Episode 22 – Play God Day Turns into Mushrooms and WoW Talk
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Standing In Fire E22 – Happy New Year to all!
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss
Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Origin of Play God Day:
Our research did not discover the origin or the creator of Play God Day.
We found numerous Ecard companies and calendars sites with this special day. But, we did not find a single site with any factual information about this day.
Intro
No show next week! Militus is heading out on a great quest to the land of Texas. Bahahaha.
Text us. They can text us. This whole time I had been thinking people should call, but nobody does that. They can just text us!
The text from this week: You got xans bro ? I boutght the vapor ax’s from you and yu has xans
They didn’t leave a name or anything and I am not sure what he was texting about.
We have a call this week.
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – I’m actually getting pretty close to getting my ring! Stuck on time, though, so I might not get it for another month yet.
Militus – My brand new mount from Tess! I love it! Also been enjoying the Darkshore WQ and invasions.
Boom -. I too came home from a brand new mount from Tess. And then I got a new cool gear from Militus which was super nice. Boom got an Xbox! And a year of GamePass. And once Microsoft acquires Blizzard I will get to play all of their games with GamePass and it is going to be great. And they added mouse and keyboard support to the Xbox now and so in theory just about every game can run on there now. One day I won’t have to build another freaking computer.
Segment 2: News/Topic
Story 1. Stan Lee tribute added to the game
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289641/blizzard-adds-stan-lee-tribute-in-wow
Story 2. Kultirans and Zandalari allied races on 7.1.5 ptr
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289640/8-1-5-ptr-how-to-unlock-zandalari-troll-and-kul-tiran-allied-races
Story 3. No King Shall rule forever article. Looking at 10 years since the Blizzard Activision merger. TESS HAS A COMMENT HERE
Story 4. Blizzard cutting cost in Europe, buyouts for over 100 employees. https://kotaku.com/with-activisions-influence-growing-blizzard-is-cutting-1831263741
Story 5. WowHeads Top 10 mounts of WoW for 2018
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289385/mounts-of-the-year-most-popular-mounts-on-wowhead-for-2018
We have to cut Seg 3 for time. No problem 🙂 – Mila
2. For X-mas, my non-gamer Mother secretly asked my friends what my character looks like and had it made. Here is the result! posted by tvortexrap
3. I just witnessed a pharaoh parade in Ironforge. Merry Christmas! By Krainz
Boom and Tess will LOVE this Paladin’s display of multiboxing! https://gfycat.com/zealousincompletefrog
Segment 4: WoW 2018 Moments and Resolutions for 2019
What were a few of your EPIC moments of 2018? What are your 2019 WoW resolutions?
Tess – EPIC: that we were so inspired by bfa to bring the cast back
RESOLUTION: play more
Militus – EPIC: The launch of BfA. So many friends showed back up. Made me very happy!
RESOLUTION: To make small goals, NOT related to ilevel of loot progression. Reps, low-drop mounts, warmode PvP, and social gatherings in Wow.
Boom – Epic: Launch of BFA
Resolution: Try and raid more frequently and consistently in WoW.
End of show Credits
Militus – Shout out to the WoW community and in particular all the friends I have made over the years playing games (not just WoW).
Episode 21 – Our Muffins Might Make You Uncomfortable
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Standing In Fire E21 – Happy Holidays to all!
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss Invasions, muffins, Moments of Zen, muffins, news, muffins, and the death of HoTS. Oh, and muffins. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Muffin Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt_-QeXT92o
HiveMind mount: https://www.wowhead.com/news=289124/hivemind-secret-mount-the-hunt-is-over
Vulpine Familar: https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-mount-vulpine-familiar
Azerite armor system in 8.2: https://www.wowhead.com/news=289210/liveblog-of-the-dec-14th-battle-for-azeroth-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas#highlights
Heroes of the Storm dead: https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/14/18141331/heroes-of-the-storm-canceled-hgc-blizzard-community
New Hunter Pet?: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a7a5ow/started_laughing_when_i_saw_this_with_tears/
Grizzly Hills music cover on the viola da gamba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVJOejUOGYA&feature=youtu.be
Warcraft Theatre?: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a7nc5d/my_school_is_putting_on_a_play/
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Date When Celebrated : Always December 19
Oatmeal Muffin Day is today. Enjoy the cholesterol lowering benefit of oatmeal in your muffins today. That’s great news… eating something that tastes good, and is also healthy to you.
This special day is not steeped in tradition. To the contrary, we have found no information about this day. But, it is clear to us, that eating oatmeal muffins will fulfill the objective of this day. Of course, baking the muffins yourself, adds to the enjoyment and pleasure of this day.
Have a couple of oatmeal muffins, and have a Happy Oatmeal Muffin Day!!!
Intro
Boom refuses to drink Eggnog until his Blizzard stock starts going up again. He is on strike.
Contact Us (Tess)
Website: stopstandinginfire.com
Email: stopstandinginfire@gmail.com
Twitter: @sifpodcast
TRYING OUT A NEW STREAM TONIGHT:
Streaming: https://mixer.com/boomtaplive
Phone: (Tess Jingle)
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – I love the new “invasions”. They’re really fun and give pretty good loot!! This is the type of content I enjoy.
