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Memorial Day, family updates, eating habits, Carter's grocery shopping, and Scott's food choices of note. Farts, fast food prices, growing up stories, and Disney movie rewatch update. TAI art, favorite years at Nerdtacular, and Carter's high school reunion plans. Your texts and voice mails about musicals and architectural talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the latest SKIM episode, with Scott and Kim, we discuss a change of plans for Mother's Day due to insane winds. Family dynamics and upcoming travel! Our dogs' odd behavior is a problem right now. Big plans for Nerdtacular 2026! Health, a child's first sentence, and show reviews are here too! And some fine talk about chicken and how best to cook it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the latest SKIM episode, with Scott and Kim, we discuss a change of plans for Mother's Day due to insane winds. Family dynamics and upcoming travel! Our dogs' odd behavior is a problem right now. Big plans for Nerdtacular 2026! Health, a child's first sentence, and show reviews are here too! And some fine talk about chicken and how best to cook it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scott and Kim reflect on aging, grandparenting, and avoiding being overbearing. TMS Vegas recap, where they avoided the crud, did karaoke, and announced Nerdtacular 2026 in for Salt Lake City. Gardening updates, plans for the event, and stories about family, kosher food, and backyard raccoons. A cooking quiz, and listener messages! Calls and emails! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scott and Kim reflect on aging, grandparenting, and avoiding being overbearing. TMS Vegas recap, where they avoided the crud, did karaoke, and announced Nerdtacular 2026 in for Salt Lake City. Gardening updates, plans for the event, and stories about family, kosher food, and backyard raccoons. A cooking quiz, and listener messages! Calls and emails! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scott and Kim discuss KT Data's food expertise, cooking mishaps, Scott's upcoming colonoscopy, and Van's geode-cracking adventure. They joke about Scott's driving drowsiness, neighborhood dog issues, and gardening tips. Memories of foamy jacuzzis, Kim's driving skills, and family updates follow. They tease Nerdtacular 2026 and Scott's bookstore dream, wrapping up with listener messages and TMS Vegas reminders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scott and Kim discuss KT Data's food expertise, cooking mishaps, Scott's upcoming colonoscopy, and Van's geode-cracking adventure. They joke about Scott's driving drowsiness, neighborhood dog issues, and gardening tips. Memories of foamy jacuzzis, Kim's driving skills, and family updates follow. They tease Nerdtacular 2026 and Scott's bookstore dream, wrapping up with listener messages and TMS Vegas reminders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How Do Camels Work, Because I REALLY Want To Know! One does not simply walk into Nerdtacular. I don't like checking my A1-Ceeeeeeeeeeee!! Jude Law Law Land. Show Up Till You Blow Up with Dunaway. A Nice, Cold Shire. A Coruscant of Disapproval. Don't Run for the Border with Tom. The Alphabetical Checkup. My Breast Friend. I Want My Frogpants Stanley-Like Cup. Three-fourths of the last three month's of fourth callers. Primark, Transform and Roll Out! Love the Sandwich, Fear the Meat. The Moose's Mouth is Full with Randy and Nicole and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How Do Camels Work, Because I REALLY Want To Know! One does not simply walk into Nerdtacular. I don't like checking my A1-Ceeeeeeeeeeee!! Jude Law Law Land. Show Up Till You Blow Up with Dunaway. A Nice, Cold Shire. A Coruscant of Disapproval. Don't Run for the Border with Tom. The Alphabetical Checkup. My Breast Friend. I Want My Frogpants Stanley-Like Cup. Three-fourths of the last three month's of fourth callers. Primark, Transform and Roll Out! Love the Sandwich, Fear the Meat. The Moose's Mouth is Full with Randy and Nicole and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Everyone's favourite guitar nerd joins us for some juicy guitar discussion. We talk about how good the DS-1 actually is and we might unearth a little secret about our guest and the band Muse. Budge is joined by Lee and none other than Joe Branton from Guitar Nerds. For as little as two dollars a month, you can support the show and get some bonus stuff back in return. Visit www.patreon.com/frettalk to find out more Don't forget to have your online on the Fret Talk Podcast group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/690366661155328/?ref=bookmarkssay and join in with the live streams at the PBOD Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/64533347864/ Find your host at: BudgetPedalChap www.Facebook.com/budgetpedalchap www.Instagram.com/budgetpedalchap https://www.youtube.com/budgetpedalchap or search ‘budget pedal chap' on YouTube Matt www.Facebook.com/SwitchIOM www.twitch.tv/heel_mattq www.twitter.com/heel_mattq www.instagram.com/heel_mattq Lee https://www.facebook.com/groups/64533347864/ www.pbodoom.com www.youtube.com/pedalboardsofdoom Will http://www.arocketcomplex.com/ www.youtube.com/user/ARocketComplex www.instagram.com/arcwillpowell/ Ollie www.Facebook.com/OllieMilesMusic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fret-talk/message
Photo by Gary Fisher: Scott Johnson and Nerdtacular 2012, for no particular reason. Check out my companion podcast, Tales of a Senior Geek. It's stories of my life and my family's lives: https://anchor.fm/seniorgeek49 Here's where you can find good information on COVID-19: http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america Please send me an email: SeniorGeek49@gmail.com You can follow me on social media: https://twitter.com/seniorgeek49 https://www.instagram.com/seniorgeek49/ https://www.facebook.com/garyf37 If you like the show, please give it a 5-star rating on whatever app or site you use to listen to it. And tell your friends and family about it! Thanks! If you REALLY like it please kick a couple of bucks my way on my Patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/SeniorGeek If for whatever reason you can't pledge I completely understand. You can still help by telling all your friends and family about what a great podcast it is. If this podcast doesn't show up in your favorite app you can add it! Find the "Add podcast as URL" or equivalent then copy and paste this RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/afe7720/podcast/rss If you have an iOS device and use the link above to add the podcast to Apple's Podcasts app it will really help. You have no idea how much. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-fisher/message
The OG Britto, Wil Harris, is back in-studio since his 2017 Nerdtacular appearance. We have a chance of a lifetime to win a...Grammy?! But we need your help! Plus, a new round of News6, The News...That 6. Hey-Bossing a mountain! Check out Wil's new AI-powered podcast player Entale https://www.entale.co/
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mewkow: We have Rusty Reminders Tetsemi: We Love Summer Mkallah: We have carnage on Iokath Mewkow: AIE is on the move in Final Fantasy… Finally Tetsemi: And we have been given carte blanche to ramble! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/j_7Cy8OCrrs Open Welcome to episode #279 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: - (Greetings Gamers). And to my right is Tetsemi: (Story? Where's the story?). Due to a schedule snafu, we are chatting among ourselves, but that is okay- it is us, we have tons to say. Ok, we'll be digging into news soon, but first let's talk about our Nerdtacular impressions and what we have been doing in and out of game. Mew- FF14, but more on that later. Nerdtacular souvenirs; con crud. Black Temple: Fun blast from the past but not nearly as painful as Molten Core was. You got to see the beginnings of the tank swap mechanic, but it wasn't quite there. Taunt was about useless as a tank, but it was a DPS paradise with many ‘kill it until it is dead' bosses, or at least boss phases. Tet- Nerdtacular was amazing and needs to happen again! I love going to Snowbird, it's very relaxing (when the thermostat behaves) and really enjoying seeing everyone, attending the panels, and playing games. Doing the live podcast this year was definitely a highlight and we'll do one again, next time the opportunity presents itself. Rogue Class Mount and Order Hall Campaign - Done! May just be my favorite story and order hall so far. Hunter is leveling up, just hit 108 about 1/3 rd of the way through Highmountain (Azusa is complete). Working on his engineering while leveling which has been interesting. I like the story bits and the cool items to make. Really enjoyed the fact I can buy the Beastmaster hidden appearance for gold and it's a bow! Running with a Core Hound and Hati right now for companions, and I love, love, love, that you can just have Volley go off on your auto-attacks. Brings back the flavor of Volley without having to manage it. Played a bit more of Secret World Legends, playing on the Dragon side as a Gunslinger (insert fake Mkallah shock here) and really enjoying the story (hey! I found the story!) in the game. MK- TALK ABOUT STUFF Games- Dammit, Mills (resulted in Castlevania), GnG D&D (now am I the note keeper), Return of Thors Thunder on Woden's Day NT- so many good things, coffee with Skky, Rocker, Diji, OLF and rotating guests in the atrium. Hiking, in the snow, in socially acceptable crocs, Marvel Munchkin with the Hordeling (Darth Amber won her first time out) AIE News NOMADS Just a reminder, if you're interested in checking out Rust, Corley has set up a private server for the AIE community. Check out #survival-exploration channel in the AIE Discord. WoW Summer of Love is coming up in August, we'll have more detail in an upcoming podcast (*cough* Syreyne *cough*) touching on the events, dates, and times, including Remembrance Day. SWTOR Patch 5.3 is out and along with some class tuning (*cough* nerfs *cough*) there is a new raid boss, the Sisters of Carnage, to tackle on Iokath. SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 201: The Last Starfighter http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-201-the-last-starfighter/ This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-201 talk about the GSF threads now open in the official forums in addition to the continued flurry of community team interaction. SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 202: Manaan, Sisters And All of 5.3 http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-202-manaan-sisters-and-all-of-5-3/ This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-202 talk about the Manaan Stronghold, the Sisters of Carnage, the class changes, and the bug fixes now live in update 5.3. FFXIV * Move has been successful, 69 members active since the move.(edited)
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: Gyms they be a flipping Mewkow: Give me an R! Tetsemi: The Meta is Dead, Long Live the Meta! Mkallah: Klingons off the starboard bow... Mewkow: But I buzzed in! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/vZrxA1vCJHU?list=PL40A0wlOV4STbIbN-wSxLAUGJ6lhuNppb Open Welcome to episode 278 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (Greetings Gamers). This week we are joined by special guests Ben the Mage who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW and Nerdtacular Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into WoW and Nerdactular shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Nerdtacular is rolling along! The first full day of content is over and we're into the second day as we record this. The Paul and Storm concert was epic and they, of course, finished with the Pirate Song (Happy R!) along with many well placed X was the name of cover band. The Story Time and Drawing with Scott and Turpster was amazing and really needs to be an ongoing segment somewhere in the Frogpants portfolio. And of course it wouldn't be the Frogpants All-Stars without controversy and technology fails, but they powered on through and can't wait for the final this afternoon. Stop by and check out all the vendors (in fact we swiped Mkallah from her booth, thanks to Kiki for booth sitting while we record) and see what the amazing community has created. Oh and one last thing, the Pokemon gym battles and raid battles are in full bloom. There is a gym right at the vendor area for Nerdtacular and it is constantly switching hands between Team Mystic and Team Valor (led by Brian Ibbott), although somehow both teams were caught off guard and Team Instinct held the gym for a while. WoW See Game News SWTOR SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 200: The Meta is Dead, Long Live the Meta http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-200-the-meta-is-dead-long-live-the-meta/ This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-200 talk about the five class/spec changes that have been announced so far and debate how it might affect the "meta". STO Captain Cybyl's Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 7/1/2017: 1. Season 13.5 will launch July 18th. In the first new featured episode 'Brushfire', players will be contacted by legendary Klingon General Rodek, voiced by Tony Todd. The mission is to raid a secret Son'a prison to free a special prisoner: former Klingon Chancellor Martok, who is key to stopping the Tzenkethi advance. The exciting details are on the STO website. 2. For the upcoming Season 13.5 story arc, STO announced the newest addition to the cast: J.G. Hertzler. He will do the voice the of former Klingon Chancellor Martok, the character he portrayed and made famous in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space 9. 3. The Kobayashi Maru Event returns this weekend until July 3rd. This is the famous no-win Starfleet Academy training scenario that cadet James T. Kirk hacked to win the no-win scenario. Test your captain skills attempting to beat the event and win awesome prizes. See the STO website for more info. 4. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog June 29th, entitled 'Retaking the Test' which relates one Starfleet captain's emotional reaction to having been ordered to retake the hopeless, no-win Kobayashi Maru Scenario. Should the entire Alliance be ordered take it as well? Find out at the STO website for this intense story. 5. C-Store and Zen sale weekend! Buying Zen for the C-Store awards bonus Zen to the transaction! But wait, there's more: a 20% discount on everything in the C-Store sweetens deal! One more thing: there is a 20% sale on packs. And lastly, buy a 20-key bundle and get a free ultimate tech crafting upgrade. 6. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong u...
Bill Doran hosts the Nerdtacular 2017 Cosplay Fashion Show in Snowbird, Utah. Our complete coverage of Nerdtacular 2017 can be seen on AnimeCons TV.
Bill Doran hosts the Nerdtacular 2017 Cosplay Fashion Show in Snowbird, Utah. Our complete coverage of Nerdtacular 2017 can be seen on AnimeCons TV.
