Podcasts about challenge mode

Praises or critics can be send here! Also if there's anything you wish to hear about please send your requests here!The mists are parting as we dive into the official announcement of Mists of Pandaria Classic's release dates and everything you need to know about WoW's journey to the mysterious continent of Pandaria. Mark your calendars for July 1st when the pre-patch arrives, bringing three weeks of preparation before the full expansion launch on July 21st.Amidst the excitement of brewing up details about the Pandaren race and Monk class, we explore what players can expect during pre-patch and beyond. The revamped talent system, AOE looting, pet battles, and the Attack on Theramore Isle world event set the stage for your adventures. We journey through Pandaria's stunning landscape, from the unique Wandering Isle starting zone (situated on a giant turtle's back!) to the lush Jade Forest, pastoral Valley of the Four Winds, and majestic Kun-Lai Summit. The expansion introduces Challenge Mode dungeons (the precursors to Mythic+), three-person Scenarios that don't require the traditional tank-healer-DPS setup, and Sunsong Ranch farming – perhaps the earliest iteration of what might someday become player housing.Hope you all enjoy and hope you relate to any of these stories. And I will speak to you all in the next episode!Want some 3D printed Merch, find it here!https://pigandwhistletales.etsy.comSupport the show here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1196870/supportpatreon.com/Pigandwhistlehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/PigandWhistleSocials :Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/pigandwhistletalesYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOi6rHO3x90lOmmb82Jv1wWebsite : https://www.pigandwhistletales.com/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/pigandwhistletales/Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PigAndWhistleTalesTry out Buzzsprout yourself! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1154066Listen to the podcast on other platforms:https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pig-whistle-tales-from-azeroth-gabriel-nsa902LrQVw/https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pig-whistle-tales-from-azeroth-1315927https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZTkLtQvRSm4PStUfZquWkhttps://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3032607The Music at the start is from Tony Catch they do many amazing cover songs for games you can find the link here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHiF0dAkbpPMtQSwvAxcapQSupport the showSupport the show here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1196870/support patreon.com/Pigandwhistle https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PigandWhistle

The FM Show Podcast Episode 52 - Why we still NEED challenge mode in Football Manager SI MAGGIO Welcome to The FM Show Podcast, your weekly Football Manager podcast hosted by Tony Jameson and RDF Tactics. This week, we're joined by the wonderful, Si Maggio. Following on from last weeks episode with Doop, we continue the discussion about FM25. We also look at why we NEED challenge mode to return to Football Manager. Si talks about managing every nation in Euro 2024 on his current Twitch save. Arron is excited that he can now recreate all of his tactics. And Tony is terrified of VR and possibly, the future. If you've enjoyed todays show, please leave a like on the video and consider hitting subscribe to the channel. Also leave a comment about your favourite part of the episode. Support us on Patreon and join the The FM Show squad! Enjoy early access to our public episodes, bonus weekly episodes, exclusive content, and you get access to secret channels on our Discord for just £3 a month! Sign up now: http://www.patreon.com/TheFMShowPod Thanks to our sponsors Manscaped | http://www.manscaped.com 20% off with promo code: SHOW20 FullTimePrints | http://www.fulltimeprints.com 10% off with promo code THEFMSHOW Surprise Shirts | http://www.surpriseshirts.co.uk 10% off with promo code FMSHOW Follow Our Socials https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwruCy5lH44iFcyE150oeg http://www.twitter.com/thefmshowpod https://www.tiktok.com/@thefmshowpod http://www.instagram.com/thefmshowpod Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/TKPCUEZDvt Listen Now Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6t7BLXSECt0y9AWHU1WgRj Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-fm-show-a-football-manager-podcast/id1698580502 Amazon: https://a.co/d/9hJSX0U Tony Jameson http://www.tonyjameson.co.uk http://www.twitter.com/tonyjameson http://www.instagram.com/tonyjameson https://www.tiktok.com/@tonyjamesonfm https://www.facebook.com/tonyjamesonfm http://twitch.tv/tonyjamesonfm https://www.youtube.com/@tonyjamesonFM RDF Tactics https://www.rdftactics.com http://www.twitter.com/rdftactics http://www.instagram.com/rdftactics http://twitch.tv/rdftactics http://www.youtube.com/@RDFTactics Si Maggio http://www.twitter.com/SiMaggioFM http://twitch.tv/simaggio https://www.youtube.com/@FootballShirtSocial The Football Manager podcast for all of your Football Manager needs. #podcast #FM24 #footballmanager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw  Topics: Pyoro suggests Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 news is coming for March 10, MAR1O Day https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1764619742105788742 Tropic Haze agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million to settle Yuzu lawsuit, will not offer Yuzu anymore https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-emulator-creator-settles-nintendo-lawsuit-for-2-4m/  $2.4 million judgment https://twitter.com/oatmealdome/status/1764704580724576465 Proposed Final Judgment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.56980/gov.uscourts.rid.56980.10.1.pdf Yuzu's final message (Citra, 3DS emulator, dead too) https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1764733659444064671 Original story for reference: Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale' https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit EA lays off 5% of employees, closes Ridgeline Games (working on single-player Battlefield), cancels Star Wars FPS (Mandalorian game), focuses away from licensed IP (Iron Man and Black Panther still in development)  https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/electronic-arts-is-laying-off-5-off-its-workforce/ EA's Star Wars strategy game still in development following Respawn cancellation https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/eas-star-wars-strategy-game-still-in-development-following-respawn-cancellation/ New game in the Titanfall universe, NOT Titanfall 3: https://www.pcgamesn.com/titanfall/respawn-new-game EA ‘confident' Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will release this year (per Jeff Grubb) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-confident-dragon-age-dreadwolf-will-release-this-year-its-claimed/ Xbox Partner Preview set for March 6, 2024 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/03/04/xbox-partner-preview-march-2024-announce/ Contra: Operation Galuga release date March 12 (announced March 1):  “In addition to Story and Arcade modes, #Contra: Operation Galuga features a Challenge Mode with 30 nail-biting missions! These include speedruns, limited ammo battles, surviving enemy hordes, and more. ##ContraOG hits consoles and PC on March 12!” https://www.konami.com/games/contra/og/  Questions from Discord: Beavis Christ: What's a franchise that needs a good game adaptation, either because it hasn't had an adaptation or because it has but it was bad? What we're playing: Mary: Persona 3 Reload, Inscryption  John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, not Wild ARMs Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2, Mortal Kombat 1 Brett L:  Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not Assassins Creed Odyssey Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat) Baldur's Gate 3, Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Halo Infinite (campaign), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

