Inside Azeroth: a World of Warcraft podcast

#26 Inside Azeroth - "We broke Arthas! You Bastards!"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:12:00 GMT

#26 Inside Azeroth - "We broke Arthas! You Bastards!"

This week on Inside Azeroth:

Dateline Azeroth

Background Downloader at work
New Kirin Tor rings
Access Denied
Pilgrims Pride

Tavern Talk

Mr T. pities the fool!
Ghostcrawler freaks us out
The new loot system

Addon of the week: Gem Helper

Yes I called it Gem Finder on the show /facepalm - David

Happy Hunting!

#25 Inside Azeroth - "Silver-Tongued Jibber-Jabber"

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- Blizzcon 2010 in Las Vegas? (Or not...)
(source)
- The Oculus Nerf
(source)
- Cooldown Reductions
(source)
- Cross-faction BoA Item Trading

Tavern Talk

- Arenas a mistake?
(interview)
- Tasty new Quel'delar/Emblem of Frost Gear
(Quel'delar Gear)
(Emblem Gear)
- Arthas Audio YouTube Clip (potential spoilers!)
(link)

The Maelstrom

- Tle/Perry on trimming down mod usage
- Balekkar on Cataclysm at Blizzcon

#24 Inside Azeroth - "Meats and Cheeses"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

Pet Shop Boys

Gaming is recession proof

The magic middle kingdom

Meeting stones for everyone

Haris Piltons Portable hole

Tavern Talk

You are your characters

Cataclysm zoning laws

Free Realms not free

Maelstrom

Leela Turkey

Memphis, Lightbringer US.

Xerro and Niceeria

Shout Outs

Brigwyn of The Hunting Lodge...thanks for the review and the compliments on Twitter man. Always great to hear praise from another podcast.

to Ceadrick thanks for the review.

to Heath AKA Bloomindraal, we always enjoy your emails, which are perhaps a wee bit too long to read on the show every week but always insightful and awesome. Keep em coming, Heath.

And to all my canadian buddies. Hey there, eh?

Want to give a shout out? Have a question? Just want to hear your voice on the show? Drop us an email at InsideAzereoth@gmail.com or join us on our forums at InsideAzeroth.com or call us and leave your shout out/question or comment at our new Google voice account, 952-491-0025

#23 Inside Azeroth - "Scary Monsters"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT

dateline azeroth

Day of the dead starts on Nov 1st

race changes go live

Weekly raid quests

Replica Banners and tabards

The paladin changes

tavern talk

nerf that isnt a nerf

Mass exodus to alliance?

More on randoms

Eliza Dusku plays a blood elf

Long and the Short of it

maelstrom

Cavey on arathor

Guild The Short Bus Crew

Larannis, 80 hunter

guild Ravenguard

shout outs

T-Reb - thanks for the great review

Louis and Johnny there ya go Lousmash we love you!

To all the Gms who listen we love you!!!

If you want to give someone a shout out drop us an email at insideazeroth@gmail.com or better yet call us at 952-491-0025, lets give that a try. We eagerly await your call.

A special thanks to UGTservers, who renewed their sponsorship and are the reason that we can continue to podcast through this horrible economic downturn, so folks be sure to visit our sponsors and if you need a ventrilo server, use UGT I honestly couldnt be happier with our server and you folks know me by now, if it sucked Id say so. And if youre out there thinking youd like to sponsor Inside Azeroth, well, dont be shy, send us an email and lets discuss it.

#22 Inside Azeroth - "The Jester and The Knave "

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- WoW developer Chat
(source)
- Kalu'ak Fishing Derby
(source)
- Enchanting News
(source)

Tavern Talk

- 3.3 UI changes
(source)
- The new LFG feature
(source 1)
(source 2)
- The 5 types of guilds according to Rohan
(Blessing Of Kings blog)

The Long and the Short of It

The Maelstrom

- Melvyl on the Troll Patrol non-acheivement
- Hidendeath on what to keep in Cataclysm
- Lightsbane on what to keep in Cataclysm

#21 Inside Azeroth - "Pestilence and Sorrow"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:15:00 GMT

#21 Inside Azeroth - "Pestilence and Sorrow"

