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      <description>Find out all the answers to your important questions for 12.0.5 including "Can a dragon get pregnant?"</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk all about what is coming in Patch 12.0.5! But first, email wowtalk@mash.gg for your chance to win a Thunder-Ridged Elekk courtesy of Blizzard for the release of Patch 12.0.5!</p>
<p>Then, Rei talks about needing more people for raiding and how guild members are struggling to learn the fights. Then, she talks about how belt drops may be broken as people are unable to roll on them as expected. This leads to a discussion about transmog and gearing through LFR. She also caught up with an old friend in Wintergrasp.</p>
<p>Eric then talks about beating the dreamrift raid on normal and getting to 4 of 6 on Voidspire Heroic. He also complains about capping his crests as he does not care for Voidlight Marl.</p>
<p>Kura talks about leveling up and gearing his characters while his wife is struggling to run delves at ilvl 222. He also talks about the benefits of a widescreen monitor.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Finally, we take that Patch 12.0.5 quiz to find out what is coming with the patch on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for May 4th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons"> twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3r0">mtb.gg/3r0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
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    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>So Much to Do, So Little Time</title>
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      <description>Midnight Season One has officially started and there is just so much to do and it’s showing!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick&rsquo;s neck betrayed him and so here we are, three manning the podcast!</p>
<p>We&rsquo;ve started the first season of Midnight and it was a pleasant time for all in Mythic zeros as they are now on a daily reset.</p>
<p>Eric has picked up the Demonology spec again since Warlords of Draenor and has been having fun. Being low attendance for the start of a new expansion has been a little different than how it has been typically, but it still went well overall. He is enjoying the Prey activities and especially the Grudge Pit delve because there is no moving around an entire zone to finish.</p>
<p>Kura finally managed to finish the leveling campaign and there is just SO much to do and enjoying that there is so much content. He noticed that his Death Knight felt a little off and ended up doing some research and found that there were changes and adjusted accordingly! The DK along with other classes will be getting some nerf reversals, other nerfs, and changes so it should help across the board. Kura, much like Rei, has been getting lost in Silvermoon, but it can be helped, where&rsquo;s a guard when you need one?!</p>
<p>His poor monitor almost biffed it, but he caught it before it met an ultimate demise and hopefully be back to its usual state by raid.</p>
<p>Rei saw a new listener come in and ask about rating for this expansion and let it be known as of this episode &ndash; Eric and Kura give it a nine, Rei says 7&frac12; or an 8 due to just a little lack of the player base togetherness, which is not on Blizz by any means.</p>
<p>Besides that, she&rsquo;s still disappointed at people who always want to come raid and after double checking with requirements and expectations, the people will still no show along with no calling out to boot! Same with applicants that leave notes to be interested as well. She still has gripes about Brann and now Valeera not being markable, when NPCs all over can be, what gives? And she touched a little of the Bot Battlegrounds &ndash; she sees they will focus on the healer when in range. They are doing their job.</p>
<p>As we go back a hundred episodes, Order of Corrupted Souls downed Heroic Lihuvim and getting to Phase 03 of Halondrus, which apparently gave some a little bit of trauma. Still doing Mythic+ runs and making friends.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 03.30.26 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. The podcast will be up at the typical bi-weekly release of 04.08.26.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3qs">mtb.gg/3qs</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <description>Thoughts on Midnight and Turalyon and professions and dungeons. Get to level 90 because there is much to be done!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about their experience playing Midnight now that it is live! Rei talks about doing max level activities at level 90 with the guild. She also points out that Valeera should be markable in delves. They then discuss the Dark Heart trinket that came with the Midnight Collectors Edition. Rei also mentions doing content in the Forbidden Reach in Dragonflight for her Endeavors. Also, she warns everyone to not fly through the Sunwell Beam over Silvermoon.</p>
<p>Rei also observes that there is a line to leave Silvermoon by the Orgrimmar portal. She points out that people in the dungeons this week were extra toxic. Everyone discusses how Follower Dungeons have required some fixes. They then talk about learning the dungeon mechanics with a focus on the tasks in Murder Row.</p>
<p>Eric then talks about level scaling in dungeons and how lower levels do more damage. He complains about the Harandar objectives being underground on his map. They further discuss the racism of the Blood Elves in Silvermoon, and talk about how professions are feeling in early Midnight.</p>
<p>Kurabara was able to max out his fishing during the show. He also talks about running through the campaign and then one-shotting mobs in old content on the Arator questline. He is enjoying delves and feels Valeera is a better companion than Brann. He talks about Turalyon's attitude and then everyone discusses the Arcantina.</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzard released a Spring Blossom bundle that many players felt was exploitative and Blizzard had to adjust the price.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 23rd 2026 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3qm">mtb.gg/3qm</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <description>Farewell to The War Within and Phil Spencer, and hello to hype for Midnight and concern about the future!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcaft. First, Rei talks about how things are still going in Minnesota. Then she talks about how the recent talent changes did not affect her. Next, she brings up a pug raid that went terrible. She also talks about getting a hacked message in Battle.Net, and some of the mounts she has earned lately.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how they were able to defeat the entire Manaforge: Omega raid with only one tank. He and Rei also got the Incognitro secret mount. He and Nick get into a discussion of bank management, which leads to the conclusion that you should always sell everything.</p>
<p>Kura talks about how he has been practicing his tanking and how he is waiting on getting his CE. He and Nick talk about the state of Hearthstone.</p>
<p>The gang takes a quick look back at the War Within to decide where it ranks amongst the other expansions.</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzard has released two more animated cinematics leading to Midnight: one for Liadrin and one for Arator. Also, Blizzard is teaming with Zillow to promote player housing. And Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond have left Microsoft, leading to concern about the state of XBox and games under Microsoft going forward.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 9th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3qj">mtb.gg/3qj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <description>Blizzard gave us lots of maps with paths to put our feet on. Or someone's feet on. At least as far as Blizzcon.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about the state of the World of Warcraft! First, Rei updates us on how things are going in Minnesota. Then, the gang starts talking about how buttons are missing from all specs. Rei got her charter neighborhood open, but Nick wants neighborhoods to be more social. Rei talks about an add-on to track endeavor participation. Nick and Rei discuss some of the delve achievements.</p>
<p>Next, they discuss the State of Azeroth video featuring Holly and Ion. Nick comments that all the road maps hint at big announcements at Blizzcon. He then complains about how Ion introduced the housing cinematic, even though it was a nice cinematic.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how raiding has been trivialized in the pre-patch. He and Rei are working on some secret achievements. He and Nick discuss the devourer demon hunter meta. As an aside, Nick praises the comments on WoWhead.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about being excited for Prop Hunt coming in patch 12.0.5. He is working on getting his alts to 80 and decorating his Horde house.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a quick look back at the announcement of Dragonflight.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for February 23rd 2026 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3qi">mtb.gg/3qi</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>Pre-Patch Problems</title>
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      <description>Remember when Legion: Remix ended early? Bet you don't because Patch 12.0 broke so many other things right after!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about how everyone has been enjoying (or not) the 12.0 pre-patch leading into Midnight. Rei starts by letting us know how she is holding up in Minnesota. Then she talks about Legion: Remix and everyone discusses how it suddenly ended early on the last day. They also talk about some of the achievements that could or could not be finished. Next, they talk about running some of the new builds of characters in retail to test their characters after the ability pruning. They also talk about Neighborhood Endeavors and how those are working for everyone.</p>
<p>Next, Eric talks about how he does not like stat squishes, but he did enjoy running Heroic Manaforge: Omega this time. He and Kura also tested the Devourer Demon Hunter spec.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about how his Death Knight did not have many abilities pruned. He also brings up how timewalking scaling was broken and now those dungeons are harder. Everyone discusses the new transmog system and the problems with how that was rolled out. Kura says he is looking forward to the pre-patch event starting.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for February 9th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3q8">mtb.gg/3q8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>The Patch 12.0 Quiz and Farewell, Remix!</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4470</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-12-0-quiz-and-farewell-remix</link>
      <itunes:episode>308</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>308</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We bid farewell to Legion: Remix and get hyped for Midnight with the Patch 12.0 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, and Eric are back and so is Kura now that he's feeling better to talk about Patch 12.0 and what is coming in the pre-patch for Midnight! But first, Rei talks briefly about what is going on in Minnesota. Everyone stay safe out there! Next, she talks about how with the expansion imminent, it is a time for just hanging out and chilling with the guild doing random activities. She also talks about running mythics and she and Nick discuss cc abilities that are hidden in the talent tree. Next, the gang discusses Legion: Remix and fighting mobs on the Heroic Tier as well as gathering herbs and ore, and some of the class order halls.</p>
<p>Eric talks about running Manaforge for the last few times and how he is rusty but not dying. He also talks about the fathom dweller secret mount and running mythic+ on Remix. Nick complains about the disc priest hidden artifact appearance.</p>
<p>Kura talks about running mythic raids in Remix and working on his healing and tanking. He mentions doing the questline for 11.2.7 and how he is struggling with the delve bosses before the end of the expansion.</p>
<p>Next, Nick administers the Patch 12.0 quiz. Find out when all the new content is coming, either in the pre-patch or in Midnight proper!</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode 208 when everyone was bracing for an end of Shadowlands drought that never came.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for January 26th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3q4">mtb.gg/3q4</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>Hello, 2026!</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3782</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hello-2026</link>
      <itunes:episode>307</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>307</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>2025 is gone. Legion: Remix is going away. Nick welcomes 2026 with a wild theory for what is to come!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome in 2026 and all the exciting happenings coming in World of Warcraft! Rei talks about playing Mario Kart and running the updated Exiles Reach. She thinks the drop rates for quest items are too low. This leads Nick off into a short rant about professions. Rei also mentions that Kalecgos is buggy in the new player experience. But she did have a good pug with another WoW couple.</p>
<p>Next, they talk about housing decorating and also Legion Remix which is wrapping up soon. Eric talks about speed leveling in Remix and how he has been enjoying that.</p>
<p>Finally, they share what they are looking forward to in 2026, and Nick reveals his Minecraft in WoW theory.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for January 26th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3q0">mtb.gg/3q0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>Player Housing and Technical Difficulties</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3924</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/player-housing-and-technical-difficulties</link>
      <itunes:episode>306</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>306</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Can Kura and Nick hold the line and not buy Midnight for housing? Can Kura stay on the line and not drop from the show?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about everything they've been up to in Patch 11.2.7. Nick and Kura talk about their efforts to not succomb and buy a digital edition of Midnight and how they failed to hold the line so they have been enjoying player housing as much as everyone else.</p>
<p>They also talk about their ongoing efforts in Legion: Remix. They discuss the length of the Suramar campaign, and the many achievements available in Legion, both from when Legion was current content and those that were added for Remix.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for December 29th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3px">mtb.gg/3px</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>The Patch 11.2.7 Quiz</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4746</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-2-7-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>305</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>305</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We take the patch 11.2.7 quiz to find out what is available in the latest patch!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about their hopes for patch 11.2.7 and the player housing that is coming with it! Which means that it is time for the patch 11.2.7 quiz to find out what they know! Come listen with us and find out what is coming in the patch!</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for December 29th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3pv">mtb.gg/3pv</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#304: Steel Your Heart Against Hearthsteel</title>
      <itunes:title>Steel Your Heart Against Hearthsteel</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4405</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/steel-your-heart-against-hearthsteel</link>
      <itunes:episode>304</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>304</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Beta is a mess but it seems Legion: Remix is rounding into form. Also, BLIZZCON TICKETS!!! And Hearthsteel (boo!)</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcraft. This week, they talk about Blizzcon tickets going on sale and how they were able to all get tickets for next year! They also talk about the state of the beta now that people who purchased the Epic Edition have access. They talk about how the ability pruning and the add-on purge are going. They also talk about downing Heroic Dimensius in Manaforge: Omega. They also talk about the new player housing currency which seems poised to be a disaster.

Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!  Our next live show is scheduled for December 15th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.  For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>.  Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3pr">mtb.gg/3pr</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>Don't Call it Lemix, Epic Giveaway, and Player Housing</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5498</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/don-t-call-it-lemix-epic-giveaway-and-player-housing</link>
      <itunes:episode>303</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>303</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We don't like the name Lemix but we love it! Also, listen for a chance to win a Midnight Epic Edition! #wow_partner</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick is back to join Rei, Eric, and Kurabara talking about what has been going on in World of Warcraft! Nick starts by sharing a bit of what he has been up to. Then Rei talks about running mythic+ and some of her experiences in Legion: Remix. She also talks about guild recruiting and running the Headless Horseman for Hallow's End. Next, Eric talks about getting up to phase 2 Dimensius in heroic Manaforge Omega. He also talks about the order halls in Legion: Remix and the artifact weapons. Kura talks about napping through raid and running some delves. Nick talks about how various weapon appearances are not available in Legion: Remix. Then he talks about his experience with player housing on the PTR. Finally, they look back 100 episodes at when the Microsoft Acquisition of Blizzard was announced.</p>
<p>Also, send an email to wowtalk@mash.gg for a chance to win an Epic Edition for Midnight.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for November 17th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3pi">mtb.gg/3pi</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#302: Cat Napping to Victory – A Different Kind of Grind ft. Crisp</title>
      <itunes:title>Cat Napping to Victory – A Different Kind of Grind ft. Crisp</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4961</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/cat-napping-to-victory-a-different-kind-of-grind-ft-crisp</link>
      <itunes:episode>302</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>302</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Crisp joins us into the fray this week as we all are playing all the WoWs, awaiting Midnight and Hallow’s End!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crisp stops in for his &ldquo;hundred episodes ago&rdquo; AKA the first time he came on our show. Seems like the patrons of WoW are running into the same ordeal &ndash; real life before raiding ( which is working out for Crisp as he is a bit tired of Retail ), and so he has gone into Classic Anniversary and is taking a stab at the Grand Marshal title and perhaps OG Naxx to experience it as it was. He dipped his toe in Legion Remix for a few weeks, but is waiting for its entirety before trying to get everything he wants.&nbsp;We all wish for Mage Tower or another chance at the Challenge Mode stuffies!</p>
<p>Eric was excited to have taken down Heroic Saladbar ( Nexus-King Salhadaar ) and the group will have to face Dimensius ( or as Rei likes to call him, &ldquo;Wannbe Unicron&rdquo; ). He only played a couple hours of Legion Remix, but with all the vacation time he&rsquo;s gotten, the week off will prove to be well spent playing as much as possible. When it comes to Midnight, he&rsquo;s a bit anxious of what&rsquo;s to come when it comes to the class pruning / simplification and lack of add-ons / WeakAuras. Kura is averaging one raid night a week, which means Legion Remix for him was making a Demon Hunter. Hopefully this time he gets past the starting zone!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Rei took the time she had and remade a couple of characters for Legion Remix to finish some Allied Races and Heritage Armor as well as trying different specs. She explained to Kura about wanting Blizzard to make the functions the same so she&rsquo;s not plummeting to her death. Some keys were squeezed in and once again, having to encounter someone who wants to be friends, but dynamics change &ldquo;because female&rdquo;. As we go back a hundred episodes, we realized that Crisp is almost doing the same routine from back then &ndash; Hunter, Demon Hunter, Warrior..just in different game variations! Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 11.03.25 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ph">mtb.gg/3ph</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>So Much WoW, So Little Time</title>
      <itunes:title>So Much WoW, So Little Time</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4752</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/so-much-wow-so-little-time</link>
      <itunes:episode>301</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>301</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>  Nick gets to meet Eric IRL and play the WoW Board Game, everyone is über busy, with not enough WoW play to our dismay.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was a slow week for all as real life took precedence over games between work, helping friends in times of need, and a wedding to attend. Nick is out but he was spoken of, with his fast paced instruction reading of the World of Warcraft The Board Game rules. &nbsp;Eric talked of our time in the raid with Nexus-King Saladbar, running with mains &amp; alts, and how different it is to have our alts a couple bosses behind in Heroic. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Kura missed Wednesday, so he brought his main to the alt run which felt different but not. &nbsp;He had trouble trying to purchase the Midnight Collector&rsquo;s Edition while on the work Wi-Fi. &nbsp;Hopefully he&rsquo;ll have it by our next recording! &nbsp;Rei felt like Soul Hunters was a fly by the seat of the pants lucky kill as it got a bit chaotic and confusing. &nbsp;She also had Eric scientifically experiment jumping off to save on repair bills. &nbsp;It does. &nbsp;Everyone hopes to have more free time as Legion Remix is about to be out and while Uncle Vinny lets everyone know it's three months, we all know how time flies when you're having fun and when busy!</p>
<p><br>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 10.20.25 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3pd">mtb.gg/3pd</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#300: Three Hundred</title>
      <itunes:title>Three Hundred</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4651</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/three-hundred</link>
      <itunes:episode>300</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>300</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv and Jer are back to help us celebrate 300 episodes! Also, there's a Midnight Q&amp;A coming and Legion: Remix is soon!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! WoW! Talk! is 300 episodes and twelve years old! Come join Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara and former hosts Jeremy and Harv as we talk about what is going on with all the various versions of WoW! Harv talks about getting Grandmaster and getting banned in Classic. They talk about the news about the Midnight expansion and Xal'atath and rogues.</p>
<p>Rei talks about progressing this season and running with undergeared characters. She talks about learning new classes and how people can struggle trying to tell between boss casts and player casts. They also talk about raid attendance and the evolution of mechanics since classic.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how his alts are getting caught up to their main ilvls. They also talk about taunting struggles and how interrupts have changed over the years.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about tanking heroic and also trying to play WoW on his macbook laptop while traveling.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick talks about Legion: Remix coming on October 7th and what we can expect.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for October 6th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: [episode_short_url]</p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#299: Raiding, Tanking, and Brann Still Sucks</title>
      <itunes:title>Raiding, Tanking, and Brann Still Sucks</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3919</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raiding-tanking-and-brann-still-sucks</link>
      <itunes:episode>299</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>299</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The problem with Raiding and Mythics are other players. The problem with Delves is Brann.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei tlaks about how people are struggling to find time to play, and people are not showing up as often as they should. She and Kura talk about how keys feel different this season with the new abandon voting mechanic. They also talk about how it is hard to find people to run +2 keys. Rei and Kura talk about learning to tank in the raid.</p>
<p>Eric talks about getting Normal Manaforge Omega on farm. He mentions that they are always carrying someone and appreciates that their guild dps is competitive about the meters. He also complains about Brann pulling mobs in Delves. Kurabara talks about the bee quest in Karesh. He also talks about crafting and how he found a stray island in Karesh with two portals and no mobs. In the news, Blizzard has put a pet on the store that can be obtained by buying $75 of merchandise. Finally, Nick takes a look back 100 episodes at episode 199.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for September 22nd 2025 at 10:30 pm E at&nbsp;<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3p7">mtb.gg/3p7</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#298: In the Middle of the Night</title>
      <itunes:title>In the Middle of the Night</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>6145</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/in-the-middle-of-the-night</link>
      <itunes:episode>298</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>298</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Is Midnight the start a new day for WoW or did Blizzard put the mid in Midnight?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back again this week to talk about the Midnight announcement at Gamescom. But first, Rei talks about her game crashing. They also talk about the Dimensius fight, and complain about Brann in delves. Eric talks about beating the Manaforge Omega on Normal difficulty, and Kura brings up how he had to be dragged through the raid due to food poisoning. Next, they discuss the Midnight cinematic and go over several of the features announced in Midnight. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for September 8th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons"> twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3p2">mtb.gg/3p2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#297: Ghosts of Delvers</title>
      <itunes:title>Ghosts of Delvers</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4330</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/ghosts-of-delvers</link>
      <itunes:episode>297</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>297</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>K'aresh is full of ghosts and delves are full of tombstones. We share our thoughts on patch 11.2!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about their experiences in Patch 11.2 Ghosts of Karesh! First, Rei talks about finishing up the 11.1.7 content. She did not get the Underpin done but she did complete several raid achievements. Also, she and Eric were able to complete some masks for the Horrific Visions Re-visisted and even earn a mount. Then she talks about some of the bugs she has encountered.</p>
<p>Eric takes a moment to complain about Druid spellbloat. That leads to a discussion of the UI around our characters. Then they talk about how Blizzard is handling legacy prestige items in Classic and in Legion Remix. They also talk about getting threads for your new cloak in delves.</p>
<p>Eric then talks about running Mythic 0s and everyone chats about the tombstones found inside Delves.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about enjoying Karesh and phase diving and all the ethereal lore. He also talks about some bugs he has encountered. And then he talks about crafting.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick mentions that Blizzard is setting up a toxic pug situation with Deathless Tazavesh. Then they look back 100 epsidoes at episode 197.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for August 25th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at&nbsp;<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3p0">mtb.gg/3p0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#296: The Patch 11.2 Quiz!</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.2 Quiz!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4930</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-2-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>296</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>296</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Can Kura finish the story and win the Patch 11.2 Quiz about the patch that will finish The War Within's story?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what's coming in Patch 11.2. First, Rei talks about people struggling on raid bosses. Then, they talk about the number of mount runs everyone's been doing. Next, they talk about the goblin portals. Eric talks about his Icecrown Citadel runs taking 30 minutes or so and some classic timewalking experience. Kura talks about his time in MoP Classic and some of the bugs he's encountered. Then, Nick gives the Patch 11.2 Quiz. Find out about what is coming up in the next patch! Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for August 11th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ow">mtb.gg/3ow</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#295: Mount Runs and Bank Runs</title>
      <itunes:title>Mount Runs and Bank Runs</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5493</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mount-runs-and-bank-runs</link>
      <itunes:episode>295</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>295</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 11.2 is coming but everyone is busy chasing mounts first! Also, Kura made more Pandaren! (shocked pikachu face!)</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about doing her mount runs with the Collectors Bounty Buff active. She also talks about multitasking while dpsing, and making new friends. Eric also talks about chasing mounts. Kurabara is excited for the upcoming Mists of Pandaria Classic and also got a mount from leveling a fresh classic Pandaren. Nick talks about how the Nightfall event still has people doing it.</p>
<p>Also, congratulations to Uncle Vinny and Dafyed the Shaman for winning Epic Editions for the Mists of Pandaria Classic release. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for July 28th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky&nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3os">mtb.gg/3os</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#294: Flakey Brann and Temu Tanks</title>
      <itunes:title>Flakey Brann and Temu Tanks</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4621</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/flakey-brann-and-temu-tanks</link>
      <itunes:episode>294</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>294</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>  Bran sucks at tanking, but he may not be the worst. Also, listen for a chance to win the Epic Edition of MoP Classic!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about the latest news and events going on in World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about the DISC belt from the Overcharged Delves and how it is similar to the Waist of Time. Then she talks about recent success in raiding Liberation of Undermine. They she talks about some PUGs she has run with a so-called Temu Tank, and she concludes with some anecdotes about talking during raiding.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how the DISC belts are helping on Heroic Gallywix, and how they were able to do the Heroic Raid on alts. He talks more about the Overcharged Delves and complains about the tanking spec for Bran and how inefficient he is.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about getting his monk to level 80 with timewalking and then talks about the Lorewalking content. He is surprised by the lack of new Arthas content but impressed by the Xalatath and Ethereal lore. He also talks about how his classic guild has abandoned him and he is able to take over the guild now.</p>
<p>If you would like a chance to win an Epic Edition for Mists of Pandaria Classic, email wowtalk@mash.gg the names of your warband camps.</p>
<p>In the news, Patch 11.2 was announced, and Blizzard announced that at Gamescom they will be properly revealing Midnight. Also, a reddit thread mentioned that the tier sets for the expansion correspond to the Hero Talents that were announced at the beginning of the War Within. And Warcraft I, II, and III are coming to Gamepass.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode 194 when Hearthstone was cross-promoting with WoW.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for July 14th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: [episode_short_url]</p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#293: The Patch 11.1.7 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.1.7 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4495</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-1-7-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>293</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>293</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Overcharged Delves! Lorewalking! Turbulent Timeways! Find out what is coming in 11.1.7! (except for the bugs of course)</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft! This week, Patch 11.1.7 launches on June 17th, so its time for the Patch 11.1.7 Quiz!&nbsp; But first Rei talks about guild members demanding her time inappropriately. Then she talks about some bugs that entered the game recently related to shared quests. They also talk about the Single-Button Rotation Assistant that is coming in Patch 11.1.7 and also a little about Dastardly Duos.</p>
<p><br>Eric talks about struggling to get Gallywix down again on Heroic. They also talk about the Undermine reputations and the world quests like digging through the trash. Kurabara talks more about Dastardly Duos and struggling with the bot companions. He also talks about leveling alts and making new camps on his login screen.</p>
<p>Next, its time for the Patch 11.1.7 quiz. Find out about the DISC upgrades in Overcharged Delves, Lorewalking, Turbulent Timeways, and more!&nbsp; Let us know how you do! Finally, they talk briefly about WoW! Talk! episode 193.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! &nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for June 30th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. &nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. &nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ol">mtb.gg/3ol</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#292: Horrific Visions, Dinars, and M.A.S.K.s</title>
      <itunes:title>Horrific Visions, Dinars, and M.A.S.K.s</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4184</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/horrific-visions-dinars-and-m-a-s-k-s</link>
      <itunes:episode>292</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>292</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei has been pugging but everyone else is running Horrific Visions and is either horrified or enjoying their M.A.S.K.s!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcraft! Rei starts by talking about pugging and running mythic+ dungeons. Then Nick gets into a chat about incentives for raiding in the current game. Eric mentions that Order of Corrupted Souls has downed Heroic Gallywix, either due to a nerf to Gallywix or Kurabara fixing his talents. Eric also shares his disdain for Horrific Visions, and Nick complains that mount collecting is getting too complicated. Kurabara talks about his experiences in Horrific Visions. They talk about the upcoming book by Christie Golden and end by looking back 100 episodes at episode 192. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! &nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for June 15th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. &nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. &nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3oj">mtb.gg/3oj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#291: Leveling, Player Housing, and Getting off the Bench</title>
      <itunes:title>Leveling, Player Housing, and Getting off the Bench</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4197</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/leveling-player-housing-and-getting-off-the-bench</link>
      <itunes:episode>291</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>291</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei had a good pug, Kura had a bad pug. Eric's tank is back in action and Nick is ranting about leveling.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about everything going on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about struggling on Heroic Gallywix with the guild. Then, she talks about earning crests with the cap removed. She also discusses some successful pugs she worked with.&nbsp; Next, Eric talks about doing Mythic dungeons and bringing his tank out of retirement. Nick goes on a rant about leveling. Kurabara talks about getting kicked from a pug he was in with other guildies. Nick then talks about player housing. Finally, they take a quick look back one hundred episodes ago. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! &nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for February 10th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. &nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. &nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: [episode_short_url]</p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#290: 11.1.5 Reactions and 11.1.7 Expectations</title>
      <itunes:title>11.1.5 Reactions and 11.1.7 Expectations</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4680</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/11-1-5-reactions-and-11-1-7-expectations</link>
      <itunes:episode>290</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>290</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 11.1.5 seems to be underwhelming thus far but Patch 11.1.7 looks loaded with lore and more to make up for it! </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to talk about what's going on in World of Warcraft.&nbsp; This week, Rei talks about the struggles of not being available on social media and the related etquitte. Eric talks about how the guild is struggling with a tank with limited playtime.&nbsp; Kura talks more about leveling his characters. Then everyone talks about being underwhelmed with patch 11.1.5 thus far and then Nick talks about all the stuff coming in Patch 11.1.7. Also, there was more Player Housing news released.&nbsp; Finally, they look back at episode 190 when the news about the California lawsuit against Blizzard broke. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! &nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for May 19th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. &nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. &nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Episode URL: [episode_short_url]</p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#289: The Patch 11.1.5 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.1.5 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4089</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-1-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>289</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>289</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Test yourself to find out if you ready for the new patch with the Patch 11.1.5 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what's going on in World of Warcraft! This week, with Patch 11.1.5 coming out on April 22nd, we take the Patch 11.1.5 quiz. But first, Rei talks about pugging and dealing with people joking too hard in groups. Eric updates us on how his warlock is doing with the off-hand Rei made him. And Kura talks about switching talents on his death knight. Then, the gang takes the Patch 11.1.5 Quiz! See how much you know about what is coming this Tuesday and beyond! Finally, they take a quick look back at things that were annoying Eric 100 episodes ago. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for May 5th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3no">mtb.gg/3no</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#288: Don't Stand in the DDOS</title>
      <itunes:title>Don't Stand in the DDOS</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3815</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/don-t-stand-in-the-ddos</link>
      <itunes:episode>288</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>288</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard is getting DDOSed so be careful on your hardcore characters! Also, bugs are happening for everyone!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about World of Warcraft. Rei talks about some bugs that have been making it hard to play her Shaman. They she talks about accepting new applicants to the guild, and then they talk about how Parse Culture is affecting the game. Eric talks about his affliction warlock and getting Rei to level inscription for him. Kura talks about bugs that were causing his pets to attack his raid members. And Nick talks about a bug that wiped out his UI and macros. They also talk about the DDOS attacks that have been affecting Blizzard lately, and then look back 100 episodes to the Patch 9.1 quiz. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for April 21st 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3nk">mtb.gg/3nk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#287: Bye Bye Gallywix, Hello Blizzcon!</title>
      <itunes:title>Bye Bye Gallywix, Hello Blizzcon!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3579</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/bye-bye-gallywix-hello-blizzcon</link>
      <itunes:episode>287</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>287</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Gallywix is gone, Brann is running wild, and Blizzcon is coming back. Someday. Eventually. In the far far future.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcraft! After Nick mentions the recent Blizzcon announcement, Rei talks about PUG players getting all the loot and leaving. She also talks about some of the bugs she has been experiencing. Eric talks about how the guild has been progressing, getting past Rik Reverb on Heroic. He also talks about running delves and dealing with Brann. Kurabara has been working on his crafting. Nick talks more about how Blizzcon is so far away and wonders why Blizzard needed to announce it now. Finally, they look back at episode 187. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 31st 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3nj">mtb.gg/3nj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#286: Undermine Love and Pandaria Hate</title>
      <itunes:title>Undermine Love and Pandaria Hate</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3718</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/undermine-love-and-pandaria-hate</link>
      <itunes:episode>286</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>286</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Everyone is loving Undermine - great raid, city, and music! - but Nick is angry about an achievement back in Pandaria.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what they've been doing in the new Undermine(d) patch in World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about pugging and running Delves in the new patch. Eric talks about how great Undermine is and how much he's enjoying the D.R.I.V.E. system. They also managed to defeat the Liberation of Undermine raid on Normal. Kurabara talks about how he's completed the story and most of the achievements in Undermine, and how he's making lots of gold through crafting.</p>
<p>Nick talks about an achievement in Mists of Pandaria that, after thirteen years, he can establish that it is bugged. Finally, they look back 100 episodes to when the guild defeated the Castle Nathria raid.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 24th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ne">mtb.gg/3ne</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#285: New Patch &amp; Zekvir </title>
      <itunes:title>New Patch &amp; Zekvir </itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4546</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-patch-zekvir</link>
      <itunes:episode>285</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>285</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick got whisked away IRL, but we’re all wrapping up Season 1 and ready to drive into the new patch!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week Crisp stops by before he dives into Season two&rsquo;s Mythic raid: Liberation of Undermine. Rei continues to meet new players who socialize yet trying to recruit people who will play and chat is still a mystery. Eric is ready for the new content while Zekvir has been a piece of work these last couple of days. Kura will be even more prepared to get all his professions and might delve into the land of LFR to try his hand at patterns he hasn&rsquo;t seen in raid with each passing week. The group chats it up about all the mounts that are coming in Patch 11.1, which only makes Kura want the Gallywix mount ( which drops in Mythic ), despite his dislike for the guy.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 03.10.25 at 10:30 pm EST at&nbsp;<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3nd">mtb.gg/3nd</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#284: The Patch 11.1 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.1 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3785</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-1-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>284</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>284</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 11.1 Undermine(d) is upon us so test your knowledge with the Patch 11.1 Quiz! Do you know what is coming?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to take the Patch 11.1 Quiz!&nbsp;But first, Rei talks about a ninja looter hitting the guild bank and her struggles pugging.&nbsp;Eric talks about raiding the Black Temple for Timewalking and getting a new mouse, and Kurabara has just been raid logging.&nbsp;Then, with Patch 11.1 Undermine(d) imminent, Nick gives everyone the Patch 11.1 Quiz!&nbsp;Find out how much you know about what is to come!&nbsp;Thank you for listening and join us live for our next episode on 2/24 at 10:00 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3mm">mtb.gg/3mm</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#283: Plunderstorm Rewards and One Class to Rule them All</title>
      <itunes:title>Plunderstorm Rewards and One Class to Rule them All</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4890</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/plunderstorm-rewards-and-one-class-to-rule-them-all</link>
      <itunes:episode>283</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>283</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Eric are acheiving things, Kura is crafting, and Nick says that all these rewards are not enough.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about World of Warcraft! But first, Nick is excited and they talk about football for a bit.&nbsp;Go Eagles!</p>
<p>Next, Rei talks about how OoCS almost has Queen Ansurek down on their alts. She also talks about how people are relearning the raid on their alts and how she and Eric are getting each other&rsquo;s drops. They talk about not getting rewards from LFR and this leads to Nick suggesting that people focus on enjoying the activity and not the reward.&nbsp;He wonders if the game has become too reward-centric. Kurabara talks about how he enjoys the activity of mining and farming.&nbsp;He also mentions he got most of the stuff on Siren&rsquo;s Isle.</p>
<p>Rei talks about timewalking and she and Kura commiserate over healing ungrateful pugs. Nick jokes that Court of Stars is bugged.&nbsp;The gang talk about making sure to use your self-heals and interrupts to help your healer.&nbsp;Rei also talks about how they had to go all around the raid when dying. Kura points out the raid skip made it harder to run back when dying. Rei talks about finishing the Stormchaser achievement.</p>
<p>Eric talks about having the raid on farm and working on Dragonflight achievements. He also got Dragon Isles loremaster. They also talk about some of the new UI features including event timers, which would help Eric.</p>
<p>They mention that guild banks are still eating items, so be careful. They talk about tracking add-ons to make sure they don&rsquo;t overwhelm your system. They are excited to be able to fly on Siren&rsquo;s Isle.</p>
<p>Kura talks about stealing all his guilds crafting orders. He talks about how players need to complete all purple quests.</p>
<p>Nick talks about how Plunderstorm can force players into odd situations for rewards.&nbsp;He wonders what else players will begrudgingly do for rewards. He also proposes that Blizzard make a class that has no flavor and always tops the charts so that people won&rsquo;t feel compelled to play the flavor of the month.</p>
<p>Next, they take a look back 100 episodes ago when Jeff Kaplan left Blizzard.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for February 10th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3mj">mtb.gg/3mj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#282: On Old Content: Timewalking, Plunderstorm, Dragonflight</title>
      <itunes:title>On Old Content: Timewalking, Plunderstorm, Dragonflight</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5535</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-old-content-timewalking-plunderstorm-dragonflight</link>
      <itunes:episode>282</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>282</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Plundestorm and Turbulent TImeways are up, but we can't stop going back to Dragonflight. What's old is new again!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in World of Warcraft lately. Rei begins by talking about some headset trouble and then wonders about how undead paladins would work. This leads to Nick coming up with a dumb idea for a game mode where you are constantly randomly switching classes. They also mention that Plunderstorm is returning.</p>
<p>Rei mentions that she&rsquo;s working on snail rep for the Dragonflight meta-achievement. She also talks about how she got the $90 auction house mount. This leads to a discussion about the anniversary event which has now ended and how the anniversary currency is converting to timewalking currency. They also discuss the ongoing Turbulent TImeways event.</p>
<p>Eric talks about an experience he had running Dire Maul timewalking with a healer that left at the wrong time. He also talks about spending time in previous expansions and how they have the Nerub&rsquo;ar Palace raid on farm.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about gearing up his alts. He has making a ton of money off guild orders. He also talks about skinning the superbeast. He brings up the Kirin Tor questline that is now live and complains about the lack of a tutorial for dragon riding.</p>
<p>In the news, Nick talks more about the changes to the reward structure for Plunderstorm. Kura mentions that he has been spending his Siren&rsquo;s Isle currency. There&rsquo;s also a Plunderstorm twitch drop available, and Kura mentions that he got the gift for owning Vessel of Hatred and the War Within.&nbsp;They also talk about Ion&rsquo;s interview about M+ dungeons.&nbsp;Finally, they talk about the 30th anniversary event coming to only 6 cities around the world.</p>
<p>Finally, they look back at episode #182 which was back in the middle of the 9.0 content drought.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for January 27th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3mi">mtb.gg/3mi</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#281: New Year, New Patch Notes!</title>
      <itunes:title>New Year, New Patch Notes!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4051</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-year-new-patch-notes</link>
      <itunes:episode>281</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>281</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We welcome 2025 with some fresh patch notes for 11.1! Also, there are bugs on Siren's Isle!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy New Year!!! Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in World of Warcraft as we transition from 2024 to 2025. First, Rei talks about how she wasn&rsquo;t able to go right to Siren&rsquo;s Isle because she technically never completed the campaign questline in 11.0.&nbsp;She was finally able to get there and talks about some of the bugs the guild has encountered.&nbsp;Everyone also discusses how they feel about Cyrce&rsquo;s Circlet, the new ring from the island.&nbsp;Rei also talked about how the warband bank is not working properly when she wants to put items into specific tabs.&nbsp;She also talks about finishing all the Anniversary Event content.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how he still hates mythic+ and is glad that he got to 2000 rating so he is done for the season.&nbsp;Rei mentions that she tried mythic+ with two healers.&nbsp;Eric also talks about killing heroic Queen Ansurek, and they talk about the last time they failed to get Ahead of the Curve which was way back in Highmaul in Warlords of Draenor.&nbsp;He and Rei also spent lots of time going through Dragonflight content to complete achievements for mounts and pets.</p>
<p>Kura talks about getting all his gear to 626 and then some add-ons he uses to track his professions.&nbsp;He mentions that he&rsquo;s been disenchanting purples on the island to get lots of crystals.&nbsp;He&rsquo;s also been doing PVP to get blacksmithing recipes.&nbsp;He complains about some quests in classic that are hard to navigate.</p>
<p>Nick talks about the Trading Post and how the Last Hurrah tasks make completion at the last minute so easy.&nbsp;They also talk about a bug that has some people having unlocked the January transmog early.</p>
<p>In the news, patch 11.1 notes are up and a PTR is coming in the new year.&nbsp;Nick in particular is interested in the changes coming to Marksman Hunter.&nbsp;Also, there was a holiday comic released featuring Alleria.</p>
<p>Finally, they look 100 episodes back at episode #181, when the Patch 9.0 content drought was becoming apparent.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for January 13th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wowtalk.mash.gg">@wowtalk.mash.gg</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#280: The Patch 11.0.7 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.0.7 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5155</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-0-7-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>280</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>280</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Siren's Isle is upon us! Come take the Patch 11.0.7 quiz to see how prepared you are! Also, Eric hates PUGs.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to prepare for the imminent Patch 11.0.7 Siren&rsquo;s Isle release on 12/17 by taking the Patch 11.0.7 Quiz!&nbsp;But first, Rei talks about the struggles with the changes to crest acquisition and Kura agrees with her.&nbsp;Then, she talks about a guild member who quit because the guild was not social enough, and that leads to a discussion of ways that guilds can be social and how being soclal requires both participation and inclusion.&nbsp;Kura talks about getting invited to a party and then getting whispered about the invite. They discuss discord as an alternative to Guild Chat.&nbsp;Rei mentions that she has not heard back about her harassment report.&nbsp;She also mentions that she is working on the anniversary achievements and that the voice actress for Nola, the Tortollan from Battle for Azeroth, passed away last year.</p>
<p>Eric then discusses the guild working on phase III of Queen Ansurek in the Nerub-ar Palace raid.&nbsp;He also mentions he has levelled more alts and then gets into a discussion of his struggles with Mythic+.&nbsp;He talks about a tank that quit after one pull and admits that he hates PUGs. He then talks about the secret questline in the anniversary event and Nick talks about how quickly it can be completed since time is starting to run out.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about working on his crafting skills and that he rolled a vulpera priest. He is playing discipline and stressing out in dungeons as he learns the spec. He also talks about having a death knight ability that he just learned needs to be in melee range.</p>
<p>Next, Nick administers the Patch 11.0.7 quiz.&nbsp;Please send your quiz results to wowtalk@mash.gg with the subject &ldquo;I want the transmog&rdquo; For a chance to win the Waveborne Diplomat&rsquo;s Regalia Transmog.</p>
<p>They then talk about recent events such as the secret hunting discord finally finding the felcycle and the supposed survey that Blizzard sent out asking about which classes people would like added to the game.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode #180 where they talked about struggling with PUGs.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for December 30th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3lj">mtb.gg/3lj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#279: Felcycles, Mythic+, and Classic (and TOR?)</title>
      <itunes:title>Felcycles, Mythic+, and Classic (and TOR?)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4243</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/felcycles-mythic-and-classic-and-tor</link>
      <itunes:episode>279</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>279</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We talk about what's going on with the Felcycles, and we've been playing some Mythic+ and Classic. And The Old Republic?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft.&nbsp;Rei begins by talking about some mythic+ runs and then they get sidetracked talking about the Felcycle mount that can be earned through completing several secrets.&nbsp;The secret finding discord is still trying to solve all the puzzles and Nick comments that getting the Hateforged Blazecycle through the Mountain Dew promotion may be easier.&nbsp;Rei also talks about running some mythic+ dungeons with underskilled groups and struggling to help get them up to a level to complete the dungeon.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how the guild is working on heroic Queen Ansurek but has not made much progress due to people missing raid for the holidays.&nbsp;He also mentions that he is working on his eighth level 80 character.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about playing some WoW Classic instead of retail and compares that with his recent experience playing Star Wars: The Old Republic.&nbsp;He and Nick talk about why TOR is just an okay MMO when compared to WoW.&nbsp;They both do mention that they enjoy it.&nbsp;They talk about how the game struggles trying to marry story with MMO trappings without properly innovating in the space.</p>
<p>Nick talks about playing WoW with his kids and introducing them to classic as well as retail.&nbsp;He talks about how his son was struggling with the game because he lacks experience playing only Minecraft and tablet games.</p>
<p>In the news, they talk about the December Trading Post and also how Blizzard is now banning players for regularly leaving Mythic+ runs. They talk about how this is a deserved banwave.</p>
<p>They also discuss a reddit comment about saying hi when starting a Mythic+ run and then kicking anyone that does not respond. They agree this is acceptable as responding to a hello is a bare minimum ask of someone you are running a dungeon with.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick looks back at episode 179 when they reviewed Blizzconline and got ready for patch 9.0.5.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for December 16th, 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#278: New Player Experience and Warcraft Direct</title>
      <itunes:title>New Player Experience and Warcraft Direct</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5888</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-player-experience-and-warcraft-direct</link>
      <itunes:episode>278</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>278</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Blythe joins us to talk about being a new player in Azeroth, while the gang talks talks about raiding and tanking.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week, Nick, Rei, and Eric are joined by Kurabara and his wife Blythe who only recently started playing WoW and is here to talk about the new player experience.&nbsp;She talks about rolling a dwarven fury warrior and mistakenly attempting to tank.&nbsp;She also shares her experience learning about dragonriding and discovering that she can add more action bars.&nbsp;She talks about rolling an evoker and not understanding what was happening.&nbsp;She compares WoW and Diablo IV.</p>
<p>Next, Rei talks about running mythic+ dungeons and getting tanks that don&rsquo;t pay attention.&nbsp;Rei and Kura ran some dungeons and they complain about Necrotic Wake.</p>
<p>Eric mentions that Order of Corrupted Souls has downed Silken Court and is struggling on Ansurek. He also talks about learning to play his Havoc Demon Hunter and how he&rsquo;s still figuring out their enhanced mobility. He talks about finishing the Earthen campaign and he and Kura complain about Jewelcrafting.</p>
<p>Kurabara continues talking about his struggles with crafting this expansion and in particular questions the usefulness of inscription. He also complains that getting Best-in-slot gear has been difficult, and he and Rei discuss how current loot rules can be a problem.</p>
<p>Kura and Nick talk about the Warcraft Direct and how Warcraft Reforged was supposed to get some fixes in a new patch, but more bugs were introduced.&nbsp;Also, Warcraft I and Warcraft II Reforged were released with plenty of bugs as well.&nbsp;Then they discuss the Patch 11.1 announcement and go over what is coming in the 2025 Roadmap.&nbsp;They also talk about the Player Housing announcement and Nick cautions everyone to lower their expectations.&nbsp;Kura brings up the Mountain Dew promotion and how scalpers have made getting the Hateforged Blazecycle difficult and expensive.</p>
<p>Nick takes a quick look back at episode #178 when they were preparing for Blizzconline.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for December 2nd 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.bsky.social.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#277: So Much News!</title>
      <itunes:title>So Much News!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4902</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/so-much-news</link>
      <itunes:episode>277</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>277</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Its been a busy few weeks: Brutosaurs, anniversaries, documentaries, patch announcements, and more!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to talk about all the news that has come out over the last two weeks!&nbsp;First Rei talks about her struggles with acquiring crests and then talks about people not answering questions in a timely fashion in discord. She then explains her character&rsquo;s transmog as she talks about chatting with someone after five and half years.&nbsp;This segues into a conversation about Amazon deliveries gone wrong.&nbsp;Then she talks about how she is not enjoying Xal&rsquo;atath&rsquo;s Bargain in Mythic+.</p>
<p>Eric talks about the guild being six of eight in Nerub-ar Palace. He&rsquo;s also working on leveling up his death knight.</p>
<p>Kura talks about the twentieth anniversary event and he and Nick talk about how Blizzard was slow to correct the Token acquisition rates.&nbsp;They also talk about how some of the events are hit or miss but there&rsquo;s plenty of time to get everything.&nbsp;Next, Kura mentions that he got the ninety dollar brutosaur mount.&nbsp;Nick ribs him for getting a Pay-to-win mount before debunking the notion that a mailbox is a pay-to-win feature.</p>
<p>Next, they talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in the news.&nbsp;They talk about the Mountain Dew, Rockstar, and Doritos promotion that will let you earn points to buy items for World of Warcraft including the Fel Cycles that have been in the game files for a long time.</p>
<p>Then, they talk about the upcoming Warcraft Direct on 11/13.&nbsp;And then they talk about the announcement for Patch 11.0.7 which will focus on Siren&rsquo;s isle.&nbsp;They talk about the new ring on the isle, but they are more surprised by the appearance of former WoW! Talk! host Katie who is now a developer on the Warcraft team!</p>
<p>Next, they talk about watching The Remarkable Life of Ibelin on Netflix, which focuses on the life of Ibelin who suffered from Duchenne syndrome while being an active guild member.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #177 which was about the upcoming Blizzconline.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for November 18th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3kw">mtb.gg/3kw</a></p>
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      <title>#276: The Patch 11.0.5 Quiz!</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 11.0.5 Quiz!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5954</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-0-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>276</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>276</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>WoW's 20th Anniversary is upon us so see how prepared you are to celebrate with the Patch 11.0.5 quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about the upcoming Patch 11.0.5 celebrating the WoW 20th anniversary, and of course in order to prepare for that, its time for a quiz!&nbsp;But first, Rei talks about how the Xalatath buff only says it heals for a &ldquo;certain amount&rdquo; which is not very specific.&nbsp;She also talks about joining various PUGs to see what they are doing with their specific group requests, like an all girl PUG.&nbsp;She also talks about how people have not adjusted to the new scaling for Mythic+ dungeons: a +8 is not a +8, and a +10 is the new +20.&nbsp;They talk about how Delves have affected players normal gearing rotations for Mythic+, and point out that you should not be going into Mythic+s that you are not ready for.</p>
<p>Next, they talk about how players are not using all their utility in the Mythic+ dungeons.&nbsp;Kura talks about how he has different talent builds on his evoker with different utility talents selected depending on the boss fight.&nbsp;Nick points out that Mythic+ is intended for players to communicate, and being open to switching your build and using your interrupts is part of that.&nbsp;They also talk about how players can be defensive and think each other is being needlessly toxic.&nbsp;They also talk about how interrupts and dispels are just as much boss mechanics as standing in fire or dodging attacks are.</p>
<p>Next, Eric talks about how the guild has defeated the Nexus Princess boss.&nbsp;He was the only player left alive when he did it.</p>
<p>Kura talks about several bugs he has encountered in game (not Nerubians!).&nbsp;He also got a new mouse and his wife is excitedly digging into the lore.</p>
<p>Next, its time for the Patch 11.0.5 quiz, talking about the various events that will be part of the upcoming celebration.</p>
<p>In the news, Diablo IV has some awesome WoW skins available, and there is a new 12-month subscription mount/pet bundle.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode #176.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for November 4th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at<a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons"> twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3kh">mtb.gg/3kh</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#275: Delving into the Guild Bank Fiasco</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4443</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/delving-into-the-guild-bank-fiasco</link>
      <itunes:episode>275</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>275</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The Guild Bank situation isn't going away but at least delves are a distraction!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft! First, they talk about the ongoing guild bank issue where Blizzard has lost several items from player&rsquo;s guild banks, including completely wiping out some banks entirely! They talk about how this issue is getting more and more attention each week and it&rsquo;s a shame that Blizzard is unable to recover the data. They also point out that for the most part its just old mats but in some cases some unique items from the game&rsquo;s history were also lost and cannot be recovered.</p>
<p>Next, Rei talks about her experiences with the weekly quests and working to catch up on some of them.&nbsp;Kura talks about how a recent mining quest was prohibitively expensive for the materials it was asking for.&nbsp;Rei also talks about running the new Deephaul Ravine battleground with Kura and trying some +6 Mythic Dungeons.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how the guild is halfway through Nerub&rsquo;ar Palace. He also mentions that he is working on leveling up his jewelcrafting profession but that seems slower this expansion.</p>
<p>Kura talks about how he found the cause of his low DPS &ndash; his pets were set to passive. He also talks about the ease with which he can complete delves as a blook DK. He mentions that his wife has made a new WoW character and is playing an Evoker.</p>
<p>Nick talks about how the quickest way to complete delves is to not focus on finding the little containers that have experience for Bran and instead just rush to the end.</p>
<p>In the news, Limit won Mythic World First for Nerub&rsquo;ar Palace.&nbsp;Also, Echo is stepping back from some events.&nbsp;And Thrall&rsquo;s voice can be used with your Waze navigation app.</p>
<p>Finally, we look back 100 episodes at January of 2021 when Limit won World First for Mythic Castle Nathria.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for October 21st 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3kg">mtb.gg/3kg</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>Reviewing the Story of Blizzard - Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4750</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/reviewing-the-story-of-blizzard-play-nice-the-rise-fall-and-future-of-blizzard-entertainment</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>bonus</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We review Jason Schreier's Play Nice. Yeah, there's a ton of stuff about Blizzard in there! Go check it out!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back with a surprise episode to talk about the release of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier which releases today!&nbsp;The gang was lucky enough to receive an advance copy and having read the book we are able to share our thoughts.</p>
<p>First, we talk about whether we enjoyed the book and enjoyed the Rise, Fall, Future format.&nbsp;Nick mentions that the rise and fall portions of the book feel like different books, as the stories change from one of an up-and-coming company to a series of corporate battels.&nbsp;The last part of the book is also tough to read as the stories Schreir is telling are from the last half decade when Blizzard has been in turmoil, and as it becomes evident which story he is setting up, the anticipation of knowing what he&rsquo;s about to discuss can be discomfiting.&nbsp;Nick also comments that the last chapter stands out since it addresses the layoffs from January.</p>
<p>We talk about how Schreier&rsquo;s writing style which works for telling these narratives, although Nick and Rei were pressed to try to fit everything into chronological order.</p>
<p>Rei also talks about her experiences working for Gamestop and Activision and how they compare with the experiences under Activision&rsquo;s bad management.</p>
<p>We also talk about some of the more interesting anecdotes, like how Brian Birmingham quit because of the implementation of stack ranking.&nbsp;They talk about Ben Brode&rsquo;s path to joining Blizzard.&nbsp;And Nick mentions his disdain for Armin Zerza.</p>
<p>Play Nice is now available at bookstores everywhere.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for October 21st 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#274: Story Mode is not Normal</title>
      <itunes:title>Story Mode is not Normal</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4377</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/story-mode-is-not-normal</link>
      <itunes:episode>274</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>274</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>For the first time in a while, everyone on the show has killed the final boss of the raid. Thanks, story mode!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about how they&rsquo;ve been enjoying Season One.&nbsp;Rei talks about how they had a bunch of people interested in raiding Nerub-ar Palace but for various reasons (not understanding the raid roster or having internet problems) they were unable to make it.&nbsp;Rei talks about beating Normal Ansurek and then running Story Mode Ansurek, and this leads to a discussion comparing the difficulty of story mode and normal mode.&nbsp;Nick talks about how story mode is a good idea but it feels unnecessary in the face of LFR.&nbsp;He points out that there are interesting story tidbits in the raid not included in story mode.</p>
<p>They also talk about how the loot grind feels this season with Delves giving credit in the Great Vault, and then they discuss&nbsp;how Delves are feeling a few weeks into the season.&nbsp;Nick mentions that they have been nerfed and how various builds and groupings are handling them differently.&nbsp;Rei mentions that she is excited for the puzzles in delves.</p>
<p>Rei also talks about running mythic+ dungeons and dealing with a tank who didn&rsquo;t understand how to kite a mob. Also, in Stonevault, DBM gives a warning that you should not go into the void.</p>
<p>Eric talks about clearing Normal Nerub-ar palace and switching his warlock to affliction.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about how a new Death Knight has joined the guild and is outperforming him on the damage meters even though Kura has a higher ilvl.&nbsp;He is planning to change his trinket.</p>
<p>Nick talks about the quests in Azj-Kahet and in particular the questline with the Pathfinder in the Pillar Nest Xesh.&nbsp;They talk about how Blizzard nailed the horror vibe and how he enjoyed the zone.</p>
<p>In the news, Xbox laid off 650 people, including members of the Warcraft Rumble team.&nbsp;Also, Blizzard updated their response to the missing Guild items issue.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a look back at episode #174 which was the final episode of 2020.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for October 7th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#273: Kurabara, Finds All the Bugs</title>
      <itunes:title>Kurabara, Finds All the Bugs</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4341</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/kurabara-finds-all-the-bugs</link>
      <itunes:episode>273</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>273</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>  The gang continues to enjoy The War Within as we get hyped for Season One and also Patch 11.0.5! That's some nice armor!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to keep talking about their experiences in The War Within.&nbsp;Rei talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls is still getting an influx of new members but now the real test will be how the guild performs with Season 1 starting on September 10th.&nbsp;Rei also talks about how she is still working on the campaign. Kura and Nick talk about how easy it is to level with Kura mentioning that he has five with another character almost there.</p>
<p>Eric talks about getting his warlock to be raid ready and is not looking forward to the initial raid experience as his characters are undergeared.&nbsp;He does however love the hero talents for his warlock, especially the Diabloist spec.</p>
<p>Kura talks about some of the bugs he has found in game.&nbsp;He recounts leaving a dungeon and getting teleported to an endless ocean where he was stuck falling and could not get out.&nbsp;He wound up needing a guild invite to teleport him back to the game.&nbsp;He also talks about a bug on the last quest of the campaign that prevented him from seeing the finale cinematic.</p>
<p>Next, Nick and Kura talk about the recent WoWCast where they announced Patch 11.0.5 was coming which will be the big anniversary event.&nbsp;They talk about how the Caverns of Time are being redone, as well as the refreshed tier 2 armor being added.&nbsp;They mention the Classic TImewalking Dungeons being added.&nbsp;Also various new transmogs will be included in the game as well.&nbsp;They then debate if the 20% experience buff will be included in this year&rsquo;s celebration as well.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #173 when Kurabara made a guest appearance to talk about Shadowlands.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for September 23rd, 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#272: Best. Expansion. Ever.</title>
      <itunes:title>Best. Expansion. Ever.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4408</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/best-expansion-ever</link>
      <itunes:episode>272</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>272</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>  Is the War Within the best expansion ever??? The gang is enjoying the game so far but we'll see if that can hold up...</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are here against their will because they would rather be off playing The War Within!&nbsp;Rei talks about her warband and guild banks being broken.&nbsp;She also talks about how the Dungeon Diplomat achievement is bugged, since that keeps posting as completed in guild chat for everyone.&nbsp;The gang talks about how they found various bugs in The War Within beta and Blizzard sent out emails to let people know how much of an impact they had on fixing the new expansion.&nbsp;Rei also talks about her shaman talent points being reset.</p>
<p>Eric and Kura talk about leveling through The War Within.&nbsp;Eric talks about how they ran dungeons and that messed up their leveling pace.&nbsp;They talk about Hero Talent and Kura loves how he gets to summong the Four Horseman to fight alongside him.&nbsp;They talk about Delves and how they&rsquo;ve been enjoying this, but it is similar enough to Torghast that we will have to see if the community sours on it.&nbsp;They also talk about Dornagal as a capital city and without spoilers try to mention some of the questing highlights.</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzard put out an animated short depicting Alleria&rsquo;s history.&nbsp;They also released an interview with Chris Metzen that Nick goes over.</p>
<p>Nick talks about how the Early Access split the community, and how everyone talking about not being able to play all throughout the weekend only served to market Blizzard&rsquo;s FOMO for them.&nbsp;He talks about how social media was unbearable this weekend as a result.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a very brief look back at episode #172.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for September 9th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3jz">mtb.gg/3jz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#271: Farewell, Dragonflight!</title>
      <itunes:title>Farewell, Dragonflight!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5483</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/farewell-dragonflight</link>
      <itunes:episode>271</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>271</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Its time to go, Dragonflight! Was it a good expansion? Sure! Was it the best expansion? Well... It was a good expansion!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to say goodbye to one of the better expansions in WoW’s history, Dragonflight. But first, Rei talks about how with cross-realm guilds have lead to an increase in the number of guild applications over the last few weeks. She also brings up the Radiant Echoes events which, after an initial problematic period, were fixed by Blizzard to be quite rewarding. She comments that daily quests should auto-accept. She also talks about how in Throne of Thunder there is a way to skip the cutscene before Tortos.</p><p>Eric discusses playing Remix and enjoying it as a latecomer. They talk about how it is still possible to get plenty of stuff from it even with the event winding down. He also discusses how they are running through all three heroic raids over two raid nights each week.</p><p>Kura talks about how he has his characters ready for The War Within.</p><p>Nick leads a discussion about Dragonflight. They talk about how impactful Dragon Riding was. They also consider the strength of the raids. They discuss whether the story was enjoyable even with the threat scaled back from the reality-ending nature of the Jailer in Shadowlands. They talk about the rapid cadence of patches in Dragonflight as well as the other events that surrounded the expansion like Plunderstorm and Mists of Pandaria Remix. They also look at Dragon Riding as an expansion defining feature, and give their rankings for where Dragonflight comes in over all expansions.</p><p>In the news, quests will reward all appearances in 11.0.5. Blizzard also released an animated short called Threads of Destiny featuring Xal’atath. More Twitch drops are coming. Blizzard also detailed how character conversion for MoP Remix characters will work. And Microsoft and Activision have formed a new team within Blizzard to make AA games.</p><p>Finally, we look back 100 episodes to WoW! Talk! 171 when we were disappointed by the Shadowlands launch delay, yet that was not the most ominous news that week.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for August 26th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>
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      <title>#270: The Purgatory Between Expansions</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4824</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-purgatory-between-expansions</link>
      <itunes:episode>270</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>270</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We waited all day for Patch 11.0, but at least we had our CE's to keep us occupied. Were they worth it?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about Patch 11.0 while Eric is home sick.&nbsp;Feel better!&nbsp;They begin the show by talking about their experiences in the pre-patch and in particular discuss Warbands.&nbsp;Nick talks about how he likes just swapping his characters in and out on the screen.&nbsp;They talk about how managing a long list of characters from various realms is now a struggle and wish for some improvements to the character select screen.</p>
<p>Next, they talk about cross-realm guilds and how that will help complete guild accomplishments, but people need to pay attention to how many non-guild members are present.&nbsp;They then talk about some of the bugs in the pre-patch, including Sylvanas being broken in Sanctum of Domination and the turtle quests in BfA not having any enemies.</p>
<p>They also talk about MoP: Remix and how everyone is wrapping up getting everything.&nbsp;There are some reputation issues that may have been affected by the patch, but otherwise everything is going smoothly.&nbsp;Rei talks about running some heroic raids in Remix with some good pug groups.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Kura talks about his experience getting his Collectors Edition and how he missed getting his code for the Epic Edition at first.&nbsp;They talk about the value of the statue and the quality of its production, and whether or not its worth it.</p>
<p>They then talk about the new War Within cinematic and their thoughts on how the cinematics have been handled the last few expansions.&nbsp;They also talk about the World of Warcraft team unionizing.</p>
<p>Finally, they look back 100 episodes to their reactions to patch 9.0.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for August 12th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#269: The Patch 11.0 Quiz!</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:47:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4990</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-11-0-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>269</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>269</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 11.0 is upon us so lets find out what to expect by taking the Patch 11.0 Quiz! Also, more Remix talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back and with Patch 11.0 fast approaching on July 23rd, its time for a quiz to see what we all know about it!&nbsp;Nick begins with a slight tangent about when the end of the expansion ends technically, and then Rei talks about what she has been doing in the game.&nbsp;Rei talks about how the guild is getting new members applying, and even some old members returning, with the expansion approaching, and she is sorting through those.&nbsp;She also talks about how a quest bugged her character when her power blipped out for a moment.</p>
<p>Then, Eric talks about clearing heroic and normal Aberrus in one night.&nbsp;He and Nick then get into a discussion about Mists of Pandaria Remix, where Nick reviews the fastest way to level to 70 in about three hours and also talks about going AFK in LFR.&nbsp;He also talks about how he is earning bronze and that there should still be enough time to get what you want.&nbsp;They also talk about how fast some of the characters go making raiding and dungeon running trivial.</p>
<p>Kura and Eric then talk about tanking as a blood death knight.&nbsp;Kura also mentions that he had to play his Augmentation Evoker with his weak auras broken.&nbsp;He also mentions using the Narcisus add-in for tracking various items in Remix.</p>
<p>Next, it is time to find out what is coming in the Patch 11.0 Quiz!&nbsp;How well will you do?</p>
<p>They also mention the Courier Owl mount on the store.</p>
<p>Finally, they look back 100 episodes at #169, when the Shadowlands pre-patch was upon us.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for July 29th 2024 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/@wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#268: Remix or Beta? The surprise third option!</title>
      <itunes:title>Remix or Beta? The surprise third option!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3646</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/remix-or-beta-the-surprise-third-option</link>
      <itunes:episode>268</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>268</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>There's so much to do... in real life! At least Kura has been playing and getting all the bronze!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in World of Warcraft lately.</p>
<p>First, Rei talks about bringing an underleveled character through some mythic dungeons and struggling with the carry.&nbsp;This leads to a discussion about people who buy carries or even buy whole accounts for the achievements and mounts they may have on the account.&nbsp;They also talk about how sometimes when tanks or healers swap to DPS for a raid, there can be problems as players struggle in unusual roles.&nbsp;She also mentions that she hasn&rsquo;t played as much as usual lately because she&rsquo;s been busy with real life.&nbsp;They also talk about how there are rumors that the pre-patch will release on 7/23.</p>