We've been decoding all sorts of claims in the skincare world, but devices happen to be some of the most confusing products to figure out. Today it's decode challenge mode! We walk through a really good example of a device that comes with the works in terms of claims and talk about what to pay attention to and what we'd probably ignore.

On this week's episode we're talking through the most challenging ways people have played video games! From fruit and vegetables to musical instruments, innovative gamers are not Keeping it Easy Mode through these mad methods

Part two of my conversation with Challenge Mode master Borislav 247, in which we discuss letting your health get low, horde kill speedruns and losing your fear of the freaks.

Globally-ranked #1 Challenge Mode master and horde annihilator Borislav247 joins me in conversation about the perks and patches earned in the Challenges. Part one of two!

Mike and Tyler take a break to do a Challenge Mode episode. These will be episodes on player created challenges in games. This episode they talk about Pokemon Nuzlocke runs. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Our last episode before Christmas! We discuss the ever popular Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2022 and Lindsey's smelly trip to the library book sale. Happy Reading!

Blessing and Janet talk about a BIG day for Animal Crossing fans and a controversial one for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Follow Janet: https://twitter.com/Gameonysus Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:10 - Housekeeping There's a new episode of The Blessing Show up right now. It's ten minutes of time loop talk where Blessing goes through each of the big time loop games that have released this year and determines which one is definitively the best. Play trailer: https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1448689602810707969 Also, In case you missed it, the first episode of The Arkham Files with Barrett premiered yesterday on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames. The first episode is all about how Batman: Arkham Asylum is still a masterclass in design to this day. Episode 2 premieres this Monday, October 18th, and it's all about how Arkham City truly makes you feel like Batman. AND, to celebrate Arkham City's 10th anniversary on the 18th, Barrett and Mike are streaming the entire game all day, starting after Games Daily, right here on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:06:45 - Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Direct features Free and Paid Updates 00:23:49 - Coming off that Animal Crossing Direct: We got the Switch Online Expansion Pass Prices - Chaim Gartenberg @ The Verge 00:38:03 - When will Nintendo stop this nostalgia tax bullshit? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:45:20 - Ad 00:48:22 - Dragon Age 4 is heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S without cross-gen releases - Jeff Grubb @ GamesBeat 00:54:00 - Xbox Series X Mini Fridge Finally Gets a Release Date 00:59:45 - Operation: Tango gets Challenge Mode in new free update - Ben Borthwick @ VideoGamer 01:03:00 - Out today 01:04:35 - You‘re Wrong Next Week's Hosts: Mon: Bless and ??? Tues: Tim and Gary Whitta Wed: ?? Thurs: Tam and Tim for TimTam Thursdays Fri: Blessing and Janet

Adam and Bob come together to check in on what is going on. Adam is growing hot peppers and is still going strong with the sour dough, he will sell you some! Bob is currently attempting to run and fight back against backsliding goals. They talk a bit about current events but try to shy away from politics this time. The gauntlet is laid down and the two will soon find out how well they can run a mile. Bob and Adam will be playing video games on twitch almost every night at 10pmhttps://twitch.tv/comedybobStay tuned Friday for the bonus episode Friday Night Shotgun Cliub with Professionally Touring Disc Golfer James Crawford.Also follow the link below to stay in touch. linktr.ee/bobfredericks

Flippin' and Mashing is a podcast where two buddies just have a lot of fun discussing video games, pinball and arcades! We talk about the new challenge mode for Jurassic Park Pinball and theorize how SEGA should get back into the pinball world.  #Pinball #JurassicPark #SEGA  —————————————————— Contact - flippinandmashing@gmail.com Merch - https://teespring.com/stores/flipping-mashing FOLLOW USFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/flippinandmashing/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYDG_of5sj0vq0PlkHeNvXQMixer - https://mixer.com/FlippinAndMashing

It’s Challenge Mode-o’clock!  This week we’re sharing our favorite games that we feel didn’t get enough love! (psst, also if you’re in the Kansas City area and want to connect with local gamers, join the LFG KC Facebook Group!) Feel free to give us some feedback by hitting up our socials!  Or even just forget...

Challenge Mode is here and this week we’re compiling the DEFINITIVE list of the Top 10 Best Fishing Minigames of ALL TIME.  Come hang out and see if your favorite made the list! (psst, also if you’re in the Kansas City area and want to connect with local gamers, join the LFG KC Facebook Group!)...

Challenge Mode time!  This week, the OG crew is back to talk about some genuinely wild things people have made inside games! (psst, also if you’re in the Kansas City area and want to connect with local gamers, join the LFG KC Facebook Group!) Feel free to give us some feedback by hitting up our socials!  Or...

Challenge Mode 6 is go!  This week, Kam is joined by his good friend Nathan Brandt (@TwoHeadedGiant, twitch.tv/TwoHeadedGiant) to talk about some of the most exciting, interesting, or genuinely awful moments throughout the history of E3. Also some day Kam will figure out a way to make it so his computer doesn’t default to the...

Challenge Mode 5 is here!  We hope you’re having as much fun listening to these as we are recording them! This time around, Thomas gives us a profile on the composer Marty O’Donnell, and his life and work up to and during the Halo franchise.  There’s a lot of gushing about how cool the soundtracks are...