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tetsemi: Nerdtacular starts in FIVE DAYS Mkallah: And we are kind of excited Mewkow:We have game updates Tetsemi: Including Captain Cybyl's STO writeup Mkallah:: Plus Abovan is here to talk about Final Fantasy XIV All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/1v3V_OX7ChI Open Welcome to episode #277 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi - (One second, updating my Nerdtacular prep spreadsheet). And to my right is Mkallah: (busy making chicken thingies for the upcoming road trip). This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into FFIXV shortly, but first, let's talk about next weekend's upcoming event, Nerdtacular and get into this week's news... Nerdtacular preview and thoughts: Tetsemi: Just a brief WoW update, I got my rogue to 110 and about ½ way through the class story (still need to finish two leveling zones) and got concordance on my other 110's (Mage, DK, Paladin, and Druid) and now working on their off-spec weapons. Nerdtacular is one of my favorite get together's for the AIE guild and the greater Frogpants community. There's a ton to do both at Nerdtacular and at the Snowbird resort as well. Non-nerdtacular activities I'd recommend. Take the tram to the top of the mountain for the view (if you're okay with heights) and ride the mountain coaster. The coaster takes you through the forest and some very pretty sites. If you've got kids with you, go for the wristband. For Nerdtacular itself, check out the game room (We miss you Ralffie) and you may find a new favorite game to play or watch. Cyberwaif: As always, my computer time is nil, but I am getting back into my first love, RPGs. Our old Monday group is back together, and we have gone through two weeks of a new game that was recently kick started, City of Mist. The starter PDF is available at https://www.cityofmist.co/. It's a noir game where everyone is the mortal representation of a mythical power. Though, Tet may be the human embodiment of too much gin. We are playing through a premade adventure, trying to solve three mysterious murders and a robbery, preferably before Halloween night. My Thor's Day thunder group has been moved to Woden's Day, though we are on a hiatus due to real life schedules. And, my every other Friday group with the GnGs crew is in full swing! Great game so far and the DM has a good combination of battle and player development, just like I like it. Oh, and I am playing a Cthulhu powered crazy warlock from Thay, which makes things….. Interesting. If you want to follow along, we do stream and the the game is available after the fact on their Yourtube channel and on Itunes, search for Geeks and Geeklets. The D&D game is marked “The Forgotten Prince.” And, word to the wise- this game is saltier than a drunken raid night. You have been warned. Now, to piggy back on what Tet said. Yes, if you are staying at Snowbird, it is good to plan for a free day to do all of the activities and get a wristband! In years past, if you did the buffet breakfast, you got a free tram ticket, so if they still do that, it is a great savings. We like to take the tram up and then take the mile hike down to the ski lift. As for food, it is expensive, but, we love the Aerie, especially if they have any happy hour deals going. And, the Atrium opens at 7 for coffee and breakfast. For food, we also regularly take a trip into SLC for Sushi Groove- the sushi is great, the music can be loud, and they have fun desserts. Check them out at http://www.sushigrooveutah.com/. We also hit up the Target down the mountain for room food like lunch meat and yogurt since the rooms have small refrigerators. As for NT itself, besides all of the panels and the concert, there is the soon to be world famous game room,
Hammond Chamberlain puts on his back-to-back hat to talk about his amazing weekend at Nerdtacular 2015. We share the love about some of our favorite podcasts and podcasters. Joel enjoyed being scared silly by Ex_Machina so much that he continued the AI adventure with AMC's Humans. Don't worry, all nightmares avoided by the LEGO pallet cleanser, A LEGO Brickumentary and a fun looking table top card game, Goblinade.**No goblins (that we know) were harmed in the making of Goblinade. Pixies on the other hand... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hammond Chamberlain stops by the cafe ahead of his visit to Nerdtacular this weekend. Joel has had a terrible week of Netflix viewing, bailing on not one, not two but three terrible movies. Hammond has been swept away by the Echoes of War and both he and Joel have Star Wars related picks of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: Summer of Love is coming! Tetsemi: Tak wants help blowing stuff up! Mkallah: Airships Steve and Henry need your donations Tetsemi: Time to Explore the ruins of Osgiliath Mkallah: We have Arveshet and Apolas here to talk about AIE in SWTOR All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/MzbhVfVchcY Open Welcome to episode # 238 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Host Mkallah: - (hey, guys, I am making marshmallows for the rice krispie treats right now. Alludra is off gathering mats for Final Fantasy XIV. This week we are joined by special guests Arveshet and Apolas who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into Swtor shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Remembrance Day, and the Summer of Love, will soon be here, albeit a little late this year. Traditionally, the Summer of Love is held during the first week of August, with Remembrance Day celebrated on August 2nd, but due scheduling conflicts (many of the guild either be at or returning from Nerdtacular), we are kicking off the Summer of Love on August 9th, with Remembrance Day. This is one of the most sacred and important events we hold each year. The event began to honor Bruce "Milliway" Galloway, an early member of AIE who passed away in 2007. He was a fan of AIE on a level that cannot be overstated, and a good friend and kind soul to all who knew him. On the day of his death we assembled and held a vigil in game. This vigil soon became our communities' yearly tradition to honor him and every guild member who has been taken from us too early. This year we will honor those we have lost on August 9th at 9pm Eastern, each in our own games, but together in Mumble. Wow: The Shrine of the Fallen Hero Eve: in B-R5RB in Immensea at the Titanomachy monument SWTOR: Alderaan, in the Juran Mountains Please join us for AIE's most solemn and meaningful event. Also planned for the Summer of Love- Tuesday August 11th, SWTOR brings us a extra special Mandatory Love Night. Saturday August 15th, the WoW team brings us the COOP that puts the Love back in the heart of Stormwind. http://forum.myextra...were-gonna-get More incredible details coming soon. Mark your calendars http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56570-rememberance-day-and-the-summer-of-love-festival-august-9th-15th And don't forget, we are always taking Guildie of the Month nominations!! You guys are all amazing and wonderful and the officers can't be everywhere to see all the good that AIE members do. Please Please Please DM Jehdai on the forums or email gotm@aie-guild.org with your nominations. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56508-august-2015-guildie-of-the-month-nominations WoW Takemikazuch- AKA Larry- is looking for help with fireworks for Remembrance day. One of the events during the service is a fireworks show in Orgrimmar at Grommash Hold. Tak has graciously been volunteered to make this happen- and as such is in need the awesomeness of the guild to help make this happen. What he needs (besides an easier to pronounce name) 1. Launchers.He has a lot of cluster shell launchers, but no single shell launchers. If possible, if a few engineering guildies could craft some of these, that'd be swell. There is a link for the launcher in the show notes and on the forums http://www.wowhead.com/item=21569/firework-launcher 2. Volunteers. He's going to need some help setting these off, and the more the awesomer. Yes I said awesomer, new word! . If anyone is interested in helping, drop him a line either via DM or on the post in the forums, hit him up in game or on Twitter @takemikazuchaie. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56563-aie-remembrance-day-fireworks-show-help-needed Quasigriz on the forums wants to know- does thoust PVP?
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tetsemi: We need your nominations Alludra: Summer of Love is coming Mkallah: Pst- want a cantina speeder code? Tetsemi: Happy third birthday, TSW! Alludra: Help Final Fantasy 14 make the workshop console panel. All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/uz6cLOsc_20 Open Welcome to episode #237 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). And right over here, we have Alludra (Hey, AIE, I think you're awesome). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Lanctharus who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE. Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community We need your guildie of the month nominations! Since the officers can't be everywhere and see everything that everyone does, Jedhai needs you guys (yes, you AIE!) to give him some nominations. There is an ongoing post in the community section of the fourms, you can also PM him as well, or send an email to gotm@aie-guild.org. And, speaking of guildie of the month, congrats to our winners from July: Khatlyn and Tanaria from Final Fantasy XIV. Khatlyn and Tanaria are married in real life, and in game they are both super helpful people. To help everyone else get know our awesome guildmates better, Jedhai conducted a short interview with them, available on the guild website, AIE-guild.org. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56508-august-2015-guildie-of-the-month-nominations https://aie-guild.org/guildies-of-the-month-part-1-khatlyn-and-tanaria And, in just under three weeks, the celebration of all things Frogpants will be occurring at the Snowbird Ski resort near beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah! Get more information at Nerdtacular.com, including the schedule of events, a list of guest, and a link for the last few remaining tickets. Also, take a look on the Frogpants forums, there is a whole section dedicated to Nerdtacular, including people looking to coordinate rides! Also, there is a meetup for the event on our meetup site. AND, if you can't go, and want to hang out with local guildies, use the meetup site to plan any Real Life guild events! the site is www.meetup.com_alea_iacta_est. http://www.meetup.com/find/?events=true&radius=Infinity&eventFilter=my WoW Summer of Love is coming! We are looking to have the schedule for our annual Summer of Love soon, though due to a scheduling conflict with the tail end of Nerdtacular, we will be pushing things back by a week. But don't worry, A COOP, a Wedding, and shenanigans are being planned. And, of course, the very important Remembrance Day! And even though San Diego Comicon didn't give the fans what they were dying for (Trailer!), there was a fair bit of WOW Movie News- including posters featuring both Durotan and Lothar. Wowhead and the Nerdist both have a good wrap up of the panel- plus, there has been a promise of a real preview in November, probably at Blizzcon. And, every report from SDCC has said that the footage was amazing. SWTOR Not related to SWTOR directly, but additional amazing news from SDCC- there was a three minute Episode 7 behinds the scene reel that was shown at Comicon and quickly put up on youtube. It MAY of driven a number of adults to tears. Seriously, if you have not seen it, go watch it now! Are you in SWTOR and want the Cantina Speeder? Some of our generous guild mates have been kind enough to share extra codes on the forums. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56104-cantina-speeder-code This week on SWTOR Escape Podcast #98, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-98 talk about the official and unofficial community resources available for SWTOR outside the game: podcasts, websites, videos, blogs, streams and tools. They talk about some of their favorites in each category and where you can go for mo...
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: One month to Nerdtacular Tetsemi: Developer Interviews galore Mkallah: Exploding is always an option Tetsemi: Sign up for Heroes of the Pants Mkallah: We have Abovan to talk about AIE in Final Fantasy XIV All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/miY-0g5pnyY Open Welcome to episode #236 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Tetsemi (lost somewhere in the Tanann Jungle) and to my left is Mkallah - (There are chocolate fig cakes in the guild kitchen). We sent Alludra out on a super secret assignment (okay let's be honest, she's digging in the dirt, shocking I know.). This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy 14. Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into Final Fantasy 14 shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community The great summer nerd family reunion, Nerdtacular, is quickly approaching. The annual celebration of all things Frogpants is just under a month away. There are still a few tickets left, so if you have been thinking about going, but were waiting for the last minute- that time is now! There is also a meetup posted on http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est and there is plenty of chatter in the Nerdtacular section of the Frogpants forums, including people planning caravans, looking for roommates, boardgame requests and more. Guildie of the Month - Help us recognize our outstanding guildies in all of the games that AIE plays! AIE's Guildie of the Month program is our way to acknowledge outstanding members in our community. If you know someone that deserves to be recognized, please send an email to us at gotm@aie-guild.org with the name of the person you are nominating in the subject line. WoW Developer Interviews - Cory Stockten and Ion Hazzikostas sat down with different fan sites to discuss patch 6.2 content and issues surrounding the patch. The Instance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0CCSuYjmoY WoW Head - http://www.wowhead.com/news=248110/patch-6-2-interview-with-lead-game-designer-ion-hazzikostas And there is some lively discussion about Patch on our own forums, the good, the bad, and the ugly. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56483-62-fail-ready-for-the-next-expansion http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56485-really-enjoying-wow-patch-62-with-you-guys EVE Apparently politics and drama are rearing their ugly head in EvE (shocking I tell you) and Hoots has posted some Emergency Evacuation Procedures in case of losing stuff in Fountain. Fly safe and remember, as StupidGenius says, exploding really is your only option. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56482-reminder-emergency-evacuation-procedures GW2 Jaricko has started a thread on the forums discussing the new patch and AIE activity in GW2 and Dejara posted some good information in the thread. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56473-aie-guild-wars-2-activity Jedhai has also posted a new thread listing all the patch changes and there's a good discussion going on about them as well http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56478-june-23rd-patch SWTOR A reminder of the mandatory fun nights in SWTOR, come one, come all, there's stuff to see and do! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53691-tuesday-mandatory-fun-night Arv has posted a thread discussing what to do with all the pesky Basic Commendations you have stacking up once you hit level 60. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56489-what-to-do-with-those-pesky-basic-commendations And, on episode 96 of the SWTOR Escape Pod Cast, Sema, Max, nd Astromech EPC-96 dive into the details on the Knights of the Fallen Empire announcement and the news and clarifications that are continuing to be announced. They give their perspective and debate a bit on the direction that BioWare seems to be taking. They also cover other game news for the week from SW...
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: Two guildies tie the knot Tetsemi: Summer time is meetup time! Alludra RIFT closes up shop Mkallah: RP LFR for fun! Tetsemi: Play with your friends in Final Fantasy Record Keeper! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/hdskpbcu2RQ Open Welcome to episode #234 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Alludra: To my left is Mkallah: - (Hey, guys, I left 10 dozen chocolate chip cookies in the guild kitchen). And right over there cleaning up the mess, we have Tetsemi (Raid Math is hard ). This week we are joined by special guests RattoZatto who is here to talk to us about AIE in both The Secret World AND Star Trek Online, Welcome to the show, Ratto!! Ok, we'll be digging into The Secret World and Star Trek Online shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community- A HUGE congratulations to two amazing members of our guild- Mathanug and Najara. Yesterday, Math was lucky enough to marry Naj, a wonderful person that I call my Steampunk Sis! Best of luck to the two of you, as you level in life together. Guildie of the month- This month we had a bit of a departure from our normal procedures. Our guildie of the month is officially non other than Syreyne, the official herder of cats and mistress of the Craft Faire. Sy, being the great person that she is, originally declined the honor, since the craft faire is a huge collaboration, but was sweetly informed by Jehdai that there is no back plan, and she is the guildie of the month. Read Jehdai's interview with Syreyne on the guild website www.aie-giuld.org. And, to keep the “boss” happy, here is the list of the CO-guildies of the month, the craft faire crew: Nevermore, Ugnaught, Amijade, Liranei, Elcarth, Velazarius, Zaalginar, Sedaar, Tynchal, Prinadora, Anwyl, Maguswynds, Muagramar, Blessedchild, Alachaas, Saisri, Medicakes, Aerwen, Cocoamoo, Twikk, Tetsemi, Mkallah, Shojobeat, Allanya, Locke, Elhuntero, Vikkela, Mercyn, Sqweazle, Brithael, Lirianna, Grimcow, Chillreis, and Frodo. And, Best of luck in recovery to Kerub. She went into the hospital on May 27th for a Spinal Fusion (owww). If you see her around, please give her very gentle hugs. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56355-kerub-is-going-to-the-hospital-tommorow Meetup- Summer time is here - time for meetups! RIght now, there have been a number of suggested meetups, including Utah, South Florida, and NYC. If you are in any of those areas, head over to Meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est and RSVP so you can help pick a date and get the party started! And, don't forget, the mother of all meetups, Nerdtacular, is coming! July 29th to August 1st is the annual celebration of all things Frogpants at Snowbird Resort in Utah. Come and hang out with tons of community members and revel in the wonder that is Frogpants. Rift- In sad news, the AIE Rift guild is closing up shop next week. If you want anything from the guild bank, please grab it now or let our fine guild leader Aleriase know if you need help. Thank you to all of the RIFT officers and players over the past few years for all of the great memories and times. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56421-aie-presence-ending Imperium Ludi- Did you know there is a new mobile game sweeping AIE? Are you already a part of it? Darkanders- AKA Korran, has started a thread in the forums for those playing Final Fantasy Record Keeper to share Friend ID's with all of your AIE buddies! Go check it out and...I donno debase me from notions that it's just a fancy nerdy quickbooks! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56423-final-fantasy-record-keeper-mobile-game WOW- Ironclawed, AIE's own MIstress of Roleplay, recently ran a great event- RP LFR. The main goal was to fill an entire LFR with Roleplayers, since most groups look down at stopping the action of a quick LFR to let the Roleplayer...
