hi guys, i had to trim a 13 second bit out of this video around 28:00 as, despite being a royalty free song, someone was trying to claim ALL of this video's ad revenue citing that song as something they owned. i'd rather just trim it out and have that be that than deal with the broken youtube copyright system which places all the risk on me should i try to defend myself.

It's okay bro like I'll settle for second best wow content in the world you didn't need to pop off this hard

Holy shit, what a storyline! It's like a movie that's based on real events!

This comment will most likely never be read, but, absolutely LOVE Hearthstone referencing Barney with the Scarab Lord card being a Undead Rougue wearing red with daggers who says "I am not just a Scarab Lord. I am THE Scarab Lord" with this 100% being a reference to this. Just makes me happy seeing some part of Blizzard directly acknowledged such a good KZfaq series.

I love the raid leaders of The Winter Court. They legitimately add so much levity to the video. It also makes a retail raider like me miss the Classic and BC days, because raids could be casual adjacent and you didn’t need militant order at all times.

So we're getting Barny nominated for an oscar for this series right?

My favorite thing about this whole saga is that someone like Eddie exists, living in Stormwind with diplomatic immunity. A real sense of community is something that has been missing in WoW for over a decade.

Your videos are worth paying cinema prices for. Looking forward to more content!

Barny did not disappoint, what a masterpiece The Ape Escape music was cool too

This is the single best classic wow series ever created

I could replay this series endlessly and never get sick of the editing and humor. It's all absolute grade A content.

Holy shit Barney this was worth the fucking wait, I’ve never had a KZfaq video series (let alone one about a game I don’t play) make me feel this way my guy, thanks for all the laughs, the tears, and the headaches, here’s to MORE BARNY CONTENT WOOOO

Dalaena here, literally dead in the water @ 54:52. Just to share my corner of this miserable experience, our guild Ashes of the Phoenix had spent endless hours farming for a single scarab lord, and were griefed the night before trying to farm for the Ashenvale dragon drop. Our scarab lord, Achelos, managed to get caught up to the arcanite buoy at the exact moment you did, and we found ourselves out in Azshara with half the raid staring down the Horde. Not ideal, heh. We thought YOU GUYS were another griefing raid there to stonewall us from finishing the last part of the chain. I was almost certain it wasn't going to get done after all that work. We were partnered with another small guild, NaCl, and their scarab lord Syr who showed up moments after your kill to help us finish up our own fishing expedition. Very glad you all were just there to do the content and didn't stick around. I'm also amused I managed to make the cut for this epic tale... just for getting cut by Barnybee.

it was never a question will Barny become a Scarab lord the question all along was Did Meon the Peon become the Bug King

The scheming, the strategy, the drama, the action, the bloodshed. This series has been a truly beautiful experience.

56:13 - Without a doubt the purest sound in the world.

When a silly undead rogues journey is more compelling than the last 5 years of writing from blizzard. Now expecting all the streamers to react to this.

What a fucking journey it’s been. Great video!

I've never been so happy for someone I don't know, playing a game I don't play. Impressive story-telling!

The entire arc of Eddie guiding you through Stormwind was amazing, god I love this game.

Bro I almost teared up at the ending, words can't do this justice.

The best WoW series of all time. No contest. It sucked me back into the black hole of WoW Classic, too, so cheers for that.

Barny's Scarab Lord Adventures is the single best work of art I have ever seen.

Am I crazy, or is this one of the best gaming content series every created on the platform? Like forget best WoW series, best gaming series IMHO. Awesome music, great editing, hilarious and interesting story with twists and turns and a fantastic ending that Barny absolutely sticks. Hats off to you, Barny. That was a fucking masterpiece.

I knew, deep down, that Barny had gotten the mount. BUT I FELL FOR IT EVERYTIME I AM SO INVESTED IN THIS WEB

I love how you fivehead got around everyone trying to bamboozle you out of your scarab mount. The hurdles you navigated simply to to get from point A to B either makes you a genius or a sociopath. Probably both. But I love it.

The rewatchability of this series is amazing, i've watched this series about 20 times in the last year. The planning and dedication on this is some action movie hero type shit. On a Completely different level to anything i've ever seen. Holy fucking shit, you're a legend!

thank you Maddie, this series will keep being my go to on rainy days! best youtube content ever!

Literally the best wow content in the world by far, pop off

Better story arc than Shadowlands. Prove me wrong.