Militus – One word… or acronym? PvP! Militus went full warmode this past week! 1. Camped tortolian WQ… made assassin 2. Disc vs. Disc 3. Militus trolled the shit out of some Horde! Bahaha.
Boom -. I did the 2 weeks of 14 hour days. Didn’t have much time to play anything at all. I asked for an Xbox for Christmas and I am pretty sure I am getting one. So that is cool. Leading up to Christmas I am going to do a short vacation and unplug for a few days. No phone, computer or games.
Segment 2: News/Topic
Story 1. This week’s events:
Weekly: Complete 4 Mythic dungeons and get a piece of Uldir Heroic loot, World Boss is The Matriarc (Jirak over in Zuldazar), watch for invasions on WoWhead (the give great caches and 7th legion service medals), and feast of Winter Veil (go save Metzen).
Story 2. HiveMind mount solved! See the link for a preview:
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289124/hivemind-secret-mount-the-hunt-is-over
Story 3. NA realms, Alliance have control of Darkshore warfront and NEW WORLD BOSS.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289276/darkshore-conquered-by-alliance-na-ivus-world-boss-for-alliance-contributions-op
Story 4. New cash-shop mount: Vulpine Familar
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-mount-vulpine-familiar
Story 5. Blizzard shit-cans the Azerite armor system in 8.2. This is HUGE!
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289210/liveblog-of-the-dec-14th-battle-for-azeroth-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas#highlights
Story 6. Blizzard shit-cans Heroes of the Storm. 🙁 (implications for Wow)
https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/14/18141331/heroes-of-the-storm-canceled-hgc-blizzard-community
Militus – I am torn. Part of me want to give a middle finger to Blizz, the other part of me wants to open up my wallet so the same thing does not happen to WoW. 🙁
Segment 3: MILITUS REDDIT
Started laughing when I saw this.. with tears. Posted by RainbowX1
2. Grizzly Hills music cover on the viola da gamba posted by thegambagbageek
3. My school is putting on a play Posted by Twas_Inevitable
Segment 4: WoW Christmas list
If you could have one DESIGN-CHANGE-GIFT from the developers of WoW, what would it be:
Tess – Valor back. It would reinvigorate dungeons while letting people work towards getting the loot they want. Basically, I need a way to work towards something that, while slow, gives me a carrot.
Militus – Slower loot progression. I want to again love the items I work so hard to acquire.
Boom -. Yearly expansions so content drops quicker (Honestly I don’t see why they can’t do this already). More Dungeons, More Raids, Old Dungeons and Raids all bumped to max level content that you can que anytime. I want to random que for a dungeon and get any dungeon in the game.
End of show Credits
Militus – Shout out to Byjaxx for joining me in raid and listening to the podcasts! He was a fan of the ding-a-ling episode. Bahaha.
Standing In Fire E20
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss the 8.1 release, ding-a-lings, filthy Horde marriage proposals, . Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Date When Celebrated : Always December 12
Today is National Ding-a-Ling Day, a very special day to “Ring your Bell”. Nope, we’re not talking about the Salvation Army Bell Ringers, standing with their bells and kettles, outside of every store in the country. On National Ding-a-Ling Day, you should brace yourself for bizarre and crazy behavior, from all of the people you encounter today. Even normally conservative people have been known to go a little crazy on this day.
Some people say this is a day for wackos, lunatics, and others who are off their rocker. We say, it is simply a day to cut loose, act a little weird.
What do you do to celebrate this day? Be ever vigilant to the ding-a-lings that will come out of the woodwork. Ding-a-Lings will be everywhere: on the road, on the street, in stores, and even in your house! We suggest you get into the holiday spirit, and become a ding-a-ling yourself……But, please do so for just one day.
For the record: Ding-a-Lings and Ding Bats are not quite the same thing.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/December/dingalingday.htm
Contact Us (Tess)
Website: stopstandinginfire.com
Email: stopstandinginfire@gmail.com
Twitter: @sifpodcast
Twitch: standinginfirepodcast@twitch.tv
Phone: (Tess Jingle)
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – The new war campaign quest was fun, but I struggled with the beginning since EVERY DAMN BLIZZARD GAME ON MY UPLOADER had to perform an update and my “streaming” updating stalled out until they all did. I wasn’t getting quest givers to spawn, complete, etc, so I logged for a bit until I got everything else DLed and it worked fine again. THEN I ran the intro the Darkshore Warfront and it was soooo cool. I can’t wait to play it.
Militus – Pleasantly surprised at the nerfs to Disc, I performed less, but not as drastically as I thought. So… I guess I am sort of happy.
Boom -. I played Forza Horizon 4!