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tetsemi: AIE is getting together in real life Mkallah: Wow tokens, get your tokens here Tetsemi: The state of AIEU Mkallah: Crafting in Heavensward Tetsemi: Velazarius is here to talk to us about board games! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/Lr1ZH72QGG4 Open Welcome to episode #230 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah, and I am making a mess in the guild kitchen! To my left is Tetsemi - (Darn it I rolled a 7!). Alludra is off digging in the dirt, but should return next show.. This week we are joined by special guest Velazarius who is here to talk to us about Board Games! Welcome! Ok, we'll be chatting with Vel shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Meetups- With the arrival of spring comes many a meetup! Head on over to the meetup.com site and sign up for any of the upcoming meetups that the AIE group has to offer. Don't see one in your area? No worries - you can plan one! Current upcoming meetups are: Retro Video Arcade Game night on April 4th at 7 pm at Neon Retro arcade in Pasadena, California - http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/221049316 Raid on Chompies Deli in on April 8th at 6:30 in Phoenix, AZ - http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/221452487 Central New Jersey Brew Pub Invasion at 5 pm April 18th at HARVEST MOON BREWERY & CAFE in New Brunswick, NJ - http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/221167568 And two big events coming up- Nerdtacular from July 30- August 1st in Snowbird, Utah and the Guild Hall at Blizzcon on November 6th and 7th. SWTOR: Don't forget Mandatory Fun nights in SWTOR- Tuesdays at 8:50 PM eastern. This week, they planning on doing something on Imp Side! Also, GrowlyDidge has shared some amazing progress pics from his Jedi costume and lightsaber from his work with the Rebel Legion charity costuming organization. Just beautiful- take a look on the forums. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55892-cosplay/ And speaking of Star Wars, the Escape Podcast # 83 is up! This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-83 talk about game update 3.2 which showed up in the recent dev stream, in the forums and on the PTS. They talk a little about Ziost, the Costume Designer and the handful of other features we'll see at the end of April. And as always, they cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from AIE. Find the Escape Podcast at www.newoverlords.com http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-83-update-3-2-on-the-pts/ EVE Hoots has posted some very important corporation topics in his March 2015 annoucements, including: The 2015 Corporate Restructure, AIEU POS Empire, Fleet Up and Slack, and the Future of AIE EVE. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55914-march-2015-announcement/ Re-Org is on the wiki - http://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=EVE:Our_Corporation AIEU POS (Player Owned Starbase) Empire We have a POS Empire that is pretty much fully operational as of this Sunday. It'll get us a modest amount of money every month, and I'm really glad it's finally (mostly) done. In order to manage the empire that I've slowly built since-we-invaded-Catch, I told Stu to place less of an emphasis on trucking duties and more of an emphasis on moon goo maintenance Fleet Up and Slack Fleet up has some pretty amazing work going on. If you aren't on Fleet-up.com, do make it a point to get signed up. I'm going to be moving skill plans to there. As for Slack, get on Slack. It's where everyone talks to everyone else in AIEU, and you're probably going to be really bored if you aren't there. Future The future holds a few challenges for us. As a sov corporation, the sov changes come June are going to require a great deal of planning and execution. They place a really heavy emphasis on small groups and mobility,
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tetsemi: We need your feedback on the new website! Mkallah: Star Trek remembers Spock Alludra: There is official Craft Faire information Mkallah: We have a new question of the week! Tetsemi: Sema and Max are here to talk about AIE in SWTOR All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/S49JSFJ-57A Alldura - Welcome to episode # 227 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Alludra. To my left is Mkallah - (hey guys, there is a strawberry strata in the guild kitchen). And right over there cleaning up the mess, we have Tetsemi! (Catch Phrase here ). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Max who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE NEWS Tet- General Kav has been hard at work on the new AIE website and it looks great, with lots of great functionality including guildie of the month spotlight, easy links to the forums, mumble information, the meetup site and so much more. He is still looking for feedback from our wonderful AIE members. There is a link on the forums and in the shownotes. Please, please take a look and let Kav know your thoughts. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55840-new-website-feedback/ If you have been a member of AIE for any time, you know about the epic event that is Nerdtacular. The annual event is taking place at the Snowbird resort from July 30- August 1st- and tickets are quickly selling out. There is more information at http://nerdtacular.com and there are tons of converstaions going on in the nerdtacular section of the frogpants forums, including ride and room cordination, plans to go out to the movies, and more. http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/26-nerdtacular/ Pandazerg was kind enough to share this great information- now through the 15th, Star Citizen Arena Commander is free to try. Anyone who has been curious to try out Star Citizen but have been holding off on shelling out money, here is your chance to jump into the cockpit and take it for a spin. Head on over to the Imperium Ludi section of the forums for a link to the website and use the promo code to try this beautiful game! https://robertsspace...ns/paxeast-2015 and use the code: PAXEASTFREEFLY2K15 http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51609-star-citizen/page-4 MK- STO- On February 27th, the Science fiction community lost everyone's favourite honorary geek grandfather, Leonard Nimoy. To remember this great may and his many contributions to Star Trek and Geekdom, STO has set up two permanent in game memorials, not just honoring Mr Nimoy, but other Star Trek family members who have passed. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55875-new-memorials-in-star-trek-online/ MK- WOW- The Craft Faire has official dates- Saturday, April 25th, 4-7 server time and Sunday, April 26th, 2-5 server time. Wanna know where to send materials, how to sign up, how to participate in the raffle? Lots of great information on the forums and in the AIE wiki. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55862-2015-spring-craft-faire-official-information/ And what is a craft faire without a COOP? Second in command Grimcow is taking over the Alachaas, who has a lot of newborn agro right now. COOP is tentatively planned for the evening of the 25th- keep an eye on the forums for sign up information. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55866-2015-spring-craft-faire-coop/ Did you get a selfie stick in patch 6.1? Grey Knight has started a fun thread to share pictures of your toon! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55812-selfie-share/ Alldura- PAX East News: FFXIV- Just announced at PAX East, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward finally has a release date- June 23rd. The crew from Final Fantasy will should be joining us next week,
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Alludra: We talk about the highlights this year in AIE Mkallah: What we did Tetsemi: Where we went Alludra: Seriously, we are taking over our own show! Mkallah: We are our own guests! Tetsemi: All that and more coming up right now... All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/rMYJRgNg91U Welcome to episode #221 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Tetsemi. With me as always, is Alludra. (“Hey AIE, I think you're awesome”). And right over there, we have Mkallah! (Hey guys,there is a quinoa apple bake in the guild kitchen- first of the year, must be healthy!)This week we are doing a small show covering the past years shows and memories from the AIE Guild. Ok, we'll be digging into the year in review shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE NEWS Looking to play Magic, the Gathering? Zephirah is trying to get a game going with other AIE members- take a look in the tabletop part of the Imperial Luidi section of the forums. To prove that he is insane, Rho is planning one more Molten Core run- tonight, 10 PM server. All you need to do is be level 100 with an ilevel of 615. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55508-your-last-chance-at-molten-core-because-rho-is-insane-1415-at-10pm-eastern/ Thuggs has posted a great WOW followers guide on the forums. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55410-thuggs-follower-guide/ And we have a new Guildie of the Month! Campino from Eve. He reconned a boat load of moons and systems for the corp to help them get established in their new home. And do you know a great AIE guildie- well, of course you do! We are taking nominations for GoTM for February until January 11th- email those nominations to gotm@aie-guild.org. AIE in Final Fantasy had decided to take down Twintania! The plan right now is to run on January 17 at 9 PM eastern- or 10 PM at the very latest. If you are interested, please be well geared and generally know your class. Not setting any gear requirements or anything, just be mindful that Twintania cannot be beat without everyone at their A game! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55354-thats-it-were-beating-twintania/ And with that, let's get back to us and find out what's has happened this year in AIE!. GAME NEWS Changes came to the podcast over the year, we had @ShowNotFound (Ghomus) and @Acuzod step away from the podcast to rejoin real life. We wish them both the best and hope they are enjoying their time in and out of game. And, Mkallah and Tetsemi joined the podcast - not that anyone could fill Ghomus and Zod's shoes, but they are trying their best! AIE Guild Memories from Twitter Frosty the Snow-Ben @AltheMage @AIEPodcast taking down @GarytheRosh with @FERT_Raid was one of the best WoW memory. Bob Gries @Abovan @AIEPodcast Rememberance day was special for me. We were able to dedicate a candle in the FFXIV house to our fallen friends and family. Jeff Namadan @jnamadan @AIEPodcast There was this one episode where the hosts had trouble w/ words. Can't remember which one though. Tetsemi-New Years REVolution @Revenar_AIE @jnamadan @AIEPodcast You mean other than every time @Acuzod was on? Archon Jonus @Jonus @AIEPodcast There's a lot to remember but one that comes to mind is finally getting "The Exalted" title. It was rough climb. #aieguild So, everyone- what have been the hightlights of your year in AIE? Real Life Events AIE Went to Nerdactular 2014- the annual gathering of Frogpants community happened in Utah in July. This is an amazing two day event- though, most of us got there early and stayed late. If you have never been to Nerdtacular, you need the make the trek- the 2015 event is scheduled for July 31 and August 1st. DragonCon 2014- Labor Day weekend brought Dragoncon- and lots of AIE guildies were able to attend- including Nicole Spagnolo and Brian Ibbot that ran the podcast track
Please note, show records at 5pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern time every Sunday On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tet: On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Al: Alachaas and Hunts take over the show Hunts: Nerdtacular is coming! Tet: Molten Core and Secret Santa in WOW Al: Steam wants your money! Hunts: Tersio and Stupid Genius are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Online Tet: All that and more coming up right now... All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/LRTQF83eaxM AIE NEWS Welcome to episode # 219 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Tetsemi. Over here, in the Silly Pants, is Alachaas (“Al, say something here”). And right over there, being overly dramatic, is Hunts the WInd! (say something here, Hunts). This week we are joined by special guests Tersio and Stupid Genius, or as we call him, Stu who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE online Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE NEWS This is more of Frogpants in general news, but the dates for Nerdtacular have been announced- the evening of Thursday, July 30th for the reception, and Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1st for the official event. We are at the fabulous Snowbird Resort again- and the discount rate is nerd15. And if you have never been to Nerdtacular, you need to go- it is a great event celebrating the people at the heart of the Frogpants community and there is usually a Huge AIE contingency. Want to do Molten Core, but can't stand LFR with 39 random people? Rho is planning one last trip tonight a- Raid will begin forming up at 10:45pm Eastern, no sign up is necessary - keep your eye on AIELFR and Guild chat this evening! And for those not listening for the live recording- sorry for the outdated news! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55419-onelasttime-into-molten-core-sunday-1221-11pm/ The guilds self proclaimed eldest member, Tynchal, is putting together an in game secret Santa- put yourself on AIE's Naughty or Nice list (wait, we are Horde, Naughty and Nice are not exclusive) - there is a link in the forums! Thanks to Tynchal for being Great Father WInter's personal elves! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55403-aie-not-so-secret-santa/ There are lots of great groups forming on the forums- Rep Grinding, leveling groups, raids looking for new members- wander on over to see all of the fun. Happy Third Anniversary to AIE in SWTOR! And going on tonight at 9pm Eastern is the anniversary celebration! Max and the crew plan on a World Boss Hunt, holiday music, and there is a rumor of presents. The plan is to start out on the Imperial side and meet on the guild ship and then move to then move back and forth to the Repub side depending on interest. SWTOR 2014 Life Day event is running from Dec 16 2014 to Jan 6, 2015, and there are many great rewards, mounts, and pets (where is Alludra when you need her). Snow-Covered Parcels are the main currency used in this event. You get them randomly by throwing the Life Day Snowball Bomb at other players with a 15% chance to receive parcels. http://dulfy.net/2014/12/16/swtor-2014-life-day-event-guide/ Going on right now- In case you didn't get enough info last week from Beefmaster on the Steam Sale, two AIE staples are on sale! TSW is currently 25% off. And DLC for STO is up to 50% off, as well as Legacy Pack for 74.99 instead of 149.99! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55422-2014-steam-sale/ http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55421-steam-sale/ Capt Hunter has announced that AIE in Star Trek Online is dangerously close to earning the 2014 Holiday Ornament to hang in our Starbase. They've wrapped up a few of the requirements, but still need a few Terran Ornaments, Bolian Candles. Jump into STO to see how you can help. (Check to see http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55408-2014-holiday-ornament/ And with that,
