Comment by Feight — July 29, 2010 @ 9:26 am

  167. I enjoyed your vids a lot and although your thoughts concerning the community. have a good time!

    Comment by siado — July 29, 2010 @ 9:38 am

  168. Enjoy life mate. Thanks for the site and the vids and don’t be a stranger! (From – England, Europe)

    Comment by Blah — July 29, 2010 @ 10:14 am

  169. Dear Akrios,

    I do understand your point of view. Things werent the same anymore when TBC got released and alot more had changed when WOTLK came out ! I myself also quit for the same reasons… people’s attitude and the fact that arena was the only thing that would matter…BULLSHIT ! Things got to easy and people could get gear to ez…the epic feeling got lost since WOTLK was released …TBC was abit about skill but most skill was at lv 60…best times…something of me got lost when expansions were released but i played it along for socials friends ingame :(

    To summary all; wise decision mate ! I enjoyed your movies from your first till last and always was a loyal watcher :) ! You made my 5 years playing wow fun and i learned alot from u :) I hope and wish you all the best you can wish/hope for :)

    Sperix out ! X

    Comment by Sperix (Chamber of Aspect) — July 29, 2010 @ 10:18 am

  170. I think, Akrios, you made the right choice in the end will be a moment when we all have to leave the world of world of warcraft.Good luck!

    Comment by Mar1strod — July 29, 2010 @ 11:13 am

  171. I always love your videos, you are still the best. I will miss it so much. Your name will be remembered all the time

    Good luck Akrios

    Comment by Schy — July 29, 2010 @ 12:44 pm

  172. Akrios

    i will admit i am abit down-heartened the fact that you have finally decided to call it a day. But to each his own, and your points for leaving, not that you had to make any, are in my eyes valid. Of the handful of rogues whom i have followed over the years, whilst all being a source of knowledge and entertainment, you have been a personal favorite. Always pushing boundaries, showing us new possibilities and that no-one is unbeatable. ^^ every video a pleasure to watch. Personal favorites id say would be Eviscerate 9 and Arena Vol. 2

    Thank you.

    Comment by Devildriver — July 29, 2010 @ 1:04 pm

  173. OMG, Akrios i love you !
    muahh, loving you*

    Comment by Emy — July 29, 2010 @ 2:11 pm

  174. Dear Akrios, GL & HF, POWER TO THE HORDE AND POWER TO THE FORSAKEN !!

    Comment by lou_bot — July 29, 2010 @ 3:54 pm

  175. Se agradece muchisimo los videos que hiciste. Me enseñaron tantas cosas… ademas siempre fuiste un ejemplo considero para todos los rogues latinoamericanos. Se te va a extrañar, espero que te des una vuelta en cataclysm por lo menos para dejarnos algun ultimo legado en forma de video. Suerte con tus planes y agradesco infinitamente lo que hiciste por toda la comunidad rogue de este juego. Saludos desde Argentina.

    Comment by Aenea — July 29, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

  176. later dude, gl with life

    Comment by valdosk — July 29, 2010 @ 10:54 pm

  177. Akrios

    you are one of the best rogue I’ve seen your videos I love it thanks to you I wanted to try Mutilate ABC spect, I thank you.
    Cy @

    Comment by Ourna — July 29, 2010 @ 11:23 pm

  178. gl irl

    Comment by Ourna — July 29, 2010 @ 11:23 pm

  179. Akrios is living proof that intelligent people smoke weed too!:D

    Comment by Noxan — July 30, 2010 @ 12:37 am

  180. Akrios

    Thank you for creating some of the best real PVP movies that the WOW community has ever seen. Ever since I started playing rogue a couple years back I have always looked to your site for advise and tips, there arn’t many other good rogue resourses available.

    In regards to what you said in your farewell words I completely agree 100% (except for smoking less weed :P ). I don’t play WOW any more but was playing WOW casually on and off for 6 months, then have a 6 month brake, then play again for 6 months or so casually for a couple hours a week for the past 4/5 years. So I wouldn’t call myself a super hardcore player or “pro”. But I had my fair share of good and bad experiances just like everyone, but for the most part of it I played WOW for the PVP aspects. You know what ? WOW PVP is nothing like it used to be, not even close. I would say it was at its best back in vanilla WOW, BC was also good. It was fun to gear up to fight random players in open world zones, aswell as have epic battles with 20 or so players on each side. Come to think of it that was the reason that I got into WOW in the first place. I still enjoy PVP and it still has its moments but it is definatly not what it used to be, and I also agree with you that its not only the game itself but also the community.

    I don’t really have the time to play these days either, nor do my friends so that also has something to do with me not playing anymore. I’m not sure if I’ll come back in Cataclysm because I don’t know if PVP will change much at all from how it is now. The next MMO that I might play will be SWTOR if I can find some time to play it lol.

    Anyways, Akrios thank you again and farewell, best of luck to you in the future.
    *Vanish*

    Comment by Steve / Evisrus — July 30, 2010 @ 2:16 am

  181. What was the reaction of most? People hating on world PvP. Really? What the fuck? You may say that this is just one video and you can’t base your views of the whole community on just one example, but what this critique leads me to is a deeper understanding that a large percentage of WoW’s current player base has no fucking idea what this game was and why it was so good. That epic PvP encounter in the roaming world, a random battle behind some mystifying scenery that will only happen once, where the only reward is pride. World PvP is WoW as a game, as a memorable experience. And THIS was one of people’s biggest complaints about the video. Players who have no idea what world PvP, is who would prefer a scripted arena match that can be decided before the gates open. I love(d) arena but it can NEVER be seen in the same light as world PvP to me. It’s just not the same experience and 99 percent of the time doesn’t even come close.

    NOTHING MORE TO SAY

    Farewell Akrios and Good Luck in RL enjoy your life !
    was nice to watch your videos and see how u keeped the spirit of pvp alive

    Comment by Antraxo — July 30, 2010 @ 7:10 am

  182. Akrios! you are the best from the best! I hope that you yet will return in WoW

    Comment by Turov — July 30, 2010 @ 7:17 am

  183. GL HF M8.

    After all my rogue friends, my rouge “heros” (like u, Akrios) stopped playing, and I myself rerolled on warrior – the class is ultimately dead for me. In my eyes – rogues are now done.
    Have a nice life!

    Comment by zenton — July 30, 2010 @ 7:42 am

  184. Thanks Akrios. Just by watching your videos i learned how to beat top rated rogues in duels on my freinds rogue. After a while i started playing on him more than my character. You have really helped me through these last years and i just wanna thank you. Your videos were awesome, your guides and tips helped thousands, and you gave all of the rogues out there hope. I have a special kind of respect for you, and i will never forget you as long as i play wow. Good luck Akrios! May your lightning reflexes never leave you.

    Comment by Vander — July 30, 2010 @ 10:46 am

  185. well man i have to agree with everything you said but i have to thank you for your help with your posts they have really helped good luck to ya

    Comment by Garðna — July 30, 2010 @ 11:51 am

  186. Much love and respect from austria .. i love ya videos ..
    gl in ya life

    Comment by DIo — July 30, 2010 @ 11:54 am

  187. ur wellcome Akrios : )
    i quit with wow becouse it was way to easier than in pass. no more enjoying by myself doing all that good tricks. but i miss that community so much even now (it is half year i played last time) i remember that great times spend with friends and loughing all night long : ) well i hope i will see u later, who knows where : )

    Comment by nINO — July 30, 2010 @ 1:43 pm

  188. Good luck with whatever you going to do.
    I totally agree to everything you said here, game is terribly unbalanced and boring.
    Even after i made a 60 twink, they inveted expirience in BG’s and i couldn’t queue anymore.
    I think in Cataclysm Blizzard will sell epics for $.
    Haven’t played WoW for 5 months.

    Comment by Stillmatic — July 30, 2010 @ 2:14 pm

  189. Akrios I just want to say that its hard to see a fellow rogue go :( . You’re videos are what inspired me to get better back when TBC came out. You’re time in this game is unwasted and very appreciated. Thank you and have a good one.

    Comment by Estomago — July 30, 2010 @ 3:20 pm

  190. we all will miss you Akrios good luck IRL and i hope you will come back someday ingame.
    Personally i dont like you, i love you all the way you do as you liek to do ingame.
    Well i will miss ya -.-

    Comment by Landmark — July 30, 2010 @ 3:21 pm

  191. Thanks for having a great site and contributing to it. I have followed your site even when I didnt play. I stopped playing 2 months ago, and I agree with all the points you made.

    Glad to hear that things are looking good for you, I know where you are coming from.

    All you videos, and posts, and EVEN music choices were top notch. I wish you luck in whatever you do buddy.

    All the best,

    Ironklad

    Comment by Ironklad — July 30, 2010 @ 4:32 pm

  192. I WILL MISS YOU AKRIOS I WILL MISS YOU GOOD.

    Comment by wow — July 30, 2010 @ 4:58 pm

  193. GL in RL M8.

    Will miss your movies and blogs

    Comment by john — July 30, 2010 @ 10:33 pm

  194. Sucks to see you go man, i’ve watched your vids for years. Only recently i got to “meet” you with the ‘Epoch’ guild scandel and it was enjoyable =). Glad i got a chance to play with you before you decided to leave. With what Bizzle said, please do keep in touch! Good luck in life =D
    -Hobbyx

    Comment by Hobbyx — July 30, 2010 @ 11:38 pm

  195. Goodbye and god bless you.

    Comment by Mike — July 31, 2010 @ 12:47 am

  196. I got the similar points as u, thanks for everything u did. Those videos, tricks gave me lots of shock, and really into ur masterpieces. I became stronger by watching ur videos. I’ve thought about AFK for a while, all good things come to end, hope u could live life abundantly…..

    Good Luck, the master of Mutilate!

    Your sincerely
    Rock

    Comment by Rock — July 31, 2010 @ 1:05 am

  197. Gl with it

    Comment by Tetrameth — July 31, 2010 @ 4:30 am

  198. Why you have deleted your rogue?You could sell it!!)

    Comment by for best rogue — July 31, 2010 @ 6:01 am

  199. Thankz for my reminding me what is pvp.

    Comment by Ztealth — July 31, 2010 @ 7:41 am

  200. Farewell, Akrios, it’s been a blast. Loved and watched every single one of your videos. Nice to see your doing good, bro. Tis’ a rare thing to find someone who knows what PvP is and remember what WoW is. It isn’t blizzards fault the game isn’t on the amount of epicness it used to be in BC, it is, as you said, the communities for letting it happen. Ah well. World PvP was much fun, but so rare now, and what you find is rarely world PvP. It takes A LOT of digging to get World PvP clips or World PvP clearly. Best of luck to you, Akrios, and it’s nice to see someone who remembers what PvP is.

    Comment by Hex — July 31, 2010 @ 8:08 am

  201. farewell Akrios, WE WILL MISS YOU BRO

    Comment by adhhfs — July 31, 2010 @ 9:28 am

  202. farewell akrios, we will all miss you bro

    Comment by adhhfs — July 31, 2010 @ 9:28 am

  203. You speak words of truth.

    Farewell, legend.