<p>Next, Eric talks about how the guild finally killed Heroic Raszageth, but he also talks about how all he really did was log in for raid because he&rsquo;s been busy in real life.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about how he got pretty much everything he&rsquo;s wanted in MoP Remix because with so many characters at level 70 he&rsquo;s earned a ton of bronze.&nbsp;He also talks about getting Fyr&rsquo;alath on his death knight only to learn just how time consuming the quest to fully unlock the axe is, even after waiting for it to drop.&nbsp;He also mentions how a random healer helped him stay alive during part of the quest.</p>
<p>In the news, we got a first look at The War Within&rsquo;s login screen.&nbsp;Also, World of Warcraft if returning to China thanks to NetEase on 8/1.&nbsp;The Guild Realm Transfer and Guild Faction Transfer services are ending on 7/22.&nbsp;Blizzard has posted more short stories in advance of The War Within.&nbsp;And the beta may have revealed next month&rsquo;s Trading Post.&nbsp;Also, Season of Discovery Phase 4 is coming 7/11.&nbsp;Plus, there is a World of Warcraft crossover in Diablo Immortal.</p>
<p>Finally, we take a look back at Episode #168 which was the Patch 9.0 quiz.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/15/24 at 10:30 pm E at https://twitch.tv/masthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow up on X at @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#267: Beta Season! Remix Season!</title>
      <itunes:title>Beta Season! Remix Season!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4573</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/beta-season-remix-season</link>
      <itunes:episode>267</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>267</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang is torn between playing The War Within beta and MoP Remix in the lead up to the expansion launch on 8.26!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Kura, and Eric are back this week to talk about what they&rsquo;ve been doing in WoW!&nbsp;In this case, they&rsquo;ve all been splitting their time between The War Within Beta and the Mists of Pandaria Remix.</p>
<p>First, Rei talks about raiders that struggle comprehending loot rules that have been the same.&nbsp;She also talks about players who were struggling to get into +4s while running +10 dungeons.</p>
<p>They also talk about how they are feeling about the beta.&nbsp;Rei talks about how the spellbook changes are nice but the full screen window blocks her guildchat.&nbsp;They talked about rolling new characters with the warband screen and not realizing which beta server they were rolling on.&nbsp;Nick and Kura talked about their thoughts on the Warband screen.&nbsp;They also talk about how players are getting upset on the forums about the beta being buggy.&nbsp;Rei talks about how she is diligent in submitting bug reports.&nbsp;They also talk about their excitement for the hero talents and how sky riding has been working for the various mounts on the beta.&nbsp;They also talk about how Blizzard took a while to grant beta access to people who ordered the physical Collector&rsquo;s Edition of The War Within.</p>
<p>They also talk about how they have been playing Mists of Pandaria Remix.&nbsp;They talk about the ease of leveling characters as Kura has amassed an army of Pandaren.&nbsp;They mention the recent buff to bronze and how easy it is to buy many of the mounts and cosmetics.&nbsp;Nick talks about how Blizzard is effectively burning the expansion in the sense that anyone playing Remix should have no need to go back to Pandaria on retail for anything, as they can get everything for Bronze now.&nbsp;They also talk about the speed of the raiding and other content.</p>
<p>In the news, Executive Producer John Hight has left Blizzard, and the War Within launch date was announced at the Microsoft Games event.</p>
<p>They take a very quick look back at episode #267 when the Pull The Cord controversy had emerged.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 7/1/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#266: What Do We Want? BORK! When Do We -- BORK!</title>
      <itunes:title>What Do We Want? BORK! When Do We -- BORK!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4985</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/what-do-we-want-bork-when-do-we-bork</link>
      <itunes:episode>266</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>266</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Crisp plays all versions of WoW, Eric sticks with raiding, Kura is seeing straight pandas, and Rei keeps doing keys!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The raid team is going through the Awakened raids and one step closer to getting completion for Heroic! Not much on the front for Remix as a guild but there are a handful going hard be it for the Bronze or Transmogs, or getting stuck on Durumu…</p><p>Crisp joined in tonight in place of Nick and his focus has been mainly on Cata Classic and ready to be super OP on his Blood DK with the stacking of mastery…but not before leveling up his Hunter first. He also learned that Warriors were able to pretty much global someone down in BGs with Throwdown, followed by a handful of other spells. Crisp is almost finished with the Remix mounts and 5 available mounts, but not really investing much time into it and same with raiding. He is super ready for the beta coming this week.</p><p>Eric has chosen “other”, despite being excited for Remix. He dreads having to down Razageth on Heroic as it has been the bane of the guild’s existence since she came out. However, he did get to dust off his Blood DK in Normal this past week, getting 6 Bullion for a total of a 20 iLevel upgrade.</p><p>Meanwhile, Kura is the opposite of Eric and has been going HaM with Remix and hating on the Stone Chainberlain quest as his Shaman can get to all the places in a leap and bound. His next goal is to make a Pandaren army of all the classes available. He finally was able to put an order in for The War Within Collector’s Box! Rei had contacted a few guildies on the search for who could make a mail belt, and Kura is just a sliver away from being able to max it, SO CLOSE!</p><p>Rei continues her trek of Keys with PUGs and it is always quite the experience, which makes some of the guys comment on their times with randoms. She still continues to struggle with communication and always hopes that the people who need to utilize the tools, would do so for the sake of the team.</p><p>In the news, The War Within beta releases this Wednesday, so be on the lookout! The “Shadow and Fury” trailer for the new expansion released on Monday. And for all the MoP Remix players, any extreme farming of the frog players will get their cloak nerfed and people who did not exploit, will get a quest for 40K Bronze.</p><p>One hundred episodes ago, Rei is still grouping up with PUGs, which led into talking about Warlock class changes, as well as when to use Time Warp. Harv was too busy to play and Nick is not happy that Blizzard removed the line where Garrosh calls Sylvanas a bitch cause people were upset and then decides that it makes sense because his kid plays.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 06.17.24 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.</p><p>Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#265: Remixed Reactions</title>
      <itunes:title>Remixed Reactions</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4029</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/remixed-reactions</link>
      <itunes:episode>265</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>265</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Mists of Pandaria Remix is awesome unless you were on reddit and then it wasn't! Also Patch 10.2.7 thoughts!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about their experiences in Patch 10.2.7 as well as how much (or little) they are enjoying Mists of Pandaria Remix!</p>
<p>First, Rei talks about how guilds broke in patch 10.2.7 and how she keeps getting the Guild Message of the Day when someone logs in.&nbsp;She also talks about running keys and the struggles at getting into various groups while pushing keys.&nbsp;She also talks about deleting people from battle.net and how that might be broken as well.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how he&rsquo;s been enjoying Mists of Pandaria Remix.&nbsp;Kura and Nick have also been enjoying it and Nick gives a surprise Mists Remix quiz!&nbsp;They talk about how fun it is while leveling and Nick talks about the reports that scaling is broken at max level but Blizzard is working on a fix.&nbsp;They also talk about the different classes they are playing and how the gem system is changing their playstyles.&nbsp;Kura mentions that he was trying to level as a Pandaren but the lack of acknowledgement by the NPCs was disorienting.&nbsp;He also talks about some bugged quests that should have been fixed.&nbsp;Nick talks about how players were grinding frogs on the Timeless Isle again.&nbsp;Overall, everyone has been enjoying MoP Remix!</p>
<p>Nick also talks about how the changes to the weekly quests in Patch 10.2.7 compared with recent changes to Hearthstone weekly quests, as by removing the 3000 reputation requirement for the quests, Nick finally realized how much he previously disliked those quests.</p>
<p>We still have a Lucky Quilen Pet and a Cataclysm Classic Epic Edition to give away!&nbsp;Email wowtalk@mash.gg and let us know which one you would like!</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzard has released two short stories to hype up the War Within!</p>
<p>Finally, we take a look back at episode #165 which was during the Shadowlands beta and the Gates of Ahn&rsquo;Qiraj opening in Classic.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 6/3/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#264: The Patch 10.2.7 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.2.7 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4942</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-2-7-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>264</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>264</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 10.2.7 is upon us! Take the Patch Quiz and learn how you can get a Lucky Quilen Pet! Also, no Blizzcon, no cry!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on now that Season 4 is live.&nbsp;Rei talks about pugging and running Mythics.&nbsp;She is gearing up and working for higher keys and doesn&rsquo;t understand why people would leave their own key after one mistake.&nbsp;She also talks about a night where all her attempts to run higher keys failed.&nbsp;They also talk about the vault and how easy it is to increase your ilvl in season 4.</p>
<p>Eric talks about raiding and how they have been struggling on the final boss each week.&nbsp;Nick is disappointed that there are no fated affixes this time around, as the Awakened Bosses only have more health and do more damage.</p>
<p>Kura talks about getting his legendary ilvl up as well as the flight paths in Zaralek caverns and struggling with public orders.</p>
<p>Then the gang takes the Patch 10.2.7 quiz.&nbsp;Play along and email us at wowtalk@mash.gg or tweet at @wowtalkmtb on X (Twitter) with your score and you will be entered in to a drawing for a Lucky Quilen Pet.</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzcon has been cancelled for 2024.&nbsp;Nick talks about how he was surprised because previously Blizzard regretted cancelling the 2012 Blizzcon but also noted that much of the leadership from that time is no longer with the company.&nbsp;He also talks about the ways that Blizzcon can be reimagined and also that it does not ned to be tied to the first week in November.</p>
<p>Also, Christie Golden announced she was let go from Blizzard in the January layoffs.&nbsp;Everyone was surprised by this and Kura expresses his disappointment at the community members who were happy because they were (incorrectly) blaming Christie for problems with the Warcraft lore.</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at WoW! Talk! #164 when there were rumors about WoW coming to Xbox.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 5/20/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.</a>&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#263: Raid Etiquitte and the Season Four Quiz!</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5121</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raid-etiquitte-and-the-season-four-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>263</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>263</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about proper raid etiquitte and then finds out what they (don't) know in the Season 4 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in WoW and celebrate the launch of Dragonflight Season 4 with the Season 4 Quiz! But first, they talk about Plunderstorm coming to an end and the quality of the Blizzard store shirts.</p>
<p>Rei then talks about Order of Corrupted Souls having low raid attendance and preparing for Season Four by rerunning the returning raids.&nbsp;She also talks about inviting some friends to run with the guild, only for them to dominate chat and ruin the experience.&nbsp;This leads to a lengthy discussion about proper raid etiquette and being focused on the task instead of chatting too much.&nbsp;Rei also brings up a friend who runs mythic raids and was complaining that WoW has become too difficult.</p>
<p>Eric also talks about rerunning the old raids.</p>
<p>Kura talks about falling asleep during raid and Nick wonders why when people fall asleep they tend to push the forward key.&nbsp;Rei mentions that she kept healing her guild while she passed out once.&nbsp;Kura also talks about getting his legendary which everyone should know about since you can hear the Nas&rsquo;zuro announcements from anywhere.</p>
<p>Nick then administers the season 4 quiz. Play along at home!</p>
<p>In the news, Mists of Pandaria Remix was announced as the next PVE experiment.&nbsp;Also, Plunderstorm will be giving twice the plunder during the Plundersurge which will close out the event.&nbsp;Also, the War Within Alpha went live, and the War Within Collector&rsquo;s Edition is available on the Blizzard Store.&nbsp;Nick and Kura talk about getting the older CE&rsquo;s in clearance bins and wonder if that will ever happen again.&nbsp;Also, there was a WoWCast to go along with the Alpha announcement.&nbsp;For WoW Classic, the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch goes live on April 30th, so be sure to run the Wrathgate before that content is removed.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a look back 100 episodes ago to when Blazzin Bob was on to talk about WoW Classic.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/6/24 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#262: Raid Participation, April Fools, and Plunder! Die! Repeat!</title>
      <itunes:title>Raid Participation, April Fools, and Plunder! Die! Repeat!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4409</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raid-participation-april-fools-and-plunder-die-repeat</link>
      <itunes:episode>262</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>262</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about helping people who won't help themselves and takes a final look at Plunderstorm.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about what&rsquo;s going on in World of Warcraft and Plunderstorm! Rei begins by talking about tanking high keys in Mythic Dungeons and her struggles there. She also talks about trying to help people only to have people disregard her advice, which leads to a discussion about people needing to be present in raids and honest with themselves about how they are approaching the game, so they can discuss that with their guildmates adequately.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how he is ready to move onto season 4 with the Awakened Raids that will be coming on April 23rd. The gang talks about how players are disappointed with the raids but Nick thinks they were well received last expansion and should work this expansion. They also talk about how Blizzard could introduce other raids or dungeons in these end of expansion seasons.</p>
<p>Kura talks about April Fools and wanting World of Warcraft pancakes. This leads to a discussion about how April Fool&rsquo;s was received for Warcraft this year. He also talks about his struggles with his DK&rsquo;s performance and how he is not used to having to dodge in melee range. He also mentions that he is missing some quests for the Tuskarr.</p>
<p>Nick completed the Plunderstorm grind and shares his final Plunderstorm thoughts. He talks about some of his frustrations and theorizes that the rewards were there to keep a base of players for the PVP players to defeat. He also talks about Holly&rsquo;s announcement that there is some special PVE content coming.</p>
<p>John Hight did an interview with IGN where he talked about being interested in more Warcraft movies but not wanting to be a filmmaker. He also talks about not using generative AI to make content.</p>
<p>Looking back one hundred episodes, Nick talks about the announcement of the first release date for Shadowlands as revealed in July of 2020.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/29/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#261: Plundering Spicy</title>
      <itunes:title>Plundering Spicy</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4982</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/plundering-spicy</link>
      <itunes:episode>261</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>261</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Join us for a discussion about the latest sensation in the world of Battle Royales: Plunderstorm!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Plunderin' Spicy, our new show hosted by Kinder where we talk about the newest rage in battle royales: PLUNDERSTORM!</p>
<p>Actually, Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are here to talk about the big reveal from the 10.2.6 Patch.&nbsp;Rei talks about getting into Plunderstorm and figuring out how it worked. She also talks about some of the bugs with the patch including her UI resetting and chat and other server features being broken.&nbsp;Then Rei talks about what else she&rsquo;s been doing in game such as playing with an old friend and then suffering from disconnects.&nbsp;They review the Hearthstone event and how plenty of people did not get the drops they wanted.&nbsp;Rei also talks about the struggles with learning to tank.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how instead of raiding they ran two groups through mythic dungeons.&nbsp;He also mentions that he does not like Plunderstorm.</p>
<p>Kura brings up that he&rsquo;s getting orange numbers in his mythic keys.&nbsp;He&rsquo;s also getting better at playing his Evoker, and his DK is doing well too.&nbsp;Kura played some Plunderstorm duos with Nick and the two shared some of what they learned.&nbsp;Nick talks about how Plunderstorm is reminiscent of when Hearthstone added Battlegrounds, and he is thinking that this could wind up as its own game mode possibly on console.&nbsp;They also talk about some of the outrage at the mode being caused by people not understanding how Blizzard was promoting it.</p>
<p>In the news, Season 4 will have Awakened Raids instead of fated raids.&nbsp;Also, John Hight&rsquo;s GDC talk revealed WoW&rsquo;s player numbers for the first time in years and also highlighted where Blizzard went wrong with Shadowlands.&nbsp;And there are new mounts available in the game for completing the meta-achievements for Shadowlands and Dragonflight, the latter rewarding the much requested Taivan mount!</p>
<p>Finally, Nick looks back 100 episodes when they were comparing WoW and Destiny 2.</p>
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      <title>#260: The Patch 10.2.6 Quiz???</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.2.6 Quiz???</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:37:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3674</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-2-6-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>260</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>260</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>What do we know about Patch 10.2.6? Find out in the surprise Patch 10.2.6 Quiz! (spoiler: its not much!)</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what’s going on in WoW. But first, Nick brings up how players have been getting irrationally impatient about the lack of news regarding Patch 10.2.6.</p><p>Next, Rei talks about what’s been going on with Order of Corrupted Souls. She’s been struggling with players who aren’t reciprocating on the conversations she’s trying to have with them about improving their performance. She also talks about getting poor positions in the queue. She tried Dawn of the Infinite Hard Mode with the hourglasses and how difficult that was, and then she mentions doing some PVP and healing that successfully. This also leads to a discussion about Candy Crush. Rei also mentioned that she still feels guilty when she logs on and still has real world stuff to do.</p><p>Eric talks about the challenges in the raid bringing players with alts, or missing certain players at all for a week. He mentions watching the MDI Global finale and watching Mandatory win.</p><p>Kurabara also talks about trying to perform betting in the raid as his evoker. He’s also working on getting his Death Knight up, but switching to Unholy has improved his performance. He also talks about working on getting his gear up by collecting crests.</p><p>Nick talks about the complaints about 10.2.6. People (and content creators) should be used to news draughts by now. He also gives the Patch 10.2.6 quiz which has no real questions because no one knows anything about the patch, including when it will hit in March.</p><p>Kura talks about Uncle Vinny’s post in the discord about Dawn of the Inifite and this leads to Rei and Eric sharing their most hated dungeons.</p><p>Finally, Nick looks back 100 episodes ago at when we found out Blizzcon 2020 would be cancelled.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/25/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>
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      <title>#259: On MDI, Hearthstone, and Books</title>
      <itunes:title>On MDI, Hearthstone, and Books</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4177</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-mdi-hearthstone-and-books</link>
      <itunes:episode>259</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>259</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Eric had fun watching the MDI while Kura was enjoying the questing and Nick is looking forward to some books.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about the latest in Warcraft news!&nbsp;But first Nick has to shake out of his Balatro addiction.</p>
<p>Rei talks about not getting the Love Rocket this Love is in the Air, but she did spend her tokens on plenty of other items, including the strangely bugged &ldquo;Eyes for You Only&rdquo; toy.&nbsp;Nick derails the discussion to talk about Hearthstone and mentions that the Hearthstone 10th anniversary will be celebrated in WoW with a crossover promotion to earn transmog and even a mount.&nbsp;Rei and Eric then talk about watching the MDI and enjoying the competition and how close it was.&nbsp;They also compare the groups running MDI to some of the PUGs they have encountered.</p>
<p>Eric talks about trying to bring alts into Heroic Amirdrassil and how the group is struggling as a result.&nbsp;He also talks about upgrading aspect crests.</p>
<p>Kurabara mentions that although his Naszuro, the Evoker Legendary, dropped for him, he still has to gather the shopping list of items to craft it properly, and that includes running Aberrus a bunch, which he is struggling with since its not current content.&nbsp;He also talks about running mythic +12s and switching from his frost DK to unholy.&nbsp;He mentions finishing the Gilneas quest as well as watching the cut scene with Tyrande, Malfurion, and Shandris.&nbsp;He likes how there are new leaders taking over for several of the factions.</p>
<p>In the news, Fyralath has been buffed to drop more often.&nbsp;Also, Blizzard announced a collection of short stories coming out later this year called &ldquo;The Voice Within&rdquo; and Jason Schrier announced that his next book will be about Blizzard called &ldquo;Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Congratulations to Uncle Vinny for winning the Sprite Darter transmog!</p>
<p>Finally, Nick takes a look back 100 episodes to when people were first checking out Torghast on the Shadowlands beta.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 3/11/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#258: On Raid Attendance and Love is in the Air</title>
      <itunes:title>On Raid Attendance and Love is in the Air</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4730</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-raid-attendance-and-love-is-in-the-air</link>
      <itunes:episode>258</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>258</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei talks about dealing with guildies who keep missing raid, while everyone enjoys the Love is in the Air update.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to calm down after the Chiefs exciting Super Bowl win and talk about all things WoW!&nbsp;First, Rei talks about the struggles when raid members are suspiciously missing raid nights and either giving weak excuses or still logged into the game doing other stuff.&nbsp;She talks about how she had to kick someone out of the guild for not being honest about their participation.&nbsp;She also laments that the crafting window blocks access to the chat window.&nbsp;Then she wonders about how people handle merging different social groups when getting everyone to play together.</p>
<p>Eric talks about how they are getting Heroic Fyrakk on farm now and preparing for the upcoming Fated raids but rerunning older raids.&nbsp;Also, he talks about running mythic+ for aspect crests.</p>
<p>Kurabara admits he didn&rsquo;t know there was a way to upgrade older crests to newer crests, and Rei mentions the rainbow path to the vendor in the Emerald Dream.&nbsp;He also talks about getting his legendary to drop from Sarkareth, and also how he has been enjoying playing his Death Knight.</p>
<p>Nick points out that due to a technical error, the last episode went up extremely late, so we are extending the drawing for the Sprite Darter Wings xmog until our next episode on 2/26.&nbsp;Please email wowtalk@mash.gg with the subject &ldquo;I want the xmog!&rdquo; to enter.</p>
<p>In the news, Steve Danuser appears to no longer be with Blizzard.&nbsp;Holly Longdale posted about how there will not be a PTR for Patch 10.2.6 to keep it a secret.&nbsp;New hero talents were unveiled for The War Within.&nbsp;Love is in the Air was updated and everyone seems to be enjoying the changes.&nbsp;The Enlightened Hearthstone was found in Zereth Mortis.&nbsp;The Magical Murkmorpher and the Twilight Pack are available on the shop, while the Traders Post is offering 500 extra tender this month.&nbsp;You can get Cap&rsquo;n Crackers with a Twitch Prime account.&nbsp;Season of Discovery Phase 2 is live.&nbsp;Warcraft, Warcraft II, and Diablo are now on battle.net.&nbsp;And pre-orders for the Wrathion statue have been cancelled.</p>
<p>Finally, we look back at episode #158 when people were still running Heroic visions.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 2/26/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#257: Followers Are Bad and Following is Sad</title>
      <itunes:title>Followers Are Bad and Following is Sad</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5799</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/followers-are-bad-and-following-is-sad</link>
      <itunes:episode>257</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>257</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Eric are mad at Follower Dungeons. Nick is sad for all the people he follows that were laid off. </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about the distressing layoffs at Microsoft, but first they get distracted with some football talk.</p><p>Rei talks about trying out follower dungeons now that Patch 10.2.5 is live, and she reveals that she did not enjoy them. Nick points out that she and the rest of the gang are not the target audience for Follower Dungeons. She also talks about two-manning an M0 dungeon and struggling on an M+23. Then she reveals she learned what a ratlock is and Eric says he might be one. She also talks about Deathrolling.</p><p>Eric talks about defeating Heroic Fyrakk and also fishing for Godfrey’s spectacles in the newly liberated Gilneas. </p><p>Kura talks about being too busy to play WoW but still finding time to play his DK in raid. He wondered about the age range of people that play WoW, as he heard that its mostly people over 30.</p><p>In the news, the Kokron War Wolf from the Siege of Orgrimmar ahead of the curve achievement was datamined with a traders tender value. This has lead to speculation it will be on the trading post. Also, Patch 10.2.6 encrypted servers are up which points to the patch launching around the end of March or start of April. Also, the Champion of the Dragonflights title has been hotfixed.</p><p>Nick then talks about the layoffs at Microsoft and how he feels guilty for supporting the acquisition in the name of getting rid of Bobby Kotick but doesn’t know if it was worth all these jobs. He admits that Kurabara was right that the merger was bad. They talk about the new Blizzard President and that they will have to wait to see how she performs. Nick is pessimistic on the future for the games industry going forward.</p><p>They take a quick look back at episode #157.</p><p>Also, send an email to wowtalk@mash.gg for your chance to enter a contest for the Sprite Darter Wings transmog!</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/12/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>
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      <title>#256: The Patch 10.2.5 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.2.5 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5405</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-2-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>256</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>256</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Hola y Bienvenidos, listeners! Test your knowledge of Patch 10.2.5 and play along with our quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to get ready for Patch 10.2.5 which is coming on Tuesday!&nbsp;But first, Rei talks about recruiting new people into the guild and how that can be an experience.&nbsp;Rei also mentions that the raid got tense this week as they struggled during a fight.&nbsp;She also talks about running mythic+ and randomly encountering listener Mechajeff in the game!</p>
<p>Next, Eric talks about getting through Smolderon how he feels they are progressing better with the support of a larger raid team.&nbsp;He also brings up the Fated Raid Tier voting for the appearances and set bonuses for each class set in the coming tier.</p>
<p>Kura talks about playing while he was sick and comparing his performance to the other new Evoker in the raid.&nbsp;He mentions his struggles with the Alchemy profession as things keep exploding on him and he recalls how he found a Discord server with a channel called WoW Talk that was just people praising retail and complaining about Classic.</p>
<p>Next, Nick leads the Patch 10.2.5 Quiz.&nbsp;Find out about Bel&rsquo;ameth and the quests and customizations that are being added in 10.2.5.&nbsp;Nick also asks about Dragonriding and Follower Dungeons and ends the game with a spelling test!&nbsp;Play along and let us know what your score is!</p>
<p>In the news, Blizzard announced that the campfire twitch drop has been delayed a week so it will be available on January 23rd.&nbsp;Also, the Auspicious Arborwyrm is available on the store or with a 6-month or longer subscription.</p>
<p>Finally, the gang takes a quick look back at episode 156 when the Shadowlands alpha launched.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 1/29/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#255: More Soulstones, Less Pirates</title>
      <itunes:title>More Soulstones, Less Pirates</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4650</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/more-soulstones-less-pirates</link>
      <itunes:episode>255</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>255</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei can't get LFR drops, Eric needs to use his soulstone, Kura doesn't like the watch and Nick believes in No Pirates.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy New Year!&nbsp;Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back for a new year to keep talking about WoW!&nbsp;But first they bid farewell to Bobby Kotick who is finally no longer with Activision Blizzard.</p>
<p>Next, Rei gets into what she&rsquo;s been doing in WoW.&nbsp;She talks about running Mythic+&rsquo;s and then gets into a discussion about LFR and how she has struggled to get any loot drops in LFR, which is entirely due to the transition away from Personal Loot earlier this expansion.&nbsp;The gang agrees that some change needs to be made to allow for bad luck protection in LFR, but that would seemingly require doctoring the need rolls.</p>
<p>Next, Rei and Eric talk about getting Smolderon down to 1% in their raid and point out that sometimes the raid performs better when certain members are absent.&nbsp;Eric also talks about dying and not being rezzed as a warlock, to which Nick tells him to just use his soulstone on himself.</p>
<p>Next, Kurabara talks about how he hasn&rsquo;t been feeling well and has not been playing much lately, but he mentions being underwhelmed by the Trading Post reward this month which is a wristwatch transmog.&nbsp;Nick points out that it is probably a lesser reward since the big focus this month will be on people getting the 12-month achievement which grants the Warden armor transmogs.</p>
<p>Next, Nick talks about the 2024 Roadmap Blizzard revealed, which includes the War Within releasing around what looks like September, and a mysterious pirate flag labeled 10.2.6 which Nick posits will be an April Fool&rsquo;s joke.</p>
<p>In the news, the Swift Windsteed mount is available for free from Prime Gaming, and there is a new Black Market Auction House vendor.</p>
<p>Finally, the gang takes a look back at episode 155 when everyone started working from home.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 1/29/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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      <title>#254: Revisiting Reputations, the Trading Post, and the Lawsuit</title>
      <itunes:title>Revisiting Reputations, the Trading Post, and the Lawsuit</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3712</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/revisiting-reputations-the-trading-post-and-the-lawsuit</link>
      <itunes:episode>254</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>254</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We send off 2023 by looking back at changes to Reputation and how the Trading Post has been working out.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick is back with Eric and Kurabara as Rei is not feeling well (Get better, Rei!) to talk about the latest goings on in World of Warcraft.&nbsp;This week, Eric starts by talking about the Nymue fight and how much healing is required throughout the fight.&nbsp;He also talks about mythic+ and how because it has felt easier this season, it has lead to running more and higher keys to the point that he needs to run lower keys for the wyrm crests for updating his gear.&nbsp;He also talks about getting to max reputation with the Dream Wardens pretty quickly, and this leads to a discussion about reputation and whether the transition to Renown over the last two expansions has been worth it.&nbsp;They also talk about whether Blizzard should have made Zaralek Cavern easier while making the Emerald Dream harder since the Dream will have to be current content until the War Within.&nbsp;They talk about Blizzard&rsquo;s rapid development pacing throughout Dragonflight.</p>
<p>Kura talks about playing his evoker and not getting invited to all the groups.&nbsp;He also talks about spraining his ankle and having a birthday.</p>
<p>Nick talks about how the Trading Post is dictating his playstyle lately.&nbsp;He mentions that he doesn&rsquo;t have time to play so he is only playing to complete the monthly rewards.&nbsp;He then talks about the controversy over the Wardens armor that is the 12-month reward for the Trading Post, and how Blizzard will now be rewarding three armor sets instead of just one.&nbsp;Nick also talks about Ion did a community council interview that got aggregated into nonsense and pushed to him on his phone.</p>
<p>In the news, they mention that the Harassment lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard has been settled for $54 million.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 1/1/24 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#253: Dungeons and Discoveries!</title>
      <itunes:title>Dungeons and Discoveries!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4800</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dungeons-and-discoveries</link>
      <itunes:episode>253</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>253</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Season of Discovery is proving popular while Kura makes his own discovery when googling Alexstraza and Ysera.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what&rsquo;s been going on in World of Warcraft.&nbsp;But first they talk a little about the just released GTA VI trailer.</p>
<p>Back on topic, Rei talks about running Mythic+ and losing keys to people disconnecting.&nbsp;This leads to a discussion of people faking a disconnection to get out of a key and still to get loot from the run even if they were not there to complete it.&nbsp;Nick suggests some ways that Blizzard could try to mitigate these problems.&nbsp;They also talk about if Mythic+ is easier this season and wonder if they are too easy.&nbsp;Rei also talks about the Superbloom activity and how people keep dying because they are in Warmode.</p>
<p>Eric talks about completing Normal Fyrakk and starting on Heroic Amirdrasill.&nbsp;They talk about the Legendary axe dropping and the crafting mats required to equip it.&nbsp;Eric also talks about running a +20 Blackrook Hold at three in the morning.</p>
<p>Kurabara talks about playing his Evoker and saving his dream seeds for his BIS items.&nbsp;He talks about enjoying the post-raid story and his discovery of rule 34 as it applies to Alexstraza and Ysera despite them being sisters.&nbsp;He also shares an anecdote about finding out his sister&rsquo;s boyfriend plays WoW.</p>
<p>Nick talks about Season of Discovery launching in Classic and the reception generally being positive since the servers and queues were overwhelmed.&nbsp;They talk about the controversy over the Warlock tanking rune being locked behind the Blackfathom Deeps raid and how Blizzard moved some mobs outside the raid so that was not a problem.&nbsp;Nick still expresses concerns about Classic+ adding too much new content.</p>
<p>In the news, Activision was trying to establish a mobile store on Android, and McFarlane Toys has pre-orders for a new series of Warcraft figures.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 12/18/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#252: Patch 10.2 and 3 Days Early Access</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 10.2 and 3 Days Early Access</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4557</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-10-2-and-3-days-early-access</link>
      <itunes:episode>252</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>252</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Superblooms are awesome! 3 Days early access and Expansion Shrinkflation? Those are less awesome.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are taking a break from defending the Emerald Dream to talk about their experiences in World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about running mythic +20s, and how for that difficulty you need to know what you’re doing or you’re going to die. She also talks about getting the Crackers pet. Next, Rei talks about people pulling extra because they found out Rei was a girl. She also discusses knowing when people aren’t reading guild chat, and a friend that she had who got banned and finally after much effort got his ban overturned. Rei also talks about watching Grandma78 on twitch to get her camel mount.</p><p>Eric, meanwhile, has been having fun with the new content. He’s been enjoying superblooms as they are a good source of experience, gear, and even mounts. They are hard on his graphics card however. He talks about the raid making it up to Fyrakk and the effects of some of the trinkets he has picked up.</p><p>Kurabara discusses learning his augmentation rotation, and how to time buffing the raid at the start of the encounter. He also talks about how he’s been working on the story quests in Patch 10.2 and he and Nick discuss the relative ease of getting Pathfinder now.</p><p>Nick brings up the 3 day early access drama that the community has been raging against, since Blizzard announced that the Epic edition of The War Within would include 3 days early access to the expansion. Nick talks about the time he had to wait for his Legion collector’s edition to play Legion and also compares this to everyone being hyped for a movie trailer.</p><p>They also talk about some interviews that Ion did where he talked about avoiding shrinkflation in the coming expansions. Then, they review everything coming in Patch 10.2.5.</p><p>They announce the winner of the Jade, Bright Furseer mount. Congratulations, Sid!</p><p>Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #152.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/4/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3fa">mtb.gg/3fa</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#251: BLIZZCON 2023!!!</title>
      <itunes:title>BLIZZCON 2023!!!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>7611</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzcon-2023</link>
      <itunes:episode>251</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>251</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang returns from Blizzcon 2023! Find out what they saw! Find out what they did! They are not those people anymore!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rei, Eric and Kurabara are back from their epic experience at Blizzcon 2023. Hear about how their experiences with the portal pass talking to developers that they can’t name, as well as encountering members of the community. They talk about their experiences with the Portal Pass and evaluate if it was worth it. They talk about getting into the convention and dealing with the merch line.</p><p>Next, they talk about the announcements from the convention itself. They talk about the surprise(?) Phil Spencer appearance. They talk about seeing Chris Metzen back in front of a Blizzcon crowd and go over what he announced. Three new expansions! Everyone is hyped for those. They talk about Holly and her multi-color dreamcoat. They talk about the new cinematic and the return of attention back to the sword in Sithilus. </p><p>They talk about their excitement for Delves and the renewed focus on single player activities. They also talk about Warbands and how they are excited to be able to see all their alts in one place. They talk about the Earthen as an allied race and speculate about the possibility of Nerubians. They talk about the Classic announcement and harp on the words of one developer who sneakily described the Season of Discovery as “classic… plus a whole lot more.”</p><p>They also talk about the other announcements including a teaser for the next Diablo IV expansion and updates to season 2. There was also an announcement for Hearthstone Duos in Battlegrounds which Nick is intrigued by. Overwatch got a new character, Mauga, who seems like he should have been voiced by the Rock.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/20/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3f3">mtb.gg/3f3</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#250: Blizzcon &amp; Friends 2023</title>
      <itunes:title>Blizzcon &amp; Friends 2023</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5054</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzcon-friends-2023</link>
      <itunes:episode>250</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>250</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>GET HYPED FOR BLIZZCON! What will be there live! What will be on the stream! New expansions! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Friends, Blizzcon 2023 is coming up on November 3rd, and Rei, Eric, Kurabara, and Nick are here to talk about all the hype for the show! They begin by talking about Rei, Eric, and Kurabara attending the show and how they are excited to be there and part of the crowd for the first time. Kura in particular is excited to check out the merch store in person. Next, they talk about the changes to Blizzcon since the last one in 2019, as COVID and the legal allegations and the Microsoft purchase have all happened in the interim. They talk about how the convention will be available for free online but the ticket prices were raised significantly. Next, they talk about their expectations for how the Microsoft acquisition will have changed the show. They speculate on whether any games could be announced for Xbox. Nick in particular thinks Hearthstone would work well on console.</p><p>Then, they discuss what they are expecting for each of Blizzard’s franchises. They talk about how they doubt 10.3 will be announced. But they all agree there will be a new expansion and Nick talks about how we should be due for some strange leaks soon. They talk about the possibility of a Warcraft Netflix show being announced, and then wonder about the fate of Warcraft Classic. Will Classic+ finally be announced? Next, they discuss Hearthstone and how they already announced the next expansion. They wonder about the upcoming Battleground announcements. They also talk about how Warcraft Rumble will be launching on November 3rd and consider if it is too soon for an expansion for that game.</p><p>Next, they talk about Overwatch and the diminishing Overwatch League. They expect a new character and new modes to be announced. The also talk about Diablo IV and debate if it is time for a new expansion or even if it is too soon to announce season 3. They talk about Diablo Immortal getting a new season announcement. They also consider if Heroes of the Storm or Starcraft could get a resurrection thanks to Microsoft. Finally, they ask if the Unannounced Survival Game is ready to be revealed.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/6/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="http://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ev">mtb.gg/3ev</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#249: The Patch 10.2 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.2 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5218</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-2-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>249</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>249</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 10.2 is coming right on the heels of Blizzcon so lets find out what we can expect with the Patch 10.2 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week, Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are getting hyped for Patch 10.2 coming on November 7th because they know that soon they will be too hyped for Blizzcon to think about it! But first, Rei talks about playing with people who do not know where to stand and do not admit they do not know where to stand this late in the expansion. She also talks about raiding with slightly less than the number of people required for guild group credit. They also talk about what you should be doing to prepare for raid and the struggles with leadership of the best way to let your team know when they are underprepared. They also discuss that WoWpedia has moved to a new site.</p><p>Eric talks about the new difficulties for the Headless Horseman this year and also the new drops including the Arfus pet. He also did the short quest setting up the Amirdrassil raid.</p><p>Kura talks about running timewalking to level up characters despite missing a week. They mention that there is no WoD timewalking in this cycle of Turbulent Timewalking. He also talks about getting his 2K rating for M+ dungeons. He also mentions that he has been playing a rogue for the first time in a while. He also shares that he got his payout from the sale of his Activision-Blizzard stock in the acquisition.</p><p>Nick talks about whether the Netflix Sandman show might have inspired the Onyx Annulet.</p><p>Then, it is time for the patch 10.2 quiz! Play along at home and let us know how you did!</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/6/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3et">mtb.gg/3et</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#248: No One Expects the Activision Acquisition!</title>
      <itunes:title>No One Expects the Activision Acquisition!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4297</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/no-one-expects-the-activision-acquisition</link>
      <itunes:episode>248</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>248</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision is nigh! Blizzcon is nigh! Check out what is in the Blizzcon digital goodie bags!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, and Eric are back while Kura is under the weather to talk about what has been going on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about helping out a guildie and also helping out a pug and getting a guild donation as a result. She also mentions visiting the barbershop and doing the Eastern Kingdoms Cup. Nick speculates that the Cups could replace Timewalking in the event schedule if they ever decide to break Timewalking out into its own thing.</p><p>Then, Eric talks about leveling alts in Timewalking and Nick agrees it is great for the experience. They also discuss the quickest way to get credit towards the Sandy Shalewing mount.</p><p>Nick discusses a leak about how WoW will be moving to a seasonal model with DLC for dungeons and talks about how there are concerns about the forthcoming acquisition, and he is willing to admit this may be problematic in the long run.</p><p>In the news, the gang is hyped for Blizzcon as the goodie bag digital items have been revealed. They discuss the mount and pet that are available as well as the goods for other games. They also talk about the floorplan for Blizzcon and discuss the coming launch of Warcraft Rumble. There is also a leaked mount name that might shed some light on the coming expansion. Nick mentions the Blizzcon Guild Clash that will be happening at Blizzcon.</p><p>Next, we take a look back 100 episodes to episode #148 at Christmas Eve in 2019, when we were looking forward to patch 8.3 and had no idea was was coming in a few short months.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 10/23/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ei">mtb.gg/3ei</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#247: Harvcore Stories (feat. Harv)</title>
      <itunes:title>Harvcore Stories (feat. Harv)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4369</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/harvcore-stories-feat-harv</link>
      <itunes:episode>247</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>247</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We celebrate 10 years of WoW! Talk! with the return of Harv to talk about Hardcore Classic WoW!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Anniversary to us! This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara celebrate 10 years of WoW! Talk! by welcoming Harv back to the show to chat about what he's been doing in Hardcore Classic WoW. But first, Rei talks about what she’s been doing in game. Rei talks about doing the Secret Hunting to earn Patty the Alpaca. She also talks about getting the Alliance motorcycle mount from Azeroth Choppers and also getting the Seagull mount via a Time Rift.</p><p>Eric meanwhile has been practicing tanking on his guardian druid in normal Aberrus. He is trying to figure out what to main in 10.2.</p><p>Kura talks about gearing up his evoker and how he was fixing his stat outlay.</p><p>Then Harv returns to talk about his experiences in Classic WoW. He talks about some of the streams he’s seen with all the ways that people have died and also all the ways that people are avoiding death. He talks about using engineering to keep training dummies available to distract mobs, and also how to use the logout-unstuck command to navigate certain spots in hardcore WoW. He also talks about avoiding caves and other strategies not to die. They talk about how the average level of player death in hardcore classic WOW is level 9.</p><p>In the news, they talk about the return of the Turbulent Timeways event and the Sandy Shalewing. Nick also talks about how the CMA in the UK looks ready to approve the Microsoft buyout of Activision-Blizzard, so we can expect that to happen in October ahead of Blizzcon.</p><p>Finally, the gang takes a quick look back at episode #147, which also involved alpacas and featured patch 8.3 hitting the PTR.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 10/9/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3ea">mtb.gg/3ea</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#246: Oops All Ninjas!</title>
      <itunes:title>Oops All Ninjas!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4825</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/oops-all-ninjas</link>
      <itunes:episode>246</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>246</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>  Is Patch 10.2 the end of Dragonflight? That we don't know yet. Will 11.0 focus on Pirates? That we do know! (It won't!)</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what they’ve been doing in game and what is coming in the 10.2 announcement! First, Rei talks about people regressing in their raid performance after all this time in Aberrus. They also talk about how they tried to do a few heroic bosses with a 7 man group and how chaotic the puddles were. Rei also talks about meeting people from New Jersey and getting some raid mounts from the timewalking satchels.</p><p>Eric talks about pugging and trying to help Kura get his Dracthyr legendary. Eric also talks about switching to his fire mage and how when he goes back to his blood death knight he feels how underpowered that character is. He also mentions running Ulduar Timewalking.</p><p>Kurabara talks about running hardcore classic and how he died because an add-on prevented him from stealthing. He also talks about some of the more entertaining deaths he’s seen in hardcore classic, including a large number of elevator deaths in Thunder Bluff. He also mentions getting Warcraft 3 Reforged on sale.</p><p>Nick talks about his concerns about Patch 10.2 being the final patch of Dragonflight. They look at the schedule between now and when they can expect Patch 11.0 to release and consider that there probably isn’t time for two more raids. They also talk about Mike Ybarra’s “No Pirates” tweet revealing that the next expansion will not focus on Pirates.</p><p>In the news, Wratch Classic has Phase 4 on the PTR and the Joyous Journeys buff has returned.</p><p>Also, to celebrate the release of Patch 10.1.7, we have a Steamscale Incinerator mount to give away. Please tweet at us at <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a> on X or send us an email at wowtalk@mash.gg that you want the mount for a chance to win.</p><p>Finally, we look back at episode #146 when we talked about the removal of the Brutosaur Caravan mount.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/25/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3dy">mtb.gg/3dy</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#245: The Patch 10.1.7</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.1.7</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:09:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3592</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-1-7</link>
      <itunes:episode>245</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>245</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Take the Patch 10.1.7 quiz and find out how well you know what is coming with this update!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rei and Eric are back from their vacation and are ready to join Nick and Kura to talk about what is coming in Patch 10.1.7! But first, Rei talks about what they were doing before their brief hiatus from the game. Rei suggests that Blizzard should base loot drops by the make-up of the group running content, as it is no fun for gear to drop that no one can equip. She also had an encounter with a random PUG that she had pugged with a long time ago. Then she talks about how time rifts should acknowledge when players are grouped together, as she ran into a situation where she, as a low-dps healer, was being directed in one direction while her dps party-mates were being sent elsewhere.</p>
<p>Eric, meanwhile, talks about how he completed Glory of the Aberrus raider. He also talks about clearing the raid on alts.</p>
<p>Kurabara discusses how he had fun completing the raid achievements. He also talks about getting his rogue to level 70 and the struggle with all the content available and what is best for earning catch up gear. He and Nick also talk about the Kalimdor Cup and how they were a nice way to repurpose old content.</p>
<p>Next, Nick administers the Patch 10.1.7 quiz. He asks about the ping system, heritage armor, transmog changes, Dreamsurges and more. Compare your score with the winning score and let us know how you did!</p>
<p>Finally, they take a quick look back 100 episodes at episode # 145 from late November 2019. They get hung up on a congressman trying ban racist groups from using MMO&rsquo;s like WoW to communicate.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 9/11/23 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3dn">mtb.gg/3dn</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#244: The State of Evokers and Hunters (feat. Crisp)</title>
      <itunes:title>The State of Evokers and Hunters (feat. Crisp)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3972</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-state-of-evokers-and-hunters-feat-crisp</link>
      <itunes:episode>244</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>244</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Guest Host" group="Cast">Crisp</podcast:person>
      <description>Crisp returns to join Nick and Kura as they talk about Evokers and Hunters and also some hype for Patch 10.1.7!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week Rei and Eric are off so joining Nick and Kura we have the returning Crisp! They start by talking about how Kura can&rsquo;t raid without Rei and Eric so he&rsquo;s just leveling alts with some other guildies. He talks about the struggles of switching to a Pandaren rogue and trying to glide.&nbsp;He also talks about how a boss knocked him into a space where he was able to cheese the rest of the fight.</p>
<p>Next, Crisp shares what he&rsquo;s been up to.&nbsp;He talks about playing as an Augmentation Evoker and compares notes with Kura.&nbsp;He mentions how quickly he was able to get his Naszuro legendary.&nbsp;He also talks about how with his guild struggling on Mythic Sarkareth, he&rsquo;s mostly been running Heroic Aberrus and getting the majority of his experience there.&nbsp;Then, he talks about the state of hunter dps which is one of the reasons he&rsquo;s been playing his Evoker.&nbsp;He and Nick disagree about how badly the class needs a revamp, for divergent reasons.</p>
<p>Next, Nick talks a little about how he&rsquo;s actually making progress on the Trading Post ahead of time, and continues to lament that post is keeping more active than he would like to be.</p>
<p>In the news, they talk about the announcement that patch 10.1.7 is coming on September 5th.&nbsp;Nick talks about the inclusion of Forsaken Heritage armor, with a caution that on the PTR, players who use the Gear Update on a character have not been eligible for the Heritage Armor quests because it is erroneously registering as a boost.&nbsp;Nick talks about using the Gear Update on his Forsaken Rogue and being perturbed by the changes to his bags, and he is concerned that he will not be able to get the heritage armor when it becomes available in a few weeks.</p>
<p>Also in the news, they mention that a Paladin went rogue during a mythic keystone run, and held the dungeon hostage for gold by threatening to leave and ruining the key.</p>
<p>Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #144 which was full of hype for what they didn&rsquo;t know was the last Blizzcon thus far.</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!&nbsp;Our next live show is scheduled for 8/3123 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>.&nbsp;For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@wowtalkmtb</a>.&nbsp;Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/3dd">mtb.gg/3dd</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#243: Tendies for Tendies</title>
      <itunes:title>Tendies for Tendies</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3860</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/tendies-for-tendies</link>
      <itunes:episode>243</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>243</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Prices are out of control! We need more tendies for the trading post and we wonder about the cost of the virtual ticket!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kurabara is off this week but Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about running the megadungeon and her experiences with a tank who would only communicate by typing Chinese. Then, they talk about playing when the power goes out as Rei felt bad that a key got bricked as a result, while Nick complains that he couldn’t play Diablo IV because of a power outage. Then, they talk about running Time Rifts and how those are helpful for leveling alts. They also talk about group loot and master loot and how personal loot should be brought back just for LFR.</p><p>Eric, meanwhile, talks about downing Heroic Sarkareth again and how he’s still a struggle. He also talks about watching the Great Push and trying to learn what he can from observing high level play. He talked about his experiences in the Dawn of the Infinite megadungeon and did not care for the Bullet hell part of the gauntlet.</p><p>Nick talks about his struggles completing the Trading Post for July, as the increased requirements were not copacetic with his desire to play Diablo IV. He also describes his experience queueing for timewalking dungeons and then getting dragged into Normal Brackenhide instead. This all leads to a discussion about the coming items on the trading post including the Blood Troll transmog in August and the class armor and weapon sets coming later this year. Nick posits that they are still going to offer tendies for real money but they are going to make players really clamor for it before doing it.</p><p>They also talk about Blizzcon tickets selling out and nerfs to the Burning Chains in Neltharus.</p><p>Finally, they look back at episode #143 and wonder about how much this year’s Virtual Ticket is going to cost.</p><p>Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/14/23 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.</p>
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#242: On AotC, Augmentation, and Cinematics</title>
      <itunes:title>On AotC, Augmentation, and Cinematics</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5114</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-aotc-augmentation-and-cinematics</link>
      <itunes:episode>242</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>242</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang gets AotC on Aberrus while Nick rants about daycare, cinematics, and the ABK C-Suite.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, Rei, Eric, Kura, and Nick are back to talk about what’s going on in the World of Warcraft! This week, the gang shares their experiences now that Patch 10.1.5 is live!<br />
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First, Rei talks about only getting to do part of the Darkmoon Faire. She also talks about how a pug player joined their raid night only to leave after one boss because they wanted a raid lockout. She also had the chance to run mythic+ with some people she hadn’t seen in a while. She and Nick talk about the Dawn of the Infinite Megadungeon since none of the group has had a chance to run it yet.<br />
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Next, Eric talks about how OoCS got AotC on Aberrus this week. They talk about how they managed to pull it off with their headcount down. Eric and Nick talk about running Time Rifts and how they didn’t have any technical issues with them, but many players are still reporting lag and “instance full” errors.<br />
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Kura shares his experiences playing the new Augmentation Evoker spec. He talks about how it is unlike any other spec in the game, and is a vast change from even playing the other Evoker specs. They talk about how PUGs are kicking augmentation evokers because of their low DPS without understanding how they buff the rest of the group. Kura also talks about how he’s enjoying the Whelpling Daycare questline which prompts a rant from Nick.<br />
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Nick, meanwhile, talks about the big Diablo IV cinematic that many are calling Blizzard’s best cinematic. Nick argues that the BfA cinematic was better. Let us know your favorite cinematics at wowtalk@mash.gg.<br />
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In the news, they talk about Patch 10.1.7 arriving on the PTR. They also talk about the 19 year anniversary mount that has been datamined. Also, there’s a new 6 months subscription mount available in the store. And finally, the FTC’s injunction against the Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard has been denied, so the deal is that much closer to completion.<br />
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Finally, we look 100 episodes back at episode #142.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/31/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#241: The Patch 10.1.5 Quiz!</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.1.5 Quiz!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4942</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-1-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>241</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>241</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Find out how to win a mount or a pet by playing the Patch 10.1.5 quiz! How well do you know what's coming?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick is back in the hosts chair along with Rei and Eric and Kura to talk about all things Diabl -- er, World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about pugging with a larger group and how the experience changed from night to night. She also talked about running Mythic+ and being told to change her spec on the fly. Rei also pointed out this is a good time for alts as the Fire Festival and the Winds of Sanctuary buffs are still active.<br />
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Eric meanwhile talked about how the raid group was large enough that he did not get hit by every mechanic. He also celebrated hitting a 2000 M+ score and earning his free tier piece. He also mentioned tanking as his guardian druid and enjoying it more than he rememembered.<br />
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Kura talked about leveling up his alts and complaining about a newer Dracthyr doing more dps than he was. This lead to Kura researching and determining that his itemization was all wrong.<br />
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Nick then leads the other three in the Patch 10.1.5 quiz! Find out what is coming in the upcoming patch and ignore all the talk about Diablo or WoW Classic!<br />
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Next, they get into a quick discussion of the news. Blizzcon tickets are about to go on sale, and this leads to Nick interjecting with an update on the FTC lawsuit against Microsoft to delay the purchase of Activision Blizzard. Kura and Nick spar about who is winning the case and whether the merger is a good thing or not. Next, they continue talking about the price of Blizzcon tickets and how that is the result of inflation.<br />
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Nick then takes a look back 100 episodes to episode #141 when they were fighting Za’Qul.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/17/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#240: Pets, Quests, and Nick’s Hiatus</title>
      <itunes:title>Pets, Quests, and Nick’s Hiatus</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5235</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pets-quests-and-nicks-hiatus</link>
      <itunes:episode>240</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>240</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS gets to H.Neltharion, Eric &amp; Nick have lots to say, Kura reinstalls all the Blizzard stuffies, and Rei M+es up!!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[OoCS got all the way to Heroic Neltharion thus far! The following week we went without the new PUG tank on our and did Normal on some alts and did Heroic with our local hometown hero, Jeff! The guildies are still on the fence on the PUG tank’s raiding methods, but we’ll see how it ends up this week.<br />
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Nick was able to stop in and gave into the depths of hell and got sucked into Diablo 4. At least he’ll be back in the last 10 days or so of WoW to get all the tendies as there are mounts to be had!<br />
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Eric started to “lightly” play on his Blood Death Knight again by doing the Heroic Dungeon weekly. He tried the Evoker for Normal raid but felt too squishy ( being 404 Ilevel ) and got frustrated and ended up swapping back to his Warlock to melt the rest of the raid. Eric took the opportunity to level his Fury Warrior via TWing with the bonus XP and had way too much fun on him. After reading up on the Warlock customizations for Patch 10.1.5, he finds it to be kinda lame and disappointing.<br />
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Kura’s two weeks with WoW was rough as he was in the 30% of people who ended up having issues with the Blizzard Launcher not being able to locate any of his files and spent his time reinstalling everything Blizzard that he played. He tried to help a guildie with M+ and it was a fiasco because all the settings and add-ons were reset and spent a portion of his time fixing everything for that and even during raid. At least he’ll be prepared for next time.<br />
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Rei’s M+ trek continues and has found a couple of people who are wanting to do higher keys which is hopefully a good experience in the long run! It’s also been a long time since someone has asked about guild ranking, which hasn’t ever really been a thing with OoCS other than having silly rank names. It was still something she had to carefully word without upsetting anyone. As Eric wanted to run some TWing to level, Rei was faced with having only 3 alts left to get to 70 and he suggested for her to heal on the Evoker. It was quite the ride and probably was button mashing more than anything else since most of the spells weren’t quite similar with the other healers she plays.<br />
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In the news, there are few quests in the upcoming Fractures in Time update that might be up for removal due to their controversial nature that take players through various Time Rifts. Chromie also will be getting some adjustment and / or removal of quests. There will be a Quantum Courser mount that drops from defeating the last boss of Dawn of the Infinite and when consumed, it can change into any redeemable mount from WoW’s extensive history.<br />
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One hundred episodes ago, OoCS full clears Normal Eternal Palace and goes through Heroic and ends up at Za’qul with a returning PUG, Bael! He then invited Rei to go to his raid but it ends up a bit sour as his Raid Leader randomly removed her and Bael apologized for his RL’s behavior. WoW Classic was rolled out and Nick found out that Rei, Eric, and Harv don’t watch streamers like Asmongold.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 07.03.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#238: Season 2, Aberrus, Gearing &amp; Chat Struggles</title>
      <itunes:title>Season 2, Aberrus, Gearing &amp; Chat Struggles</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3963</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/season-2-aberrus-gearing-chat-struggles</link>
      <itunes:episode>238</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>238</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS clears N.Aberrus and is working on Heroic with a new tank that might not stick around and getting people to M+!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, we miss you! Shrouded in the darkness…one day he’ll emerge.<br />
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Patch 10.1 is now open for M+ and raiding, so that is just what we did. LFR is just the first wing, people are in full force collecting fragments to upgrade all the things!<br />
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Eric had a not so fun time with Vortex Pinnacle as it was overtuned. He really is enjoying the raid thus far, at least on Normal. He realized that it’s always the honeymoon phase until it’s not. The first boss on Heroic has been downed, but not without some struggles from the team which lead into a conversation with Rei from the new Tank. This led into discussion of what could be done to be a bit more prepared for the team or oneself as team dynamics are a bit hard to work with sometimes.<br />
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Kura found Aberrus to be fun and was happy that he wasn’t behind in DPS while being as geared as a few of the other members. Normal seemed to be easy and Heroic just hurt a lot, probably due to iLevel and low DPS output. DBM’s delay in voice announcements has gotten Kura to pay attention more to visual cues since getting flavor blasted after the fact, which in fact, is not a fun flavor. He is finally enjoying the new system of leveling up his gear when needed. Trading Post gave a bonus – got a mount for completing and happened to be the achievement for his 150th mount!<br />
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Not much has changed for Rei other than her sleep schedule. Mythic+ version of Neltharion’s Lair hurt pretty bad, especially Naraxas and thankfully by Thursday it was nerfed. She is continuing to play with some consistent friends at night and getting told that the group was wholesome or refreshing. Altoholic and the Raider.IO add-on finally broke for her and the solution was to uninstall and reinstall and BAM! Time to log into all characters again…<br />
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Lots of news but the ones that were of interest was Liquid getting World First Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth which gave the Evoker legendary weapon unlock on all difficulties. Congrats Team Liquid! Kura was excited to hear about the Augmentation Evoker Support as the third spec, which is coming in Patch 10.1.5. No Rei, it’s not a bard yodeling while strumming a lute in the distance. Lastly, for the fellow Blizzcon goers – it’s happening! Blizzcon will be in-person this year on November 3rd. Currently people are able to reserve rooms, but the team isn’t quite sure on tickets and would like to try to go this year.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 05.15.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#237: Season One’s a Wrap, Next up New M+ &amp; Raid!</title>
      <itunes:title>Season One’s a Wrap, Next up New M+ &amp; Raid!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4038</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/season-ones-a-wrap-next-up-new-m-raid</link>
      <itunes:episode>237</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>237</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS has a chill week before Season Two begins, wrapping things up. Oh, and need a new tank for raid.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Boy, we miss having Nick around! One Day™.<br />
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As Patch 10.1 is released, the guild takes one last go around with the skip to try to get the Razsageth skin for anyone while taking advantage of the Timewalking raids each week. The following week was met with rare hunting for some mats and such.<br />
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Eric can’t stop mining once he saw how much ore a node gave. His goal for 2400 was finally reached for the end of the season just in time with a whopping 414. Then he was able to continue to level alts with this last week of the never ending TWing run. At least there’s Darkmoon Faire to make up for some of it! Also, the moles he encountered have Wisconsin accents and it made him laugh at every turn.<br />
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Kura is almost at the end of his old job and looking forward to having more time to play the game. But until then, he was zoning in and out of consciousness trying to participate for raid nights. He did finally get some off time and spent a portion trying to understand the new upgrade system and is going to save sparks for gear that he really needs. Unlike Eric, Kura did not like the new faction…at least not until the end of Chapter 3. If you ever were curious about the boat turtle, say no more – it’s a 20 minute ride around.<br />
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After the last recording, Rei finally hit 2500 and another guildie who has no interest, decided to have it – just WAY too last minute which made it frustrating. Thankfully the lull Patch 10.1 week still qualified and she didn’t have to go through trying to time super high keys to get him a decent score. PSA: Plan out your achievements over the course of a season everyone! Last minute stuffies is the pits. Outside of the late night M+, some friends wanted to try out some PvP, but opposite factions can only do rated, so to rated they went. Why can’t we do everything together?!<br />
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In the news, there’s a toy locked in a chest that requires a Tailor and Leatherworker to craft a cloak in order to open, which caused players to start price gouging each other to get it. Some people may be having some FPS drops with the new update and there are a few options to try and alleviate it. A Ukrainian Twitch streamer get interrupted by loud sounds outside ( air defense ), and once he saw he was in no danger, he continued his stream.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 05.15.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#235: Hit 'em with the Ol' Raszle Daszle</title>
      <itunes:title>Hit 'em with the Ol' Raszle Daszle</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 07:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4150</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hit-em-with-the-ol-raszle-daszle</link>
      <itunes:episode>235</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>235</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>MVP Jeff brings OoCS to victory with the 2nd Raszageth kill and the Raging Magmammoth is obtained. Go team!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With Nick out the way ( kidding! ), the gang gets into it with their last two weeks. The guild tank decided to call it until next raid release after one Heroic Raszageth kill, putting the team down one but wait -- their versatile Monk comes to the rescue and full clear Heroic in one night. First week Normal was for the achievement to get the Raging Magmammoth mount ( Kura found being an Evoker made it easy to fly around for some of them ), second week Normal was a chance for people to shuffle around on alts to try a different spec or role. Eric gave his Blook DK a shot that night and found that it was a bit too easy by being able to cheese mechanics. He used the Timewalking week to try Guardian spec on his Druid and decided that it was a bit on the boring side so he's now sitting at 65. Perhaps he'll go back to kittie spec!<br />
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Meanwhile, Kura ended up having to clear out his quest log got full and who likes the bwong of doom?! Kura also got a chance to try healing as a Preservation Evoker, but found that a third bar was necessary and needing to remember not to rescue people that will spread a debuff or breathing one's self off the platform is a thing. He was extremely happy to have gotten 2 Rasz kills and now Jeff is the MVP, as this also got one of our one night regular PUGs was able to finally get a kill in. Outside of WoW, he tried to find a specific Alexstrasza t-shirt that Blizzard's site only had in a women's version ( turns out the men's is sold out, buu urns ). Rei has a moment to share her experience with raid attendance over the years and realizes that it's better to be around people who want to be around as getting upset is just not a good feeling to have while wanting to play a game.<br />
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The group gets a few moments to chime in on raid experiences, what's happened throughout the years and other people having the same problem with their guild doing a one a done while others still would like to play or get gear as not everyone is award a piece just for finishing once. She also stayed up too late ( again ) and tried to clear her quest log on her Paladin and unfortunately it was the Dragonbane Keep quest so she trudged through four stages before getting lost and taking a while to solo Captain Lance, then looking up where to find Grand Flame and getting there and FINALLY a DK and another Pallie were there and with six minutes left, the Grand Hunt and probably 6+ weekly quest came to an end.<br />
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In the news, Patch 10.1 Embers of Neltharion is slated for May 2nd along with an underground cavern which seems to have 2 entrances per PTR discovery, cross-faction guilds, a new assault and meeting new allies, and the following week is the release of Season 2 which all three difficulties of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible raid ( LFR TBA ) being available along with a new PvP ladder and the new Mythic+ rotation. Only a handful of class hotfixes, so fear not Mister and Miss Paladin(s)! The PTR reveals some updates to M+ affix updates for the better and some new Neltharion voice lines might give a little more into on a third Evoker specialization... What will it be -- tank, bard, something new?! Noblegarden is around until April 17th, so be sure to get all your eggs in a basket... ( Eric just groaned. )<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 04.24.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#234: Raszageth and the Primordial Stones</title>
      <itunes:title>Raszageth and the Primordial Stones</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:17:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4278</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raszageth-and-the-primordial-stones</link>
      <itunes:episode>234</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>234</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric, Kura, and Rei find themselves with an 11 man team on Thursday for Raszageth and they can almost taste victory.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick now has enough to form his own dungeon party, huzzah! While he's busy with his new one, the rest of the team has gotten extremely close to downing Raszageth, just 900K more HP to go! Smaller teams ARE possible and it's almost like old times. Everyone has gotten to dabble in The Forbidden Reach and collected many stones, but not the right ones for all. The Vault has 4 floors as Eric found out after Rei went exploring around to find items in every nook and cranny possible. Eric is grinding for the Crystal Fork to drop so hard that Blizzard has decided to just give him a mount instead for his trouble. And now that his bags are getting full, that means Rei's bags have exceeded its capacity and now she wants a pouch for the stones like when key rings were a thing for Heroic dungeon keys.<br />
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Kura's take on the Onyx Amulet was not as impressive as it only seemed to be a downgrade in stats upon equipping it, but he is still having a fun time exploring around the new zone, but the quests are neverending. As a side note, he found out his new corgi puppers can jump really high. As if the The Nokhun Offensive +18 wasn't painful enough last time, she got to experience a +20 of the same dungeon for completion but not before trying her +18 and the PUG hunter just kept standing in swirlies that he left and bricked the key.<br />
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She meets another LFR PUG person who was afraid to do Normal raiding after seeing what LFR was like and the group agrees that LFR is nothing like actual raiding. She also spent some time with a guildie checking out the raid cooldown section of the MRT ( Method Raid Tools ) add-on to be more aware of their raid CDs usage and got overwhelmed by all the choices. Six weeks of back-to-back TWing is welcomed by everyone as it's the perfect time to level up, gear up, and play with people!<br />
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The Diablo IV beta was out this past weekend and it might've dipped into some people's WoW time and there are things to do in there to get mounts in WoW. After the Patch 10.0.7 class rework, some of the classes are getting tuned again or getting bug fixes ( don't worry Paladins, it's not as long this time ). Secrets have been found and there will be things from Zul'Gurub. At the end of the week the AWC and MDI Dragonflight Season 01 Global Finals are starting!<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 03.27.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#233: Katybigbooty's Pet Rescue Adventure</title>
      <itunes:title>Katybigbooty's Pet Rescue Adventure</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4327</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/katybigbootys-pet-rescue-adventure</link>
      <itunes:episode>233</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>233</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric, Kura, and Rei spends another week against Raszageth and have the skip finally and get to M+ it up together!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A wild Kura has appeared and will be with us for a spell! Eric has found a consistent build for most fights rather than too many boss specific builds for his Warlock, his Evoker is finally 70 ( with the help of some welfare loot from Rei's shammie in TWing ), and watched the MDI tourney over the weekend. Eric's happy to be getting a bit further into the Raszageth fight on Heroic and Kura had a discussion of the intermission 1.5 platforms being different from each other helped the team get further. Kura finally had time to get some M+ finished with 2 different groups, hoping to get to that 2K score. He's also working on healing on his Evoker and is having fun with it. Rei gets to experience The Nokhud Offensive on a +18 and learns of its pain when CDs aren't ready after a wipe. She also hopped into LFR for the bonus baggie and bonds with another female player which came about from discussing the eating food Weak Aura.<br />
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In the news, Patch 10.0.7 has a launch date of March 21st and info about the crafting changes for Patch 10.1 has been revealed. Azure Vault Mythic Plus gets a couple of nerfs, as well as additional ones for Raszageth in Heroic and Mythic difficulties. This will bode well for &lt;Order of Corrupted Souls&gt; as some guildies struggle with survivablility. Season 2 tier sets and timers for Mythic+ have been datamined. From now until March 18th, ordering a Double Down via KFC's mobile app will give you early open beta access to Diablo IV.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 03.27.23 at 10:30 pm EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>.<br />
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      <title>#232: The Acquisition vs Bobby Kotick</title>
      <itunes:title>The Acquisition vs Bobby Kotick</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:22:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5004</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-acquisition-vs-bobby-kotick</link>
      <itunes:episode>232</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>232</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Kurabara formally joins the show and sends Nick packing by telling him that consolidation is bad.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are joined by Kurabara this week who will be on the show in a regular role going forward. They begin by talking about the Trading Post as it is switching over with the new month. They talk about some of what they liked on the Trading Post this month and what they hope to see next month.<br />
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Rei then talks about what’s been going on with the Order of Corrupted Souls. She talks about how the raid is struggling with a lack of healers currently. She also mentions their different strategies for placing raid markers. They also talk about the Community Soup in Iskara. Nick takes a moment to talk about getting profession recipes in timewalking dungeons. They talk briefly about the auction house. Rei then talks about leveling up her alts.<br />
