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This feels more like a post that would belong to our old, now non-existent, Blog section than a regular forum post, but indulge me if you would. I think everyone should take a solid minute going through their old screenies and see what joy and stories this game has brought you.
I felt like investing some time into reminiscing the glorious days of the Level 10 Twink scene and it's wonderful community. Recently, I've found myself simply no longer interested in WoW given the twink related drought we are experiencing in this expansion. BFA looked so promising at first! Gah...
Today I went through such an emotional journey. Looking through Sponsor's screenshots, collected over the last 9 years (almost a DECADE on a single level 10!!), I realised how much joy this character has brought me. The time and effort I put into him was always gratifying, whether it be by the great achievements, rewards, compliments I received, or all the many friendships I have developed over the years.
For a long time, I was a very strong presence in the Level 10 Twink community which I believe was a reflection of the dedication I had to my Warrior. It was inspiring to others, to see how far a level 10 could push the game's limits. People were interested- intrigued by our playstyle. We turned heads, whether it was in Goldshire, Orgrim Gates, or wpvping in Westfall/Redridge/STV.
Given that 10 twinks are practically extinct (shoutout to @DexaQT and Daredevil for currently keeping 10s going), I wanted to share with all of you ex-10twinkers and other veteran twinks, what 9 years on a level 10 looks like. This is not necessarily in hopes to "revive" the bracket, but maybe just to merely reignite our community's long lost flame. We had such a good time afterall.
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Sponsor was originally named Kkick (bank alt for my main called Kick). He was a level 1 Warrior parked at Ironforge throughout the majority of WotLK. After failing at being a Auction flipper, I decided to invest into some combat gear. Randomly stumbling upon the level 10 RvR video featuring Stungy vs Hanibalecter , I decided to make Kkick a level 10 Warrior twink.
And there it was, I had no idea at the time what I had created below.
Dueling in Goldshire became my passion. I started sinking hours upon hours onto my new twink. I felt like I wanted to detach myself from being my main's bank alt. I wanted to start a name for myself. So in hopes of potentially host funding for more 10 twinks, I named myself "Sponsor", to help sponsor other twinks.. Shortly after my name change, I was obtaining my very first AGM on my account. Very proud moment
I became very invested into this character, and I wanted something to show for it. After having starter my first job IRL, I blew my entire first paycheck on the renown Riding Turtle. Cost me $165 from Wowtcgloots. 0 regerts.
No.. this wasnt enough. I wanted to go BIG, like every teenager, I wanted to be known. So I made my first montage, of pure... MASSACRE. Big numbers covering the screen, crits, ridiculous buffs, and potions. I started making a name for myself, not necessarily in a good way. Posts were being made about Xp locked Xp-on game exploiters on Twinkinfo, lots of flack was received. I had farmed a total of 25k Hks in a mere month or 2 in the 10-14 Xp-ON bracket. Cataclysm comes to a close.
Guess not all hate
MoP was good. Xp-ON was fixed, Bgs were no longer an option for 10s unless scheduled. The PvE scene was MASSIVE. Were talking solo content, dungeon speed runs, World PVE raids.. And then the World First Fel Reaver kill. Unbelievable. We rocked the scene for low level content with that kill. We had both Alliance and Horde Level 10 twinks rallying together to kill the Fel Reaver. A lot of guild events, side projects and attempts to kill Northrend Elites were made to up the ante, but never to succeed.
Then came the wargames in WoD, tons and tons of wargames given regular BGs would rarely pop. We thought MoP was bad back then... Those playing BGs at 10 we were met with pure HATRED by the 19 twinks. Telling us we were wasting spots in THEIR bracket (@Skeezin).
I could care less Rend + EF/Crusader carried me through stacked games, and hey I came up on top a few times too! Wasn't the only 10 either to do so! Sadly, the constant harassment did affect me on the long run and I drew away from playing BGs altogether. The bad outweighed the good.