    Comment by BeBerduBengal — July 31, 2010 @ 10:37 am

  204. ty, gl & fh!
    old hillsbrad & astranaar soldiers never die!
    long life world pvp.

    Comment by Mopar — July 31, 2010 @ 11:01 am

  205. “Baby come back!”

    Comment by Jackyl — July 31, 2010 @ 11:59 am

  206. GL from Poland. You will be always my hero!!! See ye in Cataclism :P

    Comment by dorothy — July 31, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

  207. Really nice read. I feel the same why like you for some time. I think we’re similar in some way lol. Just I stopped being active before you since I knew where it was going.
    I totally agree with you about arena, world PvP, how people define skill and newcomers.
    Well, thanks for all the things and effort you put.

    For me TBC & WotLK are more PvE expansions and PvP balancing phase. While Cataclysm coming soon with all changes and revamping the whole game (since I’m sure it will be better then last 2 expansions) hope you’ll be back and active in Cataclysm.

    I’m sure I will.

    Comment by Ane — July 31, 2010 @ 3:05 pm

  208. GL from Russia.
    Every day looking your videos.
    :)
    you cool ^^

    Comment by inception — July 31, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

  209. I’ve followed this website since the beginning when you were posting with Nition

    This is really sad, but as we all know, WoW is merely digits and bits, nothing is real.
    I’ll quote Bsnaff: “It was nice to know someone “up” the PvP food chain who was a human being”
    I don’t know whwy, but I always thought that you were not that “nerdy” stereotype kinda guy. I’m so pleased to know that was true!

    putting WoW aside, I’ve read everything you posted here, and I can say that you’re a highly-educated individual, and you’re an excellent writer, you should consider blogging, even about something else if you’re done with wow, maybe about life without wow? :D

    PS:This website needs someone to take care of it..

    find your successor!!

    cheers from Saudi Arabia

    Comment by Decline — July 31, 2010 @ 4:58 pm

  210. We will all remember you, Akrios, a rogue, a hero, a legend.

    Comment by Foray — July 31, 2010 @ 6:49 pm

  211. good luck mate youll be remembered :)

    Comment by shuyf — August 1, 2010 @ 2:49 am

  212. Since Pre-BC, I’ve watched your videos, picked up on your style, I’ve seen it all. Seen every video made since the first eviscerate. I stood in disbelief as to the things you accomplished as a rogue. You have given the world (of warcraft) a great gift that was the privlege to watch you dominate the competition as what I consider a severely dettered class that takes great skill to take to its full potential.

    I completely agree on many levels that this game as reached a very low point indeed. The fact that the only way to be successful in arena is to be a part of the inter-circle of players that are successful in arena. You can be the most skilled player on the face of the earth but if you dont have the ratings you’re just another scrubb 1600 hero to play with REAL 1600 heros. You can’t get the ratings without good teammates, you cant get the teammates without good ratings. It’s that simple. And though I am no longer in that position, it sickened me that rogues that I know are not “on my level” are in the circle, playing with the gladiators, getting dismantled during shadow dance.

    You taught me without teaching me how to play a rogue with finesse and skill. Without your videos I may have very well still been a 1600 hero, not knowing a clue. Those other rogues do not have your style Akrios. They never will.

    Best of luck in life, and everything you do. You’ve accomplished a lot in this shitty game.

    Comment by Connor M — August 1, 2010 @ 3:53 am

  213. Sorry for my typo, I meant to say in that butchered sentence “The fact that the only way to be successful in arena is to be a part of the inter-circle of players that are successful in arena, is very sad, considering to be in that circle you need to already be successful.”

    Comment by Connor M — August 1, 2010 @ 4:02 am

  214. Akrios, all I can see is that I admire your ability to entertain people and at the same time make them learn something from your vids, while watching.Imo it’s not even about the game or your pvp achievements and skill , but about the respect you gain among other players, proving your worth. Because after all for a man, even in a game ,the most important thing is to be respected for whom you are.And you’ve managed to achieve that, which is better than any pvp achievement or sponsorship.Good luck to you in RL! :) Have fun.

    Comment by Spinezlol-EU — August 1, 2010 @ 10:17 am

  215. from the first time i met you in shatt, to buying points in season 2 from you and orrah, to the first couple of raids i did with Noto, and through all the insight and entertainment you’ve provided via this website and vent, i’m really going to miss having such a reliable source of knowledge and laughs.

    if the 214 comments before me, and this, are any indicator, you’ve done an amazing job, and wish you the best.

    Comment by Deftronic — August 1, 2010 @ 3:05 pm

  216. NOOOO AKRIOS, YOU ARE THE BEST ROGUE IN THE WORLD…. MISS U :(

    Comment by AKRIOS FAN — August 1, 2010 @ 3:54 pm

  217. thanks man

    Comment by An — August 1, 2010 @ 4:52 pm

  218. Too true, all of it. Current community sucks balls.

    Comment by Mike — August 1, 2010 @ 5:20 pm

  219. Good luck, your movies where inspiring and realy could get that epic feeling on your vids, enjoied watching them alot, by :S!

    Comment by Hajaje — August 1, 2010 @ 6:18 pm

  220. at least addicted “akrios fans” will stop making fake videos >.>

    Comment by m.k — August 1, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

  221. ROFL

    Comment by m.k — August 1, 2010 @ 7:01 pm

  222. I agree with what you said. I left wow because one year ago because i was a fan of world pvp and arena never interested me. After having a lot of fun during the leveling 70-80, i went to private servers where there was at least some savage ganking.

    By the way, the fact that all the game will be flyable won’t help it. Bye.

    Comment by Belung — August 1, 2010 @ 7:49 pm

  223. Great rogue and person…Your vidoes are pretty much what made playing a rogue fun because i wanted to surpass you and the others and that gave me the inspiration to push myself to get better…Your a cool dude Hope to see things from you in the future

    Comment by Modify — August 1, 2010 @ 11:23 pm

  224. Its incredibly how much this game changed the life of all players.. :) But I can say that – The game changed my life,your videos changed the game! I was too addicted before,but now Im not and I feel better ;d

    Bye Akrios and good luck!

    Comment by Frostemus — August 2, 2010 @ 6:24 am

  225. Akrios,
    I couldnt agree more. It truly is a sad time for WoW PvP in general. I persoanlly didnt start playing until a couple months before the release of TBC. But all through BC you and Nition were the 2 rogues who I always followed and the near disbanding of Noto was tragic. Just another prime example of how things were still decent even in BC; at least then clearing end game required progression which is what the game honestly lacks at this point and I hope Blizz really thinks about bringing back having to put effort into earning raid gear. Just to sum it up and end this, I wish you the best in all you do and want to thank you for your contributions to the community and showing that playing a rogue isnt about cheap openers and stunlocks but takes A LOT more effort. I know ill be enjoying Evis 9 and 10 for many years to come. Again, I wish you the best and good luck; you will be missed.

    Comment by Amigostabby — August 2, 2010 @ 6:52 am

  226. Thank you for all of the thing you have done for us rogues .You gave rogues a place to learn and grow with our class.We would like say (THANK YOU ).Wish you all the luck and good times.

    Thanks Herlong

    Comment by Herlong — August 2, 2010 @ 7:06 am

  227. Hey, Sad post first of all, you’ve taught me how to be a better rogue with your videos and that, I’m greatful for that, i wish you good luck in your life, i just hope you’ll play more during cata if it turns out to be better, i hope it gets like it was in ilse of quel danas, that place was brilant for killing people while questing

    Maybe you could make a Bulk packadge of all your Videos into one download.

    Peace man, Take it easy.

    Thanks for all your time and effort over these years.

    ~ Nicholas .

    Comment by Phy — August 2, 2010 @ 7:46 am

  228. I seriously agree. I am so fucking sick and tired of all the newfags who just started playing in WotLK saying “You need 6000 Gearscore to join! Skill isn’t required ofc, nor is correct gemming and enchanting, just high gearscore” Gah!
    Glad to hear that you’re doing good (wierdly enough I am glad, even though I don’t know you as a person..), still REALLY sad that I wont be seing anymore incredible Rogue movies from you…
    First Buddhist and now you … WotLK killed 2 awesome rogues.

    Comment by Arkwite — August 2, 2010 @ 10:36 am

  229. Akrios

    I thank you for all your support playing wow, I am fellt sorry you are leaving the wow community I watch over your vids the same time, skeeves all ways leard your training, my sensei Let us go and we die together thanks for all your help Akrios.

    Skeeves of Bonechewer.

    Comment by Skeeves — August 2, 2010 @ 12:27 pm

  230. Akrios,
    Even though I´ve been pretty much lurking on these forums
    for a few years now, I would like to thank you for helping me better understand playing as a rogue, mostly because of your videos, I went from a clicking keyboard turner to someone that could actually pvp… a bit. I never made high ratings in arena but thanks to you I had conciderably more fun in playing the class. I even discovered my taste for trance music because of you ^^, your skills were always my goal to get, I wanted to be able to do that, and even though i never really could, I feel that I really learned a lot from you in the game. I wish you a good further life outside the world of warcraft. Wow will truly lose another great player.

    Comment by Sylvan — August 2, 2010 @ 2:34 pm

  231. You are an inspiration to a lot of players . You will be on the top with classic Titles like World of roguecraft, Neilyo ,Drakedog ,Vurtne and others alike. You truly enjoyed the game for its worth. You have my respect fellow rogue.

    Comment by Drastical — August 2, 2010 @ 4:26 pm

  232. Thanks Akrios for all your knowledge of the game and class. I have been one of the people that look at this site everyday for new posts. Your videos are top notch and I think we are all sad that world pvp just isn’t the same anymore and elitists run the arenas now days. I will miss waiting forever for new vids and getting excited when a new post is up. Good luck in all you do and thank you so much for making us all better players.

    And @ 231- Akrios is a legend.

    You will be missed.

    Comment by Larryfine — August 2, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

  233. nah he is not a legend…he is just another human being that liked to do something and realy became something big in it….

    Comment by m.k — August 2, 2010 @ 6:43 pm

  234. and btw Akrios u gave up a littile too late….anyway cata will be up soon and i know ….i know it may suck…but who knows? >.>

    Comment by m.k — August 2, 2010 @ 7:17 pm

  235. Honestly, I don’t blame you for leaving. Lack of world pvp, even the mere interest in it coupled with crap raiding was what made me leave the game. I stopped playing in late December and canceled in early January. I’ve not looked back a single time. I’ve seen some things on Cata, and to be perfectly honest I am not excited at all. It really seems like everything Blizzard said they would never do…they’re now doing. Faction changes, making old-world flying mount accessible, transferring to pvp servers, the list goes on and on. The old WOW is long gone and I never see it really coming back, Cata will most certainly be the final nail in the coffin for world pvp. I agree with you on the comments made on Drakedog’s latest video. A lot of people hate on him anyway (I’m a big fan, having watched him since his first video), but hating on someone for world pvp? Something he’s ALWAYS done videos on? That’s just shows where the community is at this point.