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/TWf968" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tg5cijUMvyM?fs=1&vq=hd720" vars="ytid=Tg5cijUMvyM&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep8534" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... It's AIE The Next Generation Elder Scrolls get some rewrites We've got Guild wars news! Holding out for a house? And we chat with Kav and Jehdai about AIE in Wildstar All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS AIE: Community They were missed at Nerdtacular this year, but Renee and JJ, otherwise known as Iceflow and Caoboi had other plans around the 4th. Just a few days ago, their family size doubled with TWIN GIRLS. Zoe Lane at 5lb 13oz and Maya Jade at 5lb 4oz. Welcome both of you to the AIE Family, and all the best to JJ and Renee from us here at the AIE Podcast. Speaking of Nerdtacular, we wanted to give DogHouse Systems a big shout out for sponsoring the event. One attendee at Nerdtacular won a complete DogHouse gaming desktop, an attendee in the live chatroom won a Doghouse gaming laptop, several people won World of Warcraft themed computer panels, and the always awesome Kimberly Price was there handing out mousepads a'plenty. Big thanks to DogHouse for being a valued supporter of the Frogpants and AIE communities. Just a reminder, which we'll probably repeat every other week or so for the next month and a half, AIE is moving over to our new Mumble server. Our Ventrillo server will be shut down on September 1st, so you have about seven weeks left to get all set up. That sounds like plenty of time, and it is, but better to work out any bugs now. All the Mumble information is in the community section of the AIE forums, and we'll have a link in the show notes. AIE: Elder Scrolls Online For you Elder Scrolls players who have been feeling like the 50+ content seems a little too hard, you are not crazy. Bethesda recently announced that they intentionally tuned the game to encourage grouping at the Veteran levels, but they've heard the complaints and have already begun re-tooling the game to make the 50+ experience more like the 1-50 game. AIE: The Secret World For those of you in on the big Secret, Rattozatto wants to alert you about the hotfix that FunCom released yesterday for The Secret World. He says it has some pretty meaningful changes. I've seen the patch notes, but since I'm one of the uninitiated, they just look like squiggly lines written in the sand to me. But if you can crack the code, take a look at what's changed to see how it affects your game. AIE: Final Fantasy The AIE in Final Fantasy gang is looking for input from all your FF players. As you know, they've been working towards buying the largest house possible in the game, because AIE is just that awesome, but there's been some discussions that it's taking too long, and they are wondering if you would rather buy a more modest house now instead of letting the fund raising drag on. If you have any thoughts on this, Abovan has posted a poll in the Final Fantasy forums, and there's quite a bit of discussion going on in that thread, so head on over and jump into the fray. AIE: Guild Wars 2 Believe it or not, we actually have some Guild Wars news this week. NCSoft has announced that Season Two Episode Two, called “Entanglement” will launch on July 15th, and according to Velinos, if you log in before then, you will get the update for free! And who doesn't like free DLCs right? AIE: 200 And last but not least, don't forget next week is our 200th show. We're going to have some amazing guests on (Alludra, can you mention any names?) and we'll be seeing Ghomus off after over three years at the helm of this show. You're not going to want to miss it! And with that… GAME NEWS UMAMI and deadline for before you are kicked. August 10th. UMAMI Process and how to get an invite Current Alt policy - quick and to the point
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/1s5X81o" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/zjmLRsqnKiU?fs=1&vq=hd720" vars="ytid=zjmLRsqnKiU&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep8608" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - It's the special pre-Nerdtacular episode! - It turns out we ARE ready to Mumble! - Words are hard, but wanted! - Wait, there are pets in RIFT? - And we have RattoZatto here to talk to us about AIE in The Secret World All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS As you must know if you're listening to this show, Nerdtacular 2014 is happening this weekend, and while unfortunately none of us could make it this year, a whole lot of the AIE community is going to be there. If you're one of them, StupidGenious is arranging an AIE community group picture tomorrow, Friday July 4th, at 2:30pm, outside the front lobby across from the valet, so make sure you're there. The AIE EVE gang is also holding a meetup tonight at 7:30 at the El Chanate Restaurant, so if you're at Nerdtacular and watching us record this live, you have just enough time to make it there after the end of the show. If you're listening to this show in it's podcast form, then you're too late, but you are probably a spai anyway, so that's ok. And if you're like us, and unable to attend Nerdtacular in person, you're going to want to join in on the live stream. Alpha Geek radio will be streaming everything from both days at nerdtacular.com/live. There's also a chatroom, so come hang out with the rest of us. Last week we announced that testing had begun on our new Mumble server. This week we're happy to announce the testing is complete, and the new Mumble server is now officially official! If you've been using our Ventrillo server for all of your AIE grouping, raiding, or just plain old chatting needs, it's time to make the switch, but don't panic, you still have a couple of months to move over to the Mumble server. Our Ventrillo server won't be shut down until September 1st. Full Mumble details are pinned to the top of the AIE Community Discussion forums. Are you pretty good with words and sentences and stuff like that? Well AIE needs your help. Our community has grown so large, and the number of games we play has increased so much, that AIE's horde of trained monkeys can't possibly keep up with all the news. So we've opened the doors to the entire community to write articles for the AIE website. If you'd got the gift of putting words in the right order, and have something to say about your favorite AIE game, come join our legion of writers. See the AIE Wiki for all the details. Don't forget, AIE is into more than just major league games, we also play an entire array of minor league games, and the best way to find other AIE members playing minor games is by posting on our Minor League Games sub-forum under the Imperium Ludi forum. This week, Calliel posted looking for more people playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Sartavious is looking for more AIE members interested in Knights and Dragons, and Beefmaster has posted some tips and tricks for Clash of Clans. Also in the Imperium Ludi section, we've got a couple of useful posts for those of you playing Wildstar. AIE Member E.B. posted a guide on how to recover your addon settings following yesterday's apparently massively disruptive The Strain Ultra Drop patch, and Herbivotive posted a very informative guide explaining how AMPs work and where to find new ones. Big surprise, we actually have some RIFT news to share. After what feels like months of pretty much nothing happening in what everyone agrees is a great but kind of undervalued game, IGN has announced the upcoming release of their next major expansion. It's called The Nightmare Tide, and among many other things, raises the level cap to 65, opens up new world zones, has new rifts called Nightmare Rifts that have scaling-difficulty waves of fo...
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/TFSfzW" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/KtvDG5V4VZA?fs=1&vq=hd720" vars="ytid=KtvDG5V4VZA&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep8678" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - We're three weeks from 200! -: Let's Get Ready to Muuuuuuuuuummmmble! - Yes, I totally snuck Heroes into the show. o.O - We got GAME NEWS OVERLOAD! -: And we have Abovan and Bonroku (Bon-row-koo-koo) here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy - All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS AIE: Podcast 200 Before we dive into game news, we want to remind everyone that The AIE Podcast Episode 200 Spectacular Spectacular will be coming up in three weeks. It'll be a pretty big shindig, with several star-studded guests! AIE Final Fantasy member Rounca Pardylle [rounce-uh parr-dill] has donated two Everquest Landmark Closed beta keys and a copy of Final Fantasy XIV to give away, and we'll also be saying a fond farewell to Ghomus after more than three years at the helm of this show. We'd love to read or play messages from you as well. You can send emails and MP3 files to podcast@aie-guild.org. AIE: General It's been in the works for a while, but Stigg finally announced testing has begun on AIE's Mumble server. We're taking a look at Mumble to see if people prefer it over Ventrilo, so please give it a try and let Stigg know what you think. The really cool thing is, the Mumble server tied to UMAMI, so you can sign in using your personal UMAMI username and password. No more having to deal with Vent password changes. The server is at mumble.aie-guild.org on port 64738 - which is the default, so you don't need to worry about remembering that. If you need any help signing in, instructions are in the forums. AIE: Nomads Even the amazing AIE Nomads are not immune to the Summer doldrums. Lotwook has announced they'll be taking a break from wandering into any major games over the summer, but they're going to keep Minor League Game Night going strong, so make sure to vote and join in on the fun. On a side note, Lotwook asks for any Nomads travelling to Nerdtacular next month to please post pics from the event in the Nomads forums. AIE: Imperium Ludi We've got are a few updates from the up-and-coming games riding the Imperium Ludi bus: The Elder Scrolls gang has announced that the guild bank is nearly full. Gorgesh has cleared some space, but there are crafting mats coming out of the seams, so if you're into crafting, get in there and put them to use. In Wildstar, Khlaw is warning everyone that the guild has almost reached the guild cap, so they'd like all you cupcakes to please remove any alts you don't actively play, and ask that you keep to just your main and maybe one alt in the guild until the game gets over that new game smell and membership settles down. And for you Heroes out there,AcuZod has posted a Google Spreadsheet for everyone that has been lucky enough to get into the Alpha so far to share their battle tags. The link is in the Imperium Ludi section of the forums. He has also set up a chat room on the Vent server to help people get together and play. Look for “The Storm Shelter.” AIE: WOW For you AIE members running around that special place we call Azeroth, EverStudious is looking to put together agroup to knock out old content,complete achievements, and pick up mounts and pets. If you'd like to run some old school content, give him a shout, or feel free to arrange your own runs on the Team Recruitment section of the WoW forums. also in case you missed it the guardian cub is off the market Also, the quiraji guardling is out! if you missed him last summer go grab him, AIE: EVE Lots of news from the spreadsheets in space gang. First, Lanctharus posted a military update covering changes in [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], which is very important, especially for those of you that [REDACTED] la...
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/1pBc1bV" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/wlj47SNKpe8?fs=1&vq=hd720" vars="ytid=wlj47SNKpe8&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep2918" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Nerdtacular is Nigh! - Where in the world are YOU? - Hobbitses are Happy! - Redshirts Rejoice! - And Scott and Ralff stop by to shoot the breeze! All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS AIE Generale: Nerdtacular We know Scott is going to dish out some tasty details on this in a minute, but we had to mention that the big news of the week is the official announcement of Nerdtacular 2014 opening up ticket sales. Nerdtacular will be held on July 4th weekend at the beautiful Snowbird resort in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tickets are only $50, and that gets you two full days of amazing Frogpants fun, including three, yes three, tracks packed with star-studded panels, games, and shows. If you want to know more, stay tuned! AIE Nomads: Moving On Just a reminder, the AIE Nomads are moving on from Rift and over to a galaxy far far away in a mere matter of days! Lotwook and Pellel have been busy populating the calendar with great AIE SWTOR events for the Nomads to take part in! Remember to download your game early so you can jump right on in on the fun on day one!! AIE General: Put your mark on the map It's easy sometimes to overlook those sticky posts at the top of the forums, or to dive right into your own favorite game's forums and forget to check out the Community section, but if you're not aware, we wanted to remind you that our other guest tonight, that rascally Ralff, created a Zeemap for all of our AIE members to show where in the world they happen to be, and see who might happen to live near them, which would be a big help when thinking about planning meetups. So if you haven't done so already, or haven't checked it out in a while, head to the Put Your Mark On The Map post in the Community section of the forums and see what's changed. AIE GENERAL: Imperium Ludi Reminder We know there are a ton of games out there that many of our members are very interested in playing that are either not in the AIE official list, or that are coming up in beta. If you want to jump in and get all conversational-like about your favorite new game, and maybe help AIE decide if it's right for our community to set up an expedition into, check out the Imperium Ludi section of the forums. AIE General: Removal Reminder - No hard feelings! Just a reminder, we love you, and you will always be a part of AIE, but we do clear out the rosters occasionally. To make room for new members to our happy family, we purge inactive characters from our ranks. The rate at which this is done varies by game, so we just want you to be aware! And don't worry if you found yourself on the wrong side of an inactivity kick, it is quick and easy to get back in, just hop into your game's local AIELFO channel and ask for a re-invite. - And to prove we mean it, inactivity is inactivity: (Abo sent in a screenshot of me booting Ghomus from AIE) AIE STO: More inventory slots coming soon! What's an enterprising young starship captain to do when your pockets are full of loot and you keep losing all of your red-shirted cargo carrying companions? Well don't worry, the fine folks at Perfect World have announced the are increasing everyone's storage slots. Both character inventory and bank storage will be increased in the next patch this week. To find out more, or chat about what to do with all the red-shirts this will free up, see RattoZatto's post in the forums. AIE LOTRO: Update 13 & 7th anniversary coming soon Also coming up soon for all you hobbitses out there, Aaron Campbell, Executive Producer of Lord of the Rings Online, made a post about LOTRO's upcoming Update 13, which contains a list of features too long for us to get into in this podcast.