Segment 1: News/Topic
Story 1. Artifact Knowledge Woes (this week it did not reduce like previous weeks)
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289158/artifact-knowledge-should-continue-next-week
Updated: Blizzard suspends the weekly decrease until Jan. 22. OMG.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289161.2/no-artifact-knowledge-increases-until-season-2-on-january-22nd
Story 2. Darkshore Warfront is live. See the link for a preview:
https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/8174-Darkshore-Warfront-Preview-Patch-8-1
Story 3. 8.1 cinematic video trailer
Segment 2: MILITUS REDDIT
1. Thank you, Blizzard, for finally giving us thematically appropriate sets! I waited weeks, but this is my new favourite! by TheGreatMalagan (dwarf heritage armor included… looks very cool)
2. Map Darkshore Rares 8.1 UPDATED by CronoTS
3. So I proposed to my lovely Horde filth with a quest. She said Yes!
posted by Frendin
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
Standing In Fire E19
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom talk about Moments of Zen, Revenge of the Nerds, and a GREAT new coffee shop idea. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Sylvanas is sick of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a31jzh/sylvanas_is_sick_of_this_shit/
Darkmoon Faire Dungeon Idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a2ssny/darkmoon_faire_dungeon_would_be_fun/
First G’huun Kill: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a2ig2c/our_guild_finally_killed_ghuun/
Intro
Contact Us (Tess)
Website: stopstandinginfire.com
Email: stopstandinginfire@gmail.com
Twitter: @sifpodcast
Twitch: standinginfirepodcast@twitch.tv
Phone: (Tess Jingle)
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – I was top of the DPS meter! Still got it. And I’m SO EXCITED for the 11th!! That’s the last night I have “Holiday Night” work hours, so starting on the 12th, I finally get to play again!! Just in time for new content!
Militus – Running a dungeon with Boom, Nick, and Tess was awesome, especially when I was literally chastising the shadow priest and hoping for a mob to kill them. Bahahaha. I actually ran a Mythic plus for the first time in MONTHS! It was… okay.
Boom -. When 4 of us played some low level dungeons together and the one pug had to deal with our pace. Also when Militus tanked as a monk and was just pulling everything everywhere and I couldn’t keep up with where he was at.
Segment 1: News/Topic
Boom’s Son has all but given up on WoW. The attempt to bring in the younger generation wasn’t successful.
Story 1. Wrath Time Walking this week! Yay!
https://www.wowhead.com/news=289008/new-events-in-wow-for-december-4th-wrath-of-the-lich-king-timewalking
Story 2. Item level increases in Tides of Vengeance.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288938/increasing-item-level-rewards-in-patch-8-1
Story 3. Boom’s wallet is NOT happy. 🙁
Boom – Actually Boom’s wallet is getting fatter because the further it drops the more I buy. This is like the ultimate sale. I am going to double down soon.
Segment 2: MILITUS REDDIT
1. Sylvanas is sick of this shit by Ewizaboof
Watch this video… LMAO!
2. Darkmoon Faire Dungeon would be fun by Pipedown53
What if they added a dungeon that was only open during Darkmoon Faire?
It could be in the style of a fun house and the bosses would drop Prize tickets, Toys, Pets, and Mounts instead of gear. Just something really random and fun.
Militus: Think Protogrames Dungeon from Wildstar! It could be goofy and fun.
Tess: Or the Carnival zone from Secret World! OR the Acquisitions Incorporated Broken Faire ride quest from Neverwinter!
3. Our guild finally killed G’huun posted by reicha7
Our guild is not a raiding guild but we’ve always had a small number of folks who want to do raids so have been steadily clearing Normal Uldir these last few months. We had always hit a brick wall with Mythrax only managing to kill him once a few weeks ago but tonight was different.
Despite starting our raid late and having a few inexperienced members we managed to stomp through the first 7 bosses with no wipes and got to G’huun with 45 minutes left on our time for the night. Half our group had never even seen the boss (not even LFR), our comp was not great for orb running and we had no warlock.
Despite all this, the guys and gals managed to bring the big worm down on our 5th pull with some awesome first-time orb runners really giving it their all and all 15 of us survived the whole fight.
I know at this point it doesn’t seem like much to down him on normal but we are not all big raiders (a few of us do pug runs of normal and hc) and as a guild we have never really been able to down any boss at current content (combination of low numbers and general struggles with the fights) but this time we were determined to do it and did.
As our raid leader, I am just super happy with my guild and wanted to share it 🙂
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
Episode 18 – Blizzard, Can You Take Me High Enough?
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Standing In Fire E18 World of Warcraft Podcast
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom talk about the holidays, Moments of Zen, Patch 8.1, and the future of Blizzard. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast! Whoot!
Links Discussed:
Patch 8.1 released in tiers: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288840/patch-8-1-tides-of-vengeance-content-release-calendar
Bellular advises how to get ready for the patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ60L_CDNsc&t=380s
Future of Blizzard/Diablo: https://kotaku.com/the-past-present-and-future-of-diablo-1830593195
Activision Sends Their Regards: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a07p2e/with_the_recent_leaks_from_blizzard_how_it_feels/
Max Level Rewards: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/a0340q/back_in_the_day_you_were_rewarded_for_hitting_max/
Map of WoW, c. 1999: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9zyrwr/the_map_of_wow_1999/
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – I played a chunk of other games while I enjoyed my time off with my family.
Militus – I was completing a WQ in Tiregard Sound and ran into a Mage. We had an interesting buff exchange. LOL.
Boom -. Thanksgiving week brought lots of family and friends and various activities. With the week off I also gamed my ass off and played Warhammer 40k Mechanicus, MTG Arena, Breach (Alpha), Overwatch and made it to level 63 in Neverwinter. The highlight was the Black Friday sale where I picked up tons of 75% off Overwatch league gear. Fitted hats! $10, T-shirts $6 and a killer jacket, $30. I even grabbed up the Overwatch Legos of Bastion my favorite Overwatch hero.