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Kurabara asks about the cloak on the Trading Post and they talk about how we may be in store for a different cloak and hood set each month. Kura also talks about wanting more pants on the trading post.<br />
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Eric talks about struggling against Heroic Raszageth. He also got his Mythic+ mount. He discusses playing his Evoker and mentions watching the MDI.<br />
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Kurabara talks about his concerns about Recruit-a-friend changing. They talk about the different skills that can be used to get players into and out of danger. They talk about defensive cooldowns for different classes.<br />
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Nick announces the Dread Hatchling contest winners. Then, he talks about Mike Ybarra’s horrible bad day where he said many things that irritated Blizzard employees, including talking about their upcoming Return to Office policy, the consideration that QA positions are regarded as transitional, and that the executives are feeling the cuts to bonuses just as much as the average employee.<br />
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Next, Nick brings up an article talking about how the ultimate goal of the ABK acquisition by Microsoft is to save the games industry from Google and Apple’s walled gardens on mobile. This leads to a discussion about whether the merger is good or not, with Kurabara arguing that consolidation is bad and Nick trying to defend the purchase by saying this will get rid of Bobby Kotick.<br />
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Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode #132 from May of 2019.<br />
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      <title>#231: Trading Post and Birthday Wishes!</title>
      <itunes:title>Trading Post and Birthday Wishes!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:54:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3737</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/trading-post-and-birthday-wishes</link>
      <itunes:episode>231</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>231</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard turned 32 which is really when you should start evaluating your life choices. Also, the trading post!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick is back this week with Rei and Eric to talk about the latest goings on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about guild struggles and how members are showing up for raid but not necessarily talking or interacting outside of that. The gang talks about how guild size can affect this and how smaller guilds should focus on finding players who all tend to play at the same time outside raid windows. Nick praises the tool that tells you when a friend has queued for an activity.<br />
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Next, Rei talks about the Shadowmoon Burial Ground and how people are trying to cheese at the corner, which surprised Nick. They also discuss needing more battle.net friend space.<br />
<br />
Eric talks about downing Heroic Dalthea in Vault of the Incarnates.<br />
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Nick talks about the Trading Post and how he likes that you can earn the rewards by just doing whatever you would normally do. He suggests that people who rush out to get the mount are rushing for no reason and that people will settle into a routine as the Trading Post becomes more common.<br />
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In the news, they talk about WoW Classic Season of Mastery ending. The upcoming Mythic Dungeon Invitational has Nick asking for raid replays that would make his character seem as awesome. They mention that the Vault of Incarnates Horde Hall of Fame is now full. They talk about how decisions made at Twitter have forced Blizzard to remove the (already broken) Twitter integration. The Community Feast will now spawn every 90 minutes. The X-45 Heartbreaker mount now has an increased chance to drop for your first attempt of the day, although that is still a low chance. Also, conquest and valor caps are being removed on 2/14. Blizzard is turning 32. Also, they review the Activision Blizzard 4th Quarter Earnings calls.<br />
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For your chance to win the Dread Hatchling Pet, please email wowtalk@mash.gg with the subject line I Want the Pet! By 2/27.<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back at the announcement of the last Blizzcon in episode #131.<br />
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      <title>#230: Raiding and M+, Oh My! feat. Kura &amp; Crisp</title>
      <itunes:title>Raiding and M+, Oh My! feat. Kura &amp; Crisp</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 04:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3792</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raiding-and-m-oh-my-feat-kura-crisp</link>
      <itunes:episode>230</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>230</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric and Rei spend a night catching up with Kura and Crisp discussing raiding, Mythic Plus, loot, and more!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick is out this week, so Kura and Crisp have stopped in for tonight! Eric finally got his 4 piece and a trinket and things seem to be fleshing out better than before. His DK went Frost spec for a go in casual Normal VotI and met with some tank mechanics to his face. He now thinks OoCS is now Casual Plus since the group he went with marked themselves as just Casual. Kura worked on a macro to save our tank from a knockback, but not before spreading a debuff to all, and also hoping to get time away from work to actually play some WoW, #OneDay.<br />
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Crisp found a new home with Alliance on another server and settling in much better and working on Mythic Terros currently. His weeks are consumed by M+ to gear up himself and helping his friends. The group had a bit of banter over loot drops and how it works for other guilds. Rei hopes to get help in making it better, tho' Personal Loot is where it's at as the team thinks. At least she's made more new friends over the course of signing up for more Mythic Plus dungeons in the pursuit of loot that might drop or be shared with her.<br />
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In the news, Brian Brimingham has left Blizzard under protest of the type of quotas they want for evaluations. Jade, Bright Foreseer ( bunny mount ) was released for retail with the 6-month sub. Patch 10.0.7 is underway with various updates, Heritage Armor, and Monk class expansion. Mythic Kurog and Raszageth are getting hit with the nerf bat. A guildie mentioned an deaf-friendly raiding guild took down Mythic Eranog which lead into watching after the recording!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/38o">mtb.gg/38o</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#229: The Patch 10.0.5 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.0.5 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3683</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-0-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>229</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>229</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Test your knowledge about the Trading Post, Storm's Fury, and other features coming with our Patch 10.0.5 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back this week to prepare for Patch 10.0.5 landing next week! But first, Rei talks about she’s been up to. She talks about issues with the guild over loot rolls and how there are times when changes can be implemented to guild policies but that is not during a raid. Nick mentions that her raid logging with WoW Analyzer has been helping him on his Death Knight. Rei talks about wanting the return of bonus rolls, and Nick mentions that the Great Vault always confounds him when the choice is between an ilvl upgrade and a new transmog appearance. Rei also mentions that WoW closed on her while running a mythic+ 14. She also points out that the best way to level up Tuskarr reputation is to do the cooking event at night when no one is playing.<br />
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Eric meanwhile celebrates getting Raszageth down twice on normal, and getting up the the fourth boss on Heroic Vault of the Incarnates. He talks about doing some PVP on his warlock and using the Cobalt Assembly powers to survive attacks from the other players.<br />
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Next, it is time for the Patch 10.0.5 quiz. Questions focus on the Trading Post and the Trader’s Tender currency, the Storm’s Fury event in the Primalist Future, and changes to the transmog and war mode systems.<br />
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They also talk about the bunny mount that is coming for Lunar New Year to WoW, and debate whether the mount or the pet will be available in retail or classic. That should hopefully be cleared up in time.<br />
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Finally, they look back one hundred episodes to episode #129 when Harv shared a story and Ion did a Dev Q&amp;A.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/30/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/38b">mtb.gg/38b</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#228: Roadmap for the New Year</title>
      <itunes:title>Roadmap for the New Year</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4471</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/roadmap-for-the-new-year</link>
      <itunes:episode>228</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>228</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard shares a road map for the next year and Metzen is back. 2023 is looking very interesting!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back this year to talk about the latest goings on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about being asked to help someone learn to play Holy Priest. She also talks about trying to do certain activities but always getting called in to help other people. She talks about getting her warlock to 70 and the struggle behind earning reputation, and points out that the Darkmoon Faire is active this week along with its 10% buff.<br />
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Eric talks about getting to phase three Raszageth and they discuss its length compared to the Sylvanas fight. He also talks about running Mythic+ reluctantly but having success. He and Nick also talk about the number of items required for crafting this expansion and how the new reagent bag slot is not enough.<br />
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Nick talks about the recently released Road Map for 2023 for World of Warcraft and how it is good that they know the direction the game is going. They go over some of the items on the map and look forward to the aggressive schedule.<br />
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Nick also spends a moment talking about the upcoming Trading Post feature which seems interesting but he is curious how it will be integrated into the game. He also talks about a post in which Blizzard went over what happened with the boats at Dragonflight launch from an engineering perspective.<br />
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Next, Nick discusses the return of Chris Metzen. He talks about wanting to know how this came together, if Metzen or if Blizzard initiated the contact. He talks about the story team struggling but not needing Metzen to come in to correct them. He is worried that Metzen will be pushed into a front-facing role despite that stress being part of the reason he left last time. He also talks about Metzen’s role in the sexual harassment allegations and hopes that he will be a force for good going forward in the company.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #128 and Nick talks about his experiences with the portal rooms.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/16/23 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/382">mtb.gg/382</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#227: Soaring from Classic Wrath to Dragonflight feat. Blazzin Bob</title>
      <itunes:title>Soaring from Classic Wrath to Dragonflight feat. Blazzin Bob</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 05:24:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>6023</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/soaring-from-classic-wrath-to-dragonflight-feat-blazzin-bob</link>
      <itunes:episode>227</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>227</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Bob Schissler</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Blazzin Bob from Warcraft Reloaded joins us to talk about Classic Wrath and also what's going on in Dragonflight!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are joined by Blazzin Bob from Warcraft Reloaded to talk about how things are going in Wrath Classic and how things are going in Dragonflight!<br />
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They begin by talking about what is next for WoW Classic as there’s been no statement from Blizzard about whether Cataclysm or some hybrid of Cata and Mists of Pandaria are coming next. They talk about the possibility of Classic+ content now that Chris Metzen has returned to Blizzard. Bob talks about how he quit WoW during Cataclysm and has had an outdated opinion of retail in that time. He talks about how he enjoys the talent trees. He talks about some of the other ways that WoW Classic can change, such as putting Wrath-era talents into a classic level game.<br />
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Rei and Eric then talk about their experiences in the raid. They are currently up to the ice spider boss Sennarth, the Cold Breath. Eric talks about being able to change his talents between wipes to customize them for each boss. Nick asks about how group loot is working out for the guild. Rei talks about her experience dragon racing to get the gold achievement. She then discusses the tailoring puzzles and Eric talks about his experience jewelcrafting and how he is spending more time lately doing that.<br />
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Bob talks about his time in Dragonflight and how he’s had several questions about the lore he’s missed since Cataclysm. He mentions finding out that Varian died. He talks about how Dragonflying needs to be brought to the old world, and he and Nick debate about how viable that would be. He also talks about struggling with some of the phasing that is not present in Wrath of the Lich King content.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/2/23 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/37r">mtb.gg/37r</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Bob Schissler<br /><a href="https://twitch.tv/blazzinbob">twitch.tv/blazzinbob</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#226: DRAGONFLIGHT!</title>
      <itunes:title>DRAGONFLIGHT!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:43:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4235</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dragonflight-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>226</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>226</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Dragon Riding! Mad dashes for boats! Complicated Professions! Peer pressure! Disappointment? Its Dragonflight!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to welcome in the Dragonflight expansion! But first, Rei confirms that she was unable to get Veilstrider before Shadowlands ended due to the Ember Court. She then talks about leveling her shaman and priest to level 70 and how she’s been playing them at certain times each day. She talks about managing to get to the Dragon Isles before the boat started bugging out, and Nick compares the buggy nature of prior launches as well as the launches that went mostly flawlessly. They talk about using warlock portals to summon people to the Dragon Isles to bypass the bugged boat, and Eric mentions trying to use a flying mount to get himself onto the boat as it would spawn in.<br />
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Next, they talked about Dragon Riding and how much fun that is. Eric talked about flying with someone who has more glyphs than you, and everyone agreed that overall Dragon Riding is extremely enjoyable. Rei talked about working to complete the various race courses and Nick talked about his struggles doing them with no glyphs obtained yet. Finally, Rei talked about meeting some old server members now that everyone is back for the expansion.<br />
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Eric talked about hitting level 70 on his warlock instead of his death knight. They all chatted about how professions are complicated this expansion and overwhelming. Nick complained that the visual profession changes are obscured by the profession window. Eric also brought up how your character gets weaker throughout the leveling experience and dinging 70 feels bad in some ways, as he feels weaker and slower.<br />
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Nick talked about lacking excitement for Dragonflight and points out that he’s just not into the expansion. He talks about rushing through quests and only being level 62. He talked about the community being excited for the expansion and his curiosity at where the community will be in three to six months. He talked about the peer pressure to rush through everything and said people need to hold back.<br />
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Finally, they looked back at episode #126 when Eric and Rei were beating up on Jaina in Dazar’Alor and Blizzard laid off several employees.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/19/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/37f">mtb.gg/37f</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#225: Phase Two and the Randomness of Mounts</title>
      <itunes:title>Phase Two and the Randomness of Mounts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4813</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/phase-two-and-the-randomness-of-mounts</link>
      <itunes:episode>225</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>225</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>We go over the new content in Phase Two of the pre-patch and talk about mount drop rates.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about the state of WoW as Shadowlands comes to an end. Rei begins by talking about all the pugs she has been doing and all the guild members who have been applying or returning. She talks about how people need to be social in a guild to eventually become part of the community. She also talks about her attempt at getting the Veilstrider achievement and how its going to come down to the final week. She also mentions running the updated version of Uldaman and having to tank because everyone was either healing or DPSing as a Dracthyr.<br />
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Eric talks about playing his Dracthyr and discusses how the charge mechanic gives players choice just from within the framework of a single ability. He also talks about choosing a character to main in Dragonflight.<br />
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Nick brings up the recent increase in drop rate for several Mists of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor rare mounts, like the Sha of Anger or Rukhmar. He talks about his experiences trying to get the mount, and then evaluates this in light of recent decisions by Blizzard to make the TCG Feldrake mount widely available, as well as the customization coming with the dragonriding mounts in Dragonflight. Everyone agrees that Blizzard should make mount acquisition after several farming attempts easier.<br />
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In the news, Titan Rune Dungeons are being added to Wrath Classic. Also, Christie Golden celebrated her birthday by releasing a short story about Wrathion. And Blizzard and NetEase are ending their partnership, so WoW and other Blizzard games will not be available in China starting next year.<br />
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Finally, we look back 100 episodes to when we were still running the Dazar’Alor raid.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/5/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/371">mtb.gg/371</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#224: Pre-Patch Thoughts and Twitch Mounts</title>
      <itunes:title>Pre-Patch Thoughts and Twitch Mounts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:55:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5015</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pre-patch-thoughts-and-twitch-mounts</link>
      <itunes:episode>224</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>224</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>We react to Phase One of the Dragonflight Pre-patch and talk about the Feldrake Mount as Twitch Drop issue.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back this week to talk about their reactions to Phase One of the Dragonflight Pre-patch and also the latest in World of Warcraft news!<br />
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First, Rei talks about Eric getting more mounts with minimal effort, as he tends to do. Then she gets into the recent UI changes and how she was struggling to make sure everything was where it needed to be. She also mentions that the new Profession interface is blocking her access to guild chat while crafting. She mentions reports that players are able to get their Dracthyr from 50-60 in about 5 hours on the beta. Then she talks more about her efforts to get Veilmaster and she and Nick share notes on completing the Stitchmasters quests.<br />
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Eric has been enjoying the warlock changes and talks about his Burn to Ashes build that he’s been playing. He also talks about setting up his M+, Single Target, and Multitarget layouts. This leads to a discussion about having to reset your talents with the return of talent trees.<br />
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Nick talks about how Blizzard has integrated Mount Drops from Twitch Streams, and mentions how to hype Dragonflight, Blizzard is offering mount and toy drops for watching approved streamers. For watching the Dragonflight launch, Blizzard will give out the Feldrake mount which was previously only available from the defunct Warcraft card game. This leads to a discussion of how Blizzard can control player behavior through offering certain items, and how Blizzard is trying to leverage this outside the game.<br />
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In the news, they talk about the recent #warcraftstory on twitter and the new 12-month subscription offer, which includes the giant murloc mount. They also mention Activision Blizzard firing Union leaders.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode 124 when Harv was upset about having to play a troll.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/21/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/370">mtb.gg/370</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#223: The Patch 10.0 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 10.0 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4779</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-10-0-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>223</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>223</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>What is coming when? Test your knowledge of this split pre-patch timeframe with our Patch 10.0 quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back this week to talk about what they’ve been doing in the lead up to the Dragonflight pre-patch. Also, with Patch 10.0 coming on October 25th, it is time for the Patch 10.0 quiz!<br />
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First, Rei talks about running LFR on her rogue and still managing to dominate the meters. This leads to a discussion about the basic WoW ability that is developed across playing alts. Nick also talks about playing his rogue alt and struggling on the character in Torghast. Rei then talks about DPS’ing as her holy priest and still handling the healing. The gang talks about how LFR allows for this type of performance. Next, they talk about Rei’s attempt at getting the Veilstrider title, and how it is a massive meta-achivement that requires attention. Nick wonders if it is better to work on a meta-achievement or to have a long grind waiting for something with a low droprate to drop. Ultimately he thinks he prefers the steady progress of an achievement. Rei also talks about some mythic+ and timewalking runs.<br />
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Eric meanwhile has been helping Rei in Torghast and talks about using meters in LFR.<br />
<br />
Then, it is time for that patch 10.0 quiz. The format this time is different, as Nick asks questions about what is coming or being removed in Phase One of the patch on 10/25, in Phase Two on 11/15, or at Dragonflight’s launch on 11/28.<br />
<br />
Finally, they take a quick look back at Episode #123, which was the first episode of 2019 and featured lots of discontent with BfA. They also acknowledge that Eric has been on the show for 200 episodes.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/7/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/36d">mtb.gg/36d</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#222: A Farewell to Harv</title>
      <itunes:title>A Farewell to Harv</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4720</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/a-farewell-to-harv</link>
      <itunes:episode>222</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>222</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei, Eric, and Harv are meeting old friends, while Nick is grinding achievements. Also, Harv has an announcement.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric and Harv are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft. Rei starts off by talking about finishing up the Heroic Fated raids. Then she mentions running Ulduar Timewalking with the guild. She then brings up Protoform Barrier being a struggle to heal, and Eric recommends using your cleaves when it is up. She also talks about meeting some random pugs and having pleasant conversations with them in discord. Rei then talks about a former guild member that returned out of the blue and how that was awkward. Then she and Nick talk about what you can spend anima on at this point. Nick talks about grinding out some Maw achievements and getting Abominable from the Stitchyard.<br />
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Eric talks about playing on his alt and welcoming back an old tank friend. He and Harv reminisce about competing for higher dps on Antoran High Command in Antorus. He also talks about running the Guantlet in Torghast, which Nick compares to the Royal Rumble.<br />
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Next, Harv talks about meeting an old friend back from Wrath of the Lich King randomly in Wrath Classic.<br />
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In the news, they talk about Herman Li’s metal version of Arthas, My Son. They also talk about the new Thundering Affix that will be coming in Dragonflight Season 1 for Mythic +.<br />
<br />
Nick takes a quick look back at episode #122 which was our year end episode for 2018.<br />
<br />
Finally, Harv announces that he’s taking a break from the show and will be stepping away. He will be missed!<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 10/24/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/364">mtb.gg/364</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#221: Fated Raids, Wrath Classic and Swords!</title>
      <itunes:title>Fated Raids, Wrath Classic and Swords!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:21:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4197</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/fated-raids-wrath-classic-and-swords</link>
      <itunes:episode>221</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>221</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Eric beat Fated Raids while Harv continues to live in the past. Also, get your very own Frostmourne!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week Nick had the week off so Harv takes over hosting Duties! Rei talks about Heroic Fated Castle Nathria, running Mythic+ and seeing China's WotLK kitty ad along with doing LFR. Eric talks about finally getting Heroic Fated Sylvanas down, getting his Keystone Master 2k rating and getting his mount. Harv talks about seeing WoW ads everywhere and playing Wow Classic while sick.<br />
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They all go over watching the remaster 4k Wotlk remastered Cinematic, the new tier set appearance preview, Unlocking transmog Ensembles for alts, and mages getting the ability to Polymorph things into ducks.<br />
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Also, they talk about the new Engineer raid wipe recovery bot, crafting mythic item level gear using professions and the 10 year anniversary of MoP. You can now buy your very own Frostmourne for $1500!<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/11/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv\mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/35o">mtb.gg/35o</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#220: Frostbrood Proto-Drakes and GTA WoW Classic Hype!</title>
      <itunes:title>Frostbrood Proto-Drakes and GTA WoW Classic Hype!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4107</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/frostbrood-proto-drakes-and-gta-wow-classic-hype</link>
      <itunes:episode>220</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>220</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Everyone is dipping into WoW Classic in advance of Wrath of the Lich King, including GTA Streamers?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick and Harv are joined by a returning Rei and Eric to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft and WoW Classic. They start with Rei talking about hitting 2K rating for mythic+ and getting the mount. She and Eric also talk about raiding with a pug group through Normal Sepulcher of the First Ones and how the raid fell apart because of a lack of coordination. Nick talks about how he has been raiding Heroic and Normal and compares the two difficulties. He mentions that he got his Slime Kitty so he is excited.<br />
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Rei and Eric talk about watching the Xy’mox’s Charity Cache event which had Echo and Limit racing through Sepulcher of the First Ones for charity. They appreciated how various players were cursed with restrictions like having to play in first person mode or playing with a reduced ilvl. They also talked about how one boss had all the Fated affixes applied at once and how that had to be played around.<br />
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They also talked about rolling Death Knights in WoW Classic so they could get the Frostbrood Proto-Drake mount in retail. They talked about some of the challenges of going back to classic from retail and also how there were lots of people in the starting area because of the mount.<br />
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Finally, Harv talks about how the GTA Streamer Community is getting hyped for Wrath Classic. He talks about how several of the streamers are now streaming Wrath Classic and how they are encouraging each other to get into WoW.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/26/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/359">mtb.gg/359</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#219: Fated Raids and Renown Subs (feat. Crisp and Kurabara)</title>
      <itunes:title>Fated Raids and Renown Subs (feat. Crisp and Kurabara)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 04:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4607</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/fated-raids-and-renown-subs-feat-crisp-and-kurabara</link>
      <itunes:episode>219</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>219</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Cory Treadway</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Harv are joined by Crisp and Kura to talk more about Fated Raids and Mythic+ and more!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick and Harv are back without Rei and Eric as they have the episode off. Instead, the show is joined by streamer Crisp and fellow Mash Those Buttons podcaster Kurabara to talk about their further experiences in the Fated Raids. They talk about how it feels to be cycling through the raids instead of progressing through them sequentially. They discuss revisiting some of the harder bosses and how it feels to be facing them again on fresh clear attempts.<br />
<br />
Crisp talks about his guild’s struggles to get Mythic Jailer down in what he calls the Race to World Last.<br />
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Kura talks about his luck with drops and his improvement at dying less in raid. He mentions his satisfaction at killing Sire Denathrius. He talks about working on his healing skills on his druid and how he’s amazed at how much work goes into keeping the raid team alive.<br />
<br />
They talk about WoW Classic and the upcoming launch of Wrath of the Lich King with the impending zombie invasion. Nick and Harv are excited for this.<br />
<br />
Nick also talks about his challenges making a macro out of the Hearthstone toys he is collecting. He wishes Blizzard would build an interface to manage these like they did for mounts.<br />
<br />
In the news, they talk about how reputations are being removed in Dragonflight in place of the Renown system, which leads to Nick speculating if they could use the system, with its Battlepass like rewards system, as a way to shift from a subscription to Battlepass model.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/12/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/356">mtb.gg/356</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Cory Treadway<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/kurabaras">twitter.com/kurabaras</a><br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#218: Fated Raids (WTF, SANCTUM?!?!?!)</title>
      <itunes:title>Fated Raids (WTF, SANCTUM?!?!?!)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:17:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4133</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/fated-raids-wtf-sanctum</link>
      <itunes:episode>218</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>218</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick, Rei, and Eric enter Fated Heroic Sanctum of Domination while Harv does shrooms in Zangarmarsh.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week its all about Fated Raids as Nick, Rei, and Eric talk about their experiences in Fated Heroic Castle Nathria and Fated Heroic Sanctum of Domination. Also, Harv is here too!<br />
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They begin by talking about the return of Castle Nathria and how prepared everyone should be for the raids. Rei points out that their current guild structure consists of a group that ran Sepulcher of the First Ones but not the older raids, so as a unit they are still congealing on their older raid attempts. Rei talks about making sure everyone is prepared and familiar with the fights and Nick talks about watching some videos to get ready but watching them in the wrong order.<br />
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Then they talk about going into Heroic Sanctum of Domination and how they struggled on Ner’zhul and Soulrender. Eric mentions that this is the raid that made him quit WoW for a few months and he is still affected by the raid, although it is different playing as a dps as opposed to a tank. Nick talks about running the later fights on LFR and seeing just how brutal the Painsmith and Sylvanas fights are.<br />
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They also talk about how the concept of the fated raids feels, with the extra mechanics serving as both a hindrance and a buff if handled correctly. They talk about whether the three week cycle will allow them to maintain momentum and progression through the various raids. Overall they are optimistic they will complete the Heroic challenge.<br />
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Harv, meanwhile, has been enjoying Zangarmarsh in Burning Crusade Classic. Eric points out that was his favorite zone as well.<br />
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Finally Rei talks about running mythic+’s and how people have been caught off guard by the older dungeon mechanics.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/29/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/34l">mtb.gg/34l</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#217: XP Buffs, Dragon Flight, and Slime Kitties</title>
      <itunes:title>XP Buffs, Dragon Flight, and Slime Kitties</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3600</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/xp-buffs-dragon-flight-and-slime-kitties</link>
      <itunes:episode>217</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>217</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Jigglesworth Sr will only be availble for completing Normal Fated Raids or higher. Nick has his plans ready.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric and Harv are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft! This week, Rei talks about her guild pushing to get alts leveled using the 50% experience buff that was up prior to Season 4. She also talks about working to get an achievement on Xy’Mox, and mentions some guildies who were focusing on leveling 1 to 60 and then fighting the Jailer. She also talks about getting Herald of the Titans. Nick talks about getting stuck in a bugged version of Gilneas.<br />
<br />
Eric talks about testing the Evoker and Dracthyr in the Dragonflight Alpha. He mentions how he is enjoying the class. Nick brings up the customization features and talks about the restrictions on creating new characters in the alpha.<br />
<br />
Harv mentions his interest in Burning Crusade Classic, and they mention that Wrath of the Lich King Classic will be out on September 26th.<br />
<br />
Nick talks about how the Slime Kitty, Jigglesworth Sr., will be available by completing the fated raids on Normal difficulty or higher. They talk about how the community was hoping there wouldn’t be a difficulty requirement, and Nick talks about his plans to raid to get the mount. He talks about completing quests in Zereth Mortis so he could be raid ready. They mention some sources to get raid videos.<br />
<br />
They mention the news from the latest Activision Blizzard earnings call, and how World of Warcraft numbers are down, but Hearthstone numbers are up.<br />
<br />
Finally, they look back at episode #117 when Harv hated pirates and patch 8.1 had just been announced.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/15/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/34d">mtb.gg/34d</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#216: Our Summer Vacation</title>
      <itunes:title>Our Summer Vacation</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-216-our-summer-vacation</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:57:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4405</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/our-summer-vacation</link>
      <itunes:episode>216</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>216</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei is healing others, Harv is healing himself, Eric is almost ahead of the curve, and Nick is boosted and angry.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are back from their month long break and ready to talk about all the things they did, or didn't do! First, Rei talks about raiding with too many people who don’t know what to do, and how that can be frustrating. She also mentions that she and Eric were working on the Mechagon achievements to unlock Mechagnomes. Then, she talks about finding an old thread regarding Everquest Next (which never came out) and flying, and compares that to how flying is handled now with achievements.<br />
<br />
She also tells a story about a pugger who is having issues with his current guild master, as he made suggestions to the guild and was called stupid by his guild leader. This leads to a discussion about how people need to learn to provide criticism properly, whether it is amongst guildies or on the forums, as Nick even brings up recent turmoil in the Destiny community. They then talk about healing strategies and calling out healing so that groups can work together better. Finally, Rei mentions that she and Eric are in the Wrath beta, and Harv discovers live on the show that he is in it as well.<br />
<br />
Eric talks about how the guild is 10 of 11 in Sepulcher of the First Ones and should be able to beat the Jailer before the August 2nd launch of Season 4. He also talks about playing his warlock and how healing strategies are the same or different when tanking and DPS’ing.<br />
<br />
Harv recently sprained his arm and has been unable to play any games recently.<br />
<br />
Nick pre-ordered Dragonflight and used his level 60 boost on his warlock and had a bad experience, as he accidentally changed specs from Demonology to Affliction and was forced to learn a new rotation in the tutorial which he did not need. He also complained about having to get all the items in his bags returned to him through the mail.<br />
<br />
In the news, Dragonflight will be out by the end of the year, Blizzcon is returning in 2023, and there are an enormous number of Drakthyr customizations. Also, Blizzard has separated gender from body type in the character creation window.<br />
<br />
Finally, we take a quick look back at episode 116 when people were starting to show their dislike of Azerite Armor.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/1/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/344">mtb.gg/344</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#215: Diablo Immortal and Activision Blizzard Disappointment</title>
      <itunes:title>Diablo Immortal and Activision Blizzard Disappointment</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-215-diablo-immortal-and-activision-blizzard-disappointment</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3913</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/diablo-immortal-and-activision-blizzard-disappointment</link>
      <itunes:episode>215</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>215</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei is tired of waiting for people, Eric just wants a good tank, and Nick and Harv talk more about Diablo Immortal.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are back to talk about what’s going on in World of Warcraft, with a brief look at Diablo Immortal as well. First, Rei talks about how when people commit to raids, they need to show up on time and be respectful of everyone else’s schedules, as people who need to leave early then lose time raiding. Then she talks about how some people need to leave for emergencies but that shouldn’t happen all that often. She tells a story about a pug who got his summon and then immediately left the group.<br />
<br />
Eric talks about the guild getting past Heroic Anduin and how the guild has been struggling with PUG tanks, as tanking requires a great deal of communication between the main and off tanks.<br />
<br />
Harv and Nick talk about Diablo Immortal and how they are still enjoying it, but only in small chunks of time. Nick talks about how the game has made $24 million and people are distrustful of Blizzard with respect to Diablo IV’s monetization. Nick argues that Diablo Immortal should not have been released on PC, as it set the wrong expectations for the game. He explains that the game is currently unable to be released in China.<br />
<br />
Nick then talks about the Activision Blizzard board finding no evidence that the executives ignored the harassment allegations. No one is surprised by this news and he expresses disappointment that the company is unable to reckon with its own guilt.<br />
<br />
In the news, Dragonflight is on the internal Blizzard alpha catalog and David Harbour embarrassingly admitted to playing WoW in a Stranger Things interview.<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at episode #115.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/18/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/33n">mtb.gg/33n</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#213: Hall of Fame Inequities and the Social Contract</title>
      <itunes:title>Hall of Fame Inequities and the Social Contract</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-213-hall-of-fame-inequities-and-the-social-contract</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 07:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3676</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hall-of-fame-inequities-and-the-social-contract</link>
      <itunes:episode>213</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>213</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The Alliance is way behind the Horde in beating up on the Jailer while Blizzard is pushing a new Social Contract.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft news! First, Eric talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls has been doing. They have downed Heroic Lihuvim and are currently getting into Phase 3 on Halondrus. Is he a spider or a crab?<br />
<br />
Harv talked about what he's been doing.<br />
<br />
Rei talks about checking out her bag for legendary powers. She also mentions her Mythic+ runs, and getting MOAR friends! She is also good at helping guildies out.<br />
<br />
In the news, the Horde Hall of Fame is closing while the Alliance Hall of Fame is a long way from doing so. There is also a Viewer's Guide for the Arena World Championship. The gang also discusses the Mythic Dungeon Invitational Last Stand Tournament results, won by Womegalul. They also talk about some hotfixes and Harv brings up the Social Contract that will be updated in Patch 9.2.5.<br />
<br />
Finally, Rei recaps what we talked about in episode #113.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/30/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/33m">mtb.gg/33m</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
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      <title>#212: Arclight Rumble, Children's Week, and Time-Saver Protodrakes</title>
      <itunes:title>Arclight Rumble, Children's Week, and Time-Saver Protodrakes</itunes:title>
      <enclosure url="https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ACORL4053098094.mp3" length="60453198" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-212-arclight-rumble-childrens-week-and-time-saver-protodrakes</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 17:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3778</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/arclight-rumble-childrens-week-and-time-saver-protodrakes</link>
      <itunes:episode>212</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>212</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Arclight Rumble is announced, Children's Week will never be the same, and Season 4 is gonna get weird!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft news. They begin by talking about the the Warcraft Mobile game announcement of Arclight Rumble. Nick talks about how short the announcement trailer was and whether it looks like it will be a fun game. They talk about how this is Blizzard taking their try at a tower defense type game, and evolving the genre as they do. They mention that Tom Chilton, former lead game designer on WoW, is involved in the project. Nick wonders if the game will be different enough from Hearthstone Mercenaries or if they will be competing in the same space.<br />
<br />
Next, Rei talks about what’s been going on with Order of Corrupted Souls. She talks about their struggling with a bad Demon Hunter and then mentions running Mists of Tirna Scythe with a pug druid. Eric talks about his return to tanking and that he is no longer using his retired death knight just for fishing.<br />
<br />
Nick talks about the how School of Hard Knocks is being removed from the Children’s Week achievement, and complains that he was able to do it so everyone should. He then says that Path of Ascension in the Kyrian Covenant should be nerfed.<br />
<br />
They also talk about the new raceclass combinations that are coming in Dragonflight. Also, patch 9.2.5 will not release at the same time as Season 4, and Season 4 will have experimental itemization for the raids. Also in the news, Blizzard has hired a new VP of Culture.<br />
<br />
Finally, they look back at episode #112.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/23/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/329">mtb.gg/329</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#211: Diablo Immortal, Yes. NFTs, No.</title>
      <itunes:title>Diablo Immortal, Yes. NFTs, No.</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-211-diablo-immortal-yes-nfts-no</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3453</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/diablo-immortal-yes-nfts-no</link>
      <itunes:episode>211</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>211</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about improving the great vault, what we can learn from Diablo Immortal, and Mike Ybarra saying no NFTs.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are back to talk about what has been going on in the World of Warcraft lately. First, Rei talks about running Tazavesh using Dungeon Finder and having to do all the mechanics. She also talks about new guildies transferring in and making a new friend in LFR. She also talks about the Baubleworms pet vendor.<br />
<br />
Eric talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls is 4/10, and then complains about his gearing, which leads to a discussion about the Great Vault. Nick speculates on how they could fix it and they talk about the problems inherent in its design, as well as what Blizzard needs to consider when iterating or developing a replacement. Eric comments that he would be happy if they brought back badges.<br />
<br />
Nick talks about the Diablo Immortal announcement that open beta for pc starts on 6/2. He talks about how we can see how long Blizzard takes to develop games, because there were no plans to develop Diablo Immortal on pc as of November 2, 2018, and so in that time they were able to port the game to pc and work on improving it.<br />
<br />
Next, they talk about the recent news, including that an encrypted patch 10.0 has been detected on the WoWDev server. Nick cautions that this is common and means that alpha is probably still 6-8 weeks away.<br />
<br />
Then, they talk about the recent kerfluffle around Blizzard asking about NFTs in a survey. The community responded swiftly and loudly that they would not be welcome, and Mike Ybarra had to issue a statement indicating that there are no plans for Blizzard to do anything with NFTs.<br />
<br />
Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #211 which featured the Patch 8.0 quiz.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/9/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/31z">mtb.gg/31z</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#210: Dragonflight!</title>
      <itunes:title>Dragonflight!</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-210-dragonflight</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4141</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dragonflight</link>
      <itunes:episode>210</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>210</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang looks at the Dragonflight announcement and shares their excitement and concerns!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are here on an off-week to talk about the Dragonflight announcement! Nick begins by talking a little about the cinematic, but then Rei brings up the return of talent trees. They talk about how they will have the feature of letting you save loadouts so you can customize your tree based on your activity.<br />
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Harv talks about how Ion commented that they have enough melee specs, and takes umbrage as he thinks survival hunter should go back to being ranged.<br />
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Eric talks about the new Dragon Riding skill and customizable dragon. They speculate on how the Dragon riding system might work, but Nick comments that he’s glad that flying will be available at launch, since the Dragon Isle should be designed with that in mind, because they are inhabited by dragons. They also talk about how they might have progression through customizing your dragon, with locking various appearance features behind achievements and the like.<br />
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Next, they talk about the UI changes, and everyone admits to using the base UI or something similar. They also talk about the Dracthyr race and Evoker class. Nick mentions how evoker combat will have quicktime influences. Nick asks if the Dracthyr appearance is satisfactory. They also mention the Obsidian raid that will be the first tier.<br />
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They also talk about Wrath of the Lich King Classic being announced. The gang agrees that not including Group Finder is a wise choice. Harv is excited to play it and Nick mentions looking forward to the level 70 boost so he can check out Wrathgate.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/25/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#209: Hexagons and Holes (on Journalism and Leaks)</title>
      <itunes:title>Hexagons and Holes (on Journalism and Leaks)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4071</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hexagons-and-holes-on-journalism-and-leaks</link>
      <itunes:episode>209</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>209</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick ponders what journalism is while everyone speculates on the expansion and also the Jailer is falling.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are back to talk about the latest goings on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about her experience raiding through Sepulcher of the First Ones with a growing raid team. She and Nick get into a discussion about LFR and solutions for the problem of people quitting before the wing is completed. They talk about adjusting the rewards or even reworking LFR to allow people to queue for individual bosses. Rei also brings up the old Leroyspeltz scandal when he received a special wand from Blizzard and got banned.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, talks about raiding on his warlock and enjoying Mythic+.<br />
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Nick talks about what he’s been doing in Zereth Mortis and then talks about what journalism means when applied to sites like WoWhead. He talks about how they are a fansite and there are considerations to be given about what it means when Blizzard employees leave the company. He talks about how the primary news service they offer is datamining, and compares the reaction to Lost.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard hired a new Cheif Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer and is increasing the conquest weekly cap.<br />
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Then, they discuss the possible leak that the next expansion will be called Dragonflight. This seems plausiable and everyone is on board with the idea. Nick talks about how Shadowlands’ announcement had Ion invoke the cosmic chart and he does not expect that to happen again for this announcement.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #109 when the pre-Legion comics were released.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/19/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/wookieebh. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#208: The Coming Drought</title>
      <itunes:title>The Coming Drought</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 06:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3994</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-coming-drought</link>
      <itunes:episode>208</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>208</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Guild morale is important, especially when we could be entering a year before the next expansion.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft! Nick recaps the state of things, with the main content push of 9.2 wrapping up and the 10.0 announcement just a few weeks away, and Echo winning the World First Jailer race.<br />
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Rei talks enjoying the quest to hold Pocopoc like a child shooting things and also the quest to ride the robot where she could not strafe. She also talks about how legendary and tier slots don’t count for ilvl when she couldn’t trade her mythic +10 cape. She also talks about a streamer who raided with them this week and how enjoyable he was as a group member, and this leads to a discussion about the importance of strong social guild members for keeping guild morale up.<br />
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Eric talks about finally defeating Anduin (Andy) and getting Rygelon down to 1%. He expects they’ll have him down next time.<br />
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Nick talks about his time on the mission table and how he wishes for UI improvements to it. He discusses some add-ons with Rei.<br />
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In the news, the 9.2.5 PTR is up and various content has been datatmined. Also, Shadowlands season 4 was announced which means that we are about a year out from the next expansion. They talk about how season 4 will bring back old content and make it relevant so that that content drought won’t feel as long. Also, Activision Blizzard shareholders are to vote on the acquisition, and wowhead has a preview of the Sylvanas novel.<br />
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They take a quick look back at episode 108 and then Eric shares his opinion of the post-Anduin cinematic. He did not like how Arthas was treated.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/11/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#207: The WoW 'n Wrestling Connection</title>
      <itunes:title>The WoW 'n Wrestling Connection</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:51:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4217</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-wow-n-wrestling-connection</link>
      <itunes:episode>207</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>207</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric and Rei are in Tazavesh and Sepulcher, Nick is thinking about Wrestling, and everyone is looking forward to 4/19!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back and joined once again by Eric to talk about what's been going on in World of Warcraft! First, Rei gets into how raiding and running mythic plus dungeons have been going. They talk a bit about Tazavesh and how it feels being split. They also talk about the frog mount that can be acquired in Haven and how you’ll need items from the vendor in Tazavesh, though that can be completed without actually running the raid. Then Eric talks about the struggles they have faced on Halondus, the robot crab boss in Sepulcher of the First Ones. He also talks about playing as a destroy lock as opposed to a blood death knight and how that is going for him. Harv mentions he hasn’t had time to play.<br />
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Next, Nick talks about how the reception to the cinematics in the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid were disappointing. He goes into a history of internet wrestling fandom, and how people were upset with the 1999 WWF (now WWE) storylines. He tells a story of himself and his friend going to a show and yelling about the head writer to show how smart they were, only to later learn they were not smart at all, and cautions everyone complaining about the WoW writing team to be careful with what they call for.<br />
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Finally, they talk about the news. First, some investor friends of Bobby Kotick are being investigated for insider trading pertaining to the Activision Blizzard sale to Microsoft. Then, they talk about the Save the Date announcement that the next expansion announcement is coming in April. They talk about what they’d like to see in the announcement. They also talk about the announcement that a Warcraft mobile game will be revealed in May and how Blizzard has seemed hesitant to announce mobile projects since Diablo Immortal.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/28/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#206: On Zereth Mortis</title>
      <itunes:title>On Zereth Mortis</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3718</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-zereth-mortis</link>
      <itunes:episode>206</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>206</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Rei are enjoying Zereth Mortis, especially the puzzles! Also, the Blizzard gear store is back!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back to talk about their experiences in Patch 9.2! First, Rei talks about everything she’s been doing. With the deadline for AoTC Sanctum of Domination imminent, Rei reports that they had a full twenty-five people show up for raid for the first time in a long while. Eric was one of those showing up and he got AoTC! Then, she talks about the puzzles in Zereth Mortis and how some people are using add-ons to solve them. Nick then talks about his appreciation for the puzzles and they talk about how the Nazjatar match-three and uncrossing puzzles are back as well. Rei brings up that people are doing rares again in Zereth Mortis, and then talks a bit about some of the jumping puzzles. Nick asks about solving a jumping puzzle near Haven, and then they discuss when flying is coming. Rei mentions skipping the intro to Zereth Mortis on alts, and Nick points out that if you have an alt that needs renown it is a great way to get it. He also mentions an NPC that sells up to rank 40 renown in Oribos for 500 g.<br />
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Harv, meanwhile, has not really been playing WoW.<br />
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Nick talks about how much he is enjoying Zereth Mortis and how he likes the Firim character and how this feels like the Covenant he would have wanted to join all along. He also talks about how his kid has made too many characters in WoW and is messing up his login screen.<br />
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In the news, the Blizzard Gear store is back. The SEC is widening its investigation into Activision Blizzard, and Microsoft entered talks to buy Activision Blizzard only three days after news about Bobby Kotick’s offenses broke.<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at episode 106 and our thoughts on bounty hunting.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/14/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#205: The Patch 9.2 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 9.2 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3536</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-9-2-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>205</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>205</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 9.2 is imminent so its time to see what we know about what is coming with the Patch 9.2 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back and joined by a visiting Eric to talk about what’s been going on in WoW. Eric and Harv haven’t been playing too much (although Eric is still enjoying his warlock while Harv is playing Heroes of the Storm) so Rei goes in depth on what has been going on with Order of Corrupted Souls.<br />
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Rei talks about how the guild has pretty much stopped working with the other guild after months of teaming up. She talks about completing some guild achievements to get the hand mount from Sanctum of Domination. Nick is still flabbergasted by the tank that will not talk in Discord to communicate with the guild. Rei talks about how important communication is at all levels of raid participation. She also talks a little about the expectations for cross-faction raiding. She also talks a little about recent pugging experiences. She brings up that DBM updated and the gang discusses using add-ons as part of your raid preparation. Rei talks about how she can’t help but communicate bluntly sometimes, and Harv shares a story of Rei flipping someone off while driving his car.<br />
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Finally, it is time for the Patch 9.2 quiz! After a joke about a dungeon finding misclick, Nick asks the gang about flying in Zereth Mortis, the Sepulchre of the First Ones raid, updates to Torghast, the Cypher of the First Ones, cross-faction raiding, protoform synthesis, and legendaries in Patch 9.2. Play along at home and let us know how you did!<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/28/22 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or let us know your preferred ways to get anima to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/303">mtb.gg/303</a></p>
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      <title>#204: On Cross-Faction Raiding</title>
      <itunes:title>On Cross-Faction Raiding</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4223</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-cross-faction-raiding</link>
      <itunes:episode>204</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>204</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Harv weigh in on the Microsoft Acquisition and we get excited for Cross-Faction Raiding!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back and boy do they have a lot to talk about! Since they last recorded, Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, Cross Factoin raiding was announced, and the New York Times bought Wordle! But first, Rei talks about what's been going on with Order of Corrupted Souls.<br />
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Rei talked about working on Fatescribe with different groups. She also talked about watching raid log videos with a friend and trying to understand what was wrong. She also talked about how one of the tanks she was playing with was not joining the group discord, meaning they were not in communication, and that went about as badly as expected. She also talked about pugging with someone with a New York accent.<br />
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Harv, meanwhile, has played some Diablo III and not much else.<br />
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Nick talks about bringing his five year old through Firelands and getting the Harvester's Dredwing when Harv was not online. He also talks about the Wen Lo mount and how marvelous it is.<br />
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In the news, Harv and Rei finally get the opportunity to weigh in on the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard. They talk about their guarded optimism and how time will tell if this was a positive change. Nick also brings up the changes to Tier Set Tokens, as well as the Double Legendary Acquisition in Patch 9.2. Flying in Zereth Mortis will be easier to get, and Blizzard has outlawed mass advertising in the chat channels.<br />
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Nick also reviews what has been going on with Raven QA and their unionization attempts.<br />
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For the question of the week, Nick is soliciting advice on the quickest way to grind anima.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #104, which was the 2018 April Fool’s episode.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/14/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/302">mtb.gg/302</a></p>
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      <title>#202: On Mythic Raiding (feat. Just Crisp)</title>
      <itunes:title>On Mythic Raiding (feat. Just Crisp)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 06:36:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3992</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-mythic-raiding-feat-just-crisp</link>
      <itunes:episode>202</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>202</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Just Crisp joins us to talk about all things mythic raiding.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back and this week they are joined by Just Crisp to talk about Mythic Raiding! They talk about how Just Crisp has been raiding since ICC and mythic raiding since Warlords of Draenor. They talk about his experiences raiding in Sanctum of Domination, being 5 of 10 and stuck on Painsmith because of a desyncing bug that is making the boss more difficult than it should be. They also talk about the preparation required to raid mythic, including the collection and maintenance of consumables, as well as the effort spent on running carries through heroic to fund the enormous cost of raiding. They discuss Just Crisp’s history and his class choices, raiding as a hunter, working on a demon hunter, and starting as a warrior.<br />
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They talk about the dedication required to be a streamer and his goals for 2022 to stream World of Warcraft daily for the year. They also talk about what can happen in a guild when they are struggling against a boss, and how they may have to talk to lower performing players to get them to improve. They discuss the mechanics on Painsmith and other raid bosses. They also talk about how Blizzard has been handling mythic raiders for the last few expansions, and if gearing is better in BfA than it has been in other expansions. They also talk about what is coming in Patch 9.2, in particular the second legendary which is gated behind a twenty-eight day reputation grind.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/31/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2z2">mtb.gg/2z2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#203: The Microsoft Acquisition (feat. Jarret and Mike)</title>
      <itunes:title>The Microsoft Acquisition (feat. Jarret and Mike)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5241</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-microsoft-acquisition-feat-jarret-and-mike</link>
      <itunes:episode>203</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>203</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Jarret and Mike (formely of Watchpoint Radio) join Nick to talk about the Microsoft acquisition because WHAT THE F***???</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick is joined by Jarret and Mike (formerly of Watchpoint Radio) to talk about the shocking Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard. They talk about their initial reactions to the news and how surprised they were. Mike mentions his concerns for the Raven workers that are striking and wonders how they will be treated by incoming leadership. Nick points out that the transition is going to take time before we will truly see any change, or even for Phil Spencer to be able to weigh in on the Raven strike. They talk about how Activision Blizzard has been influenced by Bobby Kotick’s leadership and his board members, and hope that Phil Spencer will prove a better leader. Nick talks about how Phil has done a great job managing the Xbox brand the last few years, to the point that Nick is considering getting Gamepass. Jarret is worried about what could come after Phil Spencer.<br />
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They talk about whether the acquisition could run afoul of anti-trust laws, and then speculate about what Sony will need to do to respond to this news. They consider other companies that might be up for acquisition and whether Sony or Microsoft would buy them. They talk about Phil Spencer’s leadership can bring hope back to the Blizzard community for the first time in several years, and how players who previously left may now feel permission to return to the game. They wonder if Blizzcon will be a thing but agree that Phil Spencer should be involved if it is.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show with Rei and Harv is scheduled for 1/31/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2yn">mtb.gg/2yn</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#201: New Year's Goals and Doing your Homework</title>
      <itunes:title>New Year's Goals and Doing your Homework</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3326</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-years-goals-and-doing-your-homework</link>
      <itunes:episode>201</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>201</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Rei talk about doing your homework before raiding and their goals for 2022, including #firebobbykotick.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick and Rei and back this week while Harv is out sick to talk about what’s going on with World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about an internet outage in the Northeast that affected raid night last week. Then, she talks about having a friend who was staying with them and assigning him the task of finding people to PUG with. They also had struggles with people not being around for the holiday week, and PUG’s coming and leaving for certain bosses. Rei also mentions how some people were not able to beat certain bosses because they weren’t putting in the time other than raid night to make sure they were ready to raid and beat the bosses. They also talk about the Mage Tower and Nick says that when it comes back, it should come back for a month at a time just so people have time to build momentum when practicing.<br />
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Nick talks about his new years goals, including his goals for 2021 that he finished the Korthia campaign questlines. He mentions that his goals for 2022 include getting to renown 80 with Maldraxxus and finishing the covenant questlines. That leads to this week’s question of the week being What Are Your Goals for 2022 in World of Warcraft?<br />
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In the news, The Darkmoon Faire has been delayed by a week. Also, Mythic and Raidfinder testing for the Sepulcher of the First Ones begins this week. They also talk about the A Better ABK Strike Fund that was set up as a gofundme to support the striking ABK workers who are protesting the layoffs of 20 Raven QA workers.<br />
<br />
Finally, they take a look back at episode #101 from October 2018.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/17/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2ye">mtb.gg/2ye</a></p>
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      <title>#200: What Are We Even Talking About?</title>
      <itunes:title>What Are We Even Talking About?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4391</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/what-are-we-even-talking-about</link>
      <itunes:episode>200</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>200</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We celebrate 200 episodes by calling for more WoW content and a better Community Council and complaining about Gremlins.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are joined by a returning Eric to talk about what’s been going on in the WoW community lately, and so much more. Eric talks about playing his warlock recently and Nick brings up the new Incubus model that has been added for warlock demons. They talk about how imps compare to Gremlins which leads to an off-topic discussion about Gremlins and then Keanu Reeves movies. Nick says that warlocks should be able to glyph to alternate looks for the pets without using a tame mechanic like hunters.<br />
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Rei talks about running mythic+ without knowing the mechanics. She also talks about running raids on alts. She also brings up the mage tower which no one has had time to play. Harv talks about raiding and also playing some Final Fantasy XIV which lets Nick talk about how awesome Wondrous Tails is but also talk about how WoW needs to get their schedule together as far as releasing regular content. He points out that Destiny has almost regular weekly content and there’s no excuse for WoW not to. They also discuss if the Mage tower is too difficult or just difficult enough.<br />
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Next, Nick brings up the WoW Community Council and how they were debating if too many black NPC’s were in Stormwind, which led to some council members being outed as racists and kicked off the council. They talk about the disappointment with Blizzard for not getting ahead of this problem as it should have been obvious.<br />
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Finally, they celebrate 200 episodes by thanking the listeners for downloading and listening. Our next live show is scheduled for 1/3/22 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2xq">mtb.gg/2xq</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#199: The Negativity Around Activision-Blizzard</title>
      <itunes:title>The Negativity Around Activision-Blizzard</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:56:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3872</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-negativity-around-activision-blizzard</link>
      <itunes:episode>199</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>199</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses how the negativity around Activision-Blizzard has been affecting the community.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back to talk about what's been going on with Activision-Blizzard lately. Nick begins by complaining about Christie Golden getting dragged on reddit. Then, Rei talks about her experiences raiding with the other guild, and how they seem to be pulling away. She also talks about people struggling to get through phase one of a fight and getting no experience on phase three. She and Nick talk about people not doing enough outside of raid to gear up. She also talks about Eric raiding with the group again, now as a Warlock DPS instead of tanking. Also, her black dragonscale backpack has been delayed.<br />
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Harv talks about buying games off steam and being too busy at work to play much WoW. He also mentions how people that he knows outside the game are asking him about what is going on with Activision-Blizzard.<br />
<br />
Nick goes on a rant about how he wants to defend Activision-Blizzard usually but even he is openly against what they are doing. He talks about the recent layoffs at Raven and also how BlizzJess quit Blizzard. He talks about how the company has been completely mishandling the situation, making it worse, and running the community off. He mentions that he's been playing Korthia after a several month break and he's been enjoying it. He also talks about how Blizzard needs to get better about telling stories in the age of datamining and how the slow and protacted telling of the story of Shadowlands has hurt the expansion.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/20/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2xd">mtb.gg/2xd</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#198: #FireBobbyKotick</title>
      <itunes:title>#FireBobbyKotick</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3796</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/firebobbykotick</link>
      <itunes:episode>198</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>198</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Harv talk about raiding and Nick wants to #firebobbykotick.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back to talk about World of Warcraft and Activision-Blizzard this week! First, Rei talks about raiding with the other guild and how they and Order of Corrupted Souls are getting along. They are currently working on defeating Sylvanas. She talks about the struggles as a healer when certain players die too much. There were some issues with identifying the raid markers and what order they were intended to represent. She also shares a rant about the rules for wearing shoes at her house.<br />
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Harv talks about how he ran some dungeons with the other group. This leads to a discussion about carrying alts and what level of gear is appropriate, as well as determining who can bring an alt and who needs to bring a main to carry. They also talk about gearing up low ilvl characters. Harv mentions that he has cleared Soulrender. Rei tells a story about how people thought she was mad because she accidentally cut a stream short.<br />
<br />
In the news, Nick talks about the recent allegations of harassment against Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. He talks about how Bobby is at his most vulnerable right now, and yet still may be able to survive this controversy. He endorses the #firebobbykotick hashtag.<br />
<br />
Also, Patch 9.2 was announced. The gang discusses some of the news about Zereth Mortis and the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid. They also talk about the Warlock tier set looking a bit racist from behind.<br />
<br />
Finally, Harv and Nick talk about episode #98 which was about a certain person who raided with OoCS and has not returned.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/6/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2x3">mtb.gg/2x3</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#197: The Community Council, Blizzcon Reimagined, and Jen Oneal</title>
      <itunes:title>The Community Council, Blizzcon Reimagined, and Jen Oneal</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-197-the-community-council-blizzcon-reimagined-and-jen-oneal</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4534</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-community-council-blizzcon-reimagined-and-jen-oneal</link>
      <itunes:episode>197</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>197</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about all the news that we've missed the last few weeks: Kitteh mount! Blizzcon gone! Kotick's salary!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back to talk about all the news that they haven't talked about the last few weeks. First, Harv talks about raiding and getting up to Sylvanas. Nick talks about how he got a mount as a result of the new patch. Rei talks about her experience managing the guild as they are raiding with a new group lately.<br />
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Next, they get into the news that they haven't talked about lately. First, they talk about the Season of Mastery that is being implemented in Warcraft Classic. Nick compares it to the seasons in Diablo III.<br />
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Then, they talk about the Sunwarmed Feline coming to retail WoW. Nick wonders what this could say about where we are headed next. He also mentions an article that was released about the Shadowlands Character Creation UI Redesign. They also talked about the World of Warcraft Community Council and how it will only work if Blizzard listens to the Community. They also talk about how the Community is suspicious of content creators. Also, Ion gave an interview with Venturebeat about the state of WoW.<br />
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They also discussed the Blizzconline cancellation announcement. Nick is happy with this as it means Blizzard can take time to figure out what Blizzcon could be like in a virtual space. They also talk about Notorious Studios and how people were upset there were no women employees announced, and Nick points out that was the point. They also talked about Jen Oneal leaving Blizzard and how that's a bad look for Blizzard. Finally, they talk about Bobby Kotick's actions sacrificing his salary and the few wins that #ABetterABK earned, especially with the contractor improvements.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/22/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2ws">mtb.gg/2ws</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#196: The Patch 9.1.5 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 9.1.5 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-the-patch-915-quiz</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4307</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-9-1-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>196</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>196</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei talks about the struggles of playing with other guilds, while Nick administers the Patch 9.1.5 quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back to talk about their experiences playing World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls has been struggling with its membership, and how she wound up finding another guild that was also struggling with its roster so they are working together to take on Heroic Sanctum of Domination. Rei talks about the challenges of the two guilds getting along, with how the guild leaders have different ways of sharing criticism with their members, and making sure that no one is offended by how the other guild handles their business.<br />
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She also talks about how people need to be responsible for learning the raids and being a competent member of the guild. Harv talks about how he's been playing other MMO's but still enjoys WoW and even wound up fishing in WoW while watching a fishing stream from New World. Harv also talks about running mythic+ and tells a story about a teammate who once stopped a Mythic+ run so that they could eat a ham sandwich.<br />
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Next, Nick starts the Patch 9.1.5 quiz. He asks about when the Mage tower will be available, switching covenants, the Maw introduction, Island Expeditions, Legacy Loot Rules, starter gear, achivements (including Mechagon which Nick is very invested in), Allied Race customization, weather effects, and Legion Timewalking. Let us know how you do taking the Patch 9.1.5 quiz!<br />
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Nick also runs through episode #96 where they talked about running Antorus and broke down the mechanics of each of the fights.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/8/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2wk">mtb.gg/2wk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#195: Hard Knocks: Blizzard</title>
      <itunes:title>Hard Knocks: Blizzard</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-195-hard-knocks-blizzard</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:14:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3870</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hard-knocks-blizzard</link>
      <itunes:episode>195</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>195</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick figures out how Blizzard can fix their perception problems with the community: Hard Knocks: Blizzard!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Harv are back this week to talk about what's been going on in the World of Warcraft. First, they mention that Eric is taking a break from the game and will be taking a break from the the podcast too. Then Rei talks about what she's been doing outside the World of Warcraft that has been keeping her from playing the game. Harv meanwhile has been playing Classic and seeing how many people are playing that instead of playing on retail WoW. Rei talks about a video she watched that talked about the changes that have been coming to the game and how everyone is offended by something so it is hard to remove everything that is offensive to everyone.<br />
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This leads Nick to talking about his idea for how Blizzard can turn things around: Hard Knocks: Blizzard. Blizzard should record a behind the scenes documentary that shows the reasons why certain changes are made but also showing the environment so we players can rate how the work environment is. Nick talks about how he'd like a behind the scenes documentary anyway and says that Blizzard needs to think about ways to win back the playerbase that no longer trusts them.<br />
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In the news, Season of Mastery has been announced for WoW Classic. This leads to a discussion of Diablo II Resurrected and our memories of Diablo II. Also, Blizzard has seen some executives come and go and is also under investigation from the SEC. Blizzard settled with the EEOC but that settlement is now under investigation as well. Lastly, they discuss a recent Coke commercial that was similar to the Battle for Azeroth cinematic.<br />
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FInally, they look back at episode #95 when Antorus was about to come out. They talk about how Stampede was changed and how they liked it the old way.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/30/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2w6">mtb.gg/2w6</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#194: On the Faction Divide and Player Housing</title>
      <itunes:title>On the Faction Divide and Player Housing</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-194-on-the-faction-divide-and-player-housing</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:37:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3669</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-the-faction-divide-and-player-housing</link>