Dateline Azeroth

Hallows End begins tomorrow Oct 18

Battle.net merger now required

Blizzard to allow cross faction trading of BOA items

Rep grind made less grindy

UI changes

Long and the short of it

from Holysocks

Hearts Hands and Voices
http://www.azerothunited.com/hhv/

Tavern Talk

Azeroth United charity event

Lich King animantion

DE as a loot option update

Maelstrom

This week mail from

Davey aka rankin lvl 80 gnome rogue, Blackwater raiders,

Tle a.k.a. Perry,

Bladewild, Chromaggus Server,

Zach

and Xerro - Wyrmrest Accord

Daily Grinder

from Dennis

Epicadvice.com

Iam Iam Iam

#20 Inside Azeroth - "Please pass the Salty"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:05:00 GMT

This week, we welcome our new Co-Host to the Show

Dateline Azeroth

all 3.3 all the time -http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

Eject, AOE

Nameplates, Achievements, Pugs, hots and dots

Graphics update

Tier 10

DE as loot option

Holysocks

Tavern Talk

Alliance apologists

Adult Servers ?

MMO Champs Money making guide - http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/auction-house-guide-vanish-bugs-comics/msg1521373/#msg1521373

DailyGrinder

Maelstrom

Bladewild from Chromaggus

...of the week!

Scorchio! 2 - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13196-Scorchio2.html

Shout outs to Lastonkal, Ed and Bloomindral

And to everyone who sent their grats through twitter, emails, facebook, in game and every conceivable social media on my upcoming addition to the family I want to thank you all. Theres far too many to name each and every one of you but Thank you so much its really touching to get so much love.

#19 Inside Azeroth - "Lore-a-din"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 3 Oct 2009 22:42:00 GMT

featuring the Lore Mistress Illidarian!

Dateline Azeroth

- Brewfest extended two days to October 5
(source)
- 3.3 on the PTR
(Patch Notes)
- "Weekly" Raid Quests
(source)
- New Totems
(source)

Tavern Talk

- Datamining for lore
(source)
- Looooooove festival boss?
(source)
- Ghostcrawler channels Brett Favre
(source)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic closed beta registration
(source)

Daily Grind

The Maelstrom

- Jason on Darth Kotick
- Myroin on faction transfers
- Bloomindraal on ram racing
- Jaf on podcasting...and a wee tiny announcement from David

...of the week

- Jaffa's tools and tips for the Loremaster title
(Loremaster mod)
(Jaffa's site)

#18 Inside Azeroth - "The Baseball show"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:38:00 GMT

Inside Azeroth #18 Show Notes
Guest Starring Leala Turkey from Spouse Aggro and Epic Dolls

Dateline Azeroth

- 3.2.2 and the Return of Onyxia

(link)
- Interview with Alex Afrasiabi
(link)
- Darth Kotick!
(link)
- China is BACK!
(link)
- Faction Changes Live in EU
- WoW: C and Outland
(link)

Tavern Talk

- Azeroth United
(link)
- MMOVoices
(link)
- The Harvest Festival
(link)
- Ravasaur Mount Strategy Guide
(link)

The Maelstrom

- DarkSaint on Inside Azeroth (which totally made our day)
- Dennis on his 'To-Do' list and his list to Santa Blizzard

Important Links!

Wizard 101
Chronicles of Spellborn

The Hearthstone Tavern Podcast featuring Stardancer (of Epic Dolls fame)

Nemesi - The Non-Episode

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:36:00 GMT

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to realize there is absolutely zero news about our World of Warcraft. That is this week.

David and I hunted high and we hunted low this week to find news, interesting blog posts, opinions, or even something that really bit us. There just wasn't a thing. After a little chat this morning, David and I decided it was best to record our short non-episode (which should show up immediately following this post) than to run 60 minutes of nothing. That totally works for some folks, but I'm really hungry and I want to go watch Fringe from this past week;( David's note - I watched it last night and it was good! ) you can understand why we decided to take the week off.

We'll be back next weekend with a killer episode 18, and maybe a little surprise or two. Enjoy Pirates Day and Brewfest - don't let the dark iron dwarves grind you down. Have a fantastic week.

cheers,
Steve

#17 Inside Azeroth - "Medicated and ready to go"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:47:00 GMT

#17 Inside Azeroth - "Medicated and ready to go"

European transfers open

New Player realms
Normal/PvE: Chamber of Aspects
PvP: Shattered Halls
RP: Steamwheedle Cartel
RP PvP: Sporeggar

Free Character Migration (FCM)
The below FCM is available from September 09 to September 15. All migrations are faction restricted to improve ratios on involved realms, thus your faction is currently the less populated one on the destination realm.