Segment 1: News/Topic
Story 1. Patch 8.1 (Dec. 11) will be released in tiers. See the tiers below:
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288840/patch-8-1-tides-of-vengeance-content-release-calendar
Watch this video by Bellular to get ready for the patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ60L_CDNsc&t=380s
Story 2. What in the hell is happening at Blizzard right now? Read this article:
https://kotaku.com/the-past-present-and-future-of-diablo-1830593195
Militus – The only thing that can kill WoW is WoW… is that now happening? No shit. I am legitimately worried.
Boom – This is the WOD team. I want to open up with this comment. WoW is now the most graphically pretty MMO I think there is. (crazy I know) However, I want a more complex MMO. I want one that takes a long time to level (I feel like I should just be hitting cap now from an expansion). I want lots of currencies and confusion and things that make me immersed in the world because I have to explore and discover. WoW is just really familiar and streamlined to the point that it is something I play, not experience. These expansions seem to get thinner and thinner each time. Militus and I ran an entire zone in two hours during the opening night. That seems crazy to me.
With all that said, Blizzard Activision is set to make a crap ton of money next year if they push out a new title and expansions for all of their games. I am a conspiracy theorist and I actually believe they are holding announcements to purposely lower their stock price for a potential stock buyback because they are a few announcements away from a record few years. 2019/2020 could be huge for Blizzard. That is just my conspiracy though.
Segment 2: MILITUS REDDIT
Posted by
u/dude_seven
With the recent leaks from Blizzard, how it feels like:
Posted by
u/chr1s003
Back in the day you were rewarded for hitting max level….
So, I hit 120 today on one of my alts and I immediately felt bored and empty.
Back in the day you used to hit max level and think “YES!, I can finally learn this cool new spell I’ve been waiting for!”
Now you hit 120 and to gain access to the same shit we’ve been doing since Legion. WQ’s, etc.
They need to take some Legion legendary effects or something and add at least 1 more talent tier. IMO
Blizzard will NEVER Draw in a new player base if 100-120 is a void of nothingness but levels…. New players will simply quit with nothing to look forward too, I know I would.
Thoughts about this post? Agree or Disagree? Why?
Posted by u/triferg
the map of WoW, 1999
End of show Credits
SHOUT OUT TO WILDSTAR! 2PM PST , 11/28 Goodbye. Militus will be there. Come join him.
Standing In Fire E17
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom talk about playing other games to lessen the Gamer ADD issue, Moments of Zen, and 8.1 news. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Happy National Pickle Day!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VJnjVe7NE
Neverwinter: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter
Interesting Procs coming to items from next raid tier
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288481/items-with-fun-procs-from-the-battle-of-dazaralor-raid
Pally animations.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288633/tides-of-vengeance-new-paladin-spell-animations-beacons-blessing-of-freedom-bles
Concecrate Animation: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288483/new-paladin-consecration-spell-animation-patch-8-1-ptr
5th ring for Azerite armor: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288482/patch-8-1-ptr-azerite-pieces-with-the-fifth-ring-available-on-the-dungeon-journa
“Dodge the grapeshot” posted by Serious-Potato1: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9uwdkf/dodge_the_grapeshot/
Blizzard pls… posted by Nevolok: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9uuqzo/blizzard_pls/
Okay, fellow demon hunters… posted by Mantas964: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9x0cqc/okay_fellow_demon_hunters_i_get_you_want_your/
Intro
Happy National Pickle Day!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VJnjVe7NE
Militus – I had fun running BC TW dungeons. Love them so much.
Boom -. I created a chinese Apple account and downloaded the game that Diablo Immortal is based on. I have been playing it on my phone. This prompted me to start learning Chinese.
Raided, went 2/2 Mythic. Got a 370 weapon. Did a quest got a 355 shoulder set up. Put me at 360. I am doing decent DPS. I 100% stopped trying to get flying. I don’t even care.
Let me tell you about this game…
Segment 1: News/Topic
Interesting Procs coming to items from next raid tier
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288481/items-with-fun-procs-from-the-battle-of-dazaralor-raid
Why does Blizzard LOVE Paladins so much? More animations.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288633/tides-of-vengeance-new-paladin-spell-animations-beacons-blessing-of-freedom-bles
ONLY HOLY. Ret does get a a new animation from an azeriate trait, though. Still no love for the prot.
Tess is sad.
New PTR build shows 5th ring for Azerite armor:
On the chest shown as example, the new ring unlocks at Azerite level 23. The normal rings will unlock after, at Azerite levels 27, 31, 35 and 39.
There are some changes to Amerite coming in 8.1, but nothing for Prot Pally. Tess is sad.
Segment 2: MILITUS REDDIT
Video
“Dodge the grapeshot” posted by Serious-Potato1 LMAO!
Watch the Demon Hunter and tell me just how funny this is!