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/17sKT2v" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/uShaVkUypMM?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=uShaVkUypMM&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep3608" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Final Fantasy opens for transfers! - Book of Heroes turns a new page! - Meetups happening all over the place! - The AIE Guild Hall is almost here! - And we talk with RattoZatto, Kamiel, and Grimbane about AIE in The Secret World All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS If you are currently playing FFXIV but weren't able to get your character on Gilgamesh, which is AIE's Server, Abovan let us know that Transfers are starting the 15th of Oct, so that's next Tuesday, and they'll be free for 5 days! He'll also be here next show to talk about our presence there! Book of Heroes has certainly had waves of interest, then RL kicks in and perhaps the lack of complexity with it being Andriod/iOS causes flagging attendance, but there are still folks playing! It looks like there needs to be another guild compression, and from what has been read, it appears you only dip down to loyalty 4 (of possible 5) when changing guilds! Please comment in the forum post BOH -- Merges II: Son of Merges in the Imperium Ludi: Minor League Games to get your voice heard. Unfortunately Ghomus won't be able to make this one, but there is a raid this weekend, on Harry's Hofbrau on Sunday at 1pm in San Jose, CA! If you happen to be on the OTHER coast, there is in fact a group trying to get together at New York Comic Con as well. Check the Meetup.com site for more information on these and many others! There are 347 members of AIE signed up there, and I KNOW there are more of us out there! It looks like it was announced this week on TMS, that Nerdtacular 2014 will be July 4th once again! Watch Nerdtacular.com and the forums (go to the forums!) for more details as they surface. It appears that we've put ALL the SW:TOR officers through the ringer of question and answer sessions. So Dark Lord Pel-patine has moved onto fellow guildies in a galaxy far far away! this month? Cliffy! Hit up the thread on the forums to ask some random crazy things of him! BlizzCon and the AIE Guild Hall is just one month away! Even though the Kickstarter has more than funded, it's not too late for you to get in on the super cool rewards. You can still pick up a custom one-of-a-kind guild hall t-shirt and other goody bag prizes, and there are still spots open for a raid run with the officers or a game of Card Against Humanity with Scott Johnson. But you need to hurry! The Kickstarter ends tomorrow, Oct 11th. Even if you don't back the Kickstarter, or even have a ticket to BlizzCon, if you're anywhere nearby, you really need to come experience the AIE Guild Hall. It's free to all AIE members, even if you don't play WoW, and will be full of food, fun, and a number of special guests. How special? So special we're not even allowed to tell you who they are, but trust me, you'll want to be there. And if you can't be there in person, tune in to the live stream and chat room and join in on the fun from wherever you are. AIE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT This week we're giving a shoutout to AIE members Althemage and Aeos, hosts of the Azeroth Roundtable podcast, where they cover World of Warcraft along with with a touch of news, and an open discussion about various topics. They usually have a guest from the WoW community, whether it be podcaster, segment producer, or blogger. If you're a member of AIE and host a podcast, have written a book, published a web comic, or have done anything else extraordinary, we want to brag about you on the show. Send details about your awesomeness to us at podcast@aie-guild.org, and be sure to let us know if we need to warn people if it's not quite family-friendly. And with that, let's get into AIE in The Secret World... GAME NEWS Everything's a secret!
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/1aeFUq0" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/-bRrOv5bIHQ?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=-bRrOv5bIHQ&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep4747" /] We managed to get a real room to podcast from, and thanks to Abovan for the portable bandwidth! We have a bunch of folks on the show to talk about their Nerdtacular experiences. You will almost certainly recognize many of the voices! A special appearance by N13 guest, Justin Robert Young! (and he thought he could just sneak through the room quietly…ha!)
Aprillian, Ashayo, Tedrah and Jeppy discuss another week of playing World of Warcraft, Blizzard's great MMORPG. Contest Ongoing send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play WoW, either as an altaholic or dealing with it in your family life to being placed in a drawing for a WoW Pet or an Authenticator. http://ctrlaltwow.blogspot.com/2013/07/ctrl-alt-wow-episode-326-post.html Listener contributions are awesome and welcomed. Contest Ongoing send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play WoW, either as an altaholic or dealing with it in your family life to being placed in a drawing for a Blizzard pet or an Authenticator.
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/RJtJBnVntaU?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=RJtJBnVntaU&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep2919" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Starfleet Expands - Meetups Abound - Wrapups Return - Nerdtacular Nears - And we let you in on The Secret All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS The Raid Wrapup has been on a little bit of a hiatus, but it's back! Sihx is once again reporting on the accomplishments of our AIE raid teams, and he's looking for your submissions! Remember, this covers all raid teams in ALL games that AIE is a part of, and he might not play them all, so try to give him some info to go off of. Brag about your raid team by replying to his post in the community section of our forums, or email him directly at aieraidwrapup@gmail.com. This seems to come up now and again, so it bears repeating, for those of you that are looking to join AIE (and why wouldn't you, we're awesome!) it really is simple. All you need to do is go to http://umami.aie-universal.net and submit an application! All of our games are open every day for an application submission. Just please remember that every single application is looked at by a human being, and sometimes those humans like to play too! STO's Starbase is progressing along nicely, having reached tier 3. Tons of folks are chipping in resources to get this developed, and Cap'n Hunter is starting to spread the mission types a bit to make sure we can continue along this development path, to gain XP as well as provisioned resources. And a reminder! you can buy some of the best equipment, boosts and consumables from the base you're helping build! Speaking of Star Trek Online, they just release a new Fleet Asset today; the Dilithium Mine Outpost. This is a big floating asteroid that AIE Starfleet members can explore and progress through on missions that gives them the opportunity to earn additional dilithium ore every day in a variety of ways, access new vendors, receive discounts on fleet holdings, and much more. As RattoZatto says in the forums, time to get mining! OK, you know you want to play EVE. We talk about how great the game is every week here on the podcast, you've heard how fun and crazy it can get, with massive space battles and all sorts of adventures and sub-plots, and if you've watched the video version of the podcast, you've even seen how beautiful it is. Well, Capt Hunter is putting out the call for all you potential space pilots to join the cause, and he's helping by offering free 21 day trials for EVE. Just hit up his Why You Should Join AIE in EVE thread in the Community Discussion section of the forums and buckle up for some serious space madness. For all of you AIErs in the Central or Northern California area, there is going to be an AIE community meetup next month, on Sunday, July 21st at 1pm at Harry's Hofbrau in San Jose. So if you live in San Jose, or the San Francisco Bay Area, or anywhere around there, hit the AIE Meetup.com page to RSVP for the gathering Don't forget, if you want to see which AIE members live near you, you can take a look at or add your own pin to the AIE Member Map. Look for the “Put Your Mark on the Map” post in the community section of the forums, and sign up for the AIE Meetup.com page so you can get notified about the meetups in your area, or even plan your own. Nerdtacular is coming very soon! Click the link in the show notes as there are just too many threads to list. People are organizing events both before and after, from hikes in the valley, to pool tournaments. Also ride and room shares! We're coming right up to the event now, so hopefully you have already got your travel arrangements there, but make sure to check out the whole SECTION of the forums! And with that, it's time to get back to RattoZatto and Grimbane to talk about The Secret World... GAME NEWS Issue #7 is coming soon.
No Video this week, you will have to imagine the visual hilarity! On this episode of The AIE Podcast.. - Nerdtacular is Near! - Blizzard Services on Sale! - Green wall at Work! - Dragon Bashing is Fun! - And we talk with Hoots and Stu about Eve Online! All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS Nerdtacular countdown! We are at a mere four weeks until the big event! This is just a friendly reminder to make sure all your travel plans are in order and your rooms are booked! And this just in from twitter, there will be a cash bar reception (and soda bar!) on thursday evening. Details will be coming to the website soon! There's been a lot of chatter about the jabber client on the forums! What's Jabber? Well it's AIE's out of game greenwall chat! More members are connecting out of game just to hang out wit the guild. If you find yourself missing greenwall, head on over and check it out. Details on how to connect are inside. Just a reminder, simply because there are so many multi-player and MMO games coming out, please do not take it upon yourself to ‘establish' AIE in any of these games. We have an whole process where we DO move into new games, but we like to make it official! Check this post in the forums for information how to go about doing such if you'd like to see AIE other places! World of warcraft character services are 50% off until June 10th! Faction changes, server changes, race and name changes! All half off! If you have been waiting for a great time to join us over on Earthen Ring, or want to bring over that much missed character, now is the time!! Rifts ‘free weekend' extended until the game goes Free to play on June 12th! How do you get in on to free to play early? Well if you have ever purchased a copy of rift, you are already in! Remember, AIE is on the Deepwood shard, and they have lifted all previous faction restrictions to boot! Dragon bash is coming to Guild wars 2 this June 11th! Dragon bash is an all new festival where you will hopefully be...bashing dragons! But that's not all this event has to offer! There are new events, new armors, achievements, and yes! Even new mini pets! Check out the website to see all this event has to offer! And speaking of guild wars, Devon Carter, a world vs. world designer for guild wars 2 has an interview up on the site! Go check it out as he talks about the future of world vs. world combat, including upcoming changes to gameplay and mechanics to make the battles more epic and exciting! For links to all the items we just covered, see the show notes at TheAIEPodcast.com, or of course, read the forums! And with that, let's jump into some Eve news! GAME NEWS Odyssey Expansion Here Stu and Hoots can gloss over some of the major changes taking place in this new expansion. Jump gate effect and new station models. Prettifying everything. Economic disarray -- resources for producing stuff is getting switched up. Boring ship rebalances -- but pretty ship redesigns. They completely overhauled the exploration system. It's much easier now. Boring skill rebalances and changing skill requirements for some stuff. It's really boring if you don't play EVE though. Really. Really. Boring. Some UI changes. There are 52 pages of patch notes that I'm not going to bore you with. What Have We Been Doing Hoots Strategic ops, More Strategic Operations, Another Strat Op. I saw two of the biggest ships in the game die in a single day [one was a baby :-(] Explain medical clones and how I “wasted” 24 days (Battlecruisers V). Nothing. There is NO fourth thing. The Battle of 1-SMEB (Sierra Mike Echo Bravo) There's a lot of fighting happening in this system. There are complicated reasons why said fighting is happening. I am in the process of writing a Who's Who In Nullsec Politics for AIE Newbies that will be posted on the forums within the week or so. The reasons behind these battles are literally like reading The Guns of August...
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/nGNe-26PwKQ?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=nGNe-26PwKQ&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep5764" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Book of Heroes has turned a page - AIE rocks some boss socks - Rift goes Free to Play - Join the Nerdtacular roll call - And we talk Middle Earth with Dux, Apolas, and VanFlicke All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS The Great Merge has completed for Book of Heroes! Or at least, the first phase of such. There was a lot of shuffling going around with faces old and new meeting in the new guilds! There doesn't seem to be a need for limits on alts anymore, so if you'd like alts in the same guild, seems fine. Make sure and watch the forums as things develop! AIE has now conquered all of the bosses in World of Warcraft MoP! The raid team “If Looks Could Kill” has taken down Lei Shen and is now currently working on heroic modes! We don't normally make these sorts of announcements, but a ‘AIE First' was worth a mention! Yet another game has joined the AIE Family of being a drain on simply time, not time AND money. Rift has announced they are going Free to Play! Join your fellow guildies in the world of Telara and enjoy all the dynamic content they have to offer... for free! There have been various threads that have gone up surrounding Nerdtacular this year, and it looks like someone has made a ‘roll call' that you can sign up on. Keep in mind, ALL of the information that is requested is completely optional, so feel free to share only what you would like to let folks know who you are and when yer coming! Do you miss the big green wall of friendly text when you're in that realm called Real Life? Don't forget, AIE has a Jabber server! What's Jabber you say? Jabber is an instant messaging platform that you can use to chat with other AIE members while they also wait for that workday queue to time out. It's completely free, and best of all, you're already signed up! Jabber accounts are integrated into our UMAMI membership system, so all you have to do is find a Jabber client you like, such as Pidgen, iChat, Trillian, or about 300 other options, and sign in with your UMAMI account. For more details, check out the We now have Jabber thread in our forums World of warcraft and DC comics are giving away free graphic novel previews for kindle and IOS users! So if you have been curious about the comics and want to check them out you give them a shot. They currently have previews up for pearl of pandaria, Dark riders, and bloodsworn. For links to all of the news items we just mentioned, see our show notes at theaiepodcast.com And now it's time to jump into AIE's adventures in Lord of the Rings Online... GAME NEWS Dux: Update 11 dropped - Treachery of the White Hand. 5 new areas (rolling hills now frozen, vast areas of tundra, along with flash frozen forests, lakes, everything). Saruman's hold over Rohan brings a chill to all - the chill effect. Mounted Combat changes Combat. On mounts. What is more awesome than that?!?!?! Removed the ‘mobility' elements of the tree and integrated parts of it in to the base warhorse itself. Also reworked the trees to allow for more integration (synergy - ugh) with the character that rides it. The goal is to make the transition of playing your character on foot doesn't seem so different to riding on horseback. Apolas >Lalia's Market >Hobbit Gifts Vanflicke >Housing upkeep and new foreclosure - you can prepay your taxes/rent further in advance and it will hold for six months before going into escrow. >Changes to VIP (paid) vs. F2p or B2p - better experience bonus for VIPs >Spring Festival Spring Festival runs from May 21 to June 4th (only two weeks) this year. Lots of events in the Spring Festival, it seems like it gets busier every year.