OH WOW HI. We're still talkin' 'bout smells, y'all. I wanted to use a lot of apostrophes in that sentence, and, well, I did. You can't stop me. No one can. For our game this week, we're doing a version of the Collaboratory that features the antiquated technology of Smell-O-Vision! Listen to see how she is played, and enjoy as we describe scenes from "Bible Bucks," "Hair of the Dog," and "Fish Touches." The last one wasn't actually named, but I went for it.  Topics include: Josh Hartnett Finally Playing Twins, Hallmark Romange, The Lovely Smell of Orange Soda, and Challenge Mode. *** Come chat with other fans in our FACEBOOK GROUP.  iTunes Facebook Twitter Instagram YOUTUBE Or, search for us on SPOTIFY if you think Jeremy deserved better.

We’re back from an accidental hiatus for Challenge Mode Episode 4! This week, Kam shares his feelings on one of his favorite games of all time: Persona 4 Golden.  Specifically, what makes it and the res of the Persona series so cool and interesting, as well as how the themes and relationships in the game...

Welcome to episode three of Challenge Mode!  It’s the show where we revisit video games, the culture surrounding them, and the people who play and make them! This week we talk about gaming culturally and what different groups of people think about gaming! New episodes of Challenge Mode will go up every two weeks right...

Welcome to episode two of Challenge Mode!  It’s a series where we revisit video games, the culture surrounding them, and the people who play them!  Fun fact!  We recorded this before we had a name for the show!  We’re professionals! In this episode we discuss our personal feelings on effort vs. reward in gaming, and...

Welcome to the first episode of Challenge Mode!  A new series where we revisit video games, the culture surrounding them, and the people who play them!  In this episode we don’t talk about video games. April Fools!  In our debut episode, we discuss our favorite April Fools pranks in gaming, as well as comment on...

This episode is a week late because SOMEBODY (Colin) forgot to bring the audio on the plane and edit it on his 6 hour flight to PodCon. Oops! Colin and Alex discuss the challenges they're setting for themselves in this year, as well as lay out the rules for February's Catch-Up Challenge.

It's 2019, so Chris, Myles and Kathryn decide to go into CHALLENGE MODE! They talk about their favourite challenge modes in video games, and then put up challenges for each other to accomplish before the end of the year. Talk to us about this episode on the Cartridge Club forums! https://goo.gl/tCB1mG Buy our stuff! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub Watch us on YouTube! tinyurl.com/FlockofNerdsYouTube Like us on Facebook! facebook.com/flockofnerds Follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/FlockofNerds Music: "Levels", by Gumbel (gumbel.bandcamp.com/album/8-bit-love-machine-ep) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

00:00:00 Pre-amble and housekeeping.00:08:30 What We've Been Watching and Playing00:51:09 Mission Music - Fever Ray's Plunge01:00:00 Challenge Mode. We are betting on Lawn Bowls and the terrible movie is The Ouiji Experiment on Netflix.Follow us on www.facebook facebook.com/groups/friedbrainproductions or on Twitter @eviltrav and @thefriedbrai

Destin and CJ take fan questions this week and discuss some fun possibilities for the world of Destiny including Challenge modes, and the new emblem!

Destin, Sean, and CJ discuss Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and the reveal of the Raid's Challenge mode.

This week, we talk about some of our favorite franchises! On the menu are Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth and Final Fantasy XI. Emma talked about her first experiences with the PC gaming classic Half Life 2. We also discuss personal meta in the boardgames Risk and The Resistance: Avalon. We are also excited to showcase a swing cover of “Proof of a Hero” by Zac Zinger from his album “Monster Hunter Swing Big Band Jazz Arrange.” Look for a link below! Challenge Mode this week is a curious “Surprise Top Five” followed by Cisco’s soul-testing “Ten Out of Ten.” Thank you for listening! Enjoyed Zac Zinger’s Monster Hunter cover? Get his CDs here You can also follow him on

Wow! Summer is busy! We return with our latest episode where we send off Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in light of Monster Hunter Generations coming out. We also discuss Pokemon Go because of course we had to. Finally Ciscostick hits a nostalgic note, talking about an old favorite of ours Grandia II. Challenge Mode this week includes “Is This The Real Game?” and “One of These Things: Monster Hunter Edition.” Thank you for listening! We talked about some hilarious Monster Hunter Animations from NCH Productions! Check them out here! Interested in the live show on August 13th 2016? Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard! Want more Podcast? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!

Hello again! We start off with the games we’ve been playing including Pocket Card Jockey, Vindictus, and Slime Rancher. We also discuss what games took the longest to triumph over. This week we are excited to showcase the vocal cover of “Spider Dance” by Adriana Figueroa. Finally, Challenge Mode this week is two newcomers, “Associate This!” and “Helper Highlight.” Thank you for listening! Want to listen to that showcase again?

This week, Cisco tried out the remake Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and is really excited to talk about the changes. Emma has been playing Torchlight II which leads us into a discussion on Diablo-clones. Finally, we played a game of Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition with the Fat Jay Podcast and things got vengeful! Challenge Mode this week includes the 3rd rendition of “Letting Off Steam” and an artsy newcomer, “HaikWho Am I?” Interested in the live show? We will have a link for tickets shortly! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard! Want more Podcast? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!

Two agents join forces to chat about banned players, Challenge Mode added, and E3.

We’re back after transferring to LibSyn! Yay! In this week’s episode, Emma has been trying out a few demos, and talks about one that really stuck out, Long Gone Days. Cisco is really excited to talk about the super atmospheric Duskers, and we both share our experience with the Coop game Affordable Space Adventures! For intermission, we showcase “Coiled Copper Wire” by Level 99! Finally, Challenge Mode starts with Cisco turning the “Surprise Top Five” back on Emma, followed by the goofiness that is “Bad Memory.” Thank you for listening! That remix was fantastic! Listen to “Coiled Copper Wire” and more by Level 99 ,here!! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard! Want more Podcast? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!