56:11 Your laughter here genuinely conveys so many emotions at once. The fact that you went above and beyond the call of duty to not only get that Scepter in your bag, but in the bags of 10 other people before you, truly does make you the Lord of Scarab Lords.

I've consumed a fair share of wow content through the years, but nothing comes close to this. The dedication, quality and humor in this is 10/10.

The hype is stronger than it's ever been. This years Valentine's Day will go down in history as the best one ever. Love you Barny

This has to be the epitome of WoW content ever created. The perfect story.

This has been one of the greatest youtube series hands down. I was dreading watching both parts of episode 3 for a while cause I was scared of being disappointed, but now I know when it come to the beekeeper, I will never be let down. Godspeed you magnificent scarab lord

"There is no joy to be had from mastering world of warcraft, there is only pain" truer words have never been spoken on this planet, as someone who raided for many years

A literal masterpiece of WoW content, no series will ever be able to top this; can't wait for the Burning Crusade content! :)

I've got to hand it to you, Barny, turning corrupted data into a magic mushroom trip made the trilogy even more amazing. Congrats!

I live alone and remote as hell, so this Christmas I'm doing the same thing I did last one; eating soup and watching this series.

It always makes my eyes water listening to the sheer amount of relief and happiness at 56:12. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have felt like. To FINALLY have the scepter after all that planning, stress, work and effort. The briefest respite before continuing. Love your content Barny, and I'm so happy for you. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

It is insane to think that all this time you've kept that mount a secret, deleting it and recovering it constantly. Damn. Best wishes to Barny, what an absolute legend.

I cant believe how absolutely hardcore some of these rp players were. Mad respect, thought literally everyone was casual af. Perspective changed

Hats off to this series.... just gawd damn, what a masterpiece.

It’s been 6 days since this finale came out and I’ve watched the entire series everyday.

After almost 20 years of playing WoW, I never thought the one of the greatest stories to come out of the game would happen now. Bravo, Barnybee.

Actual good narrative construction, respected Chekov's gun and everything. It's great stuff, O Beekeeper. Crazy to think I was watching your quinn guide many years ago (unlisted now) getting into league, and I'm still watching you for laughs.

Man, what a ride. Playing with my emotions like that, and you kept it secret the WHOLE TIME!?!?!? well played.

i found this video series a week or two ago and i can’t stop watching it. it’s very good content, exceptional editing, entertaining storytelling, delightful music choices- i keep bopping during the run through STV to duskwood- but more than anything it reminds me a lot of the good ol’ days. i picked up wow… probably halfway through wod, i think? i’d been watching my dad play for as long as i can remember, but i was at his place one time and asking him a few too many questions and he asked me if i wanted to try flying around a bit while he worked on supper in the other room. and then he had me doing his mythril mining loops in the badlands when he had to do other stuff. when i made my first character he taught me a few basic rotations for his main class (hunter; he couldn’t stand cast timers and he hated mucking around in melee range), and then taught me basic group courtesy when i started trying lfg dungeon levelling. stuff like when to dismiss pets and how to disable pet taunt auto-casting. he also taught me about feeding your hunter pets because he somehow missed when pet loyalty was removed. he was the one who made fun of me for trying to learn how to heal dungeons. he used to talk a lot about the good ol’ days of raiding, of doing icc with my uncle tom’s guild and astonishing people with some wasp pet ability that he pulled out on marrowgar. how he got into wow in the first place because my uncle tom, who he played a lot of diablo with, said “hey dan, you like playing barb a lot. how would you feel about playing something like that in this new blizzard game?” my dad ended up despising warrior, and that was that. i ended up getting my own account around legion’s launch, because i wanted to be able to play with my dad properly, but he was getting so sick he couldn’t work anymore and so we both ended up playing on my account. i remember when i took up tailoring to make bags for both of us (and to ah) he would do naxx runs while i was in school to farm greens so i could make frostweave bags with the DE mats. he texted me once in the middle of class to brag how he’d finally gotten the second binding from MC so he could make thunderfury for tmog- before he realized he didn’t have any characters that could use it. he was so excited when classic was announced. i had paid for a six-month subscription so that we could both play without worrying too much about getting more game time. i got distracted right after school started with academic stuff, but he kept on trucking. he was telling me all these stories about when he played vanilla. he wanted to go raiding again. he was thinking about getting a proper gaming headset again, about downloading discord for when he settled in with a raiding guild. he passed early in the morning, new years day, 2020. a massive heart attack maybe an hour or two after midnight. after my family had made arrangements for the service and i’d headed back to school for the first week of term, i realized that his guildies were probably wondering where the hell he was. he was the type who played every day, if just to check his mail. i was the one who told them he was gone. he was so excited for AQ to come out, to see something of how insane it all was. he was looking forward to showing it to me. i ended up dropping wow for the most part. it was still fun, of course, but it made me too sad. it hurt too much. i never really saw… any of it, at least not firsthand. i didn’t really want to, without him. so thank you for showing us, for making it fun, even though it took so long and so much effort, even if now it’s years after the fact. it’s been a wonderful adventure.