    Best of luck to you in what you do. :)

    Comment by Fosul — August 2, 2010 @ 7:25 pm

  236. I soely agree that the community ruined everything world pvp you i mean come on your cant even gank in major cities anymore WTF thats no fucking fun.Anyway i have the all out most respect for you as a pro you show losses in duels (the few you have)

    Comment by Movingon — August 2, 2010 @ 8:57 pm

  237. its sad that such a good rogue is leaving the game. i learned alot from just watching your videos and took a lot of strats and tips from the way you played. overall i think you made me a better rogue. i hope you do well and if you ever come back i hope to see more kickass rogue videos. cheers

    Comment by Nzar122 — August 2, 2010 @ 8:59 pm

  238. noone blames you for moving on with your life the game is going to shit in cata anyways why waste our time? Frozen throne is more fun anyway.But still time consuming but atleast theres no fee thats always a bonus

    take care man have a nice life and keep on hitting that gym you will see results in time.

    Comment by Movingon — August 2, 2010 @ 9:01 pm

  239. i agree that the community destroyed the game and the world pvp etc. all the whinners and complainers etc got to the point that blizzard had to chance things witch slowly made the game disinteresting i mean you cant even gank someone in a major city without being destroyed afterward bye guards cause u cant vanish.
    Well take care man thanks for all the videos really helped me out on my rogue
    and keep hitting the gym you will like it afterwards ^^bye

    Comment by VanillaWow — August 2, 2010 @ 10:00 pm

  240. Akrios,

    I’m really sad that you left WoW, because it forces me to admit that I am close to being done with this, in my point of view, decaying game. Rogue has always been my favorite class, PvP has always been my favorite WoW activity, and I just realized that I did not seriously play my Rogue for several monthes, I’m just leveling alts just to travel in the old zones and in the hope of some world PvP.

    I remember when I first see your videos, it was one where you were in Auchindoun doing some world PvP. I don’t know what it had special but since then “Akrios” has always been the Top Rogue reference in WoW. Of course there were other excellent players and comparison is pointless when you reach such a level of skill, but Akrios has always been the most entertaining. Music was always good and I always tried to find the tracks to listen to them while playing.

    The first video you released in Wotlk showed itself how the game had changed and how it was broke: when you duel that Blood DK in the arena, forced to trick him with the pillar to beat him…

    There’s a 99% chance that I’ll try Cataclysm but I really doubt Blizzard will suceed in making the WoW community feel like before.

    One thing you say and I think it’s the same for me, is that even if from an objective point of view the game is much more flawed today than it was by the past, I just think vanillia players have changed too. I was 20 when I tried wow, now my studies are complete and I’m 25. That’s a lot of time, it’s hard to be entertained with the same thing for so long.

    Well, WoW is just a game, but a game you play several years is special and it’s always sad to admit that we’re over it now. So much memories… I remember some quests, world pvp encounters etc., so well :) I defended Brill, assaulted Southshore, Astranar, etc… even if I never went on a RP server there were always some RP in PvP servers. I remember when I was playing my lvl 15 priest something like 4 years ago, a Human Paladin entered Undercity, kneel down in front of the Throne there, and then a (long) fights occurs with another lvl 60 UD warrior. Nowadays, I’m sure people would just say “omg fucking noob paly” and think that the guy is wasting his time and sould be farming Randoms instead… That was the first WoW spirit, and I fear there is just the shadow of it now.

    Well, time to stop writing and hurting everybody’s eyes with my broken english :) Thanks for all your awesome videos, gonna download them all and store them, I’m sure I’ll watch them again some day, thinking “that was a great player in a great game”.

    Best regards,

    baruch

    Comment by baruch — August 3, 2010 @ 2:10 am

  241. Respect! , thanks for all the great movies and the work u did here, i started playing WoW since the day i saw one of your videos back in TBC n i know how the pvp has changed ,sad to know but ye, i hope u come back on cata at least to try out the class n give us your almighty tips ;o)
    thanks for the inspiration back in TBC
    Best of Wishes
    –Deadly–

    Comment by Deadly — August 3, 2010 @ 3:12 am

  242. Geez…. u really make this sound like a goodbye. I hate farewells, but anyways… I wanted 2 thank u, I really learned a lot from u and the way u explained things, well….no rogue could do it better! Ha! :P
    I was still looking 4ward 2 ur next video, wondering when it’ll come out, but well….I guess… (maybe next year? Hihi~) Oh well, bet u’ll come back during Cataclysm anyway :P Haha! (I hope – ,-)
    In all the vids, Eviscerate X is still my favourite one! I’ve watched it like a hundred times… 0 ,0 Really really awesome (+entertaining)~~~luv it!
    And u…. you’re still my favo rogue =^_^=

    Well… wish u good luck with ur life!

    Comment by XC — August 3, 2010 @ 3:52 am

  243. Akrios,
    I’m an very old Vanilla player, I know precisely what you signify and feel about World PvP.
    I remembered World Pvping at Tyr’s hand in EPL or Ashenvale, STV. I never had any particular good gear but I just treasured World PvPing and it was everything I did.
    I never played as a rogue but I always loved your videos, even after quitting (I quit a year back) and don’t giving a crap about WoW I still get on warcraftmovies.com or roguerogue ONLY to see your kickass videos.
    I’ll miss the songs you use in your videos; I’ve added every single song to iTunes.

    Your skills as a rogue goes beyond mind’s eye, everything you create is truly awesome.
    On every new video release I’d make it as comfortable as possible for me, I’d turn off the lights, load a beer, and just sit and watch your masterpieces.
    Thanks man for the entertainment you gave me.

    THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME YOU DIE AKRIOS, EVISCERATE…KING

    Comment by Mattias — August 3, 2010 @ 4:30 am

  244. Akrios,
    From the very beginning of Vanilla BC I remember watching your first video. Thunderfury 1, it was one of the reasons I came to Gurubashi. Then with the coming of Burning Crusade, I reactivated my account and became absorbed again. In May of 2008 I was a frequent flier of Roguerogue.com, where all of your archives and exploits left WoW realm forums and became parts of WoW history. Steveywonder! We so fondly called you in Notorious, it was so much fun, getting mad at everyone while trying to down Mu’ru in Sunwell lolol!

    You have truly been an inspiration to rogues, the community and to all the upcoming players this game has seen. You have had followers from all over the world following you since Gurubashi, I was one of them. It truly was a sad moment when everything began to fall apart for us in Notorious and we all went our separate ways. You however, never gave up, you continued what you always wanted. “To make the best rogue video ever created.” That’s why the words Rogue, Eviscerate and Metallica can only be referring to you. You created something here, with Nition, Aeias and several others. I hate to sound like such a girl, but it’s what I do =D

    You will be missed Steven, you truly will be, and for all the haters/posers/fakes out there. There is no replacement, no imposter, no false idols, Akrios was the first, he was the last, there can only be one. Enjoy your life away from this cyclone of drama Steveywonder, your legacy lives on!!

    -Toki

    Comment by Tokilmfao/Tokikonae/Arykas (Stormreaver-US) — August 3, 2010 @ 1:36 pm

  245. gl, arkios =*

    Comment by nervezfafx — August 3, 2010 @ 2:12 pm

  246. Hey akrios
    i know what you mean and i hope the best for you
    i really dont know what else to say :P
    just wanna let you know though during prebc/bc i sucked at pvp hard core so i sticked with the pve community and didnt discover your vids until season 5
    season 6 i pushed up to a 2k rating since i watched and studied your vids

    thank you so much man and i hope you stick with gaming and would love to hear more about your gaming experiences in other games.

    Comment by Crytek — August 3, 2010 @ 4:21 pm

  247. Not a good sign for WoW when the likes of yourself are leaving the game.

    If cata aint the shit i think you’ll be followed by a lot of the big names :(

    GL dude.

    Comment by Lee — August 3, 2010 @ 4:25 pm

  248. Can we get a best of video before you completely fade away..???? FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT AGREE COMENT ON THIS!!!!! I have seriously become a better pvp rogue because of your videos and insight and would love to see and best of and parting video from you… plz plz plz do your fan base this favor….

    mcTHEp

    Comment by mcpepants — August 4, 2010 @ 1:16 am

  249. Farewell Legend Akrios. Thank you for Making the videos you did and taking time the time to share it with the Rogue-WoW Community. You will be missed. /salute

    Comment by Gutcha — August 4, 2010 @ 3:51 am

  250. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    I’LL MISS YOU.

    Comment by akrioooooooooooos — August 4, 2010 @ 4:59 am

  251. *akrios

    Comment by nervezfafx — August 4, 2010 @ 7:29 am

  252. Farewell Akrios, thanks for all the videos and the website, you were a great inspiration to Rogues and indeed many other players. Good luck in real life.

    Comment by Nycto — August 4, 2010 @ 8:22 am

  253. Akrios, make video, as you delete your character
    just for fun. Well, or something like that pls

    Comment by unknown — August 4, 2010 @ 11:10 am

  254. Take care man. Loved watching your videos and your advice. I agree with everything you said about 100%. I too have started playing this game less and less. Probably play for like a day a week. But anyways take care and good luck where ever life takes you man. Was a good run. Hehe.

    Comment by Ariex — August 4, 2010 @ 12:39 pm

  255. Damn, your one of the reasons i went so far with my rogue, i’ve been watching your videos since the start dude, you made alot of good points about how WoW is now, wish it was different. amazing rogue player, & always amazing videos/music, thanks man, take care.

    Comment by Sway — August 4, 2010 @ 1:40 pm

  256. I’m gonna miss you Akrios. You have always been an inspiration to me, and my other rogue friends. I didn’t play WoW from August ‘09 up until a few days ago, but even though those 10 or so months of not playing the game I still checked your website every few days. You were the reason I loved my rogue so much, and even though I never even met you, I’m gonna miss you. Good luck with life. :]

    Comment by impossible — August 4, 2010 @ 3:32 pm

  257. That was one fucking amazing speach their akrios i allways admired ur videos learned me alot but the fact is that u need ur friends with u in arena them u play along with and the sync is way better but some comps is just not that way I’ve never played my paladin before like alot and in 1-2 days i went to 2100 mmr with crappy gear in 3v3, that’s just 1 more thing about wotlk. and about the real life stuff, it really seemed that u enjoy “quitting” wow. Good luck in the near future mate and let the wind carry u the best way of life :P Cu man!

    Comment by Akercy — August 4, 2010 @ 4:37 pm

  258. I completely understand.

    -Grim

    Comment by Grim — August 4, 2010 @ 4:41 pm

  259. Hell ye!

    Comment by m.k — August 4, 2010 @ 4:49 pm

  260. getting famous using ur amazing videos and then trying to find a good 3v3 team is like chasing a rabit while trying to shoot a bird just saying…

    Comment by m.k — August 4, 2010 @ 4:55 pm

  261. 呃，英文水平不咋滴;p 文章是在NGA看的译文 AK不玩乐= = 最开始知道AK是奶油和AK的PK视频 然后就渐渐喜欢上AK乐 看AK的英雄榜穿的主建筑衬衣 我屁颠屁颠的跑到黑石使劲刷乐5 6次终于刷到乐 心想穿上AK衬衣一定很NB PVP时就好像AK附体一样(*^__^*) 嘻嘻…… AK的每部视频一出就赶快下载下来 欣赏 没事喜欢来roguerogue看看AK又更新乐什么日志 后来看到AK AFK的消息 当时是很震惊拉 心目中的贼神不玩乐 咱们的信仰呃 倒乐、然后就等到乐这篇日志 AK确实不玩乐 那我得喜欢U大去拉 还有Grim 你说回归回归 什么消息都没 哀， 什么时候会轮到AK回归呢 ^^ 不扯乐 AK走好~我会想念你的 会没事看看你的视频 华丽丽的消失躲盲 AK不在WOW里乐 但WOW里仍然流传着AK的传说， AK：哥走乐 不要迷恋哥~\(≧▽≦)/~啦啦啦 >.< 又扯远乐 就写这么多乐 by3 by3

    Comment by 机德 — August 4, 2010 @ 5:01 pm

  262. akrios first off damn it!!! NO!!! im a hugh fan of your work.. i made a rogue because of you and the videos u made. Thank you so much for your time and effort into making your movies. im sad to see u go but i know that wow can change and into away that isnt worth anymore but i hope u succeed and go far in life..