Okay, fellow demon hunters, I get you want your warglaives, but this is getting out of hand. – Posted by Mantas964
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
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Standing In Fire E15
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom compare the Blizzcon Diablo announcement with Blizzard’s Mission Statement, Moments of Zen, and other news. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Zombie Shot:https://youtu.be/hxUjgNqBQKY
Everybody should buy Whomper: https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-pet-whomper
Patch by Patch, all of things coming to WoW BfA
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288351/blizzcon-2018-world-of-warcraft-whats-next-panel
Costume Contest Winner: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9u3rfc/my_wife_does_not_play_wow_she_is_still_amazing/
More Mobile in the Future: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9u3fwv/blizzard_cofounder_you_can_expect_to_see_more/
More mobile games in the plans: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/diablo-immortal-allen-adham-interview/amp/
Zombie Shot:
-Approx. 2 oz. peach schnapps
-Add Irish cream to make a brain
-Few drops grenadine
Segment 1: Moments of Zen
Tess – I got to play for an hour this week! Got my neck to 25. WB didn’t have anything I needed so I didn’t roll and thus endeth the Tess WB drop run of madness. 7 items in 6 weeks was a killer run, though. I DLed Destiny 2 since it was free, but I doubt I’ll play it much.
Militus – My heroic feats in island expeditions and I went behind enemy lines and shared space with 4 dirty Horde for a Blizzcon watching party.
Boom -. I got to raid and get some new gear. I had surgery and was only able to raid the first little bit. I had a good time as always with the people.
I played a little bit of Destiny 2, was able to get the 600 Halloween event gun. So that was cool. I played some League of Legends because of Worlds. I really like that game as an eSport. And I also dipped my toes in some Heroes of the Storm and had more fun that I expected to with that game.
The Straight Poop with Tess, Militus and Boom:
Blizzcon – The Great Diablo Caper of 2018 NERD RAGE! Is it right, is it wrong or is it just what it is?
Boom – I don’t think Blizzard is wrong and I don’t think the fans are wrong. I think Blizzard is doing what they think is best. They just happen to be becoming just like every other game company.
Everything below is just my ranting.
Dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever.
Blizzard Entertainment’s eight core values represent the principles and beliefs that have guided our company throughout the years. These values are reflected in employees’ decisions and actions every day.
Gameplay First:
Everything we do at Blizzard Entertainment is based on the success of the gaming experiences we provide our players. The goal of each discipline within the company — be it art, programming or customer support — is to make our games as fun as possible for as many people as we can reach.
Maybe:
***Not sure how the game will play. Maybe it will be amazing?
Commit to Quality:
“Blizzard polish” doesn’t just refer to our gameplay experiences, but to every aspect of our jobs. We approach each task carefully and seriously. We seek honest feedback and use it to improve the quality of our work. At the end of the day, most players won’t remember whether the game was late — only whether it was great.
Maybe:
***I am guessing they have some level of quality control around this game title. I think this is what is most in question.
Play Nice and Play Fair:
In our business first impressions are important — but lasting impressions are everything. We strive to maintain a high level of respect and integrity in all interactions with our players, colleagues, and business partners. The conduct of each Blizzard Entertainment employee, whether online or offline, can reflect on the entire company.
Probably:
***The first impression was rough, so I predict the title will be delayed to make sure that it is amazing when it launches to make it a lasting impression.
Embrace your Inner Geek
Everyone here is a geek at heart. Cutting-edge technology, comic books, science fiction, top-end video cards, action figures with the kung-fu grip…. Whatever it is they’re passionate about, it matters that each employee embraces it! Their unique enthusiasm helps to shape the fun, creative culture that is Blizzard Entertainment.
Yes:
***Geeks don’t just play on PC’s The world is mobile and as much as PC gamers might feel that they are superior, this is going to give an experience to an entire new world of gamer.
Everyone’s Voice Matters:
Great ideas can come from anywhere. Blizzard Entertainment is what it is today because of the voices of our players and of each member of the company. Every employee is encouraged to speak up, listen, be respectful of other opinions, and embrace criticism as just another avenue for great ideas.
No (But not all the voices were heard, only those of hardcore PC gamers):
***They deleted allegedly as many as 60k negative posts on youtube and thumbs down.
***They deleted the top negative comment repeatedly.
Think Globally:
Everywhere on the planet there are people who play Blizzard Entertainment games. While respecting the cultural diversity that makes people unique, we strive to grow and support our global gaming community. We also seek the most passionate, talented people in the world to enrich our company and help us forge the future vision of Blizzard Entertainment.
Yes:
***I think this is to reach the title to more people around the world.
Lead Responsibly:
Our products and practices can affect not only our employees and players — but the industry at large. As one of the world’s leading game companies, we’re committed to making ethical decisions, always keeping our players in mind, and setting a strong example of professionalism and excellence at all times.
Probably Not:
****Removing comments and downvotes might be not ethical. PR damage control might be a little on the sketchy side.
Learn and Grow:
The games industry is ever-changing. Technology improves, techniques change, and design philosophies become outdated. Since the founding of Blizzard Entertainment, we’ve worked to improve through experience, teaching one another and cultivating the desire to be the best at what we do. We see this as an individual responsibility as well as a company one. Employees can count on their peers, managers, and the company itself to be supportive and help them gain the knowledge and training they need.