Alliance only:
From: Burning Legion, Frostmane, Grim Batol, Ravencrest and Sylvanas
To: Burning Steppes, Mazrigos and Vek'nilash

Horde only:
From: Al'Akir, Kazzak, Magtheridon, Outland and Stormscale
To: Neptulon, Tarren Mill and Trollbane

Cataclysm release date?

http://www.loregy.com/world-of-warcraft/cataclysm-release-date-leaked/

Heads up for tanks!

http://www.tankingtips.com/2009/08/31/the-emblem-of-triumph-pick-order/
http://www.tankingtips.com/2009/08/25/the-emblem-of-conquest-pick-order/

Public service announcement

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/09/09/matts-secret-project-needs-help/

Pirates Day

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/events/piratesday/

Brewfest

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/events/brewfest/

For next week...

All over the interwebs, people are posting up their "to do" lists of things they need to get done before WoW:C drops sometime next summer. This week drop an email to InsideAzeroth@gmail.com and let us know about your to do lists. What is it you want to get done before Deathwing tears old Azeroth a new one? we'd like to know.

Also, next week we will be declaring a winner in our Logo contest, so get any final submissions in IMMEDIATELY! Do not tarry do not hesitate. Youre burning daylight, get er done.

Buffd of the week

Macroexplain.com

WoW.com authenticator story
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/12/breakfast-topic-why-blizzard-should-make-authenticators-mandato/#continued

#16 Inside Azeroth - "Enn-Ay-See-Ell"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 5 Sep 2009 21:48:00 GMT

#16 Inside Azeroth - Enn-Ay-See-Ell (NaCl)
featuring 'Salty' Katerina of Epic Dolls fame!

Dateline Azeroth

- Faction changes go live!
(source)
- J. Allen Brack on Joystiq
(source)
- Heirloom item limitations in Cataclysm
(source)
- Blizzard quarantines!
(source)

The Maelstrom

- Bloomindraal on Authenticators in Cataclysm
- Tankorspank on Fishing

Buff of the Week from buffd.net

- Elina from The Pink Pig Tail Inn on 'The Triumph of the Social Game'
(source)

#15 Inside Azeroth - "Ozzy and the pondhoppers"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:54:00 GMT

#15 Inside Azeroth - "Ozzy and the pondhoppers"

This week we discuss lore, ozzy, battle.net and more

#14 Inside Azeroth - "Blizzcon Bonanza"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:04:00 GMT

Inside Azeroth -Episode #14 - Blizzcon Bonanza

This episode we discuss the revelations of Blizzcon 2009.

#13 Inside Azeroth - "Insanely Awesome"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:18:00 GMT

This week, Wemb and Temp, from Bind on Equip join us to discuss the leaks, Onyxia, and a certain weekend in San Carlos.

MMO Champ springs a leak - Steve with David

The fabulous return of the mother of all brood

The battleground experience

#12 Inside Azeroth - " It's take two, baby! "

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:16:00 GMT

WoW.com claims confirmation

http://www.wow.com/2009/08/10/cataclysm-races-leaked/

31 bosses for Icecrown Citidel?

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19110293530&sid=1&pageNo=7#127

Free Transfers

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19110154176&sid=1

3.2 hits, Trial of the...

Childrens week and Ravasaur mounts

http://wow.incgamers.com/wiki/Ravasaur_Mount

Faction spying made easier

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18031079410&sid=1

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19110291048&sid=1
Starcraft 2 delayed

Ozzy at Blizzcon ( this has since been confirmed. Ozzy to headline the final night )

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124630

confirmation: http://www.wow.com/2009/08/11/blizzard-officially-announces-ozzy-at-blizzcon-2009/

The Turkeys start MMOVoices

http://mmovoices.ning.com/

Buffd of the week

BRK - 1000

Episode 12 delayed

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:25:00 GMT

Well, true believers, we recorded episode 12 on Saturday August 9th. Once the recording was finished, I placed the file into my trusty editor and found that every time my mic was open there was a horrible low end hum that over time became truly painful to the listener. No amount of filtering would make it go away or even bearable over the course of an hour long show.