I started to work on a solo project. Back then it was known as the ultimate reputation grind. The Ethereum Prison Cell Key farm. *shivers*. Only the best of the best did this. Turns out, I had 3 others friends currently farming the keys, so we decided to make a pact and farm together. We managed to gather roughly 4,000 keys throughout 2-3 months of grinding. @Healstrong ended up dropping out midway, sadly. @Deej, @Lluyd , and I were the proud owners of flashy Tabards and reps at the end of our grind
The ultimate twink rep grind was DONE. But first, lemme take a selfie...
Fishing became more than a hobby, becoming the first level 10 with maxed Fishing Skill in WOD
With WoD closing, we got access to the new Felforge gear, which all twinks no-lifed invasions during that entire summer for the sweet TF. Legion brought us BGs back, which meant back to the drawing board. Testing, and theory-crafting the best enchant setups and scaleables for this weird Stat template. First few weeks of Legion was POPPING for 10s. Turns out the stat template was in our favour, everyone was making 10 Disc Priests. Community was thriving, guilds were being created, new comers were interested in the 10 twink scene. And many friendships were made. All of which came to a dead STOP when 10s got the first nerf bat. It hurt, people quit. Then another nerf bat came shortly, and another. Seemed like it would never end.
Side tracking, day 1 of Legion release, my fishing addiction took the best of me. Obtaining yet again another world first max fishing on a level 10. But ofc max was not sufficient, I needed something no one had ever obtained before on a low level twink. An artifact item.
Following the numerous nerfs to 10s, we saw multiple guilds crumble, players left or quit the game. Level 10 twinks became known as "trophy toons", the remaining few took up achievement hunting as the way to compete against each other, but even that died off eventually. Perfecting old twinks became some people's speciality (@DexaQT, @ShinyHero ). Small communities thrived for a few weeks here and there, but nothing from thereon happened.
The days of the level 10 twinks we had originally known had ended.
I hope you guys have enjoyed this, I would love to see other bracket's POV of their evolution. I have always cherished dedication on twinks, and I am sure there are many unspoken stories out there
If I forgot something please let me know, wouldn't want to forget any moments we had as level 10s.
To all those who made the level 10 twink community possible, you rock.
This feels more like a post that would belong to our old, now non-existent, Blog section than a regular forum post, but indulge me if you would. I think everyone should take a solid minute going through their old screenies and see what joy and stories this game has brought you.
I felt like investing some time into reminiscing the glorious days of the Level 10 Twink scene and it's wonderful community. Recently, I've found myself simply no longer interested in WoW given the twink related drought we are experiencing in this expansion. BFA looked so promising at first! Gah...
Today I went through such an emotional journey. Looking through Sponsor's screenshots, collected over the last 9 years (almost a DECADE on a single level 10!!), I realised how much joy this character has brought me. The time and effort I put into him was always gratifying, whether it be by the great achievements, rewards, compliments I received, or all the many friendships I have developed over the years.
For a long time, I was a very strong presence in the Level 10 Twink community which I believe was a reflection of the dedication I had to my Warrior. It was inspiring to others, to see how far a level 10 could push the game's limits. People were interested- intrigued by our playstyle. We turned heads, whether it was in Goldshire, Orgrim Gates, or wpvping in Westfall/Redridge/STV.
Given that 10 twinks are practically extinct (shoutout to @DexaQT and Daredevil for currently keeping 10s going), I wanted to share with all of you ex-10twinkers and other veteran twinks, what 9 years on a level 10 looks like. This is not necessarily in hopes to "revive" the bracket, but maybe just to merely reignite our community's long lost flame. We had such a good time afterall.
_____________
Sponsor was originally named Kkick (bank alt for my main called Kick). He was a level 1 Warrior parked at Ironforge throughout the majority of WotLK. After failing at being a Auction flipper, I decided to invest into some combat gear. Randomly stumbling upon the level 10 RvR video featuring Stungy vs Hanibalecter , I decided to make Kkick a level 10 Warrior twink.
And there it was, I had no idea at the time what I had created below.
