I remember an lvl 39 mage on horde side who owned some r14 ppl

Your memory isn't good it seems. If you are below 58 most of your spells will be resisted lol.
No no no, that guy was called as Kyn, and spell res did not worked well back then.
Oh yeah, Kyn! He really was a good mage, maybe the best.
You also have to learn the timesHe was definitely one of the top mages of his time on VG.
lol sorry for thread necro