Now, I know there are podcasts that will apologized for their sound quality, release the episode and fix it for next week, but Steve and I believe that quality matters. I know what the problem was and I have purchased the necessary replacement equipment today. I have done a test recording with the new equipment and the hum is gone.

I apologize to our listeners for the delay, but I believe, and Steve agrees, that anything worth doing is worth doing right, and you, our loyal fans, deserve nothing less.

-David

#11 Inside Azeroth - "The Adventures of Clem & Abner"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:57:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- Faux Interview
(link)
(link)
- China Hates Skulls!
(source)
- Big Brother Blizzard is Watching You

Tavern Talk

- The Man of Steel
(source)
- Dude, Where's My Instance?
(source)
- wow.com says 3.2 on Tuesday?
- The Logo Contest

Send in your digital submission for the new InsideAzeroth.com logo to insideazeroth@gmail.com - the logo we choose will become the new logo for the site, the podcast and take home a lovely Wrath of the Lich king standee

The Long and The Short of It

The Maelstrom

- Balekkar on Goblins in the next expansion
- Robert on WoWHead's premium service

David on Jousting for Dummies

First, always start with a fresh three stacks of defend. This I knew but what I didnt know is that defend is on a timer. So if its not refreshed properly you can lose all three stacks at once, no matter what your opponent is doing. So whenever the CD is up on it, refresh it. ALWAYS start the match from behind your opponent. As your opponent walks away from you, spam charge until it goes off.After your charge, start spamming melee ( #1 ) until your opponent breaks off and tries to get distance on you. STAY WHERE YOU ARE and spam charge until you get it. The second they are at distance, you will charge and they will not.
NEVER try to get distance from your opponent, ALWAYS let them be the one to move away.
After a charge, ALWAYS turn your self so you moving back into the center of the ring ( this keeps your opponent from running outside of the ring and bugging )
Also, during that turn if you can get off a single shield breaker, give it a shot.
Rinse repeat

Shoutouts to GingerNinja, Steerboy1 and Lisim for their kind iTunes reviews

#10 Inside Azeroth - "27 Leias"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:20:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- Sam Raimi to direct WoW film
(source)
- WoW in China soon to return?
(source)
- Crusader's Colliseum
(source)
- WoWHead Premium
(source)
- Ulduar Drakes back...for now
(source)

Tavern Talk

- Masks Galore!
(source)
- Old Republic Update
(source)

The Long and the Short of It

The Maelstrom

- Hristo on the next expansion
- Jason on "the list"
- Michael Fowler on High Elves v. Night Elves v. Blood Elves

The Continuing Adventures of Gnobby the Gnome

Buff of the Week from buffd.net

- TCG Mounts going BoE???
(source)

#9 - Inside Azeroth - "The Ninth Regiment"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:43:00 GMT

#9 - Inside Azeroth "The Ninth Regiment"

Dateline Azeroth

- WoW Cataclysm Scam
(source)
- iPhone Armory
(link)
- Crazy Bomber Kid!!!
(source)

Tavern Talk

- 3.2 not until September?
(Note: The Escape Hatch Blog seems to have been taken down recently. I'll update this if I learn more. - SH)
- On Goblins and Worgen
(But wait, there's lore!)
(Tom Chilton weighing in)
(The List) - When I tried this link on 7/20 I was unable to hit the page. I'll update this if I get a better link. - SH

Special Interview with Laurant and Ophelia of The Ninth Regiment, Wyrmrest Accord realm

- All the World's a Stage
- WoWiki.com
- Wyrmrest Accord Wikia
- Dramatis Personae
- WyrmrestAccord.net

IT CAME FROM THE FORUMS!!!

- Holysocks on the Inside Azeroth raid instance

Weekly Buff from Buffd.net

- Satrina's Impeding Scarab

Contact us at insideazeroth@gmail.com, and please join our forum community at insideazeroth.com, where you can download any of our previous episodes.