 In this episode, Cisco finally reveals his tactics in Subterfuge! Apology included. Meanwhile, Emma shares her love of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series. Ever destroyed an entire building looking for a single ant? We relive that glory in Earth Defense Force 4.1, before jumping into our experiences with Mafia De Cuba. Challenge Mode this week includes the victorious return of Real or Fic? followed by newcomer Wink, Wink, Hint, Hint. Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard!   Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here!   Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard    

Have we ever talked about Monster Hunter? Just kidding! The trend continues in earnest this week! Cisco breaks away to talk about Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight and Fire Emblem Fates meanwhile Emma satiates her current obsession with Pocket Mortys. Challenge Mode this week is an extremely embarrassing exploration of Billionaire Banshee followed by the much more normal, The Item Is Right. Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

As the post holidays grind starts to get to us, we discuss the games keeping us afloat! Cisco talks about his adventures in Rebel Galaxy and Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, meanwhile I just try to survive in Subnautica. I’m also excited to bring Going, Going, Gone! to the table! An auction game that really gets the adrenaline going! Challenge Mode this week is The Gaming Date! Which lonely game will Cisco be bringing home with him tonight? Find out today! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard        

In this episode, Emma recounts her experiences with Magicite, before Cisco jumps deep into Darkest Dungeon. After that nightmare we lighten up by remembering Zombie Dice! Next we address a question from our LAF brother in arms, Fat Jay, who asks “What are your top 5 rage quits?” To cool off from that we enter Challenge Mode starting with Who’s That Character? Hero Edition and then some Food For Thought. Thank you for listening! Ah, those recipes sound good! Try them out at Culinary Cosplay! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this week’s episode, Emma has been playing The Beginner’s Guide and we end up in a discussion about walking simulators. Cisco has been playing World’s Dawn and he is really excited to share! Challenge Mode this week includes “Game Questions Only” and “Ah, Yes, the Things That Are Almost Good Enough for Me”! Thank you for listening! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this week’s episode, Cisco has been playing more Street Fighter 5 and this time with his first fight stick! Fights must be on the menu because he also talks about the straight-faced seriousness of the brawler Akiba’s Trip! Emma shows her inner fan-girl (sorry) as she discusses the new Ratchet and Clank and wonders about the making of the movie. Finally we have a new segment to announce, this is the first of the Remix Showcase, where we would like to highlight the artists that remix game music, and our favorite songs! This week we showcase “Battling Despair At Dawn” remixed by Tweex! Challenge Mode this week is the rather odd “Who’s Your Boss?” and a perfect run of “One of These Things.” Thank you for listening! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this week’s episode, Emma is super excited to talk about Ratchet and Clank (2016) meanwhile Cisco gives his first impressions of Dark Souls III. We also have a mobile game discussion about Dream Machine and Sing! by Smule. Challenge Mode is the Street Fighter themed “Jargon Twist” and a newer, tougher episode of “The Gaming Date.” Thank you for listening! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this week’s episode, Cisco talks about his first experiences with the classic RPG Earthbound. Emma dodges talking about Zelda and the game that shall not be named (again) by spotlighting Goblin Quest! We also explore the weirder side of multiplayer with a new segment, “It Came from the Internet!” Challenge Mode this week begins with a curious “Surprise Top Five” followed by the belated “Easter Egg Hunt.” Thank you for listening! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this week’s episode, Emma jumps headlong into the touchy subject of Zelda as she recounts playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. In his moments of freedom, Cisco has taken up playing Hitman: Absolution and even replaying Katawa Shoujo. Challenge Mode this week is the puppy centric My Favorite Things! followed up with the thought experiment When Games Collide. Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

We're back from a week off due to illness. Emma takes an easy with Firewatch and Cisco relaxes with Xenoblade Chronicles X sprinkled with a hint of challenge thru Mario Maker. We did get to play some of the surprisingly fascinating Suburbia, and we talk about our work as Mayor! Challenge Mode this week is Boardgame 20 Questions and Game Dating Site! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this episode, we discuss Xenoblade Chronicles X played by, of course, Cisco! Wait, what? After that, Emma recounts her experiences with Sven Co-op. Curious about War Games? We talk about Memoir, and it’s expansion Operation Overlord. Challenge Mode this week includes Guess The Robot Master and a hail to the first episode with “Letting Off Steam!” Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this full length episode, we talk about Final Fantasy Explorers, a mash-up of two games we really love! And we definitely can’t talk about Explorer’s with talking about Monster Hunter. Always wanted to know our origin story? Find out in this week’s question! Challenge Mode this week includes the MH themed Adventures of Drunken Arma and FF themed One of These Things… Thank you for listening! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

Welcome to the Valentine’s Day Special! Today we are talking about romance in games! Cisco starts the conversation with his favorite visual novel Galaxy Angel. Emma follows up with a popular otome game she finally tried Hakuoki! She also found some Dark Souls Valentine’s Day cards, and we go from coming up with our own to talking about Harvest Moon. Challenge Mode this week is Were You Even Listening? and a thrilling adventure where we find out if Emma-chan Touches Senpai’s Butt. Enjoyed the dark romance options? Check out Yandere Simulator! Have any questions or feedback? Please message us at @PTKCiscostick or @Zelemma or even @PassTheKeyboard! Intro and Outro by Matt Cusworth. Listen to more here! Can't get enough PTK? Check out the stream, too! Pass the Keyboard Want more to listen to? Listen to all of the LAF Podcasts! LAF loud, LAF often!        

In this episode of Evangelysm, I talk about the changes to Challenge Mode dungeons and the spells that are being removed from Discipline priests in Legion.

Sparrow racing, questioning challenge modes difficulty, and talk about the future with monthly content updates.