    Comment by Siblol — August 4, 2010 @ 7:29 pm

  263. 嗨，AK哥 我喜欢你华丽的操作，我会常看你的视频，希望有一天你回回来。

    Comment by 屍匄之橆 — August 4, 2010 @ 8:55 pm

  264. Farewell AK…

    Comment by .... — August 4, 2010 @ 10:12 pm

  265. AK – never posted before but followed your site for a long time. I guess you were the reason I became a rogue a lifetime ago… and thank you for that. Your insights often went beyond the game (even if I didn’t always agree with you!) and I hope Blizzard read those last comments.

    Good luck – you will be missed. Drop back sometime eh?

    Comment by Alcohol — August 5, 2010 @ 5:07 am

  266. AK 因为你 我喜欢上毁伤 坚持这条道路 GL AK I’ll Miss you

    Comment by Kanecy — August 5, 2010 @ 6:13 am

  267. life>wow
    period

    Comment by Kenny — August 5, 2010 @ 6:30 am

  268. 看你的视频感觉很惊心动魄，而且学到了一些技巧，国服要开80，我们也要用毁伤奋斗了。

    Comment by your fans — August 5, 2010 @ 7:35 am

  269. Bye Akrios, you’ll be missed.

    Comment by AKKKKKKK — August 5, 2010 @ 9:05 am

  270. Hey akrios !!

    Good bye bro!! and good luck in the real life

    Comment by Tosan — August 5, 2010 @ 9:58 am

  271. I was SURE that you smoked weed haha
    you are awesome, and its a great decision from you to quit wow

    Comment by Aenima — August 5, 2010 @ 10:49 am

  272. THAT is really the sadest WOW-news I ever heard … /cry

    Good luck anyway, have fun in your life <3

    Comment by Eorani — August 5, 2010 @ 12:32 pm

  273. Man I just randomly Googled you right now because I randomly thought about how inspirational your Eviscerate 4 was to me like 4 years ago. Reading this really made sense to me. I stopped playing WoW maybe 2 years ago. Life is good without WoW and you made a good choice, especially because WOTLK is utter garbage. World PVP and vanilla WoW, even the first half of TBC were the some of the best times of my 19 year old life…but there are definitely much more important things. Your Eviscerate 4 will always be on my hard drive. Peace.

    Comment by George — August 5, 2010 @ 5:33 pm

  274. I quit WoW over a year ago and today I randomly decided to come onto your site. And instead of expressing sadness for you I’m gonna say grats, because I agree completely with what your wrote.

    Comment by Agminis — August 5, 2010 @ 11:03 pm

  275. Farewell akrios, you brought us entertainment and fun over the year..everything you did was incredibly good and i still have a handful of your vids on my hard-drive that i watch occasionally. i discovered trance mostly because of you and i owe you a HUGE thank you for that, your tracks were always top notch and all of ‘em are now playing regularly on my ipod :D

    Lately, i restarted playing.. but the experience i have/had was disappointing. I’ve come to the same conclusion you wrote in that post. The only thing that kept me from quiting was Nostalgia.. i wanted wow to be like it was when i enjoyed it back then (and god knows how much i enjoyed it!) .. sadly that game’s on it’s way down , and life goes on!

    Good luck with everything,
    -sorry for the sketchy english btw :P , and thank you one more time for everything you brought to wow community!

    Comment by Matt, (Quebec-Canada.) — August 5, 2010 @ 11:16 pm

  276. Sad news.

    You were the reason because I a rolled a Rogue, although I’m playing a Mage now, which I have to admit is infinite times funnier than a Rogue. Like other posters have said, the class in dead to me in its actual state. I’m very happy with my Mage anyway, it’s the coolest and funniest class I have tried.

    GL in real life dude.

    Comment by Spyro — August 6, 2010 @ 2:25 am

  277. heey thanks for all you’ve done, you have helped sooo many rogues out there to better their game and so so much more..

    take care ..

    btw anyone got his armory link ?

    Comment by ayo — August 6, 2010 @ 2:29 am

  278. Thanks for everything you’ve shared, man, enjoyed your videos and your thoughts on things greatly. Sometime we’re all gonna leave this game and ultimately forget about it, but the music I got to know through your videos is gonna stay, thank you for that.

    Take care

    Comment by Zelotes — August 6, 2010 @ 5:48 am

  279. Hello, Akrios.

    I’m, Maylerith from the Public Test Realm. I was in the guild with Conflict and Trance.

    A lot of what you stated in that comment is true. It’s nice that your life is better than it was.

    Goodbye, Akrios.

    Comment by Maylerith — August 6, 2010 @ 2:34 pm

  280. I feel all those reasons, but I think I’ll quit when I’m ready too :p there are still more noobs to gank in STV ;) . Take care, Mr. Akrios, see you on the other side.

    Comment by Brooks — August 6, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

  281. eerrr.. not quit, hahah stop playing hehe

    Comment by Brooks — August 6, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

  282. You’re welcome.

    That’s interesting. I may come online to talk to you sometime.

    Comment by Maylerith — August 6, 2010 @ 5:19 pm

  283. Good man. I don’t play anymore but watching the movies you sucessfully created over the years brings me the feeling I once had when I first started playing. Glad to hear about the gym and less herb smoking. get laid and get paid! Much love.

    Comment by Jake Hatton — August 6, 2010 @ 5:47 pm

  284. Althought part of me feels sad, a part of me feel greatfull im glad things are going well for you Akrios best luck and wishes to you, i will carry on slaying rats until my daggers are 4 seasons behind the curb if i have to.

    Comment by Insequor — August 6, 2010 @ 6:11 pm

  285. Ahaha.. I remember Conflict. Quite a character. I do believe to have seen Trance around but if I remember correctly my internet went down for the rest of the PTR after everyone had went to the guild with Trance.

    Comment by Hex — August 7, 2010 @ 12:52 am

  286. bye…

    Comment by msmac911 — August 7, 2010 @ 9:36 am

  287. Akrios
    You was and always be my top PvP player =)… when i heard about your “quit” i almost cryed, it was like my best friend dyed =( can you give me your Facebook account name? :) we can chat sometimes.. =))
    Good luck in your life, all my friends farewell to my big sensei =)
    P.S: I apologize for my english =) im from slovakia =)
    If you have readed this from one of the “287++” comments, please response =))))

    Comment by ScoTTy — August 7, 2010 @ 10:41 am

  288. Im glad you grew out of WoW…it happened to me too.

    And your reason of leaving was the same reason i had; but i could never explain it.
    You entertained many people, including me and i been a fan of you for years, all i can say is thank you
    and

    I wish you the best of luck.

    Comment by Legit — August 7, 2010 @ 11:27 am

  289. oh and thanks for showing me trance, such a great kind of music, it changed my life…more than u think.

    Comment by Legit — August 7, 2010 @ 11:42 am

  290. Completely agree witl all of these guys.. the whole PvP community has changed..
    i love all of the tips/tricks and music like Trance and “Army of pharaos” u have showed to me, to us..
    I Cant only say goodbye =) i will always love your videos.

    Comment by ScoTTy — August 7, 2010 @ 1:09 pm

  291. Until now if i will sometime start playing WoW, i will play ONLY MUTILATE SPEC FOR TRIBUTE OF AKRIOS!!

    Comment by ScoTTy — August 7, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

  292. maybe i just overread it but did he say something about cataclysm? Will he check out te expansion? i rlly hope for your guiding and always entertaining movies akrios!

    Comment by booztlol — August 8, 2010 @ 8:28 am

  293. Akiros,

    Which game will you be considering next? (Once a gamer always a gamer). And I do agree with you that WoW’s direction on arenas has taken the fun away from me. (Blackrock Alliance here).

    I miss those days where max levels roam around STV looking for PvP, and where is Tauren Mill? *Sigh* (Yeah, I’ve played WoW since beta, and always a rogue).

    See you Akiros, keep this name on games you play and I’ll try to find you.
    -Triest

    Comment by triest — August 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am

  294. I feel like a cold blood mutilate into my heart… Anyway,I agree your thoughts,WoW is just a part of life but not all of life,we play this game just for fun.And I agree some people that you showed me much more than skill

    Comment by Inflamess — August 8, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

  295. Akrios…..I miss u mate….please dont abadonn the game… :/ Your videos are inspirating me… because of you i beggining play for WoW… /cry

    Comment by Daggero — August 8, 2010 @ 5:06 pm

  296. i agree with everything you said regarding pvp but sadly i doubt it will be changed.. and oddly it seems like the world is changing the same way. nothing seems to have value anymore, everything is so superficial. the wars, the advertisements, fashion, and whatnot. idk if you guys understand what im saying. ive been watching zeitgeist and other ‘enlightenment’ vids so i guess thats the reason this even came to my head. anyways your videos were an inspiration to me akrios, youre one of the reasons i became a rogue. you showed us how this game was meant to be played:) and for that i thank you.

    Comment by InfiDus — August 8, 2010 @ 10:35 pm

  297. :’( !

    /cry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Forever in my heart…

    <3 !

    Comment by Exekk — August 8, 2010 @ 11:39 pm

  298. As for almost every one here, you made me understand the game mechanics as a rogue, i watched your videos one after the other (evendo at that time there wasnt much of em out yet), and thats how i learnd how to play a rogue id say, thank to you, neilyo and acrono, back in the old days.

    anyway good luck as well and enjoy your time, life’s precious

    Comment by Gumniceboy — August 9, 2010 @ 1:45 am

  299. Il “assume” tellement, qu’il en a renommé son personnage et changé de serveur.
    Du grand art !

    Comment by Leavesfallingdown — August 9, 2010 @ 2:34 am

  300. We had a few contact few months ago, and I was impressed how friendly you was.
    I have always appreciated your website and I hope you’ll be glad in the future!
    Maybe, we will meet again, who knows!?