      <itunes:episode>194</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>194</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>There's a Hearthstone cross-promotion and we wonder if Blizz will go for cross-faction play and player housing in 10.0.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Harv, and Eric are back this week to talk about World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about how she's been busy hiking and hasn't had the usual time to play. Eric talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls has been stuck at Soulrender in Heroic Sanctum of Domination, so they went and basically one-shot the normal raid, only dying to trash. Harv talks about some of the cinematics he gets stuck watching when he is raiding.<br />
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Nick talks about the recent announcement of the WoW and Hearthstone cross promotion, with a 6-month subscription to WoW granting card packs, a tavern pass, and battleground perks in Hearthstone. Nick is excited for this as he plays enough Hearthstone to make it worth his while. He also talks about the Sarge mouse mount that will be available October 12th and can be earned by playing the new mercenaries mode in Hearthstone.<br />
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Next, they talk about a recent letter from the top Alliance guilds on reddit, discussing the faction imbalance and how high-end players are increasingly going Horde. Rei talks about how, while OoCS hasn't seen any consequences of this, players can find the competetive style difficult to keep up with. Nick talks about how the Horde Hall of Fame for Sanctum of Domination has been closed for a month, and yet the Alliance Hall of Fame is only at 92. They then discuss the possibility that Blizzard could lift the faction divide in 10.0. They also talk about how Blizzard could consider adding player housing to maintain interest in the game in the next expansion.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/27/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2vn">mtb.gg/2vn</a></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#193: Raiding and Patch 9.1.5 Drama</title>
      <itunes:title>Raiding and Patch 9.1.5 Drama</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-193-raiding-and-patch-915-drama</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3219</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raiding-and-patch-9-1-5-drama</link>
      <itunes:episode>193</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>193</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Anima is plentiful in Korthia, but Blizzard's history of waiting to improve the game can be annoying.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Nick, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about what's going on in World of Warcraft! But first, Rei talks about her time raiding and the experience she is getting by tanking and dps'ing that she can use to better herself as a healer. She talks about how none of the healers in LFR were dispelling properly and that leads to a discussion between Harv and Nick talking about hunter abilities. Rei also talks about running a +17 and managing to do well on that.<br />
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Eric talks about their experiences in Heroic Sanctum of Domination. He talks about struggling on Soulrender. He and Harv both got their unholy domination socket bonus. They also talk about wiping on Normal Sylvanas.<br />
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Nick talks about the recent drama surrounding the patch 9.1.5 news. Blizzard is introducing several quality of life changes and the community is angry because they asked for these back in beta and Blizzard is only finally delivering them now. Nick talks about the cycle of how this has gone on since the legendaries in Legion were gated until they weren't and then Azerite Armor was disliked until Blizzard reworked it in 8.1.5. Nick says that Blizzard needs to make sure they don't follow this pattern in the next expansion.<br />
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He also briefly talks about the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit and how after news broke that Blizzard was shredding documents releveant to the investigation, the patch 9.1.5 announcement came out to deflect from that. He says that this was the work of the devs trying to improve the game, but then sheds some suspicions towards the PR department for the possibility to delay announcements.<br />
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He also talks about the loss to the WoW Community of Epic Insanity and Rades, who both passed away this past week. Our condolences to their friends and family.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #93, which was right before Blizzcon 2017 (when Legion was announced) and all the potential hype that entailed.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/30/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2vj">mtb.gg/2vj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#192: Raid Status and Toxic Chat</title>
      <itunes:title>Raid Status and Toxic Chat</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 06:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3734</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raid-status-and-toxic-chat</link>
      <itunes:episode>192</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>192</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Are toxic online communities inevitable? Possibly not...</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back this week to talk about all the latest goings on in the World of Warcraft community! First, Rei talks about what she's been doing in game. She talks about how she's been working on her professions, and how the tool to check guild member's professions has been fixed. This leads to a discussion of online chat and how people need to be in the chat program to respond to requests to do stuff in game. The group also goes off on a tangent talking about keyboards and typing speeds.<br />
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Eric talks about how the guild has beaten Normal Sylvanas and Heroic Terragrue. Nick asks if anyone got Sylvanas' bow, and this leads to a discussion about non-hunters using the bow and letting it split into glaives like in the cinematic.<br />
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Harv, meanwhile, has been enjoying the raid. He mentions that he likes the Kael'thas fight as there's alot of AOE for him to burn down. They also talk about when to cast herolust and talk about raid mechanics from prior raids including Jaina in the Battle of Dazar'Alor.<br />
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Nick talks about the recent events surrounding Blizzard. J Allen Brack has resigned and has been replaced by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra. There has been no acknowledgement by Activision Blizzard of the employee's demands. Nick mentions that Luis Barriga, Jesse McCree, and Jonathan LeCraft are no longer with Blizzard. He talks about how there is currently a stalemate where the company is not acknowledging demands and that is how the company wants it as they are hoping to wait out the employees.<br />
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They also discuss an article that compares the toxicity in WoW and Final Fantasy XIV and says that Square Enix did a better job of moderating their community early on to keep it clean, and it has paid off.<br />
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Finally, they discuss episode #92 where murlocs seemed like they might be playable.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/30/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2us">mtb.gg/2us</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#191: Strange Messages and Holding Them Accountable</title>
      <itunes:title>Strange Messages and Holding Them Accountable</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-191-strange-messages-and-holding-them-accountable</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 22:16:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4377</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/strange-messages-and-holding-them-accountable</link>
      <itunes:episode>191</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>191</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei gets weird messages and Nick tries to figure out how to hold Blizzard Management accountable.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back talking about what's been going on in Blizzard news. First, Rei talks about how she is doing all the things. She talks about how she has been earning gold across all her characters. She also talks about how guild recruitment is going including getting a guild applicant through the in-game recruiting tool. Rei also talks about the strange messages she gets on her character.<br />
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Eric talks about having made it up to Sylvanas in normal Sanctum of Domination. Harv also has been playing and talks about how he is finally catching up on all the 9.0 content he missed out on previously.<br />
<br />
In the news, Echo defeated Sylvanas on Mythic to get world first. This was after they wiped at 49.6% and learned that the fight goes until Sylvanas hits 45%. Yoshi P, director of Final Fantasy, gave an interview in which he talks about how he doesn't want FFXIV fans to claim that Final Fantasy has beaten WoW. Also, /spit has been removed from the Burning Crusade Classic PTR. Nick talks about the two cynical schools of thought: that this was done to protect players who buy store mounts, and that this was done to deflect from the sexual assault allegations.<br />
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Nick talks about how the Blizzard employees are trying to hold management accountable. He mentions that Frances Townsend was blocking Blizzard employees on twitter. Also, the Blizzard employees staged a walkout last Wednesday. Alex Afrasiabi's characters and items have been removed or renamed in the game. Kotaku posted an article about the Cosby Suite. And Nick tries to figure out how he can help hold them accountable.<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at episode #91.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/16/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2uc">mtb.gg/2uc</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#190: The Lawsuit</title>
      <itunes:title>The Lawsuit</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4018</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-lawsuit</link>
      <itunes:episode>190</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>190</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Some raiding chit-chat and then we talk about the news.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On July 21st the State of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced it was pursuing litigation against Activision-Blizzard due to multiple claims of harassment and discrimination against their female employees. This week, Jarret, founder of Mash Those Buttons and formerly of Watchpoint Radio and The Mash Those Buttons Show joins us to discuss the allegations against Blizzard and the community reaction. We also discuss Order of Corrupted Souls recent experiences pugging and raiding. Eric and Rei raided with another group and downed Sylvanas and Harv has been showing up to play, although struggling because he's under-geared. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please believe women and do what you can to end harassment and discrimination. Our support is with the victims and the hundreds of Blizzard employees disatisfied with their company's response.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2u1">mtb.gg/2u1</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#189: Patch 9.1! Thoughts!</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 9.1! Thoughts!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3883</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-9-1-thoughts</link>
      <itunes:episode>189</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>189</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric and Rei did Hard Mode Tazavesh. Harv is up to renown 42. Its our thoughts on Patch 9.1!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 9.1 is finally here and Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv have had a chance to play it and share their thoughts! First, Rei talks about running Mythic+ and her joy at all the other people she is seeing logged into the game with the guild. Then she talks about her attempt at Torghast trying to get the Highlander bonus where you only have one of any given anima power, but she laments that sometimes you are forced to choose an anima power you already have. Then she talks about her experiencing running Tazavesh, the Broker MEGADUNGEON. She accidentally joined a group running it on hard mode, and she and Eric spent 6 hours clearing the dungeon. The good news is that they did enjoy the Infinite Pirate Dragon and they got their mounts for the experience so it was not a total waste.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, has been enjoying the new Sanctum of Domination Raid. Order of Corrupted Souls is now 5 of 10, with Painsmith being a difficult boss. Eric mentions that his current off-tank, Scott, is taking a break from the game, so he is training Matt to be his new off-tank, and Nick asks questions about how transitioning amongst off-tanks works. Eric also laughs about an item he found in Patch 9.1 - a Teleporter Repair Kit which talks about righty-tighty, lefty-loosy being universal, but Eric, as a mechanic, cites examples that are contrary.<br />
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Harv hasn't had much time to play but he is at renown 42 now.<br />
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Nick talks about the Sapphire Skyblazer Mount which is available with a 6-month subscription or for purchase in the store. He tries to guess what else the developers could be working on to match the mount.<br />
<br />
This week's question of the week is what did you think of Garrosh's fate in the raid?<br />
<br />
Nick looks back at episode #89 when the gang ran Siege of Orgrimmar and Nick tried to tame Thok.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/26/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2tt">mtb.gg/2tt</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#188: The Patch 9.1 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 9.1 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:05:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3002</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-9-1-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>188</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>188</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Its time for the Patch 9.1 Quiz! If only we could remember how patch quizzes work. Its been so long...</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft news! Patch 9.1 is coming so its time for the Patch 9.1 quiz! But first, Rei talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls is picking up with more guild members looking to do stuff with other guild members in chat. Eric talks about how with Sire Denathrius down and the raid about to be over, the guild spent an evening doing PVP, which, as a Blood DK, he was able to do fairly well at. He never died once and they did several runs on Cooking Impossible and also an Alterac Valley and some Ashran. Harv, meanwhile, has not been playing Burning Crusade Classic and instead is playing retail. He was getting covenant ranks with relative ease and is already at 33. Nick said that Harv should be able to get to rank 40 pretty quickly in Patch 9.1, if not before then.<br />
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Finally, its time for the Patch 9.1 Quiz. Please play along at home!<br />
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After the quiz, Nick addresses two quick controversies from recent developer interviews. First, he talks about how Shards of Domination will only fit into certain gear in certain slots, and players will need to recraft some legendaries if there is competition for a certain slot. He wants to wait to see the system in place to criticize it, but it certainly sounds inefficient. Then, he talks about a comment made during an interview about story regarding that the plot for 9.1 came together earlier this year, after Shadowlands had launched. He points out that narratives are often put together on the fly but the main points are known ahead of time, and this is normal behaviour.<br />
<br />
Next week's question of the week is "How are you enjoying Patch 9.1?"<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at WoW! Talk! Number 88, when Gamescom was coming and the keyart had a strange girl in it.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/12/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2th">mtb.gg/2th</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#187: Global Battle.Net and Flying Update</title>
      <itunes:title>Global Battle.Net and Flying Update</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:56:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2259</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/global-battle-net-and-flying-update</link>
      <itunes:episode>187</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>187</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>A short episode for a week where the biggest news was battle.net is global and flying, like love, won't cost a thing.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back on what should be an off week to talk about the latest (or lack thereof) in WoW news! First, Eric talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls is struggling again on Sire Denathrius, as just because they beat him once doesn't mean that he is on farm yet. Rei talks about bringing some odd pugs into the group to tank dungeons who behaved weirdly. And Harv is progressing through Burning Crusade Classic, with his mage almost to 61 and his hunter almost to 62. He points out that the hunter is easier to level because he can pet tank mobs. He also talks about almost running into the Felreaver on the Path of Glory but he got away before he could be smushed in with all the other skulls.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard has announced that Battle.Net is global now, and this will allow players to befriend each other across regions. This will also allow for cross-play in certain games, such as Overwatch pc players being able to play with Console gamers. This leads to a discussion of adding people to friends lists, and how Harv can never find anyone to play classic with because anyone he does friend in classic is always on retail when he checks. He talks about a player who joined a pug with him and kept hitting his polymorphed sheep, and then the player made a video and sent it to Harv, and that culminates in a story about an old lady putting a shopping cart near Harv's car.<br />
<br />
They also talk about the update to Shadowlands Flying where Blizzard clarified that you will not have to pay for Shadowlands flying. The original post was referring to how characters have to buy Expert Riding to be able to fly at all, but once that is done (which most characters should have done long ago), you will get Shadowlands flying once you complete the relevant covenant quests.<br />
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This week's question of the week is "What is your favorite zone to level in?" Harv says Nagrand, but then changes to Val'sharrah. Rei just likes leveling with people. Eric likes Zangarmarsh, and Nick likes Valley of the Four Winds and Krasarang Wilds.<br />
<br />
We also look back at episode #87 when store mounts drove up the price of the WoW Token and Nick was annoyed.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/28/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2t3">mtb.gg/2t3</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#186: Blizzcon and Denathrius Both Done for 2021</title>
      <itunes:title>Blizzcon and Denathrius Both Done for 2021</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 04:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4398</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzcon-and-denathrius-both-done-for-2021</link>
      <itunes:episode>186</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>186</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv is enjoying Burning Crusade, the team beat Sire Denathrius, and Nick is not surprised by Blizzcon's cancellation.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric, and Harv are back and Nick joins them late to talk about the latest goings on in World of Warcraft!<br />
<br />
First, Eric talks about Order of Corrupted Souls defeating Sire Denathrius on Heroic, so congratulations to the team for getting Ahead of the Curve!<br />
<br />
Harv then talks about logging into Burning Crusade Classic now that it is live and running Hellfire Ramparts and getting to level 59 on his mage. He also talks about the struggles as a hunter once again needing to keep a supply of ammunition on hand.<br />
<br />
Rei talks again about the latest experiences with pugging and her interactions with the community.<br />
<br />
Nick returns to talk about the news that Blizzcon 2021 has been cancelled. He talks about Blizzard's poor development schedule and points out that after Blizzconline in February, there's no guarantee that Blizzard would have had any announcements to make in November. They also discuss how the pandemic has stretched out WoW's development cycle with Patch 9.1 taking forever to be released and no idea for a timetable for 9.2. Nick isn't pointing this out because people are mad, he just believes no one should have been surprised by this news.<br />
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Also in the news, Rendle the dredger from Castle Nathria will be a questgiver in Patch 9.1, playing off the joke that as the repair vendor in the raid, he is raking in the gold.<br />
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There has also been concerns that flight in Patch 9.1 will need to be purchased per alt. Harv complains about the complexity of all of WoW's systems. Nick talks about how easy it is to get renown.<br />
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Our question of the week is What do you think about possibly paying for flying in Patch 9.1?<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at episode #86 which was right after the first Auction House Dance Party.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! To find out when our next live show will be, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2su">mtb.gg/2su</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
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      <title>#185: The Burning Crusade Classic Pre-patch and Blizzard Morale</title>
      <itunes:title>The Burning Crusade Classic Pre-patch and Blizzard Morale</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 05:42:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4511</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-burning-crusade-classic-pre-patch-and-blizzard-morale</link>
      <itunes:episode>185</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>185</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Find out what happened to 184! Also, we're rather hyped for Burning Crusade Classic, and a rant on employee morale!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Apologies for the lack of episode #184. The gang recorded an episode but there were recording issues so it was not released. We hope this episode will sound better.<br />
<br />
Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the latest goings on in World of Warcraft. Rei starts by talking about running LFR on alts and her augment rune runs. She also talks about her experience tanking and saving the healers while hunters barrage everything insight when her cooldowns are blown. She also mentions encountering a friendly Alliance player as a cashier and talks a bit about meeting WoW players in real life.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, talks about how they were pugging normal Castle Nathria with people who would leave early or not listen to mechanics. This leads to a discussion about the importance of communicating with your party/raid members and letting them know what you don't know.<br />
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Harv has been playing lots of Burning Crusade Classic pre-patch! He's enjoying his frost mage and is leveling up alongside the other Draenai. Nick talks about how he purchased the Deluxe Edition for the boost and the mount and he just wants to be able to hang out in Thousand Needles without having to fight and level his way out of the Barrens. They talk about their experiences with Burning Crusade the first time around, and get confused about the Pitlord and Doomlord Kazzak. They also talk about how Harv missed all the delays when Blizzard took the servers down for maintenance on Tuesday and didn't get them up until the early hours Wednesday morning. Community reaction was mostly understanding but there were some idiots.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard also mentioned they are extending the honor points buff and Darkmoon Faire for pre-patch, which makes it feel like more of an event.<br />
<br />
Nick then talks about an IGN article talking about morale at Blizzard and how the employees aren't happy with recent decisions and the lack of shipped products. Nick talks about corporate culture and how you want to install values in your employees, and this dip in morale is the result of employees having good values when management does not. He says there is hope for Blizzard if the employees can sway the company.<br />
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Our question of the week is "What are your plans for Burning Crusade Classic?"<br />
<br />
Finally, we look back at episode #185 when Patch 7.3 was on the PTR.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/7/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#183: Farewell Jeff, Hello Daisy!</title>
      <itunes:title>Farewell Jeff, Hello Daisy!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4059</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/farewell-jeff-hello-daisy</link>
      <itunes:episode>183</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>183</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard but everyone gets Daisy the sloth as consolation. Also TBC beta news and Sylvanas!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric and Harv are back to talk about what's going on in World of Warcraft! First, Rei admits she hasn't been feeling well and that leads to Eric complaining about dishwashers. Rei also mentions that she and Eric did a mythic +11 Necrotic Wake with four seconds left on the clock and then watched some of the MDI competition. Eric also talks about pugging and struggling on Sire Denathrius. Harv has been playing little, but has been spending time in Burning Crusade classic.<br />
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Nick talks about the recent Blizzard departure of Jeff Kaplan and says that as an established veteran of the company, he was due to move on so this shouldn't be a surprise.<br />
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The gang then talks about The Burning Crusade Classic beta, which has had some news recently. They talk about how attunements will work with the phased roll out and then talk about how the Chronoboon Displacer will allow you to store world buffs. Then they get into a discussion about the nature of classic and how it seems that Blizzard is going to keep adding servers for each expansion and debate if Warlords of Draenor classic will be worth it.<br />
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In the modern game, the gang talks about how Dungeon Score is coming as a clone of Raider.io, in a repeat of Gear Score being integrated to the game as ilvl. Also, Garrosh Hellscream himself is responsible for unlocking the pet sloth Daisy for the community as part of the Doctors without Borders charity drive.<br />
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In other news, Blizzard put up a post about phishing and they announced a Sylvanas novel to be released in November.<br />
<br />
Thank you to Shantymangaming for answering last week's question of the week about anima. This week's question is how do you feel about the mission table going into patch 9.1?<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back 100 episodes to when patch 7.2.5 was imminent.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/10/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2rh">mtb.gg/2rh</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#182: The Anima Drought, TBC Beta, and the Battle.net Icon</title>
      <itunes:title>The Anima Drought, TBC Beta, and the Battle.net Icon</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:05:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4073</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-anima-drought-tbc-beta-and-the-battle-net-icon</link>
      <itunes:episode>182</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>182</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Sire Denathrius is hard, the anima drought may be ending, and there's a new battle.net icon!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about what is going on in WoW lately! First, Rei talks about buying a rank 4 cloak and then the gang goes offtopic talking about survey scores, since you can't rate auction house transactions. Rei also mentions that she likes to check who she is buying from when she does buy from the Auction House, as she likes to make sure she is supporting Alliance sellers. She talks about killing the World Boss in Ardenweald which leads to a discussion of the Death Knight ability Corpse Explode. Finally, she wonders if the Sky Golem should be made to allow for mining.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, talks about finally getting through Sludgefist and Stone Generals to get up to Sire Denathrius, where they have been hitting a wall at 30%. Eric wonders if everyone in the group knows what they have to do because they have little margin for error.<br />
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Harv hasn't played much but he did get in to the Burning Crusade Classic beta and checked that out briefly.<br />
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Nick brings up the struggles with people trying to get Anima. He talks about how he wants a certain transmog from the Kyrian Covenant but it requires a ton of anima to get there. Blizzard recently added some achievements to allow for quicker anima gains, which should improve the time, provided you are updating your Covenant Sanctum properly.<br />
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In other news, we are still waiting on the Chains of Domination PTR any day now, Blizzard esports announced the Great Push, and Blizzard celebrated April Fool's with Patch 9.0.5.0.5 notes. Blizzard also announced they were allowing employees to get vaccinated. Blizzard Activision hired a member of the Trump administration. And finally, Blizzard updated the battle.net icon. Nick also gets off topic slightly by talking about Diablo II Remastered graphics.<br />
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Thanks to Alisaunder, Mark Portman, and Alenya for answering last week's question of the week! This week's question is What do you think of the state of Anima in the game right now? Is the recent patch enough? Let us know on twitter or discord or by email!<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #82, when Rei and Eric beat Heroic Gul'dan, and Destiny 2 came to the Battle.net launcher.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/26/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2qy">mtb.gg/2qy</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#181: Is WoW in Danger?</title>
      <itunes:title>Is WoW in Danger?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5177</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/is-wow-in-danger</link>
      <itunes:episode>181</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>181</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei is prepared, Eric is raiding, Harv wants gnome paladins, and Nick is worried.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei hosts the show this week and is joined by Nick, Eric, and Harv as they talk about what's been going on in WoW. Rei talks about getting ready for raid and leads to a discussion about watching videos to make sure you know your fights ahead of time. This also leads into a tangent about the Fel Reaver in the Burning Crusade classic beta. Then she talks about how a guildie forgot to check his great vault for 10 weeks and everyone talks about drop rates and currencies. Eric mentions that Order of Corrupted Souls is now past Heroic Blood Council and almost through Sludgefist. Harv talks about wanting gnomes to be paladins.<br />
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Nick talks about the recent news that Blizzard is changing their payment plans such that you can only buy gametime in advance for 60 days at $30. He interrogates Harv over his recent post to Blizzard CS complaining about the change and admits he was surprised that Harv purchased more gametime instead of cancelling. Nick talks about how the game seems ill prepared for a content lull, yet Patch 9.1 may not be out until August, so this may be a dangerous time for WoW as there is less content than usual when the lull starts. He hopes that Patch 9.1 will be out sooner rather than later.<br />
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Bjorn emailed in to say he likes us but our sound quality suffered last episode.<br />
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In the news, the Burning Crusade Classic beta is live and sign ups are available through battle.net. Also, players donated over $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, so the Bananas charity pet is now available to everyone. If the community can hit another $500,000 they will unlock the sloth pet. And finally, Activision-Blizzard announced that Armin Zerzo is the new CFO.<br />
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Thanks to Demeternoth and Cy for answering our question of the week! Next week's question is What would it take for you to quit WoW?<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #81 when everyone was sick and we were in the midst of Legion.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/12/21 at 10:30 pm EDT at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/2qh">mtb.gg/2qh</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#180: The Problem with Pugging</title>
      <itunes:title>The Problem with Pugging</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:15:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3434</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-problem-with-pugging</link>
      <itunes:episode>180</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>180</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick stares into the void that is the problems with pugging and comes back with an answer. Also, Harv doesn't like the Maw and Rei needs to be more like John Madden.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the latest going on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about discovering more functionality in Warcraft logs that leads to some John Madden jokes. Then, she talks about the struggles of people trying to farm mats and advises they use the mission table for its easy materials. She also talks a bit about the communication required in a guild. Eric mentions that Order of Corrupted Souls is working through Heroic Castle Nathria and progressing just fine. Harv, meanwhile, finally found time to play and had a three hours session where he realizes he hates the Maw. Nick points out that the Maw is designed to be annoying, but they question whether it is fun-frustrating or annoying-frustrating.<br />
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Nick talks about recent chatter about people hating Mythic+, and goes into how the problem is that Mythic+ is not designed for PUGs, but people keep pugging it anyway and then complaining that the experience is sub-optimal. He talks about how this isn't strictly a game design problem, but Blizzard has to figure out how to make sure their game is used in the way it is intended. He goes on to talk about how this doesn't help with the perception of sub-optimal specs and Covenenant choices, and suggests Blizzard should field a world first raid team entirely made up of the worst performing specs, so players can see that any class can be viable.<br />
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In the news, May 18th may be when the Burning Crusade Classic Pre-Patch is coming. For retail, Blizzard issued a statement clarifying the Valor points cap, which Harv and Eric agree means they need to simplify some of these systems. Blizzard removed some boosted Chinese guilds from the Hall of Fame for Castle Nathria after they were caught using RMT. Also, the secret battle pet Courage was finally discovered. And Blizzard is hiring for an unannounced project.<br />
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This week's question of the week is if you pug and how do you think the experience could be better?<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back 100 episodes ago at episode #80.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/29/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#179: The Patch 9.0.5 Quiz (feat. Matt)</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 9.0.5 Quiz (feat. Matt)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:25:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4188</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-9-0-5-quiz-feat-matt</link>
      <itunes:episode>179</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>179</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Matt from OoCS joins us to talk about BlizzConline and take the Patch 9.0.5 quiz! How did you do?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are joined by the returning Matt, also of Order of Corrupted Souls, who is here to share his opinions on BlizzConline. He and Harv talk about what they thought about the convention and how they liked that it streamed for free and Harv was able to avoid all Hearthstone discussion. Harv also talks about his excitement for Burning Crusade Classic and how he needs to level up his classic mage so he can be ready for BC launch. Harv also mentions his enthusiasm for Diablo Immortal. Nick talks about how the Virtual Ticket pricing is going to be different for Blizzcon's going forward since Blizzard effectively split the ticket from the virtual goodie bag this year.<br />
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Rei, meanwhile, has been unable to get the Love Rocket from Love is in the Air this year. She talks about WoWAnalyzer and that leads to a discussion of improving yourself in comparison to a perfect metric. Nick says that you just need to get good enough to kill the boss, but Matt says that you can't know how your raid is going to perform around you so you need to be as close to 100% optimal as possible, and Nick agrees, saying that you can't know what % is needed until you have the boss on farm and can look back at the fight in hindsight. Eric talks about focusing on heroic and being stuck on Lady Inerva in Castle Nathria. The biggest hurdle lately has been the availabilty of the raid team and the effect that swapping roles has on their performance.<br />
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This week's question of the week is what are you looking forward to most in Patch 9.0.5?<br />
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Next, we take the Patch 9.0.5 quiz, as it is now a release candidate on the PTR. They talk about the mount that is coming, as well as valor points and possible changes to the Rhinestone Sunglasses. Let us know how you did!<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #79 when Patch 7.2.5 was on its way.
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#178: Torghast, Valid Valor Points, and the BlizzConline Schedule</title>
      <itunes:title>Torghast, Valid Valor Points, and the BlizzConline Schedule</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3998</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/torghast-valid-valor-points-and-the-blizzconline-schedule</link>
      <itunes:episode>178</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>178</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The Torghast struggle is real, its a valid point that valor points are coming back, and the BlizzConline schedule is too tight for holes, or is it? Also, the death of Thrall???</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft news! But first, Eric talks about OoCS defeating Heroic Artificer and struggling against Lady Inerva. Rei has been busy with the Lunar New Year but also managed to run some Torghast and cycled through her alts to get the Love Rocket. Nick talks about Torghast and the struggles of not being able to save a playthrough.<br />
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In the news, Lucky Yun is a golden Ox mount for the Lunar New Year. It is available on the mount store or with a 6-month subscription, and the gang rehashes the arguments against including mounts with the subscription.<br />
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Valor Points are returning in Patch 9.0.5. They will only be available in Mythic + content and the gang talks about PVE gearing in Shadowlands.<br />
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The BlizzConline schedule was released. Nick talks about how there's a wasted channel that Blizzard could be using to put up more content. He also talks about how because it has been pre-recorded, it will be very seamless in the transitions and well scheduled. He complains that Blizzard had the chance to make BlizzConline a truly online experience by having everyone in an online space together but they missed the chance. Then he shares his theory that Thrall is going to die based off the odd Evolution of Thrall panel that doesn't include Chris Metzen.<br />
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Our question of the week is What did you enjoy most about BlizzConline?<br />
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Finally, we look back at WoW! Talk! #78 and talk about oversaving resources and some old April Fool's Jokes.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/1/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#177: BlizzConline is Coming!</title>
      <itunes:title>BlizzConline is Coming!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3803</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzconline-is-coming</link>
      <itunes:episode>177</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>177</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>BlizzConline is now almost 2 weeks away and the gang is starting to feel the hype! Also, more talk about Torghast and Castle Nathria and a consideration of the Celebration Collection.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the latest World of Warcraft news! But first, Rei talks about running through Torghast, and is happy that Torghast progress now applies to alts. Eric, meanwhile, is enjoying Torghast a little more, but has grown so used to the extra power that doing stuff outside of Torghast feels slow and weak. Nick brings up a reddit video of a Rogue defeating Twisting Corridors with the assistance of the Terragrue. Eric then talks about defeating the Sun King boss in Castle Nathria. Harv hasn't played much WoW lately, but Nick stepped into Nathria LFR and talks about the mechanics heavy first fight and then leads a discussion about the Blood Council fight with the dancing mechanic, and wonders whether that was necessary or not.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard has officially starting hyping BlizzConline. Nick reviews some of the information announced, including that on 2/19 there will be six three hour streams starting at 2 pm PST. On 2/20, there will be multiple streams starting at 12:00 pm focusing on the Community. The gang considers what those six streams could be on the first day, given that Starcraft probably won't justify a full streams of its own, if at all.<br />
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They also review the Celebration Collection which, at various tiers, allows players to purchase a mount, a pet, and game time for WoW, in addition to items for other games. Nick says that if you only play WoW, the Epic Edition probably is not worth it.<br />
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They also briefly mention that Vicarious Visions was absorbed into Blizzard. Also, they quickly go over the Diversity hire issue between the AFL-CIO and Activision-Blizzard, with Nick pointing out that Blizzard generally has a fairly diverse employee base.<br />
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Next week's question of the week is What are you looking forward to at BlizzConline?<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #77 when Nick observed that he cares more about his character's ilvl than he does his own lawn.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/15/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#176: On Torghast, the Maw, &amp; 9.1 Speculation</title>
      <itunes:title>On Torghast, the Maw, &amp; 9.1 Speculation</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4046</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-torghast-the-maw-9-1-speculation</link>
      <itunes:episode>176</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>176</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>This week we consider when 9.1 may be coming, talk about what we like to yell in combat, and Harv hates the Maw.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about what's been going on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about PVPing with former host Jeremy. She discusses doing skirmishes and arenas. She also talks about trying to bring more people into PVP and how some people struggle when executing plans. She also talks about sticking with suboptimal talents for PVP because she knows she's better using them than to switch to what would be an optimal build. She refers to an ability as "barbecuing ass" which leads to a discussion of what some players may yell out during combat. Finally, she talks about running Torghast and some of the difficulties she encountered with Divine Toll.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, is excited OoCS got a full normal raid clear of Castle Nathria. They are also three bosses in on Heroic. He was working with a new tank in the guild. He also ran Torghast and talks about the Twisting Corridors. He did not like the Beasts of Prodigum event because he would rather feel overpowered than have a companion beast that he is powering up. He likes the ability that lets his Death Knight radiate death coils.<br />
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Harv has been playing lots of AFK RPG's on mobile and wonders why Blizzard doesn't have one. He has been doing the Maw for his campaign quests and hates it. He wishes the flight whistle worked again, and everyone agrees.<br />
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Nick was on the Con Before the Storm Shadowlands 2 panel. He talks about getting into an argument about Covenant abilities.<br />
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In the news, Redditors have been using toys on nodes to confuse bots, Blizzard changed their policy towards accounts hawking dungeon and raid runs, and PC Gamer had a brief interview with Ion Hazzikostas that has led to much speculation about when Patch 9.1 may be coming. Also, Ghostcrawler is tweeting again, Battle.net was updated, and Activision Blizzard donates to charity.<br />
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Last week's question of the week was what characters would you like to meet in Torghast to recrcuit for your mission table. This week's question is What do you like to yell (in game or in your head) or emote when using your abilities? Send us your answers to wowtalk@mash.gg or @wowtalkmtb on twitter.<br />
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Finally, we look back at WoW! Talk! #76 when the megadungeon Karazhan had just gone live and Nick was grinding for the Falcosaur mount. Everyone gets into a discussion about when to say gratz in chat.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/1/21 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#175: Croman the Barbarian and Leeroy Jenkins</title>
      <itunes:title>Croman the Barbarian and Leeroy Jenkins</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3459</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/croman-the-barbarian-and-leeroy-jenkins</link>
      <itunes:episode>175</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>175</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric found Croman the Barbarian in Torghast and Nick found Leeroy Jenkins in an unexpected place.</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are all back in this new year to talk about what's going on in World of Warcraft. First, Rei talks about how other people in her raid are not doing their preparation so she finds herself needing to do everything. She's using a profession add-on to track who can make what, and that is not working lately. Also, people are trying to bring alts in to the main progression raid, which is hampering their progress. Then she and Harv get into a discussion of how to play a hunter since Rei has been playing a hunter alt. Additionally, she mentions that warlock healthstones have been nerfed as they cannot be brought into Mythic + instances; they must be created in the instance by the warlock, as people were getting them from warlocks and then bringing stone into the instance.<br />
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Eric found Croman the Barbarian in Torghast and now has him as a follower. Also, Order of Corrupted Souls was able to get through four more normal bosses to put them up to Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria. Harv, meanwhile, still has not been playing much so he reviews how to use misdirect properly for Rei's benefit and briefly asks about the Great Vault.<br />
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In the news, Complexity Limit won the world first race for Mythic Castle Nathria on December 23rd. Blizzard Cosplayer Jarod Nandin passed away from COVID-19 complications, and we extend our condolences to his family and friends. Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth by Christie Golden. And Leeroy Jenkins made a cameo in the Politico Playbook this week.<br />
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Our question of the week is which Warcraft character would you like to find as a mission table follower in Torghast?<br />
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FInally, Nick looks back at episode 75 which featured talk about Nighthold and Heroes of the Storm.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/18/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=c06638-1-1610329469565" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#174: More Shadowlands and 2020 Thoughts (feat. Cognitive Pit)</title>
      <itunes:title>More Shadowlands and 2020 Thoughts (feat. Cognitive Pit)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:35:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4244</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/more-shadowlands-and-2020-thoughts-feat-cognitive-pit</link>
      <itunes:episode>174</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>174</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Ryan West</podcast:person>
      <description>Cognitive Pit from Warcraft Reloaded is here to close out 2020 with thoughts on Shadowlands and a brief look back at 2020!</description>
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Ryan aka Cognitive Pit from Warcraft Reloaded is here to join Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv in talking about Shadowlands and looking back at 2020! Ryan talks about his time in the Maw and gets into a discussion with Nick about mounting in the Maw. This leads to a discussion of Torghast and how the nerfs affected everyone, and how there is more Torghast coming soon. They also talk about flight and how it is so different being able to fly around in retail than it is having to walk everywhere in classic. Ryan mentions that he joined the Night Fae and Kyrian covenants on his characters.<br />
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Rei then talks about how she needs a dropdown menu to be able to choose the right food for her priest when she runs out of mana in mythic+ dungeons. She and Eric have been raiding Castle Nathria as well, and have five bosses down, as they are currently working on the Council. Ryan mentions that he is tanking for his guild and they beat Denathrius. They all discuss their favorite fights in Castle Nathria. Rei starts a discussion about different tools to use to track your progress, including Wipefest and Warcraft logs. Harv, meanwhile, hasn't been on much to raid and has only managed to join the Night Fae covenant. Eric then talks more about his time in the Maw.<br />
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Next, the gang takes a look back at 2020, and how it was mostly spent in Ny'alotha through the content drought. They compare it to Siege of Orgrimmar. Ryan talks about the year in WoW Classic and how it was busy with Blackwing Lair coming out early this year and then the Ahn'Qiraj event and now Naxxramas keeping everyone occupied. Nick asks some questions about if the content will burn people out.<br />
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Next, they review the question of the week. Last week's question was "What Shadowlands zone is your favorite?" This week's question is "What are you looking forward to in WoW in 2021?" The gang talks about having a year of Shadowlands patches plus Burning Crusade in Classic, so 2021 is looking promising!<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back at WoW! Talk! <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/74">#74</a>, when the race for world first Nighthold was going on.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 1/4/21 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=7c29f7-1-1608838459625" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!<br />
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Ryan West<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#173: Shadowlands Impressions (feat. Kurabara)</title>
      <itunes:title>Shadowlands Impressions (feat. Kurabara)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:07:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3944</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/shadowlands-impressions-feat-kurabara</link>
      <itunes:episode>173</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>173</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Kurabara from Dropping Spicy and Clan of Three drops by to talk about our Shadowlands impressions! Good luck dodging the carriages in Revendreth!</description>
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This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are joined by Kurabara from Dropping Spicy and Clan of Three. Together, the five of them chat about their initial Shadowlands reactions. Harv admits he hasn't been playing much lately because of real life but he at least got to level 60. Other than Nick, everyone else has reached max level on at least two characters. Harv admits that he wants flying already. Rei meanwhile has been focusing on leveling up her enchanting and Eric is working on blacksmithing. The group then talks about the rate of leveling since everyone seems to either have hit 60 or be on their way to hitting 60 with no problem. Rei and Eric talk about the carriages in Revendreth that need to be dodged, and apparently no one likes Revendreth. Rei, Eric, and Kurabara then talk about Torghast and how its much easier to run in a group. Eric discusses a strategy he has used where he can mind control mawrats and then have them spawn additional mawrats and then send them at a mob and have them all explode as a massive bomb. Rei then talks about her preparation for Castle Nathria as that opens this week.<br />
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The gang briefly discusses the Threads of Fate leveling option, and Nick mentions some changes Blizzard is making to it to make leveling alts easier. Blizzard also hotfixed some issues with grouping and phasing. The metacritic score for Shadowlands is low. Wowranks.io is a new site tracking the statistics for Covenant choices.<br />
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The gang then goes over last week's question of the week about songs for your Shadowlands playlist. This week, they ask which of the zones is your favorite? Let us know!<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/73">#73</a> when the Nighthold Raid had just opened.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/21/20 at 10:30 pm EST at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=6c3eb8-1-1607493971584" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#172: Farewell Battle for Azeroth, Hello Shadowlands!</title>
      <itunes:title>Farewell Battle for Azeroth, Hello Shadowlands!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:17:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3852</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/farewell-battle-for-azeroth-hello-shadowlands</link>
      <itunes:episode>172</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>172</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>We say farewell to Battle for Azeroth and Welcome Shadowlands as we look back on one of Blizzard's more polarizing expansions. Also, we talk about the new cinematics and discuss borrowed power.</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to look back at Battle for Azeroth and prepare to enter the Shadowlands! But first, Rei talks about running Mythic Battle of Dazar'Alor and how listener and Mash Those Buttons family member Kurabara has joined Order of Corrupted Souls. Nick tries to list all of the games Kurabara plays and it is a lot. She has also been running Alterac Valley (Korrak's Revenge) for the ram mount. Eric, meanwhile, has been running Alterac Valley as a druid and having fun trying to stealth attack people, even if it doesn't always work. Harv also enjoyed Mythic Dazar'Alor.<br />
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Nick brings up that this is the final hours of Battle for Azeroth and asks everyone to reflect back. Harv rates it low, around Warlords of Draenor levels, and goes off on a tangent about Warlords and Legion trying to compare them. Shackles in the chat brings up the concept of Borrowed Power and Nick argues back with him about whether that is good for the game or not. Nick ultimately argues that something must be done, and Rei suggests a Guild Wars model of restricting the number of active abilities a player can choose. Eventually, everyone agrees they are glad Battle for Azeroth is ending, and while it wasn't anyone's favorite expansion, it wasn't completely hated.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard posted an Engineer's Workshop about the new customization features that are available. Also, a new cinematic "Beyond the Veil" was released to hype Shadowlands. Additionally there is a new short story "We Ride Forth" about the Four Horseman raised during the Death Knight campaign in Legion, and how they prepare to face Bolvar. Finally, Blizzard released lo-fi remixes of the zone music from Shadowlands.<br />
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Last week's question of the week was What Covenant you are joining, and Kurabara answered. This week, we ask what songs about Death would you put on your Shadowlands playlist?<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/72">#72</a>, which was our first patch quiz, in preparation for patch 7.1.5.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12/07/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=9c36ec-1-1606122942384" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#171: Release Date Drama, Multiboxers, and Cow! Talk!</title>
      <itunes:title>Release Date Drama, Multiboxers, and Cow! Talk!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4203</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/release-date-drama-multiboxers-and-cow-talk</link>
      <itunes:episode>171</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>171</podcast:episode>
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      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>We consider the issues around the new Shadowlands release date. Also, Blizzard finally acts against multi-boxers. We also discuss covenants and ... cows???</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the latest goings on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about raiding with podcast listener Ramius and then discusses how the end of expansion raiding will work leading into Shadowlands. Nick then asks her about her covenant of choice. Eric then talks about leveling his warlock which leads to a chat about how warlock has performed and when the best time to play warlock was. Harv then chimes in with his issues trying to uninstall the beta that lead to him completely uninstalling and reinstalling all of his WoW install, and how he had 47 add-ons that he lost. (Although he doesn't need to reinstall all of them.)<br />
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Harv then mentions how he was upset by the new Shadowlands release date of 11/23 since that is a bad week for him to play. Nick then goes into some comments that Adam from DBM and Ion made on twitter about how Blizzard isn't entirely happy with the release date either but really it was the only option for them to release it. Nick admits that prior speculation about Blizzard trying to get people to remember the company of old was incorrect and unfounded. They also talk about the Castle Nathria release date on 12/8.<br />
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In the news, AMD featured WoW in a Radeon RX 6000 demo video. Shadowlands pre-sales are the highest of any WoW expansion, and could bode well for sales of the expansion itself. The WoW 16th anniversary celebration is going on now, with mostly a repeat of events from last year. And Blizzard announced that they will no longer allow players to use input-mirroring software that enables multi-boxing.<br />
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In other Blizzard news, Activision-Blizzard needs to hire about 2,000 people across various franchises. The World of Warcraft: Comic Collection Volume One is on sale and Steve Danuser solved a possible lore retcon that irritates Nick. BlizzConLine will be free. And David Kim has moved from Diablo IV to Principal Game Designer for WoW.<br />
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Our question(s) of the week for next week are: What Covenant are you choosing? and Have you see a cow?<br />
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Looking back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/71">#71</a>, we review or memories of 2016 and look at some predictions made for 2017.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/21/20 at 1:00 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=8d0b96-1-1605140486787" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#170: WoW! Pre-Patch Thoughts!</title>
      <itunes:title>WoW! Pre-Patch Thoughts!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:26:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3576</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/wow-pre-patch-thoughts</link>
      <itunes:episode>170</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>170</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The pre-patch is here! Rei and Eric are trying to fit all their abilities on their bars! Harv is excited corruption is gone! And Nick is looking forward to going back to Legion!</description>
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The gang is back to talk about all the excitement of Patch 9.0 finally going live! Rei talks about struggling to get her Grid add-on working with the new patch and also trying to fit all her abilities into her action bars. She also talks about raiding and wiping as people were adjusting to their class changes. Harv laughs that he didn't wipe because he focused on getting his DPS in now that corruption was gone. Eric was super excited over the unpruning of various abilities and was excited to have Chains of Ice back. He talks about raiding Vexionia and making a mistake because he was figuring out how to work all his returned abilities into his rotation. Harv is excited that corruption is gone and mentions that he transmogged his hunter weapon to Thas'dorah, the Marksman artifact from Legion.<br />
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Nick also transmogged to use Thas'dorah as his weapon and talks about many of the character customization changes that were available in the barbershop, since he was the only one that went there. He also talked about how being able to use his legion artifacts has driven him back to Legion content to run old dungeons and work on his Balance of Power questline. The gang then discusses the old specializations and how unviable it was to have point in talents across multiple specs. Nick then mentions that he completed the Mecha-Done Achievement but it still working on unlocking the Junkyard title for the next few months, going into March.<br />
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In the news, after wishing everyone at Blizzard safety with the fires burning around Irvine, they talk about Blizzard working to make the game play on older GPUs, Blizzcon 2020's date finally being announced, the Sprite Darter Wings, and a new Thrall statue that costs $600.<br />
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Next week's question of the week is What do you think of the Thrall statue?<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/70">#70</a>, when Dave Kosak left for the Hearthstone team, which is funny because while recording Dave Kosak announced he was leaving Blizzard.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11/9/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=3c00c3-1-1604010315505" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#169: Before the Pre-Patch (feat. Mel)</title>
      <itunes:title>Before the Pre-Patch (feat. Mel)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3854</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/before-the-pre-patch-feat-mel</link>
      <itunes:episode>169</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>169</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Melissa Schissler</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Mel from Warcraft Reloaded joins us as we wait for pre-patch talking more about the Shadowlands delay and Blizzard closing the Versailles office.</description>
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Mel from Warcraft Reloaded is here to join us to talk a little about classic as we (at the time) wait for Patch 9.0 to drop on Tuesday. First, Rei talks about pugging and how people don't always listen and the struggles that can cause. Eric, meanwhile, caught the coronavirus, and raided (and recorded episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/168">#168</a>!) while infected. He was sluggish and so they didn't run the usual content but he made it through. Then they ran Ulduar and he got Mimiron's Head to drop! Harv talks about how he is upset about Shadowlands being delayed because he had to reschedule some time off and he probably won't be able to get vacation time at launch now, whenever that might be. He also expresses joy that corruption is going away in the pre-patch.<br />
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Mel talks about playing in Classic and running the various old raids. She also talks about how she was recruited on to Warcraft Reloaded by Bob.<br />
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In the news, the are reports of WoW Classic players tracking women's relationship status in a spreadsheet. Don't be creepy and don't do that.<br />
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In retail news, Kaivax posted a developer update about improving the Maw and Conduits as a focus of the delay. Covenant Abilities were restricted to work only in Shadowlands, but that has been reverted and they will work anywhere. Kellen Goff has temporarily taken over for Chris Metzen to voice Thrall. And Battle for Azeroth is now included in the base game subscription.<br />
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In other news, Activision-Blizzard has announced that they are closing the Versailles office and laying everyone off. This hits Nick particularly rough. And a Blizzard novel and manga Humble Bundle is available with a bunch of stories that is worth checking out!<br />
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Our question of the week was What are you looking forward to in the pre-patch? Our next question is "How are you enjoying the Pre-patch?"<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/69">#69</a> when Legion Legendaries were a problem.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 10/26/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=1bd214-1-1602882798063" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#168: Shadowlands Delayed and The Patch 9.0 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>Shadowlands Delayed and The Patch 9.0 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5363</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/shadowlands-delayed-and-the-patch-9-0-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>168</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>168</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>We don't know when the patch is coming (or at least we didn't when we recorded) but come take the Patch 9.0 Quiz with us and see if you're ready the Shadowlands pre-patch!</description>
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*After recording the main episode the announcement was made the Shadowlands has been delayed. We recorded a segment on that and put it at the front of the show.<br />
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the impending release of Patch 9.0, except that we don't know when it is coming out. Nick talks about how he expected the patch to be last week or this week, but there is still no announcement from Blizzard, so he assumes next week on 10/6, but it could even be 10/13 at this point, although that would be very late. He also talks about how the Khadgar server was messed up during its server merge and that could be the reason why.<br />
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Rei and Eric, meanwhile have been pugging as usual. Rei talks about pugging with a tank, and Harv shares that he does not enjoy tanking and really only enjoys DPS. Eric mentions that some guildies brought some friends along to give them a larger than normal group and they had fun. Eric then talks about playing on the beta and choosing a covenant since he was unable to get into Torghast.<br />
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Harv, meanwhile, is working on getting stuff done before the end of Battle for Azeroth. He is working on earning corrupted momentos for his mount and so he's chain running horrific visions. He also is looking foward to finishing up the quests for the bee mount.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard adjusted the mythic+ loot table to be lower than below Heroic Raid gear. Blizzard also released a character customization preview. They also provided some information on a situation where certain crafted gear from Warlords of Draenor was becoming unavailable. BlizzConline was announced for February 19th and 20th. Finally, Mike Morhaime and a bunch of ex-Blizzard developers have formed two new game studios under the parent company DreamHaven.<br />
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Last week's question of the week was about what mount people voted for. The Ancient Tree won but respondents loved the Caterpillar mount. This week's question of the week is What are you most looking forward to in Patch 9.0? Let us know at @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a> or <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>!<br />
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Finally, it is time for the Patch 9.0 quiz! Play along and see if you can beat Rei, Eric, and Harv in your knowledge of what is in the pre-patch!<br />
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Looking back 100 episodes, Nick talks about WoW! Talk! <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/68">#68</a>, right after Blizzcon 2016.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 10/12/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=8c2f15-1-1601624791145" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#167: Pull the Cord, Fun with Pugging, and Caterpillar Mounts</title>
      <itunes:title>Pull the Cord, Fun with Pugging, and Caterpillar Mounts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4277</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pull-the-cord-fun-with-pugging-and-caterpillar-mounts</link>
      <itunes:episode>167</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>167</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv is playing again! Nick has thoughts on the covenant situation. Rei's playing with friends and Eric is checking out the beta. Plus the gang disagrees on which mount to vote for!</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are all here to talk about what's been going on in the World of Warcraft! But first, Rei starts off by talking about playing with her friends. This leads to a discussion comparing how quickly various dungeons could be run. Rei also talks about running Torghast in the beta, and then gets into some of the fun they had pugging, and everyone gets into a discussion about bringing alts with raid experience versus mains with no raid experience. Eric also played a little on the beta and raided on an undergeared demon hunter. Harv, meanwhile, is back playing WoW with a vengeance. He's been running on his demon hunter and checking out Bastion in the beta. He also doesn't like how his void elf looks running backwards. Nick talks about the recent Pull the Cord movement that has been encouraging Blizzard to remove covenant abilities from the covenants. He thinks everything will be okay and if people will be fine if they play what they want.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard rolled back the requirements for playing WoW off an SSD. Nick installed an SSD computer so now he can be as up to date as everyone else. Then an argument ensues as Blizzard is letting players vote for one of five mounts for everyone to get for free. Let us know what mount you're voting for at <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>! Slimesaber is the right answer! Nick also goes over Ion's recent developer blogpost talking about the incoming patches and PVP itemization and more. Also, some spells are being taken off the GCD and leatherworking drums are being nerfed. Additionally, the secret pet Jenafur was finally found in Karazhan. In general Activision news, Activision-Blizzard has a new EMEA boss.<br />
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Nick reads a listener email about his Garrosh rant from last week.<br />
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Nick then looks back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/67">#67</a>, from before Blizzcon 2016.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/27/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#166: On Pugging and Profanities</title>
      <itunes:title>On Pugging and Profanities</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4037</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-pugging-and-profanities</link>
      <itunes:episode>166</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>166</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei is pugging and playing with friends, Eric hates groupfinder, Harv is busy, and Nick and his kid are fine with censorship.</description>
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The gang is back to talk about all the latest goings on in WoW! But first, we have a release date! Shadowlands will be here on 10/27 (or 10/26 if you're West of Greenwich Mean Time.) Let the hype train commence!<br />
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Rei starts by talking about pugging that leads to a discussion of warlock class changes over the years. This leads to Eric and Harv talking about when to use Timewarp. Rei also talks about helping to level a friend before Shadowlands changes everything. Eric goes back to talking about pugs and mentions that the guild struggles to pug with foreign players because of the language difference. Thus, Eric hates groupfinder. Harv, meanwhile, has been too busy to play.<br />
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Nick goes off on a rant about how people were upset that Blizzard is removing Garrosh calling Sylvanas a bitch. Nick talks about how Steve Danuser defending the decision citing a developer who was playing the game with his kid. Nick then talks about how he plays the game with his kid, and the decision makes sense so he stands by it. He gets sidetracked citing a terrible PCGames article about WoW deleting its history.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard put up a blog post about the tech used to support the Classic Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event. There is also a chart from reddit that summarizes the Covenant Dungeon bonuses. Blizzard is updating the Companion App for Shadowlands. In Castle Nathria, weapons will not drop, weapon tokens will drop instead. Blizzard also posted a blog post about Ray-Tracing being brought into Shadowlands. Also, the minimum specs for Shadowlands have been announced and it will require an SSD to play. The pre-patch could hit as early as September 22nd. And also, Blizzard released a new Arthas statue, which leads to Nick speculating that Arthas will have an important role in Shadowlands.<br />
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Thanks to Kurabara, Zoua-Yao, Nathibaul, and Kariba for answering our question of the week (What games are you playing outside of WoW?) Also thanks to @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/xilev">xilev</a>, @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/zulu_gaming">zulu_gaming</a>, @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/flowrole">flowrole</a>, and @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/justjakgaming">justjakgaming</a> for answering our prior question of the week, What are you doing in WoW? This week's question of the week is "What do you need to get done before Shadowlands?" Please answer us in discord, by email, or on twitter!<br />
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Finally, we look back at the announcement of Patch 7.1 in WoW! Talk! <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/66">#66</a>.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/14/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#165: On Classic and Beta</title>
      <itunes:title>On Classic and Beta</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4802</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-classic-and-beta</link>
      <itunes:episode>165</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>165</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Max Mortensen</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Steelwolf from Warcraft Reloaded joins the gang to talk about the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj while Rei and Eric are enjoying the beta.</description>
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Max aka Steelwolf from Warcraft Reloaded is here with us today as we talk about recent events in Classic.<br />
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But first, Rei, Eric, and Harv are now in the beta! Rei and Eric have been playing and Eric is enjoying the return of long lost abilities. He also enjoyed clearing out his bagspace after copying his character over. Rei, meanwhile, has been tanking on retail.<br />
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Steelwolf and Harv, meanwhile, participated in the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj on classic. Harv made sure to get his Scarab Lord title, while Steelwolf slept through it. They also talked about how on the Sulfuras server, some guilds got banned for griefing and then were blocked from completing the quest because people were killing everyone in Silithus, including the innkeeper. Nick mentions a server where the alliance and horde got layered apart. Harv talked about getting 1 fps at times. Overall, the event sounds like it went about as well as could be expected.<br />
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Steelwolf talks a bit about recording Warcraft Reloaded.<br />
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In the news, Reckful has an NPC in Shadowlands. Nick is excited for new hunter pets, and Steelwolf has questions about Pet Battles. The Shadowlands pre-patch is out, which would be consistent with a mid-October patch date followed by a mid-November expansion launch. Also, there is community drama over a new toy in Shadowlands, the Mirror of Envious Dreams, which gives the user the appearance of tier 3 gear seemingly endlessly. Finally, Blizzard employees have submitted demands to management for fair pay.<br />
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Last week's question of the week was "What are you doing in game?" Thanks to Kurabara, Ali, Frazley, and Felblades for answering. This week, we want to know what other games are you playing other than WoW? Rei is playing Animal Crossing, Eric enjoys Death Stranding, Harv loves Star Trek, Steelwolf is into retro-gaming, and Nick touts Arcade Spirits. Let us know what you're playing on discord or twitter or by email!<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/65">#65</a>, when everyone finally got to raid and run dungeons in Legion.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/31/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=8e89e1-1-1597899259642" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#164: Content Lulls, Xbox Series X Theories, and Blizzard Ain't Paying Enough</title>
      <itunes:title>Content Lulls, Xbox Series X Theories, and Blizzard Ain't Paying Enough</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:05:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4455</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/content-lulls-xbox-series-x-theories-and-blizzard-aint-paying-enough</link>
      <itunes:episode>164</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>164</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv may sleep through raid but the puggers are what's stressing Eric. Rei also talks about puggers while Nick speculates on Shadowlands on the XBox. And Blizzard salaries are reported to be low.</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk about all things World of Warcraft! Eric is in the beta, but he hasn't played much. He comments briefly on playing a mage in Exile's Reach, the new starting experience. This leads to a discussion of bag space.<br />
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Harv has been playing classic and poked around the Ahn'Qiraj events. He still has aspirations of getting the Scarab Lord title. He also slept through raid last week.<br />
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Rei has running with several pugs lately. She, Eric and Harv review their performance, and Eric gets stressed out. They talk about pugging at the end of an expansion and compare BfA to other recent lenghty content lulls. Harv shares a story where he stacked acceleration on Thok back in Mists.<br />
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Nick considers the recent rumors of World of Warcraft coming to the Xbox. While he doesn't believe them, he speculates that we may not get a launchdate for Shadowlands until the Xbox launchdate is announced, as perhaps Shadowlands would be a launch title. He also considers that WoW may not be explicitly coming to Xbox, but with Xbox gamespass allowing Xbox games to play on your pc, maybe it can also allow pc games to play on your XBox.<br />
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In the news, major changes to Pet Battles are on the Shadowlands beta. Also, the Blizzard Gear store has a Vol'jin statue.<br />
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And in late breaking news, Jason Schreier at Bloomberg News released a report that Blizzard underpays its employees. Nick looks over the report and says Blizzard probably should pay more but needs more information.<br />
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Our question of the week is What are you doing (or not doing) in World of Warcraft?<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/64">#64</a> in the aftermath of everyone hitting 110 in Legion and Chris Metzen stepping away from Blizzard.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/17/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#163: On Classic w/ Blazzin Bob</title>
      <itunes:title>On Classic w/ Blazzin Bob</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:09:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3996</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-classic-w-blazzin-bob</link>
      <itunes:episode>163</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>163</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Bob Schissler</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Bob from Warcraft Reloaded is here to talk all about what's going on in classic. Also, we talk about mounts and Nick has more thoughts about Blizzcon.</description>
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Blazzin Bob, formerly of Watchpoint Radio and OWL Recap, joins us to talk about his new show Warcraft Reloaded! But first, Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk about what's going on in WoW. Rei got two BoE's at once and also has been tanking on an alt while Eric dps's. This leads to Bob and Eric chatting about tanking, and Nick asks about swap mechanics in classic. Eric then talks about getting into the beta and everyone raves about the enormous number of customizations that will be available in Shadowlands. Nick watched the Devolver Digital Expo and talks about how Blizzard should use the inspiration of Devolverland to make Blizzcon a virtual experience on the back of their MMO technology.<br />
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Bob talks about launching Warcraft Reloaded and his passion for WoW Classic. He talks about how he met his co-hosts Steelwolf and Cognitive Pit. He talks about missing dual spec and having to choose between raiding or PVP'ing. He and Nick reminisce about drain tanking as a warlock. He talks about the upcoming Ahn'Qiraj patch and the preparations players are already undertaking for it.<br />
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In the news, the Steamscale Incinerator mount is available with a six-month gametime subscription, or for $25 in the store. Blizzard is dropping the store fee for changing your character's gender; that will now be available as a feature at the barbershop when Shadowlands launches. Also, in Shadowlands, Gladiator mounts will be account-wide instead of character specific.<br />
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Finally, the gang takes a look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/63">#63</a>, when Legion finally went live.<br />
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Thank you to Bob for coming on! Be sure to check out Warcraft Reloaded on the Mash Those Buttons network!<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/3/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#162: The Community and the Livestream</title>
      <itunes:title>The Community and the Livestream</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 04:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3381</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-community-and-the-livestream</link>
      <itunes:episode>162</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>162</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick discusses the state of the community and then the gang dives into the Livestream info!</description>
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Rei, Harv, and Eric haven't been doing too much in game beyond raiding. Nick talks at length about the recent spate of sexual assault and harassment accusations that have rocked the WoW Community, including what appears to be the downfall of Method. Nick suggests that this is a good year for Blizzcon to skip as it allows the community greater time to heal.<br />
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In the news, the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj are being tested in WoW Classic and the patch will be going live soon.<br />
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Nick stumbles through trying to describe the faster Legendary Cloak upgrades that have been implemented in the game. He also mentions that new realm connections are coming, though no actual realms have been announced yet.<br />
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Also, pre-orders for Small World of Warcraft are now available.<br />
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Through PODCAST MAGIC we then jump ahead to a discussion of Wednesday's live stream. Nick and Harv speculate on when the game could release. Nick appreciates the Collector's Edition but laments the $120 price tag. Nick runs through the features for Eric including beta starting next week, the new Covenant information like Soulbinds and Conduits, The Sanctum where you'll get improved mission tables and special activities, and the Theatre of Pain dungeon. Harv points out that Torghast will allow for unlimited runs. Overall the beta is shaping up nicely.<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #62, when Legion was about to launch.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/20/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to wowtalk@mash.gg.
