Actually what he was doing in the video was quite impressive... 2 years ago. He had a crazy hybrid spec with holy shield that was loads of fun, till Blizz gave pallys their "review" and messed things up.

I'm sure I sound like a nostalgic good ol days kinda guy, but there were many, not all, but many things about PvP back then that were good. Then Blizzard "reviewed" PvP, and in my opinion, messed it up. See a pattern?

Maybe he should feature more classic Moviewatch reviews, or make it a seperate post. Classic Moviewatch!

Agreed.

You will never see this kind of stuff going on again, because Blizzard keep indirectly nerfing Paladins by giving other classes the tools which makes it nigh impossible to compete.

The fight with the hunter? Arcane shot would have made sure he never got close after wing clips and freezing traps.

Spell Steal would have done no different with the fight with the mage, and to switch to a 2-hander would not give you the needed attack power to keep going.

We don't even need to get in to Reckoning, which was a staple of Paladin PvP at the time.

The fight with the two shaman? He wouldn't have been able to get one heal off, since they'd have a more visible view of his spell casting, since the Devs added enemy cast bars to the UI.

Then, when Zalgradis went on a rogue like ganking spree, they nerfed both the Cloaking device and invisibility potions. And, of course, no more Reckbombs. :( Plus, no more bubblehearthing, thanks to the biggest p.o.s. spell in the game: Mass Dispell.

Next, when he got jumped by all those rogues, all the mind-numbing poisons they've gotten would have made getting a heal off utterly impossible.

Blah, this is just depressing me how far behind Paladins have been left.

Absolute garbage. I guess this will prove to everyone that TotalBiscuit's 'reviews' are not worth the screenspace they are typed on. If this is the epitome of things he likes to see in machinima, I guess that says a lot about his comments on other movies featured here. Don't try to downplay your choice by saying its just gameplay video and faux ventrilo conversation. The fact that you were given the chance to come up with a video to feature here and this is what you chose says volumes for the integrity of your comments on other machinima posted here. Thanks for confirming what most of us already knew about you.

@ Yen

I feel ya man. I never really like TB cause of his outrageous comments like he's God's gift to being an 'uber' Machinima reviewer, and how he tends to inappropriately backlash at people alot.

That being said his choice of video was horrible. This is exactly why I hate to hear metal in videos. Utter crap. (Yet those who hate rap but listen to that garbage called metal? It boggles the mind...)

Haha, it speaks volumes that all you can manage to come up with as a counter-argument is some lame, self-righteous ad-hominem. And you wonder why you don't have Moo's ear if this is the kind of tripe you come up with.

How about I critique your lowsy excuse for a critique aye?

Your entire comment was littered with misinformation, assertions and broad, sweeping generalizations with no actual basis in fact. Such idiocy as 'if this is the epitome of what he likes' shows an inability to read the original article, since there is absolutely no mention of this video even being one of my favorites, let alone the 'epitome' of what I like, and says precisely nothing about my 'other comments'. What exactly does it say? I propose that all you have to offer in this case are vague pseudo-intellectualisms and ridiculous remarks. None of what you just said has any substance to it what-so-ever.

There was no downplaying of my choice. Videos are to be judged objectively. Great voice-acting is in fact, counter-productive when producing a video like this. It would have detracted from the video, not augmented it. The characters are supposed to be talking on Ventrilo, not espousing flowing prose or shitting Shakespeare. It IS a gameplay video, that's the majority of the video, it's labeled as a PvP video with storyline elements and therefore must be judged as one. To do otherwise is bad form, pure and simple, which is the reason you suck at this and I don't, you can't even properly criticize what I've written, let alone what's in the movie.

You guess this will prove to everyone...? Well at least there's one element of truth to your sad excuse for a comment, 'guess'. Your entire argument is based on nothing more than guessing, and in places, fabricating facts to suit your pathetic drivel. What will this prove to everyone? I'm a self-confessed arrogant son of a bitch, and I'm a hell of a lot better at it than you are.

TB, easy tiger.

He did say "if". From the way this video has been presented, you were given the chance to select a video for presentation on Moviewatch and had the freedom to choose any machinima from the thousands (millions?) available. It's not unreasonable assume you like the piece, even that you count it amongst your favourites, since it was the one you chose above all others. "Epitome" was a little strong, but polemics tend to exaggerate - as you yourself are well aware :). True, nothing specifically said 'This is TB's number one favourite machinima" but working things out from the evidence is part of a critic's job and joy, and one of the reasons critics do often get things wrong.

Otherwise, yes, Yeng if you want to put the guy down, you'll have to fight fire with fire - take a postmodernist view of machinima or something, that'll get him going.

TB - You do yourself a disservice with such objurgatory replies. You have your critical stance, I don't fully agree with it, but it leads to some enjoyable debates. However I'd like to ask nicely that you give WoWinsider some respect; it's always been a bit of a haven from the official forums and their troll infested inanities. You're a smart guy, not a troll, but your inflammatory attitude leads to a lot of trolling and needless rubbish. Keep your critical bark and your fighting spirit, but rein it in with some civility, please?

TL;DR - Play nice kids.

Haha ... You should hear Oxhorn's version of 'Screamo' music. It plays during the credits of the original 'Orcs in Space.' It's absolutely hysterical.

Musical knowledge requires you to know what everything is, no matter how terrible you might believe it to be :P

Lol screamo, hey if i ever make a pvp vid its gonna have a bunch of genres including rap because I'm not musically biased. :P