    Bye

    Comment by Devilious — August 9, 2010 @ 5:34 am

  301. Sorry to see you go and agree with your comments, the wow community is dire atm and has been for quite some time. It wont change but Cata should shake it all up. My Goblin rogue will be using your training ;)

    Comment by Ashari — August 9, 2010 @ 8:23 am

  302. So fucking true, the whole story, WotLK is so fucking fucked up. That’s why me and my friends decided to only do PvE in Cataclysm, because PvP is so fucked up. All about paladins most of the time and so on. Fuck this shit, atleast PvE is fun if you’re doing it with the right guild and right people and shit.
    Thanks

    Comment by Silent — August 9, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

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    Comment by Jackeis — August 9, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

  307. Where to begin… I remember watching Eviscerate 8 in TBC and thinking “wow this guy is awesome. I want to do half the shit he does” That pretty much sparked my passion for PvP. I followed you ever since. Everything from my keybinds to the music i listen to now came from you. I do agree this expansion has been fucked up which is part of the reason i stopped playing recently as well. I thank you deeply for making this game a better experience for me and many others. Your updates, movies, and blogs have been a blast these past few years and i couldn’t have done half the shit i have done without your help. So as deeply as one can go without being homo, i thank you for everything and wish you the best of luck with whatever you do in life. Who knows, maybe there’ll be some random Goblin rogue 2 years from now named Akrios on some no name server.

    -Fro

    Comment by Frololz — August 9, 2010 @ 2:42 pm

  308. lol trance, gfto

    Comment by euhm — August 9, 2010 @ 3:32 pm

  309. I’m really sad to see you go Akrios but good luck in whatever you decide to do. Honestly I think you might just be a little bit distant from WoW because there has been very very little content (and no world pvp *sadface*). Oh well… Whatever you decide to do will be the right decision, good luck.

    Comment by forgotmyinfo — August 9, 2010 @ 10:34 pm

  310. Akrios my friend you speak out of my heart.

    do you vanilla-players remember:
    remember when we raided stormwind
    remember when we there were aliance raid groups inside the zeppelin?
    remember the everlasting battle of tarrenmill?
    remember Astrannaar ganks?
    remember when people left when we joined warsong gulch?
    remember when people started to do the bolonese-dance in arathibasin when we joined?
    remember when we had ~50 duellers in front of ogrimmar?
    remember the adrenalin when we were questing and got jumped by rogues?
    remember when we played with improved gouge?
    remember when we played the old assassination build? (man i loved this)
    remember when we switched to the assassination/sublety hybrid spec? (warsong wins)
    remember when we could vanish and pick up flag?
    remember when we had real adversaries on our server?
    remember when we beat the shit out of pve nightslayer rogues?
    remember when we farmed alterac valley reputation (oh damn)
    remember when we had to be careful of the mobs in heartglenn?
    remember when we still had blinding/vanish powder? (run out? ohoh)
    remember when we farmed rank 14?
    remember when we would rock the pvp-world and later meet up for going out clubbing?
    remember the fun we had?

    i miss the old days.. always had. i too left wow a month ago for good.
    i too am happy for the time i got now for my studies and my girl.
    i agree with a poster above stating we have grown up as well in those 5 years.
    to another poster above: nice example with that kneeling paladin btw.

    Thanks for your contribution Akrios… that’s one thing i never did. I never shared many of the tricks and did so only to close friends. nothing matters now.

    so long

    Comment by anothergladiator — August 10, 2010 @ 1:05 am

  311. was obvious. game is getting more casual friendly with every patch. no more 20v20 man battles in eastern plaguelands ;( good dicesion, good luck in reallife :) was a great time watching your videos, especialy the world pvp one, even if u didnt play anymore.

    Comment by Nitious — August 10, 2010 @ 1:07 am

  312. I admire you for being able to put into words these things that sometimes seem so obscure, and I couldn`t agree more. However, I personally found a sanctuary from the general ignorance that has become a norm on most realms. RP realms still have much of what was, not in the same quantities, but the community is still much more intelligent. Then again the rules of RP realms pretty much render world pvp impossible.
    P.S.: Six Silent Shadows is still an unsurpassed video.

    Comment by Snackbar — August 10, 2010 @ 4:59 am

  313. Just thank you and good luck…

    Comment by Elvis — August 10, 2010 @ 5:22 am

  314. Tthank you and good luck

    Comment by makeis — August 10, 2010 @ 5:59 am

  315. I liked your blog. But WoW is simply the wrong game to play competitively.
    I know it’s fun, I also really like WoW PvP, and I’ll still keep on playing it, but it’s never going to be a great e-sport. The game is too big and complex, there are too many classes, abilities and so on, thus it’ll never be really balanced, with each patch there will be a different dominating comp. Blizzard is doing a good job but they can’t do the impossible. And a stealthy control class like the rogue is either too strong or too weak it seems, it’s very hard to find a balance there too.
    There are lots of good competitive games out there, but WoW isn’t really one of them, even though Blizzard tries hard and it really is playable, but still there are so many weaknesses which seem unfixable.
    PvE of course is never a problem – this can be balanced quite easily.
    And yes, it’s true that the lack of World PvP makes levelling and travelling indeed boring, but then again, I really appreciate Blizzard getting rid of annoying time sinks. It was just such a waste of time just to travel everywhere back when meeting stones or the dungeon finder didn’t exist yet.

    Comment by asdf — August 10, 2010 @ 6:35 am

  316. Thank You for everything!
    The Videos, the Guides, the Side… the Inspiration for playing Rogue.
    Have a good time IRL, enjoy everythink you do and be yourself!
    Bye….

    Comment by Mirmet — August 10, 2010 @ 7:10 am

  317. Adios man! Good luck irl. Be happy!

    Comment by Warcer — August 10, 2010 @ 10:29 am

  318. Yeah, thats wotlk!
    WOTLK ruined the best game in the world.
    It’s a game for backpedaler clicking casuals 400 kg pound kids, and cata? dont know we’ll see it!
    peace akrios my hero, good luck in RL and a good choice:)

    Comment by Ryu — August 10, 2010 @ 11:13 am

  319. Akiros I’ve been watching your videos from the start, part of the reason I even got to be a gladiator was because of you. I played this game for fun as well then it got stagnant. It sucks I really enjoyed this game and your videos. Hope you do well in life, I left WoW about 3 months ago and I hope you’ll come back for cata just to see if the PvP ever gets any better. Would love to see another Eviscerate in cata. Good luck man and farewell.

    Comment by Allucrey — August 10, 2010 @ 2:55 pm

  320. I’ve been on here a lot over since this was started and Ive enjoyed watching your videos since the first, I’ve been playing since beta and seen the slow deterioration of wow as you’ve precieved. I’ve never posted on this site just looked and tryed to better myself as a person and player. I’ve trained and re-trained to better myself aspireing to be even halfway good at pvp. I idol you as a rogue and wish you the best of luck in life and hope all goes well.

    Comment by Senjolaz — August 10, 2010 @ 6:27 pm

  321. While I didn’t play until 2.0 and not seriously until 3.0, and thus am begrudgingly a part of the shitpile mass of players that do not understand the true skill it took to play “back in the day,” I can most certainly appreciate your point of view and all that you did with the videos and the site bringing world-class roguery to the masses (no sarcasm). It’s a sad day to see you go, but I can see why it had to be done. I see a lot of people I know that have played since the heyday are going the same way as you.
    Live well and have fun…

    Comment by NaY — August 10, 2010 @ 11:30 pm

  322. oh, no /cry T_T

    Comment by Nex — August 11, 2010 @ 3:31 am

  323. lol… dont waste your time looking at warcraft movies raters, there are a lot of trollers who just ruins the good rate of a good movie.

    “I don’t know what I’ll be doing next in terms of gaming, or if I’ll ever come back”
    I hope you come back just to take a look at how cataclysm will be going..

    I’m just and unknown but I used to see you at durotar dueling on gurubashi =)

    well, thanks for the videos and all the good stuff.. and I’m sure that you’ll be back!

    Comment by Lotr — August 11, 2010 @ 4:29 pm

  324. From Bulgaria with love. We will miss you.

    Comment by hatecraft — August 11, 2010 @ 5:12 pm

  325. Sad to see one of the best rogues in the world go, but I know what you mean about how the game have become.

    Comment by Bjarne — August 11, 2010 @ 6:22 pm

  326. Damn.. Akrios, you are my teacher,not just MY teacher, the teacher of all of the “skilled” rogue of today. You learn to me how to play my rogue. Since TBC.. and more.

    From France, a lot of my friends support you. The real WoW get vanish and a shit take is place. Arena comp, Arena & Arena again.. Where is World PVP? And yes, it’s true , nobody care.

    Vurtne is gone ,Drakedog is back. It’s your turn to go? I think Cataclysm is a joke, WOTLK too.

    Please Akrios, just a last movie. Eviscerate, this name.. I remember your nickname in all of my life!

    I love you ! Enjoy your life, and smoke some weed. You’re on my Keyboard for life <3

    Ps : My dream is to chat with you, make this dream come true . If you take a moment to read that big fanboy comment.

    /cry

    Comment by Virel — August 11, 2010 @ 11:16 pm

  327. To one of the few rogues making vids I actually enjoyed, good luck in what you decide to do.

    I agree with many of your points made and have been facedesking the loss of pvp skill that started with crossrealms imo. There’s little to no knowledge of you go against anymore and everyone has become faceless in a mass of moronic zergs and HK farming. I try to keep pvp fun for myself by just doing what I do and hoping others will hold up and put in effort.

    No one pvp’s like they used to

    - From an ex High Warlord

    Comment by Kojin — August 12, 2010 @ 7:28 am

  328. Akrios you done great job. You learned me and many more people how to understand beauty of Rogue class. I’m so sorry that I never got chance to play with you. Just one duel! I wanted see how you do it, sapping vanishing rogues…
    Your words about world pvp… I aggre it. World PvP is true PvP!
    So sad… we want to see you in Cataclism…
    Ferwell
    My Champion!
    My Hero!
    My Teacher!!!

    PS: From POLAND with love. We will miss you.
    Karolek6436
    Snagrod – Dentarg EU

    Comment by Karolek6436-EU — August 12, 2010 @ 8:51 am

  329. WoW Classic & TBC miss me so much … Like everyone here I suppose;
    Akrios thanks for all you do from other rogue in world;

    WoW Classic & TBC me manquent tellement … Comme tout le monde ici je suppose;
    Merci Akrios pour tout ce que tu as fais pour ( nous autres ) rogue de part le monde;

    Farewell, Bye :’)
    Salut … :’)

    Comment by Beback — August 12, 2010 @ 9:08 am

  330. Ak, I understand you, but person like you should countinue the game. Now you have too many fans, that so simply to leave them.
    So, we all will miss you T_T

    Comment by Nex — August 12, 2010 @ 9:37 am

  331. Bro, I feel you. I’m not much of a PVP guy, though I do like PVP, but it’s the same way with PVE. Back in the day we had to clear every raid one after another, busting our asses to down even the first tiers of raid bosses before we could move on. But it was glorious. Even the least progressed of us took pride in our downing of Ragnaros, Malchezaar, Malygos, or whoever. There was rich content and story with all of this.

    Well nowadays, people just farm heroics that aren’t really Heroic for badges and skip to the end boss. GearScore is what’s important. It’s the numbers; the bones. The meat has been stripped recently and we can only hope it will return with Deathwing.

    Fare well, fellow rogue.