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      <title>#161: Destiny 2 vs WoW</title>
      <itunes:title>Destiny 2 vs WoW</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:13:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3646</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/destiny-2-vs-wow</link>
      <itunes:episode>161</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>161</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Its that time of expansion when everyone's taking a break from WoW so lets compare it with another MMO that's been going through some changes lately -- Destiny 2.</description>
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This week the gang is here to talk about the latest WoW news and more! But first, everyone talks about how they haven't had much time to play WoW lately. Rei is tired, Eric is IRL busy, and Harv just moved. Even Nick has been checking out other games. Instead, Nick talks about the recent Destiny 2 expansion announcement and compares Destiny 2's development to WoW. In particular, he talks about how they are sunsetting old content to a vault, and tries to imagine how Blizzard would handle such a thing if they did. Harv and Eric agree that WoW should never do such a thing. Nick also talks about his experience in a game like Destiny where, as a casual player, he doesn't know quite what's going on as well as he does in WoW where he is an expert, and discusses how its important to remember there are people playing WoW who don't know what is going on in this game.<br />
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In WoW Classic news, Blizzard is testing the opening of the gates of Ahn'Qiraj on the PTR. Nick talks about whether they are going to implement the resource grind the same as in vanilla, or if they are going to up the required numbers since people have already been hoarding resources, so the experience would not be the same as it was in 2005. Also, Blizzard banned 74,000 accounts in WoW Classic for botting, and Eric is surprised.<br />
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In retail, the Maldraxxus zone preview is up, and the zone is open in the alpha. Also, Blizzard is limiting the rate of transactions players can make on the Auction House in response to heavy usage by add-ons. Weekly Timewalking will be a thing for the next five weeks, and Nick thinks it should stay around longer. And wowhead interviews Sebens, a mythic tank who plays without his hands.<br />
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Our Question of the Week is "What content from WoW that was removed do you miss most?"<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/61">#61</a> when Legion was imminent and we were getting ready for new content.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/6/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#160: Cancellations and Bobby Kotick</title>
      <itunes:title>Cancellations and Bobby Kotick</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3502</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/cancellations-and-bobby-kotick</link>
      <itunes:episode>160</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>160</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzcon? Cancelled! The Shadowlands livestream? Cancelled! Bobby Kotick's tenure as Activision-Blizzard CEO? Not cancelled!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Before we begin, we'd like to offer our support to all the brave men and women protesting the gross injustices of systemic racism. We support <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/blacklivesmatter">#blacklivesmatter</a> and look forward to a world that is truly equal for all.<br />
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Rei and Harv are TIRED this week! Rei starts off by talking about raiding but plenty of people aren't showing up and this is the point in the expansion where its okay to take a break. Eric was working on transmog for an alt, but did at least use his main for Vexiona. Harv is busy moving and hasn't played much outside of raid. Nick talks about running Torghast more on the alpha but even he's getting tired lately and can't run it as far as he'd like.<br />
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Nick then talks about Blizzcon being cancelled which everyone expected. They talk about the virtual event that will possibly happen in early 2021 and wonder if this could signal that Blizzcon will be in February every year going forward.<br />
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They also talk about the Shadowlands livestream scheduled for 6/9 being cancelled due to the protests. Nick mentions that it was not likely to be a zone preview and it must be introducing some new feature like possibly an auto-battler. Harv hopes for a date for the pre-patch.<br />
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Also in the news, Blood Elves and Void Elves have new customization features that will allow them to look like high elves among other things.<br />
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Nick and Harv take a moment to mourn the loss of wowtoken.info.<br />
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Nick looks at an article where Activision-Blizzard shareholders are calling for Bobby Kotick to step down as Activision-Blizzard CEO. Nick talks about Kotick's longevity and the fact that he continues to generate revenue. This leads to a discussion of how Blizzard's reverence for the latest protests clashes with their reluctance to support Hong Kong and Blitzchung, and has many people calling out the company for hypocrasy.<br />
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Our question of the week is "You have one Level Cap Boost -- What would you use it on?!"<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/60">#60</a>. Nick and Harv get into it about the camera changes in the Legion pre-patch.
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      <title>#159: On Leveling, Raiding, and the Arbiter</title>
      <itunes:title>On Leveling, Raiding, and the Arbiter</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 06:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4312</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-leveling-raiding-and-the-arbiter</link>
      <itunes:episode>159</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>159</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Harv dig in on leveling while Rei and Eric focus on the struggles of raiding.</description>
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This week the gang is back to talk about what's been going on in WoW. First, Rei gets into how the guild did raid content out of order and messed up their plans for the week. They also ran Normal Nya'lotha with alts. Eric then chimes in to talk about how more raiding with more people leads to a better raiding experience, and in particular cites the Vexiona fight as having mechanics that are easier with more raiders. Rei then gets back to talking about how it is hard to reach out to people across various social media platforms.<br />
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Harv and Nick focus on leveling. Harv talks about how much easier leveling is in retail WoW, while he and Nick lament how difficult it is to level in WoW Classic. Nick is in the alpha and talks about trying to level through Warlords of Draenor content and how either it is not quite implemented or he is doing it wrong. He also talks about a test run for Torghast and otherwise trying to avoid main questing content in Shadowlands.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard is adding Corruption vendors to WoW. Also, Blizzard released a preview of Oribos, and Chinese players are begging Blizzard to fix the gold sellers in the Pacific realms.<br />
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The gang reviews answers to last week's question of the week, and this week, JoannaxBella in the chat asks, "You have one level cap boost - what would you use it on?"<br />
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Finally, Nick and Harv look back at WoW! Talk! <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/59">#59</a>.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/8/20 at 10:30 pm E at <a title="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=3fedce-1-1590560615744" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#158: Our First Online Experiences</title>
      <itunes:title>Our First Online Experiences</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 19:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3762</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/our-first-online-experiences</link>
      <itunes:episode>158</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>158</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei has people missing raid, Eric got his sword, and Harv feels the drought, while Nick wants to know what was your first online game.</description>
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The gang is back to talk about the latest World of Warcraft news! But first, Rei talks about raiding when people are out sick. She complains that people tend to miss raid in groups rather than one at a time, which is odd. Also, Order of Corrupted Souls defeated three bosses with alts, and they then resumed working on mythic +.<br />
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Eric talks about his new sword and the proc effect he is excited to have. He mentions that he is not as unhappy with Horrific Visions as he was.<br />
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Harv messed up on N'Zoth but what he did caused the second try to work better so it worked out for everyone. Also, he is feeling the content drought after rushing to get his reputations done with the Rajani and Uldum Accord.<br />
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Nick is excited to finally have run a Horrific Vision and have his cloak. But he also wants to talk about Mike Morhaime's recent comments about WoW losing some of its stickiness by making the game easier to play as a solo player. Ghostcrawler chimed in to point out that for many people, WoW was their first online game interacting with other people. Brack also commented that he thinks WoW has a good balance and looks at Classic and Modern WoW as one entity. This leads to a discussion of what everyone's first online experiences were and Nick talks about trying to balance difficulty against the pull of keeping friends together.<br />
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In the news, Ion did another interview about Shadowlands. Activision Blizzard is now fully work-from-home and will cover employee's COVID-19 costs. Also, during their earnings call they announced bookings were up 21%. Finally, Luke Smith from the Destiny 2 team teased an upcoming expansion with "You are not prepared."<br />
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Our question of the week is "What was your first online game?"<br />
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Then we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/58">#58</a> which featured Adam from Deadly Boss Mods.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/25/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback or to answer our question of the week to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#157: Corrupted Gear - Bad! Horrific Visions - Bad! Torghast - Good!</title>
      <itunes:title>Corrupted Gear - Bad! Horrific Visions - Bad! Torghast - Good!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4407</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/corrupted-gear-bad-horrific-visions-bad-torghast-good</link>
      <itunes:episode>157</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>157</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv is no fan of corrupted gear, and Eric has soured on Horrific Visions. Nick thinks maybe they'll enjoy Torghast.</description>
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Hola! The gang is here to talk about all the latest news in World of Warcraft and the Shadowlands Alpha! First, Rei talks about what's been going on with the Order of Corrupted Souls and raiding Heroic Ny'alotha. The high ratio of melee to ranged is hurting the guild and Eric is so frustrated that after having to step away from the raid last week, he is looking to try it as a DPS so he can see if standing in the fire is an unavoidable as it would seem. Rei also talks about struggling to get people together online since people seem to ignore various chat requests.<br />
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Harv has been playing more, and this week complains about Corrupted Gear. He's tired of all the randomness associated with the various procs and just how much it can cause damage to fluctuate in a raid. He would like some more consistency. Rei suggests not looking at the meters but Harv admits he is too trained to do so.<br />
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Eric, meanwhile, is tired of Horrific Visions. He tried doing it with one mask and hated the experience. He would rather run straight Horrific Visions or even just Mythic 0 content.<br />
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Nick talks about Torghast in the alpha, although he hasn't played it. He mentions that most of the alpha players who have tried Torghast love it, and it has gotten a warm reception. The floors are supposed to be randomly generated to go to infinity. If you die too many times, the Terragrue will start chasing you down. This seems to be where you will acquire the materials to craft legendaries in Shadowlands. Overall, Nick is excited.<br />
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In the news, the Blizzard is buffing reputations for the next month. Also, the experience buff is now permanent until Shadowlands pre-patch. There may be an autobattler coming in Shadowlands as part of the mission table. Shadowlands will feature new character creation menus. WoW has added controller support. NPC's will look at you in Shadowlands. Draenor and Broken Isles Pathfinder is not required for flying in those zones in Shadowlands. Steve Danuser tweeted out about some placeholder alpha text that had people concerned about the Forsaken.<br />
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CEO Bobby Kotick gave all Activision Blizzard employees his phone number to discuss the Covid-19 outbreak. A WoW fan server unleashed a plague to demonstrate Covid-19 prevention. Chris Metzen read a story to children as part of Blizzard's Take Your Child to Work Day.<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/57">#57</a> from June 2016.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/10/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#156: Covenant Abilities and Eric's Alts</title>
      <itunes:title>Covenant Abilities and Eric's Alts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3979</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/covenant-abilities-and-erics-alts</link>
      <itunes:episode>156</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>156</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and the guild got AotC, Eric is moving onto his alts, and Nick reviews the Covenant Abilities situation.</description>
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The gang is back to talk about all the latest news in World of Warcraft including the alpha for Shadowlands that is now live! But first, Rei talks about the Order of Corrupted Souls guild's success in defeating Heroic Nya'lotha. They discuss how they had to use puggers to replace some missing regular roster raiders. They also ran some horrific visions. Nick brings up the live alpha and they talk a little about when Shadowlands may release, as Eric is concerned that we could be in for another year of the final raid. Meanwihle, he is excited to finally be able to drop his death knight tank and instead focus upon other classes, although he does not know which class he should play. Nick suggests druid after pointing out he hasn't played a druid in quite some time.<br />
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Nick brings up the Covenant Ability debate that has been enraging the community of late. Players are concerned that Blizzard will not be able to properly balance the Covenant Abilities, and that switching Covenants will be too difficult a process, or that players will be forced to choose a Convenant based on the ability and not based on other factors like style or aesthetics or other rewards. Ion did an interview where he mentioned that there will be other powers from the Covenant that are not just the ability, so they will have many points to balance from, but players are still concerned. History suggests Blizzard may cave on this decision at some point.<br />
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Also, in the news, Blizzard shared a ton of info about Shadowlands in advance of the alpha going public. Some classic character transfers are now free. And Blizzcon 2020 is currently planned to happen, but we do not have a date yet.<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/56">#56</a>, when talent swapping had the community upset during an expansion beta.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/26/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#155: On Blizzard Working Remotely, Burning Crusade, and an In-Office Blizzcon?</title>
      <itunes:title>On Blizzard Working Remotely, Burning Crusade, and an In-Office Blizzcon?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:55:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3976</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-blizzard-working-remotely-burning-crusade-and-an-in-office-blizzcon</link>
      <itunes:episode>155</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>155</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv still isn't playing much, Nick discusses Blizzard working remotely, Rei and Eric are raiding, and everyone wants Wrath Classic.</description>
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The gang is back to talk about what's been going on with World of Warcraft this week!<br />
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First, Harv talks about how he hasn't played much and doesn't have much motivation beyond logging in to raid. Nick asks if Harv has been using the Winds of Wisdom 100% buff to experience, but he does not care to.<br />
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Then, Nick talks about Blizzard working remotely and some of the news that has come out about Bungie and how they are letting their employees work remotely. He talks about the art teams and cinematics teams being affected most by the change, and speculates that Shadowlands may be delayed a bit, or we may not see as many cinematics as we otherwise might because of the remote work.<br />
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The gang then talks a bit about Classic WoW as a way to let Blizzard survive the content lulls, and brings up the recent survey about character creation in Burning Crusade Classic. Everyone is excited for BC Classic but the real hype is for the eventual Wrath Classic.<br />
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Rei talks about raiding and how the guild has to practice social distancing on Il'gynoth.<br />
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Eric talks about how he is getting bored tanking the Ny'alotha raid. He feels the mechanics are mostly too simple and he is looking for a way to challenge himself as a tank or dps again.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard has made getting rank 3 essences across specs easier. They are also adding legacy loot to Legion dungeons now. Activision Blizzard has a new Chief Communications Officer. And the Anaheim Convention Center released a statement that hints at Blizzcon 2020.<br />
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Next, Nick and Harv look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/55">#55</a> from May 2016.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/12/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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      <title>#154: On Lacking Motivation, Mythic +, and Blizzcon</title>
      <itunes:title>On Lacking Motivation, Mythic +, and Blizzcon</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3882</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-lacking-motivation-mythic-and-blizzcon</link>
      <itunes:episode>154</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>154</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei is raiding, Harv is struggling to find the motivation to play, Eric is tanking mythics +'s, and Nick is wondering if Blizzcon should be an annual event.</description>
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The gang is back in these trying times to talk about all things World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about raiding Ny'alotha and the struggles of being a healer. Lightwell is missed by her and the chat room. Harv talks about bringing a shaman to heal.<br />
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Next, Harv talks about lacking motivation to log in and play the game. He's been busy with work and is tired. Nick talks about being too distracted by real world events to play. The game requires more focus than he can give it. They agree that if you need to unsub and recharge your batteries, or if you want to continue to play the agme because it is your escape from reality, either one is acceptable.<br />
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Eric talks about getting back into the Mythic + life. He talks about how he felt better running as a DPS, not a tank. He compares tanking mythic+'s to tanking in raids, and admits that raids are much easier, and that sometimes he has to come up with other challenges for himself.<br />
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Finally, Nick talks about Blizzcon, and how it should be once every 15 months instead of every year. He complains about it always being in November, and wonders if given the current pandemic if Blizzcon will even happen this year. He tries to compare it to the Super Bowl and Wrestlemania before he and Harv go off on a wrestling tangent. He also points out that a February Blizzcon would have benefited Blizzard even with all their announcments by at least pushing the Shadowlands announcement back to after 8.3's release.<br />
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Rei talks a little more about raiding again, and then the gang gets into the newsbytes. Malefic Cores will be more widely available. Google veteran Daniel Alegre was named Activision Blizzard COO and president, upsetting reddit who was concerned that he will add microtransactions. Horrific Visions will now only reward corrupted gear starting this week. Also this week, essences finally go account wide. So congratulations to the people on reddit who badgered the devs into making this change. Steve Danuser chatted with Windows Central about Shadowlands and BFA's story. FInally, a dev tweeted out the early draft and final listing for Ursoc from Emerald Nightmare.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/29/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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      <title>#153: Titanforging, Brazillian PUGs, and Invasion Thoughts</title>
      <itunes:title>Titanforging, Brazillian PUGs, and Invasion Thoughts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 04:45:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3917</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/titanforging-brazillian-pugs-and-invasion-thoughts</link>
      <itunes:episode>153</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>153</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric's got a hot take on titanforging, Rei struggles with pugs, Harv is pet battling, and Nick is just watching the cannon balls fly by.</description>
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about what's been going on in World of Warcraft! But first, Eric chimes in with his thoughts on Warforging and Titanforging and how he's already missing it. He talks about how its disappointing to run a lower level raid or dungeon (in this case, Normal Ny'alotha) and know that he cannot get an upgrade in that content. The gang discusses the other view, that players should not feel forced to run lesser content just for the chance they might get an upgrade. Nick suggests that players will cheer when Titanforging is brought back, just like they cheered for features to be removed and then restored, similar to how reforging is now regarded.<br />
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Rei goes next and talks about raiding and picking up PUG's from other regions. They had some struggles with some Brazillian players recently. They also mention that the main problem with players from other regions is lag. Eric talks about how more than region, he pays attention to which servers players come from, as that is a better indicator of if they will be a problem.<br />
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Harv is up and he talks about running horrific visions and how now he can carry guildmates through visions that they might have struggled on individually, because Blizzard lifted the limit of vessels that players can hold at a time. Harv did the math and figures you can earn about 6 vessels per week. He also talks about how he is trying to get one of the horrific vision mounts, and that raising the bug requires doing pet battles. He and Nick discuss strategies for levelling your pet battles quickly, which includes using the pet battler in the level 3 garrison from Warlords of Draenor.<br />
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Nick shares what he's been doing lately. He talks about how he was running some invasions and how he's happy that they are still active in older, outdated content because it makes the zones feel more alive. He shares a story about rolling a new Zandalari troll and hanging out on the side of Dazar'Alor watching an alliance airship drop bombs on the pyramid capital.<br />
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Next, the gang runs through the week's news, starting with Classic. First, people have spotted that the Classic PTR is listed as a new product that will be available at some point. Also, Blizzard posted an article talking about how to get started in Classic for people who are new to it. Blizzard is also adding the WoW Token to WoW Classic in China, which has some people concerned they might do that here. Also, Arathi Basin and Zul'Gurub are coming to WoW Classic soon.<br />
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For retail WoW, Blizzard has updated the battle.net client to support the Shadowlands Alpha. In October, Christie Golden has a book coming out that will look at the Eastern Kingdoms. There's a fan-made remaster of The Fall of the Lich King cinematic. And Blizzard added some quality of life improvements to the Worldofwarcraft.com character pages.<br />
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Finally, Harv and Nick look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/53">#53</a> and some of the predictions that were made at the time regarding the upcoming Legion alpha and the shutdown of Nostalrius.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/15/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mash.gg">wowtalk@mash.gg</a>.<br />
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      <title>#152: Horrific Visions, Mythic Raiding, and OoCS Cooking</title>
      <itunes:title>Horrific Visions, Mythic Raiding, and OoCS Cooking</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3924</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/horrific-visions-mythic-raiding-and-oocs-cooking</link>
      <itunes:episode>152</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>152</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about their time in Horrific Visions and breaking Hellfire Citadel. Also, Nick runs through the news of the last two weeks.</description>
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The gang is here to talk about the latest World of Warcraft news. But first, Rei, Eric, and Harv chat about what OoCS has been up to. They discuss Love is in the Air and how Harv doesn't like the holiday. This is the one time Eric has bad mount luck. Then, they talk about their experiences with Horrific Visions and how everyone is at either level 9 or 10 with their cloak. Rei shares a story about how she was running mythic Hellfire Citadel and broke the instance. Matt, from the guild, managed to lose a shaman character, which is an impressive feat. The gang talked again about Horrific Visions and Eric suggested that coalesced visions should drop from raids or PVP. Harv shared that he's been making a ton of gold since 8.3 dropped and gives Rei a run for her money in that department.<br />
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In the news, Nick mentions that Ion did an interview with Warcraft Radio about the World First Race. Complexity-Limit won the World First Race, beating Method by adding a pure shotcaller to the roster. Rei and Eric share their thoughts about giving up raiding to run the group instead. WoW Classic has trailers for Blackwing Lair. Blizzard posted a developer update on Warcraft III Reforged. Madeline Roux is writing the novel that will bridge the expansions: "Shadows Rising." Blizzardwatch had an excerpt. Activision Blizzard earned $6.49 billion in revenue in 2019. They also dropped off the NVidia GeForce Now service.<br />
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Finally, Harv looks back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/52">#52</a>. Nick notes that the appearance of N'Zoth in Hearthstone 4 years ago impacted the reception of BfA today. They also talk about some of the April Fool's jokes from that year.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 3/1/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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      <title>#151: Ny'alotha, Bad Blizzard, and Starfox Adventures</title>
      <itunes:title>Ny'alotha, Bad Blizzard, and Starfox Adventures</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mashthosebuttons.com/episode/wow-talk-151-nyalotha-bad-blizzard-and-starfox-adventures</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:36:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3890</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nyalotha-bad-blizzard-and-starfox-adventures</link>
      <itunes:episode>151</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>151</podcast:episode>
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      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
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      <description>Eric and Rei are enjoying Ny'alotha, Blizzard's been having a rough few weeks, and Nick HATES Starfox Adventures.</description>
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Blizzard's had a rough few weeks and Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to talk about it. But first, Rei and Eric talk about what Order of Corrupted Souls has been up to! They've been watching videos for going into Ny'alotha and working through the raid on normal, where they are currently 11/12. Nick compares them to the current worldfirst race despite the difficulty difference. Rei also talks about working on Herald of the Titans with 9 people. Nick, meanwhile, has run a timewalking dungeon and theorizes about Calia Menethil and Derek Proudmoore taking the Night Elven Undead.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard hotfixed cloaks dropping from mythic plus caches, which was redundant since everyone is using the Legendary cloak. This leads to a discussion of gearing in Battle for Azeroth.<br />
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Next, Nick brings up several of Blizzard's problems lately. First they discuss the problems mac clients have had since 8.3 was released, and that Blizzard's only solution thus far has been to dual-boot into windows, which is not a solution. Then, they talk about how Warcraft III Reforged was underdeveloped and worse than promoted and some of the underwhelming decisions that were made. This had lead to the game being review bombed on metacritic to the point that a lesser game was voted up just so Reforged could be the lowest ranked game on the site. Finally, they talk about Blizzard making plans to provide repaired housings for the charity servers that were sent out last month. Blizzard is also willing to replace broken server blades as well, but those are limited in availability.<br />
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They also discuss how Blizzard is claiming to own any custom games that are developed out of Warcraft 3 Reforged, as a clear overreaction to losing out on DotA (and the MOBA scene) being born out of the original Warcraft 3 back in the day.<br />
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Finally, Nick talks about episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/51">#51</a> and the departures from Blizzard at the time.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/16/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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      <title>#150: 8.3 Reactions (and Baine, WTF?)</title>
      <itunes:title>8.3 Reactions (and Baine, WTF?)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:21:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4284</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/8-3-reactions-and-baine-wtf</link>
      <itunes:episode>150</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>150</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We react to 8.3 (Nick had some things to accept): Horrific Visions, Vulpera questline, Mechagnomes, and more! Also, no 8.3.5!</description>
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The gang is back to talk all about their experiences now that the Visions of N'Zoth Content Update (aka Patch 8.3) has dropped! Rei, Eric and Harv talk about Order of Corrupted Souls and how they were running Temple of Sethraliss and want any puggers to have to answer a question before joining. Then they discussed working on grinding their new cloaks up to level 6 to be ready for Ny'alotha, coming this week, but Harv has yet to get started.<br />
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Nick referenced a reddit post that showed how confusing the currencies in this expansion are, and this lead to a discussion about how they are gating Horrific Visions for this patch. Nick compared this to Torghast and asked if they want or expect to see Torghast gated in a similar fashion. Nick then mentioned an interview Ion did where he talked about there not being a 8.3.5 patch, and the gang talked about how it feels to be going into the content lull, and if that could be part of the reason why they were limiting some content going forward.<br />
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Nick talked briefly about his experience unlocking Mechagnomes (and Harv got to talk about his disdain for Mechagon and also goblins). Nick also talked briefly about the Vulpera questline and complained that it made Baine look stupid. He was also upset with Baine for being in the Stormwind throneroom, as that just felt wrong.<br />
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Rei, Eric and Harv talked about trying to get Herald of the Titans before Shadowlands comes and the leveling changes may make it hard or impossible. Nick said he was glad that some challenges still exist in the game from expansions past.<br />
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They talk about some bugs that affected daily quest resets at login.<br />
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Nick also mentions Squeakers, the new mouse mount and says that we can expect a new mount every six months or so like it.<br />
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WoW Classic has content unlocking on February 12.<br />
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Harv and Nick look back at episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/50">#50</a>.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 2/2/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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      <title>#149: The Patch 8.3 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 8.3 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:18:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4142</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-8-3-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>149</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>149</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The Visions of N'Zoth Content Update is next week! Take the Patch 8.3 Quiz and find out if you are ready!</description>
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Happy New Year! Nick is back from his hiatus and here to administer the Patch 8.3 Quiz! But first, he joins Rei, Eric, and Harv to talk about what they've been doing in WoW. Rei and Harv talk about running mythic plusses, and everyone talks about what they didn't do for Winter Veil. Rei, Harv, and Eric also discuss working on some Legion achievements and running hard mode Mechagon. Meanwhile, Nick mentions that he has been leveling alts through Korrak’s Revenge. He also talks about the struggles of running timewalking dungeons, and he and Harv get into the Mechagon vs. Nazjatar debate again.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard thanked everyone for a great 2019 and shared some statistics about the anniversary event, which was a great way to level alts. Also, IKEdit released a remastered Secrets of Ulduar cinematic.<br />
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Finally, it is time for the Patch 8.3 Quiz, although the patch is not officially numbered and referred to as a content update named "Visions of N'Zoth." Nick sticks with the Patch 8.3 name and quizzes the gang and Leowyld in the chat room. Find out who wins! Find out how many mounts are being added in 8.3!<br />
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Lastly, Nick and Harv discuss episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/49">#49</a> and what was going on then. Socrethar was an issue in Hellfire Citadel. Activision Blizzard had an investor call and did not share any subscriber numbers. A bug with RPPM gear meant that people were not doing the DPS they should. There also wondered if Diablo style legendaries would fit into the WoW gameplay model.<br />
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      <title>#148: Winter Veil, Holiday Sales, Visions of N'Zoth, and more Patch 8.3 Info!</title>
      <itunes:title>Winter Veil, Holiday Sales, Visions of N'Zoth, and more Patch 8.3 Info!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 05:28:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4154</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/winter-veil-holiday-sales-visions-of-nzoth-and-more-patch-8-3-info</link>
      <itunes:episode>148</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>148</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS FCs N and H TEP, M+, and continue to level up for Herald of the Titans. Winter Veil is here, time for presents and Holiday Sales! Visions of N'Zoth is around the corner, so are you prepared...?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this week's episode, OoCS completed Normal and Heroic Eternal Palace with a good handful of alts and even squeezed in the Dark Souls achievement! Mythic Plus was a little slow, but going as usual. Eric and Harv are a few levels away from being able to work on Herald of the Titans. Harv hit 40 on his Mage in Classic and got a mount.<br />
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It looks like Wrathion is selling a Black Dragonscale Backpack for 40K gold on the PTR and is transmoggable, like the Renowned Explorer's Rucksack that players can get from the Recruit-a-Friend reward system. The backpacks would take place of the back piece on a character.<br />
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Tis the season! The Feast of Winter Veil started last week on the 16th and will run until January 2nd, 2020. Stop by The Broken Isle or Orgrimmar and use the Giant Snow Globe to turn into a festive Gnome. Don't forget to grab your presents from Greatfather Winter for a chance at some toys and illusions you might have missed out on! This year, the Abominable Grinch can be done with characters Level 60 and up. Make sure to go on a raid tour, as certain bosses will be donning a red or green Holiday Hat and has a chance to drop one for you. A Sleigh Ride has been added in Ironforge and Orgrimmar.<br />
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The Holiday Sale is going on and the Standard version is going for $24.99 USD and $44.99 for the Digital Deluxe version. Until January 6th, New Players will be able to get 50% off their first month subscription. Select pets, mounts, and toys will be 50% off until January 7th, along with a Purrfect "Cat Pack" bundle -- that's 4 pets and 3 mounts for up to 65% off! Prices will be adjusted for people who own one or more of the items in the bundle.<br />
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December 31st, 2019 will be the last day for people to redeem / use their old Recruit-a-Friend rewards, make sure to grab your Legacy Mounts or Pets before they go away.<br />
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Mark your calendar -- January 14th will be when Visions of N'Zoth goes live, starting January 21s for Normal and Heroic, January 28th for Mythic and LFR Wing 1. The other 3 Wings will be released in 2 week increments. Season 4 will start with the new seasonal affix in Mythic Keystone Dungeons, along with reward updates, and a new PvP season.<br />
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Timewalking event quest in Patch 8.3 will reward players with a Heroic Raid Cache ( still subject to change ) -- giving an iLevel 460 or 470 piece depending on the what boss the item drops from. A 470 item is only 5 iLevels lower than Mythic raid gear. This will begin January 28th with Warlord of Draenor TWing.<br />
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Also in Patch 8.3, the Weekly Mythic+ Cache guarantees a Corrupted piece on every item except trinkets. The Corruption Affix gives players more debuffs and negative effects, making it harder to survive. No cloaks have dropped as players will be using a Legendary Cloak.<br />
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In Classic, paid Character Transfers are now available and in classic fashion, has a 90 day cooldown and must be to a realm in your region. There are 3 tiers on how much gold can be transferred with your character, so make sure to check your in-game funds before doing so. Remember that you cannot transfer from PvE to PvP or from RP to RP PvP realms.<br />
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Warcraft III: Reforged will release on January 28th and there are two versions available -- $29.99 USD for the standard edition and $39.99 USD for the Spoils of War Edition which includes extras for the game itself as well as other bonus in-game items for their other Blizzard titles: 4 Skins for Warcraft: Reforged, mount for World of Warcraft, 5 Player Icon and 4 Sprays for Overwatch, a Diablo III pet, a Hearthstone card back, 4 Heroes of the Storm Heroes, 4 StarCraft II skins, and StarCraft: Remastered Spoils of War console. Both versions includes Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne.<br />
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For anyone who wants to get a refund for their Warcraft 3 pre-order, simply hit up the Customer Support for Europe or North America, go to the Payments tab for Warcraft 3: Reforged, and there should be an option to cancel and a spot for customers to leave a comment.<br />
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Activison Blizzard Media has launched a King's Council -- their first dedicated player research community, using AB's most active and engaged players to act as the voice of the players and test things such as advertising offerings, understanding players and generate insights on integrated marketing and the mobile games industry in general.<br />
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Finally, Harv takes us back to Episode #48 -- Nick, Jer, Eric, and Katie were hosting and Katie's connection crapped out. OoCS just defeated Soccer Mom and Tyrant Velhari on Heroic -- but not before Eric gets disconnected due to running out of WoW time! Blizzard just turned 25 and had sent out a survey asking about movie ticket promotions. The Alpha was back up, rogues were upset so the were reverting the changes, and Jer didn't care about Subtlety because it felt clunky. The gang has concerns about more ability pruning after the WoD ability pruning. Blizzard had a lack of communication and people wanted them to do better with Twitter. The topic of Challenge Modes came up, getting all gold would unlock transmogs, and Eric didn't like that it scaled you down to make you weaker. Nick couldn't fathom PvP in the Dalaran Sewers! Thal'Dranah had been removed from the PTR, the community was calling it Faralon 2.0. Blizzard was working on a new support feature which would allow the community to assist player issues.<br />
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      <title>#147: 8.3 PTR Build Info, Mechagnome Limitations, Classic BG Opening, Adopt Dottie, and Frazley Inspired Make-A-Wish!</title>
      <itunes:title>8.3 PTR Build Info, Mechagnome Limitations, Classic BG Opening, Adopt Dottie, and Frazley Inspired Make-A-Wish!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:29:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4131</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/8-3-ptr-build-info-mechagnome-limitations-classic-bg-opening-adopt-dottie-and-frazley-inspired-make-a-wish</link>
      <itunes:episode>147</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>147</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS raids with PUGs Thanksgiving week, M+, gear / level up for Herald of the Titans, the 8.3 PTR Build gives lots of juicy info, Classic gets WSG and AV, and adopt Dottie for charities this month!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this week's episode, Thanksgiving has come and OoCS had to PUG up due to the holiday. We even got Joanna, ( a podcast listener turned guildie! ) and her sister the following night. The M+ game is still strong for the usual crew, and picked up a few guildies along the way, new and old! Eric is finally in Northrend and closer to level 80 for Herald of the Titans, Harv has a little break with Classic and more into Retail this week, and Rei dips into all the WoW things.<br />
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Blizzard makes a Blue Post to clarify that the Auction House NPC will not be removed from the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur. The mount itself will not be available from the Boralus and Dazar'alor vendors, but will show up in the Black Market Auction House.<br />
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The Patch 8.3 PTR Build is out! Music was added for Bolvar and two hours of Old Gods soundtrack. Some Corruption changes have come around for Positive Affixes, Negative Effects, weapons have different amounts of Corruption, the effects can be from the M+ Cache and Ny'alotha Raid BoEs, as well as Affix Tuning. In the Gear news, Titan Residuum will have new prices to reflect the reset coming in the patch, the Black Empire BoA gear will be 415 iLevel for Azerite Armor and 410 for other slots -- up from 400 from the previous Gear Tokens, Mechagon essences will have a reduced cost, and potential trash BoEs have been found along with an updated Encounter Journal for Ny'alotha. Freehold and Operation: Mechagon will be tuned for Mythic+ Dungeons, and the Keystone Master / Conqueror Achievements will be Account-Wide. The Vulpera Bag of Tricks Racial has been changed to be customizable and players will be able to found them around the world. Discipline Priests will have their Penance healing increased. Blizzard has added two encrypted cinematics, and players will not be able to preview them in advance.<br />
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The Mechagnome race seems to be coming with some limitations as they have mechanical arms and legs -- their wrist, hand, and feet slots can't be covered by armor and the leg slot is limited to what looks to be a pair of briefs. The Create-a-Character menu shows only 4 Arm Upgrades and 2 Leg Upgrades. There was a post on Icy Veins where someone mocked up a tint to their parts to match their Heritage Armor and we can only hope they will do something like that! We find out from a FrazlCast listener in chat that Frazley wants blue hair for the Mechagnomes. Blizzard PLS!<br />
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Visions of N'Zoth will have a Mechagon Mechanostrider mount which will be obtainable in the 8.3 Patch.<br />
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In Classic, Blizzard releases a blue post to address and explain the issue of the Honor System Bug Calculation and as week 3 has come, the data is being calculated correctly.<br />
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The week of December 10th for Classic, the Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley BGs will be available on all the realms and in PvE land, Elemental Invasions will occur around the world. Blackwing Lair and the Darkmoon Faire will come in early 2020.<br />
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A Fury of the Sunwell cinematic by IKEdit ( Ivan Kuzkin ) was posted which was the Patch 2.4 that went live March 25th 2008. He posts another video that shows a side by side comparison, definitely a must see!<br />
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It's that time of year where Blizzard creates a virtual in-game pet and plushie, in the form of a baby alpaca named Dottie this time around. The virtual pet goes for $10 USD and the plush toy for $29.99 USD -- $10 from each purchase will be split evenly between the Make-A-Wish and WE organizations.<br />
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Harv takes us back to Episode #47 -- Nick, Jer, Eric, and Katie were hosting, and Rei was stuck at work! They all weren't doing too much, mostly farming. Blizzard was changing quest items around and working on the issues from things such as Hunters not needing to wear leather anymore. Nick said that new stuff was coming out, which everyone was annoyed -- Eric was annoyed at the tanking changes, the heals, CDs, active mitigation, and Jer was mad that paying 100 gold for swapping specs, tho' it was a placeholder. Nick suggested to use tomes to change specs instead of paying for gold. Nick didn't want to pre-order the Digital copy of Legion because he already pre-ordered the Collector's Edition and did not like the solution of just getting another key to give to a friend or for a second copy. The episode ended with an e-Mail from Harv about Valor Points.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12.22.19 at 10:30 PM EST at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
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      <title>#146: The Mighty Caravan Brutosaur, Wrathion in 8.3, Season 4 Mythic+, and Ninja Looting</title>
      <itunes:title>The Mighty Caravan Brutosaur, Wrathion in 8.3, Season 4 Mythic+, and Ninja Looting</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:01:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4534</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-mighty-caravan-brutosaur-wrathion-in-8-3-season-4-mythic-and-ninja-looting</link>
      <itunes:episode>146</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>146</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS raids H.TEP on alts with PUGs, many M+, and make use of Party Sync. Brutosaur only at the BMAH come Shadowlands, Wrathion the Merchant, M+ S4 offers 375 Weekly Chest, Staff is Dominance ninja'd.</description>
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In this week's episode, Harv is finally back! OoCS brought PUGs in once again and as usual, completed with a hit and miss. Mythic + are always a thing with the usual crew, but not for 15s with this week's affixes. Party Sync was put to good use by the guild over the weekend, partially to get one person up to 120 and the other part to help the group prepare for the 'Herald of the Titans' achievement. Ulduar, here we come! Some Heroic Warfronts were completed and Harv is a little upset at leaving by accident on the last possible grouping for it. Harv also has been working on his Mage in Classic to raid with instead of his Hunter.<br />
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For anyone who hasn't purchased the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur mount ( AKA Longboy or the AH Mount ), it will only be available through the Black Market Auction House come the release of Shadowlands. Eric and Harv feel that players who wanted it already have, but HeelvsBabyface have their own thoughts in the segment 'BLIZZARD Create FAKE ITEM SCARCITY to Boost GOLD TOKEN SALES!!'. Nick replies to YepX in a tweet about it.<br />
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It is revealed that Wrathion will be selling 3 types of items for Patch 8.3 -- Vessel of Horrfic Visions so players can enter Horrific Visions, the Gouged Eye of N'Zoth will add a socket to any item that doesn't already have a socket, and an Aqir mount called Wicked Swarmer. Players will have to complete the introductory questline first, and Wrathion will have these available in the Chamber of Heart.<br />
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Mythic+ Season 4 will award 465 gear from the chest at the end of each M+ and the Weekly Chest will award 475 gear. It looks like the Heroic raid will be 460 gear and 475 for the Mythic raiders. We bid Titanforging adieu!<br />
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This week in Classic, Jokerd was removed from Method after ninja looting the Staff of Dominance in Molten Core. He was the first player to reach Level 60 with his Mage, beating out some of the Method streamers and had joined their team at the end of last month. Even if this behavior was a Vanilla experience as some have stated, it was frowned upon with his comments and behavior, thusly getting himself terminated as being a Classic WoW Influencer with Method.<br />
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As stated from the last couple podcasts, World Bosses Azuregos and Lord Kazzak have been enabled and PvP ranks as well as Honor sets can be earned in Classic. Phasing was removed as well and should resolve most of the major issues that have happened.<br />
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Harv takes us back to Episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/46">#46</a> -- Nick, Jer, and Katie were hosting, Eric and Rei were off! Mounts were obtained by Katie ( Poundfist ) and Jer ( 5K badge WotLK Timewalking ), both got Grumpus, then they worked on getting the Pepe whistle. Nick goes and works on Ashran and his Legendary Ring via LFR in the meantime. All three of them had been on the Realm Maintenance Podcast, Nick and Jer were both surprised that he knew their last names. Now Nick would like Jer to be known as 'Jermaine Dupree'. There was a long discussion on Lore and how it will be in the comics / graphic novels. Blizzard purchases MLG for Overwatch and WoW e-Sports ramps up. There was a copyright lawsuit on the games DotA Legends and Soul Clash which was dismissed because of how Blizzard had filed it. Ring upgrades were available via Valor Points. The last leg of the podcast was about how a lot of Diablo systems were getting integrated into WoW, Jer compared the Bounty System in WoW to what all players now know as World Quests.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 12.08.19 at 10:30 PM EST at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=55a9f3-1-1574837880000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>!<br />
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      <title>#145: Patch 8.3, 15th Anniversary, and Correra on Racist WoW Groups</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 8.3, 15th Anniversary, and Correra on Racist WoW Groups</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 01:52:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3855</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-8-3-15th-anniversary-and-correra-on-racist-wow-groups</link>
      <itunes:episode>145</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>145</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS continues to raid, run the Anniversary event, and Mythic+. Nick and Rei appeared in other podcasts! Patch 8.3 will drop early 2020, Blizzard gives time to players, and there are racists in WoW.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this week's episode, Harv is out and Nick is in! Welcome back briefly Nick, we've missed you! He's gotten some time to spend in the AV from the Anniversary as well as utilizing his spreadsheet for working on Mechagon. OoCS brought PUGs in lieu of part of the team being at Blizzcon and the following week with half alts for a full clear of Normal and Heroic. It was prefaced with running the Anniversary raid, which turned out to be snippets of bosses and not as long as we would've wanted. A Mythic +15 attempt comes into play and they come short -- over by 58 seconds! Next time Gadget, next time... Rei discovers the Raider.IO bot and hopes it'll be a way to get some extra activity between the guildies.<br />
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Nick appeared in an episode of All Things Azeroth #665 "Fightin' them Blizzcon Blues" and Rei's interview went up with Whispers of War Show #60 "I will cart your ass around!"<br />
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Players ran into a small bug where Ragnaros would get teleported to the starting area. For our group it seemed only one person had that issue, and it was one of our guys. Don't worry, he still got the loot!<br />
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Patch 8.3 is set to release in Early 2020 - Visions of N'Zoth, new Allied Races, the Ny'alotha Raid, new PvP / Mythic+ Season with a new affix, Worgen and Goblin heritage armor, a Mage Tower inspired challenge called Horrific Visions that will allow one to five players, Old God Assaults, a Legendary Cloak, the Titanforging system will be replaced with Corruption, BRD Battle Pet dungeon, and of course -- new pets, mounts, toys, and transmogs!<br />
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Blizzard sees that there are still many players who are working through The Eternal Palace and as such, allowing everyone to still have time to obtain their Cutting Edge: Queen Azshara and Ahead of the Curve achievements, as well as time to enjoy and complete the WoW 15th Anniversary events.<br />
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This week in Classic, free character moves are opening up for some realms and no longer available or closed for other realms starting the 11th. On the 12th, all realms will be set to a single layer and long queues will be experienced at this time. Thursday the 14th, there will be an update for the PvP Honor System to come online and a chance for the World Bosses Azuregos and Kazzak to spawn.<br />
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US Congressman Lou Correa has called out Blizzrd for allowing racist groups to exist in World of Warcraft. He is a representative in a district that includes Anaheim and used Twitter to speak about this and would like Blizzard to remedy the situation.<br />
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Quarter 3 for Activision had better than expected numbers, despite being down year-over-year. The release of Call of Duty Mobile and World of Warcraft Classic has given them a boost in users and revenue.<br />
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Nick takes us back to Episode #45 -- Nick, Reim Eric, Jer, and Katie were hosting. OoCS was working on the HFC farm and waiting on the Legion Alpha access. People confused the Legion NPC Rhonda for Rondy Rousey, but it was for a Blizzard employee. A banwave went out as players went back to typing "Anal" and linking an achievement after. Lots of Star Wars talk went down, as Stormwind guards were given "lightsaber" looking flaming swords, how the Warcraft trailer was release before the Star Wars movie, and possibly the Warcraft movie getting moved to June because of Star Wars. Katie spent quite a bit of time about the possibility of goblins in the Warcraft movie. Lastly, there was info about the PvP System coming out in Legion, heavy discussion of Transmogging belts, a sour note on how we were tired of Garrisons which lead into "I think we've been banned from this show for the rest of 2015." ( it was the last podcast of the year ).<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11.24.19 at 10:30 PM EST at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
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      <title>#144: All Your Wildest Dreams Will Come True</title>
      <itunes:title>All Your Wildest Dreams Will Come True</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4167</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/all-your-wildest-dreams-will-come-true</link>
      <itunes:episode>144</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>144</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS had a time to squeeze in M+ after raid night one week and had to super PUG the next! Eric pumps up his Mage, Harv casuals Classic raids and the group digs into Blizzcon 2019 hype...or wishes.</description>
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In this week's episode, OoCS cleared Normal and Heroic with time to spare and gets the non-usual raiding guildies to do a M+ before the end of raid time. Not so much on the following week, getting a Normal FC and Heroic 7/8 with a bunch of PUGs. Rei stays up to get in some M+ to rack up the Titan Residuum credits and hoping to get gear for people's mains and alts. Eric enjoys the DPS role and is juicing up his mage while Harv maxes out in Classic and begins to hit up some raids.<br />
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Blizzard has a slow week as Blizzcon draws near -- they are pretty quiet about any annoucements and leaves the fan base with mostly findings of "leaks" and rumors on many sites. This allows the group to toss in their own ideas, predictions, and wishes ( even if they are sometimes ridiculous! ).<br />
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The Blizzcon schedule will run with its usual segments for WoW: Mythic Dungeon International on Friday and Arena World Championship on Saturday, along with a several panels for art, devs, sounds, and Q&amp;A!<br />
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Mike Ybarra will be joining the Blizzard team on November 4th as Executive Vice President and General Manager. He comes from 20 years at Microsoft as a former Corporate Vice President for Xbox Live, Game Pass, and Mixer.<br />
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Harv takes us back to Episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/44">#44</a> -- Rei was off, so Nick, Eric, Jer, and Katie were hosting. OoCS took down Archimonde for the second time on Normal and working on Xhul'horac in Heroic at 8/13. After a year and a half, Nick steps into Ashran for the first time. This was a very PvP heavy podcast, Jer loses it cause 'Every Man for Himself' gets a nerf, and Katie referred to 'Will of the Forsaken' changes, and PvP botters get a 72 hour ban. Transmog restrictions come into play, a year old Easter Egg was found -- the Mesmerizing Fruit Hat. The group ended off with talking about cookie cutter builds.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 11.03.19 at 10:30 PM EST at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=f78814-1-1572324792317" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>!<br />
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      <title>#143: CryION a River</title>
      <itunes:title>CryION a River</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3681</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/cryion-a-river</link>
      <itunes:episode>143</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>143</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS has slayed Heroic Queen Azshara, now they can play the game. Which is just the usual of M+, PvP, or Classic. "The next content update" AKA Patch 8.3 has a handful of new features for everyone!</description>
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In this week's episode, OoCS 11 mans Queen Azshara on Heroic! As usual, the crew dabbled in doing Mythic Pluses, PvPing / War Mode, and Island Expeditions. Harv goes HaM on professions, but not on maxing his level in Classic.<br />
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Patch 8.3 info is out and it comes with an alternate world ( think upside down world or Palette Swapped Land ). N'Zoth will be the final boss in the 12 boss raid, Ny'alotha and players will be challenged with Horrific Visions, assaults on Titan Facilities, leveling up their Heart of Azeroth with new essences and additional essence slots. Wrathion will aid in this by providing a Legendary Cloak to help take down the Old Gods. The Titanforged System may be on its way out and something new may take its place. New Allied Races will be given to both factions -- Mechagnomes for Alliance and Vulpera for the Horde as well as Worgen and Goblin Heritage Armor. Mythic+ will gain another Affix called Corrupted, which are Black Empire obelisks that put players into an alternate reality with a mini-boss -- wherever the group finishes is where everyone will pop back out into the dungeon, which will allow players to come up with new strategies. The Auction House will get revamped with being able to favorite items, making a shopping list, and purchasing some of a seller's stack rather than all of it.<br />
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Blizzard will be releasing "The Cinematic Art of World of Warcraft: Volume 1" which is a 250 page book filled with art, design ideas, character quotes, storyboard concepts, and insights from the art and cinematic teams from WoW's launch up to Warlord of Draenor.<br />
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The Honor requirements have been dropped -- Rank 2 ( 10K Honor, down from 15K ) and Rank 3 ( 30K Honor, down from 50K ) for the essences Artifice of Time, Blood of the Enemy, and Sphere of Suppression.<br />
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Blizzcon 2019 will start Friday, November 1st and the Virtual Ticket is available for $49.99 USD. For WoW, players will get Finduin ( Alliance ) and Gillvanas ( Horde ), as well as a Wendigo Woolies transmog outfit. For any listeners out there in Europe, Canada, or Panama -- Meltdown is holding a Blizzcon Viewing Party at their establishment.<br />
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Harv takes us back to Episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/43">#43</a> and Nick, Rei, Eric, Jer, and Katie were hosting. OoCS was trying to do HFC on Thanksgiving day and had to PUG two healers because it was a holiday. What the team was going to do was determined by who was going to show up ( as it still holds true now ). On 11.23.15, WoW turned 11! The Legion Alpha just gone up on the PTR and WoWhead and MMO Champion had data mined stuff from the PTR. Katie was excited about the new models, Rei was excited about bag space, Eric hadn't checked out the data mining stuff -- but then went to look and said he was excited about Bloodworms coming back, Jer was excited about Talent Trees, and Nick speculated about Artifact Weapons. The discussion of content: Cost VS Value came up, then there was speculation about the WoW Token price / gold farming since the farmers were getting banned. Blizzard announced Gnome Hunters and mechanical pets, followed by a LOT of Hunter pet talk. The team talked about mounts that were obtainable through professions came up, and a hefty conversation about Artifact Weapons.<br />
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      <title>#142: A BEEautiful Hivemind</title>
      <itunes:title>A BEEautiful Hivemind</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 06:29:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4187</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/a-beeautiful-hivemind</link>
      <itunes:episode>142</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>142</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS downs Za'Qul and working on Queen Azshara, doing M+ with a more guildies, and a dusting of Classic. In the news, Classic gets a bug fix, Patch 8.2.5 has been released. Let the Bee games BEEgin!</description>
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On this week's episode, OoCS managers to find some upgrades in Normal Eternal Palace and Za'qul is finally downed -- twice! Queen Azshara is on the horizon and as always, everyone speaks on time spent playing and what they're starting to expect. Harv manages to play a little Classic and do The Scarlet Monastery and Rei gets a level. Eric tests out Party Sync and there may be more activity between helping others from this. Mythic Plus is going well as some of the group +1s a 14.<br />
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Party Sync is now live and it will now allow everyone to do the same quests even if they have been completed before. This excludes Dailies, World Quests, certain starting zones, and things that might have story implications. Players will also be able to scale down to do BGs and dungeons ( any higher level talents and such will not be available).<br />
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Stormsong opens up with some unBEElieveable things. Alliance can earn rep to get a bee mount, the Honeyback Harvester. As luck would HIVE it -- both factions can get new butterfly pets and Hunters can loot a Glyph of Dire Bees. ...stop POLLEN your leg? Oh bother...<br />
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With the Patch 8.2.5 release, Battleground Mercenaries will not benefit from the 50% Honor Bonus, granting it to the less populated instead. This will affect players who are working on grinding for Battleground Essences.<br />
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In Classic, Blizzard has fixed a bug exploit for repeating an instance to gain XP and money via their layering system.<br />
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On the lighter side of news, the BfA content went live September 24th and came with the conclusion to the War Campaign and players can meet up with Magni Bronzebeard in the Chamber of Heart to continue the story. The WoW 15th Anniversary Event is around the corner along with the Lunar Festival.<br />
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Since the release of Classic WoW in August, the subscription revenue has tripled.<br />
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Finally, they look back at Episode <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/42">#42</a>. Harv tells us that Blizzcon had just concluded and Patch 6.2.3 was to be released the next day. Katie discussed Hunter DPS issues and Eric said to ask Harv because he has 6 hunters. Archimonde was the progression at the time and got him down to 24% and Nick didn't do much for the week other than Garrison. WoW stopped releasing subscription numbers and the 11th Anniversary was out, giving us the Inflatable Thunderfury toy. Did someone say Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker? The Friendship Moose was becoming a thing, there was lots of talk about Valor upgrades, Blizzard announced Gnome Hunters, and then there was a lot of discussion about the upcoming Legion class changes.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 09.29.19 at 10:30 PM EST at <a title="http://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons" href="https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitch.tv%2Fmashthosebuttons&amp;token=e2ec79-1-1569911283005" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>!<br />
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<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/297">mtb.gg/297</a></p>
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      <title>The Patch 8.2.5 Quiz</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>1826</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-8-2-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>With the next content update upon us, join Rei, Eric, and Harv in testing their knowledge as Nick returns to administer the Patch 8.2.5 quiz!</description>
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To go with Blizzard's surprise announcement on Friday that the next content update would be live on Tuesday, we present a special surprise WoW! Talk! Nick emerges from his paternity leave to host the Patch 8.2.5 Quiz for Rei, Eric, and Harv!<br />
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But first, since its been a while, Nick talks about what he's been up to in game. He talks about finally getting to Mechagon and enjoying it, and spars with Harv over whether it or Nazjatar is better. Then, Nick talks about his time in Classic and how he's enjoyed getting into the Barrens, and is only not playing because of time constraints.<br />
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Before getting into the quiz, Nick also looks at Blizzard's decision to call this "the next content update" and not "Patch 8.2.5." He speculates that Blizzard is changing their content release model and we will learn more at Blizzcon.<br />
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Finally, its time for the Patch 8.2.5 quiz. Play along at home to see if you can beat Rei, Eric, and Harv, who were more prepared this time than normal.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 9/29/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a>.<br />
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<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/293">mtb.gg/293</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#141: A Healthy Dose of Zzza'qul</title>
      <itunes:title>A Healthy Dose of Zzza'qul</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:40:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4561</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/a-healthy-dose-of-zzzaqul</link>
      <itunes:episode>141</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>141</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS hits a wall with Za'Qul and has feelings on it, doing M+, and a sprinkling of Classic. In the news, Classic gives free transfers, Recruit-a-Friend Soon™, and WoW Blades are selling like crazy.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this week's episode, OoCS continues to FC Normal and Heroic Za'qul is the hurdle -- maybe even more so than H.Mekkatorque and H.Archimonde combined. This gets everyone started on discussing and breaking down some issues within the raid itself. Harv finds himself spending a little more time in Classic to get away from the woes of the guild's lack of participation for contributing materials for raid. Mythic Plus continue to be a part of the rotation.<br />
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There is some Classic and Retail info on the news front.<br />
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Classic opens up free realm transfers for specfic realms and gold farmers find a work around with placing bodies down as advertisements.<br />
Recruit-a-Friend will be coming back and with a new reward tier and a semi old system, which leaves some of the community in an outrage due to missing out rewards with all their friends returning because of Classic.<br />
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WoWhead releases a post of the 8.2.5 PTR Build 31812 and the gang briefs over what will be in the game -- Worgen and Goblin character model updates, 15th year celebration rewards and content, the bee mount, Firelands Timewalking raid, introducing Party Sync, and R-a-F.<br />
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Finally, they look back at Episode #41. Harv lets us know that it was Rei's birthday! He mentions Katie's love of Lore and Goblins ( which as much as his dislike for Goblins ), as well as her dislike of Admiral Taylor. There was talk of pre-Blizzcon hype and the many Linkin Park references --there was way more than there should have been. Eric fat finger wipes the group on Mannoroth. The cover for the Illidan book was leaked and Rei mentions his beefy arm. Nick asks everyone for one specific thing that they all hope for at Blizzcon and no one is able to pick one specific thing. The WoW movie trailer gets everyone excited and tries to guess what will be shown at Blizzcon. Nick also wanted Blizzcon to go Oprah and have a Legion beta key under each seat.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 09.29.19 at 10:30 PM EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/28u">mtb.gg/28u</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>Episode #0 - 11/21/2004</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 04:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3007</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/episode-0-11-21-2004</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Its the long-lost WoW! Talk! pilot from 2004 where the gang prepares to venture for the first time into Azeroth!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick recently dug into his files and found, to his surprise, the long lost secret pilot episode of WoW! Talk!. Recorded in 2004, on the eve of the launch of World of Warcraft, this marks the first time Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv got together to record a World of Warcraft podcast. If only Mash Those Buttons had existed at the time, then they could have had a place to share it.<br />
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Back in 2004, Nick and the gang decide to go over their gaming histories first. Rei talks about her experience playing on console and text-based multiplayer games like Gemstone 3. Eric was into FPS's like Halo, and Harv had played the Atari 2600 and other consoles. Nick grew up with the Commodore 64 and most recently played the PS2 and MUD's. Looking at World of Warcraft, Nick compares it to Diablo II, and points out that it even features the Druid class. Nick is excited for Tauren. Rei is looking forward to playing with people, and possibly leading a group.<br />
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Eric is planning to play with his Halo friends. Eric and Harv are both considering playing the Hunter class, which Nick is also excited for. The gang discusses possibly trying to run dungeons together, with three hunters and a healer. They complain that Alliance and Horde interactions will be limited, making it harder to cooperate. Nick points out that the Horde was evil in Warcraft II and maybe this is a continuation of that lineage. They discuss the system requirements for the game. They mention that it will come on four disks.<br />
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Harv compares WoW to GTA. In the beta, Rei and Harv saw naked people running around. Nick talks about how the exclamation mark as quest marker is a Diablo II holdover. Harv mentions encountering some fish people for the first time. The gang considers if the fifteen dollar per month subscription fee will prove limiting. Harv mentions not really seeing mounts in the beta. Nick laments that Tauren can only ride Kodos. He then discusses the name restrictions people can expect to face. Rei compares the game to a chat room, and then they attempt to compare the game to the Sims. Harv talks about visiting the elven capitol Darnassas, and then everyone talks about what animals they want to tame as hunters.<br />
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Finally, they share their expectations for how the game will do. Thank you for listening to this special, ancient episode of WoW! Talk! WoW! Talk! will return next week with a regular episode. Send any questions or thoughts to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a> or on twitter at @<a class="g-link-user" href="https://soundcloud.com/wowtalkmtb">wowtalkmtb</a>.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/28l">mtb.gg/28l</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#140: "You have been removed from the group."</title>
      <itunes:title>"You have been removed from the group."</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:56:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4035</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/you-have-been-removed-from-the-group</link>
      <itunes:episode>140</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>140</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS does Retail and Classic while Rei discusses her experience being the PUG in a raid. Classic exploded, leaving Blizzard to make a few tweaks between capacity and a firm no to ClassicLFG add-on.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this week's episode, the gang FCs Normal and trucks through Heroic, hitting the wall with Za'qul while getting help from a long lost PUG, Baelroth. Bael invites Rei to his guilds' Heroic run, getting removed without a word -- apologies were PMed from Bael and one of his guildies, for their raid leader's behavior. OoCS took a stroll through Classic WoW, successfully made the guild on day one, and chatted up on their experience in Classic versus when it was just WoW. M+ and Island Expeditions were thrown into the mix for the week along with people playing Classic.<br />