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ODOcBzyLLc?fs=1" vars="ytid=0ODOcBzyLLc&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep7200" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - A new guildie of the moment! - More meetups! - Throne of Thunderrr! - Nerdtacular Apps! - And we chat with Huntsthewind and Syreyne about AIE World of Warcraft All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS We have a new guildie of the moment! Everyone give three cheers to Duam of SWTOR! This guildie went above and beyond to help another guildie who writes: “hi, i'd just like to take a second and nominate Duam for guildie of the moment. he really went out of his way to give me a hand crafting some stuff today. it's hard to stand out in a giant community full of great people but Duam does.” And remember if you know someone who you would like to nominate for Guildie of the moment let your officers know by writing in to officers@aie-guild.org. AIE IN RL! There are a bunch of Meetup.com events happening! A raid on Harry's Hofbrau in Ghomus's area, what looks like a gathering at Dave and Busters in Ontario, CA. Also what looks to be like a motorcycle ride, complete with doughnuts, and of course Nerdtacular and Blizzcon guild halls! Form your own or join others, signing up is free! Wagz looks like he's leading the pack in AIE SW:TOR. He's the first person in AIE to get a 55 in BOTH Republic and Imperial sides! In looking at some of the responses here, it looks like he's WAY ahead of some! Let's hit that new level cap, folks! Great job folks, it looks like, the composer of our Awesome theme, Andrew Allen, had his kickstarter for Free Play go over the 100% mark! There is of course no reason to stop now, they've already said that anyone who has pledged 15 dollars or more will automatically be able to download an MP3 or AAC of the album free! So we look forward to see what the following stretch goals will be! Yet ANOTHER example why you should go to the forums if you play WoW in AIE. Some folks were doing the Throne of Thunder LFR consistently over a few weeks, and showing up on Wednesdays. So they figured, ‘hey, let's organize and get more AIE Folks! So if you are looking to get in there, this would be a great opportunity to NOT have to deal with LFR without a nice AIE Roster helping! Sick of all those iOS users having all the latest info on their Fancy Nerdtacular App? Nicole Spag has heard the call of the Android and the Nerdcular App is now available! It's a great application, with schedules of events, photos, and you can even purchase tickets through such! In other AIE SW:TOR news, it appears the Neuroid is going to be attending a Cantina Tour which will include a Developer Q&A which will be happening on May 17th! He's put the thread in the forums so if you've got questions, like “Why are there no Hoojib pets?” or “Why are Squibs not a playable race!?” There are already a variety of questions answered from past Q&As, so take a look at the thread and add to it! And with that, let's welcome this week's guests Syreyne and Hunts the Wind GAME NEWS It's Spring! And you know what that means? Its time for the Craft Faire in WoW. The Craft Faire is going to be held on April 27th and 28th in Silvermoon City. Check out the forum post for more details. Also, please use the signup form to pre-register for the Faire.. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49412-2013-spring-craft-faire-official-thread/#entry824792 NEW: Vent is a requirement this time around and please have patience while you wait your turn. It can get pretty crazy in there. The craft faire has grown so legendary that someone sent mats in for tailoring and they aren't even a member of AIE. They heard about the faire, thought it was cool, and decided to help. We still need dependable people to volunteer to help work at the Craft Faire. If you ever thought of giving back to the guild,
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/MMOH2m4OjMU?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=MMOH2m4OjMU&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep5379" /] LEAD IN On this episode of The AIE Podcast, - Nerds are running amok! - Another SWTOR officer is in the hotseat! - Come meet Ghomus in person! All that and more coming up right now... We've got a great show today, with special guests Ratto Zatto and Capt Hunter standing by to talk to us about Star Trek Online - but first, the news... AIE NEWS A meetup in my own Backyard! Well, close to, anyways. There is going to be a raid on the Harry's Hofbrau in San Jose, CA in 2 weekends! The time is not set in stone, but I know there are a few people in this area, that I'd love to meet up with you. Shout out to Oakdragon for trying to get this organized! And it looks like Emperor Pellpatine, on April 1st, (no joke!), has put up another SW:TOR officer for you to ask all your crazy questions to! This month? Sema! Be nice folks! Nerdtacular tickets are NOW available! Head on over to Eventbrite to pick em up! Keep in mind that if you happened to get such through Kickstarter you should have already gotten an email which will tell you how to pick up your tickets! Speaking of Nerdtacular, it looks like Max (from last week's show) and a bunch of others are trying to get organized for a Running of the Nerds! There were of course concerns that Salt Lake City IS at altitude (around 4400 feet!), so keep that in mind, but a few die hard folks ARE going to be doing at least a few runs while there! Not sure if we want to call it a reboot, or if we want to call it a new chapter in the life of CapStable, but the podcast brought to you by AIEU has returned to the airwaves! Er...spacewaves? Anyways, if you have any interest in EVE you should check it out! The ever-talented Andrew Allen, the composer of our new show theme, has reached the 15 day mark for his Kickstarter and he's 83% of the way there! Tell your friends, we know how many people listen to this podcast, and how many of you like video game music! Support a Frogpants regular and get this album funded early! And finally, we'll end with a little rumors and scuttlebut. Apparently some details of Blizzard's mysterious game, code named Titan, have been leaked. We don't know how true it is, but someone who knows someone who might know something says Titan will be based on Earth history, and will include everything from modern weapons to magic, time travel and heavy use of Greek, Roman, and Viking myths. For more information on everything we covered in the news, you can find links in our show notes on our website at www.theaiepodcast.com. And of course, read the AIE Forums! And with that, let's welcome our guests, Ratto Zatto and Capt Hunter on the show to talk to us about AIE's adventures in Star Trek Online GAME NEWS Hunter and RattoZatto introduce themselves. Our positions in AIE STO. How free is free? We'll explain what's accessible. http://sto.perfectworld.com/about/freetoplay/features-matrix What's Zen & Dilithium? New expansion and that Romulans are like Panderians (Kinda, sorta, not really, except that they are). Current state of the fleet and where we are with Starbase expansion. Starbase level 5, tier 2 starbase unlocks, tier 2 tactical and science unlocks, tier 1 Recruitment unlocks and what's on the horizon. What end game content there is. Special Task Force, New Romulus. (plus the fact you can replay missions and the rewards scale with you, so high replay value) Personal experiences (missions we particularly liked, memorable moments, etc.) In particular, the "Trekiness" of it all, from seeing familiar faces to walking the decks of places you've seen in the shows. The Foundry (player created missions) CLOSE And that's our show for tonight. Big thanks to Ratto Zatto and Capt Hunter for joining us!
[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/iTeF6zVqHTc?fs=1" vars="ytid=iTeF6zVqHTc&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep6066" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - A new guildie is born! - We have found My Precious! - SWTOR has got a little something extra for YOU! - The Nerdtacular Kickstarter is insane! - Book of Heroes is working on the next chapter! - And we welcome the amazing Ralff to catch us up to date on AIE's adventures in Guild Wars 2. All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS Andrew Allen, the composer and creator of our awesome new theme, has once again teamed up with Coverville records to put a jazzy spin on video game music you know and love. You've heard Smooth Federation, you've heard our podcast theme, you KNOW you want this album. Head on over to the kickstarter now and make sure this album comes out! Congrats to AdamC from the forums, he and his wife just had their second son! Give em a shout out on the forums here! Let's make the world a better place for Theodore Isiah! The AIE community is gearing up for nerdtacular with several offers to ride share the trip! Shinji2009 is looking for a travel group from Florida while Sindresa is looking for people in California to carpool with! Check out the forums for more details on these expeditions or start your own in the AIE forums. Heading to Nerdtacular? The Kickstarter of course is going rather strong, with the 5th stretch goal getting close to being unlocked at 45000 dollars! There are also various posts in both the AIE Community and Nerdtacular sections of the forums with people trying to arrange carpools, trip-buddies, roadtrips, etc! The folks in Lord of the Rings Online are doing some neat things! VanFlicke and his crew went into Gollum's domain and have the screenshot to prove it! Get in on this action, remember, LOTRO is Free to Play and AIE is there! Have an itch to log in to SWTOR and swing a lightsaber around, or polish up that Mandalorian armor and catch some bounties? Maybe see what the fine folks in AIE are doing there? Turns out, the next few weekends are a GREAT time to do so. What other game can offer you DOUBLE XP? As far as we can tell, this stacks with rest XP, and cartel boosts as well! There has been concern in some of the guilds surrounding Book of Heroes regarding attendance, flagging interest, etc. Worry not! The GMs are all getting together on Tuesday and are going to try to come up with a plan that makes a bunch more folks happy. New to The secret world? Want to hang out and meet people? Well you are in luck AIE the secret world has newbie lair nights every wednesday! Head on over to the AIE secret world section of the forums to find out more details. With that, he's been waiting ever so patiently, so let's bring on Ralff.. GAME NEWS Guild missions Events the guild does together to earn rewards --individual and for the guild You get guild merits--which you use to unlock the later mission types Whole big schedule to unlock them all Bounty-we got. Have done a few times. Unlocking Trek right now Then Rush, Challenge, and finally Puzzle around the end of May. We run our missions Saturday night at 9:30 Eastern. Level 15+ can participate. Just Bounties now, but Treks also starting March 30th Leveled my charr warrior 10 levels in 20 minutes via cooking. Also-- new Guild Wars 2 Officer: Nottix. CLOSE And that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Ralff for joining us! Next week we'll be talking to AIE SWTOR Stay tuned, as we've got a full ride of great AIE members segments coming right up, including... Hailing Frequencies Epic Diapers Mod Minute Ask Miss Mulgra Mega Minute Overly Dramatic News AIE Raid Wrapup But first, if you need to reach us... - Questions, comments, and segment submission can be sent via email to podcast@aie-guild.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGlfoXP37lc On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - A new Guildie of the Moment! - Nerdtacular is coming! - Join WoW anytime! - Game updates abound! - And we welcome special guests Lanctharus and Miss Mulgra!. All that and more coming up right now... We've got a great show today, with special guests Lanctharus and Miss Mulgra standing by to talk to us about World of Warcraft but first, the news... AIE NEWS We have a new theme song! If you didn't notice, and we are sure you did, we have a new theme song created by the amazing Andrew Allen! Follow him on twitter @keyswithsoul and check out his 3 piece band playing at Nerdtacular this year! We have a new guildie of the moment! Everyone give three cheers to Kavoc of World of Warcraft! Members have had tons of great things to say about Kavoc including: A positive voice in guild chat and on Twitter. Kav is awesome, always seems willing to help. Kavoc? Awesome, he's a pretty good guy. So if you see Kavoc give him a big congratulations! And if you know someone who is a stand up member of AIE, let your officers know by sending us an email at officers@aie-guild.org! We love to hear about great guildies that make a positive impact to our great community! Nerdtacular is doing great and looks to be a fantastic show! The kickstarter is sitting at 304% as of this writing! We're almost to stretch goal 4! If you think you can make it to Utah around July 4th, go give it a look! And if you think Nerdtacular is the only thing going on that weekend, well you are in for a surprise! Head on over to the Nerdtacular section of the frogpants forums. There are other events being planned outside the convention! If you are looking to carpool or just see who else is attending, head on over and check it out. http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/26-nerdtacular/ Attending PAX east on March 22? Well there is talk on the meetup.com site of a possible guildie dinner! Details aren't quite filled in yet, but if you are going to be attending the convention, RSVP on the website for more information as it develops. http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/99293092/ We did mention it during last show, as breaking news, but we wanted to remind folks, if you ARE planning on joining the crew in AIE WoW invites are now open all month. AIE doesn't really distinguish between alts and mains, so release the hounds! Everyone please remember, you do need one UMAMI application PER character. Dark Lord Pelpatine in our AIE SW:TOR has put another lamb up for the slaugh...er...no. It's another Ask An Officer! This time up, we have Wagz! Pel is trying to make sure that officers aren't just faceless names from on high. Ask em some questions! Update 10 is here for LotRO, the link we're posting in the show notes has the patch notes handily available. Go and join the fun, they have a great crew. We are sure our guests are going to talk about it, but the big 5.2 patch is out in world of warcraft! This patch includes many changes such as a new raiding tier, a new daily hub (the isle of giants), many new pets, changes to blacksmithing, classes, and green fire for our warlock friends. for the full patch notes check out the warcraft forums to see what's going on! And speaking of patches, 2.2 is out for Rift! Make sure you check it out as it has tons of cool changes to classes and crafting, and also brings a return of the carnival of the ascended! This big event is full of funny hats, minigames, and general rift anniversary celebrations! Looking for AIE in starcraft? you are in luck! Lanctharus has admitted that he's created a AIEGC chat channel for those guildies who are looking for AIE in their zerg experience! Just join the AIEGC channel to find your guildies! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49496-any-starcraft-2-groups/ And with that, it's time to welcome our guests, Lanctharus and Miss Mulgra!... GAME NEWS Happy Post 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cz8meAAxvw And now, it's time for spreeeadsheeeets in spaaaace. THIS is the AIE Podcast... AIE NEWS Book of Heroes is going to have some changes going on! It sounds like while some of the guilds are struggling, a few of them are doing rather well. Nothing has been set in stone yet, but sn effort is going to be made to get folks of like mights together in guilds. Don't worry, we're intending to make the changes fun for all! Watch the forums for more developments in the minor league section! Thinking of getting into EVE? The fine folks who are our guests will be going into some more things going on in that world, but this article has some great info and might help kick start your SpreadShips career all the faster! Take a read! Without getting TOO behind the scenes as to the mails that officer's get, we HAVE gotten quite a few lately that are asking about realm and faction transfers. So we'd of course love to have more fine folks in AIE, but we strongly encourage people who aren't QUITE sure yet, to roll a character, apply, and then fall over onto some wolves to get level 10. Poke around a while, say hello to some folks, and decide if AIE is for you. The Nerdtacular Kickstarter is now LIVE. Great bunch of options for everyone at a variety of levels. Hope to see lots of you there! Room rates are available as well, all the details are on the official Nerdtacular site! Update: FUNDED already, geez! As we've mentioned in past shows, the Craft Faire is getting geared up to be huge, as usual. Because there are just too many posts to list, the link in the show notes will point to the WoW Profession forum section, so take a look! Opening wow guild invites! It's official as of five minutes ago! there is a forum post up and running. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49375-big-change-to-the-invitation-policy/ And with that, let's welcome this week's guest Hoots and Louis. GAME NEWS Louis Hall and Drewson/Hoots 1. What AIEU is up to in-game 1.a We've moved! Off to Delve for glory and riches. 1.b Recruitment still open (don't be scared off by TEST and/or null-sec) 1.b.1 We do apps every other Monday. Due to the background check required of an individual applicant for an EVE corp, it takes a little longer than getting into AIE WoW. Sorry 2. Newbro / Member support 2.a Mentor program 2.b Lend/Lease Program 3. New Pilot Experience (Hoots' segment) What's it like, living in nullsec? Contrast with highsec and lowsec. Safe. Mostly. Sort of. Not really. Fleets, strat ops, structure shoots, roams, roving packs of Goons, reds, and neuts. TEST and AIE newbie support. TEST_Free AIE forums, corp chat, Ventrilo, Mumble, etc. My new character, and second account. Planetary Interaction here I come. 3.a) TheMittani.com and writing for an EVE site. 3.b) Top Secret Project??? 4. Samiael's story of this loss mail: https://kb.pleaseignore.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=755298 1,742,665,623.00 isk loss. So during this years Secret Santa event I made some suggestions for gifts I would like, ranging from many fit noobships to shiny T3s and culminating in a “blap” (Louis: blap means a dreadnaught capable of one-shotting, we can that alphaing, battleships and battlecruisers) fit Phoenix if I got a super rich santa. (Louis: A dreadnaught is the class of ship between a battleship, something every pilot will eventually fly, and a titan, something on the crazy fly). I was fortunate enough to get Alexander Hammond (Louis: a very rich member of TEST) and he provided me with a phoenix and a plex (Louis: A plex is an in-game item that can be redeemed for 30 days of game time. Because it's in-game it can be sold on the market for ISK, right now around 550 million) to outfit it however I chose, and for the express purpose of whelping in some ridiculous fashion. I was originally going to try to work with Citadel Cruise launchers (Louis: Missile launchers that fire battleship sized missiles) with web...
