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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[And the first World of Warcraft player to reach level 80 is...]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/13/nyhm-of-drekthar-eu-first-to-level-80/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/az_level80worldfirst_425.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Drek%27Thar&amp;n=Nymh">Nymh</a>, Human Warlock of the EU server Drek'thar (and the real-world country of France) became the first <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> player to reach level 80 by working with <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek%27Thar&amp;n=Pavelomm">an out-of-group Priest</a> to spam area-of-effect attacks against rapidly-spawning mid-70s mobs, <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=8d3ff95ee28a4391704bd94fe69a271a&amp;topic=26499.0">inspired</a> by the technique of another <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> Warlock player named Jynxx, who <a href="http://warcraftmovies.com/stream.php?id=89547&amp;stream=Google&amp;h=9c09a3b799a5eeb891b1b6e2df324951">eloquently explained the concept in a video</a> (Note: probably won't make much sense if you're not a <em>WoW</em> addict already).<br /><br />Time from 70 to 80: 27 hours.<br /><br />Nymh did a lot of research and trial-and-error exploration of options in the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/wrath-of-the-lich-king"><em>Wrath of the Lich King</em></a> beta test in order to be ready for the gauntlet after the EU launch, which of course <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/europes-wow-players-already-storming-wraths-northrend/">came a little bit before the North American one</a>. We'll note that the first-to-level-70-after-launch trophy went to another French player last year. Vive la France, no?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/13/nyhm-of-drekthar-eu-first-to-level-80/">WoW Insider</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/">And the first World of Warcraft player to reach level 80 is...</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=26489.0>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1371903/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>80</category><category>blizzard</category><category>drekthar</category><category>eu</category><category>first</category><category>france</category><category>french</category><category>jynxx</category><category>level-80</category><category>nymh</category><category>priest</category><category>warlock</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wotlk</category><category>wow</category><category>wrath</category><category>wrath-of-the-lich-king</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
