The first World of Warcraft Classic player has hit the game’s current level cap of 60, and it sparked a celebration for the ages in the MMO world.
According to Eurogamer, a World of Warcraft Classic player by the name of Jokerd, a 22-year-old from the country of Malta, created a gnome mage character and was the first in the entire game to hit level 60. Even better, he streamed the entire thing on Twitch, accomplishing the feat in just over three days.
Even better than that, Jokerd, a relatively unknown player before today, managed to beat the major World of Warcraft guild Method to the punch. Method were playing from a studio in Los Angeles this past week and had been sending out PR blasts to publicize their attempts to reach the level cap.
In the Twitch clip, you can see how Jokerd managed to beat out the popular guild. Jokerd streamed his attempt, complete with some random song choices, and utilized some interesting tactics to get to level 60. Early on in the clip, viewers can see him kiting groups of blighted zombie monsters, freezing them, and then using area-of-effect attacks to quickly destroy them. Jokerd also used a technique called “layering,” which requires a player to join and then leave a group, which makes groups of enemies respawn in an area without having to wait. The feature is actually a holdover from more modern incarnations of World of Warcraft, and is looked down upon in some circles, but that hasn’t fazed Jokerd.
At its peak, Jokerd had 350,000 people watching his stream as he hit the level cap.
After hitting level 60, Jokerd teleported to the city of Stormwind, where he was met with even greater celebration, surrounded by dozens, if not hundreds of other players. A large group of players even lined up on either side of a road to allow Jokerd to walk down the center, parade style. A large portion of it is all set to Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration.”
Jokerd addressed other players who took issue with how he got there, saying that at that point he basically had it “in the bag.” He also said that he didn’t share his account with others and slept a modest six to eight hours a day.
About The Laying Abuse Accusations: I started using layering to my leveling advantage at level 58, at this point it was in the bad that i was first 60 and i wanted to save 1-1.5 hours. Feel free to check my vods, i streamed all of it, also i didnt have mob taggers.
— JokerdTV (@Jokereed) August 31, 2019
In a humorous turn, Jokerd ended his stream by hosting Method’s own stream. Before that, though, he jokingly attempted to delete his gnome mage character after the celebration. Other players managed to stop that by continuously sending Jokerd mail, which halts players from permanently deleting a character.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN, and he was once a blood elf.