Sunnier and Arielle talk about the mob mentality of gudie writing and this expansion's Challenge Modes. 02:45 - "Cookie Cutter" and Choice for Tanks24:15 - Challenge Modes46:30 - 2015 Retro

Vi bader i 320-loot etter den første utfordringen i King's Fall Challenge Mode. Hva synes vi om den opplevelsen? Vi snakker også om Trials of Osiris og forventninger til nytt Destiny-innhold i tiden fremover.

The 28th show, where I talk about the news, review dev feedback, Challenge Mode armours and an look at a possible Holy DPS spec.

In return from our unexpected hiatus, Professor Falconer leads Macaroonicorn and Enigmatic Pariah [A mere skeleton crew!] over a small range of newsworthy nerd moments in the last few weeks.We begin with enacting our own "Challenge Mode," as we fear we've allowed our mouths to run afoul just a bit too much in recent times.The Prof then gives us some spoiler free discussion and review of Marvel Studio's latest film, Ant-Man! The boys easy move along into further reel talk with reactions to casting confirmations, new trailers and much more! And as we can never leave the games alone for TOO long, there's a nod to a dear friend competing at EVO 2015, Asian releases we can't wait to come Stateside, and a fond remembering of one of Nintendo's most influential forces.. The late Satoru Iwata.

Welcome to the Frozen Nerdz Podcast Episode 69 titled Challenging Modes! We are a your Blizzard Entertainment discussion podcast. Each week we discuss anything that falls in between or outside those two glaciers. From talking about the games you love, the worlds you live in, AND maybe even a few you haven’t even heard of yet. Join Kilroy and Epicinsanity each week as we sit down and discuss the topics no one else is talking about as we bring you new points of view in a not so standard podcast format. The show was recorded on Sunday, July 12th, 2015. And was released on Tuesday July 14th 2015. On Today’s episode we quickly go over our weeks in video games, then we jump right into covering all of this week's news inside the Blizzard Entertainment Universe covering Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo, Starcraft, Overwatch and World of Warcraft news. But before we start this week's discussion we present this week's Top 10 List of things that should be added to Blizzard Gear store. Then we drop a basic campfire and start our World of Warcraft discussion! This week we discuss the absence of the Warcraft Movie trailer, class balances and Mythic vs Challenge Mode dungeons. But then before you know it, we are onto the StarCade! This week we cover a Blizzard Arcade game called Zerg Shooter Reloaded! Then we move onto our Blizzard Discussion topics where we discuss the new Hero in Overwatch, the demand for a rematch feature in StarCraft and what’s next for Hearthstone! Then we answer a listener email about the woes of being a raid leader. If you have any questions, comments or concerns for the show, or want to join in on the conversation, feel free to email the show at IceBox@FrozeNerdz.com. Then we wrap up the show thanking those people who supported the show this week and then we say our weekly goodbyes. So sit back, relax and enjoy Episode 69 of the Frozen Nerdz Podcast. Where You Can Find Us: Twitter: @FrozeNerdz E-mail: IceBox@FrozeNerdz.com Website: www.FrozeNerdz.com YouTube: www.YouTube.com/c/Frozenerdz Partner Network: CatalystGamingMedia.com Creative Alliance: D20Crit / d20crit.com Personal Twitter: @KilroyKT, @Epic_Insanity

MOAR LOSTCAST DATA also AWL sales numbers, learning, and Challenge Mode?

