How to Paladin

How to Paladin is a series of machinima movies featuring Shepiwot; a blood elf paladin and is supposedly meant to be teaching viewers how to play this particular class in World of Warcraft, taking approximately five minutes for every piece of cinema. Created by a 23-year-old Dutch player nicknamed “Stoker”http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=stoker2, the series has garnered much praise and disapproval for being ‘silly’. The footage is usually played at many times the gaming speed, and background music from the anime One Piece is used as a soundtrack (the most frequently used piece is from a track titled 'Escape' on BGM Music Disc Two). Each video shows Shepiwot jumping, buffing, healing, dancing and killing mobs for no apparent reason. The series as a whole shows different aspects of the game; we can see Shepiwot leveling up, PvP’ing running instances and even raiding after he had managed to reach level 70. Everything is filmed with the camera often changing focus and position (several times within three seconds is not unusual). Clips used in the movies usually do not last longer than four seconds. The sum of this knowledge has led many viewers to refer to ‘How to Paladin’ as stupid and unnecessary.
Nevertheless, the overall response seems positive since WarcraftMovies.com statistics indicate the average rating for all the installments up to ‘How to Paladin XXII’ is 3.29 out of 5 http://www.warcraftmovies.com/viewauthor.php?id=5909. In addition, each individual part has attracted over 2500 downloads, with part XV even having over 50000. YouTube also shows that all parts have a rating of at least 4 out of 5 .
Stoker has also tried to bend the negative responses in his own benefit by making a laugh out of them. Every episode after the first part starts with screenshots of negative comments on previous installments on WarcraftMovies.com accompanied by ironic and poorly spelled remarks such as “After the great success of…”. As of October 2, 2009, there are 35 episodes, with 10 specials, such as "How To Paladin: Insanity Remix" and "How To Paladin: Comments on Comments".
== List of episodes ==
===Regular episodes===
Episode 	Release date 	Featured content 	YouTube link	
How to Paladin 	March 4, 2007 	Undercity, Arathi Basin 	Link 	
How to Paladin II: Revenge on the Bots	March 12, 2007 	Alterac Mountains 	Link 	
How to Paladin III 	March 17, 2007 	Tanaris, Swamp of Sorrows 	Link 	
How to Paladin IV 	March 20, 2007 	Elwynn Forest, Orgrimmar 	Link 	
How to Paladin V 	March 24, 2007 	Uldaman, Badlands, Warsong Gulch 	Link 	
How to Paladin VI 	April 3, 2007 	Alterac Valley 	Link 	
How to Paladin VII 	April 7, 2007 	Temple of Atal'Hakkar 	Link 	
How to Paladin VIII 	April 17, 2007 	Un'Goro Crater 	Link 	
How to Paladin IX 	May 10, 2007 	Winterspring, Moonglade, Felwood 	Link 	
How to Paladin X 	May 13, 2007 	Blasted Lands, Hellfire Peninsula 	Link 	
How to Paladin XI 	May 21, 2007 	Hellfire Ramparts, Blood Furnace 	Link 	
How to Paladin XII 	May 24, 2007 	Hellfire Peninsula 	Link 	
How to Paladin XIII 	June 25, 2007 	Zangarmarsh 	Link 	
How to Paladin XIV 	July 1, 2007 	Undercity, Zangarmarsh, Lower Blackrock Spire 	Link 	
How to Paladin XV 	July 10, 2007 	Shattrath City, Terokkar Forest, Booty Bay, Eye of the Storm, Zangarmarsh, Stratholme 	Link 	
How to Paladin XVI 	July 15, 2007 	Silvermoon City, Terokkar Forest, Shattrath City, Nagrand, Slave Pens 	Link 	
How to Paladin XVII 	July 19, 2007 	Nagrand, Un'Goro Crater, Terokkar Forest, Tanaris, Shattrath City 	Link 	
How to Paladin XVIII 	July 25, 2007 	Stormwind, Deeprun Tram, Ironforge, Old Hillsbrad Foothills 	Link 	
How to Paladin XIX 	August 1, 2007 	Shadow Labyrinth, The Steam Vaults, Silvermoon City. Shadowmoon Valley, Terokkar Forest, Shattrath City, The Arcatraz, Shattered Halls	Link 	
How to Paladin XX 	August 15, 2007 	Karazhan, Terokkar Forest, Blade's Edge Mountains, Silvermoon City, Shattrath City 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXI 	September 7, 2007 	Shattrath City, Karazhan, Orgrimmar, Nagrand, Silvermoon City, Darkshore, The Exodar, 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXII 	September 27, 2007	Blade's Edge Mountains, Terokkar Forest, Serpentshrine Cavern, Stratholme 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXIII 	December 7, 2007 	 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXIV 	December 11, 2007 	 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXV 	December 14, 2007 	 	Link 	
How to Paladin XXVI 	January 30, 2008 	 	Link 	
==References==
==External links==
*Shepiwot’s WoW Armory profile
*List of all How to Paladin movies at WarcraftMovies.com
* Stoker’s YouTube Channel
*WOW Insider coverage of ‘How to Paladin IX’
Category:Paladins
Category:Fan movies