Both are inarguably amazing feats of power leveling. How did Tosog do it? Well, if you speak German, you tell me:
Durch sehr genaue Planung und extrem viel Hilfe von GIldenkollegen und Freunden (mit T6 Equip). Einen Mob hab ich nie komplett gekillt, ich habe ihn immer nur zuerst angeschlagen und ihn dann von Gildenkollegen, die nicht in meiner Gruppe waren töten lassen. Lange Fußwege hab ich mir erspart, indem ich Hexer-Portteams an allen möglichen Positionen organisiert hatte. Außerdem habe ich nur nachts gespielt, da hier am wenigsten los ist und ich mir zu 90% sicher war, dass die benötigten Mobs für die Quests auch alle da waren. Natürlich habe ich den Rested Bonus so oft ausgenützt wie möglich, wenn auch die Mehrheit der erhaltenen Erfahrung vom abgeben der Quests kam.
Ich hab
Alles in allem (Planung, Organisation usw.) hat
EU poster Mortari of Stormscale roughly translated Tosog's report. Tosog has a lot of help from friends and guild members. He would tag monsters and then people who were not partied with him would kill them. Teams of Warlocks arranged transportation from point to point. The time played was not consecutive, and Tosog made use of the rested experience point bonus whenever possible. I still find it impressive.
This makes me wonder how much play time was actually spent on the character. If nothing else, this record represents an amazing team effort. Many players should be given credit for this accomplishment. Glückwünsche auf Ihrem erstaunlichen Zustandebringen. (Congratulations on the awesome achievement.)
(Should you chose to click the video link. I recommend that you do so when slightly inebriated and away from work. I believe that most of us can avoid tip number six.)
Update: Not to be outdone Athene and Mineva of EU Stromscale have broken this record again with an impressive 26 hour and 31 minute run. Thanks for passing this on, Itsaorc.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:14AM
Draenors said...
I'm sure I can do it faster.
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3-20-2008 @ 10:15AM
Naix said...
I am sure I can do it faster, but who cares.
3-20-2008 @ 10:50AM
Nick S said...
i'm pretty sure i can't.
:-P
i find these achievements fascinating in terms of the logistics that have to go into them... optimal quest paths, coordinating a group, etc.
but yeah... do it solo and then i'll be truly impressed.
3-20-2008 @ 2:28PM
Lori said...
I'm pretty sure I'm not even going to try.
3-20-2008 @ 9:17AM
Remnever said...
I heard Athene did not use rested experience. Making him still the winner imo.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:22AM
Gnorlin said...
I don't understand German but I can use BabelFish!
"How is that possible? By very exact planning and extremely much assistance of GIldenkollegen and friends (with T6 Equip). A mobilization I never completely gekillt, I it only first fastened and it then from Gildenkollegen, which were not in my group kill let. Long footpaths I saved, by having organized Hexer Portteams at all possible positions. In addition I played only at night, since to few it is loose here and I was safe to 90% that the necessary Mobs for the Quests was also all there. Naturally I as often used the Rested bonus as possible, even if the majority of the received experience of deliver the Quests came. I thereby by Guides of Jame www.wow pro.com and/or starting from 65 of tentonhammer.com held yourself. Tosog was my 5. Char which I on the basis this Guides highly gelevelt, therefore I knew all Lokalitaeten already by heart."
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3-20-2008 @ 9:23AM
Shrama said...
I think it is from 1 to 70... not from 0...
From the article it is clear that it was not a show of WoW-Play skills but rather organizational skill...
But anyway... nice... I'm trying to get to 70 with my first character (again after stopping on 56 hunter) and I wish I could do faster...
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3-20-2008 @ 11:41AM
Matdredalia said...
In my experience, organization can be one of the most crucial skills you'll ever use in WoW.
I don't care how many people he used, being able to do this is freaking amazing.
3-20-2008 @ 11:58AM
Chris Anthony said...
"0 to 70" is a gag. Check out vehicle speed benchmarking sometime.
3-20-2008 @ 12:04PM
Shrama said...
In the car you have "speed" 0... in the game you start from 1
There is always the discussion about what is the start of natural numbers (literal translation from Polish... not sure the name of it in English) ... 0 or 1 ;-)
3-20-2008 @ 7:15PM
jbodar said...
Level 0 is the Character Creation screen ;P
3-20-2008 @ 9:26AM
Itsaorc said...
http://www.worldofraids.com/2008/march/worldrecordmineva.jpg
Athene strikes again. 1 day 2 hours.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:32AM
Gumbator said...
The German text (roughly) translates to:
"""
This was done thanks to precise planning and help of my guildies and friends (T6 equipped). I've never killed a single mob by myself, I just hit it once and the non-grouped helpers finished it.
I avoided long ways / travelling by help of Warlocks that ported me to strategic places. In addition I only played during the night, thus avoiding crowded zones and non available quest mobs.
I also made advantage of the resting bonus, but the most of the XPs were gained by solving quests.
I used the leveling guides on www.wow-pro.com and (from lvl65 on) tentonhammer.com.
"Tosog" is my 5. char I leveled using these guides and so I already knew the quests and places.
All in all (planning, organisation etc.) it took me more time to get this char to 70 than playing it the "normal" way (with about 5-7 days /played).
"""
I'm no native speaker but I hope it helps.
Cheers
Gumbator
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3-20-2008 @ 10:19AM
Smon said...
This translation is correct. I would know because I am a native speaker.
Thanks Gumbator.
3-20-2008 @ 10:50PM
Charlie said...
Thanks alot for that! Its alot clearer than the babelfish version.
The fact that he would tag things and his friends would kill them makes alot of sense. This gets rid of two things. 1) Downtime, run tag and repeat. have a friend drop a hot on you and you never have to eat/drink. 2) No need to learn skills, repair, buy reagents, whatever. Downtime takes up the majority of time you play. Thats the trick to quick leveling, eliminate as much downtime as possible.
3-20-2008 @ 9:34AM
test said...
test
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3-20-2008 @ 9:56AM
xseno said...
Funny thing that Athene is so spitting on Joanna video which was done before making lvling easier (2.3.0 patch) and till now is the only video showing someone lvling in record time from the beginning till the end solo without any external help.
Athene hasn't show any video yet so till then his record is just babbling. Also from what we know now he did it with external help so Joanna record still stands.
So better luck next time ego man
3-20-2008 @ 11:23AM
Zarzuur said...
I agree ..
Joana, "normal" levelling done fast = skill
being boosted = not individual skill, just a group boost
3-20-2008 @ 1:56PM
Killah said...
Guys, calm down! All the dude wrote was "test", take it easy!
3-20-2008 @ 9:42AM
RedHotRadiators said...
It's a bug.. the timer only shows around a quarter of the time you've actually played when you keep switching in and out of the instances.
Don't ask my why it happens but it does. :D
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