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30 statements about World of Warcraft in 21 sources, by upload date.

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2020

2019

  • 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — Ali played World of Warcraft for about four years between 14 and 17, clocking 180 days of playtime, about three to four hours a day. — 00:25:18
  • 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — Ali started learning the piano in his third year of university, when he had a piano in his room and was doing psychology, a very relaxed year. — 00:42:55
  • 2019-02-24 · How to study for exams - The Retrospective Revision Timetable — Ali: The first problem Ali had with a prospective revision timetable: it asks you to foresee which topics you will struggle with six weeks ahead, and when something came up, such as friends or a World of Warcraft raid, he did not follow it. — 00:01:34
  • 2019-03-30 · Monthly Favourites #7 - Ali Abdaal — Ali learned the piano by exploration, bashing out notes and playing by ear, and discovering music theory afterwards gave him a profound insight he thinks he would not have had by the traditional route. — 00:05:40
  • 2019-12-27 (said on 2019-12-20, implied) · My Annual Review using Notion — Ali: The bucket list of Ali includes streaming on Twitch and joining a World of Warcraft raiding guild. — 00:14:09

Also named in: Arrogance, Expectations & Inspiration - Personal Q&A with my Brother · Ali & Taimur Abdaal

2018

  • 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali: At secondary school Ali was addicted to World of Warcraft, with about 180 days played in total over some three years, which he reckons at three-plus hours a day. — 00:32:04
  • 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali does not play games any more; he used to play World of Warcraft. — 00:33:47
  • 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — Ali no longer plays video games: he once clocked about 180 days of playtime on World of Warcraft, but now thinks video games are a bit of a waste of time. — 00:10:29
  • 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — Ali: At school Ali spent a lot of time learning to code and playing World of Warcraft; he wishes he had not played and had started music earlier, which would have benefited him more. — 00:14:21
  • 2018-06-12 · Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout — Ali is learning to read music and some music theory: since taking up the piano he has mostly played by ear, and his playing is now well ahead of his reading. — 00:19:31
  • 2018-06-12 · Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout — Ali: Unsure about video games in general, Ali thinks playing with friends you know in real life is really good: he made two close school friends, Chris and Omar, playing World of Warcraft together. — 00:21:23
  • 2018-08-03 · Life Advice - 50k subs Q&A — Ali: Like the basic attack in a role-playing game such as World of Warcraft, used when no other move is available, studying was Ali's default whenever nothing else was going on, so he always had something to do. — 00:02:48
  • 2018-10-01 · Is university worth it? The non-academic value of university — Ali says some students spend their unstructured university time playing video games such as World of Warcraft, Overwatch or Fortnite, which is fine, while others join societies and pick up new hobbies and skills. — 00:01:56
  • 2018-10-01 · Is university worth it? The non-academic value of university — recommendation: Ali suggests using gaps in the university timetable to learn skills: with a two-hour gap between lectures you might as well learn to play River Flows in You, to play it on the piano at Cambridge's Grand Arcade. — 00:02:53

2017