World of Warcraft: Level 1-85 in one hour (time-lapse)

I recently leveled an orc mage from 1-85 in order to get my guild the "Classy Orcs" achievement and decided to fraps the whole thing and condense it into a time-lapse. In this format, every minute is condensed to one second, thus every minute of video contains one hour of leveling. My final time was right around an hour, which was convenient, ha!

Yes, I used heirlooms, used a guide, got guildies to help me with group quests, and died a little more often than I'd have liked, but it was about the time-lapse, not about pro'ing it up, so I'm okay with it. Also note that disparaging comments will be removed without hesitation. If you hate it that much, turn it off.

Anyway, enjoy. :)

Music: Bjorne Lynne - Time & Reflection
Mods: TukUI, Grid, oPie, wow-pro.com's leveling guide, TomTom, lots of others that aren't obvious.

FAQs:
-How big was the video?
-I stopped after every zone to encode and condense, so I don't have one end-all be-all total, but it was about 160-200 GB per hour.

-Why the stupid Celestial Steed?
-It was a Christmas present from my husband. He's a sweetheart. Mounts and pets he's bought me usually make an appearance on all but my main, where I use whatever mount I'm not bored of yet and a panther cub as a kind of commemoration to a lost pet.

-How long did it really take you?
-In raw playing time, 60 hours. In real life, about a month between work shifts, days off, and days dedicated to grinding VP (ugh).

-Why didn't you go to Outland at 58/Northrend at 68?
-Personal preference, the ability to skip zones I didn't like by doing it this way, and the fact that the exp speed difference isn't what people make it out to be by a long shot.

-What software did you use?
-Fraps and Adobe Premier.

-Who are you?
-My main is Shannon on Suramar-US. This mage has been race and name changed since this video, but if you must see (I've hardly done a thing on her since) it's Kaitlin, same server.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Wow
• World
• Warcraft
• World Of Warcraft
• Time
• Lapse
• Time-lapse
• orc
• mage
• level
• leveling
• questing

[knap2000]

did you use fraps, cause when i fraps my gameplay every 10 sec are about 300 megabytes?

[MaatMasher]

@knap2000 The video description clearly states what software was used.

[PuntyxlMinipunk13]

Great ! Cool vid, just one question : Do you had time to make dj, raids etc. to have good stuff ?

[MaatMasher]

@PuntyxlMinipunk13 I'm not sure what you mean. I think we have a small language barrier. :) I wasn't raiding at the time, so I didn't really have to plan around that, but I was running dungeons to cap VP every week. I do actively raid now, as you can see from some of my other videos. I purchased all of the JP heirlooms during Wrath of the Lich King.

[PuntyxlMinipunk13]

@MaatMasher

Hmh yes I see... In what server are you ?

[MaatMasher]

@PuntyxlMinipunk13 My main is Shannon on Suramar-US, again, as you can see from some of my other videos. :)

[MaatMasher]

@kkiel190 Anyone realize how this guy hasn't played since Cataclysm to understand spell levels aren't the same anymore?

[GameProSixty]

Best hour ever

[knap2000]

@MaatMasher okay thanks, great vid though! :)

[AutumnAshes1000]

.......peaceful music....:)

[iKnightElf]

1min 30sec to clear BRD, at 1min = 1sec video. Yep, even in Cata that dungeon takes forever!

[XPSLIFEX]

What in game guide did you use? (bottom riight corner)