Now that the countdowns for these videos have ended I can finally relax and return to asking when Barny's next video is coming.

This gives me the sense of completion that i so yearned for. The void in me is finally filled. Thank you.

This whole series ending like this.... Ingenious! Like with the collusion, the dedication, the editing. WoW. Just WoW.

i've rewatched your wow videos so many times and i never get tired of it, there's barely any youtube content that has both the same quality and the same level of work put into it, maddie i love you and wish you all the best

The ending was so beautiful I have tears in my eyes and the old nice lady at the train told me that everything is going to be okay

I think this is the first ever youtube series that made me feel that extremely painful emptiness inside of me after watching the last episode. Truly magnificent

I don’t think I can possibly stress enough how much not only this video is amazing but this whole series. It was captivating from beginning to end. One area I don’t think you get enough credit for is your music placemat. Especially that piano at the end when you got your dagger, then that cliffhanger that you need to go kill more bugs. I just adore your videos. I know how much you put into making them. I can’t wait to see more!

The music in this series lives rent free in my head. I will be absentmindedly humming a song around the office or the house or with my 1 year old so she starts dancing and it’s almost always a song from this series.

I'm not going to lie, that bamboozle at the end got me so hard. So much so I feel obligated to buy the plushie just because it was so well done. The videos you put out are amazing, you're definitely one of the best!

I can't believe this is one of the best cinematic experiences i've had in my life, you are fucking insane Maddie.

Watching in 144p for that 2000s classic feels. Definitely recommend.

Congrats Barney, that was a hell of a two hours with both videos. I loved the story you weaved in there, especially the bit with the mage alt timeline. Hope you and your hive- I mean guild, can recover from your bug brain.

the moment when a silly rogue on youtube has a better lore than WoW since 2010

This has been an absolutely fantastic journey, and I'm so glad you decided to take us with you on it. You're 100% correct saying this is the best WoW content on the platform. Seeing the editing streams was also such a joy, knowing how some shots were taken makes it feel that much more special. And the fact that the final quest gives a dagger upgrade is a certified W after that BoE got ninja'd as well.

Thank you Barny and eveyone else that made this video possible! This has been an amazing journey you've led us through!

I keep rewatching this series, at least once a week. It's such a masterpiece. I can't wait to see the next one. Please don't take another year Barny, please I'm begging you. I'm BEGG--

What an incredible series. Definitely in a league of its own. This has got me so invested - i have at least watched all the episodes a couple of times by now But seriously... MORE BUGS??

I can literally die happy right now. this was a rollercoaster, masterpiece, absolute perfection of a series... love you Barny

This was a beautiful, twisty, amazing story with great editing and amazinh music choices. Looking forward to next year's video

Absolutely incredible. I was in your web the entire time and loved every second of it! The amount of work you put in truly shows here and I offer all the respect to you. Such a wild ride, and so much fun! Great, great job!

You’ve done an amazing job with this series. You got a compelling narrative going and have kept everyone invested in a story going on two years now. Well done Maddie!

Barney's sound direction absolutely blows my mind, I'm totally immersed in every video. And I love the diddy kong racing tracks!

I've never been so proud of a stranger on the internet in my whole life haha. Absolutely wonderful job Barny64 🥳🥳🤯

Barney I'm glad that this series exists. I hope you've found your joy in making it. Cheers to you the one true Scarb Lord

This is quite literally, hands down, the best series I've seen in my life. Holy shit this was 100/10

Slickest cold ending into a To Be Continued I've ever seen and it coming out so quickly is incredible You beeboozled us You tricked us again, so as chat agreed I will either buy a plushie or tattoo a bee on my tit. Going for that Plushie first. You win this time, Beekeeper.