After getting a baseline for professions in Warlords of Draenor last week, I'm back just in the very nick of time this week to talk about what to expect in this first week of raiding in Highmaul.  I talk in depth about Enchanting, Alchemy, Cooking, Crafted Epic Gear, and Darkmoon Trinkets - all after covering the big news on the dust buffs, the mine nerfs, and the updating of wowuction to include info on all the new professions.I also give a preview of content to come later this month for the show, including a spreadsheet I've been ironing out that's pre-loaded with all the stuff we can make with professions in Warlords of Draenor.  Full show notes are, of course, available after the break - Enjoy!!Episode 31 of Late Nite With Stede - Show NotesIntroGood evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Episode 31 of the Late Nite With Stede Goldmaking Podcast.  I’m your host, Stede Bonnet - and I want to thank you for listening.  Before we launch into the opening of Highmaul this week, I wanna take a minute to let you know that you can find more Late Nite With Stede on my website - www.LNWS.net - you can also find the show on Stitcher & on iTunes - so if you like the show, be sure to subscribe.   Alright, today is Monday, December 1st.===PODCAST NEWS===-  On the last episode, I spent some time talking about how WoD was shaking out so far.  It seems like it was weeks ago in terms of how much has happened since then.  I’ve had a number of folks asking me what they should be making in order to make gold.  The category pages on The Undermine Journal have yet to be updated, and given the variable nature of cooldown yields on toons - and via work orders - it’s a bit difficult to accurately calculate costs.Not that it’s a big problem at this point since most craftables that use soulbound cooldown reagents are bringing rain on the Auction House, but it’s one of those structural sticking points that may cause TUJ to take awhile in updating its information.  Not to mention that Erorus, the creator of TUJ, now works at Wowhead and is probably pretty busy.Back on topic about the preview of tonight’s topic - I’ll be talking about what you need to know about making stuff now - the first week of raids - and how I think the rest of December is going to shake out in terms of profession markets.===WoW NEWS===We had a few big changes in game this week.  Most notably the buff to disenchanting yields for dust.  It seems like 4 times out of 5, rare items - that’s blues - will now DE into a bunch of dust - like 6-10 or so.  This is causing a major correction in the dust and shard markets as shards become less common and therefore, more expensive - and dust settles down to values where it actually makes sense to start hitting your work orders.Which, a lot of you would think means cheaper crystals - since the work orders are now flowing once again.  And you’d be right on the money - there are a lot more crystals sitting under 600g on my server than there were before this change.  And that’s a market I’ll talk more about a bit later in the show.We also had a nerf to the yield rate from farming ore nodes in your garrison’s mine.  Regular nodes give 2 ore, and rich ones give 4 - sometimes 5.  The result was that - where I used to be running a surplus of ore on my toon with Blacksmithing & Jewelcrafting, using a L2 mine, I’m now running a slight deficit.It seems like a small tuning change, but imagine how that reverberates over tens of thousands of toons on a server.  This is a correction that may take a bit longer to play out.  And I think Blizzard was smart not to use the heavy hand here, because there are other factors that will be coming into play that will naturally nerf the amount of ore on the AH - which I will talk about a bit later.Last bit of news for this past week was that most all of the crafted gear got a 5 ilvl boost to the 3rd upgrade stage - which should help keep them competitive.  Remember that your raid drops have fixed secondary stats, and may not be very useful for some specs.===Goldmaking NEWS===Wowuction has updated the profession pages on its site and the CSV feeds that some of you may be using in your spreadsheets are now correctly populating the item names for the crafted gear.  This makes life so much easier for spreadsheeters and I want to give a tip of the hat to the wowuction folks on a job well done in a short amount of time.Myself, I’ve made a spreadsheet for all of the WoD crafts for every profession - because I have every profession.  It’s given me a distinct advantage.  Every single one of you has asked yourself this past week, “Okay, I have 100 soulbound cooldown mats - what do I make to get gold?”  I know I ask myself that about 10x a day.  And my SS is there to guide me.  I know not everybody has Excel or likes SS’s though - so check out wowuction if you wanna dig around without having to ascend the the spires of geekdom that is Spreadsheeting the WoW AH.  I also know that not everyone who likes using Spreadsheets is good at making them.  I wanna share this with you guys, but I want it to be stable.  And right now, it’s not.  The reason I want it stable is because I don’t enjoy the tech support aspect of releasing spreadsheets.  That’s why I built and released the Sandbox awhile back - to make it easier to make your own, so that I wasn’t answering questions instead of writing show notes :)I realize a lot of folks will be waiting on this, so my plan is to have it released by the end of the year.===AUDIOBLOG===This hands off nicely into a segment I want to start doing each show that’s more about my experience in the game.  As you may know, I do more than make gold in-game.  I lead a  casual raid, I’m an officer in my guild, I’m looking to put together a Challenge Mode group in a month or so, and I’m slowly gearing up for PvP.  I’m not a pro at any of it, but I hold my own and have fun.This week, I managed to get my core six to Garrison level 2 - that’s my main at L100, one alts at L98, and four more alts at L96, now.  The L2 Profession Buildings are a huge help, as they give me more wiggle room for maintaining my alts.Now, 2 of my alts are Blacksmiths, and 2 more have The Forge on their Garrison.  And yet somehow, none of those 4 guys had a Blacksmithing Follower.  So this week, I ran out to Frostfire Ridge real quick and snagged one for each of them after a short quest line.  I’m told it’s not that easy for you Alliance listeners, and I’ll try to follow up on that - but it’s important to be levelling your followers on your alts because once they’re at 100, they’re good for 10-12 Work Order mats a day instead of just 6.Blacksmithing is a priority for me because this week I decked out my main (which is my rogue) with a crafted cape, a Darkmoon Trinket, and a crafted Mainhand dagger - which I’d like to upgrade to max level just as soon as I can.At the same time that I’m managing all this, I’m also trying to help guildmates.  Some are Jewelcrafters who really want top notch enchants, others are Engineers who really want some plate gear.  So I’m trying to make trades when I can to help folks out there.  Then I’ve some who’ve seen just how insanely melee-heavy my raid group is shaping up to be and have voluntarily re-rolled either ranged or healing classes - and I’m trying to help them too.So crafted gear is a bit more than make it and post it for me - but it’s been fun, and I still have plenty of stuff to sell.  I started the expansion with about 275k gold liquid, after rerolling on the new server over the summer and getting my alts to L90 with maxed professions.  Now I’m sitting just over 475k - up about 200k from launch.Which is pretty good when I think about how much I’ve sunk into blueprints and upgrades and stuff - as well as the gold I’ve missed by using a handful of crafts for myself.  With raids opening this week, I expect that train to keep on rolling.A week ago, I made a guild event to hit Molten Core and we had a solid 10 folks show up and Queue, but I guess we weren’t the right classes because we sat in Q for 90 minutes before I ended up calling it.  Over the weekend, I tried again, but made us a premade group using the LFG tool and barked it in Trade and on OpenRaid - we filled in 20 minutes and the Q popped after 10 minutes - which was really not too bad.I also got assigned as the RL in there, so I spent most of my time marking targets and herding folks around while my GM handled banning the inevitable trolls from vent while Zerohour rallied the group to votekick them.  The funny part on that guy was that he got kicked from vent and the instance, but was still in the raid group for a few minutes while I fumbled through console commands to kick him while he wasn’t actually on my instance frames.Moral of the story - and this is what I told the guy - don’t troll the RL’s vent and expect to stay in group.  So after a couple hours, we cleared the raid, I got personally thanked for leading by a handful of folks, which was nice, grabbed that ridiculous helm, which was quickly mogged back to my Gold CM gear from the last expansion, and snagged the mount.  As I left the instance, I gave myself a pat on the back for navigating the Queue and the group as well as anyone could expect, and vowed never again to return to - close your ears kids - such a colossal clusterfuck just to have a chance at looting the pet.No, for that amount of time, I’ll buy it off the AH.  That’s why we make gold, ladies and gents - to spend it on grindy crap we really want but don’t have time to deal with.  Well - I have the time - but the rest of this expansion is just made so much better that I’d rather spend it doing those other things.Which brings me to Ashran - if you guys can just bear with my ranting for another minute or two.  Ashran was a steamroll at launch so Blizzard added in some kind of load-balancing.  I thought - this was gonna be like Tol Barad - where you’d just get put in a Queue for 10-15 minutes, max, until the other team got enough folks that you could get in without it being unbalanced.  No, Ashran is a train wreck where folks can sit in Queue for an hour or 2 and never get in.  I’ve no idea what the heck happened because Blizzard can do a better job than this - I know - I’ve seen them do it - ironically, in the most universally reviled expansion, the World PvP zone Q system was better than this.  And that leaves me as a sad panda - because pandas didn’t have a PvP zone - which is effectively where I’m at now.  And I loved Tol Barad, and was really excited for Ashran.  I know they’re still working on it - and I just hope they listen and get it sorted soon.  