    Comment by Blackriver — August 12, 2010 @ 3:25 pm

  332. Akrios you were my inspiration to play rogue. I think like all of us here that you were THE BEST ROGUE EVER!!

    pissout i hope you know what are you doing:)

    Comment by Altai — August 13, 2010 @ 12:39 am

  333. I’ve looked at SC2: $5 a month w/o WoW subscription (not worth it to me).. and SWTOR: pvp looks lame, storyline is not open, numerous cutscenes, not free play.. FF MMO might be promising but i’ve never liked the franchise… I’m basically faced with the daunting decision of going back to WoW in Cata… sigh…too bad I gave away all my gold… ugh! Akrios, you have to come back!!

    Comment by Feight — August 13, 2010 @ 6:57 am

  334. Nooooooo… T_T

    Comment by Vince — August 13, 2010 @ 10:26 am

  335. Can I have your bong? :3

    Comment by Wool — August 13, 2010 @ 3:49 pm

  336. Starcraft 2 doesnt have a subscription..

    Comment by fdsfsda — August 13, 2010 @ 5:23 pm

  337. I feel sorry that you are leaving (but i understand) and hope that you come back for early Cata for some tips n tricks. I have been saying fora while what u have said over the community and i consistently tell my brother that =). I thought of quitting until my bro started, but i personally dun know how long i will last either. Im just hoping for a community boost (via the new guild system) at least via the guilds. One plea that id like to have fulfilled leave is let the other rogues continue to post if you could =). You really stuck a chord within me and im getting a mad nostalgia when i think back to Vanilla when pvp meant pride, even during BGs. Anyway, i wish you the best and it would be nice to post if you are coming back shortly for cata or never. Farewell,

    Akrios

    Comment by Lurno Akro Lurno — August 13, 2010 @ 8:36 pm

  338. Gym… W/e I know that you have the same hope i have…
    that in Cata the wolrd pvp will be back with all its glory and all its horror!
    who knows… Maybe just for a short time
    but majestic moment will worth the return

    Comment by DarkRiku — August 14, 2010 @ 9:16 am

  339. See the news, I’m sorry! Because you will formally farewell. Originally expect your works, seems hopeless. Looking forward to your return. Akrios because you are! You are the father of damage! We expect you to come back…

    Comment by Sirdon Natalie — August 14, 2010 @ 10:38 am

  340. I was always waiting for you new vids. The best rogue EVER

    Comment by Comatose — August 14, 2010 @ 4:17 pm

  341. AK,thank you and you are always the best rogue in my heart,and i will waitting for your return !

    Comment by chinaboy — August 14, 2010 @ 6:29 pm

  342. I still remember when akrios vs neilyo was released.. I jizzed my pants when I saw that man. I loved your videos and I cant say you quitting is a real surprise since your recent posts have clearly been lacking enthusiasm. Anyhow, you are one talented player and I hope that you succeed in whatever endeavor you get yourself into. Cheers man.

    Comment by rep — August 14, 2010 @ 9:17 pm

  343. Akrios, you are the BEST Rogues!

    Comment by mukeylyan — August 15, 2010 @ 6:36 am

  344. Ok… I have nothing to say about this. All in all I proud that i have known so great man as you Akrios , I’m not happy because You were my idol, my hero, I always dreamed, and wanted to be such as you . You really hero as you have understood that this game tighten, and deprives of the right to existence in private life, me, after 5 years of game, really there are no forces to get rid of it. I am glad that you have found forces to get rid of it, and to begin normal life. But I am very afflicted by your leaving, for me you always will remain the best rogue in the world .I hope that you will return, and will show all the present game that you again will inspire all to start to play that you will be and to make the impossible further. In any case come back, I will be very glad.

    Comment by Tiren — August 15, 2010 @ 8:33 am

  345. Ok… I have nothing to say about this. All in all I proud that i have known so great man as you Akrios , I’m not happy because You were my idol, my hero, I always dreamed, and wanted to be such as you . You really hero as you have understood that this game tighten, and deprives of the right to existence in private life, me, after 5 years of game, really there are no forces to get rid of it. I am glad that you have found forces to get rid of it, and to begin normal life. But I am very afflicted by your leaving, for me you always will remain the best rogue in the world .I hope that you will return, and will show all the present game that you again will inspire all to start to play that you will be and to make the impossible further. In any case come back, I will be very glad. Send me a letter .

    Comment by Tiren — August 15, 2010 @ 8:35 am

  346. greatest rogue ever. you will be missed =)

    Comment by brothertom — August 15, 2010 @ 8:45 am

  347. I just wanted to thank you for being my inspiration to play the rogue class, i started in mid Wotlk and i’ve heard some crazy stories about what WoW used to be like, but since then ive always been a fan of your vids and re watch them fairly often, sad to see you go, i know a lot who will miss you :’(

    Comment by Jdevin — August 15, 2010 @ 12:15 pm

  348. i just cried.

    Comment by loot — August 15, 2010 @ 4:34 pm

  349. used to wake up every summer morning season 3 and 4, watch your eviscerate videos, then head to the isle. they were definitely better days, but yea, i feel you homie. the game is just not the same as it used to be. or maybe it is? maybe we’re all just tired of warcraft :{ i was pretty stoked for cataclysm but now that i read this post i feel like i never want to come back to the game lol make sure you let us know if you end up trying out cata. good luck, homeboy. for the alliance.

    Comment by firearm — August 15, 2010 @ 5:01 pm

  350. see you when cata comes out…you’ll be back.

    Comment by mark — August 15, 2010 @ 5:56 pm

  351. Bro, I wish I can smoke a blunt with you one day and just chill with you. I’d smoke you up anyday. Anyway, it’s because of you I started a rogue and got good with it. I would have never thought about starting one until I watched your Eviscerate 8 or something. But most importantly, you fucked up selling your rogue. You shouldn’t look at WoW like it ruins your life, it’s just a good ass video game. You should have just cancelled your subscription because who knows what goes down in Cataclysm. Again, this is just a game bro, a game you were a hero at and could have still been one in Cataclysm because that expansion could have really changed this fuck of a game it is right now. But your chance is gone. You have sold what is probably one of the biggest accomplishments in your life, admit it. You inspired so many thousands of people. You were actually a pretty chill dude, which is rare because I have a hot girlfriend and doing great in life, proof that this is just a game. Just sayin, you have deleted some virtual data that has inspired thousands of people.

    Comment by Jizzthethug — August 16, 2010 @ 1:02 am

  352. Props.

    Comment by O hai. — August 16, 2010 @ 3:20 am

  353. i would like to thank you Akrios, because ur the mainly reason i play rogue.
    i love your videos, so well done and they are really helpful for rogues that need to learn the class, everyone will miss you.
    have a nice life

    a fan

    Comment by Neversmile — August 16, 2010 @ 9:41 am

  354. Dear Akrios, I have really enjoyed all that you have done in all of this years. I am playing a rogue since Season 2 (TBC) and i really learn all that i know nowadays thank to Neilyo and you, and for sure other rogues helped me too like (Krymu, Acrono, Mahiko, Buddhist…) all this people has left WoW too… i always feel that WoW has died when WoTLK was released… but well I will really miss that Akrioss vs Neilyo duels and World PVP with grenades, boots, all the stuff and all the skill, effort you put in all recorded clips.
    I will remember you like all the people remember Neilyo and Grim, etc.
    One rogue more to remember in our minds for all the next WoW days…
    I will continue playing my rogue at his maximum skill level but that’s not the same as the past. I am with you in all what you told. To be the best it’s not to be the most skilled… nowadays is to be the friend of popular people and play with them…
    I will try to make a video in your honor and to remember that nowadays there are rogues that are constantly trying to improve and to be the best rogue that has never existed :)
    Legend, Akrios
    See you man ^^

    Comment by Iruga — August 16, 2010 @ 7:52 pm

  355. lol people still coming on the site….

    Comment by m.k — August 16, 2010 @ 9:18 pm

  356. Can’t believe I just read this whole thing, I hate reading :P thats how good this thing is!

    Comment by Drew — August 16, 2010 @ 11:08 pm

  357. :(

    Comment by Stundude — August 16, 2010 @ 11:28 pm

  358. <3 u Akrios, just <3 u
    hope u will be fine
    good luck and take care
    c'u

    Comment by Louis — August 17, 2010 @ 3:21 am

  359. Hi Akrios, you’ve maybe seen me post on here a few times in the past (mostly trolling/jokes lol). truth is I am a nice guy, my GM always refered to me as one of her best friends, I realize now that I play wow because I enjoy playing it with friends. My point here is, today, 1 year ago to be exact I started my first toon on world of warcraft, a rogue. I leveled him to 4 and quit for a few weeks lol. I picked it back up when my brother told me to start playing, he made a resto druid and we started playing. At first, constantly looking for a tank on our server for 5 man vanilla dungeons was nearly impossible, I cam remember the first times I’ve seen starfall, volley, fan of knives, death grip. I thought they were so cool.

    When I finally found out about PvP at level 26, I can remember constantly doing BG’s because I had so much fun with them. The first time I’ve heard about your rogue was when I hit level 67, watching eviscerate 9.

    I thought I was good at my rogue when I keyboard turned lol. After watching you I binded my keys, and used strafe to move. I had always dreamed of doing epic world PvP moments when I saw your videos. It was my ultimate goal. It wasnt til around January-Febuary of this year I discovered, the only PvP anyone does is arena in woltk. Although this made me extremely disappointed (literally it was unreal no one on my server did world PvP, it seemed like the holy grail of PvP.)

    After a while I got into arena’s, they werent bad, and even fun at times, but nowadays its rare to find good 3s partners that actually want to put time into arena, I cant tell you how many warlock teams we faced, in 2s and 3s. It got to the point where I couldnt find ANYONE to arena with, ultimately I ended up server transfering, and since I had no clue where to go, so I went to blackrock lol. found a disc priest and got to 2k in my first arena season. It was my goal, really my only one. After you made this post so many things lit up in my head, what I had always wanted to do was world PvP, my hate for arena, the fact when people come up to inspect me, they dont look at my HK’s, or duel me, they look at my rating and LOL URBAD.

    Right now, my brother whom inspired me to play wow really, is in afghanistan, (marine corps). When he gets back I am thinking of making my warrior or priest my main. The romance of rogues seems to be at an end in wow right now. I cant even find the comp I’ve always wanted to run on my rogue, RMP. Mostly because the priest insisted on looking up strats instead of practicing, because it was all of our first times at RMP and he instead spent his whole night doing 2s, trying to get to 2k. I left the team the next day after he never said anything about trying again.

