My Top 5 Favorite Gaming Videos

So lately with all this frag highlight video posting from me as well as in Hellforge (to honor quakelive release today) I decided to compile a top 5 list of some of my favorite gaming videos of all time.  These are all frag/kill highlight videos ranging from tf2, quake3, cs, and even WoW.

Here are the things that I took into account when picking the videos:

Editing:
Was there enough editing so the video wasn't some bland highlight video, but subtle enough so it wasn't overdone.

Music:
Was the music enjoyable to listen to, did it fit the movie, and most importantly did the director find ways to mesh the music with the action

Content:
Was I spending the entire video saying "No way, how did he do that" to myself with my jaw hanging down?  Did I see things I had never known were possible before?  Also important was that it was against top players in situations where something was on the line (matches etc.)

Impact:
The video needed to have a profound impact on either me or the respective gaming community it was a part of.  Whether it set the standard for editing, and content, or introduced me to my new favorite song.

Without further ado here is the countdown:

(Disclaimer: these are my own opinions feel free to post your own favorite videos as there are sure to be some that slipped under my radar that deserve recognition)

#5
mouz 2008

HD stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGGKXeR_TMs&feature=channel_page

Only reason I came across this video was because DchozN was paying respect to one of his favorite editors on his youtube page when I was looking through DchozN's work for this post.  The music was great, the frags were great, the editing was great, it was just a very very well rounded video.  It didn't overstay its welcome at a very short but not too long 8 minutes, and I didn't find myself getting bored by the frags like I do in many singular team or player highlight videos.  I will definitely be on the look out for more videos by Michael Weicker

#4
Reptile the movie

Download: http://www.teampandemic.net/movies/25

Ya I really don't have much else to say about this video other than when I first saw it my jaw was floored the entire time.  This set the gold standard for soldier play at the competitive level, and Reptile is one of the reasons why pandemic (now compLexity) has been such a dominant force in the TF2 scene.  The editing and music was also well done and subtle enough not to interfere with the amazing frags

#3
DchozN - Pistol Project

HD stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcQBIttGvbw&feature=channel_page

I knew I had wanted to include DchozN in this countdown somewhere because well he is one of the best cs movie editors of all time.  He is one of the few editors who can put in heavy amounts of editing and still not ruin scenes.  I simply picked this video because it ended up winning him 2,400$ in the gotfrag pistol video contest.  My only complaint is that the video is extremely short, however it really just personifies his overall editing style which is why it made it over any of his other longer videos.

#2
Rage of Albis

Mega Upload Link: http://warcraftmovies.com/download.php?id=27383&mirror=3
WCM Link: http://warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=27383

I was torn between this movie and Clazzi's wicked mage movie for a WoW spot but in the end I went with albis because after all this movie was the reason I rerolled a mage prebc in the first place.  Albis is one of the most well known movie makers through vanilla wow and TBC.  His editing (both movie and UI) were top notch and he introduced me to two of my favorite musical artists (pendulum and celldweller).  There is also something to be said about him going out of his way to hunt down the best / well known players on his server that earns him some respect.  "There's nothing fair about who lives and who dies" is probably my favorite thing in the entire video and then it transitions into him fighting the best warlock on his server Connact.

#1
Annihilation

own-age.com Link: http://www.own-age.com/vids/660
Fileplanet Link: http://www.fileplanet.com/136060/download/AnnihilatioN,-Quake-III-Arena-Video

I wasn't sure whether to put this or Rage of Albis #1 but I ended up going with this.  The reason why is when I first saw this video close to 5-6 years ago I could not believe me eyes.  The mid air rockets just had me floored, and these players were clearly on another level than most gamers.  The editing was great, the music was pretty good, but what I really enjoyed was the multi kill frag scenes from matches between big teams (D|S m19 stickmen ck etc..).  This movie gets a lot of bias from me because it was the first amazing frag movie I ever really had the pleasure of watching so I kind of have a soft spot for it.

In closing I'm sure I let some awesome videos slide under the radar so feel free to post / link your favorites in your comments and I will be sure to check them out and let you know what I think.