Let's talk about the journey Garret's hair has been on... Nothing made the passage of time more real than seeing his day 1 hair.

One like = one misunderstood story element that we can laugh at in retrospect

Ah, good reminder that Kyle had an obsession with the moon since the start. First Ifrit jumping from the moon, to zenos eating it.

12:41 Timely posting of this video, since Garrett is soon to go all the way from not knowing jack about Final Fantasy to knowing Jack, from Final Fantasy.

Finally the GG FF14 Supercuts era, it's actually a big trend for games like Project Zomboid for people to compile everything in multihour supercut

Katie the real MVP for asking short hair Garrett if there are non-combat pets.

So cool, that Garrett changed his perspective and played as a caster…. … … 😂😂😂

Oh, wow. I don't think I've ever actually watched the earliest videos in this compilation; my introduction to you guys was the Coils of Bahamut video. So this is less a walk down memory lane for me, and more a reintroduction!

Seeing Garrett talk about this at the start of the vid knowing he is playing FF1 right now... amazing how things have changed for him.

This is the kind of solo content I wasn’t expecting but am SO excited to see!

6:17 spent 30 mins chilling in Limsa looking at glams. 😎 We gottem boys

I remember watching that first ffxiv episode and now I'm realizing how long I've been watching GG

Man is it nice that even when one of you is off doing important life stuff like kyle is doing now, we still get the other here making stuff for us to enjoy. The duo content creation really was such a good idea on your guys part.

Tanks, dont limit break (laughs in seat of sacrifice)

Even though I’ve watched all this live and probably went through the playlist 5 or 6 times now… I’m gonna be one of those that says, Thank u VERY much for putting this together for us Garrett and we look forward to this for EVERY expansion now (wink wink) 😬

" I wish I had final fantasy hair" ~ Garret *Years Later* Literally has Emet's Hair and would be a 1:1 cosplay minus the scowl lines. Congratulations, you love Final Fantasy so much to became it irl.

Nice to see the two Walking Advertisements starting their journey :)

I can't describe how much that intro/outro stinger took me back, when I very first started watching (How FFXIV Won Us Over) it was one of the first things that stuck with me and dug into my head from the channel. Loved revisiting these.

3hr video on ARR?!? I am blessed! 😂❤

This is quite a trip going all the way back to the beginning coming right off the heels of Garrett beating FF1 last night.

The last video in this is actually the first one of yours I ever saw, because somehow it took the algorithm that long to realize I was an emotional vampire for this stuff. This was such a great trip down memory lane!

OOOOOH YEAH BABY! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! time to marathon this again, from the start

As someone who routinely re-watches your videos, it's nice to have them all in a nice, bug, Garrett-curated chunk. Even your quote-unquote "filler" is full of quality and effort! Also, you guys have always had _immaculate_ hair.

Wow.Garret....saw this and saw this 3+ hour video...feeling poorly today so...perfect opportunity to just relive y'alls journey. Strong work sir.

What a fun walk down memory lane! I had almost forgotten how it all started when i started watching way back when

Wow, I happened across the channel today on my recommended videos but I didn't click the video for some reason. Then an hour later I was browsing reddit and someone mentioned Grinding Gear and it reminded me of the video, so I came back to watch. The whole time I kept thinking I recognized the voices but couldn't place them. I searched for some old mtg podcasts, but couldn't find the oh-so-familiar Garrett and Kyle combo that kept tickling my brain. Lo and behold "we had a starcraft podcast" STARCAST! Glad to sort that out, and happy to find a connection to something I enjoyed a decade ago in a completely unexpected way!

YES! Love long videos that I can listen to while I play FFXIV. Please do this for each expansion.

Its kinda funny watching this now and knowing how attached Garrett was to Toyo without knowing he could dye the fellas feathers

Also, congrats to Kyle for having a third kid. Let's hope it's not a nightmare. My sister decided to castrate herself after having two girls. XD

*Smashes the Like button in the hopes the algorithm sweeps some new ppl in to enjoy your journey the way the rest of us have.*

OMG Garret with short hair, I kind of forgot about that 😮 It feels like you started ARR just a few months ago, not enough time for it to grow to its current length 😂

Aaahhh watching this man run around with blue hair and a name like Tuna no crust, just to watch him get so attached that he can't change it.

I knew when you guys embraced the cheesiness of the first ARR ending with delight and nostalgia, you guys are going to have a good time ☺️. Lots of my friends absolutely hated it and everytime FF goes silly they just skip to not die inside LOL. That was the vid when I knew I'll have a great time following you guys. FF can be deep, but it's sometimes just old school RPG cheesy fun!

Cozy week continues with cozy vid ❤️. PIRATE CITY STAN SINCE ARR.

A Zoolander reference? Just take my damn like already, Garrett.

At 45:55 the AOE marker, is actually WoL's Echo ability to have the foresight to see something about to happen before it happens.

Oh wow, this is nostalgic. Time to watch this once more!

*Looks at the video time* oh yeah. We eating tonight. I joined your journey around Jan 2023. I was part of that JoCat Reaction join train I think. I thought "huh these guys are pretty cool. I wanna watch more". Glad I got to watch your journey up until now.