#8 - Inside Azeroth "Warp Factor 10"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:42:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- Cataclysm
(source)
(lorecrafted.com)

- Mount Changes - Continued
(source)

- Alone in the Dark Firsts
(World First: Stars)
(EU First: Paragon)

Follow-Ups

- Chinese virtual currency law does not extend to foreign transactions. :(

- More on faction changes
(source)

Tavern Talk

- Tweetcraft
(link)

- Latest on Star Wars: The Old Republic
(source)

- WoWPals
(source)

- PopCap's special WoW edition of Peggle
(source)

The Maelstrom

- Hiddenbank on Zune and David as Guy Fawkes

- Theoiden on the forthcoming Emblem system

The Weekly Buff

Contact Inside Azeroth at insideazeroth@gmail.com. Please join our forums and download any of our archives at insideazeroth.com.

An Apology

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:31:00 GMT

I had a brief discussion with a friend (and legal advisor) recently, and after that discussion I feel I should make a short statement.

I often (and always in jest) refer to the backers of the uber-guild Ensidia as terrorists. I would hope everyone is aware that it's just that - a joke. A parody. It's highly doubtful this has any basis in fact, and, of course, I don't have any evidence to make the statement.

We at Inside Azeroth pride ourselves on not pulling punches, but I believe this is one I should probably pull. I apologize to the guild and their financial supporters for that statement. Humanity in every corner of the world is threatened by, if not direct victims of, terrorists driven by politics, religion, hatred, or they're just plain not right in the head. While being able to laugh at them helps us as human beings cope with this threat, it doesn't lessen the gravity of pointing a finger at a small group of people and calling them terrorists without any real evidence to prove this.

It doesn't mean my ire for this guild has lessened. I still resent the fact that they complain about changes to the game that would effect those of us who can't devote 60+ hours a week to the game and make endgame content a little more accessible. It pisses me off that they scorn the rest of us who don't play at their level. And it still really chaps my hide that they do this in a completely arrogant and elitist fashion, with no apparent regard for "the rest of us". I will continue to sound off against them when they pipe up on these topics, but you won't hear another terrorist joke from me.

Please feel free to contact us at insideazeroth@gmail.com if you have a comment on the issue.

Steve Hamner

#7.5 - Inside Azeroth #7.5 - Inside Azeroth "Gold farming, faction switching, cheater boy"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:01:00 GMT

#7.5 - Inside Azeroth "Gold farming, faction switching, cheater boy"

Special Dateline Azeroth

- World of Warcraft to offer faction-changing service
(source)

- China bans gold farming
(source)
- Ensidia challenges validity of Exodus World First
(source)

Inside Azeroth will not be recording Saturday, July 4 2009. Look for a special edition of IA the following week.

This episode is brought to you by Buffd.net - where you bring the news...

#7 - Inside Azeroth "Under 92 million served"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:23:00 GMT

Dateline Azeroth

- Midsummer Fire Festival Fix
(source)
- Streaming Blizzcon to your computer
(source)
- Elitist Jerks/Opera browser
(source)
- Patch 3.2 update
(source)

Tavern Talk

- "A Delicious Nerf in Every Patch" (Death Knights)
- Pilgrim's Bounty
(source)
- More Mike Schramm Madness!

Maelstrom

- Evilsbane on the Yogg-Saron lewts
- Shilien on Elko's Buff Bars

...of the week!

- The Alice and Kev Blog

Buffd.net Highest Rated Article of the Week

- Readin', Writin', and Raidin'...

#6 - Inside Azeroth "Ranting, Patches and F-Bombs! Oh my!"

InsideAzeroth@gmail.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:58:00 GMT

Sponsor Announcement: buffd.net

Dateline Azeroth

- Midsummer Fire Festival

(source)

- Battleground Experience

- Warsong Gulch

- Isle of Conquest

(3.2 Patch Notes)

Tavern Talk

- World of Warcraft Forums Go Nuclear

(World of Warcraft Class Forums)

- The David v The Schramm, Round 2

http://www.wow.com/2009/06/17/requiring-epic-achievements-for-normal-runs/

http://www.leafshine.net/2009/06/a-naxx-wtf.html

http://thinkzalot.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/lfm-nax-10-link-epic-and-achieve.html

- Longwriter's Epic Paladin QQ'ing Series

(source)

The Maelstrom

- Saakin on the WoW.com coverage of Free Realms

- Balekkar on starting at 55