    Anyway that was just my outlook on wow, the fact that you inspired me to play my rogue to be possibly the best. Eviscerate 9 will always be my favorite wow video.

    btw fuck qtfemtaur

    Comment by Truewan — August 17, 2010 @ 7:14 am

  360. @truewan
    guess I’m lucky in finding the right RMP then…wow is all abt luck.finding teh right team…and so on

    Comment by m.k — August 17, 2010 @ 8:23 pm

  361. Akrios:

    Tus videos me inspiraron mucho, demasiado talvez, yo tambien jugue desde wow clasico, y es muy cierto lo que dices en esos aspectos, yo tambien tome mi descicion y al igual que tu lo hiciste movi mas hacia mi vida social y otras cosas mucho mas importantes que disfruto mucho, entiendo la razon de tu descicion y la respeto, siempre muy gran fan y tengo todos los videos en dvd y cuando los veo me traen buenos recuerdos que ahora no logro disfrutar jugando wotlk, blizzard ha encaminado el juego de acuerdo a sus necesidades y muchos siguen en el, lo mas seguro es que disfrutan del juego, pero tambien ha alejado a muchos otros jugadores, todos crecemos y cambiamos de prioridades, es normal :D te deseo suerte y que ese guerrero interno que se exteriorizo en el wow, no muera, simplemente esta tomando un descanso…

    Comment by Rischoker — August 18, 2010 @ 8:36 pm

  362. THX 4 for all info i’ve got here! GL & HF

    Comment by Gershwin — August 19, 2010 @ 12:47 am

  363. Akrios:
    Thanks so much for all that you’ve given to the wow community. I’ll definitely miss you and be sad to see you go.
    Good like in real life!
    ~Aer

    Comment by Aer — August 19, 2010 @ 7:15 am

  364. Hello Akrios!

    Excuse my spelling, I don’t speak English
    It is the first time that I post on your site and I would like to thank you for your videos, this information and the experiences That you share with us.
    You learnt me on the rogue a lot.

    I am sad to see that you stop the game but I am not surprised. You are regrettably right. This game has to change But also the wow community.

    Good luck in your life .

    Comment by Esodrevo — August 19, 2010 @ 9:13 am

  365. Farewell Akrios, It’s been a pleasure waching you play. I actualy only leveled a rogue after i saw you play back in the days, and after watching your movies countless times I would say its made me a better player eventho I only play a few hours a week to chat with all the good people ive gotten to know in wow.

    All Hail Akrios

    /salute

    Comment by issh — August 19, 2010 @ 11:16 am

  366. “That epic PvP encounter in the roaming world, a random battle behind some mystifying scenery that will only happen once, where the only reward is pride”

    i found this the best phrase i witnessed in my entire life in wow, thanks akrios- eviscerate- steve for making the world of warcraft a better place to interact with thank you and good luck in real life :)

    Comment by Kuz from the real world — August 19, 2010 @ 1:15 pm

  367. the best…

    Comment by Corspelane — August 20, 2010 @ 7:07 am

  368. Really sad to hear…i love your movies. Eviscerate 8 is in my opinion the best movie that i ever saw on wcm, it´s a masterpiece.You helped the rogue community so much…you never get arogant because of ratings, like many other players.Thanks for all tips/tricks that you give.Wish you all the best. Hope to see you in cataclysm :)

    Comment by Tasu — August 20, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

  369. You know, i’ve always been a big fan of yours. And just a few days ago i was wondering: Where did akrios go? why is it only some trashy arena videos on WCM..
    Then it stroke me, has world pvp died? Yes it has. Funny thing is, i’ve decided to take a huge break from wow, atleast until cata comes. And this happend just today. Now i just got home from a party, and i was chilling on facebook when i decided to go to roguerogue.com and i read all this.
    The last few months ive been looking at Reckful / woundman movies, and seriously with all due respect that shit isnt entertaining. But i guess it all comes down to what you say Akrious, the forums have marked it as ok.

    I do not really want to blame these atm “top players” wich i recall as Reck/wound. But when i look into their movies i see 3 players, versus 3 players in arena. I didnt really copy the shit they were doing. But i mean what damn rogue cant play in a top team of RLD and preform like “awesome”. All i see in those movies are, well excuse me but shit.. Just shit. Dot dot dot, switch switch dance dance dead.

    You know when i read the thing about world pvp, and that the players who started out with wotlk dont know shit.. You know you’re so right, i remember for example Isle of quel danas. Probably one of the best things about TBC. Where you could gank allies for 12 hours straight. Just waiting, for the perfect opportunity to have a 2 or maybe even a 3 versus 1 experience. It was, i dont know but some kind of special feeling to the game. And as i write this i remember a 70 PvP video you made, where you were killing 2 gnomes. One mage and one warlock, you used an adamantite bomb to gain some extra seconds on the mage. And as i watched that movie, i decided to reroll an undead rogue. I was currently playing troll rogue “:D”.

    Anyway, im pretty drunk so this probably makes no sence. But, seriously, and this will probably sound pretty pathetic.. But thanks for everything, the inspiration, the kickass awesome movies, and for being a great player. You are for me a master of the rogue class. So once again, thanks for everything i’ve gained through-out your movies.

    Sorry for the bad english, im hmphmph… and my main language isnt english :)
    Best regards Zedancekíng, Aka Kakktuz da troll.

    Comment by Zedancekíng — August 20, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

  370. Oh by the way, i wrote a poem for you ( im terribly bored)..
    From shrugs and torns, a hero is born. A day, a prey, ok im not gay so please stay. A little wish, comes out with a squish. A heroes call, a thiefs grief. We all have it inside of ous, an inspiration, a sweet little creation. But one day it will all disappear, it will come like a sphere, we’ll all be feared. When that day comes, the only one who can save you, is yourself.

    Srsly its sad to see you go. I’ve been a big fan of you ever since the beginning of the eviscerate series. And now with you gone from WoW, i’ll probably also leave. WoW is like a romance with no love innit. You just play it cause you’ve done it for the last years, but you do no feel any love for it.
    Once again best regards from Dentarg EU Zedancekíng. Now ima go puke and go to bed.

    Comment by Zedancekíng — August 20, 2010 @ 6:35 pm

  371. You were the best and it always will remain, you really unsurpassed horns in the world.
    Excuse for English, I Russian rather badly am on friendly terms with it.

    Comment by Nionic — August 21, 2010 @ 7:15 am

  372. If not a secret it is possible to learn the reason why you have thrown WoW? I can’t read all comments to me heavy with English =))

    Comment by Nionic — August 21, 2010 @ 7:18 am

  373. Hello. First of all i want to thank you Akrios for all that you’ve done for the rogue community, it is from your website that i learned to play the basics of the rogue class before starting to improve myself by my own.
    I really understand your frustration of the game, and you’re totaly right, in WoW, if you know the sponsored players and become “friends” with them, you will succed no matter what. Skill is becoming so secondary and it’s getting worse everyday. The biggest problem remains to find competent partners, i’ve been spamming for 4 days for an RLS or RLD and had no response. It’s so lame.
    Anyhow gl in irl and try cata out, might come out to be a good expansion, you never know.

    Comment by Balen — August 21, 2010 @ 8:40 am

  374. good luck! wish you great life! thanx for yu make in wow.

    Comment by Aeril — August 21, 2010 @ 2:29 pm

  375. Another one bites the dust. Too bad you’ve stopped playing. Never really enjoyed to watch anyone’s movies such as your’s. This is really the loss of a giant. I hope you’ll find what you’re looking for and best of luck to you!

    Comment by Skyfog — August 22, 2010 @ 7:50 pm

  376. Akrios, you are to me the greatest man =Р
    I’ll miss you, but I hope that in coming back to WoW and will release a new Eviscerate *___*,
    I’m waiting for you!
    with love! :D

    Comment by I already miss you — August 23, 2010 @ 2:28 pm

  377. I feel your pain man, I was recently forced to stop playing wow because of rl, but I don’t regret it in the least. I played a lot of pvp (over 120,00 hks on my rogue) and I had a blast, but I never enjoyed too much success in arenas. I think the two factors you described were spot on and that’s what really hindered me as well. #1) I played a lot of really gimp comps and I can’t help it that my friends don’t play classes that make really great arena comps with my own #2) I never bothered to get into the “pvp club” on my server so I couldn’t find good partners after my friends stopped playing or ran into rl stuff that prevented them from playing.

    Anyways GL with your rl stuff and I’ll always count you among the greatest rogues ever.

    Comment by Lemons — August 23, 2010 @ 2:39 pm

  378. Was a pleasure to play with you. Good luck in life.

    Send me a shout sometime.

    ~Anarchies

    Comment by Anarchies — August 23, 2010 @ 4:36 pm

  379. Good entry on a good blog. I think it’s the flying mounts that killed WoW, with the introduction on Flying Mounts in TBC everything changed – you could no longer linger outside the instance (BRD) and have awesome world PvP. They have spoiled it in TBC by introducing Flying Mounts and probably destroyed forever with introduction of LFG system. These days one can just sit in Orgrimmar and click “Queue In” Button. I think Blizzard is killing WoW on pourpouse – they are making ground for Diablo III and then for upcomming MMO.

    Comment by r45h — August 24, 2010 @ 2:21 am

  380. Respect..

    Comment by Shomile — August 24, 2010 @ 4:36 am

  381. So sorry that you leave us.
    Maybe this is the best solution for you …
    Good luck in life and in personal respectively!
    Goodbye

    Comment by I already miss you — August 24, 2010 @ 1:09 pm

  382. Can we just turn this post into a Forum? I’ve quit WoW too… so what’s the next best MMO?

    Comment by Feight — August 24, 2010 @ 1:58 pm

  383. Hello.I started at TBC and still i liked the rare-world pvp.I liked to just go and gank at Isle of Quel Danas with my ret paladin and then with my rogue.But now all i can do is play a BG but it has no sense and teammates irritate me.Then comes the BGs which are irritating itself like:Strand of the Ancients and Wintergrasp.I want to get those world pvp moments back…Or atleast an Isle without Flying mounts…

    Comment by zska — August 25, 2010 @ 3:08 am

  384. sooo u wanna sell ur toon?

    Comment by bobo — August 25, 2010 @ 12:24 pm

  385. I’ll be honest with you, I’m really sad to see you go. I’ve been watching the evicerate series ever since TBC and it’s had a definite positive effect on my overall wow experience. Because of you and your videos, i play an undead rogue(which is by far my favourite class), I’ve become a great duelist (favourite PvP medium), and although unrelated to the game, trance has become my favourite genre of music. With WoW in its current state, im not surprised you (among many great video producers on WCM and players) are quitting. I hope to see you in the upcoming expansion. It’s probably too much to hope for but who knows… maybe Catalysm will be the best thing that ever happend to the game. I wish you best of luck in life.

    Comment by Grievance — August 25, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

  386. Well I guess I’d like to say that I fully agree with you about the post and that World-pvp have died, Only way to find a player outside of dalaran is if you visit IF/SW which is ridiculous, and that the rest is brainwashed through this arena shit. I come across some guildies and asked if any would like to hang out over to the capital cities for some ganking, and my first respond was
    - No, what do I get from it? Do I get shiny epixx? Rofl why don’t you just enter a bg to meet allies.

    I’d like to thank you for making theses incredible videos over the years that I’ve watched from start to finish specially the Eviscerate series. I’ve allways felt entertained no matter what you come up with in your videos, and this is my small little post to tell you and to wish you a big good luck in the future.

    Sorry for some bad english, Greetings from Sweden.

    Comment by Kraxor — August 26, 2010 @ 1:12 am

  387. I know exactly how you feel man, Ive been playing this game for, oh what has it been almost 6 years now? I quit for the same reason you did. I remember the response the community gave DD9 vividly, and it made me sick… I recall way back in vanilla, when PvP WAS world PvP. Those Epic battles fending off a 1vX gank attempt while leveling, or the feeling of being able to bring down a player 10+ lvls higher than you out in the field was awesome. Even just running around at 60 hunting the opposing faction for the sake of hunting them – that doesn’t happen anymore.