Yes:
****I think this is the main initiative of this move. They are adapting to an ever changing market.
My wife was even disappointed. Hahaha. This is like Apple having Dell make a computer for them to cover the lower budget market and having it still run windows OS and being like “You guys will love it”
Simple case of a Company blowing it with knowing their audience. If this isn’t announced at Blizzcon I don’t think it really gets much attention. This is a conference, a very expensive one, that is full of the hardest core fans of PC titles that built Blizzard. I think in their mind all of them own phones and this would be great for them, but it really isn’t. I am sure they will rush out a D4 announcement soon.
Why did they not just say “We have D4 in the works, but it isn’t ready yet?” They could have shown a logo and made all this rage go away.
As for the rage, Blizzard created this monster. When you are Apple or Blizzard, you create fans of your product that will follow you through the muck and mud. They really buy “WHY” you do what you do and not “What” you do. Fans of this company love them for their commitment to excellent home grown titles with unprecedented excellence. The move to announce a game made by another company, a Chinese company, that is just a reskinned version of a game they already built isn’t true to WHY Blizzard fans are super fans. THey are asking people to buy what they make, and that is just like every other game company. And they didn’t do this with a new franchise, they did it with one that people are passionate about.
As for the fans, they are hurt, and hurt people want revenge. They are not entitled to anything, this is a business. I hate the term entitlement being thrown around about a company. This is how companies are held in check. This is how they make good choices and don’t make the same mistakes. If Blizzard embraces the rage and moves forward they will have success. If they label the fams as “entitled or spoiled” they are officially just like every other game company out there. The special will be gone forever. The next era will be profit maximization and game quality will no longer be WHY they make games.
Segment 1: News/Topic
Everybody should buy Whomper: https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-pet-whomper
100% of the proceeds go to Code.org.
WoW News:
Patch by Patch, all of things coming to WoW BfA
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288351/blizzcon-2018-world-of-warcraft-whats-next-panel
New Zone:
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288374/whats-coming-in-world-of-warcraft-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara
Segment 2: MILITUS REDDIT
My wife does not play wow. She is still amazing for humoring me…. (posted by u/erusgizmo)
Blizzard cofounder: “you can expect to see more mobile titles from us spanning all of our IPs at some point in the future.” u/foreverwantrepreneur
More mobile games in the plans:
I can say, without getting overly specific, that we have big plans for the mobile space. It’s a big initiative for us across Blizzard, and you can expect to see more mobile titles from us spanning all of our IPs at some point in the future. – Allen Adham https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/diablo-immortal-allen-adham-interview/amp/
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Website – http://incompetech.com/
Royalty Free Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Genre Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Song – “George Street Shuffle” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Standing In Fire E14
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss Blizzcon, eSports, and changes to the Azerite Armor system in 8.1. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
Mythic +’s Azurite armor: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288123/patch-8-1-ptr-build-28202-azerite-impurity-vendor-for-dungeon-azerite-armor
Leaked Maps: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288116/patch-8-1-ptr-build-28202-maps-for-battle-of-dazaralor
Preach’s video discussing the raid: https://youtu.be/7DndJ1oz1b4
Demo is Time-Locked: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288118/wow-classic-blizzcon-demo-pre-download-available-starting-today
Save Doubloons: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9qwruh/start_saving_doubloons_cause_they_are_currency/
Amazing People: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9qw249/amazing_people/
WoD Rep?: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9r1olj/laughing_skull_and_warlords_of_draenor/
Hot Topic: Mythic Dungeon Invitational and Blizzards Move to be an eSport Powerhouse
What do you think about eSports moving in on all Blizzard does? Seems like all games must have an eSport element. Is Blizzard becoming an eSport developer instead of a game developer? Will all future games from Blizzard be built around them being first and foremost an eSport?
Overwatch – Created as an eSport
Heroes of the Storm – created as eSport trying to capture some of that LoL market, then shifted to its own style.
Starcraft 2 – Created as game organically turned into an eSport powerhouse – spawned LoL
Hearthstone – created as and is an eSport powerhouse
World of Warcraft – eSports has always been in the background all recent moves have been to make it a relevant eSport.
Diablo 3 – Not really an eSport
Boom – Prediction: Diablo will be an eSport soon.
It feels like Blizzard is moving towards everything being an eSport in some capacity. It feels as if they are chasing the eSport carrot after LoL had so much success. Twitch is pretty much dominated by multiplayer competitive titles. And the ones that make it to mobile make the most money. The biggest games right now are eSport titles and that seems to be what they are moving towards. Is Blizzard now out to make the best eSport games or the games that people enjoy playing the most. It isn’t good or bad, it just is. And they are getting away from their MMO roots now and are headed towards mostly multiplayer competitive titles.
World of Warcraft has taken the best part of their game and turned it into a timed test (like a timed math test in grade school). It is no longer relaxing, immersive fun, it is stressful competitive play. I am not making a judgment, because it might be great for many gamers. It just isn’t why I played WoW originally.
Segment 1: News/Topic
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288123/patch-8-1-ptr-build-28202-azerite-impurity-vendor-for-dungeon-azerite-armor
What do you think about running Mythic +’s for Azurite armor?
Militus – I am not motivated to run more… think of all the people that ARE NOT SKILLED and NOW WILL BE RUNNING these dungeons
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288116/patch-8-1-ptr-build-28202-maps-for-battle-of-dazaralor
Looks like we are in for a great time!
Militus – The new raid looks really good. I have read where Preach and other high end raiders have LOVED the testing.