I've been a fan of you for so long and it's absolutely incredible to see how much your content has evolved from then, this is a masterclass of storytelling and editing, I enjoyed every second of it despite having never touched this game. Definitely some of the best content in the world... of warcraft.

“Wait, we have to kill more bugs? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?” Beautiful closing gag

The Scarab Lord Arc is the best Arc in the Barny Beekeeper anime. I can't wait for more of this anime in 2 years

This was by far, the most satisfying thing to watch in my life.

Wow, i'm nostalgic for a game and experience that only occurred 2-3 years ago... Classic, what a ride. Awesome video series, bravo

This was an incredible series start to end. Absolutely amazing story, great editing all around amazing. Parts made me emotional even, which is crazy in a wow video. Congradulations.

Weve gone into true machinina territory. I love how this goes from 4th wall to actual narrative in and out. Excited to see a blades of azzinoth storyline after scarab lord

This whole series was amazing. The story, the music, the editing, well done. I'm glad we got to see it to the end and hopefully there'll be more youtube content this year?

This legit got me replaying wow after like 5 years - incredible video and such an amazing story!

Man I have goosebumps. This is the best video series I’ve ever seen! Hats off to you! I will go cry now because I can never watch this series for the first time again.

This is a great hommage to this quest which most of players will never have seen or even attempted. Thanks for sharing it in this amazing format of series for everyone to enjoy. Mad respect for all the editing work

This series is so good, and I have been waiting so long to see it finish, that when I finished the last video i audibly yelled “you can’t do that!” and scared the life out of my friend in the next room. I am unreasonably addicted to this series and I’m so happy to see it coming to the epic conclusion! Thank you so much for all the work you’ve done, and for entertaining your audience for years on end!

This has got to be, without a doubt, the best series of videos I've ever seen on youtube. Thank you so much for documenting the greatest scarab lord story of all time.

this has been one of the best experiences ive had on youtube, amazing, amaaaazing work, thank you so much for making this series

The amount of work and everyone involved is crazy. grats and gj dude! This needs to be trending. what a movie.

Barney, how DARE you make content this good?! You had me, you had me all along. How could you possibly make it in that short time, being upfront about the sad ending in sight and everything? Such vain hope, but there it was: maybe there will be a mount reveal at the end after all? No, that's crazy... But what if? It would be a feat to outshine any other "gaming vlog" series on the freaking platform, and the pure bliss of it may overwhelm me and make me upgrade to feet pic tier on Patreon in sheer ecstasy, before post-view clarity settles in and the melancholy of a series finished moves me to tears of several emotions combined. Such vain hope something like that could ever happen... And yet you did it, Barney. You made something radical happen.

Okay so I just sat through the ENTIRE video series in one sitting and Im at a loss for words how good it was. I was thoroughly engaged the whole way. I was genuinely stressed and my heart was racing in the last part of his quest chain. I was just waiting for something horrible to go wrong, but I actually cheered when he got the mount. One of the best and most engaging videos and well edited series I've had the pleasure of watching on youtube as a whole. You've got a new subscriber and Im patiently and anxiously awaiting more videos.

Another full watch and it is still soo good! I love your genuine happiness when you finally got the scepter. Congratulations on your enormous amount of work!

i stayed up til 4:30am watching these two absolute masterpieces that i’ve waited months for. Well done Barney, well done.

I think Barny is trying to make this the best timeline

I laughed, I cried, I recoiled in fear. Literally the best content on youtube. Dare I say anywhere? ♡

O...M...G...! I've spent almost 8 years playing World of Warcraft, during this time I've met a lot of people, seen every single raid back then, explored every corner of Azeroth, had so many adventures alone or with my dudes, but THIS is the best adventure I have ever seen in this game. The struggle, the doubt during your quest... Dude, this is just amazing. You did such a great job there and I wish to see you more in actions like that! Good job, congratulations and goodluck on your journey!

I was sitting around, peeved that there hadn’t been a follow up for this series in 9 months… but oh my god was that worth the wait. This is probably the best thing I’ve watched all year (not just WoW content; television, movie, you name it). That was an absolute masterpiece. You are an absolute wonder, Barny

These videos have been an amazing journey, Maddie! Your dedication & humor is unparalleled, you are truly a beautiful goddess.

Amazing, thank you for putting in the time to make these videos.

When I say I was biting my nails at this, I am not kidding. I re-watched the entire journey before watching this video, and man what a journey this was.