In the news, Classic is all of the rage.<br />
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More realms have been added for NA and EU, as well as increasing the population capacity.<br />
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The Devs return as a group in Classic and talk about their work while playing.<br />
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An article is released on Ion Hazzikostas and his reflections of Classic and its development.<br />
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The group discusses add-ons, mainly ClassicLFG. Icy Veins released a statement of its existance and Blizzard posts that they will not be allowing this add-on into Classic. Rei asks Harv if something like that was around at the time as she didn't use add-ons until WotLK.<br />
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We find that Eric, Harv, and Rei do not follower streamers as a whole and just know of Asmongold through other guildies. Maybe one day they will check him out and figure out why he has so many followers!<br />
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With the release of WoW Classic, Twitch hits 1.1M views and ~950K are from Classic alone.<br />
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Blizzard sues InstantFuns for a blatant copy from their Warcraft games called Glorious Saga and the game has been pulled.<br />
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Finally, they look back at Episode #40. Harv reminds us that we had a guest ( Katie ), leading into Blizzcon, Mannoroth was downed on Normal. Terky the Murloc pet in-game, the Pepe toy in-game and, the Pepe plush were released. Hallow's End discussion leading into Eric only caring about the Coin of Many Faces. Jer talks about how he met Rei in Guild Wars. Patch 6.2.3 announcement let the Players know about Cataclysm Timewalking, the Infinite Timereaver mount, cross realm Mythic raiding, and the Grove Warden mount AKA "Friendship Moose". Valor Points returned, making Nick pretty excited. Nick sneaks onto play Hearthstone and shirks raid night!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/28e">mtb.gg/28e</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#139: I Got it From My Daddy</title>
      <itunes:title>I Got it From My Daddy</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 04:39:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4010</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/i-got-it-from-my-daddy</link>
      <itunes:episode>139</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>139</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses spending money, Classic stress testing, and Sylvanas' daddy issues. Harv accepts herbs as a form of apology payment after getting angry during raid. Eric still hates grinding rep.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, the gang gets a little heated over a few topics ranging from purchaseable mounts to Classic woes. OoCS continues with Heroic Eternal Palace, Harv rages a moment before pull, and two new bosses are downed! Mythic + Dungeons are still getting run, along with an attempt at a "Hard Mode" Mechagon in the wee hours of the morning.<br />
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In the news, people get worked up over the Alabaster mount controversy and Eric puts in his two cents on the wording of the opening statement in the Blizzard Shop.<br />
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120 Boosts are datamined in 8.2.5 and we question what will happen if there is a level squish.<br />
The Closed Beta for Classic returns, bumping the level cap to 45. Players are able to use the forums to find people from Vanilla and reconnect to "bringing the band back together". A handful of Classic realms are over 10,000 and full after the opening of name reservations -- giving people that "Classic" feel for queue times already!<br />
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It turns out that Sylvanas will not be killed in this expansion. After a deep discussion, some of us come to the conclusion that Sylvanas and her sisters might have "daddy issues". Harv believes her to be Garrosh 2.0 still.<br />
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Nick briefs over Christie Golden's new cats being named after the Battle for Azeroth's heroes; Anduin and Sylvanas. Activision Blizzard gains a corporate-wide Chief Marketing Officer as well as a Chief People Officer.<br />
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Finally, they look back at Episode #39. They talk about guild recruitment in and out of game, HFC, and Eric even quoted himself on Lars Ulrich since "loving the Warcrafts" is probably not something a WoW player would say to their fans.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 09.01.19 at 10:30 PM EST at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any e-Mails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/283">mtb.gg/283</a></p>
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      <title>#138: Mechagon, 8.2.5, and No More Authenticators</title>
      <itunes:title>Mechagon, 8.2.5, and No More Authenticators</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 05:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4076</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mechagon-8-2-5-and-no-more-authenticators</link>
      <itunes:episode>138</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>138</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang looks at Method’s world 1st Azshara, 8.2.5 PTR, and the death of the physical authenticator. Also, Harv talks about herbing it up.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back this to talk about Method’s World First and the 8.2.5 PTR. But first, Harv talks about flying and how it his made his herb gathering easier. Rei, Eric, and Harv have been running the Mechagon Megadungeon. They found that the dungeon until the last few waves of trash. They also continued progression on Heroic Eternal Palace and ran some mythics + dungeons. Rei and also ran some LFR and everyone commented on the poor performance of LFR players which gives the difficulty its reputation.<br />
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In the news, Method won the World first race. Eric admitted that he would struggle to wipe on a raid boss that many times and that led to a discussion of struggling against difficult content. There was more talk about LFR and people struggling in that.<br />
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The 8.2.5 PTR went live and there was much gleaned from that. The previously hyped Bee mount will now be available to alliance players who quest in Stormsong. Also, there are new goblin and worgen models. Most players are happy with the worgen models but there is some concern about the goblin models. Firelands timewalking was announced and everyone reminisced about what they did or did not do during Cataclysm. Nick mentioned that Wrathion was given a new hot model. Harv brought up the return of Recruit-A-Friend with new rewards. Also, Party Sync is a new feature that will allow players to run dungeons with lower-level friends and be scaled to that level. Nick also mentions there’s a Calia Menethil model.<br />
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The gang laments the loss of the physical authenticator by calling back to the the Diablo Immortal “Don’t you all have phones?” Then, they talk about their experiences with the authenticator over the years.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #38. They talk about raiding HFC and the Illidan book.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 8/11/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#137: Azshara, Guild Parties, and Frank Pearce</title>
      <itunes:title>Azshara, Guild Parties, and Frank Pearce</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3901</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/azshara-guild-parties-and-frank-pearce</link>
      <itunes:episode>137</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>137</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>OoCS beats Azshara after a guild party but Ashvane is still a thumb.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei is here with Nick, Eric, and Harv to talk all about the goings on in WoW this week! Rei, Eric, Harv and their guild defeated normal Azshara this week! Despite the fight's complexity it only took 14 attempts! Harv commented that the underwater boss was not nearly as annoying as anticipated, but it helped that they one shot that boss. Eric discusses some of the strategy used on Azshara and everyone makes fun of Lady Ashvane.<br />
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This leads into a discussion of the OoCS party that Rei and Eric hosted last weekend. Several members of the guild came out and had fun. Nick asks if the improved comraderie from the gathering helped influence their success on Azshara Normal, and Eric agrees. Rei points out that the party served as a team building exercise.<br />
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Nick, meanwhile, has been playing Crash Team Racing. He compares playing the remake of an old game to the nostalgia he will get from playing WoW Classic soon.<br />
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The gang then discusses Frank Pearce leaving Blizzard. Nick thinks its no big deal but Activision can wait out all the original Blizzard employees. Nick is more concerned about Morhaime's recent comments about wanting to make more games.<br />
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They also talk about the ongoing world first race and Red Bull's involvement causing drama.<br />
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Nick asks to talk about two reddit threads. The first does the math to prove that a year's subscription to WoW only provides enough toiler paper to Blizzard for two weeks. The discussion goes sufficiently off the rails. Finally, they discuss the theory that Draenor is a moon.<br />
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Then Nick looks back at episode #37, when Method again had some drama that ultimately did not hurt their world first chances.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/14/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tvmashthosebuttons</a>.<br />
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      <title>#136: On Patch 8.2</title>
      <itunes:title>On Patch 8.2</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 05:12:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4130</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-patch-8-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>136</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>136</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about Mechagon and Nazjatar and the Sylverian Dreamer!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is taking a break from playing Patch 8.2 to talk about all the new content they have to work through! First, Rei talks about some new pugs the guild ran with and how they performed. They discuss pugging Mekkatorque and how Eric hates his dialogue.<br />
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Then, the gang talks about Patch 8.2. Rei went to Mechagon and there's so much junk to pick up that she has no bag space. Nick talks about doing Nazjatar and the gang looks at the new follower quests. Nick wishes they could be better followers. Harv complains about the verticality of Nazjatar and enjoys the relative flatness of Mechagon. Rei unlocked the jetpack so she is excited.<br />
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They also talk a little about the new transmog features. Nick just wants to get to the Tauren Heritage Armor - he knows that flying will come in time. Nick also points out that the pattern for emissary quests has changed and he will track them.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard announced the Sylverian Dreamer mount, which many are thinking points to the Dragon Isles as part of the next expansion. The mount is $25 in the store, or free with a 6-month subscription. Many in the community are upset about another store mount. The gang discusses the pros of using a 6-month subscription when possible. Blizzard also announced a sale on the CE items for Warlords, Legion, and BfA.<br />
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A remastered version of the final Warcraft III Human campaign cinematic was released.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #36, when flying was just coming to Warlords of Draenor.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 7/21/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons">twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wowtalkmtb">@wowtalkmtb</a>. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#135: Leveling and the Patch 8.2 Quiz!</title>
      <itunes:title>Leveling and the Patch 8.2 Quiz!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:34:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>6292</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/leveling-and-the-patch-8-2-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>135</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>135</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>This episode is so long it needs a runtime squish! Also, the Patch 8.2 Quiz!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back this week with a long one! First, Order of Corrupted Souls has beaten Heroic Crucible of Storms! With AotC achieved, Nick asks if they feel that mechanics for the game are getting too complicated compared to back in the day. Rei talks about the difficulty of building her guild and how she did so after coming from Guild Wars.<br />
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Joanna was nice enough to give us a shout out on facebook, so we mentioned her comment and thanked her!<br />
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In the news, Blizzard may have inadvertently announced that the next expansion will feature a level squish. Nick argues that leveling hasn't felt good since vanilla and was never intended to scale this way. Harv says it feels fine and doesn't expect the squish to fundamentally change anything. Nick talks about the difficulties Ion has trying to balance a game with such old legacy systems, and Eric brings up the Dev Insight interview that Ion did where he claimed that they've done too much pruning. Nick talks about the cyclical nature of WoW development. He brings up Pat Krane's suggestion for how to fix leveling, but doesn't know if Blizzard can or will fix the system. Overall, the gang will focus on max level content and be unaffected by the squish.<br />
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Also, the community was concerned when Blizzard announced a nerf in Patch 8.2 to experience when grouping with someone who has experience turned off. Other players in the group would get a 95% reduction on experience earned, to prevent low-level players from power-leveling other players, due to level scaling. This will not apply to randomly formed groups, which addressed the main issue of the community.<br />
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Then, its time for the Patch 8.2 quiz! Good luck guessing the winner at the start of the quiz, and Nick tests the gang's knowledge on what content will and will not be in the patch.<br />
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Finally, Nick mentions the other news of the day: classic stress tests went well, Patty Matson updated Lament of the Highborne, IKEdit updated The Fall of the Lich King trailer, and Blizzard released a Mechagon comic. The gang then looked back at episode #35 when we talked about 90's music and Ravenholdt was the big concern.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/30/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tvmashthosebuttons">twitch.tvmashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#134: PUGs, Patch 8.2, and Old Predictions</title>
      <itunes:title>PUGs, Patch 8.2, and Old Predictions</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:49:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3464</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pugs-patch-8-2-and-old-predictions</link>
      <itunes:episode>134</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>134</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang looks back at their Legion predictions and Harv hates more things!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang is back to look back at some old predictions. But first, Rei and Eric and Harv talk about how Order of Corrupted Souls is doing. They are 1/2 H in Crucible of Storms and everyone had fun running Warlords of Draenor timewalking dungeons. Except Nick who doens't know how to queue properly. Rei and Eric also discuss some of the challenges when looking for players to PUG with.<br />
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Ion Hazzikostas did an interview with Forbes where he promotes 8.2. In it he talks about how Nazjatar will be an extension of the Tanaan Jungle, and Mechagon an evolution of the Timeless Isle. Nick is slightly worried by Ion's comparison of these zones to endgame content, but tries to envision a chart showing the development of max level zones since the Isle of Quel'Danas in Burning Crusade. He wonders about how the chart would split at Timeless Isle, with on branch going towards Mechagon, and the other branch going to Tanaan and then to Nazjatar.<br />
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The gang then discusses the Bard add-on, which allows players to play musical instruments and use their own conmposition. Rei comments that this sounds very D&amp;D-ish, while Nick thinks back to Star Wars Galaxies and many wasted hours performing in that game.<br />
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Nick is excited, however, for the Sunwarmed Sand coming in 8.2. This is an item (along with the Jar of Sunwarmed Sand toy), that allows the user to see the sky and surrounding terrain as though it is midday. As someone who is always taking late night screenshots, this is right up Nick's alley.<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #34 and talk about some of the predictions we made. Nick predicted the South Seas and Zandalar but was an expansion early. Rei and Eric asked for the ability to play old content, basically predicting classic, and Nick dismissed it out of hand.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/23/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#133: Safe Haven and Classic Beta</title>
      <itunes:title>Safe Haven and Classic Beta</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 04:37:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4423</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/safe-haven-and-classic-beta</link>
      <itunes:episode>133</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>133</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Thoughts on Safe Haven, WoW Classic, and Harv really doesn't care for the Horde.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week on WoW! Talk! Rei, Eric, and Harv have been working on the achievements in Battle for Dazar'Alor. Nick meanwhile unlocked the Kul Tirans and celebrated by playing Hearthstone. No one is in the classic beta. Nick also mentioned how good the Hearthstone Dalaran Heist is.<br />
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YepX sent a follow up email claiming that we were not taking the privacy threats from the AXS app seriously enough. Nick mentioned that unless you were already policing your phone for malicious apps, this probably wouldn't make a difference, although its never too late to get started doing that.<br />
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We start with a discussion of Safe Haven and everyone loves how badass Saurfang is. He snapped the neck of a stealthed rogue!!! Everyone is glad to have Thrall back, but Nick goes on an extended rant about his hair that leads to him wondering about which shamanic powers Thrall will no longer use.<br />
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The classic beta started this week. People were upset that they couldn't log into the stress test or that it wasn't stable, but that was the whole point of the stress test. Please note you need to opt-in to the classic beta separately from the normal WoW beta opt-in checkbox. The gang also reviewed the "not a bug" list for commonly reported bugs in WoW Classic, including the size and reach of Tauren, as well as the fact that people were concerned about the lack of quest tracking on the mini-map. This lead to a lengthy discussion reminiscing of other features that were in classic that have since been changed, including mounts in your bag and how hard it was to get gold back then. Overall, the gang looks forward to checking out classic, but no one will be playing it as their main game over BfA or whatever comes next.<br />
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Blizzard announced a 15th anniversary collector's edition with in game alabaster mounts, mousepad, and Ragnaros statue. It immediately sold out everywhere. They also announced that a Deathwing mount will be available in game for the 15th anniversary. They didn't say how we'd get it other than a raid fighting some of WoW's most famous bosses, which is something Nick has been calling for for a while.<br />
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Blizzard has also been doing tons of interview lately, and Nick speculates that 8.2 was supposed to have dropped this week. Among the interviews, John Hight talks about how the roughly 11 week patch schedule was intentional, and Blizzard was surprised when players noticed and started expecting that rapid cycle.<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #33, with some commentary on the shipyard and our expectations for the Warcraft movie.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 6/9/19 at 10:30 pm E at <a href="https://twitch.tvmashthosebuttons">twitch.tvmashthosebuttons</a>. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#132: AotC, Bad Balloon Rides, and Blizzcon</title>
      <itunes:title>AotC, Bad Balloon Rides, and Blizzcon</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 20:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4371</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/aotc-bad-balloon-rides-and-blizzcon</link>
      <itunes:episode>132</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>132</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei, Eric, &amp; Harv down Heroic Dazar'Alor; Nick has uncomfortable balloon ride.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week Nick and Harv begin with a discussion of what qualifies as a spoiler in light of how the last episode ending. Then, Rei, Eric, and Harv discuss their recent successes in Heroic Battle of Dazar'Alor and how they earned Ahead of the Curve for this tier. Harv has adapted the "Fine, I'll do it myself," mentality for dealing with ill-prepared raid members. Nick, meanwhile, completed the Alliance War Campaign and now has his Ironclad Frostclaw. He also unlocked the Dark Iron Dwarves although he won't play one, and this leads to a recounting of the awkward experience of doing the recent balloon festival in the Valley of the Four Winds in Pandaria.<br />
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The gang begins by revisiting the recent topic of Blizzcon tickets, as Blizzcon sold out again this year. Nick is surprised that the Portal Passes sold out, but admits that with a small enough availability, it wouldn't have been too hard for that to happen, and since we don't know just how many were made availalbe, he thinks it was not very many. They talk about the issues with the AXS app, including its excessive permission requests and its allowance for ticket resale. They also talk about Con Before the Storm's kickstarter funding itself within 24 hours, and Nick ponders spending $60 on a shirt.<br />
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Blizzard announced they will not be at Gamescom this year. Harv says this means that they are saving everything for Blizzcon, so Blizzcon expectations are going to be huge. Nick points out that Blizzard could easily make an announcement at any time if they really wanted anyway.<br />
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Nick also brings up two recent interviews with John Hight, new executive producer for World of Warcraft. Hight talked about trying to eliminate crunch on the WoW team, and also how the roughly 77 day patch schedule for Legion was indeed planned out.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #32, when Nick had a lengthy anti-Activision rant, back before hating Activision was cool.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/26/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#131: Bans, Taxes, and Blizzcon</title>
      <itunes:title>Bans, Taxes, and Blizzcon</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 04:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4077</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/bans-taxes-and-blizzcon</link>
      <itunes:episode>131</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>131</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except bans &amp; taxes &amp; Blizzcon.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back to talk about some recent bans and Activision-Blizzard's taxes and the Blizzcon Announcement! But first, Rei, Eric, and Harv talk about their experiences with puggers in Battle of Dazar'Alor. Nick, meanwhile, has been focusing on the A Nation United story so he can unlock his Alliance-skinned wolf.<br />
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Longtime listener YepX emailed in with two questions! First, he asks about Activision-Blizzard not paying any taxes and actually receiving a rebate. The gang agrees this isn't a good look given the recent layoffs after reporting such a profitable 2018, but they acknowledge that plenty of companies do it and while that's not justification, the problem is bigger than just Activision-Blizzard and needs to be addressed in the political arena. Nick tries to make a comparison to Diablo II.<br />
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Second, YepX asks about the recent Blizzard bans for using add-ons that modify the client-side game files. He also looks for opinions on integrating player-generated content into WoW. Everyone agrees this would be cool to see but no one expects Blizzard would be likely to do it anytime soon. They also talk about how Blizzard undid the bans since several people thought they were just making graphics changes and Blizzard would rather issue a warning to those people at this time.<br />
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Blizzcon 2019 was finally announced to take place November 1st and 2nd this year. There was a slight price increase for the tickets and the gang talks about the new portal pass. Nick doesn't think it will sell very well. They talk about the statues being given in lieu of goodie bags this year as well.<br />
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A recent PTR file change intended to improve Blizzard's database performance has concerned the datamining community. Blizzard files are now given randomized names which make it harder for miners to review them. This especially affects the machinima and cosplay communities as they use these files in their projects.<br />
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Blizzard also announced that items in Classic WoW will use their last version, as of patch 1.12.<br />
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Lastly, we look back at episode #31, which was right when Patch 6.2 was coming out.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 5/12/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#130: Patch 8.2 and Patch 8.6.7 (5309)</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 8.2 and Patch 8.6.7 (5309)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:32:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3793</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dont-get-mad-get-good-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>130</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>130</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>We review the Patch 8.2 news and laugh at the patch 8.6.7 notes.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back with lots to talk about including the big Patch 8.2 reveal and some April Fool's Patch notes, but first Rei, Eric, and Harv talk about some bugs they've found running Heroic Mekkatorque. They ran into an issue with a raid member who was using crafted pants requiring maxed out blacksmithing, who can't use the pants during the Horde part of the fight because the race change causes him to lose the racial bonus to blacksmithing, which drops his skill below the requirement for the pants. Second, they've found that the Wormhole Generator does not always work when placed. Nick, meanwhile, has been listening to other, non-WoW podcasts and compares an argument in the Shakespeare community about changing the text of his plays to the WoW Classic community and how they are protective of the original way the game was implemented.<br />
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YepX emailed in with some thoughts about the recent leveling exploits. Nick responds that a rule is a rule and there should be punishments for breaking them. Harv maintains that leveling through timewalking dungeons is great and should be used instead of regular leveling.<br />
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Blizzard recently gave an update on Patch 8.2 and all the content it is bringing. Nick reviewed most of the announcement but the gang talked about the changes coming to the Water Strider mounts, as they are losing their water walking ability now that Mount Equipment will be available. Eric, as a death knight, expects he should be fine. Nick is excited to see what people will datamine once the PTR is up as we should begin to know how the rest of the expansion will play out.<br />
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Blizzard also explained how they plan to implement PVP in Classic WoW across the six phases. Additionally, IKEdit released a Remastered Black Temple trailer that is worth checking out.<br />
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April Fool's came and went, and Blizzard released their fake Patch 8.6.7 (build 5309) patch notes, which is already a great joke. The gang looks over the notes as is custom and shares their favorite gags. Demon Hunters in particular got a ton of ridicule. Nick laments that Diablo 4 was not announced on in-season April Fool's Day.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #30, when they had a long discussion about people not paying attention in raid.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/28/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#129: Dev Q&amp;A and Harv's Confession</title>
      <itunes:title>Dev Q&amp;A and Harv's Confession</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:37:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4033</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dev-qa-and-harvs-confession</link>
      <itunes:episode>129</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>129</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Upon finding out pants will not be a hidden transmog, Harv tells us a story.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back this week with tons of news to talk about! First, Rei and Eric talk about continuing to raid Dazar'Alor and Harv mentions that he likes posting screenshots of who doesn't pre-pot. Nick meanwhile has completed playing through Stormsong Valley and highly recommends anyone who can go do the Thresher's Wharf questline. (Alliance only, sadly.)<br />
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In the news, Blizzard recently issued temporary bans for exploiting a leveling potion bug, which several players claimed not to know was an exploit.<br />
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Ion and Josh did another Dev Q&amp;A. In it they revealed that shirts could be transmogged invisible, and Blizzard later amended the statement to be that all slots but pants will be allowed to be hidden. This lead to a long conversation about wearing pants that culminated in Harv confessing that he danced in his underwear for 10g once. They also announced a level squish which no one seems to want. Harv, Rei, and Eric didn't care much for squishing the levels, while Nick wants to see a broader scheme implemented to fix the system going forward.<br />
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In classic news, it was announced that classic will be getting RP servers. Also, Alterac Valley will be in the game, using version 1.12. Spell batching will return, and Loot Trading will be disabled for any soulbound items in 5 man dungeons.<br />
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Blizzard also unveiled the Firework and Transmorpher toys to support the MDI and AWC. Eric was so intrigued by the Transmorpher he bought one during the episode and turned himself into Blackhand.<br />
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Finally, the gang looked back at episode #29, when we were just starting to piece together that Hellfire Citadel would be the final raid of Warlords and Ion said that flying would be gone from new content for good. Suffice to say, the playerbase was not content with that news.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for 4/14/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. For any scheduleing updates, please follow us on twitter @wowtalkmtb. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback on to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
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      <title>#128: Raiding, Portals, and the Alliance Corp of Engineers</title>
      <itunes:title>Raiding, Portals, and the Alliance Corp of Engineers</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:17:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3637</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raiding-portals-and-the-alliance-corp-of-engineers</link>
      <itunes:episode>128</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>128</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>We discuss raiding Normal to Heroic, and reluctantly bring up the portal debate.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is back and they dive right into a discussion on raiding Dazar'Alor. Order of Corrupted Souls is 4/9H and they talk about raiding Normal and Heroic at the same time and making the switch to raiding just heroic. Rei and Eric discuss using Wipefest and WarcraftLogs to track player performance, and they discuss having difficult conversations with raiders about when its time to improve performance or step away from the guild. Eric laments having to do so when at the end of the day this is only a game. Rei says she prefers to make blanket statements to the guild when its more than one person affected, but ultimately may have to pull some people aside.<br />
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Everyone has been running timewalking dungeons. Nick complains about trying to do invasions as they run out of time. He also talks about the popularity of Zandalari trolls lately.<br />
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Blizzard released a statement about their reasoning for removing portals, so Nick reluctantly brings up the portal debate. His thinking is this will all blow over despite the loss of convenience but Eric and Harv are more concerned. They review several of the places were portals were removed, and Nick commends the new Portal Rooms for their appearance. Rei mentions that she and Harv are still farming materials from their farm in Pandaria, which leads to a discussion of whether it is worth it to get in on the market for the Sky Golem.<br />
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Finally, the gang talks about WoW! Talk! #28 and laments the lack of subscriber information since Blizzard stopped sharing that information. They also talk about Blizzard previewing Tanaan Jungle, and how that was supposed to be TImeless Isle 2.0.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next show is scheduled for 3/31 at 10:30 pm E on twitch.tvmashthosebuttons. Please send any feedback to @wowtalkmtb on twitter or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com for email.
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      <title>#127: The 8.1.5. Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The 8.1.5. Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 20:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4329</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-8-1-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>127</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>127</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Test your knowledge of all the new content coming in Patch 8.1.5!!!
</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 8.1.5 is upon us! But first, the gang talks about their time running through some mythic dungeons! Nick joined Rei, Eric, and Harv to go through Tol'Dagor, Waycrest Manor, The Shrine of Storms, Freehold, and an ill-fated Atal'Dazar +5 run. They also talk about Eric letting other's tank and the status of the current push into Dazar'Alor. Nick complains about some monk drops.<br />
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The classic team released a status update looking back on changes made from feedback from the demo back in November. Some fixes included fixing regen systems and crit systems that needed to be fixed. Other things were not fixed, like warlock mounts disappearing as soon as a new one was to be summoned, as that was how vanilla worked. There are going to be many issues that arise where people disagree about exactly how it was back in vanilla.<br />
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Blizzard also did an art presentation looking at the development of the style and appearances for the Kul Tirans and Zandalari trolls. In this presentation, they revealed that Patch 8.1.5 was coming on March 12th.<br />
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With Patch 8.1.5 on the horizon, it is time for the patch 8.1.5 quiz. Questions include topics such as the Kul Tiran and Zandalari Troll allied races, the Two Sides to Every Tale achievement, remastered battlegrounds, updates to the Darkmoon Faire, new micro-holidays, Warlords of Draenor timewalking, Brawler's Guild, and the new Crucible of Storms raid. Nick also manages to slip a question in about LOST as well, since the show involved flight #815, and this is patch 8.1.5. Find out who wins the quiz, and play along at home!<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #27. In particular, the WoW Token was at its cheapest and Patch 6.2 was on its way. We still didn't know that Hellfire Citadel was to be the last raid of WoD, but the patch brought plenty of innovation to the game, including Timewalking and Mythic dungeons.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #127. Please send any feedback or comments to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com, or @wowtalkmtb on twitter. Our next recording is scheduled for Sunday, March 17th at 10:30 pm E on twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. Come join us!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/23y">mtb.gg/23y</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#126: Layoffs and World First Preparation</title>
      <itunes:title>Layoffs and World First Preparation</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3728</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/layoffs-and-world-first-preparation</link>
      <itunes:episode>126</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>126</podcast:episode>
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      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
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      <description>The gang talks about layoffs and the work for world first, and Harv loves BfA!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Nick, Eric, and Harv are here to talk all about World of Warcraft! Apologies for Nick's raspy voice as he is struggling through a cold, so Rei takes the reins for the week.<br />
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First, they talk about what they've been doing in game. Eric talks about beating the Jaina fight in Dazar'Alor. Nick, having just watched Frozen, asks too many Frozen questions. They also talk about the off-hand drop from Jaina that makes the fight easier.<br />
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Then, Nick talks about working to get the Bloof Elf Heritage Armor and how he enjoyed that quest, showing events from Warcraft III from an on-the-ground perspective as opposed to a top-down view like a WCIII map. He also talks about grinding reputation and experience through timewalking dungeons. He also mentions that he completed Drustvar on one of his alliance characters and enjoyed the story.<br />
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Harv talks about how he's enjoying World Quests and the Azerite grind and how he's back into the game again. Nick also espouses support for world quests as they allowed him to gear up his alts quickly.<br />
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Finally, the gang talks about the recent layoffs at Activision-Blizzard. They send their condolences out to everyone affected. They talk about how it is not helping the community's relationship with Blizzard at the moment, but Nick points out that the only thing that will help the relationship is for Blizzard to start putting out good games and fixing their stale games.<br />
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The converstation then transitions into the efforts Method and Limit went through to attempt to get Mythic World First for Dazar'Alor. Method, who got world first, had several support characters they had to level up through several professions repeatedly just to equip 400 ilvl gear so they could swap key slots on their gear runs. Limit spent about $9000 faction changing characters so they could get an ilvl 400 weapon. The gang discusses if this is necessary or healthy for the game and what changes could be made to remedy the issue given that it is only affecting a small group of players, albeit a prominent group of players.<br />
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Also, Nick brings up the Alliance wolf and Horde horse coming in 8.1.5 as a reward for completing the war campaigns with an Alliance and Horde character.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #26 when the WoW Token was released.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #126. Please send any feedback or thoughts to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb on twitter. Our next episode is scheduled for 3/3/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. Come join us!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/23q">mtb.gg/23q</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#125: Hivemind, Dazar'Alor, and Past Predictions</title>
      <itunes:title>Hivemind, Dazar'Alor, and Past Predictions</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:44:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4558</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hivemind-dazaralor-and-past-predictions</link>
      <itunes:episode>125</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>125</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei, Eric, &amp; Harv talk Hivemind &amp; Dazar'Alor. Nick's joke prediction happens!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about all things WoW! As soon as they get their thoughts on the super bowl and the commercials out of the way first.<br />
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Rei, Eric, Harv, and two guildies got the Hivemind mount this week. They talk about how they had to split up and attack the quests separately. Eric finished his run of skyreach quick enough that he could take a nap. Then they came back together and pet some cats to complete the secret quests. Overall they enjoyed it and should get to utilize the group's speed buff at some point.<br />
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Rei, Eric, and Harv also entered the Dazar'Alor raid. They are up to the Stormwind Blockade, and talk about how that fight is difficult. Nick asks Harv if playing as a troll is as annoying as he thought it would be, and it is. Rei and Eric share their experiences playing as other races as well. They also talk about fighting Mekkatorque with his robots and shrinking mechanic. Nick asks about Opulence and Eric describes the fight. They also talk about having to split the raid to go into the shadowlands during the Bwon'samdi fight. Eric appreciates the Grong fight since it was set up before the raid. Nick talks about doing the Horde pre-raid quests that show how the Alliance tricked the Horde into leaving the city exposed.<br />
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Nick takes a moment to apologize for the delay on episode #124 and gives a shoutout to Criostior who sent in email on that episode.<br />
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Nick brings up the Dev Q&amp;A that the community did not take well. He talks about how Shaman in particular were promised massive changes and then not given massive changes and then told that the number tuning they received was what Blizzard meant by massive changes, and how that was not received well. He also talks about how everything Ion is dealing with now is why Ghostcrawler left back in 2014.<br />
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Then, they talk about the controversy over Hogrus, the new store mount, and how Blizzard has been selling Chinese New Years mounts for the last few years.<br />
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Finally, Nick and Harv look back at WoW! Talk! #25. After talking about Wrestlemania, Nick gets into a lawsuit between Blizzard and Chinese company Lilith games, which had been ripping off Blizzard's Warcraft IP. The games were making one million dollars a day, and Nick predicted that Blizzard would be entering the mobile market because how could they leave that money on the table?<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #125. Our next live recording is scheduled for 2/17/19 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. Come hang out! Any thoughts or feeback can be sent to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or tweeted to @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/23l">mtb.gg/23l</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#124: Holiday Restrictions, Mike Morhaime, and 8.1.5 PTR</title>
      <itunes:title>Holiday Restrictions, Mike Morhaime, and 8.1.5 PTR</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4024</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/holiday-restrictions-mike-morhaime-and-8-1-5-ptr</link>
      <itunes:episode>124</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>124</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>After football, the gang discusses holiday changes, Morhaime, and BfA season 2.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We've hit the time of year where (American) football games are played right up until recording time, and as a result they wind up dominating the banter in the early part of the show. Apologies, but it will happen again next episode as it will be recorded right after the Super Bowl (as has been done before.) Maybe we'll adjust our recording schedule next year.<br />
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Anyway, after talking about the Patriots and Rams victories, Nick brings up Bungie leaving Activision. He talks about how people hope that Blizzard would do the same, and how he even tweeted it sarcastically with no sign that he was being sarcastic. Best wishes to Bungie as they journey out on their own and reclaim their Destiny.<br />
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Finally, Nick asks Rei, Eric, and Harv what they've been up to in game. They talk about being excited to raid in Dazar'Alor and Harv mentions that he's playing the game more in preparation. Nick talks about his experiences finally completing Uldir LFR, and learning how to be an orb runner.<br />
<br />
We received two emails this week. First, from Criostior laughing at Harv for being upset about having to play a troll in the coming raid. Then, Nick shared an email he got about the old Vomiting on the Lich King episode (#84) asking about looking into an article feeling nauseated. Thank you Criostior for the email!<br />
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In the first topic, Nick talks about holiday items being restricted to their respective holiday time frames. Everyone agrees this is disappointing. Nick posits this means changes for the holidays are in store.<br />
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Next, Nick brings up Mike Morhaime leaving. He talks about how people are concerned that his is more of Activision's heavy handed involvement, but Nick is pretty sure its just normal business practice.<br />
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Nick also brings up the Blizzard party at Disneyland. He thinks that many of the critical streamers should be calling out Blizzard for wasting money, but maybe the fact that they are is a good sign that Activision doesn't have total control. He also says that the Blizzard employees deserve the reward.<br />
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The gang goes over the changes coming in Season 2 of BfA, that starts with the raid. They also look at some of the changes that have been datamined as part of the 8.1.5 PTR, which will not be live with the raid. There were changes announced to the Arena and MDI championships, and they talk about supporting PVP through store pets.<br />
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Finally, they look back at episode #24. They talk about Rei's madden curse comment, and revisit the idea of Khadgar being Medivh.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #124. Please send any feedback or comments via twitter at @wowtalkmtb or email at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com. Our next live recording is 2/3 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.After football, the gang discusses holiday changes, Morhaime, and BfA season 2.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/23k">mtb.gg/23k</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#123: Even Dogs Hate BFA!</title>
      <itunes:title>Even Dogs Hate BFA!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:33:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4152</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/even-dogs-hate-bfa</link>
      <itunes:episode>123</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>123</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang considers if WoW is a dead game and talk about the podcasting struggle.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy New Year! The gang is back for the first show of 2019 and they begin by talking about how things have been going. Rei talks about recently getting a concussion. Feel better, Rei! Nick recently ran some timewalking dungeons with everyone and forgot how to play his Death Knight. Harv is playing Eve Online, and everyone is waiting for the Battle of Dazar'Alor.<br />
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Rei shares a gofundme for a friend who lost someone. Please visit https://www.gofundme.com/a-final-goodbye-for-terri?member=1437222 to help out.<br />
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YepX sent in an email about an Asmongold video and commented that podcasters don't seem to appropriately address the negativity. Everyone agreed that WoW is struggling at the moment, but Nick talked about how content creation inherently leads to creators who try to view the bright side. No one wants to be negative the whole time, and when something isn't fun, its easier to stop talking about it than it is to keep talking about how unfun it is. Nick points out that WoW is the kind of game where a social network (a guild) can keep a player coming back, but when that network falls apart, it can help force players to leave.<br />
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Blizzard recently released a preview of the Dazar'Alor raid. The gang goes over how the faction-swapping mechanics will work. Nick laments that there's no Horde transformation to Worgen. Harv is not happy with the mechanic. They go over the upcoming bosses rapidly.<br />
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Someone redid the Wrathgate cinematic with improved graphics.<br />
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The gang looks back at episode #23, which was Eric's first episode.<br />
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Nick rants about Sylvanas and is concerned she will be the final raid boss.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #123. Please send any feedback or thoughts to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb on twitter. Our next live show is 1/20 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. Please come join us!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/239">mtb.gg/239</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#122: On to 2019!</title>
      <itunes:title>On to 2019!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 20:58:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4135</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-to-2019</link>
      <itunes:episode>122</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>122</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang looks back to patch 6.1 to diagnose WoW going into 2019!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are all here to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! Before 2019 gets here, they first need to look at what's been going on recently. They first talk about how, due to a bug, Hunters could get the rare book to tame bloodbeasts from Heroic Zul by hearthstoning out mid-fight, which was leading to hunters being rejected from Uldir PUGS. The issue has since been hotfixed. Then they talk about Darkshore and Eric mentions that he's been doing the warfront on his feral druid. Harv mentions that he never cared for the Arathi Warfront, and Nick talks about his love of passing through the zone while leveling before Cataclysm. Nick talks about how during Patch 8.1 he's been appreciating the doubled reputation for Legion Emissaries.<br />
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As is customary, the gang looks back at episode #22. This was the episode right before Patch 6.1, which had minimal content. Nick focuses on the outrage over Twitter Integration, and how it was misplaced, but Blizzard failed to foresee the controversy. He compares it to the present with Blizzard missing the potential for outrage over a holiday sale ad that left out Heroes of the Storm. His point was that even without Activision's Influence, Blizzard struggles with public relations. Also, Nick mentions that BlizzardWatch was founded.<br />
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Nick asks everyone how they feel their class has been performing, and Nick talks about how Blizzard is stuck between trying to develop classes that have enough abilities to feel full while also keeping the amount of abilities in check. Nick rants that Blizzard needs to figure this out before the game can progress. Ion may have his work cut out for him.<br />
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Thank you for joining us in 2018 and we look forward to a great 2019! Happy New Year!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/231">mtb.gg/231</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
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      <title>#121: The Patch 8.1 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 8.1 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:34:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4074</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-8-1-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>121</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>121</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 8.1 is upon us so test your knowledge against the WoW! Talk! gang!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's the return of the Patch Quiz to help make sure everyone is up to speed on what is coming in Patch 8.1!!! But first, Rei, Eric, and Harv talk about some of the achievements they have been unlocking and the mounts that go with them. They talk about one of their guildies with a young kid, and this prompts Nick on a long rant about toddlers, followed by a comparison to how coparenting a toddler is like tanking (and offtanking) a raid boss. Finally, Nick gets back on topic and talks about leveling his alliance hunter to 119 and playing through Drustvar. He's enjoying the story and mentions an NPC he found who sings the Kobolds &amp; Catacombs theme song, and shares some of the questions this raises.<br />
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The gang then gets into the Patch 8.1 quiz along with some members of the chat room, including Frazley of the Frazlcast, on which Nick was a guest this week. Through the quiz, they talk about the coming Pet Dungeon. They also discuss which races are getting Heritage Armor and the requirements to get it. The mention the release date for the Battle of Dazar'Alor. There are new islands in Island Expeditions that they reference. They also go over some of the loot changes to Island Expeditions that are coming in the patch. Faction Assaults are considered, as well as any new Allied Races and the status of the Warfronts. Finally, Nick brings up the Leveling Experience nerfs. Play along at home to see if you can beat the gang!<br />
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After the quiz, Nick reviews the Island Expedition loot changes one more time, and then brings up a reddit post about not wanting to play other games. Nick compares it to someone hung up on a girl that broke up with them, and establishes that its okay to walk away. Harv talks about playing Eve Online a little. Nick mentions that he watched Star Wars Galaxies die, and Blizzard's mistakes with Battle for Azeroth are nothing like that. Rei and Harv establish that as long as they are playing with friends, they will be fine.<br />
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Finally, Nick looks back at episode #21, which was the first mention of the SELFIE camera. They also talk about the Mystic Runesaber and the demise of WoW Insider.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback to @wowtalkmtb on twitter or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com. Our next live episode is scheduled for 12/23 at 10:30 pm E on twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. Come join us!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/22w">mtb.gg/22w</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#120: Activision vs. Blizzard (feat. Jarret)</title>
      <itunes:title>Activision vs. Blizzard (feat. Jarret)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4627</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/activision-vs-blizzard-feat-jarret</link>
      <itunes:episode>120</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>120</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Jarret of Watchpoint Radio joins us to discuss Activision's control of Blizzard.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Coming off the Thanksgiving weekend, the gang is joined by Jarret from Watchpoint Radio to look at Kotaku's recent article about Blizzard. But first, they talk about what they've been up to in game. Rei, Harv, and Eric are pretty much done with Uldir. Nick brings up the ongoing 14th Anniversary, and they discuss the fun effects of the Corgi goggles and talk about what they've been able to do with the 14% experience and reputation boosts. Nick's also been diligent on doing his daily trivia questions. No one has bothered with the world bosses since they are apparently difficult this year.<br />
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After reading the Kotaku article on Blizzard, Nick was concerned about Activision's role in events, and invited Jarret on to discuss. Nick looks at the timeline of people coming in to Blizzard and people leaving and how that might be affecting the company. Jarret puts a significant damper on Nick's concerns and says that Activision would have already interfered with Blizzard if they needed, but the company is doing fine. Nick looks at Allen Adham's incubator that is producing mobile games, and both Nick and Jarret agree that Blizzard is fine for focusing on mobile games. Finally, Nick brings up the idea of Warcraft Go and they discuss what that game could ultimately look like.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard addressed the unanswered questions from the WoW Q&amp;A at Blizzcon, and they also formally previewed the two new Islands being added to Island expeditions.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #20. Garrisons were still fresh and everyone had high hopes for new content in Warlords of Draenor. They talk about how garrisons should have been brought forward through the expansions and the loss of the garrison jukebox after WoD. Nick asserts that BfA is looking more promising than WoD was.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Email us any questions at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or find us on twitter at @wowtalkmtb. Thank you for listening!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/22k">mtb.gg/22k</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#119: Mages Up, Stocks Down!</title>
      <itunes:title>Mages Up, Stocks Down!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:52:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3977</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mages-up-stocks-down</link>
      <itunes:episode>119</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>119</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard stock drops, Kul Tiran mages are in and Zandalari Warlocks are out!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its a little later than usual but Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk about the World of Warcraft post-Blizzcon. First, Rei talks about how raiding has been going with the puggers they've picked up, and Eric is statisfied with where his gear has his tanking ability standing. Harv enjoys the mythic + dungeons lately, and Nick finished his Mag'har Orc scenario.<br />
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The gang talks about Activision's recent stock drops. Nick points out that there's not much to look forward to for most of Blizzard's properties, and so there's no reason to expect the stock drop to turn around. He also mentioned that WoW is in about as good a place as it can be with all the coming content, and that should help going forward. Activision-Blizzard also lost 7 million Monthly Active Users, and it will be interesting to see how they are able to get them back.<br />
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Blizzard announced some changes to the Zandalari and Kul Tiran Allied Races. Zandalari can no longer be warlocks, and Kul Tirans can now be mages. Jaina being a Kul Tiran mage seemed to inspire this transition.<br />
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It took a while but the Alliance Hall of Fame is now full and Mythic raiders can now form cross-realm groups for Uldir.<br />
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The WoW forums are being updated but Nick can't find his information for this.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #19. They compare Highmaul LFR with Uldir LFR, and everyone still does not like the Highmaul raid. Nick fondly remembers Aviana's feather, and concludes that Demon Hunters are the reason why it can't be brought back. The WoW Token was first mentioned at that time, and Nick looks back on how its been used by the Blizzard fondly, although he wishes he could afford more of them. They also talked about patch 6.1 hitting the PTR, which would be the infamous twitter/selfie cam patch. They looked back at how Ashran never caught on, and Eric and Harv agree that Wintergrasp was the pinnacle of WoW PVP zones.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback to @wowtalkmtb on twitter, or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com. Our next live stream is November 25th, at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/22d">mtb.gg/22d</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#118: Emissaries, Morhaime, and the Dev Q&amp;A</title>
      <itunes:title>Emissaries, Morhaime, and the Dev Q&amp;A</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:14:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3931</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/emissaries-morhaime-and-the-dev-qa</link>
      <itunes:episode>118</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>118</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>This week the gang talks about Morhaime, emissary quest patterns, and Ion's Q&amp;A.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about all the WoW news from the last two weeks. But first, Rei talks about Order of Corrupted Souls getting up to Heroic Vectis. Nick asks about beating normal G'huun, which they did recently, and then shares his experiences running LFR. He complains about all the mechanics and wants his LFR to be easy so he can be carried. They also talk about running Mythic Dungeons in the future.<br />
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YepX sent in a tip about waiting until Wednesday when the Azerite Armor scales up to turn in your emissaries and quests, since you get more with your reward at the time. He also submitted a link to a forum post about a new holiday idea for quests and stories in the Tavern. Everybody likes the idea but Harv who doesn't care to hear NPC stories, but even then he would welcome the ability to get more mounts.<br />
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Nick talks about some research he's done on Emissary Quests, pointing out that there seem to be two groupings of Emissaries, with Tortollans, Talanji's Expedition, and Zandalari making up one group, and the Voldunai, War Campaign, and Champions of Azeroth making up the second group. He also reviews how this relates to Legion emissary quests.<br />
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In the news, Mike Morhaime is stepping down as Blizzard President to be replaced by J. Allen Brack. Ion and Josh did a Dev Q&amp;A that gave Nick hope for his Legion paragon rewards, calmed Harv about Azerite Armor, and concerned Eric about DK tanking. The Blizzcon schedule was released and people are expecting some sort of Diablo announcement, and Blizzard has added an Inclusion Nexus to the event. Nick closes the show by taking a look back at episode 18.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any questions or feedback to wowtalk@masthosebuttons.com or by twitter at @wowtalkmtb. Our next show is scheduled for 10/28 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/21y">mtb.gg/21y</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>Happy Fifth Anniversary!</title>
      <itunes:title>Happy Fifth Anniversary!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:47:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5541</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/happy-fifth-anniversary</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>bonus</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Jeremy returns to celebrate 5 years of WoW! Talk! by running Tomb of Sargeras!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy is back to celebrate five years of WoW! Talk! with Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv. Please note that as this is not a normal episode, the sound quality may be substandard. To celebrate, the gang gets on their 120’s and runs Nick through Heroic Tomb of Sargeras on his 110 worgen hunter. He finds a surprising number of upgrades for his character.<br />
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We start with Nick complaining about Worgen transmog. Jeremy talks a little about what he's been up to. Frazley joins the raid. Nick asks everyone for their opinion on the Global cooldown changes this expansion, and no one is happy. Jeremy expresses his frustration with Azerith armor, and Nick recalls how we came up with a system in a prior special episode that would allow them to keep giving up artifact items forever, while tying specific abilities to certain expansions. Nick asks everyone for their favorite WoW! Talk! memories, and an audio issue makes it sound like Rei doesn't care about the show. Nick shares an old Sentinax joke.<br />
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As for the raid, the gang starts with Goroth and progresses to the Demonic Inquisition, where Nick makes the requisite "no one expects" joke. Harjatan and Mistress Sassizne are next, followed by Sisters of the Moon (not to be confused with Sailors of the Moon from Futurama) and then the Desolate Host, which resembles and Icecrown Citadel boss. Finally, the gang plays guitar hero on Maiden of Virtue, has fun ignoring the add on the Fallen Avatar, and manages to defeat Kil'jaeden with minimal difficulty.<br />
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Thank you for listening for the last 5 years! We'll be back next week at 10:30 pm E on September 30th on twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons with our regularly scheduled episode. Sent any questions or feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or find us on twitter at @wowtalkmtb. Enjoy playing WoW!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/21s">mtb.gg/21s</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#117: Patch 8.1 (Avast Ye, Harv Hates Pirates!)</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 8.1 (Avast Ye, Harv Hates Pirates!)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 04:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4609</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-8-1-avast-ye-harv-hates-pirates</link>
      <itunes:episode>117</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>117</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Christopher Greer</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>We dig into Patch 8.1, the Virtual Ticket items, and Harv's hatred of pirates!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are back to talk about the recent news about Patch 8.1! But first, Eric talks about running Heroic Uldir and how Fetid Devourer is a brutal boss to tank. Harv also complains a little about Azerite Armor, and Nick asks to compare weapon ilvls.<br />
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Discussion moves to Patch 8.1, which was announced shortly after the last episode. One of the big features was that reputation will now apply account wide based on the highest reputation you have earned, which seems like a reasonable solution to the rep grind. Nick confuses himself talking about some Frostwolf armor that he can't equip. They also talk about the upcoming Seige of Zuldazar raid, which will be different for Alliance and Horde, and speculate how that might work. Also, the patch will contain a new Warfront in Darkshore which will feature the Forsaken vs the Night Elves. Nick points out that the Warfronts are matching up the original Alliance and Horde races by their traditional counterparts, and aniticipates Tauren v Dwarves and Trolls v Gnomes as upcoming warfronts. Other characters to be featured in 8.1 include Saurfang and the shadow priest artifact Xal'atath.<br />
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The World of Warcraft in-game items to come with the real and virtual Blizzcon tickets were announced. This year players get week-long access to a demo for Classic WoW, as well as faction cloaks and banners. People were upset on the forums and this is represented with Harv disliking the items and Nick being appreciative if slightly ambivalent.<br />
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In other news, World of Warcraft revenue is up! MysticalOS, creator of Deadly Boss Mods, got some help from Blizzard and the Blizzard community. Ghostcrawler did an interview where he talked a little about his time at Blizzard. And the Dreadwake is now available with a six-month subscription. This leads to the revelation that Harv is sick of pirates.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please reach out with any feedback or comments to @wowtalkmtb on twitter or by email at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="https://mtb.gg/21n">mtb.gg/21n</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Christopher Greer<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#116: More Music Boxes, Less Salt</title>
      <itunes:title>More Music Boxes, Less Salt</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5302</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/more-music-boxes-less-salt</link>
      <itunes:episode>116</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>116</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We look at Uldir and discuss the state of the community around Ion's AMA.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric, Harv &amp; Nick are back to look at the state of the community in the wake of Ion's Reddit AMA, and its not good. But first, the gang talks about raiding in Uldir. Order of Corrupted Souls is 6/8 N and talks about the raid transition from Zul to Mythrax. They also talk about Taloc and Mother as well. Nick explains the lore for the raid as learned from questing through Zandalar, since everyone else missed out by playing Alliance. Nick also talks a little about Vol'dun and how questing there feels endless because of the sheer number of side quests.<br />
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This week Game Director Ion Hazzikostas jumped on reddit for an AMA, since the community has been frothing over Azerite Armor, Island Expeditions, and other systems. Everyone discusses their disappointment with Azerite Armor, and Nick shares his theory about how it is supposed to work. They all agree it is not working currently though. They consider that the system requires a few expansions of refinement, and it should be fine by the time 8.2 or 8.3 come out. Nick points out that Legion had its early detractors as well, given how people took some time to accept the way that artifacts worked. Nick also considered whether reputations should be account wide, and thinks that people had unrealistic expectations for how the AMA would play out.<br />
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There were some recent articles about WoW. First PC Gamer tried to cover the community immolation over Azerite Armor, but went too far in agreeing with the players that the system was terrible. Kotaku had an article about the llamas in Vol'dun. Invenglobal had a fake article pointint out people will play for three months and then quit for two years.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #16 right after the Warlords launch and compares the two times. The conclusion is that everything will work out.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #116. Please leave any feedback on twitter at @wowtalkmtb or by email at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/21e">ash4.me/21e</a></p>
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      <title>#115: Singing in the Fire (feat. Frazley)</title>
      <itunes:title>Singing in the Fire (feat. Frazley)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:55:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5417</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/singing-in-the-fire-feat-frazley</link>
      <itunes:episode>115</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>115</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Frazley from the Frazlcast joins us to talk about the current state of BfA!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Frazley from the Frazlcast joins Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv this week as they look at how things are progressing in Battle for Azeroth. He starts by talking about the Frazlcast and his other shows that he works on. Then, everyone discusses their current status in BfA. Rei, Eric, and Harv are working on getting ready for Uldir which opens on Tuesday. Nick is 120 and still working through Voldun, trying not to get distracted by world quests. Nick also talks about how he's played his warlock just to sell bags because the WoW Token is so cheap right now (under 110K g on US servers!)<br />
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Ceri sent a tweet about the recommended way to earn reputation. YepX sent in an email talking about War Mode and how it should be able to be turned off everywhere, but Nick says that Blizzard would never do that because the inconvenience of toggling it is part of the point. They then get into a lengthy discussion of creature scaling and how things are bad early in the expansion because the system was reset and not a smooth continuation from Legion. Finally, YepX asks about inscription and professions. No one plays a scribe, so they talk about how their professions are or aren't making money. Nick mentions that WoD bags are selling, and goblin gliders if you can make them. Anchor Weed is making herbalism profitable. They then debate if the scrapper has been good for the game or not, since it gives players access to a wider array of materials.<br />
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The Warbringers Azshara short was released at gamescom. Nick likes the drumbeat. They talk about the reveal of N'Zoth and where they think the game might be going. Frazley talks about how Azshara's lack of concern for her people made Sylvanas look better by comparison. Overall, this was a well liked short.<br />
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In the news, there was a Dev Q&amp;A recently where Ion addressed the mob scaling concerns. BfA is the fastest selling WoW expansion with 3.4 million copies sold in one day. Ion Hazzikostas spoke at PAX West about his journey to and through Blizzard. WoWhead posted an article on the creation of Scholomance. People were banned for exploiting a World Quest bug. Blizzard is starting the Blizzcon hype with a series of pre-Blizzcon videos starting on 9/12. USgamer.net had an article about the making of WoW. Forbes had an interview with Steve Burke and Steve Danueser.<br />
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Finally, the gang looks back at episode #15, when Katie Grace first appeared on the show to talk about cosplay as Patch 6.0.2 loomed ahead.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send us any feedback or thoughts at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or on twitter at @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/216">ash4.me/216</a></p>
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      <title>#114: The Honeymoon Phase</title>
      <itunes:title>The Honeymoon Phase</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 03:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4786</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-honeymoon-phase</link>
      <itunes:episode>114</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>114</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>We're in the Honeymoon of Battle for Azeroth, so of course everything's great!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Battle for Azeroth is here and so are Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv to talk about it. Only Harv has made it to 120, while everyone else is at 114 or 115. Rei and Eric talk about how creepy Drustvar is. The gang talks about the new capital cities and Nick struggles with the the name of the Troll City to the point that he vows to just call it Troll City. They discuss the new scrapper mechanic, and Harv complains about the lack of bag space from carrying all the gear to be scrapped and the materials that it generates. They look at the early storylines, and Nick points out that the levelling is generally good in recent WoW expansions. Harv complains that Stormsong Valley was disappointing. Eric points out that we are in the Honeymoon phase of an expansion when everything looks great. Rei and Nick talk about getting their Collector's Editions. They also talk a little about the cinematics and look forward to the rest of the expansion.<br />
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YepX tweeted about the old Zandalari rep, and Nick theorizes it is because after the Isle of Thunder, we need a blank slate with them.<br />
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In the news, the Battle for Azeroth app is now available to run war campaign follower missions on your phone. A third round of Blizzcon tickets were released and sold out. Ion Hazzikostas will be the keynote speaker at PAX West 2018. The Battle for Azeroth soundtrack is now on Spotify. Nick talks about the WoW Token price fluctuating and he is disappointed that he didn't wait longer to get more bang for his gold. Azshara is on the Blizzard's Gamescom key art, which means that we might be getting a patch 8.1 announcement soon. Blizzard has also been featured in a ton of media articles and interviews regarding BfA.<br />