Preach’s video discussing the raid: https://youtu.be/7DndJ1oz1b4
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288118/wow-classic-blizzcon-demo-pre-download-available-starting-today
Boom – They are going to limit how long you get to play the demo. I thought that was interesting. I guess to prevent burnout?
Militus- I find this to be dishonest by Blizzard.
Segment 2: Moments of Zen
Tess –
Militus –
Raiding with Nick, Tess and Militus was amazing! Seeing Tess tanking like a pro!
Pro Tip: Do not turn on Warmode and try and turn in Weekly dungeon quest in Timeless isle.
Taking a break from daily WoW to play different games has been wonderful. LAN parties in 2018!
Boom – Raiding with Nick, Tess and Militus was really a great time. We downed 5 bosses in two hours and I was able to get two pieces of 370 loot which made my night.
Thank God for Destiny 2, if it wasn’t for this game I might have to read a book or something. Destiny 2 is on a freaking roll. Forsaken is really good. This is my favorite game this year by a long shot, and maybe my favorite game of the last two years. Amazingly enough there is more to do in this game right now than in the entire WoW BFA expansion. I will have more hours in on this to finish than BFA to date. I am level 34 the Infinite Forest is amazing. The PVE content is wonderful and you always feel like you are making progress and having an epic moment. It is a 10/10 for me.
Segment 3: MILITUS REDDIT
Posted by u/Krainz
Start saving doubloons cause they are currency for pets, toys, mog and a seahorse mount
Posted by u/Lordbobsaget
Amazing People
Posted by u/facepoundr
Laughing Skull and Warlords of Draenor Reputations have been Fixed on PTR
Militus – Why might Blizz be fixing WoD rep? WoD TW incoming?
Closing:
Tess Shout Outs:
Militus Shout Outs: Shout out to Ludsh Death Knight on Illidan server. Go FUCK yourself, dirtbag.
Boom shout Outs:
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Website – http://incompetech.com/
Royalty Free Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Genre Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Song – “George Street Shuffle” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Standing In Fire E13
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss hits and misses from BfA thus far. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
http://www.darkmoontimes.com
One Shot Boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-y6prF-K4U&feature=youtu.be
Imagine seeing that running towards you tho: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9ox9vo/imagine_seeing_that_running_towards_you_tho/
[2006] April Fools Joke from blizzard, stating GCD was added for all spells and abilities.: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9ozjjs/2006_april_fools_joke_from_blizzard_stating_gcd/
One Shot Boss:
A Turtle Has Made It To The Water
1.5 oz light rum
1.5 oz Midori® melon liqueur
1.5 oz pineapple juice
Segment 1: Hot Topic
Thoughts about the current state of the game a couple months into BFA. What are the hits, what are the misses for each of us?
Militus –
Hits. Zone design, Raids.
Misses: Expeditions, Warfronts, class design, Azerite armor, and necklace
Tess –
Hits: Warfronts are fun. The stories they’ve given us are great.
Misses: Island Expeditions. I don’t like them. Only done one and it was enough. Crafting.
Boom:
Hits:
Warfronts – I like them, I just wish they were more often.
Island Expeditions – I really enjoy these.
Raiding – It has been fun. Encounters are great.
Misses:
Rep Grind:
I woke up and decided I will not go after pathfinder for this expansion. I don’t need it. I don’t want to level any alts and the stuff is so close together I don’t know that flying is actually worth the rep grind. If I get it great, if not, I don’t care. I am no longer grinding rep, it just isn’t very important to me any longer.
Dungeons:
Nick made it to iLVL 335 without running a single dungeon. So he is basically going from leveling to raiding. LFG dungeons are no longer a thing, and I think it is on purpose. I feel like Blizzard thinks LFG was a mistake and I remember them mentioning something along those lines a while back. Not LFG as a tool, but the fact it took away the social aspect of the game where you needed to get to know somebody genuinely in order to play. But to be honest it is a feature that I really miss and I want to have LFG dungeons matter, I want reasons to run them and I want to enjoy that content again away from a mythic setting. I don’t like what “timed” mythics have done to the game. I like challenge, but the timer really ruins the event.
Segment 2: Moments of Zen
Tess – WB Drop, again, ha! Exalted on Proudmore, Turtles, and 7th so far. Will get the rest within the week.
Militus – The exalted… with everything. 🙂 My moment in a warfront. Mila and a frost mage is all you need baby. Parsed in 98th percentile on Mother Heroic in DPS! 🙂
Boom – Raid 8/8. Pretty cool. My son 115 and climbing. Can’t wait to raid and stuff with him. Still have not run a dungeon in a long time. G’huun downed!!! Yay!!!
I played so much Destiny 2 this week. At one point I was screaming at my computer yelling “hell ya!” because I was having so much fun. I ordered the legendary collection from Amazon for $39 which will give me all of the content that I have missed. So I am thinking I will be very active in that game for a little bit. DESTINY!
Segment 3: MILITUS REDDIT
Posted by
u/Lyrana655
Imagine seeing that running towards you tho
u/Ataraxyan
[2006] April Fools Joke from blizzard, stating GCD was added for all spells and abilities.