This is a cozy retrospective

the nostalgia, started watching you guys when you were still called nexus gaming news. keep up the good work

LMFAO @ the tank job quest conversation around 1:09:00 the heavensward quest line was unbelievable. Absolute shaggy dog story

All I can say is that I am glad you grew out your hair., Garrett. XD

Short haired Garret threw me for a bit. Like "Who is this imposter!"

In terms of lore, Minfilia had her own office because she was the leader. At the beginning of A Realm Reborn however, the office was not an instanced area and you could see other players. But because it became too crowded with other players, they turned it into an instanced area. And I'm really glad to hear that you both stayed attached to your character's appearance. I'm the same way, I've never felt comfortable changing anything major about my character. The one time I tried changing hair color with a hairstyle that had just come out, it didn't last for two weeks because I hated it. It felt like I was adopting a generic appearance just because it was popular at the time and my character didn't feel like herself with a different hair color. Even now, I've only truly changed her appearance on a permanent basis two times since creating her: first I went for a shorter haircut when I started Stormblood (also shared by Urianger in Shadowbringers), and then I "regrew" her hair for Endwalker. For Dawntrail, I am considering either changing back to a short hairstyle or perhaps going for a ponytail one. In a manner of speaking, Coils *is* essential to the MSQ in the sense that it is where Alisaie's growth as a character truly begins. The Alisaie we met in A Realm Reborn before Coils was angry and resentful, and finding out the truth about her grandfather helped her at least begin to discover her purpose, what she wanted to accomplish and how she wanted to fight. You have to be fair to Minfilia: there was nothing she could do against an Ascian to prevent her capture, but she still managed to protect Louisoix's staff from him. And you're right, Moenbryda was easily the best new character, topped by none since, and I also felt her loss keenly. The MSQ has kept her relevant in every single expansion since her death however, to the writers' credit, so that her work continues to have an immense impact on the story, and her close relationship with Urianger was the main reason he grew so much as a character and became so protective of his friends. Midgarsormr, however, for me in English was a joke, an unimpressive character who sounded like a massive troll, whereas Japanese Midgarsormr sounded both wise and concise, exactly what you'd expect of an elderly dragon. I have to admit, for me the base expansion of Heavensward was a bit of a disappointment. Having started playing with a sub in early March 2015, it was my first experience with a new expansion, and the vast majority of Ishgardians were just not interesting, much less sympathetic. Ishgard itself was dark, drab and cold, and the tour we got of it was more of a chore than anything. Then the beginning with the brothers felt not only slow but incredibly boring. Without the Scions, the entire story felt sluggish with odd pacing, and Estinien was an ass. Thankfully, getting Y'shtola back injected some life into the story but Nidhogg continued to be more sympathetic to me than any Ishgardian. Thordan and his knights were easily the worst part of the entire expansion: some random religious fanatic of an old man with his lackluster goons who didn't have any real personalities, and they all think they're more important than they actually are. To this day, I still hate that fight. The patches brought us back all of the Scions and finally got us out of Isghard for good. Really the only good parts in those patches were those involving the Warriors of Light of the First and the Scions. Xelphatol was a fascinating and original dungeon, really fun to get through, as was the Antitower. Generally speaking though, Heavensward simply ended up being underwhelming for me because of where the majority of it took place, and it wasn't just Ishgard: Sea of Clouds and the Churning Mists were frustrating maps to navigate and not much to look at either. Compare these to Elpis which has these beautiful sprawling floating islands.

"Ya gotta have blue hair!" Ugh the Homestarrunner reference yes! Did you guys watch the Savix animation of Endwalker yet??? You will not regret it.

Time to dig in to a look back at history! I can't wait to watch this today.

Its really fun being able to see the difference in prae before endwalker, in this video, and after.

Man what a journey! You guys are my favorite streamers for FFXIV and watching you guys to the end was great! Excited for new adventures and streams!

Man oh man does this video take me back to my first experiences with the game! I cannot believe I've been playing FFXIV for 5 years as of the end of this month!

This was a wonderful look backwards after finishing endwalker. Just lovely ❤

Cool lookback video! Haven't seen these early days videos (currently following your Endwalker vids), so I am excited to watch this while I work :) Thanks guys!

Even though I was watching since the first FFXIV video, I realized after watching this how nice it is to see the progression all at once. There were a lot of things I forgot about and I hope another compilation is made like this one for the other expansions. GG

Man i remember watching the first video when it first came out. Loved you guys ever since.

i didnt know tht garrett and kyle switched wht roles they play

This is awesome Garrett, thanks so much for this!

i forgot there was a time when garret had karen hair

Thank you for doing this. After walking the end its nice to go back to the beginning.

This is a fun watch since I only started watching you guys once you hit Shadowbringers. The Journey they've been on.

Congratulations, Kyle! May you and your family be happy and healthy! 🍰🍰🍰

Eh! A fun to watch while I celebrate my 35th birthday! Man what really showed how long Garrett and Kyle has been playing this game was seeing Kyle do the Original Praetorium!