Blizzard has made a bunch of really awkward steps since launch, but I can say they’re busting their asses to get it right and make it fun.Until then - no Ashran for me.  And those are my personal stars this week - let’s get to talking about what you guys need to know about making gold this week.TOPIC: Making Gold the First Week of HighmaulLast week we talked about what was happening after launch.  This week we turn our focus to the raids that are opening.  In a lot of ways, this is like a content patch - with new raids opening up.  You want to be stockpiling consumables to get ready for the coming onslaught of demand as millions of players smelt their plowshares and mining picks into swords and charge headlong into Highmaul.  My hope is that the content will be challenging.That would help us all as goldmakers, as several professions are focused around crafting gear rather than item enhancements now.  Of course, this would mean that LFR  - which releases later - would become a relevant part of the gearing path - a fact that Blizzard explicitly stated they wanted to avoid, and a concept that I, as a raider, happen to agree with.  But I also want to see craftable epics have some legs, and I know that the first tier of every expansion is usually a doozy.Which is why I’ve to chuckle at the guilds recruiting in Trade chat for “Casual Mythic Raiding”.GearBut let’s talk some more about gear while we’re there.  While my first pieces of crafted gear flew off the shelf at 40 to 45k, we’ve fallen into a 15-30k range over the last week.  If your trade chat is as warped as mine, you’ve no doubt seen the masses crying foul over these prices and predicting with righteous indignation the coming freefall once raids open.I don’t think that’s gonna happen.  As Zerohour said to me - once raids open, folks are gonna start to lose track of their Garrisons and focus on raiding on their mains instead.  Just like the farms in MoP - eventually people get bored or find other things to spend their time on and they just - move on.I expect us to soon get to the point where the big money market shifts to the upgrade tokens - and if you’ve listened to the shows I did before launch, then you’ve heard me say this - make base-level items on your toons with the building, but not the profession - and make the tokens on your toons that have the profession.This is another reason why it’s important to get those alts up to L100 - to unlock L3 of your Garrison and be able to build that 3rd Small Building.  You’ll notice that the biggest limiting reagent for these upgrade tokens is, as I predicted, the Savage Bloods.  With a L100 follower assigned to my L3 Barn, I’m averaging just over 1 per day from trapping.  Which isn’t bad; but it isn’t great either.You’re probably gonna want to try to keep up with your alts’ garden and mine - just to build up a stock of Primal Spirits to trade for the bloods.  Of course, there’s always the AH, but you have to use your judgement there as to whether or not you can make a profit.  This is an entirely new market.In all, I think crafted gear will actually see a boost in the next few weeks - if not necessarily in pricing, then in velocity.  Raids should show folks just how unprepared they are and encourage them to seek upgrades wherever they can find them.  And no place is more convenient, and guaranteed, than the AH.EnhancementsOf course, with each new piece of gear there’s potential that it will need to be gemmed or enchanted.  Jewelcrafting seems to be in a bit of a bad way in terms of gems.  Many lesser gems are flooded because they can be crafted until max skill - and the mats are cheap, and most don’t include Taladite Crystals - the soulbound cooldown material.  So folks powerlevelling JC to boost their CD mat production on the cheap have really done a number on that market.The greater gems just don’t seem to be moving for me, but I only have the mastery cut.  And I may be pricing myself too high.  When a lesser gem goes for 50g - tops - and gives +35 to a stat versus a greater gem that give +50 - how much more can we expect folks to pay?  Don’t forget that the Sorcerous Air alone jack the cost up by 4-10x of the lessers.  On top of that, the Taladite Crystals required are just half of what it’s cost to make a piece of ilvl 640 jewelry.So the tuning on this just feels weirder than seeing Pee-Wee Herman back on TV.  And while I’m in that market and hopeful - the reality is that it’s just a way to diversify because all the leftover JCs from MoP are posting a lot of jewelry.And Jewelry is hot.  Mainly for healers who are looking for Spirit.  We haven’t heard the wailing and gnashing of gums that we had in early Cataclysm over the lack of mp5, but I’m sure Spirit is gonna be in much higher demand once we get into raids.Enchanting is red hot.  Folks are damn proud of their ilvl 680 rings and want the best enchants on em.  And what good is patiently waiting for your BiS stats to roll on a crafted piece of jewelry if you don’t spend another 20% on the enchant?  I’m seeing ring enchants sell like hellacious hotcakes on Christmas in Siberia - the dust buff was just in the nick of time to boost the supply of crystals so I could turn enchanting into my new favorite market - where the main players are the high rollers who aren’t scared to drop 20k on mats in a day and still feel like they’re not hitting it as hard as they should.I’ve yet to sell a weapon enchant, but I’m betting that it’s coming.  My advice - stock up on crystals.  They may drop in price later but for me, the margins are fat enough to eat it.  And if they work like every other enhancement market in the history of this game - the margins will only increase as the competition runs dry of supply.Speaking of supply - I want to address one question I’ve heard while we’re talking about this stuff.  What about all the crystals folks will be DE’ing out of raid?  What - you mean in like two months when they’re not climbing over each other to blow their entire billfold of DKP on it?  I think it’s gonna be awhile before we see that - even longer considering that some groups may opt to use personal loot and I don’t think epics can be DE’d at a buddy’s Garrison.  But keep your eyes open.ConsumablesOf course we can’t talk about raids launching now without talking about consumables.  Thanks to Blizzard’s tuning, we’re seeing most potions cost more than the lesser flasks.  Of course, we also have a bit of a limit on how many greater flasks we can make, but since the Alchemy cooldown material required to make them is NOT soulbound, that restriction is more of a nuisance than a real deterrent.But potions are where I think the money will be.  Because meat just isn’t in the kind of supply that’s necessary and Alchemists are used to focusing on flasks for the lion’s share of their profits.  Of course int pots take fish, not meat and those prices are in the crapper because fishbots.If you’ve been selling pots, then for Pete’s sake - stop.  Wait until raid nights (Tuesday - Thursday in the US) and then gouge all the Johnny-Come-Latelys.  Until then, you ought to treat this as any other patch - stockpile now - don’t sell for 100g now what you can sell for 200g tomorrow.And lastly there’s food.  Fish feasts are, of course, not profitable - because why?  That’s right, because fishbots.  They don’t feed a lot of people anyway and the stats are just +75.  Raiders with a L3 Garden can probably manage to use the food from their fruit tree to get by in a pinch anyhow.  Meat feasts are god-awful expensive and the mats are likely better used for pots.  But - if you can manage to find cheap leftovers of other folks levelling their cooking on the AH, and you’re a max lvl cook yourself - then it may be worth having a look at.Otherwise, cooking is dead.  The L2 Barn killed you, and exclusively produces +100 stat feasts that feed 30 ppl - the max number for a flex raid.  The good news for Goblins is that these are made only via work orders, and as such, there is a daily cap on them.  May God have mercy on the raid that hasn’t stockpiled these in advanced for the shrewd goblin will offer none.  I’d treat these like the old Cobalt Ore or Huge Emeralds - buy em to stock during off-peak times and then reset just before showtime - they’ll sell - especially once we get a couple weeks into raiding and folks burn through their initial stockpile.TrinketsLast - I wanted to take a minute or  two to talk about trinkets.  While crafted weapons start at a mere 630 ilvl, trinkets get to 640.  Many of these are BiS pre-raid barring some lucky warforged socket drop from heroics.  Plus they can be upgraded and have main stats.  For casters, who don’t rely as much on weapon damage, I’d expect that these trinkets may even take some priority over crafted weapons.  But I’m not a simulations guy, so I won’t swear to it.The base-level trinkets are good and they scale decently with their ilvl compared to others.  They’re not BiS overall by a longshot - mostly because they max out at ilvl 670, but that’s not their fault.  Of course making these trinkets is easy since we don’t have to wait for the DMF to come to town to do it - so it’s worth keeping an eye on to snatch the occasional cheap card to build decks.Whether these are more important than weapons isn’t entirely the point though - even if they’re not, they’re still gonna be the second slot that gets upgraded (if not the first) for all classes - assuming they bought a base level one.  So you scribes out there - just remember - ever DMF trinket you sell now is a potential upgrade sale later.Winding DownThat about wraps up thoughts on crafted gear and consumables going into this week.  I’d like to do some in-depth guides to each profession as we move forward, but I’m not yet decided on whether that’s something I’ll just post on the blog or if I’ll do a show on it.  The previews were helpful but I think some contemporary advice would be a lot more useful.I also wanna work on that Spreadsheet that I mentioned at the top of the show, too.  So I figure I’ve got 2 or 3 more shows left in me before Christmas and then I’ll take a break for a couple weeks and start the 2015 season of Late Nite With Stede.  Lots of cool stuff in the Queue to talk about, though - notwithstanding the regular flow of events that gives me more to yak about.===Q&A===Question & AnswerSpecial Thanks:I’d like to give a special thanks to my new listeners and followers on Twitter this week - I don’t wanna embarass you too much, but it’s always great to see fresh faces asking bottom-line questions.OuttroGood luck out there against all those bosses this week.  Don’t overdo it, and remember- if you’re not making gold - I’ve got a name for you: Customer.