http://youtu.be/pSCzLvsrcnU We've got a great show today, with special guests Ayhood, StupidGenius and GypsyGirl standing by to talk to us about Rift but first, the news... AIE NEWS We have a new guildie of the moment! Everyone give three cheers for Großerstier. Gro, who is also known as Aeonidis in eve online got his nomination via email write in! See! Emailing does make a difference! Some amazing things said about him: sent me roughly two complete bank tabs of LW mats of assorted types (for the craft fair). He's quite a hero with me. I know him from EVE, a great member of the community I completely support making him a GotM for his participation in EVE alone! So everyone give Gro a big high five if you see him! If you know somoene who you think is a fantastic example of what AIE stands for, let us know by sending an email to officers@aie-guild.org. Last week we announced we have a new Jabber service! Jabber is a multi platform chat room that AIE is using as a cross game greenwall. But have you been wondering how to actually use it! Well we have instructions for that! Head on over to the forums and look for the Jabber Jabber Jabber (or How to Connect a Jabber Client to the AIE server) thread to find out how to connect and ask your questions there! Just a reminder, the officers are thrilled to hear about new games that may be added to AIE, but would like to remind you that certain games currently have Non Disclosure Agreements and are not open for discussion on the forums. If you are playing a game and are under an NDA understand that any and all discussion on the topic may be shut down on the forums. A Book of Heroes Update: We have 12 coguilds bursting at the seams, plans to get 13 and 14 opened in the next few days! Please be patient as we try to keep this going in an organized fashion. A LOT of folks are playing this game! Bless and Curse you Dills! Also remember if the Alea Iacta Est guild name isn't in the book of heroes thread or Wiki, it's not an official AIE guild. All SORTS of Anniversary things coming up, so definitely stay tuned for those, and here's one that is getting off the ground. The Running of the er...Pandas! Running of the Schezwan Beef? Man I don't even know. Another anniversary event coming up Lanctharus has been busy calling forth the horde of aie to take down stormwind! You heard us right folks! We are not taking down bosses but all of stormwind, we want their town FOR THE HORDE! Meetups meetups meetups! Some big meetups are being planned! The Chicagoland meetup for Medieval times is underway on February 2nd. Southern California AIE'ers are also having a midwinter meetup that same day! More meetups are being added to the meetup.com website every week so check it out, or even start your own! They are really simple, fun and a great way to get to know your local guildies! If you are looking to get into The Secret World, NOW is the time! Origin has it on sale for a measly 10 bucks! 10 bucks for everything! No monthly fee if ya don't want! Sale goes through the 28th, so act fast! An open apology to the EVE folks. I tried to look through the news postings to get some information on what is happening in the game, but to be honest I don't know what any of those terms mean! An example: Honeybadger Coalition, and therefore TEST, have officially reset standings with the CFC, by mutual agreement. There will be a temporary re-bluing at the weekend for evacuation of assets from Deklein. This is a news item, apparently! Alludra: In case you somehow are listening to THIS podcast and not any other of the great great Frogpants family of shows, official dates and times for Nerdtacular 2013 have been announced! The resort looks totally awesome, and Scott has let us know there are KILLER deals on room rates, lots of restaurants in walking distance, and now 2 DAYS of fun! Okay that's enough news! Let's bring out our guests Ayhood, StupidGenius and GypsyGirl standing by to talk to us about Rift
More expansions on the horizon, several meetups, and we flood Ghomus with games! All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the A-I-E Podcast... Note: Alludra couldn't make it this evening due to an ongoing investigation from D-E-H-T-A concerning overcrowding in her pet stables. AIE NEWS We would like to announce a new Guildie of the moment, Bôon. This member not only gives away hard earned justice points, by way of free shoes, but finds other ways to go out of his way to help guildies. Send your congrats to Bôon in game or on the forums. He also has a character named zod! Be aware that the zod you may be talking to may be Boon in disguise! Nerdtacular 2012 DVDs are now available! Get em while they're hot! Now we'll see if the money Ghomus tried to bribe Scott with the get rid of a certain section of the costume contest will prove to be sufficient! AIE Steam: Borderlands 2 has launched! Actually it launched at midnight Monday night, and Beefmaster was really drumming up the hype machine to try and make this an active part of the AIE Steam library! The battle for theramore scenario has launched to...somewhat mixed reviews. Scenarios are a new feature in world of warcraft, and don't require a tank or healer to complete! So you can jump in and finish with any team of 3 and be done quickly! Salem decided to bust out the fat beats and host a AIE Dance Party the other night in Garrosh's throne room! He'd like to do one more of these before the expansion hits, so they're planning on one next Sunday, check the forums for details! Meetups! The AIE meeup.com website is going crazy with new meetups! Are you in the phoenix arizona area? There is a raid on chompies on the 22nd. Michigan area AIE members are meeting up at the renaissance faire on the 23rd and the southern california residents are heading to the irvine spectrum mall on the 24th! Want to plan a meetup? Head on over to the website! AIE Ladies night is happening on sunday the 23rd at 8:30 pm server time. Samantha Jane head guild hugger and all around awesome person would like for the ladies of AIE to meet in vent for general hanging out, getting to know each other and other general shenanigans! RSVP on the forums, or just join in the general fun! Message from Syrene: It's official. We are having a Fall Craft Faire. That's right. Plans are currently underway to organize the Fall Craft Faire. With all the new pandas coming with MoP, we are gonna need more help than ever. If you have any interest in helping out the Faire, either by working it or gathering mats or anything, we are having our first major meeting Friday, Sept 21 at 9pm server in vent. Anyone in AIE is welcome to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Syreyne at syreyne99@gmail.com. SWTOR: another server merge, and you get 12 character slots now. But with a merge comes some name conflicts, like last time, so log in and check your names. and with that, let's talk to our guests, Stigg and Ralff! GAME NEWS Right now--AIE has never been more active! State of the AIE Community Website & wiki TSW GW2 Steam EVE WoW Rift The AIE Council has some stuff in the works that is not quite ready to be announced. (Ralff pulls three Johnsons) CLOSE And that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Ralff and Stigg for joining us! Next week we'll be talking to some crazy people from AIE RIFT. Quick mention! We have some great iTunes reviews! Thanks to Exile Angel, Deaych, Jeffery Hill, Travis Marcum, and the continually updating Cybyl, who has turned creating iTunes reviews into an art form. Do you want to get a shout out too? It's easy; just give us a 5 star review on iTunes! And don't forget, all iTunes reviewers are eligible for our Random Surprise Giveaways, so don't wait to get your name on the list! Stay tuned, as we've got some great AIE member segments coming right up, including... - Overly Dramatic News (with special guest reporter Thraxxis) - Ask Miss Mulgra
We have a new Praetorian in WoW, the Summer of Love is approaching, and we talk to a duo from a galaxy far, far away. All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the A-I-E Podcast... AIE NEWS We have a new guildie of the moment! Congratulations to Eade! Many members had lots to say about him, including: “Any time I get to run anything with Eade, I'm looking forward to it. He is an extremely nice guy with a positive attitude.” “He always impresses me with his ability to stay calm and friendly, even in rough circumstances” “Best raid leader ever!” Salus update! Our 10th and youngest WoW co-guild is running strong at level 15 and should be on track to hit 16 tomorrow. The guild's 540 members are working hard, but there is always room for more! If you're interested in switching to Salus, just jump into AIELFO and ask an officer for a swap. AIE World of warcraft has a new Praetorian! Join us in giving a big congrats to Kephas! He's a hardworking sucker erm officer who has definitely earned his new promotion! Send your congrats ingame, or on the forums. This Saturday, June 2nd, in Columbus, Ohio, at the Origins Game Fair, HealerTrek from the forums will be running a seminar on game design and the law. Check his forum post for more details or check his twitter which is @buckeyefitzy. Our meetup.com site is picking up steam among the membership! Don't feel like wading through the forums for meetups, have a fun idea that you think would make a great meetup? Head on over to the meetup.com site and do a search for Alea Iacta Est! Joining is free and members are encouraged to use the site! And while you're there, don't forget to RSVP for HealerTrek's Origins Game Fair, Nerdtacular, and DragonCon meetups. The summer of love is on its way! The summer of love is a guildie appreciation event that's currently in the planning phase. Past events have included ferrying lower level guildies to flight paths, Running of the beef, and various scavenger hunts. If you have an idea for a summer of love event don't hesitate to get started! Start planning on ways to share the love today! Steam is growing! That's right, beyond the normal TF2 Thursday (Starting at 6pm PST) we have some great steam updates! We have just crested 700 members in the group. That's right, there are over 700 aie'ers in our steam community! AIE steam also has a new twitter account, @AIE_Steam! Here guildies can stay up to date on the Steam group, special deals in the store, and any updates on the TF2 server and tweet problems they may be having. And with that, let's welcome this week's guests, Durus and Shojo! GAME NEWS SWTOR News Star Wars turned 35 / Geek day / Towel Day State of the Game / Server Population/Transfers - “Server recruitment threads, etc.” Community Q&A / Upcoming Patch 1.3 “Allies” - Should be hitting PTS soon - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-may-25th-2012-%E2%80%93-special-edition-game-update-1.3 Spike TV marathon - new game announced on Thursday 31 May, e3 preshow of GTTV. http://www.spike.com/press/2012/05/25/spike-tv-launches-into-hyperspace-with-the-world-premire-of-the-next-big-star-wars-game-franchise/ AIE:TOR News New Officer - Max'z (aka Max) - http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/45575-attention-new-swtor-aie-officer-on-deck/ Officer selection / roles - need not be an officer to contribute. How do you get to be an officer. World Boss Kill event last Sunday evening Recent Crew Skills Academy wrapup - skillups, raffles, and nekkid boxing: oh my! New applications starting 1 June - Alts anytime Promotions - 60 day probationary period then promoted to “full member” - only real significant in-game function is guild bank access. Shout out to Cakuu - Chibi art for SWTOR community members - Art forums thread on EL forums - http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/37462-gaming-doodles/ CLOSE And that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Durus and Shojo for joining us, and our chat room for adding some great commentary!
There's a new officer in a galaxy far, far away; AIE has gone to Hell, virtually speaking; and we talk to the Queen of Rift! All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the A-I-E Podcast... AIE NEWS The evil that is Diablo 3 seems to have spread across the guild! Unfortunately your AIE officers can't get your raid team out of Diablo and back into your raid times! Sorry guys. We have another Guildie of the Moment: Teraall! There are almost too many quotes to use here so aren't going to try! A few are: “I've known Teraall since my early days in AiE. I've never had a bad experience with the guy.” “Terrall is an awesome player and is always even tempered and promotes what truly AIE is all about.” “I know him and he's a good guy.”Send your congrats to Teraall in game or on the forums! AIE SWTOR would like to announce their newest officer to the ranks, Max'z! You may know him from his exploits as a Republic trooper, but there are rumors that he's been seen over on the imperial side! Either way, you can congratulate him in game or on the forums in the thread: Attention~New SWTOR AIE officer on deck. COOP! We had an amazing COOP run this last weekend. The Diablo disease definitely affected our turnout; only 30 people were able to pull themselves out of Sanctuary to join us. There were around 50 Alliance defending Stormwind, and even though it took some doing, they were eventually able to chase us out the first time we attacked. So we regrouped, blew through the other three Alliance leaders, and then tackled Stormwind again. Thanks to some excellent leadership and strategy from Alachaas and Solarflair, we were able to get the king down and got quite a few AIE members their war bears. Gratz to all that got the achievement, and everyone keep your eyes out for the next COOP run coming up soon. Going to Dragoncon this year? How about Nerdtacular? Maybe you have an idea for a great local meetup? Well AIE has their very own Meetup.com site! Simply head over to meetup.com and do a search for the Alea Iacta Est Gaming community! Signing up is free and who knows what kind of fun you can have! And it's that time again! It's time for the AIE Salus update! That's right you guys are awesome! Our newest world of warcraft co-guild is catching up fast with just over 500 members! The hard work is showing as the guild is already level 14! That's right, even with the distraction that is diablo, you guys are working hard! Just a reminder, AIE TF2 thursdays are every week starting at 10:30pm EST, 7:30 PST! Just log into TF2 and look for the community invite! And speaking of TF2, Wynnefox has a number of TF2 items to give away to any player who wants them. See the Free TF2 Items thread in the community forums And last, Salem in the chat room wanted to make sure we plugged the Pheonix Comic Con meetup happening this weekend, on Saturday may 26th. It sounds like it's going to be a blast, so be sure to RSVP in the Meetup.com thread. Link is in the forums. And with that, let's welcome this week's guest, Gypsygirl! GAME NEWS - RIFT! Rift recently released patch 1.8 which introduced a new 20 man dungeon (the hardest yet), two new skills (survival and fishing) as well as the new Guild Finder. In the previous patches they introduced Chronicles (1-2 person dungeons), Instant Adventures for those 45+, and weddings! They also released an iOS app called Rift Mobile which lets you chat in guild chat, track invasions and play scratch off games to win in-game prizes like crafting materials or artifacts (shineys!). While we have a dedicated core of raiders (the Ingrates) we're always looking for more people to join us! We don't care what level you are or what gear you have - as long as you're willing to commit and die with us! :) CLOSE And that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Gypsygirl for joining us, and our chat room for adding some great commentary! Next week we'll be talking to the members of AIE SWTOR! Quick mention!