Dueling in Goldshire became my passion. I started sinking hours upon hours onto my new twink. I felt like I wanted to detach myself from being my main's bank alt. I wanted to start a name for myself. So in hopes of potentially host funding for more 10 twinks, I named myself "Sponsor", to help sponsor other twinks.. Shortly after my name change, I was obtaining my very first AGM on my account. Very proud moment
I became very invested into this character, and I wanted something to show for it. After having starter my first job IRL, I blew my entire first paycheck on the renown Riding Turtle. Cost me $165 from Wowtcgloots. 0 regerts.
No.. this wasnt enough. I wanted to go BIG, like every teenager, I wanted to be known. So I made my first montage, of pure... MASSACRE. Big numbers covering the screen, crits, ridiculous buffs, and potions. I started making a name for myself, not necessarily in a good way. Posts were being made about Xp locked Xp-on game exploiters on Twinkinfo, lots of flack was received. I had farmed a total of 25k Hks in a mere month or 2 in the 10-14 Xp-ON bracket. Cataclysm comes to a close.
Guess not all hate
MoP was good. Xp-ON was fixed, Bgs were no longer an option for 10s unless scheduled. The PvE scene was MASSIVE. Were talking solo content, dungeon speed runs, World PVE raids.. And then the World First Fel Reaver kill. Unbelievable. We rocked the scene for low level content with that kill. We had both Alliance and Horde Level 10 twinks rallying together to kill the Fel Reaver. A lot of guild events, side projects and attempts to kill Northrend Elites were made to up the ante, but never to succeed.
Then came the wargames in WoD, tons and tons of wargames given regular BGs would rarely pop. We thought MoP was bad back then... Those playing BGs at 10 we were met with pure HATRED by the 19 twinks. Telling us we were wasting spots in THEIR bracket (@Skeezin).
I could care less
Rend + EF/Crusader carried me through stacked games, and hey I came up on top a few times too! Wasn't the only 10 either to do so! Sadly, the constant harassment did affect me on the long run and I drew away from playing BGs altogether. The bad outweighed the good.I started to work on a solo project. Back then it was known as the ultimate reputation grind. The Ethereum Prison Cell Key farm. *shivers*. Only the best of the best did this. Turns out, I had 3 others friends currently farming the keys, so we decided to make a pact and farm together. We managed to gather roughly 4,000 keys throughout 2-3 months of grinding. @Healstrong ended up dropping out midway, sadly. @Deej, @Lluyd , and I were the proud owners of flashy Tabards and reps at the end of our grind
The ultimate twink rep grind was DONE. But first, lemme take a selfie...
Fishing became more than a hobby, becoming the first level 10 with maxed Fishing Skill in WOD
With WoD closing, we got access to the new Felforge gear, which all twinks no-lifed invasions during that entire summer for the sweet TF. Legion brought us BGs back, which meant back to the drawing board. Testing, and theory-crafting the best enchant setups and scaleables for this weird Stat template. First few weeks of Legion was POPPING for 10s. Turns out the stat template was in our favour, everyone was making 10 Disc Priests. Community was thriving, guilds were being created, new comers were interested in the 10 twink scene. And many friendships were made. All of which came to a dead STOP when 10s got the first nerf bat. It hurt, people quit. Then another nerf bat came shortly, and another. Seemed like it would never end.
Side tracking, day 1 of Legion release, my fishing addiction took the best of me. Obtaining yet again another world first max fishing on a level 10. But ofc max was not sufficient, I needed something no one had ever obtained before on a low level twink. An artifact item.
Following the numerous nerfs to 10s, we saw multiple guilds crumble, players left or quit the game. Level 10 twinks became known as "trophy toons", the remaining few took up achievement hunting as the way to compete against each other, but even that died off eventually. Perfecting old twinks became some people's speciality (@DexaQT, @ShinyHero ). Small communities thrived for a few weeks here and there, but nothing from thereon happened.
The days of the level 10 twinks we had originally known had ended.
I hope you guys have enjoyed this, I would love to see other bracket's POV of their evolution. I have always cherished dedication on twinks, and I am sure there are many unspoken stories out there
If I forgot something please let me know, wouldn't want to forget any moments we had as level 10s.
To all those who made the level 10 twink community possible, you rock.