Name changes don’t just happen with WoW characters! Find out which shows are changing names and who is reaching out to help charities for children on this week’s episode. There might even be some info on a Blossoming Ancient giveaway too! The Rolling Restart deals with the announcement to the coming end of Challenge Mode […]

  The Convert to Raid crew are back in action to give you the hottest news for raiders in World of Warcraft! This week, Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas dropped a ton of news, including some minor nerfs to the 10 man heroic version of the Garrosh encounter. While this has been an issue for awhile, now is the time to make some adjustments to ensure that the difficulty between 10 and 25 is better aligned. The Challenge Mode dungeon “season” is ending soon, according to Blizzard. But did anyone ever tell the general public that this was a “season” in the first place? Why did Blizzard pull the plug? How have players been reacting to the news, and how can Blizzard improve on this scaled 5 man content in Warlords? And finally, reported just before this show recorded, patch 5.4.7 should be landing this week in the World of Warcraft! This new patch brings the start of the next PvP season, several class changes and preparation for the Level 90 Boosts and Pre-Order for Warlords of Draenor. Not everything may be available right away, but we expect to hear more news about the Pre-Order soon™. Also, The Scroll of Resurrection Retires, garrison art is revealed by Blizzard, casters may have fewer instants in WoD, and more!

This week, the CtR crew has another fun filled week of WoW news and entertainment for you!  A well known DK almost solos a Challenge Mode, Method speaks out about their #1 (25 man) heroic conclusion of the Mogu'Shan Vaults, 5.1 patch notes could be very interesting for some classes, and of course there are dailies, dailies, and more dailies.  We even have a great discussion on the loot systems in WoW and have a couple of ideas on how to improve them!  Solarflair steps up with his raiding schedule, Koltrane gets all hasty, and Zhug upgrades the CtR Command Center!

In which we talk about Issue 12's new stuff, such as Cima-Cimmer-Cimerra-...Rome, along with the new epic archetypes villains can experience (crab jokes aside). Plus the Bio of the Week, a special Challenge Mode, and no awkward lag-induced connection issues!