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The Craft of War: BLIND

There is a lot of machinima out there that makes me giggle, some of it makes me think about how they have captured the footage and woven it together, and a few make me think about the mad skills that the people responsible must have.

The following video blew my mind. Moreso than any WoW animation I've seen, including the Wrathgate cutscene. A reader named Len sent the link to us and I hope that its creator, percula, continues to make these things because I loved this one. Watch this.


The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo.

Reader Comments (62)

naijs, more than wrathgate indeed, especially because wrathgate was like a ripoff from lord of the rings

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAmidaman

yeah i first seen this from wowmovies.com. The creator used the wow models and animated them him/herself. I heard there will be a sequel based on other class's skill (this one is obviously rogue's blind). Really looking forward to it.

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterFrank

i have seen this video on another wow site and it just blew my mind hope there more videos on other classes and a BLIND 2

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHrukk

I've always been interested in Machinima, but that was amazing...Usually WoW machinima is more like "Make love not warcraft". This movie actually uses custom animations and just took the models from the game and put them in. It must of taken a long time for a single person or even a group of people to put that together.

5/5

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOvershot

I read that the creator was nervous about releasing this work to the general public and that his/her company was considering Layoffs, so he/she was not sure when they would produce a new one.

One person did this in their spare time!

I can only say that this has to be considered as one of the greatest works of machinima I have ever seen and I have seen a lot.

The bar has been raised and I have to say that I would hope that Blizz gets their hands on this person soon and PAYS him/her to make a series of videos!

Project Lore should try and be his Manager!! :)

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMark DeMan

I already saw this movie and i have to say, BEST (short) WOW movie ive seen in a long time! The way the rouges jump and slash at eachother and then when the one uhh, human chick grew dragon wings was pretty sweet (and that chick not here anymore so i dont remember here name). The music was good too i like it and how all the gaurds chased after her. Very epic, very good.

Turalyon (normal)
PROT warrior : for the horde!
For the foresaken!

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDeidare

This one is a mindblowing video! The moves, the sounds they're all great. It contains a bit of lore too: http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=1749

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMrooz

that song was terrible. Otherwise cool.

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterName

i bet as he will read the coments here on PLore so.. just want to say.. AWESOME work bro... really.. best game clip ever saw. for real. congratulations.

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOwaka

That was great. It could easily have a series with it. I saw alot of opening opportunities for story plots. The love/rivalry between those two rogues, and what she had against that Alliance woman. Overall, it was great. New twist of machinima. Combat was really cool, but the music really gave it a blow of rate.

4.5/5 due to music

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLaeltis

Btw Deidare, that female priest as seen in the video was Onyxia, hence growing dragon wings. I don't remember her name as in a human form, but she isn't there anymore for the fact that she was slain (although you can still raid her dungeon and battle Onyxia) and her head lies above the Stormwind. :000
Awesome videooo. O_o

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRoi

Not into machinima at all but this was actually quite entertaining. To say the music left something to be desired would be a huge understatement.

December 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSidias

Wow, that was really good. That was the best machinima I have ever seen. Props to Percula. If there was an achievement for this, it would be:

Feat of Strength:
Greatest Machinima of 2008 (Or whenever he/she released it)

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDieoxide

Awsome ... absolutely awesome .... Left me speechless...

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEugen

Wow...that really blew me away...awesome is all i can say.
I hope there will be many more like it!

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterFarsythe

Awsome video. really cool and spectacular

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPal

Yeah, I'm with everyone else on the music. It really took away from the awe of the video. I almost expected to see a band scene like the "I Am Murloc!" video.

-Gnome, the other OTHER white meat.

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAzurko

I have to agree on the music. It really took away from what was otherwise a great video.

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlayea

oh my frikkin god that was incredible, music was ok tho,
other than that awesome vid

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermcb172

great video!! not sure if this or the "ugly goblin's Christmas" is my favorite though...

p.s. am i the onlyone who liked the music?

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJondare

Good video, terrible song throughout.

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJordy

WOW! That was brilliant! i can't wait for the next one. I really really want to see what other class skills they use as inspiration for the next one. Eye of Kilrogg the Movie perhaps :)

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKalcifer

Actually I personally didn't mind the music. You could ask ten people which music they would use for the movie and you would, probably, get ten different answers.

It's good to see you guys really do read what people send you, though I didn't expect you guys to use my real name in the piece. :P

Cheers, and happy '09 in advance.

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKaiou

Oh yeah I saw this my friend was talking about it really awesome video :)

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGrant

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. I am in awe.

Everyone else who is doing machinima should either go into hiding until they can learn these skills or they should quit. The bar has been raised quite a bit higher than it ever was before...and even higher than most of what Blizzard has done themselves.

If Blizzard does not track down the people responsible to offer them well-paying jobs, then they are idiots.

December 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPatrickD

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