    And now that arenas and GS mean everything to everyone, the game has taken a huge downfall, and the community just let it happen. Everyone playing WoW now doesn;t understand, they don’t know what its like to REALLY work for your epic PvP gear (grinding to R13/14.) They all want everything as fast as possible, all these instant gratification types now, hell they even complain about AV taking more than 15 mins – I remember when it could last for DAYS! lol

    All in all, it was time to move on, the community in WoW (and most the gaming community in general) have turned into these kind of people.

    Good luck out in the RL man, it’s been fun – see ya!

    Comment by Divënity — August 26, 2010 @ 1:26 am

  388. You are correct. The world pvp back in level 60 was amazing, the entire arena concept was also really good in TBC, also leaving room for doing world pvp, but you can’t anymore, because people does’t even have to move to instances.

    I’d say I’m a fairly skilled rogue, but I don’t do arenas at the moment, because I don’t feel that it’s neccessary, I’d rather play with my friends enjoying the game.

    (Used to be 2200-2300 rating @ al’akir season2, and 2400 season3 outland. Peace out)

    Comment by Bonebeast@Magtheridon — August 26, 2010 @ 7:12 am

  389. Wow bro, i’ve been a big fan of yours for a long time and am sad to see that you are finished… you’ve definitely helped me become a better rogue, shit you’re part of the reason why i started a rogue in the first place. major kudos to you and your accomplishments IRL, and i hope things work out.. WoW wont be the same without the occasional updated Video of your toon kicking someones ass, but atleast your leaving for the better.. If its any consolation i personaly rate you as one of the best rogues i’ve seen..

    Good luck man, God bless

    Comment by Zhidon — August 26, 2010 @ 12:47 pm

  390. I’m so kaeetsya that he had already scored on this site you do not think so!?

    Comment by I already miss you — August 26, 2010 @ 1:51 pm

  391. Amen brah, I agree with everything you said about world PvP and how it’s changed the way we look at WoW. I’m one of those old school world pvp’ers that “ventures out of Dalaran” to get some real PvP action going on. The old EP battles and Halaa world pvp was what made this game in BC awesome.
    I absolulely agree with the assessment of “who you know” and “what comp you’re running” in terms of success. 5v5 for instance, is the easiest bracket to run people for gear. Why? because it’s a key smashers dream with no skill whatsoever. The Elitist idiots out there running faceroll comps make me sick. I am a mage btw.

    Comment by Vvarlordl — August 27, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

  392. Hail Mutilate, hail his Master.
    *crosses daggers to salute*

    Comment by I. — August 27, 2010 @ 4:00 pm

  393. Ah common man i relly loved your vids and showed my friend those vids and he was like “HOLY FUCK” at least TRY cataclysm for fuck sake man :)

    we will miss ya

    Comment by Crowner — August 28, 2010 @ 12:55 am

  394. akrios greatest rog in the world.

    miss you.

    Comment by nooo — August 28, 2010 @ 3:57 am

  395. @392: rofl faggot

    Comment by Akrios — August 28, 2010 @ 5:48 am

  396. P.S guys I’m a fringe Gladiator rogue nothing more, get off my nuts.

    Comment by Akrios — August 28, 2010 @ 5:49 am

  397. Man, I’m waiting for the day I log on and I’ll be the last WoW player left.

    Comment by Swiper — August 28, 2010 @ 6:28 am

  398. Yo good luck with your life man enjoy it.
    Thank you for Eviscerate X, and the many other movies you’ve done.
    Was a real treat to see the old school flavor in those videos.

    Gonna smoke a bowl to you and your well being.

    Comment by Cortar — August 28, 2010 @ 11:32 am

  399. Really enjoyed your videos man. Some real magic moments you captured and shared with us. Thanks again.

    Comment by Invasive — August 28, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

  400. Hey man first i wana thanks u for all the awesome PVP vids i truely enjoyed em all while i learned a lot of stuffs from them…Any way hope u do well in life….

    Comment by Deathgodz — August 29, 2010 @ 6:53 am

  401. 尊重你的选择，每次给你留言你都不回复，我最早还让你给我发电子邮件，你也没发过额，跨国交流真的就这么难吗？你看的懂中文吗?我看你的文章，都是用电脑翻译的，一句句翻译看的。我不会英文。各位留言的朋友，如果你看看这篇文章，就给我发个邮件吧，传说中的跨国交流？
    邮箱：258424258@qq.com

    Comment by 逍遥侠盗 — August 30, 2010 @ 10:11 am

  402. Respect your choice, you have to leave your time don’t reply, I first also lets you send me E-mail, you also have no hair, international exchange really so hard? You understand Chinese? I read your essay, with the computer translation, YiGouGou translation. I won’t English. Each message friends, if you see this article, give me a mail is sent, the legend of the international exchange?
    E-mail: 258424258@qq.com

    Comment by 逍遥侠盗 — August 30, 2010 @ 10:12 am

  403. AKRIOS I LOVE U BRAH. TO ALL THE ENDLESS WORLD PVP/DUELS/MUSIC SESSIONS/RANDOM FUCKING NONSENSE WE HAD TOGETHER! I ALWAYS HAD MAD RESPECT FOR YU DAWG. ALSO CAN WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE HOKAGE HIMSELF. (PRINTZOR) =D FUN TIMES DAWGIE. OH YEAH, COME TO CALI YOU FAT FUCK. EMAIL ME: DEEJAYBNH@YAHOO.COM -TIPSS

    Comment by TIPSS — August 31, 2010 @ 4:22 pm

  404. Ur a legend now… so… /bow

    Comment by Geah — September 1, 2010 @ 4:02 am

  405. I’m sorry for my bad english, because i’m a russian gamer.
    On the first private server i’ve played on every skilled rogue always told me – If you really want to kick asses as rogue – search for some Akrios movies and i think someday you will play just like he does. I found your videos – the first i’ve seen was Evis 5 or 6… After that i’ve watched all your movies and my skill began to grow up by copying some your tactics and tricks, that i didn’t used. Man, i want you to know, that you are a legend in all the world. I agree with your post and i think that you’ll also succed in real-life. I also think, that i will leave this drug-game that wastes my time too, when the cataclysm starts. I would aprecciate if you’ll continue publicate your posts on roguerogue.com. It’s really too hard to lose a legendary rogue like you. /bow…

    Comment by Kosinus — September 1, 2010 @ 5:09 am

  406. just droping by to thank you for being a great inspiration as far as the rogue class and movie making goes. Surely someone who can display such dedication over these small/big/fun projects, will do well in life. hope we havent all heard the last from you. GL&HF!

    Comment by xic — September 1, 2010 @ 7:43 pm

  407. Look forward to your return again，Rogues can’t without you，Sorry my English is terrible.————A Chinese Rogue who like you

    Comment by 残影裂风 — September 2, 2010 @ 2:33 am

  408. …but who cares now?-_- it feels stupid to even write anything to you now…as if u will read it….so fuk it

    Comment by m.k — September 2, 2010 @ 11:45 pm

  409. and when i say you..ofc i mean akrios

    Comment by m.k — September 2, 2010 @ 11:47 pm

  410. Think we all can agree that u r a legend now. Farewell and gl IRL. I quitted wow 2 now, because it was getting lame. Mostly because the only decent thing u can do in wow atm is arena..

    Comment by Zedanceking — September 3, 2010 @ 10:12 am

  411. Sad to see you go, but I don’t really blame you. Thanks for the great videos and the great attitude. Especially your attitude, which has been lost to most pvp’ers for a long time now, it’s still refreshing to see. GL in RL and have fun.

    Comment by Uoyredrum — September 3, 2010 @ 11:56 am

  412. I too left WOW the beginning of July. IMO it became more about gear than skill. I must say, I loved playing my rogue and feel I became a better player from ur helpful tips and advice, though never to your caliber.
    What will you do now? U have a wealth of knowledge of WOW and the gaming community and it would be a shame to let that go to waste. I’ve been mulling over some business ideas related to WOW, perhaps we could collaborate in the future.

    Comment by sabrinock — September 3, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

  413. Farewell big one

    Comment by Testorxd — September 3, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

  414. We will wait for you dude GL!!

    Comment by Boid — September 4, 2010 @ 1:29 am

  415. well… i loved your movies, i learned from it a lot… i hit the glad and was on the top, inspired by you, Have fun, you will never die in my heart of wow

    Comment by scth — September 4, 2010 @ 11:39 am

  416. Akrios how the fuck are you so popular man 415 comments World of Ming blogs don’t even get that much

    Comment by Steez — September 4, 2010 @ 1:51 pm

  417. U made right decision))…I haven’t played since april…and yes NO WoW => NO WEED(much less)))))

    Comment by playa — September 4, 2010 @ 3:34 pm

  418. Damn man, I remember reading this and checking this site daily just for advice or new updates because it was always interesting watching either your movies or what you had to tell people, not sure if it was you a few months ago but the post about you getting laid the following day really had me laughing and I burst out laughing in my English Class when I read it, causing everyone to stare at me. >.>

    Anywho: I remember not even knowing who you were but I remember wanting to play a rogue and my 2v2 partner saying “Hey, go to Roguerogue.com, read some shit there.” and I immediately fell in love with the website, your movies and I became utterly captivated by just how amazing you were and you were one of the few decent pvpers I know that I actually didn’t dislike because they were arrogant douchebags. You didn’t flaunt around and say to people: “Hey, I’ve made all these videos, I’m better than you so shut the fuck up.” but instead you seemed more down to Earth and you helped a lot of rogues get their start in this game. I remember watching your movie and getting on my friends rogue to try mutilate and utterly failing at it but I kept at it.

    Now I have a level 80 rogue which I have gotten damned decent with and I hope to take what you’ve taught me and apply in it Cataclysm at 85 and hopefully make a video that tries to somewhat pick up where you left off, granted I am not sure if it’ll even be decent, or even if I do create something decent, it’ll still never be nearly as great as the “Eviscerate” series, and I don’t believe ANYTHING that ANYONE could put out would be nearly as entertaining as the Eviscerate series just because you had something about your videos that showed you took the time to work on them, you didn’t slap 50 clips together, throw in music and call it good, you actually edited them, the work on Eviscerate X alone states that since you had clips from the beginning of Wrath until mid-late 2009.

    As I said earlier, you taught many rogues, you gave us hope and inspiration, you probably opened the door to the rogue class for many and that definitely has to mean something in life, you weren’t a player, you were a legend. . . /salute.

    Comment by Krittykitty — September 4, 2010 @ 3:47 pm

  419. lol i just stoped playing arena it is so fuking annoying to see a sk just poping cds and soloing your 3v3 team……and iam thinking of quiting wow until cata(in two month)so fuking annoying……..

    Comment by m.k — September 4, 2010 @ 7:55 pm

  420. thanks for the time you spent posting your knowledge and exp foun it invaluable. Also i hope you will rethink your decision to quit.
    /salute

    Comment by mark — September 6, 2010 @ 4:44 am

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