For some reason the algorithm blesses me and recomended me your chanell since really early one. This video is a trip down memory lane

All this video reminded me of is WE NEED KYLE TO FINISH DARK KNIGHT TO LEVEL 80 I wanna hear y’alls thoughts on the story of that job!!

Exactly what I didn’t know I wanted today, and likely rewatch this weekend. ❤

Going to the beginning after witnessing the end (of main msq so far) is so nostalgic! I remember watching your first video and a few others that pop up back then, has it been that long? 😅 Anyway, thank you for the video compilation, definitely easier to locate and rewatch your earlier videos ❤

1:50:30 who would have thought Sailor Moon would be the thing to bring it full circle lol Kyle hearing a random bard practicing a sailor moon song and then during the Endwalker msq finale stream he wears a sailor moon shirt.

41:01 wow. Now gshade is all but dead given the controversy with the creater getting on a power trip.

Ahh, memories. I think my first ever video of yours was the one about Yoshi-P's EW Media tour. Seing your journey again in an easier to simply listen form and with some commentary is apprieciated. GG

Funny to me, is that I just went threw all of there FF videos up to the end of Shadowbringers.

You weren't kidding last night, Garrett. This video is perfectly timed with the FF1 journey. I remember all these videos, good nostalgia trip (if you can call 2 years ago nostalgic)

I've been chronically rewatching your content since the ARR days, so I absolutely love this. I vividly remember watching you guys first dip your toes in to the game and thinking "they have no idea how much greatness is in store for them" and now you guys have finally beaten Endwalker. This compilation captures the start of your genuine interest in the game so well and it's a joy to have it all in one video.

I watched all these back in the day

Kyle single handedly increasing the world population 😆 grats kyle.

So excited to get to watch this all again! :)

This would be a good listen while working, thanks!

This video made me actually look at some of your previous stuff, and i think ive watched a lot of your videos when i was playing a ton of HotS

OMG this is a great idea!!! Thanks for putting this up!!

What a pleasant surprise! Thanks for this!

You know in retrospect it's probably a good thing you didn't tackle ARR the way you're doing the game now. Could you imagine how long the pre-titan section would have taken?

Awww yeesss. As a fan of longer form content I have been eating good between the MSQ&As, FF1, and this supercut. My compliments to the chef(s).

This was a nice surprise. Thanks for the vid. Really fills in that blank.

Thx for uploading this I started watching right as you guys went into shb it’s cool to see the start of the journey

I'd already watched all of your original videos, but i'm still impressed by this supercut. I like the editorial introductions to each part.

Wheee~!! 3hrs of podcast while working 🎉❤

Found you two in that first video, and have been watching every week since. Its been great watching you two grow as players and as a channel. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely love this. So much fun seeing how you got pulled into this beautiful world. Your journey has been so much fun to watch. thank you for sharing this insight into your early days in ffxiv.

Love going back thru these videos again. Like I totally forgot y’all started during Shadowbringers and seeing old Summoner was crazy. 😮

We appreciate you, Garrett 🙏

it's funny to think by making these videos when you were doing the content, you also flash froze points of time in the game as well, such as Pre-6.1 changes to Castrum/Prae. Seeing 8 people doing Prae really took me back.

My first experience with FFXIV was in 2009, when I was struggling through Wizard101. A great KZfaqr called Naka Taleleei threw up a guide on Ifrit Extreme and I was hooked. ^_^ I joined in Shadowbringers when the free trial was still only up to Level 35 and stopped the story after you beat Titan. My first character didn't get far past Ifrit before I got bored and left, but now I am a loyal fan having put two Lalafells through Endwalker. (Yeah, I have issues with sticking with a character. Hopefully Dawntrail cures me of that. XD)

This will be my new background noise

thanks for compiling these all together. I was thinking of going back and looking for the start for you both and then this popped up. How great it is to see how you all started to where you are now. And that Garret was wary of DRK. I love it!

I loved this. I've watched and rewatches these videos but this was the perfect time and way to rewatches and get nostalgic. My best friends and I plan on an msq redo with new characters and graphics this fall and I'm so excited after this. I've loved watching y'all's journey. I started watching during Stormblood when I also got to that place in my first playthrough and am so excited for all that comes next for you.

Come back to streaming the journey, Kyle. We miss you.

Weekend saved

Rewatch several hours of stuff I've already seen to death purely for nostalgia?!! ...Dont mind if I do.

I find myself wanting to comment all sorts of advice to your past selves. I'm happy you kept going because I had a similar journey coming to ffxiv after playing classic wow and losing interest during classic BC. I never had anything against getting into ffxiv, i just didn't have time for 2 mmorpg games at the same time. It's been a heck of a journey though hasn't it.

I was SO excited back then to see Garrett playing after he said he never would and the second he said that I knew it was only a matter of time.

There's something about that NGN logo into soundbite that just works. I think it would be a fun easter egg to bring back now and then for the GG podcasts or vids.

Yay, that was fun!

Can't wait for the patches stream 😊 ❤❤❤