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Finally, we look back at episode #14, and then Harv points out we did not discuss Azerite Armor, which everyone seems to find a bit underwhelming or annoying.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #114. Feel free to contact us with any feedback at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb on twitter.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/20x">ash4.me/20x</a></p>
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      <title>#113: Blizzard's Emotional Roller Coaster</title>
      <itunes:title>Blizzard's Emotional Roller Coaster</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 20:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5013</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzards-emotional-roller-coaster</link>
      <itunes:episode>113</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>113</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The BfA pre-launch story has been an emotional roller coaster lately.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, Eric, and Harv are here to talk all about the last two weeks in the World of Warcraft community. But first, Rei talks a little about getting achievements with the guild, and then Harv talks about focusing on fishing and PVP as Legion winds down. Nick hit 110 on another character, and also talks about his main being affected by the brief quest log bug the other day.<br />
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The gang then takes a quick look at the recent news. Blizzard is letting you make groupshots for three characters on their website now. There were two mythic 31 clears recently. And Blizzard announced a release calendar for the start of BfA.<br />
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So the WoW Community has been all over the place lately. Two weeks ago, everyone was upset that leveling was broken, until Blizzard fixed that by nerfing the amount of experience needed per level, from 40-100. Then, the community was happy, and Blizzard released the Jaina Warbringers short. Then, War of the Thorns Part 1 came out, and everyone was bothered by how abruptly it ended, except Rei and Eric who didn't play it until the following week. War of the Thorns part 2 was released alongside the Sylvanas Warbringers short, and Nick was bothered to learn that Sylvanas ordered the burning of Teldrassil because he had been defending her. They talk about the Horde community being split and upset that they were forced to go along with this, and they talk about the Alliance being irritated and ready to strike back (especially Harv). Then, Blizzard released Old Soldier, the Saurfang cinematic, which appeased many of the Horde players and resulted in Horde players removing their shoulders in protest of Sylvanas. Nick talks about people getting angry with the storytelling and harassing devs, and then points out that the last two weeks played out exactly how Blizzard thought they would, and there's no point in criticizing them in the short term because the story can change any day now.<br />
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Finally, they look back at Episode #13 from four years ago, and compare how the WoD beta was going to what we are seeing with BfA now. Also, events for the 10th anniversay celebration were announced.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Please email us at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or find us on twitter at @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/20o">ash4.me/20o</a></p>
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      <title>#112: This is Purgatory (On Patch 8.0)</title>
      <itunes:title>This is Purgatory (On Patch 8.0)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4096</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/this-is-purgatory-on-patch-8-0</link>
      <itunes:episode>112</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>112</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>This time between Legion and Battle for Azeroth? This is Purgatory.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 8.0 is here and that's all anyone can talk about! Nick jokes about the servers being down on Tuesday and then everyone starts sharing their experiences. First, we talk about our efforts at completing the content that was going away. Rei wasn't able to get Field Medic, but she did get her elemental shaman mage tower. Harv did some hunter mage towers and Eric did them for his DK. Nick goes in depth about his efforts on his Outlaw Rogue, because that was the only spec he liked. Then, Rei, Eric, and Harv talk about running Heroic Antorus after the patch and subsequently getting beat down. Eric complains a little about the stat squish and expresses his overall disappointment with Patch 8.0.<br />
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The gang then talks about the availability of Legendaries and Nick laments that they way they were handled was the one problem with Legion. Eric agrees. Nick mentions a reddit post that suggested that the legendary and artifact abilities that were lost should have been a new row of talents. Nick and Harv talk briefly about the loss of Hati for Beastmaster Hunters, and agree that it was anti-climactic to log in and have your artifact depowered without anything further happening.<br />
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Rei and Nick talk a little about changes to guild management, although neither has had the chance to play it much. Nick was excited to log in and get his honor applied across all his characters for the PVP appearances.<br />
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Nick asks when everyone feels that Legion ends and BfA starts. Eric sums it up best that we are in a purgatory between expansions.<br />
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In the news recently, Ion and Josh did a Dev Q&amp;A addressed questions from the pre-patch. Also, WoW was recently highlighted in three gaming articles. Nick summarizes them and complains about them. Finally, there are animated shorts coming for Jaina, Sylvanas, and Azshara.<br />
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Nick then looks back at episode #12 and talks about beta opening for Warlords of Draenor and some correct predictions we were able to make at the time. Also, Azeroth Choppers is finally over and we had news about the Warcraft movie.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please feel free to reach out with questions or feedback at @wowtalkmtb on twitter or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com by email.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/20e">ash4.me/20e</a></p>
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      <title>#111: The Patch 8.0 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 8.0 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:13:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4145</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-8-0-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>111</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>111</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Eric's hopes for the pre-patch are dashed by the Patch 8.0 Quiz.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 8.0 is arriving imminently and the gang is ready to be quizzed on it, but first Chris/Harv is back again to chat! Rei starts and talks about what's been going on with Order of Corrupted Souls and running raids and dungeons. They also talk about how no one has time for the beta because time is running out on some Legion content. Nick brings up the Artifact Empowerment Quest that everyone has run and goes over the scenario. He mentions that the graphic used when viewing the artifact stats showing it was overpowered was triggering some people's epilepsy, so Blizzard has since removed it. Nick then mentions he's been preparing his rogue for the Mage Tower challenge, and talks about a particularly ill fated LFR attempt on Argus.<br />
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Nick brings up Wired's recently video on the History of World of Warcraft, and goes in depth about comments Ion made about Mists of Pandaria being difficult because it did not have a villain they could market on the box. He points out that Battle for Azeroth is similar, and talks about some of the difficulty Blizzard is having.<br />
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At last, it is time for the Patch 8.0 Quiz. Nick asks Rei, Eric, and Chris about the coming patch. One thing we learn is that Eric is not ready for the changes coming in the patch, as much of what he likes about the game is at risk of being removed or changed. Play along at home and let us know your score!<br />
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Nick also mentions that the items to complete the free world quest every 18 hours that some classes can use are expiring in patch 8.0, and will become vendor trash.<br />
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Finally, Nick reviews WoW! Talk! episode 11, which was almost four years ago to the day, and talks about the WoD beta as well as comments that predict artifact power and finds similar thoughts about keybinding in the beta that they are seeing now.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #111. Please feel free to let us know how you did on the quiz, or any other thoughts or questions at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/209">ash4.me/209</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#110: Dev Q&amp;A, Pre-Patch, and Classic.</title>
      <itunes:title>Dev Q&amp;A, Pre-Patch, and Classic.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4028</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dev-qa-pre-patch-and-classic</link>
      <itunes:episode>110</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>110</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Harv joins Nick, Rei, &amp; Eric to talk about the Dev Q&amp;A and Classic WoW!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Harv, usually in the chat room, joins us this week as there is a lot of stuff going on! First, Rei and Eric talk about how they're still running Heroic Antorus. Nick meanwhile has been falling asleep in mythic dungeons and stuck in combat when he's needed to log out.<br />
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Ion and Lore recently did another Dev Q&amp;A. The big news coming out of this is that shaman and shadow priests will have to wait until patch 8.1 to have their classes fixed. Eric mentioned he plays a shaman and enjoys it now. He hasn't tested shaman on the beta but now it is worth checking out. They also talked about PVP and how War Mode would work on RP realms. This lead to a discussion about how Blizzard tends to force PVP, and everyone recounts their initial decision of whether to roll their first character on a PVE or PVP server. It was also mentioned in the Q&amp;A that mythic cross-realm raiding will be implemented after the top 100 horde and alliance guilds earn the mythic achievement. The gang talks about this while admitting that it won't affect them. Also, players will no longer be able to swap gear in mythic+ dungeons, and only Harv seems slightly affected by that.<br />
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Blizzard recently put out a PVP Rating update, and the gang reviews that.<br />
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The last topic is the WoW Classic Dev Watercooler. The gang talks about the decision to use patch 1.12 and they all recount their time in vanilla (or whenever they started.)<br />
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Finally, in the news, we talk about the winner of the MDI, the shuttering of the WoW Mobile Armory app, the fastest way from Stormwind to Ironforge, and Ghostcrawler is @ghostcrawler once more!<br />
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We also look back at episode #10 from four years ago!<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/200">ash4.me/200</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#109: A Keybind for Pulling Your Hair Out</title>
      <itunes:title>A Keybind for Pulling Your Hair Out</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4765</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/a-keybind-for-pulling-your-hair-out</link>
      <itunes:episode>109</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>109</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Tanking stresses Eric into pulling his hair out, but losing threat in BfA is OK.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric, and Nick are here to talk about all things World of Warcraft! Rei and Eric have beaten Heroic Argus for a second time, and Nick and Rei talk about guild management when new players arrive in a large group. Nick has been playing Heroes of the Storm, which has Alterac Valley coming as a map, along with some Horde and Alliance skins. He also tells the story of the arcane mage hidden appearance, and discusses how he's learned the arcane mage rotation.<br />
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The gang then discusses the recent comics to come out: Reunion, The Speaker, and Three Sisters. Nick mentions that reddit did not care for the artwork in Three Sisters. He helps Eric with some of the lore surrounding Magni and his appearance. They also discuss Jaina and her appearance in Kul Tiras as well.<br />
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Eric shares his experiences tanking since Wrath of the Lich King and talks about the 40% reduction in tank threat generation coming in Battle for Azeroth. He is not concerned, because he has tanked before when threat generation was low. He enjoys the stress of tanking and how it makes him pull his hair out. He is worried that newer tanks may struggle with the changes, so early BfA pugs may be dicey.<br />
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In the news, Blizzard announced that Battle for Azeroth will launch globally, so in the Americas the game will come out at 6 pm EDT/3 pm PDT. There will also be a storytelling panel at E3 featuring Christie Golden and Terran Gregory, among others, and it will be livestreamed on facebook. Blizzard is going to let the mage tower be up all the time at some point in the future. There's a new EU gear store. Also, Blizzard is ending support for the 32-bit client.<br />
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Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at Episode #9. The gang discussed War Crimes, Azeroth Choppers, and tried to predict whether or not Warlords of Draenor would be out before Blizzcon. It was not.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please email us with any questions or comments at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1zq">ash4.me/1zq</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#108: Revisiting Garrisons and Rolling an Eric</title>
      <itunes:title>Revisiting Garrisons and Rolling an Eric</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 16:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4341</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/revisiting-garrisons-and-rolling-an-eric</link>
      <itunes:episode>108</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>108</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Should Blizzard try again with garrisons? And Eric has the best racial ability.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here with a ton to talk about! First, we send our condolences to the family of TotalBiscuit who passed away recently. Then Rei and Eric talk about how guild participation is up and they have a 19-person group running heroic Antorus. Nick posits that it is close enough to Battle for Azeroth that people are coming back. Nick, meanwhile, got a new graphics card and has been having fun going around Kalimdor and appreciating the view with max settings.<br />
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Harv from OoCS mentioned the queue disparities between BC and WotLK dungeons, and the gang talked about why that might be. YepX sent over a forum post that got everyone talking about a 50 million gold mount. Nick dismissed it as a gold sink, but this lead to a discussion of Blizzard revisiting the garrison idea, as players still want a guild hall and customizable player housing. One of Rei's coworkers asked us to talk about a forum post on level-scaling in war mode after a 110 rogue defeated a 119 warlock on the beta. Nick said he doesn't think that should be much of an issue, but he also admitted he's not a good PVP resource. Eric said that it shouldn't happen, but rogues are powerful enough that they can do it.<br />
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Nick promoted World of Podcasts which is $3700 short on its kickstarter at Con Before the Storm. Please give before June 3rd, as World of Podcasts can be enjoyed by everyone even if they don't go to Blizzcon!<br />
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In the news, Blizzard will be at Gamescom 2018. This could be where patch 8.1 is announced. The +15 Mythic Dungeon achievement will still be in BfA, so the related artifact appearance will not be locked to Legion. Following is disabled in War Mode in BfA, but it is already disabled in PVP on live, so this is not much of a surprise. Pet Battles will now have different currencies for the current expansion. Also, Running of the Trolls will take place on June 9th, so please donate to that! Benefits go to the Trevor Project.<br />
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Looking back at WoW! Talk! #8, we talked alot about the level 90 boost and professions being broken, which they still are. We also predicted the debate about flight in WoD, and complained about the Isle of Thunder portal not being in the shrines. We talked about the possibility of an Angry Birds Warcraft, and that lead to a discussion of how Eric has an innate bonus to mount drop rolls, which means he is an allied race you should want to roll.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #108. Please send any feedback, questions, or concerns to @wowtalkmtb or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1zi">ash4.me/1zi</a></p>
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      <title>#107: Bounty Hunting Part II</title>
      <itunes:title>Bounty Hunting Part II</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 17:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3835</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/bounty-hunting-part-ii</link>
      <itunes:episode>107</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>107</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about all things WoW! But first, Rei and Eric talk about raiding and running mythic dungeons with some podcast listeners before the end of the expansion. Nick, meanwhile, boosted a Nightborne mage and already regrets his decision. The gang discusses various styles of play for several classes. After discussing artifact apperances, including Thal'kiel's skull for demonology, everyone agrees they needs to play more on the alpha.<br />
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So... remember how last episode Nick said Blizzard would never put in bounty hunting? Yeah, about that... Blizzard announced several changes to PVP in Battle for Azeroth, including the addition of bounty hunting. They talk about the PVP toggle in major cities, and how players can earn %15% bonus to experience while in War Mode. The gang discusses how viable this is, and talks about some of the issues with pvp servers that they've encountered in the past.<br />
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Next, Nick brings up a reddit post about Friendly Old Gods. They talk about Sm'ile as a happy old god with positive encouragement. Khadgar is also discussed as an old god candidate.<br />
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In the news, a Romanian man was sent to prison with a $30000 fine for DDOS'ing Blizzard back in 2010. Also, Activision Blizzard had a strong Q1, but the investors didn't know that, and Fortnite is hurting Blizzard's monthly active users. Additionally, the WoW Token is worth 7x the amount of the Venezuelan bolivar, which is entirely due to the collapse of the Venezuelan economy.<br />
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Finally, we look back at Episode #7, where we talked about the Legendary Cloak and made horrible guesses about when Warlords of Draneor would launch. We also talked about Wildstar as valid competition for WoW, and reviewed the trailer for the Boost to 90.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb on twitter.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1za">ash4.me/1za</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#106: Bounty Hunting and Mythic Kills</title>
      <itunes:title>Bounty Hunting and Mythic Kills</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 18:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3949</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/bounty-hunting-and-mythic-kills</link>
      <itunes:episode>106</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>106</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about updating zones, bounty hunting, and mythic raid numbers.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back for the latest episode of WoW! Talk! This week, Nick was finally able to join Rei and Eric to see the end of Antorus. He also pre-ordered the expansion and rolled an allied race character. Also, he is in the beta, and comments on how the beta seems primed to segregate players by faction.<br />
<br />
YepX sent in a forum post to discuss. This was about bringing Hearthstone and other lore sources into the game through updates, and adding a micro-holiday in Gadgetzan that would enable player-based bounty hunting. Eric and Rei approved of the idea, but Nick was super enthusiastic because of his history with Star Wars Galaxies.<br />
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The beta is live and classes are locked (mostly), but there are no real complaints at this time. Ion and Josh did a developer Q&amp;A this week, and Ion upset many people with his answer about High Elves not being able to join the Alliance as an allied race. Nick points out that Vareesa contradicts that. Also, the gang discusses the rate of final raidboss kills over the last two patches, and speculates that people will be starting to come back soon for the introduction to the next expansion. Eric rants about running LFR with new other players trying to fill the tank role.<br />
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Nick takes a quick look back at episode #6, which leads to a discussion about character names across lats. He suddenly remembers to mention that Ashran and Strand of the Ancients are going away in BfA, which is disappointing for anyone looking to get the associated achievements. Nick mentions he wants to get his Warlord of Draenor title, but killing 500 characters of each race was a challenging undertaking back when Ashran was current. Now, with reduced populations, Ashran should be ever harder to kill all those characters, and Nick wonders if it is worth it.<br />
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Thank you again for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb. Thank you very much and enjoy playing WoW!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1yz">ash4.me/1yz</a></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#105: Everybody Sleeps</title>
      <itunes:title>Everybody Sleeps</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:17:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3911</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/everybody-sleeps</link>
      <itunes:episode>105</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>105</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang tries but can't stay up for world quests, the auction house, &amp; the MDI.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei is back with Eric and Nick this week to talk about what's been happening in the World of Warcraft. First, she and Eric talk about running Heroic Antorus and how Coven is the hardest fight. Eric talks about staying up to watch the Mythic Dungeon Invitational, but it was on late enough that he fell asleep in his chair. Nick comments that he's been falling asleep while running world quests.<br />
<br />
Last episode, YepX asked about add-ons people use, and ArcaneVolcano tweeted about the add-on that replaces the Hunter Gun sound with the sound from before Warlords of Draenor. YepX also submitted a forum comment about adding a new level of currency. The gang agrees that it isn't necessary but couldn't hurt.<br />
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In the news, the Remote Auction House is being retired on 4/18. Rei is disappointed because she would use it regularly to monitor her auctions. She even fell asleep using it once and bought three Reins of Poseidus. Nick is disappointed because it was good for clearing your mailbox on your alts. The gang is hopeful that it will be replaced by something better. They also agree that the Auction House needs a makeover.<br />
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Battle for Azeroth will release on 8/14. The gang discusses if they think this is too soon, and Nick again points out that Legion is going to come out of this looking like the best expansion for WoW. Rei and Eric talk about their experiences in the alpha. Rei does lots of Q&amp;A while Eric has been playing his Blood DK.<br />
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The physical Collector's Edition has been announced. Nick is excited because he can pre-order and get early access to the allied races in exchange for battle.net credit. He is glad to the the Behind the Scenes DVD go, and rants about how it was a disappointing product. He is less concerned about the loss of the art book. He convinces Eric that the coin included is worthwhile by comparing the Alliance to Burger King and the Horde to McDonald's.<br />
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Finally, Blizzcon will be 11/2 and 11/3. The gang laments that they won't be able to go.<br />
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Nick takes a quick look back at episode #5, which featured a long discussion on the merging of the Ravencrest and Uldaman realms, that apparently was no big deal.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #105. Please reach out ot us at @wowtalkmtb or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1yt">ash4.me/1yt</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#104: PVP Questions, the GCD, and April Fool's Patch Notes.</title>
      <itunes:title>PVP Questions, the GCD, and April Fool's Patch Notes.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4092</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pvp-questions-the-gcd-and-april-fools-patch-notes</link>
      <itunes:episode>104</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>104</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Eric discuss the Global Cooldown and Blizzard's April Fool's jokes.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei is out tonight but Nick and Eric are here to talk about all things Warcraft! First, Warcraft was on Family Guy but neither Nick nor Eric saw it, so they might bring it up next time if it was noteworthy. Eric and the Order of Corrupted Souls have been running Legion dungeons and raids for achievements now that they have cleared Heroic Antorus. They 9-manned Mythic Emerald Dream! Eric also boosted a Lightforged Priest. Nick meanwhile has been focusing on World Quests and PVP and is looking for the quickest way to get to Prestige Rank 2 with the least amount of skill.<br />
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YepX tweeted about looking for interesting add-ons. The chat room mentioned the Owen Wilson add-on which adds his signature, "Wow!" to in-game events. Also, YepX commented on the guy who recently got every achievement in WoW. This lead to a discussion about achievements and how Nick likes them but also thinks they can give players extra goals that detract from the gameplay.<br />
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Ion recently posted on the forums that certain abilities are being removed from the Global Cooldown. The gang felt this would make combat a little slower, but as long as no interrupts were on the cooldown then this shouldn't be a concern. Player one-button macros might no longer be effective.<br />
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And since this was recording on April 1st, Blizzard had a ton of fake news today. First, there were three new "realistic" mounts, that were a real dog, chicken, and bunny. Also, they announced several more micro-holidays, such as "We All Elves, Now." Finally, there were the 8.0.41 patch notes which Nick and Eric covered. Nick and Eric talk briefly about Durotan in a Black Mirror episode. They also read some of their favorite patch notes.<br />
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Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode 4, which focused on Ghostcrawler leaving. They talk briefly about how RPPM trinkets were a thing, and then Nick recommends still following Ghostcrawler on Twitter. He also praises Celestalon's recent tattoo.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback or comments to @wowtalkmtb or wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1yh">ash4.me/1yh</a></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#103: Q &amp; A and Datamining Conflict</title>
      <itunes:title>Q &amp; A and Datamining Conflict</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4015</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/q-a-and-datamining-conflict</link>
      <itunes:episode>103</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>103</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei's a good guild leader, Eric loves Fast &amp; Furious, &amp; Nick feels for Nazgrim.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk more about WoW! This week, Rei and Eric downed Heroic Argus twice, and they are now trying to figure out what to do with the remaining six months before Battle for Azeroth. Nick, meanwhile, was salty that he couldn't get his Thunderfury hidden artifact appearance on his Outlaw rogue until he completed part of the Stormheim story.<br />
<br />
YepX asked us to discuss a forum post about Water Walking and making it so that you cannot fall into the water at all while active, and everyone agreed that falling into the water is annoying. Nick suggested that there should be a separate spell that does this, so players can choose how they want to water walk.<br />
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Harvester sent in an email responding to our discussion last week about breaking out of your shell in a guild. Harv had to break out of his shell in Rei and Eric's guild, and he was helped by Rei's friendliness. It also takes a bit of self-confidence to do so.<br />
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Nick talked slightly about Black Panther, and how Okoye reminded him at times of Sylvanas and of Nazgrim.<br />
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There was a Q&amp;A this week. The big news to come out was that Kul Tirans will be an allied race, and that they will be able to play as druids, with an amazing new guardian form introduced. They talked alot about allied races and alts, and Nick asserted that people complaining about expansions being alt-unfriendly will always be a thing. This lead into a discussion of the datamining in Battle for Azeroth leading to faction arguments on the forums, and even some inter-faction arguments. Rei and Eric play alliance and don't care too much about the faction conflict, but Nick thinks that Battle for Azeroth could be setting up a finale for the Horde and Alliance conflict.<br />
<br />
In the news, the are rumors that Call of Duty will wind up in battle.net. Finally, Nick and Eric look back at episode 3, when we discussed the Warlords of Draenor announcement. Excitement was high, not knowing of the disappointment to come.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #103. Please send any feedback or questions to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com, or find us on twitter at @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1y9">ash4.me/1y9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#102: Talking in Guild Chat, Warcraft III, and Transmog.</title>
      <itunes:title>Talking in Guild Chat, Warcraft III, and Transmog.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:59:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4107</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/talking-in-guild-chat-warcraft-iii-and-transmog</link>
      <itunes:episode>102</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>102</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses talking in a new guild, Warcraft III, and transmog changes.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to talk about the latest goings on in the World of Warcraft! First, Rei and Eric talk about their time doing mythic plus dungeons and getting Heroic Argus down to 1%. Then Nick talks about how much fun he had doing the Rogue class mount questline where he had to sneak into various capitol cities to assassinate characters.<br />
<br />
Warlock Jr emailed in some questions! First, he asks the gang what other games they like to play. Eric plays lots of shooters, Rei plays lots of crazy games, and Nick just plays Hearthstone. Then, he asks how to break out of your shell when joining a new guild. Everyone gives him the advice to just start talking. Its also recommended to run dungeons and raids with others to give something to start talking over.<br />
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The Warcraft III Invitational happend last week, much to Nick's surprise. Alisaunder from the chat room provides the info that Foggy won, and that ongoing patch support was announced for Warcraft III. There was no announcement of a WCIII Remastered, but Nick and the gang think they could see something coming on mobile since Blizzard is all about that space since Hearthstone.<br />
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In Transmog news, people were upset with changes in 7.3.5 that caused old dungeons and raids to drop personal loot, making it impossible for people to farm for any transmog outside of their class. Blizzard announced a fix to this that will allow raids 10 levels or lower to drop loot as though a full group is there, so players can resume farming as they once did. Nick brings up a reddit post that talked about changes to the transmog system that should be made, and the gang agreed they were spot on.<br />
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Nick looks back at WoW! Talk! #2, from October of 2013. Warlords of Draenor was about to be announced and Nick found a pretty accurate leak. Also, there was talk about connected realms and openQueue.<br />
<br />
In the news, there will be an achievement to commemorate the Starcraft 20th Anniversary, battle.net got WoW specific icons, and the Trial of Style returns this week!<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please send feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalk.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1xz">ash4.me/1xz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#101: Allied Races, Professions, and Hunter Concerns</title>
      <itunes:title>Allied Races, Professions, and Hunter Concerns</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 04:16:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3743</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/allied-races-professions-and-hunter-concerns</link>
      <itunes:episode>101</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>101</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses allied races, the death of first aid, and hunter pet changes.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei and Eric took a break from celebrating Chinese New Year to join Nick to talk about the Battle for Azeroth alpha. But first, they talk about Eric's mount luck in all things except the Big Love Rocket. Rei mentions that their guild couldn't raid on Valentine's Day due to poor attendance. They also talk about how everyone seems to be rolling a Void Elf lately, and question a bit of the lore behind LIghtforged Draenai. Nick, meanwhile, has been grinding out order resources for no good reason.<br />
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Alisaunder emailed in to slam goblins and gnomes for being too short to be in the Battle for Azeroth promotional material. Nick comments that he'd like to see a cinematic from a gnome's eye view. YepX tweeted out the link to the Dark Iron Dwarf flirts and emotes which were amusing.<br />
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In the Battle for Azeroth alpha, it has been datamined that Vulpera are labelled as a playable race. Ostensibly, this is just to make creating new NPC's easier for Blizzard, but everyone is now super excited that they could be an allied race in due time. Nick tries to argue that it feels like there are too many new playable races coming too quickly, but it starts to sound a bit xenophobic, and Nick mentions a thread on the WoW subreddit that made it to rall with unfortunate consequences.<br />
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First Aid appears to have been removed in the alpha, with all related recipes now converted to tailoring. The gang talks about how this will be missed, and wonders if this portends anything for the other secondary professions.<br />
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Blizzard posted about changes to how hunter pets work. Nick ranted for a bit about how this should be okay but it is still conerning given how closely players associate with their hunter pets. He is happy though that Beastmasters will get to keep a second pet out.<br />
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In the news, Shu-zen is the new store mount, the Dungeon XP bug has been fixed, and the Trial of Style returns on March 5th.<br />
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Nick also takes a quick look back at episode #1 from October of 2014.<br />
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Thank you for joining us for WoW! Talk! Please send any feedback to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or tweet @wowtalkmtb.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1xq">ash4.me/1xq</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#100: A Look Back and a Look Forward</title>
      <itunes:title>A Look Back and a Look Forward</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:55:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4045</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/a-look-back-and-a-look-forward</link>
      <itunes:episode>100</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>100</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>We look back at our first episode and we look forward to Battle for Azeroth!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to WoW! Talk! Number 100! Nick is in a good mood because we recorded this immediately after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. Rei and Eric talk about raiding for a bit, and Nick mentions that he's happy he's had time to play Warcraft during the day for a bit.<br />
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Nick then goes into the history of WoW! Talk!, talking about how he and Rei came to join Mash Those Buttons, and how WoW! Talk! started as Mashcraft #0. They also talk about why Jeremy is no longer on the show. Nick then shares a bit from Mashcraft #0, which was recorded right after patch 5.4 went live. He finds it funny that the Timeless Isle was so fresh and new, knowing just how stale and familiar it would become. He also impressively predicted a 13 month content drought, which is roughly what we experienced. Nick says that if Legion can hold to having a short content drought (which it looks like it will do), then that alone should give it the title of best expansion. We will have to see.<br />
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The discussion transitions into talk about Battle for Azeroth, with mild spoilers from the datamining. Nick is excited for all the new models and Eric is excited with some of the class changes. They also talk about the Q&amp;A and how pre-orders are now live and with them comes access to the Allied Races. Nick is waiting for the physical collector's edition to become available, which means he will have to wait until the expansion launches to have access to the Allied Races. They also discuss the changes to the recruit-a-friend experience buff, and Nick says that its fine and the people complaining were the people misusing the buff to level alts (like Eric.) Nick then also complains about people who were unhappy that gnomes, goblins, and pandaren were left out of some of the BfA promotional artwork that was based on the cinematic.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! for all these episodes. If you have any comments, please email us at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or tweet @wowtalkmtb. On to the next 100!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1xh">ash4.me/1xh</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#99: The Patch 3.3 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 3.3 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3612</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-3-3-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>99</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>99</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>With Patch 7.3.5 live now, travel back in time with us for a quiz on Patch 3.3</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 7.3.5 is upon us but first Nick is a bit preoccupied by the Eagles heading to the Super Bowl. Once that's out of the way Rei and Eric talk about checking out the sword in Silithus. Nick mentions that he's been playing WoW more again. Rei and Eric talk about some of the bugs they experienced after the patch. Nick discusses his enjoyment in doing the Insurrection storyline in Suramar and praises Blizzard's character interaction.<br />
<br />
YepX tweeted some feedback from the last episode. He comments that Blizzard should allow for solo queuing of raid bosses, and Rei suggests that instead it is much more valuable to work with players who can teach you how to do the boss right. YepX also says that the Blood of Sargeras missions are worth the reward. Everyone agrees that follower equipment should be Bind-on-Account.<br />
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The gang then discusses the problems with patch 7.3.5 including the extended maintenance on Friday. Nick talks about how there was a lack of testing on the PTR for such an ambitious patch, and Blizzard needs to figure out a way to encourage people to play on the PTR. Nick also points out that complaints about leveling being slowed can be offset by how long it takes to grind out the gold for four WoW Tokens.<br />
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Nick also apologizes for not being ready for Patch 7.3.5 last episode. Since that content is live, the gang decides to have him quiz Rei and Eric on the content in Patch 3.3 Fall of the Lich King. Play along at home and compare your score!<br />
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In the news, best wishes to Chris Metzen who is recovering from spinal surgery! Also, the Mythic Dungeon Invitational is returning in 2018.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Send any comments or questions to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1x8">ash4.me/1x8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#98: Are You Ashamed of Your Performance Tonight? (On Sub-par Raiders)</title>
      <itunes:title>Are You Ashamed of Your Performance Tonight? (On Sub-par Raiders)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:04:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4047</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/are-you-ashamed-of-your-performance-tonight-on-sub-par-raiders</link>
      <itunes:episode>98</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>98</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about the difficulties of raiding with &amp; being a sub-par raider.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back for 2018! Rei starts off by talking about a failed Mythic+ 17 run. Then she and Eric start discussing their experiences on Heroic Kin'garoth, and that leads to a discussion about how raiders can struggle when transitioning to a harder difficulty. Rei and Eric talk about how some raiders don't try hard enough on normal to prepare themselves for heroic, and hard it can be to call people out. Nick points out that he struggled sometimes, and that being carried can be a problem because it prevents the raider from getting the full practice of all phases on a fight. Nick suggests that Blizzard should allow people to just practice one fight alone, as you can get limited opportunity to learn a fight once per week if your team is better than you. Rei talks about her efforts at recruiting guild members who can handle content appropriately.<br />
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Nick then talks about his struggles in running out of Order Resources and Bloods of Sargeras. Then, the gang mentions the Allied Races and they debate whether it is better for them to unlock in 7.3.5 or 8.0. Nick says that they are part of a stealth beta, and it would be better for them to unlock in 8.0 because it means 8.0 is coming sooner, in a sort-of reverse groundhog day. Nick also mentions his excitement over the lore behind the NIghtborne and the Void Elves.<br />
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The final topic is a recent tweet by Adam Holisky at BizzardWatch talking about whether WoW should come to console. The gang agrees that it would be a bad idea and would be unnecessary. They talk about the number of skills classes have and how difficult it would be to transfer that to a controller. Nick discusses the impracticality of using a keyboard with your console, and also points out that WoW's community revolves around the game being on console.<br />
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The only item in the news this week is that you will be able to craft legendaries at random in 7.3.5. Thank you for joining us for WoW! Talk! Please email any questions to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1x0">ash4.me/1x0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#97: Ending the Year with the Sha of Fear [LIVE SHOW]</title>
      <itunes:title>Ending the Year with the Sha of Fear [LIVE SHOW]</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4048</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/ending-the-year-with-the-sha-of-fear-live-show</link>
      <itunes:episode>97</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>97</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We stick a fork in 2017 by sticking our swords in the Sha of Fear.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its time to turn out the lights for 2017, and Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to do that while taking a stroll back through the Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Springs raids from Mists of Pandaria. As they go through the raid, they talk about what's been going on. Rei and Eric are 2/11 Heroic in Antorus now. Nick talks about how the Heart of Fear raid and Princess Shek'zeer are tied to the Death Knight campaign. Nick also mentions that he was recently on The Training Dummies podcast to talk about Death Knights, and talks about some of the work he puts in to prepare for his shows.<br />
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The gang looks back at Blizzard's 2017, talking about classic servers and their announcement. Nick also praises Blizzard for putting content out all year - this may well be the first time that happened, and this is probably the first time we've had three full raid tiers released in one year. He speculates that 2018 will not be as good, as we are approaching a content drought, and asks Rei if she's ready to lead Order of Corrupted Souls through that. They also celebrate that this was the year we got to see the Titans and Sargeras in game after years of build and speculation.<br />
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Finally, the gang enters the Terrace of Endless Spring and continues to clear bosses with little problem. Nick struggles to keep up with all the loot that's dropping, and of course everyone has the right combination of classes that they are all competing for tokens. After beating the Sha of Fear in an unremembered Heroic phase, Nick finds Wrathion in the Tavern in the Mists and Eric can't see him and walks right over him. To close out the show, Nick thanks everyone who sent in emails and tweets and hung out in the chat room and listened to the show. Happy Holidays and have a Happy New Year! We'll see you in 2018! Thanks for listening!
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#96: Demons &amp; Lasers! (Our Antorus Deep Dive)</title>
      <itunes:title>Demons &amp; Lasers! (Our Antorus Deep Dive)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:24:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4430</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/demons-lasers-our-antorus-deep-dive</link>
      <itunes:episode>96</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>96</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei and Eric go over the Antorus raid in detail.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei and Eric are here to chat about their time in Antorus. But first, they talk about running some alts through older content. This also leads to a brief discussion on guild support in WoW. Nick, meanwhile, has earned his monk class mount and also got his Windwalker hidden artifact appearance from the Withered Army Training on the first try. Hooray!<br />
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Eric and Rei cleared Antorus over the last two weeks on normal, and they discuss that in detail. First they talk about the Garothi Worldbreaker. Then, they talk about the Felhounds of Sargeras, and Eric likes the tanking trinket they drop. Next up is the Antoran High Council, has a fun pod mechanic. Then comes Portal Keeper Hasabel. This leads to an offworld encounter in a structure that looks like the Titanic work in Un'goro or Sholazar Basin, where Eonar needs to be protected from about 9 waves of invaders. Next, they go back to Antorus to fight Imonar the Soulhunter, and then Kin'garoth. Nick explains the lore behind Varimathras to Eric, as the demon was originally in Undercity serving Sylvanas until his betrayal during the Wrathgate. Sargeras was not pleased with his failure and has been torturing him ever since. His comments on Sylvanas are interesting food for thought.<br />
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Next is the Coven of Shivarra, as seen in last cinematic from the Argus quest chain released in the last few weeks. Eric enjoys this fight because of the tank switching that must be done. Nick wonders if the healing mechanics in Normal are challenging enough for most healers. Rei responds that she plays her keyboard and mouse like a piano when healing efficiently. After the Coven, the next boss is Aggramar. Eric breaks down his mechanics. Eric didn't see the cinematic that introduces Argus, but he did defeat him, and so he talks about that fight. Finally, Rei didn't see the post-raid cinematic (because the bonus loot timer is too short), so everyone discusses their thoughts on a giant sword sticking out of Silithus<br />
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In the news, Celestalon has left the WoW team for Hearthstone, and Slootbag says unofficially that WoW subs are at about Wrath of the Lich King levels.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please email any thoughts or questions to wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com. Enjoy playing WoW!
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#95: Antorus Before Us</title>
      <itunes:title>Antorus Before Us</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:22:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4089</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/antorus-before-us</link>
      <itunes:episode>95</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>95</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Antorus opens this week! Are we ready? Also, Blizzcon panels and the Dev Q&amp;A!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to cap off the Thanksgiving weekend by talking about WoW! First, Rei and Eric discuss what they've been up to, including fishing and raiding on some off specs. They have also been doing the special anniversary world bosses that are up for the week. Rei talks up her love of spreadsheets. They also talk about the Antorus raid coming on Tuesday and how they are struggling to get some new recruits ready. Eric mentions that he will look over some guides to raid but not until just before they go in. Nick brings up that we're going to be getting the final Legion cinematic that should tie together several plot points and he is excited about that.<br />
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Nick also discusses what he's been up to lately, including catching up on some panels from Blizzcon. He watched the Voice Actor panels, and feels bad that the panels were changed because they were now livestreamed. He also watched the Stay A While and Listen panel, which featured Jeff Kaplan and Ben Brode talking about how they got jobs at Blizzard, and then ended with a gut punch story from Micah Chatterton about his son. Nick then talks about the oddity of Vanessa Van Cleef waiting in the Rogue class hall for your character to level up. He also discusses how he wound up running and looting the Halls of Valor twice in one night.<br />
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Recently Ion Hazzikostas and Josh "Lore" Allen did a WoW Q&amp;A. The gang talks about some of the news including confirmation that hunters are losing the second pet, the lack of class-based raid tier sets in Battle for Azeroth, and Ion's decision not to share how Aman'thul's Vision will drop at the end of the raid. Also, they mention that orcs and trolls will be able to stand up straight in BfA.<br />
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Elsewhere in the news, WoW Streamers have been invading RP realms as part of Project 60, and communities have clashed as a result.<br />
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Thank you for listening to this week's WoW! Talk! Please feel free to contact us at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb.
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      <title>#94: Goodbye Smaller, Second Thok</title>
      <itunes:title>Goodbye Smaller, Second Thok</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4792</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/goodbye-smaller-second-thok</link>
      <itunes:episode>94</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>94</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Rei may be sick but they are here to alleviate your concerns about BfA.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick and Rei are feeling a little under the weather but that doesn't stop them from joining Eric to talk all things Warcraft this week! First, Rei and Eric talk about raiding Tomb of Sargeras with their Ret Paladin switching to Holy to fill in. This leads to Nick discussing his monk alt that he has been playing and how he struggles playing anything other than DPS (and even then, he struggles as the DPS spec.) Rei has managed to level her Demon Hunter to 110 without ever getting the artifact weapons. Nick wonders if Demon Hunters are in for a nerf come Battle for Azeroth. Discussion moves to Nick talking about using the free world quest token available to Warlocks and Death Knights (and only a few other classes) to get his Prestige Level 2 artifact appearance, and then points out that there should be enough time before Legion to get at least two more prestige levels for anyone who can use this system. Nick then talks about how there are minimal class changes coming in BfA, but he takes credit for sorta calling the Heart of Azeroth system back in August of last year. This leads to a discussion of changes that are coming with BfA, including the loss of Hati and the second pet for Beastmaster Hunters.<br />
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YepX tweeted that he did not like the Battle for Azeroth cinematic, and Nick responds by talking about how inspiring Sylvanas' leadership was and how she took control of the situation, and compares her to Grommash when fighting Mannoroth in the Warlords of Draenor cinematic. Yepx also wrote in expressing concerns about Classic WoW, how level scaling will affect the economy, and a dissatisfaction with the faction warfare in BfA. The general consensus was that Classic WoW won't affect the live game, level scaling will change the economy but it will sort itself out, and that the faction warfare is part of the game and we need to wait and see what happens.<br />
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Alisaunder also wrote in to point out that Blizzard needs to focus more on a regular questing experience for players since half the player base doesn't raid. Nick agrees and wants to see weekly quest content available going forward. Alisaunder also is unhappy that it is pre-ordained that Horde loses Undercity before her character can do anything, but Nick again says we need to see how the story happens. Just because we know the outcome doesn't mean the journey to get there isn't worth it.<br />
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In the news, HonorBuddy is being shut down, and Nick wonders if a Christie Golden tweet about writing for Sylvanas could mean that she's working on the next novel after Before the Storm.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Please email us at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com with any questions or feedback. Thank you and enjoy playing WoW!
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      <title>#93: It's Blizzcon Week!</title>
      <itunes:title>It's Blizzcon Week!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4064</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/its-blizzcon-week</link>
      <itunes:episode>93</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>93</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks all things Blizzcon, including Muse, Sub-races, &amp; Blizzcon 2018?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Blizzcon week is here!!! Feel the hype! But first, the gang talks about what they've been up to in game. Rei and Eric have Kil'jaeden down to 2% on heroic. They've also been running Mythic +12 dungeons. Nick meanwhile finally has his Blood DK hidden artifact appearance and started a monk which he is finding to be underwhelming. His damage seems low and the quest markers in the Monk class hall can be hard to see.<br />
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Lokitr left a comment on the last episode about how blacksmithing's first mount was available with Legion. Nick now wants this mount and Eric mentions how it is not bind--on-pickup so it can be crafted and shared with anyone. They then run down the list of professions that still need a mount. Thanks to Lokitr for the comment. Futher comments can be left on the show pages at mashthosebuttons.com.<br />
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With Blizzcon coming up, the gang looks over the latest Blizzcon news. Muse is the closing act, and Chris Hardwick will host the talent show. Nick expects Muse to put on a good show. He also praises the return of Chris Hardwick. The Blizzcon schedule was also released. Nick is surprised by the amount of Diablo content and disappointed with the open gaps for Blizzard to talk about a new franchise.<br />
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The next WoW expansion is coming and there has been news related to that. "Before the Storm" is Christie Golden's new book that will be released on 5/15. Nick uses that date to anticipate the new expansion to land between June and November of next year. He also says that it would be nice if Blizzard held the Antorus raid a little longer to reduce the time it needs to carry the game while the new expansion is in development.<br />
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Sub-races have been datamined and the gang discusses if it would be worth it to play them. Nick is most excited for Highountain Tauren. Eric talks about how draenai relate to his fascination with The Fast &amp; the Furious.<br />
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In the news, the beta servers have been updated to the 8.0 version, and Warcraft III and Diablo II are appearing in the battle.net launcher beta version.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #93! Enjoy Blizzcon!
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      <title>#92: On Professions, Leveling, and New Races.</title>
      <itunes:title>On Professions, Leveling, and New Races.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4396</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/on-professions-leveling-and-new-races</link>
      <itunes:episode>92</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>92</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang gets off-topic answering emails and debates playable murlocs.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week's episode begins with Nick, Rei, and Eric talking about raiding, and a discussion of which raids were best and which were not. Nick asks Rei about which raids she didn't like, but she deftly dodges the question. Nick mentions he has finally completed the Argus content, while Rei and Eric are finally up to Kil'jaeden in Tomb of Sargeras and have been running more mythic dungeons lately.<br />
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Yepx emailed in with comments about leveling and questions about professions. The gang discusses how professions could be improved, with Nick going so far as to suggest that smelting should be removed and skinning should be streamlined to be automatic when looting. Then they address the comments on leveling, with Rei mentioning a friend she is helping to learn healing in dungeons by tanking for her. Nick comments that heirloom experience should just be baked into the level requirements, and heirlooms should be removed since just about no one is starting the game from scratch without knowing any friends.<br />
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Alisaunder emails in also about leveling, and Nick responds by talking about how the concept of the expansion needs to be reconsidered. Rather than giving us five zones with several chapters of content to gorge through at launch, Blizzard should pace that out, and maybe even get rid of expansions entirely by raising the cost of the subscription. This leads to everyone realizing Nick just asked for a price increase without any real additional content and he fails to walk the idea back. Everyone agrees that Suramar was a good example of how max-level questing should be.<br />
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The gang then briefly discusses the changes to battle.net, with Appear Offline and Groups now being available. Rei is a much better person than Nick because she never needs to use Appear Offline.<br />
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A recent Blizzard posting for a murloc costume at Blizzcon was awkwardly worded and may be hinting that murlocs will be playable in the next expansion. The gang talks about how murlocs are a joke race but there is precedent for them to be a bit more serious. Nick also asks how everyone would feel if the Nightfallen became playable.<br />
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Also in the news, the Running of the Gnomes raised over $16,000 for charity this weekend (and Nick is bitter that his gnome couldn't afford to fly), Ion and Lore did a Dev Q&amp;A, the Krokul Flute will be account wide for fast travel on Argus, Mythicpl.us is a site that informs players what the current Mythic modifiers are, the Blizzcon in-game goodies were announced, Blizzard banned several players for scripting, and Christie Golden is now full time at Blizzard.<br />
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Also, Nick will be hosting Pod Before the Con, part of Con Before the Storm and World of Podcasts, on 10/30 at 9:00 pm E on twitch.tvconbeforestorm and on Alpha Geek Radio. Check it out!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1vn">ash4.me/1vn</a></p>
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      <title>#91: PUBG, Blizzcon, and WoW 2?</title>
      <itunes:title>PUBG, Blizzcon, and WoW 2?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 04:48:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3746</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pubg-blizzcon-and-wow-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>91</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>91</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Could a PUBG-style brawl work? Also, Blizzcon speculation, and can WoW 2 happen?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei and Eric start us off this week by talking about how raid attendance has suffered lately. Nick wonders if there is an age limit on expansion content, as normally we'd have started the end of expansion content drought by now. Rei and Nick discuss how to implement and maintain a culture change in a guild, and it involves kicking out anyone who won't buy in. Brewfest is also going on right now and Rei's been busy working on getting it while Nick reminisces about his first time drinking in game.<br />
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Alisaunder emailed in in response to our discussion of arenas from a few episodes ago. Her email leads to discussion about Blizzard implementing a PUBG-style battleground in WoW, which everyone thinks would be worth a try, and it makes sense for it to happen since surely a few Blizzard developers are playing PUBG. Nick mixes genres and suggests Blizzard make a PUBG style dating sim. Nick and Rei briefly discuss Dream Daddy.<br />
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With Blizzcon coming up, Nick brings up two recent announcements by Blizzard that hint at what we might see. First, Blizzard announced that there will not be a major Diablo announcement, essentially informing players not to expect Diablo IV or any Diablo III expansions. Nick suggests that since there has been no advisory to Warcraft fans, then we are all but assured there will be an expansion announcement at Blizzcon. Blizzard also posted and then removed a job posting for a mobile MMO RTS designer. This leads to speculation about what else Blizzard could be announcing at Blizzcon.<br />
<br />
Earlier this week, Nick got into a twitter discussion about the possibility of WoW 2 happening, and he brings it up with Eric and Rei. They look at Blizzard's reluctance to split the player base, and how Blizzard has incrementally improved the game such that WoW 2 is already part of WoW, and decided -- THAT JARRET IS RIGHT.<br />
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Also in the news, A Thousand Years of War is the new audio drama about Turalyon and Alleria. Blizzard updated the battle.net chat client and released a mobile version for android. Rei convinces Nick that he cannot lie to hide with this. Finally, congratulations to Free Mersy for winning the Mythic Dungeon Invitational.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1vd">ash4.me/1vd</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#90: Patch 7.3 Thoughts (I Quest In Blood!!!)</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 7.3 Thoughts (I Quest In Blood!!!)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:34:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3905</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-7-3-thoughts-i-quest-in-blood</link>
      <itunes:episode>90</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>90</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei &amp; Eric recount their experiences in Patch 7.3 including the Lucid Nightmare.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 7.3 is out and the gang is finally here to talk about it! But first, Nick mentions the recent hurricanes and how Blizzard has released a charity pet, Shadow, with proceeds going to the Red Cross. Then, Rei and Eric discuss what they've been up to in game by going over all the content in 7.3. They talk about their time raiding in Heroic Tomb of Sargeras. Rei talks about healing an emerald nightmare group. Then they discuss their efforts questing in Argus. Eric mentions that he enjoyed the moment when Velen and Alleria battled Talgath, and Velen stopped him from escaping.<br />
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They briefly discuss the Mythic Dungeon Invitational, but cannot say much because no one has watched it. They then talk about the Lucid Nightmare mounts, and how Eric had to help Rei get through the Endless Halls part. Eric also complains about having to click on a chair when everyone else in the area was standing on top of the chair, making it hard to target. They also talk about the new Legion invasions and the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon.<br />
<br />
After patch 7.3, Nick runs through the recent news. The Blizzcon virtual ticket is now available for pre-purchase. There will be weekly videos including behind the scenes vignettes and developer Q&amp;A's. The ticket will also cover ALL the panels from Blizzcon, including the voice actor's stage. The virtual ticket also comes with two in-game mounts, the Orgrimmar Interceptor and the Stormwind Skychaser. They alone are worth the $40.<br />
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In other news, Prince Farondis has disappeared from Azsuna. Also, Blizzard has a new show Gladiator's Summit, about WoW PVP and Arenas. Also, Blizzard has purchased a building in Los Angeles that will become the Blizzard arena for esports events.<br />
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All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1v1">ash4.me/1v1</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
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      <title>#89: Revisiting the Siege of Orgrimmar</title>
      <itunes:title>Revisiting the Siege of Orgrimmar</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4878</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/revisiting-the-siege-of-orgrimmar</link>
      <itunes:episode>89</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>89</podcast:episode>
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      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang raids Siege of Orgrimmar! Does Nick tame Thok?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang takes a break from talking about WoW news and instead heads back into the Siege of Orgrimmar. First, Nick comments on his Pandaren Balloon theory as everyone heads to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Once there, they enter the raid and talk about Immerseus and how annoying he is to solo. Eric and Nick also talk briefly about spirit beasts. Then, they go on to face the Fallen Protectors, and Nick laments the death of the Golden Lotus. Norushen is next and is quickly dispatched. Then they fight the Sha of Pride after being annoyed at the trash in his room. Jaina shows up to telelport everyone to Orgrimmar, and Nick and Eric talk about the Dreadlord Jaina from the new Heroes of the Storm cinematic with Kel'thuzad.<br />
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They kill the trash cannons and finally work their way to Galakras, where again, they have to wait for the raid events to keep up with how quickly they are burning through the content. Iron Juggernaut is next, and Nick pulls him and he falls in no time. They go into Orgrimmar, where Eric reminisces about struggling with Mokvar the Treasurer, while Nick focuses on the relationship between Ji Firepaw and Aysa Cloudsinger. Nick also comments that this is when the raid gets weird for the Horde, because this part of Orgrimmar is so familiar. They defeat the Dark Shaman and move through the Drag to free Gamon from the tree. They head down into the Cleft of Shadow where Nick comments on the dead warlock trainers. They go through the old Ragefire Chasm and find Nazgrim, but he dies before everyone can even target him instead of the trash.<br />
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No one dies to the elevator boss, as they head into the Underhold. Nick talks about Malkorok, who started as Garrosh's enforcer in Tides of War and eventually became a hulking orc behemoth, who was the prototype for the massive orcs we would see in Warlords of Draenor. The group moves to do Spoils of Pandaria, which is a nice way to bring back many of the mobs faced earlier in the expansion. Next up is Thok, who Nick wants to tame. Is he able to tame the beast, or does the group kill it first? After Thok, they go to Siegecrafter Blackfuse, where Eric talks about fighting him from the conveyer belts. The group struggles against the Klaxxi Paragons due to a bug, but eventually is able to down them.<br />
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Finally, they watch Thrall fail to subdue Garrosh, and then attack the Warchief themselves. They get to see the final phase on Mythic difficulty where Garrosh takes them to Nightmare Stormwind. Rei admires the faction leaders all impaled in the background.<br />
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Thanks for listening to WoW! Talk! If there are any raids you'd like to hear us go through, please email us at wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com! Enjoy playing WoW!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ut">ash4.me/1ut</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#88: Gamescom Key Art (WHO IS THAT GIRL???)</title>
      <itunes:title>Gamescom Key Art (WHO IS THAT GIRL???)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3740</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/gamescom-key-art-who-is-that-girl</link>
      <itunes:episode>88</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>88</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Talk about expectations for Gamescom this week but WHO IS THE HEARTHSTONE GIRL?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to talk about Gamescom coming up this week. But first, Rei and Eric talk about running alts through content. One of their guild members said they don't believe in alts, which leads to a discussion about the why alts are good. They also talk about the Trial of Style, which Nick ran and had fun with and even managed to win once! Nick's also making progress on his warlock and death knight hidden appearances.<br />
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Gamescom is this week and Blizzard is streaming the reveal Wednesday. It looks like there will be info about Patch 7.3, since Turalyon is prominently featured in the key art, but Nick is distracted by the girl who ostensibly represents Hearthstone. She has a purple hearthstone card and a leather vest and a white mouse in a scarf! WHO IS SHE!?!?!?!? Nick talks about how there probably won't be an expansion announcement, but it would make sense for there to be one, and it all depends on Blizzard's internal development schedule which we are not and can not be privy to.<br />
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Also in the news, there was an RP event, The Tournament of Ages, that was affected by sharding on the old continents. Twitter and reddit were upset over this and Blizzard hotfixed the sharding within a day. Additionally, Duncan Jones announced a screening of the Warcraft movie with himself and Rob Kazinksky in Los Angelels. The timing of this with Gamescom this week seems suspicious. Also from Blizzard, they announced a diversity intiative for increasing their female and minority hires. Warcraft III is getting a PTR to test new maps. This could suggest that a remaster is coming sooner rather than later. The Blizzard App is back to being Battle.net, although it feels like it always was. And there's a new beta build for World of Warcraft, hinting that a new expansion is around the corner.<br />
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Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! #88. Follow us on twitter at @wowtalkmtb for streaming times and podcast updates!
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<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#87: Patch 7.3 Q&amp;A, the WoW Token, and Jaina Key Art</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 7.3 Q&amp;A, the WoW Token, and Jaina Key Art</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3589</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-7-3-qa-the-wow-token-and-jaina-key-art</link>
      <itunes:episode>87</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>87</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick rants about the WoW Token and reaction to Jaina, but loves his artifacts.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are back to talk about all things WoW this week. First, Rei and Eric have been running their alts through Nighthold and even playing with some listeners! (Thanks, FireandIceGodz!) Nick is excited because he got his warlock mount and his warlock hidden destruction appearance, and he's making progress on the hidden appearances for his other specs, when he isn't passing out while running timewalking dungeons.<br />
<br />
Ion Hazzikostas and Josh (Lore) Allen did a patch 7.3 dev q&amp;a this week. Nick mentions that these usually happen about two weeks before the patch goes live, and it seems that the schedule would have 7.3 going up on 8/29, just before Legion's first birthday. No expansion has provided regular content for over a year, so Legion is truly special. In the Q&amp;A, Nick talks about how 7.3 will have 5 chapters released over 3 weeks. Nick is most excited about Artifact appearances no longer requiring certain appearances in use to be unlocked, as well as appearances being made available beyond Legion.<br />
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Legion Invasions on the Broken Shore will stick around past 7.3. Order Hall champions will have catch up mechanics. The Netherlight Crucible brings reforging to relics. There are no more artifact appearances coming. The gang discusses whether Mythic + dungeons will exist for Legion content after Legion or if they will remain max level only. Spend all your nethershards now as they will not be used for anything in 7.3. Also, updated Worgen and Goblin models are coming eventually!<br />
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Nick detours quickly into the Newsbites to get to what he wants to discuss. A Legacy server was recently shut down after 4 hours because it was set up under US jurisdiction. Also, the Luminous Starseeker mount and Twilight pet are available on the Blizzard store. This has driven the price of the WoW Token over 150,000 g in the US, and the WoW Token is now worth more than Venezuelan currency. Nick liked the WoW Token when it was only useful for buying your WoW subscription, and the fact that the price has gone up has made it prohibitive for him to keep funding his game time that way. He thinks that the subscription time should be available for a set gold price separate from the WoW Token now that it can be used for so many other things.<br />
<br />
Ways to spend the WoW Token are only going to get worse when Blizzcon rolls around, as Mike Morhaime has mentioned Blizzard has several incubation teams working on new games. Nick expects these games to start to be revealed around Blizzcon. Also, Jaina was announced as the key art for Blizzcon. Nick rants about Jaina's characterization, and how people hate her and her arc while events are still happening to her. Rei finds a picture showing how Jaina has aged through the years.<br />
<br />
That wraps up this week's WoW! Talk! Come hang out with us on our next live show 8/20 at 10:30 pm EST at https://www.twitch.tv/wookieebh
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ub">ash4.me/1ub</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>Update on The Tauren &amp; The Goblin</title>
      <itunes:title>Update on The Tauren &amp; The Goblin</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>56</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/update-on-the-tauren-the-goblin</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
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      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The Tauren &amp; The Goblin have moved to their own feed. The show is currently on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Google Play music with more platforms to come soon.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Tauren &amp; The Goblin have moved to their own feed. The show is currently on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Google Play music with more platforms to come soon.