Segment 4: News
Don’t pack heat at Blizzcon (maybe I should not joke about this?) Gun violence. 🙁
https://www.wowhead.com/news=287994/security-improvements-for-blizzcon-2018-metal-detectors-for-all-entrances
Help for your alts is coming in 8.1
As announced during the latest Q&A, Blizzard has added new scouting maps to the game, with the objective to open all flight paths for alts or secondary characters that haven’t leveled questing on the Battle for Azeroth zones. There are two separate items: 7th Legion Scouting Mapand Honorbound Scouting Map.
The Great Diablo Letdown. Not ready to spill the beans about what new Diablo title is coming out. This is like having the ground hog come out and still seeing its shadow. What are they actually going to show at Blizzcon? WoW – Classic, Diablo – Maybe just the switch, Hearthstone – more cards? Overwatch – New character or map? Heroes of the Storm – New character or map? That is about it that I can think of. The community is pissed and I saw many a post asking for their virtual ticket money back. It seems like fans feel betrayed.
Be nice or they might stop telling us things. After the fallout from the last Q&A session I don’t blame wow if they never want to talk to the community again.
Closing:
Tess Shout Outs:
Militus Shout Outs:
Boom shout Outs: http://realm-maintenance.com
http://www.darkmoontimes.com
Baylor.edu for putting a link up. Somebody at Baylor listens to us. So thanks!
End of show Credits
Jeremy W www.oak-production.com
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Website – http://incompetech.com/
Royalty Free Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Genre Link – http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-…
Song – “George Street Shuffle” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss balancing issues, Blizzcon dreams and the gear store. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Links Discussed:
One Shot Boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_psRqVd3M&feature=youtu.be
Got my vanilla hunter back: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9n8hg1/got_my_vanilla_hunter_back_havent_seen_her_in_10/
Polish vs. Content: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9nahwd/blizzard_polish_is_dead_its_all_about_content/
WQ Addon: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9n9370/remember_the_time_we_had_no_wq_with_invite_addon/
Dude Solos Mythic 9 in 6 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71w1vEz0wro
Ion’s Q&A: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/321244461?t=04s
Blizzcon Gear:https://gear.blizzard.com/us/blizzcon?gear_game_franchise=268&t=55307
In which Tess, Militus and Boom discuss ways to keep games fresh as players, drop some news, share fun moments of Zen, and bemoan the fashion offerings in the Blizzard store.
Liquid Desert (Based off the Lost City of the Tol’vir Dungeon):
1 oz vodka
1.5 oz melon liqueur
2 oz citrus soda
1 oz water
Shake over ice and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime twist.
(This is Tess’ version; she thought the original was too sweet)
Links discussed this episode:
World First M+18:https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/39956-world-first-m18-siege-of-boralus/
Diablo Events at Blizcon: https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/39971-blizzcon-schedule-is-live-hints-at-diablo-announcement/
Paladin animation changes coming patch 8.1: https://www.wowhead.com/news=287523/8-1-ptr-new-paladin-animations-avenging-wrath-beacon-of-light-light-of-dawn
Azerite armor changes coming in 8.1: https://www.wowhead.com/news=287646/upcoming-azerite-armor-improvements
TFW u have 1 hp in timewalking: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/9j0ejc/tfw_u_have_1_hp_in_timewalking/
Blizzard has a new President: https://www.wowhead.com/news=287642/j-allen-brack-wows-executive-producer-is-the-new-president-of-blizzard-entertain
We had some technical difficulties getting the show out this week. We apologize for it being a day late. We had to record it in pieces and put it together which took a little bit of time. In which Tess, Militus and Boom have technical difficulties in abundance, so much so that were are not actually certain what we end up discussing….
In which Tess, Militus, and Boom discuss chessing Mythics, daily life in WoW today, gathering, and a lot of other crap. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
This week Tess, Militus and Boom talk about farming nodes in World of Warcraft and how moisty that farming can be. Buckle up for a great episode about World of Warcraft!
Standing In Fire E6
In which Tess, Militus and Boom discuss too many things to list! Funny games trivia and more in this World of Warcraft Podcast about making enough gold to get the 5 million gold mount.
Episode 5 Talking Guilds with Art and Nikky of The Watch
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Standing In Fire E5
In which Tess, Milla, and Boom discuss War Mode, playing with friends, and invite guild leaders Nikky and Art to chat about how to recuit/play/raid/live life in BfA! Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
Episode 4 World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth Launches
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Standing In Fire Podcast S1E4
In which Tess, Militus and Boom discuss the launch of Battle for Azeroth, their questing pathways, and their favorite moments.
We (The Alliance) didn’t start the fire … but you can be certain we will END IT! In episode 2, Boom, Militus, and Tess discuss their thoughts and impressions from the Pre-Patch Chapters 1-2, the Faction War, and the future of the expansion. Join us and call in at 702-625-1337 or tweet us @sifpodcast!
New show, same great faces. Talk about where we have been and what we have been up to. Do we want to make introductions for new listeners? Do we want to talk about the goals of our show? What game we will focus on? – Mila
It has been a while, but three friends are coming back to the podcasting world ready to talk about the thing that brought them together, World of Warcraft. In the coming weeks, the show will take shape and the memories will begin. Get ready for excitement, danger and a little bit of tomfoolery. And for god’s sake, stop standing in the fire.
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