Avenger Meetups abound, Rift gets a new patch, there's another COOP run in the works, and we talk to the the Head Bronies of the WoW guild. All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the AIE Podcast. AIE NEWS There's a new guildie of the moment! That's right, everyone! A big congrats to Solarstorm of AIE Rift! Our guildies had a lot of great stuff to say about him this week including stuff like: “Never gets upset over the small stuff.” “Always willing to help people out with things, including gearing, mats, filling a spot if a dungeon or raid is a man short.” and “All around a great guy and I think a great representative of the community.” Living in the Phoenix area and gearing up for the Avengers movie? Well on May 6th at the Temple marketplace there is going to be an AIE meetup just for the movie! Details like the time to attend are still up in the air, but see the thread, Phoenix area avengers meetup in the community section of the forums. Speaking of the Avengers, other groups are orginizing their own movie screenings at the Meetup.com website, such as the So. Cal meetup and the Chattanooga meetup! Not on the meetup.com site? Signing up is free and allows you to rsvp to events going on within AIE. You can find a link to AIE's meetup page in the show notes or go to meetup.com and search Alea Iacta Est. http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/ Rift just got their patch! Finally 1.8 is out and Telara is updated! This is a fairly large patch and changes several things within the game including: talents and abilities, a new armor slot, new crafting recipes, a ranking system, and several bug fixes! For more information check out the patch notes on the Rift forums. It's time to COOP again! In honor of Armed Forces Day on May 19th, Alachaas will be leading a COOP run against the Alliance. Time to be determined. Keep your eyes on the AIE Azeroth forums for more information. For those of you looking to explore the hidden secret locations of Azeroth, Thyatira will be holding an Azerothian Expedition this Saturday, May 5th at 2pm server time. Come join in on the mystical magical carpet ride to these secluded locations. Nerdtacular tickets are now on sale! nerdtacular.com updated yesterday with a link to the ticket seller Eventbrite. The tickets are $32.59 each which includes all the fun fees and taxes. And with that, let's welcome this week's guests, AIE WoW Game Director Lanctharus and newest Praetorian Thyatira. GAME NEWS Hello I am Lanctharus, are you suffering from Diablo III DT's? Because I sure am. Need demon killing fix soon..... Cannot wait the 14 days. I haz a sad. First of May, first of May, outdoor f... Um I mean it's the first of the May (not even 24 hours) and we already have 50 people applying for membership. Holy poop! Also we wanted to call upon the membership to plan and run guild events. For example a few years ago Despair a for Salus is more than 50% into Level 9 and has 339 total characters. Way to go! Our gold cash flow is still looking very good. We have over 2.4 million gold in our banks. Incoming gold has dipped a bit but we are still very much in the black. We currently have nearly 7K characters amongst all the co-guilds and we guesstimate that that number represents nearly 2K individual member accounts. We soon plan to start up our own banana dictatorship. All Hail the AIE banana republic! Speaking of malevolent overlords, even more AIE officers are succumbing to our new pony overlords. Derpy is still the best pony! And big props to all our bronies and pegasisters who stop by and say hello in Vent. Brohoof! And just for fun, let's ask Thyatira random questions! CLOSE And that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Lanc and Thy for joining us! Next week we'll be talking to the members of AIE Steam! Quick mention! We have some great iTunes reviews! Thanks to Beefmaster and Scorpianride for the great iTunes Reviews! Wanna get a shout out too?
We have very well deserved new guildie of the moment, Halaa battles are back, and we bring Darth Bouvi and Counsellor Abovan in to give us all the updates on what's going on in AIE SW:TOR. All this and more, on the NEW AIE Podcast. AIE NEWS Ladies and Gentleman, we have a new guildie of the Moment! Salem otherwise known as KillrElite on the forums! He's relatively new to the community, but has already organized a RL meetup, organized the COOP run after Lanc and and Ashayo's promotion party, and is just a great example of someone we love to have in the community, congrats to him! One of our own, BadModem, is going for his PhD at LSU (Go Tigers!). He's doing a research project and would love to get some video responses regarding your experiences with WoW or other MMO you've spent a good amount of time with social interaction with other folks in! See his thread mmo non profit academic film on the forums for more details on how you can participate! Full link in the shownotes. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44845-mmo-non-profit-academic-film-call-for-consumer-responses/ One whom we might as a consider a pillar of the AIE and Frogpants Community, Brian Ibbot, is working with Andrew Allen to produce the first official release from Coverville Records! I think it'd be great if we could give him some AIE community support! The Album features Jazz versions of Star Trek classics! Halaa battles are back! Solarflare of AIE warcraft is organizing an old school Halaa battle! Saturday April 21st at 8pm server be there and be ready to earn those tokens to get those old school talbuk mounts, or just have fun killing Alliance. RSVP in the forums in the thread Halaa: the reckoning the return of world player vs player action. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44779-halaa-the-reckoning-return-of-world-player-vs-player-action/ So we've got about a week left on this deadline, but if you are looking to get a FREE month of game-time from SW:TOR, it APPEARS that Galibond has figured out the method to get this ‘veteran bonus'. Check out the forum post for all the details, but it appears that if you hit level 50 OR Legacy level 6 before April 22 you might get such! Reddcap from AIE Invictus wants to invite AIE and anyone else going to Nerdtacular to join us on a tour of the "Utah Truffles" chocolate factory on Friday June 22nd at 7:00 pm. Details can be found on the "All Things Edible" podcast website here: http://edibleshow.com/2012/03/utah-truffles-tour-sign-up/ And with that, let's welcome this week's guest Abovan & Bouvi GAME NEWS Craft Fair in Space is coming soon. Contact Sophillea for more information on this and check out the thread on the forums. DOH! lol it happns A - The Guild Bank Kickferter started Friday, March 23rd and ending Sunday, April 22nd. The tabs will not be purchased until the 30 days have ended. Right now we have enough for the first 2 tabs in all 7 guilds. There are some cool prizes. Check the forums for more info. Want to run your own event? When I started with the guild I met up with Lanc in Atlanta toward the beginning of COOP. I asked him what I could do to help the guild and he said “help with COOP” so I became a COOP leader. If you have a cool idea for an event don't wait on the officers to do it as we have our hands full. Take the reigns and post it on the forums. Just make sure you plan well ahead so that you give people time to plan for the event. Give it a whirl. I know Gallibond has been pretty active on the forums doing different events. If you want to be more involved with the guild this is one way to do it. Invites have been going well. Please be patient as we cannot have officers on 24 hours a day. We will get you. Make sure before you go into aielfo that you have received the email confirmation that your character has been accepted into the guild. Your friend and mine, Sihx does the raid wrapup for the AIE podcast and is happy to announce any game raid achievements,
UMAMI officially launches courtesy of Stigg, Lanctharus SHOCKINGLY talks about Ponies, and we get some updated information related to the community! All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the NEW AIE Podcast...AIE NEWSWorld of Warcraft has a new officer! Welcome to Hunts the Wind! Please remember to check your sanity at the door, and everyone please send him your well-wishes and condolences in the forums.Four waves of mists of pandaria beta invites have gone out! If you haven't gotten in yet, check your email and battle net account! Blizz seems to be inviting more people by the day! And I hear they are still handing out betas for that other game too... Alea Iacta Est Salus within WoW will be opening as of 11pm server time this friday! There is still time to get your toon on the list, send a mail to officers@aie-guild.org and we'll get ya moved during the launch party! Check all the details here!Nerdtacular kickstarter update! Check the link for more details, but its doing great! Currently sitting at more than 350% funding! let's see if we can hit 400% before this thing is done! 21 days to go!Speaking of Nerdtacular weekend, Reddcap from AIE Invictus wants to invite AIE and anyone else going to Nerdtacular to join us on a tour of the "Utah Truffles" chocolate factory on Friday June 22nd at 7:00 pm. Details can be found on the "All Things Edible" podcast website here: http://edibleshow.com/2012/03/utah-truffles-tour-sign-up/AIE Raid Wrapup is always looking for more teams and submissions! Sihx asked if I could give a plug, and he was kind enough to pick up the Mantle where Kolt and I left it, so make sure to check the raiding forums or email aieraidwrapup@gmail.com with your raid team information! It's rather hard to grab current Raid Team information with a GROUP of folks, let alone doing it all on his own!You're level 50 in SW:TOR huh? Not sure what to do? Seems like you're not the only one, there is a thread on the forums that have a bunch of ideas and folks that are also looking for the same. Take a look and gather up!GAME NEWSStigg -Initial roll-out of UMAMI.Currently, the system is simply an application system.Things that Stigg should be fixing instead of podcastingMerging of accounts.EVE ApplicationsOfficer listing.Trouble ticketing system.Things you should knowApplications are static, single-use things.We will be adding the ability to “delete” characters.Don't put in applications for characters for toons that are in the guild but don;t show up in your listing. Let us know which ones are missing via e-mail. (SWtOR is an exception).And of course your officers can be found at :WoW: Officers@aie-guild.org SW:TOR Officers@aie-tor.org EvE: Officers@aie-universtal.comRift: Officers@aie-telara.orgForums re-shuffle.Lanc - Did I mention I am in the beta? Yes, No? Well hahaha on me. It keeps crashing on me but pandas females are ADORABLE! A- it crashes A LOTLanc- Let's talk names. We wanted to remind people that we do have policies that we use when reviewing applications and if your name just happens to have a proclivity to be on Urban Dictionary, odds are it will be rejected. Yes folks the officers have the UD app on their phones.Lanc - All goes well with the guild bank repairs. People are using it and the coffers have not emptied. In fact we are very definitely in the black. The amount offered to members for all their cohort level toons will be held at the daily 15 gold per day level until we see how the run up to Mist of Panderia affects our cash flow.For folks with repair bills greater than 15G please chose to repair one piece of gearLanc - In regards to Vent etiquetteThere has been a lot of questions lately about what is and is not proper to discuss in Vent. We attempt break it down for folks in an attempt clear the air,Avoid profanity in common roomsAvoid discussion of inflammatory topicsThe importance of knowing your audienceOf course the rules relax a bit once you are in a private DnD channel and fo...
AIE is good for your health, an opportunity for you to help Nerdtacular explode, how to PVP with the Force, and what the EVE gang has been up to. All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the NEW AIE Podcast...AIE NEWS Just a reminder that the WoW Spring Craft Fair will be happening on the weekend of April 21st and 22nd. Come bring all your toons and max out their tradeskills. There will also be a raffle to give away some great prizes. For more information or to learn how you can help out, see Syrene's post in the AIE Azeroth forums.It looks like we're heading into swimsuit weather once again. For any AIE member trying to look their best in their bikini or speedo, you might like to know that AIE has an impromptu support system in place for those of you who want a little help keeping up with your exercise or weight loss goals. See Marcum's AIE Exercise Plan post in the community forums to get encouragement and to help encourage others. For you PVPers from a galaxy far, far away, there will be a SWTOR PVP Guild event taking place this Saturday, March 31, at 9pm server time. This is a mentoring/practice event, where you can learn how to PVP, and then put your new skills to use battling other AIE members. For more information, see Gallibond's post in the AIE The Old Republic forums.For you Convert To Raid fans, or AIE members who just happen to live in the Upper Midwest, Zhug will be holding an AIE/Convert To Raid meetup in Blaine, Minnesota on May 5, from 3 to 7pm at the Brunswick Zone bowling center. $20 will get you bowling, games, and food. Zhug asks that anyone interested in attending please RSVP on the Convert To Raid website or email him at converttoraid@gmail.comPandas! For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, our own High Muckety-Muck Scott Johnson has uploaded a video of him running around and rambling through the Mists of Pandaria beta. Somewhat informative, very entertaining. You can find it on his YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MyExtraLifeNerdtacular is really taking shape! Every year, Scott throws a great event for AIE'rs and Frogpants Community members alike! Because he keeps ticket costs so cheap, I know that in past years he was eating a lot of the cost of the event. This is where YOU can help him out. Every donation will provide that much more quality of an event, more comfortable chairs, better sound reinforcement for the concert (Paul and Storm!), etc. Now although all the “High-Rolling” backing spots have already been filled (in the first 24 hours, YOW!), YOU, yes YOU, can help Scott make this even more an event to remember. The kickstarter has already more than 200% funding, but don't let that stop you! For the first time since the guild split in cataclysm AIE Warcraft is opening up a new co-guild! Alea Iacta Est Salus will be opening its doors on April 8th! So if you missed out on the fun of leveling a co guild, want to earn some cool achievements or just plain want the challenge of leveling a guild up from scratch let the officers know! This just in. Would the member of the live chat room driving the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth please check your vehicle? Apparently it got hungry, and now you owe another member of the audience a ride home. For links to more information about these topics, see our show notes in the AIE community forum. And with that, let's welcome this week's guests...GAME NEWSWhat we've been up to since the last EVE segment:We've spent the past month back in our home region, Fountain:Most of this time has been spent cleaning up the mess made by the intergalactic squatters know as the g0dfathers[Short explanation of Fountain's NPC pocket][why people would want to live there][why we're unable to control it]Destroyed ALL their starbases and customs officesCamped them in stationThis lead to the Bulgarian and English speaking groups in their alliance to split into two separate alliancesSkirmishes with the PIZZA Thrasher gangsPIZZA is an offshoot of the 4chan group Elite Space Gu...
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