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<p>
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      <title>#86: Mythic Dungeon Invitational, Appear Offline, and Proc RNG.</title>
      <itunes:title>Mythic Dungeon Invitational, Appear Offline, and Proc RNG.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3914</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mythic-dungeon-invitational-appear-offline-and-proc-rng</link>
      <itunes:episode>86</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>86</podcast:episode>
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      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>A discussion on the Mythic Dungeon Invitational while Nick still hates Blingtron.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei and Eric bring the good news that they have defeated normal Kil'jaeden and have started work on Heroic Tomb of Sargeras. They are also putting together a mythic+ dungeon group. Nick responds that he's upset that he ran across a Blingtron 4000. He also has his DK PVP artifact appearance, and is struggling to get Marks of the Sentinax on his warlock. Everyone liked the Auction House Dance Party, although it was brief. Alisaunder emailed in to ask which Warcraft character will get credit for killing the boss at the end of the expansion. Rei and Eric said Illidan. Nick said a group including Illidan, Velen, and Khadgar.<br />
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Blizzard announced the Mythic Dungeon Invitational, and over the next two weeks, mythic dungeon teams can track their best runs and then submit them to Bilzzard to become eligible in a tournament with a $100,000 prize pool. 32 teams will be selected (8 from each region) to compete later this year. Good luck to all who try! Nick thinks this is a good way to advance WoW PVE content, since the World First Mythic Race has seen so many competitor's vanish (congrats to Method on their world first Mythic Kil'jaeden, by the way.) This should hopefully keep interest in that kind of content alive.<br />
<br />
A hearthstone update may have leaked an upcoming Appear Offline feature. Rei argues that this feature isn't necessary because people should be honest with their guilds about their intention for playing online.<br />
<br />
Nick found an article talking about how proc RNG works in Legion. Instead of having a x% chance to proc each time a proc-able event occurs, procs are now assigned like a deck of cards, and each attempt draws a card until the deck is exhausted and procs reshuffle. This prevents a run of bad luck, but also means that you can't have a good run of procs, either.<br />
<br />
Also in the news, Russell Brower is gone from Blizzard, Christie Golden is working on a new Warcraft novel, Chronicle Vol. III is available for pre-order, and news about the North American Arena Finals has been announced. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1u2">ash4.me/1u2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#85: Looking Beyond Patch 7.3</title>
      <itunes:title>Looking Beyond Patch 7.3</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3859</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/looking-beyond-patch-7-3</link>
      <itunes:episode>85</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>85</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick hates Blingtron and the gang looks to the future beyond Patch 7.3. </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here this week to talk about Patch 7.3, but first, Rei and Eric talk about defeating the Fallen Avatar to get up to normal-difficulty Kil'jaeden. Rei mentions getting a second legendary from a Blingtron, and Nick rants that Blingtron 5000's should be outlawed because they force people to choose whether to loot them or not. Nick's also been playing his warlock, and complains about the lackluster Warlock class campaign finale.<br />
<br />
Patch 7.3 is on the PTR. Nick mentions some of the features, like Argus having three separate areas, with teleporters instead of flight points. There will be a new dungeon and a raid. Nick asks if the patch schedule feels too fast, and the group agrees that it has been pretty good, especially since Rei and Eric are managing to keep Order of Corrupted Souls ahead of the curve. Nick asks if there will be a Patch 7.4, and thinks that there will have to be if Blizzard wants to avoid a year long content drought again. This leads into rumors about the next expansion.<br />
<br />
First, Shacknews (misidentified as Forbes on the show) had an article suggesting that Jaina's turn as a Death Knight in the new Hearthstone expansion means that she could be a villain in the next expansion. Nick dismisses this out of hand because Hearthstone has no bearing on WoW lore. However, there were reports of Blizzard registering a trademark for "Return of the Lich King" (seemingly unsubstantiated), and Nick speculates whether that could be the next WoW expansion instead of Hearthstone. Finally, Nick mentions the Kul'tiras armor datamined from Patch 7.3, and wonders if the next expansion will be the open seas expansion that has been a long time coming. Kul'Tiras could explain Jaina's absence, and Nick extrapolates from the spaceship command center that we will be using in patch 7.3, that perhaps we could get our own naval vessel in the next expansion. This brings up comparison to Skull &amp; Bones, Sea of Thieves, and Assassin's Creed.<br />
<br />
The last topic is the struggles the World First race for Mythic Kil'jaeden. Exorsus and Method have been complaining that the fight is improperly tuned and buggy, and that they are doing Q&amp;A for Blizzard. Meanwhile, Limit has been forced out of the race as several of their guild members have been banned for selling dungeon runs for real money.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to this week's WoW! Talk!
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      <title>#84: Vomiting on the Lich King (The ICC Experiment)</title>
      <itunes:title>Vomiting on the Lich King (The ICC Experiment)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:45:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4303</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/vomiting-on-the-lich-king-the-icc-experiment</link>
      <itunes:episode>84</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>84</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang runs ICC during the show as an experiment! Let us know what you think.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang tries something a little bit different. Nick needs his Unholy Death Knight artifact appearance from Ice Crown Citadel, so with little in the way of news to talk about, the gang travels to Northrend and raids during the show. On their way there, Rei and Eric talk about Tomb of Sargeras, having gotten up to the Fallen Avatar. Eric talks about Maiden of Vigilance being a special fight with its Guitar Hero-eqsue mechanics. (And shout out to all the color blind raiders!) He also mentions Mistress Sassz’ine as being a fun fight, as it involved fighting a whale and octopus as adds.<br />
<br />
Rei brings up the Sisters of the Moon as a fight she enjoyed. Nick, meanwhile, has completed the achievement Free for All, More for Me, which requires doing each of the Free-for-All PVP World Quests in each Legion zone 20 times. Doing so rewards a mount. Nick also mentions that he was able to get the special mob to spawn from Army of the Dead and Apoclypse for his Unholy Death Knight, which is required to get the hidden artifact, and the reason the trio is heading into Icecrown Citadel.<br />
<br />
In Icecrown, Rei mentions the time that some people got stuck on the Gunship fight for three hours until she showed up to help them. Eric also recounts stories from their past. Nick bumrushes Saurfang and prevents anyone else from getting loot, although he misses the chest because it blends into the decor. Rei and Eric reminisce about Precious and her ribbon not dropping. They then lead Nick to Professor Putricide, and Nick goes off to collect his appearance while Rei and Eric proceed. Putricide puts a debuff on Eric and Nick that causes them to be stuck throwing up. Nick's debuff remains all the way to the Lich King, where he vomits on Tirion, Arthas, and finally Bolvar once the fight is over.<br />
<br />
Thank you for listening to this special episode of WoW! Talk!. This was very much an experiment, so please provide us with any feedback as we are curious to know if the format is something you would like to hear again. Our email is wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com, or tweet us at @wowtalkmtb. Thank you, and enjoy playing WoW!
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      <title>#83: The Patch 7.2.5 Quiz (with All the Drinks)</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 7.2.5 Quiz (with All the Drinks)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 04:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3672</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-7-2-5-quiz-with-all-the-drinks</link>
      <itunes:episode>83</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>83</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Join us for the Patch 7.2.5 Quiz. Compete with Rei and Eric over what is coming.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patch 7.2.5 drops on Tuesday, so that means its time for the Patch 7.2.5 Quiz! But first, Rei and Eric talk about their continued experience raiding Heroic Nighthold to help get everyone in the guild Ahead of the Curve. Nick meanwhile, has been busy doing PVP content, including the Tarren Mill vs Southshore battleground, and working to get the mount from the Free For All, More For Me achievement. Nick also got his class mount this week after blitzing through the last half of the Broken Shore quests. The hunter class mount quest is okay, as it involves drinking and partying with Odyn (all offscreen, though). He was surprised by how much he liked it, though.<br />
<br />
Alisaunder emailed in to ask if compared to games like Conan Exiles, that WoW needs another character model update. The gang disagrees, saying that they'd rather see customization options added instead, as the models are fine for now. Nick points out that players don't really spend that much time looking at their own character to make updating the models worth as much as it might seem.<br />
<br />
Nick then gives Rei and Eric the patch 7.2.5 Quiz. (with a special appearance by their dog Hachi!) Topics include the Tomb of Sargeras raid going live on 7/20. Also, find out more about the Deaths of Chromie scenario, the Trial of Style, and the Auction House Dance Studio as Nick tests the gang on their knowledge of what is to come. Additionally, Nick asks about legendaries in 7.2.5, the new pet battle dungeon, and the Darkmoon Faire. Finally, in the newsbytes, WoW eSports now has its own page, and PVP season 3 ends on 6/13, and there were a handful of dev interviews over the last two weeks as well. All this and more is in this week's WoW! Talk!
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      <title>#82: The Destiny of the Blizzard App</title>
      <itunes:title>The Destiny of the Blizzard App</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 14:46:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4074</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-destiny-of-the-blizzard-app</link>
      <itunes:episode>82</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>82</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Destiny 2 is coming to battle.net. Take the journey with Nick from anger to acceptance.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its Eric's Birthday, and he begins by sharing the news that he and Rei (along with their guild) were able to down Heroic Gul'dan. Congrats on getting Ahead of the Curve! Nick wrongly thinks there is a mount associated with the achievement. Nick finally got his warlock to level 110, and as much as he likes the Demonology skull artifact, he also really likes the Destruction Sceptre of Sargeras. He then discusses how his Death Knight was able to hit Prestige Level 1 with a minimal amount of PVP, and how he was confused about not getting the PVP artifact appearance because it basically requires prestige Level 2.<br />
<br />
Alisaunder emailed in to ask about the news that Christie Golden is working for Blizzard. Nick agrees that we need to hear more about the story of the rest of the world during Legion. YepX emailed in about professions and how engineering isn't great for making money. Rei said it is but you need to log in daily to put the time in. Nick argued that herbalism and mining is where the money is, and that crafting is a wash. He admits that he's never made money on his leatherworker, but he also doesn't play the auction house as well as he should. Rei uses the app to keep cycling her auctions to make sure the money keeps rolling in. Eric mentions that he does some fishing, and this leads to a discussion of the secret fishing faction on the island off Dalaran where Eric was able to get his catfish mount.<br />
<br />
The main topic this week is that Destiny 2 will be available on battle.net. Nick complains first that Mike Morhaime killed the name Blizzard Launcher by calling it battle.net in the Destiny presentation. He then compares Steam and the Blizzard App, saying that Steam is much more a store and a portal than the Blizzard App is. Nick also complains about the price of the WoW Token going up about 20K overall as a result of this news. He then points out that because Activision is getting $80 for every $60 purchase of Destiny 2 with WoW Tokens (because a WoW Token costs $20 to be redeemed for $15 in battle.net balance), he believes that this is going to lead to Call of Duty and other Activision games coming to the Blizzard App. He also talks about Destiny characters showing up in Heroes of the Storm, and realizes that seeing Ikora Rey and Gul'dan argue about who is a real warlock might be worth it.<br />
<br />
Finally, in the news:<br />
<br />
-Artifact Knowledge only goes to level 40 instead of 50<br />
-Serenity disbanded<br />
-Blizzard posted about the Anduin cinematic<br />
-Squirky is a new murloc pet available in game and as a plushie<br />
-Blizzard posted a preview of the Tomb of Sargeras raid<br />
<br />
Thanks for listening to WoW! Talk! 82. Happy Birthday, Eric!
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      <title>#81: Get Well, Everybody!</title>
      <itunes:title>Get Well, Everybody!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 22:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>1569</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/get-well-everybody</link>
      <itunes:episode>81</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>81</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Everyone's sick so its a short episode to talk about Heroic Gul'dan and Mythic+.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its a short WoW! Talk! this week as the gang is here but all feeling a bit under the weather. Eric and Rei talk about getting up to Heroic Gul'dan and working to get him down. They should have enough time to do so before 7.2.5 drops. As usual, Nick will wait to join them once they have it on farm. Everyone has been using the Legion invasions to level up their alts, which is super efficient now that flying is available. Nick tried leveling an alt using the Legion invasions before he had flying, and it was not at all convenient.<br />
<br />
Eric mentions one of his blacksmith quests that flying has made easy, and Nick recommends for any leather workers looking to do the moose quest that it is also trivialized with flying. Nick starts a discussion on what end game is for everyone in Legion. For Nick, he likes collecting artifact appearances, and hasn't been raiding as much as part of that. Eric and Rei still focus on raiding first and foremost.<br />
<br />
Alisaunder emailed in to discuss why the Falcosaurs can't fly (Nick may have complained about this before), and Nick wishes that all his mounts could fly. Rei offers him some Preserved Holly from Winter's Veil, and that leads to a discussion of how to maintain your bank. In the news, new profiles are available on the World of Warcraft site, and Nick didn't even know how robust the features were. World of Warcraft helped lead Blizzard to a stellar Q1, especially since the WoW Token recently allowed for more functions in the Blizzard shop, so there was more stuff to buy. Finally, Blizzard is changing Mythic + loot to encourage players to dungeon crawl at higher difficulties.<br />
<br />
Apologies for the short episode, but hopefully everyone will be back and ready to go at full strength next week!
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      <title>#80: So Much Salt</title>
      <itunes:title>So Much Salt</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 17:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3465</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/so-much-salt</link>
      <itunes:episode>80</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>80</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Rei discuss the angst in the community over the Anduin movie and WQGF.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its just Nick and Rei this week as they tackle the latest round of complaints about World of Warcraft. First, Rei discusses how raiding has been going in Nighthold, and gives a shoutout to all the players that have pugged with Order of Corrupted Souls this week. Nick joined the raid to run the Mythic Warlords of Draenor raids, which was sad because the entire expansion could be raided in a few hours. They also discuss which mechanics were difficult at level 110, with a special note on Blast Furnace in Blackrock Foundry. Nick is still working on his falcosaurs and describes how they can be used to level up alts. He also participated in Volunteer Guard Day, and this leads to a discuss about how the micro-holidays feel weird without having associated achievements.<br />
<br />
YepX emailed in again, first to mention that you can get an Order Hall follower from the Brawler's Guild, and also to point out that Legion is not the end of World of Warcraft. Nick agrees, but just points out that the game seems set to take a major shift after Legion. The community has been upset the last few weeks, and Nick and Rei discuss the lack of a Horde questline to pair with the awesome Anduin questline that was released recently. Despite maining Horde, Nick is fine with this as it is easy to roll alts, or even to just watch the movie on YouTube. They also review the controversy over the World Quest Group Finder, and how many people were upset when it was disabled due to bugs, although neither Nick nor Rei had any issues other than trying to use WQGF when it was down.<br />
<br />
Additionally, they go over the highlights from last week's Legion Q&amp;A. Also in the news, Dark Mirror is a short story about Nathanos Blightcaller, and Beast Mastery Hunters are getting some changes in patch 7.2.5. All this and more in WoW! Talk! #80! Thank you for listening!
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      <title>#79: What We've Been Doing in 7.2</title>
      <itunes:title>What We've Been Doing in 7.2</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:39:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3579</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/what-weve-been-doing-in-7-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>79</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>79</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses invasions, flying, and what they've been up to in patch 7.2.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy's back and he can fly. Jeremy talks about his work to unlock flying, and his thoughts on the reputation grind. They mention how much easier it makes world quests, especially for the Kirin Tor. Rei and Eric aren't far off from flying, though. They've been doing some Legion invasions with Nick, though Jeremy doesn't like them for their lack of reputation. Nick points out that the invasions have a follow up quest after the intials four world quest requirement you need to be sure to get.<br />
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Rei and Eric talk about their experiences pugging with some sub-par players. Nick discusses his efforts in getting the Riddler's Mind Worm mount, and is excited that he's got 150 mounts now. He also has earned the Apex Predator's Claw, which is the legendary he's been wanting all expansion. Rei, Eric, and Jeremy have all tried their hands at the Class Challenges that were available, but no one has been victorious yet. Rei needs to work on her interrupts, as the healing challenge mimics a dungeon group that is not following the mechanics leaving it all up to the healer.<br />
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Nick and Eric talk about the broken Death Knight Order Hall follower quest, and the gang discusses the issues surrounding Magatha Grimtotem being the Shaman follower. YepX emailed in to let everyone know that the Invasions will be getting more prevalent as the expansion goes on, and prompts the gang to riff on what they have sacrificed. The patch notes for patch 7.2.5 are on the PTR, and include some noteworthy features like Black Temple Timewalking and an Auction House Dance Party (not to be confused with the dance studio). Also, Nick is excited that the 2nd hidden artifact appearance now only requires 30 dungeon runs instead of 100. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1s9">ash4.me/1s9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#78: Patches 7.2 and 7.8</title>
      <itunes:title>Patches 7.2 and 7.8</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 05:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4108</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patches-7-2-and-7-8</link>
      <itunes:episode>78</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>78</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick, Rei, and Eric react to 7.2 going live and the 7.8 notes from April 1st.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Once again April Fool's has come and gone, and with it a round of fake Blizzard patch notes. But first, Nick finally got his Falcosaur after complaining about it for several weeks. He now plans on trying to get another one. Patch 7.2 launched on Tuesday and everyone is excited to check out the Broken Shore and unlock their artifact traits. Alisaunder sent in an email asking about what kind of zone we would make, and Eric said he would make a dungeon with some old bosses. Nick took that one step further and said he would make a time travel dungeon where some of the old bosses from prior raids would be used, and some of the raid content could take place in pre-Cataclysm Azeroth.<br />
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Getting back to 7.2, there was an undocumented change to level 110 mobs scaling by a player's item level, and Ion Hazzikostas had to post about the issue. It makes sense to change mob scaling since it keeps content current, but the undocumented nature just caught people by surprise. Nick thinks that this is a sign that scaling is coming to the old world, as it needs the change. Also, Blizzard released their April Fool's Fake Patch Notes for Patch 7.8. Rei, Eric, and Nick read their favorites. Blizzard also did a fake Blizzcon interactive novel, and introduced a classic Battle.net skin for the blizzard launcher. In other news, the Battle.net Launcher is now the Blizzard launcher, patch 7.2.5 is on the PTR with updates to brewmaster monks and outlaw rogues, Bellular tried to create a new WoW story add-on, the Inky Black Potion is bringing dark nights (not dark knights, Eric!) to Azeroth again, and EU prices for services increased. All this and much more can be found in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1s0">ash4.me/1s0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#77: Lawncare Thoughts and the Patch 7.2 Quiz</title>
      <itunes:title>Lawncare Thoughts and the Patch 7.2 Quiz</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 04:37:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4409</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/lawncare-thoughts-and-the-patch-7-2-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>77</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>77</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick quizzes the gang on Patch 7.2 and hates lawn mowing more than pet battles.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy returns in time to talk about Patch 7.2! But first, he, Rei and Eric have been raiding heroic nighthold and discuss their experiences getting up to Heroic Star Augur. They also tried some rated battlegrounds which didn't go very well. Nick meanwhile has been checking out Un'Goro Madness and really didn't find anything worthwhile there. Dave emailed in to ask about Inscription, and the gang talked about Vantus Runes being valuable, while Jewelcrafting seems especially underserved. Alisaunder wrote in to advise Nick on how to handle his pet battles, and Nick mentioned that he's been using his garrison and the pet battle world quests to build up his menagerie. Nick then recounted a story that made him sound like a whiny teenager again because he didn't want to mow the lawn, and compared it to the pet battling he doesn't want to do, but is more willing to do because he gets a mount from pet battling, and having a mowed lawn isn't worth the same to him. Rei proves herself to be the most adult member of the show, as she does all her chores first before playing.<br />
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Nick then asks everyone else to take the Patch 7.2 quiz to prepare for the coming patch. Its already on the background downloader with a release candidate on the PTR, so it will most likely go live in the next two weeks. Despite not taking it, Nick is the real winner of the quiz because he's too proud of his Sentinax joke. In the news, Blizzcon 2017 was announced for 11/3 and 11/4, For Azeroth has been extended to 3/26, Brian Holinka and Matt Goss each did Developer Q&amp;A's, Dalaran exploded on the PTR with PVP as everyone got to fight Nomi, and finally Blizzard announced the WoW Arena Championships, which prompted a quick discussion of PVP in Call of Duty and Destiny.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1rp">ash4.me/1rp</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#76: Enjoy Playing WoW!</title>
      <itunes:title>Enjoy Playing WoW!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 05:34:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3976</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/enjoy-playing-wow</link>
      <itunes:episode>76</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>76</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to answer your questions! Specifically, YepX's questions. First, Rei and Eric talk about running Emerald Nightmare again, but Nick joined them for his first run through! He liked the Xavius fight even though he struggled with many of he mechanics all night. He also liked the weird Emerald Nightmare version of Thunder Bluff. Rei and Eric also did Karazhan but aren't quite ready to start attempting to get the time-gated mount. Nick is also frustrated because he is working to get the Falcosaur mounts, but did not realize they were so Pet Battle-intensive. Rei has an idea to help him get around that, though.<br />
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This week, YepX sent in two emails. First, he commented on the world scaling issue, suggesting that old materials could be used to modify craftable mounts and pets. He also gets Rei talking about earning gold in Legion. Nick likes the idea, but doesn't think Blizzard would ever do that because the changes would just be used by Blizzard as a different mount reward (like all the reskinned mounts in Warlords). Storage on a mount would be cool though, since currently that's only offered through Jeeves for engineering. YepX also asked about how to improve yourself as a player when guides don't seem to be helping anymore. Rei talked about her philosophy for helping people as a guild leader, and Eric approached the topic from a raid-leading tank. Nick advised making sure you are using keybinds, and also said that addons are critical.<br />
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Nick and Eric agreed that timers for your Dots and bleeds are essential. Nick then brought up an article talking about enjoying playing Legend of Zelda, and compared it to WoW, where he feels players do too many things without considering whether they enjoy them or not. Finally, in our news bites, Nick goes over some of the topics from the Legion Q&amp;A with Ion Hazzikostas, nameplate add-ons are being disabled in raids and dungeons, and the preview for PVP Brawls is up.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1rg">ash4.me/1rg</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#75: Supersize Seventy-Five</title>
      <itunes:title>Supersize Seventy-Five</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:51:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>6047</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/supersize-seventy-five</link>
      <itunes:episode>75</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>75</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Between the recent time-limited mount rush, the rapid rate of raid testing, and the interminable AP grind, its hard to be a WoW player lately.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Get ready folks because WoW! Talk! #75 is here and its a doozy!!! Jeremy is still out with computer problems, but Rei and Eric have progressed through Nighthold up to Gul'dan. But everyone's been too busy because Blizzard hates mount collectors!<br />
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First, everyone has been struggling to get the low drop-rate Big Pink Love Rocket mount while Love is in the Air is up. Then, everyone has been busy playing Heroes of the Storm to get the primal flamesaber mount (BE SURE TO SET THE AI TO BEGINNER IF YOU TRY IT!).  Also, the archaeogly quest mount is up this week, so Nick has been busy digging up Highmountain to get his spirit moose mount. Nick also finished his death knight questline and got his second legendary.<br />
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Corey and Kaihro emailed in their thoughts on scaling in the old world. Corey pointed out it could make old material relevant again, and Kaihro thinks it will help with questing and grouping with friends. Everyone agrees, except Nick, who loves questing as it is. As for recent events, the WoW Token can now be used for battle.net balance. The price has skyrocketed and Nick is upset. Anytime Blizzard has a promotion or content they want to sell, the price is going to go up again. Rei points out this can be played like the stock market.<br />
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Also, Tomb of Sargeras is on the PTR, and while Blizzard has explained the reasons for seemingly rushing this, the gang talks about whether this is too soon. Nick is concerned there is too much content coming and there will not be enough time to complete it before the next expansion, especially given that artifact appearances will only be available during Legion. Many top guilds are quitting the world first race after Nighthold and becoming casual. Blizzard has said they are trying to fix the artifact power grind in 7.2, but it may not be enough.<br />
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Also in the news, PVP Mounts are becoming account bound, Mischief made $2.5 Million for charity, Blizzard has its best year ever finanacially, transmog sets are coming, your legendary drop chance is better than you think, and Blizzard is ending support for Windows XP and Vista. Thanks for listening to an extra-long WoW! Talk! #75!!!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1r7">ash4.me/1r7</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#74: Nighthold and Scaling (Blizzard is Pimping)</title>
      <itunes:title>Nighthold and Scaling (Blizzard is Pimping)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3352</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nighthold-and-scaling-blizzard-is-pimping</link>
      <itunes:episode>74</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>74</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick, Rei, and Eric discuss Nighthold, Artifact Power in 7.2, and scaling on old content.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy is still out with computer problems but Nick, Rei, and Eric are here to talk to you about World of Warcraft. Nick gets the obligatory Super Bowl talk out of the way, and then Rei and Eric talk about getting past the Star Augur boss in Nighthold with his crazy backgrounds. Eric talks about changing strategies to get past Tichondrius. Nick mentions a site which tells you how many legendaries you should have received by now, so you can tell if you are overdue for your legendary or not. Rei mentions a guild member who is hording artifact power, so Nick brings up how artifact power will work in 7.2 to let the guildie know that he should not be doing that. Then the gang discusses the drama surrounding the Race to World First for Mythic Gul'dan. Congratulations to Exorsus for winning, but Serenity was hindered last week when someone associated with Method managed to get them locked out of their instance.<br />
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Method was also DDOS'ed, but it ultimately didn't matter as the win came in the second week of raiding. The mobs in Silithus are still scaling, and the gang discusses how there should be restrictions on scaling, and how annoying it is to farm old materials when the mobs can attack you. Rei mentions dealing with that when she visits her farm. Blizzard banned several botters again. (STOP BOTTING, PEOPLE!!!) Mike Morhaime came out against President Trump's recent Executive Order restricting travel from several Muslim countries, and the show gets political as Nick supports Morhaime for doing so. Then Nick admits to having enjoyed himself a little too much during the Super Bowl earlier. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1qx">ash4.me/1qx</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#73: Nighthold and 7.1.5</title>
      <itunes:title>Nighthold and 7.1.5</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:10:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3862</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nighthold-and-7-1-5</link>
      <itunes:episode>73</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>73</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 7.1.5 is upon us, and along with it came the Nighthold Raid, class changes, micro-holidays, and more for Nick, Rei, and Eric to discuss!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is one man down this week as Jeremy is having computer problems, but that won't keep WoW! Talk! from talking all about the new content and features added over the last few weeks. Rei and Eric are working through Nighthold, having gotten up to Tichondrius. They discuss their raid composition as well as some of the difficulties on the fight, and whether it feels harder than the prior Emerald Nightmare and Trials of Valor raids. Nick hasn't been raiding yet, but he has been checking out the Call of the Scarab Lord event which is the first micro-holiday in the new patch. He found it weird to see a vanilla zone now containing World Quests and to see a zone that is perpetually empty suddenly full of people again. Which faction is going to win? North America at least seems to be For the Horde!<br />
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Nick also got his Death Knight to 100 and got to check out the artifact knowledge catchup that was just introduced. Also, there was recently an issue with PVP players very upset that Blizzard was going to allow artifact traits above 35 points to count for PVP, but Blizzard rescinded that change. As for class changes, Eric seems to think Death Knights are okay, even if they were nerfed when a broken ability was fixed. Mists of Pandaria timewalking is also new in patch 7.1.5, but it won't be available for several weeks. Paul Kubit addressed this in a recent Q&amp;A, and Nick talks about that and some of the design team's reasons behind timewalking working as it does. Patch 7.2 is on the PTR, and that brings new animations for hunters as well as lots of new models and mounts, and also concerns about Blizzard's pacing. Nick suggests that the Tomb of Sargeras raid will not be coming until 7.2.5, so that 7.2 can arrive in about three months while Nighthold is still viable.<br />
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In other news, Everquest Designer Josh Augustine has joined the WoW Quest team, and Blizzard won their Honorbuddy lawsuit. All this and more is on WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1qk">ash4.me/1qk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#72: The Patch 7.1.5 Quiz!</title>
      <itunes:title>The Patch 7.1.5 Quiz!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3836</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-patch-7-1-5-quiz</link>
      <itunes:episode>72</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>72</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 7.1.5 misinformation abounds!  Nick tests the rest of the gang to see what they know on this week's WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy New Year! The gang is back to talk about what's been going on in World of Warcraft. Rei, Jeremy, and Eric are getting the hang of Trials of Valor and ready for Nighthold. Nick is done with World Quests now that he's reached exalted with all the reputations, but he still wants Khadgar's head. YepX writes back in to talk about his legendaries and running mythics. This gets the gang talking about Withered Army Training, and Rei shares a map that she uses to help her. Then the gang tries something new to talk about Patch 7.1.5.<br />
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Since there's been much confusion about what exactly is in the patch, Nick asks everyone some questions to see just what is and isn't coming on Tuesday. Is the Illidan questline a prerequisite for upgrading your legendaries? Is there an attunement for Nighthold? What are some of the new Brawler's Guild bosses? Find out as Rei, Jeremy, and Eric argue about what the answers are.<br />
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Also, Diablo has come to WoW! Treasure Goblins are showing up in the Underbelly and in dungeons, and the gang talks about their experiences with them and working to kill the Cow King in Duskwood, all to get a twelve-string guitar toy and another toy that acts like an extra hearthstone. Also, Nighthold is releasing next week, and Legion PVP Season 1 rewards are being rescinded and redistributed. All this and more on a new year of WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1q9">ash4.me/1q9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#71: Farewell, 2016.</title>
      <itunes:title>Farewell, 2016.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 05:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3673</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/farewell-2016</link>
      <itunes:episode>71</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>71</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about their 2016 highlights and hopes and predictions for 2017.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy Holidays and Happy Feast of Winter Veil! The gang kicks off WoW! Talk! #71 by dispatching with the news that the Nighthold Raid will open on 1/17/17. Then they talk about what they've been doing in game, as Rei, Eric, and Jeremy have continued beating Emerald Nightmare, and doing a little Trial of Valor. Eric discusses what in particular he enjoys about the Guarm fight. Nick confesses that he bought gingerbread and milk from the auction house. Then the gang responds to an email from YepX, who asks about difficulty in finding a source to learn your rotation, raid difficulty, and group finder frustations.<br />
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Jeremy shares his experience as a fury warrior, and Nick advises YepX to find a rotation that works for him and modify that based on other sources that he reads. They also talk about how training dummies are not always the best way to learn a rotation. Nick also agrees that raid bosses are more complex, and then the gang talks about their Group Finder experiences. Nick advises starting your own group if you are not comfortable joining another group. The gang then talks about their favorite things from 2016: the end of Hellfire Citadel, Demon Invasions, the new content in Legion, and Friendship Moose. Overall, 2016 showed just how awesome Blizzard and the Warcraft Community can be when allowed to fulfill their potential.<br />
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Then, the gang shares what their wishes and predictions are for 2017. What are your Warcraft or Blizzard predictions for 2017? Share with us at wowtalkmtb@mashthosebuttons.com or @wowtalkmtb on facebook and twitter. Thanks for listening to us in 2016! We'll all see you next year!!!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1py">ash4.me/1py</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#70: Heroic Xavius and Artifact Power Caps</title>
      <itunes:title>Heroic Xavius and Artifact Power Caps</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:04:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3781</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/heroic-xavius-and-artifact-power-caps</link>
      <itunes:episode>70</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>70</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses defeating Heroic Xavius, the struggle for more artifact power, and Patch 7.1.5.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Apparently, Nick broke down and bought himself the Mischief fel kitten in-game pet, and also bought his son the plushie as a gift. Its a shame that it is for ages 4 and up. Meanwhile, Rei, Jeremy, and Eric have been hard at work defeating Heroic Xavius. Gratz! They talk about the increased damage that Xavius deals and how Rei's guild management has allowed them to clear heroic content much faster this expansion. Nick brings up the complaint that some people feel forced to keep earning artifact power, although no one present feels that way. Eric says that players need to acknowledge their own role in creating the situation.<br />
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Nick agrees but thinks that players are too stubborn and they need Blizzard to implement some sort of cap that really won't affect anyone else. Maybe like a rested buff? Then the gang gets into patch 7.1.5, talking about some of the changes coming to Legendaries as well as the way that Ion seems to be running things now that he's in charge. Blizzard is looking to nerf the more powerful legendaries while buffing the classes that rely on them. Overall, changes on the PTR will be more experimental and unfinished, and auras will be used to change all spells at once without actually changing the underlying ability. The end result is easier for Blizzard to tweak and more confusing to dataminers.<br />
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Everyone reviews how their class has been performing in Legion, agreeing that their classes are mostly good. Also, PVP Season 1 is ending without a new patch. Dave Kosak transitions to the Hearthstone team, resulting in Nick theorizing about WoW story development, and that maybe Dave is there to reign in Hearthstone’s wild imagination. Finally, Blizzard announces Blizzard publishing. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1pp">ash4.me/1pp</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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      <title>#69: Bugs, Legendaries, and Crest Kwedit</title>
      <itunes:title>Bugs, Legendaries, and Crest Kwedit</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3896</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/bugs-legendaries-and-crest-kwedit</link>
      <itunes:episode>69</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>69</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Legion is great but people keep complaining! Nick tells them to chill, and Jeremy returns with his third relic!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy is back to join the WoW! Talk! gang and he brought his third relic with him, so congratulations are in order. He's also returned with another legendary drop, as legendaries abound now. Rei, Eric, and Jer discuss progression raiding, and when to bench someone as opposed to carrying them through a lower difficulty. Jer then helps Nick discover that the Armory is broken when displaying Legendaries. The gang discusses the many bugs of the last few weeks, starting with the AP exploit that allowed some people to infinitely farm artifact power by repeating a single world quest. Blizzard banned people for exploiting, but did not remove the AP gained, although they have since promised to do so. Also, players were upset because there was softcap applied to legendaries after earning your fourth, when bad-luck protection would stop triggering to ensure that you would be ever-more likely to earn your next one, as opposed to forever suffering with pure RNG.<br />
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Players noticed they were not getting their fifth legendary as quickly as they should, and Blizzard responding by admitting to the softcap and removing it, so that bad-luck RNG would allow players to keep earning legendaries in perpetuity. Mythic Helya was also bugged, as guilds like Exorsus used the bug to defeat her, only to have their kill redacted once it was clear they were exploiting. And this weekend’s Kirin Tor quest was broken, as there were at most three quests available when four were needed to complete it. Nick rants about how while these bugs are valid, players need to calm down and stop fretting about how other people are progressing comparatively. Relax, people!<br />
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Also in the news: Legion class changes in 7.1.5 were discussed, Chris Metzen talked about his mental state with Scott Johnson in a highly recommended podcast, we learn what micro-holidays Blizzard is planning, and WoW's 12th Anniversary has been going on. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1pg">ash4.me/1pg</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
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      <title>#68: Nostalrius Returns, Patch 7.1.5 and Patch 7.2</title>
      <itunes:title>Nostalrius Returns, Patch 7.1.5 and Patch 7.2</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4351</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nostalrius-returns-patch-7-1-5-and-patch-7-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>68</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>68</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Nostalrius returns but will it matter if everyone is playing patch 7.1.5 and 7.2? The WoW! Talk! gang debates.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric, and Nick finally get the chance to dig into the fallout from Blizzcon. First, they discuss the Odyn fight now that Trial of Valor is open, and talk about raiding and dungeon running in Legion. They also complain about the hidden quest cap. Then, Activision-Blizzard had its quarterly earnings call before Blizzcon, and Blizzard is doing very well thanks to Overwatch and World of Warcraft lately; with Blizzard having its highest number of Monthly Active Users. Nostalrius is back and they are sharing their source code with the Elysium legacy server. Given that Blizzard did not mention anything about Legacy Servers at Blizzcon, this is an interesting development.<br />
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Blizzard talked about always having content on the PTR, and they are keeping to their word as Patch 7.1.5 is going on the PTR this week. This is Legion's first small patch and it contains Mists of Pandaria Timewalking, the return of the Brawler's Guild, and micro-holidays. Patch 7.2 was also announced at Blizzcon and that is the Tomb of Sargeras, with the Broken Shore available as a zone leading up to our assault on the Tomb. There will also be a dungeon in the patch as well as flying on our new class mounts. Finally, Ion promised that patch 7.3 will set us going to Argus. Overall, this was a lot of information to process, but it also leaves questions, such as when can we expect the next expansion? Nick does his best to parse this out.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1p8">ash4.me/1p8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#67: Impression and 2016 Blizzcon HYPE</title>
      <itunes:title>Impression and 2016 Blizzcon HYPE</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:46:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3486</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/impression-and-2016-blizzcon-hype</link>
      <itunes:episode>67</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>67</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The Blizzcon Hype train starts as the gang speculates on Warcraft IV, Patch 7.2, and more! New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jer isn't here due to technical issues, but the rest of the gang is ready to talk about Patch 7.1! First, no one's really been taking part in Hallow's End this year, instead focusing on the getting attuned for Karazhan and running the Emerald Nightmare. Blizzard's scheduling has been weird lately with Withered J'im being repeated twice before being added to the World Boss achievement. Also, Rei, Eric, and Jer have had legendaries drop for them! Nomi's cooking is getting better. Moroes is both a boss and a Class Hall Champion.<br />
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Death Knights have had some changes in Patch 7.1, but the Frost artifact is still missing. Falcosaurs were added in 7.1, and they bring World Quests and a new faction with them. Nick thinks all classes should have a Feign Death mechanic. Rei is happy with her Priest Buffs. Nick watched the leaked Nighthold cinematic. The gang discusses whether patch 7.1 came out too quickly, and this leads to Nick arguing for end-of-expansion content droughts. Finally, the gang gets to the Blizzcon hype!<br />
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They talk about what's next in Legion. Nick wants to see a roadmap for patches from Blizzard. Nick also shares his theory on what patch 7.2 will contain. Perhaps Jaina and Kul Tiras? Weird Al was announced as the closing act for Blizzcon and he's perfect! Thomas Middleditch will be hosting the cosplay and talent competitions. The gang speculates on Warcraft IV and whether Red Shirt Guy can replace Chris Metzen at Blizzcon. Also, maybe Diablo IV is coming? An announcement about Legacy Servers is not coming, though. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ou">ash4.me/1ou</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#66: Patch 7.1 and Jeremy's Missing Relic</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 7.1 and Jeremy's Missing Relic</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 05:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3668</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-7-1-and-jeremys-missing-relic</link>
      <itunes:episode>66</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>66</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 7.1 is coming and Jeremy is missing an artifact relic. HE IS NOT PREPARED!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei, Eric and Jer are up to facing Xavius, but haven't downed him yet -- probably because Jeremy has yet to unlock his third relic slot on his warrior. Eric was even nice enough to donate a mythic relic to him, too! Eric goes over their struggles with Xavius. Nick then brings up the topic of crafting mats in Legion, and how expensive they are. Rei advises using Warlords of Draenor flasks and potions since they are readily available. Nick has secretly been hoarding fjarnskaggl. Bonus events are back, and Nick enjoyed the Outland timewalking, although he wonders about how difficult it is supposed to be. Jeremy talks about why he hasn't completed his class hall quest yet, and Nick shares his experiences working to unlock his other Death Knight artifacts. Eric was able to get the hidden appearance for the Blook Death Knight artifact.<br />
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In the news, Tom Chilton is working on another project at Blizzard so Ion Hazzikostas has replaced him as Lead Game Designer on World of Warcraft. Perhaps this is related to Tom slipping the subscription numbers in an interview with a Polish gaming magazine, although Blizzard denies that happened. Patch 7.1 is coming on 10/25 with the Karazhan mega-dungeon, the Trial of Valor raid, and the Blood of Sargeras vendor. Withered J'im was the world boss for two straight weeks and Blizzard has said they will fix it. There was also a hotfix applied to Mythic+ Artifact Power rewards. All this and more in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ok">ash4.me/1ok</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#65: Emerald Nightmare and World Quest Impressions</title>
      <itunes:title>Emerald Nightmare and World Quest Impressions</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 05:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4139</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/emerald-nightmare-and-world-quest-impressions</link>
      <itunes:episode>65</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>65</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang looks at Emerald Nightmare and World Quests.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang is all here to talk about Emerald Nightmare now that Rei, Jeremy, and Eric have fought their way into it. They stand at 5/7 and are ready to share their thoughts on the first few bosses. Eric enjoys tanking the Dragons of Nightmare fight and the healing on Ilgynoth is challenging. The gang then talks about their experiences with their artifact weapons, before Nick goes off on a rant about World Quests and how for all they were hyped up; he was expecting more. Not that he doesn't like them, he does, but it’s the standard routine of Blizzard offering the same activities and just changing the presentation.<br />
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Then Nick talks a little about the latest quest in the Illidan questline, where you play as Illidan in the Black Temple encounter. Some quest rewards don't drop in LFR Emerald Nightmare, but it’s okay because those quests are for an artifact appearance. Also, each class has hidden artifact appearances, some of which are easier to get than others. In fact, frost and unholy death knights hidden appearances are STILL hidden! In the news, battle.net is changing its name, Craig Amai has left Blizzard, and Exorsus earned the World First for Mythic Xavius. Congrats! All this and more on WoW! Talk! #65!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ob">ash4.me/1ob</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#64: Things to Do in Legion When You're 110</title>
      <itunes:title>Things to Do in Legion When You're 110</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:37:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4049</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/things-to-do-in-legion-when-youre-110</link>
      <itunes:episode>64</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>64</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>There's tons to do at 110 and LFR is as controversial as ever. New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Rei, and Eric are all level 110 finally and are able to talk about all there is to do at 110. Rei and Eric have been running Mythic dungeons and talk about the difficulty compared to Heroic or Normal. Nick has been finishing up the leveling experience by running through Aszuna. They also talk about the depth of the Suramar content and how large and immersive the city is. Profession quests are available and despite their depth, they are somewhat disappointing. World quests provide lots to do with hefty rewards as far as gear upgrades go.<br />
<br />
There's also class order hall campaigns and missions to complete. Overall, the gang is satisfied with Legion's content, although Nick is worried it could run out at some point. Luckily, Patch 7.1 is on the PTR to keep the flow of new stuff coming rapidly. The gang also discusses LFR, since Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street commented that implementing LFR is one of his regrets from working on WoW. Nick talks about how if not for LFR, he wouldn't get to see most of the end game content in game, and Rei and Eric talk about how even as a functioning progression guild, they still go into LFR when needed to level up a guildie or to complete legendary quests. The gang then tries to brainstorm ideas for what could improve LFR to allow people easier access to raid content without destroying community.<br />
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Ultimately, it seems like the Mythic dungeons may be Blizzard's way of doing that. Also, players were able to work together to figure out the mystery of Kosumuth the Hungering, the summonable world boss. Legion sold 3.3 million physical copies which is comparable to Warlords of Draenor sales numbers. The Warcraft Blu-ray bonus items were announced. Watcher and Lore did a Legion Dev Q&amp;A, and Watcher posted about upcoming class balance. Zorbrix moved from the QA team to the WoW esports team. The Blizzcon in-game rewards were announced. And Luis Barriga, lead game designer, gave an interview on mmogames.com. All this and more in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1o3">ash4.me/1o3</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
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      <title>Thank You, Chris Metzen.</title>
      <itunes:title>Thank You, Chris Metzen.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:23:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2072</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/thank-you-chris-metzen</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Jarret from Watchpoint Radio joins WoW! Talk! to discuss the Chris Metzen news</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When news of Chris Metzen's departure broke, Nick knew he needed to assemble the team for an emergency WoW! Talk! Joined by Jarret from Watchpoint Radio, the gang discusses Chris Metzen's role at Blizzard and his statement regarding what prompted this decision, as well as what this means for Blizzard's future.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1o0">ash4.me/1o0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jarret Redding<br /><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jaastradam.us">bsky.app/profile/jaastradam.us</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#63: Legion Impressions and Rei the Unnerfable</title>
      <itunes:title>Legion Impressions and Rei the Unnerfable</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 04:09:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4038</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/legion-impressions-and-rei-the-unnerfable</link>
      <itunes:episode>63</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>63</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Dungeons!  Class halls!  Artifacts!  LEGION HYPE COMPLETE!!!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone has had a few days to play Legion now and the consensus is that its great! Rei and Jeremy and Eric have run dungeons and give their opinions on the Darkheart Thicket, Violet Hold, and Halls of Valor dungeons. Everyone also shares their opinions of the assorted leveling zones, as everyone is forging a different path through the Broken Isles. Eric talks about the Death Knight class hall Acherus and the artifact weapons. Jeremy discusses the Warrior class hall and artifacts, and also talks about watching his roommate play through rogue content. Rei has visited the Priest, Shaman, and Druid class halls, and also did some of their artifact quests.<br />
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Nick talks about the Trueshot Lodge for hunters and the Titanstrike and Talonclaw artifact weapons, and how different class halls are from garrisons. Jeremy also talks a little about the PVP going on underneath Dalaran. Also, the Legion Companion app is coming on Tuesday. This is long overdue and a shame that it wasn't provided for Warlords, even though Blizzard's decision makes total sense. And we now know more about Patch 7.1, including Karazhan having a new map with an updated Chess event and new plays for the Opera.<br />
<br />
Also, the three boss Trial of Valor raid will have us fighting Odyn, Guarn, and Helya to wrap up the plot for Stormheim. In news bites, Ion Hazzikostas clears up some artifact power concerns, Blizzard unleashed the banhammer again, there are two new Azeroth Armory episodes for the Ashbringer and Demon Hunter cosplay (which makes for an unusual episode), and Blizzard shares some Legion Invasion facts. All this and more on Episode #63 of WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1nt">ash4.me/1nt</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>R.I.P. Warlords and Final Legion Hype!</title>
      <itunes:title>R.I.P. Warlords and Final Legion Hype!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>1819</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/r-i-p-warlords-and-final-legion-hype</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Warlords of Draenor was disappointing. Can Legion restore faith in Blizzard?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick, Jeremy, and Eric are here to formally welcome Legion, but before they do, they need to start shoveling on the dirt on Warlords of Draenor. They talk about the many disappointments of Warlords, and its lack of content. Jeremy talks about Highmaul being disappointing for a raid tier. The leveling experience was worthy of praise, but that was about it. Garrisons were subpar and everyone hopes that Blizzard learned not to do them again.<br />
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With Legion here, Blizzard has a chance at redemption, with everyone given the choice of which zone to go to (not everyone knows where they will be going on Tuesday), and world quests should revive max level endgame. Class Halls are an improvement on Garrisons, and will help with player interaction as every class is forced together. Overall, spirits are high going into Legion!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1nr">ash4.me/1nr</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#62: Broken Shores and Broken Add-ons</title>
      <itunes:title>Broken Shores and Broken Add-ons</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4558</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/broken-shores-and-broken-add-ons</link>
      <itunes:episode>62</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>62</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Broken Shore &amp; Invasions? Yay Blizz! Breaking add-ons? Boo Blizz! </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The full gang of Nick, Rei, Jeremy, and Eric are back! This week has been full of excitement as everyone has been enjoying the Legion Invasions! Get your alts out and go level them up for crazy mad XP! Also there's some sweet ilvl 700+ gear to be had, but don't look for staves or off-hands. Everyone also played through the Broken Shore and got to see King Varian Wrynn go out like a badass. Gul'dan had some good lines as Varian exploded, though. Vol'jin died like a punk, but Sylvanas should be interesting as the new Warchief. The new Demon Hunters are fun to play, too.<br />
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Blizzard took time at Gamescom to announce Patch 7.1 as the Return To Karazhan. Everyone but Nick started raiding in Karazhan, so this promises to bring back good memories. But will running a mythic+ dungeon be compatible with running a full time raid group? Why does Nathanos Blightcaller look different know? Stijn from Belgium wants to know! Also, Patch 7.1 will break add-ons like Deadly Boss Mods, and the way Blizzard announced this is disappointing. Blizzard really should communicate more with mod authors, especially authors for popular mods like DBM that border on mandatory.<br />
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Also in the news: Blizzard released new episodes of Azeroth Armory for the Doomhammer and the Warglaives of Azzinoth. They're pretty cool if you like blacksmithing and forging. Curse was purchased by Twitch, so now Amazon owns MMO-Champion. And Nick and Jeremy disagree about how impactful the change to Shadowdance will be for rogue, as it will now invoke the stealth bar. All this and more on a new episode of WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ni">ash4.me/1ni</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>#61: Demon Invasions, Broken Shore, and World of Phasecraft</title>
      <itunes:title>Demon Invasions, Broken Shore, and World of Phasecraft</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:38:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3494</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/demon-invasions-broken-shore-and-world-of-phasecraft</link>
      <itunes:episode>61</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>61</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Get ready for Invasions, the Broken Shore, and Demon Hunters on a new WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its just Nick, Jeremy, and Eric this week to talk about all the news from the last two weeks for World of Warcraft. Jer and Eric talk about continuing to raid Hellfire Citadel, and Nick laments the new Legion content coming the same day as No Man's Sky. The gang is excited for Demon Hunters and expects to see them everywhere for the next few weeks, and the Broken Shore is going to advance the story in spoilerrific ways. Nick recounts the recent history of camera changes, leading up to the removal of the secret Action Cam and the compromise for the max camera zoom changes. There is not going to be a directors cut for the Warcraft movie. Blizzard knocked their pre-expansion lore out of the park with Harbingers and Tomb of Sargeras. Oondasta and Galleon now spawn every 15 minutes. Poodlecorp threatens more Blizzard DDOSing. And Legion pre-orders are selling like Warlords did. All this and more on WoW! Talk! #61.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1na">ash4.me/1na</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
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      <title>The Artifact Weapon Theory</title>
      <itunes:title>The Artifact Weapon Theory</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>1183</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-artifact-weapon-theory</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick gives his theory on Artifacts and how they will fit into a post-Legion WoW.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick thinks he finally figured out how artifact weapons fit into the greater scheme of World of Warcraft. It only took him too many games of Hearthstone to put it together.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1n5">ash4.me/1n5</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#60: Pre-Patch Impressions</title>
      <itunes:title>Pre-Patch Impressions</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:34:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4010</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pre-patch-impressions</link>
      <itunes:episode>60</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>60</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The Legion pre-patch didn't seem to faze the gang too hard.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The WoW! Talk! gang is back to talk about their experiences in the Legion Pre-Patch. They also discuss changes to how Cross-Realm Grouping works, and the fact that Master Loot can now only be used in a Guild Group (80% consisting of your group). Plus, they discuss Blizzard's controversial new Silence system, and the latest news from the last two weeks.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1n0">ash4.me/1n0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#59: Pre-patch raiding and Artifacts</title>
      <itunes:title>Pre-patch raiding and Artifacts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:47:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3848</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pre-patch-raiding-and-artifacts</link>
      <itunes:episode>59</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>59</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Discussion of pre-patch raiding and having multiple artifacts. </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick finally gets his chance to talk about what he's been up to over the past few months. Plus, he and the gang talk about guild recruitment, how pre-patch affects raiding, and how multi-spec characters will be affected by artifact weapons, as well as round up the news for the last few weeks. Its a new WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1mr">ash4.me/1mr</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>The Warcraft Movie</title>
      <itunes:title>The Warcraft Movie</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 04:02:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3699</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-warcraft-movie</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang gets together to talk about their thoughts on the Warcraft movie.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It took a while, but the WoW! Talk! gang finally got together to share their thoughts on the long awaited Warcraft movie. Matt Bratten joins to talk about how well the characters were featured and everyone's favorite parts. SPOILER WARNING for anyone who has not seen the movie yet... And if you haven't, what are you waiting for???
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1mn">ash4.me/1mn</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#58: Deadly Boss Mods (Interview w/ Adam Williams)</title>
      <itunes:title>Deadly Boss Mods (Interview w/ Adam Williams)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4203</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/deadly-boss-mods-interview-w-adam-williams</link>
      <itunes:episode>58</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>58</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Adam from Deadly Boss Mods joins us to talk all things DBM!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nick makes his triumphant return to the show, and he brings with him Adam from Deadly Boss Mods. Adam has a patreon up for his work, and he's here to talk about that and what it's like developing such an essential mod over the years, and his experiences with the Legion beta.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1mi">ash4.me/1mi</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#57: Raid Tiers Are Best Tiers</title>
      <itunes:title>Raid Tiers Are Best Tiers</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2979</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raid-tiers-are-best-tiers</link>
      <itunes:episode>57</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>57</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Talent changes and Facebook Live! Also, watch the movie!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Wow! Talk! gang discuss some of the Legion Summit, and yap a bit about Nostalrius meeting with Blizzard. Legacy servers coming Soon(TM). Jay Wilson of 10 years at Blizzard has left the company to pursue other things, such as his writing. He also claims his next venture is non-gaming related. Log in to WoW (and any other battle.net compatible game) with your Facebook account! Livestream your game to your Facebook friends! Blizzard is working Facebook to allow you to stream your game via Facebook Live. Celestalon talks about talent changes. The game should be more of a play-your-way, without having to worry about what does the best single-target or best AoE damage. Just play and go nuts. And last but not least: GO WATCH THE MOVIE!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1mc">ash4.me/1mc</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#56: Tap and Run</title>
      <itunes:title>Tap and Run</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 20:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4100</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/tap-and-run</link>
      <itunes:episode>56</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>56</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang discusses talents, specs, and how the new tapping system sucks.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The WoW! Talk! gang talk about talent and spec changes. You can no longer freely change talents, but you can change specs for free now! If your neighborhood Regal Cinemas are participating, you can get WoW and all its expansions minus Legion for the price of a movie ticket. Speaking of, Warlods of Draenor is now part of the base game. Purchasing Vanilla WoW gets you all expansions up to now, minus level 90 boosts. If you wanna boost, hit up the Blizzard Store.<br />
<br />
Cook with style! WoW cookbook is releasing soon! Conjure up some grub, make a real life Savage Feast! Also of note is the servers will now have the capacity to handle numbers of up to 9 quadrillon! Enjoy hitting harder, boys and girls. Transmog issues abound. Old news, but check it out. PvP is getting a significant overhaul in Legion. Gear is random drops now, no longer purchased from vendors. Blizzard announced a change to their tapping system come Legion, and it allows up to 5 individual players to hit a mob for credit. The system sucks.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1m4">ash4.me/1m4</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#55: Gold Sinks and Inside Legion Beta</title>
      <itunes:title>Gold Sinks and Inside Legion Beta</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 17:57:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4309</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/gold-sinks-and-inside-legion-beta</link>
      <itunes:episode>55</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>55</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>In-game rewards and gold sinks are topics of debate!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang discusses gold sinks and in-game rewards. A lot. Also of note is a frequent e-mailer drops his ideas on gold sinks and the gang weighs in on them! Proving Grounds will not be required for heroics in Legion, as good or bad as that may be. Also be sure to check out the Developer Update! Jeremy also gets in depth with Fury warrior changes on the beta, with other classes to come.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1lv">ash4.me/1lv</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#54: Nostalgia Goggles</title>
      <itunes:title>Nostalgia Goggles</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 20:45:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3367</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nostalgia-goggles</link>
      <itunes:episode>54</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>54</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Nostalrius, Mark Kern, gameplay bugs and fun things await in Legion!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The WoW! Talk! gang discusses a small bit about Mark Kern in his discussion about Nostalrius, and other various Nostalrius information. Haste bugs have been discovered, mostly for mages. Tap all the things! Up to five individual players can tap a single target now for credit. Pristine Servers could possibly bring back some old school flare without being expansion specific. Legion dungeon Court of the Stars has unique abilities you can perform based on professions, class, and even race combinations. The gang also discusses and asks you, the listener, HOW DO YOU PUG NON-BAD PUGS? Gold cap increased! Pathfinder found changes, of course. Don't expect flight right away. Also reader Xysaerv emailed us his history! Nice to hear from you, Xysaerv!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1lo">ash4.me/1lo</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#53: LEGION HYPE!</title>
      <itunes:title>LEGION HYPE!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:20:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4422</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/legion-hype</link>
      <itunes:episode>53</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>53</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>LEGION HYPE! August 30th release date!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Can you smell what Blizzard is cooking?! August 30 drop date! Transmog system! Quests galore! Level 110! Quest where you want to! Class Halls! Not-so-Garrison-like champion system! Female DPS, where you at?! The gang discusses Nostralius shutting down and possible Legacy methods. John Yang joins Legion as the developers for legendary items. BlizzCon tickets on sale on the 20th and 23rd! Class and ability prunings, AGAIN? Lore discusses more in-depth reasons as to why and how they are trying to adhere to class fantasy. Rei's musings are broken... for now.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1lj">ash4.me/1lj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#52: All Druid Forms Converted to PDF</title>
      <itunes:title>All Druid Forms Converted to PDF</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:42:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4143</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/all-druid-forms-converted-to-pdf</link>
      <itunes:episode>52</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>52</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Ability pruning and quest removals are discussed, as well as FrostDoge.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The WoW! Talk! gang discuss ability pruning and other changes, along with some of their favorite missing abilities. Also of note is the random disconnects that seem to crop up during switching servers. Hearthstone may or may not be inadvertently spoiling World of Warcraft lore by revealing new forms of characters, or even previously unseen ones. If you happen to be a child between the ages of 8 to 12, then you're in luck! Schoolastic and Blizzard have teamed up to bring you story books chronicling the adventures of a young group of would-be heroes who are exploring the world of Azeroth!<br />
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In other game-related news, your legendary ring? Screw it. Quests are being removed! When the pre-patch drops, if you're not already on the quest, you can no longer pick it up. Finish it if you got it! Then, to wind things down, you have your April Fool's patch notes! The gang spout off a few of their favorites, including the coveted FrostDoge faction, which should totally be a real faction.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ld">ash4.me/1ld</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#51: Departures and Changes</title>
      <itunes:title>Departures and Changes</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4294</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/departures-and-changes</link>
      <itunes:episode>51</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>51</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>The WoW! Talk! gang discusses employees leaving, free stuff, and alpha changes!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today, Jeremy, Rei, and Eric talk about some of Blizzard's top people leaving the company, as well as plenty of alpha changes and gameplay mechanics. Say farewell to Community Manager Zarhym and Senior Writer Micky Neilson! On the gameplay side of things, reaching level 20 with a fresh toon nets you free content in Hearthstone, Blood Death Knights continue to be over-powered, and warrior AoE is fantastic. Rogue AoE is silly, but they're making changes to AoE skills in Legion, so things might be looking up!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1l8">ash4.me/1l8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#50: Raiding, PUGs, and Wiping - The Cross-Realm Story</title>
      <itunes:title>Raiding, PUGs, and Wiping - The Cross-Realm Story</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3071</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/raiding-pugs-and-wiping-the-cross-realm-story</link>
      <itunes:episode>50</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>50</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei talks about Cross-Realm raiding and how it may have ruined the game.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei has quite a few things to talk about in regards to cross-realm raiding, including how it ruins on-server trade chat and guild grouping. It's tough to recruit when there's nobody to recruit! Lots of Legion info as well, from no epic battle pets, to nerfs that were un-nerfed! Gold limits for transferring have been increased, which might help some of the people in Paragon, who have quit the Mythic World First race get to some other servers to unwind. Lots of raid discussion, as well as a hint of mythic cross-realm raiding, which fits in with what Rei was speaking of. Artifact seekers won't have to wait too long to obtain their off-spec artifact weapon. PTSD from a bug found back in Burning Crusade crops up, swim as fast as you can!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1l2">ash4.me/1l2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>Hunters! (and Some Lore)</title>
      <itunes:title>Hunters! (and Some Lore)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 05:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3720</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hunters-and-some-lore</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick and Katie host a special WoW! Talk! to talk Hunters in Legion and Chronicle.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this special edition of WoW! Talk!, Nick and Katie take time to talk about the changes coming to their favorite class: Hunters! They talk about many of the new pets coming to the class and how their vision of their characters lines up with Blizzard's class fantasy. Then, they get super excited about Warcraft: Chronicle: Vol 1 and talk a little about some of the revelations from the IGN preview and what that could mean for Azeroth's past, present, and future. Its a WoW! Talk! Special Edition!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1kz">ash4.me/1kz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#49: Legion Launch Speculation, Legendary Restrictions, and Class Fantasy</title>
      <itunes:title>Legion Launch Speculation, Legendary Restrictions, and Class Fantasy</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3625</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/legion-launch-speculation-legendary-restrictions-and-class-fantasy</link>
      <itunes:episode>49</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>49</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Rei returns to discuss Legendaries and class fantasy in Legion. New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rei makes her triumphant return as Nick prepares to step away for a bit! The gang talks about how Hellfire Citadel Heroic has been going for them, and then gets into the news with IGN's preview of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1. Activision-Blizzard's latest earning call did not go well, but without subscription numbers it seems WoW is doing fine. Legion is still on pace to launch in the summer. There's an RPPM bug affecting trinkets. Legendaries will be restricted to one per character at the start of Legion, and will be disabled entirely for the Mythic World First race. Legion's system requirements have increased significantly. And finally the gang discusses whether Blizzard's idea of Class Fantasy is dangerous.<br />
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Also, a contest is announced to win a pet from the Blizzard Store! Send a timestamp and episode # from your favorite clips of the first 49+ episodes of WoW! Talk! to <a href="mailto:wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com">wowtalk@mashthosebuttons.com</a> and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a pet. It’s an all new WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1kx">ash4.me/1kx</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#48: Alpha Info And Missing Islands</title>
      <itunes:title>Alpha Info And Missing Islands</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:16:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3588</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/alpha-info-and-missing-islands</link>
      <itunes:episode>48</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>48</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard turns 25 and Thal'dranath turns up missing. New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy 25th Birthday, Blizzard! To celebrate, Nick coins a new word as Eric provides a cautionary tale about raiding in the final hours of your subscription. Warning: Shamans and robots are involved! Also, Nick vents about failing to solo Spine of Deathwing.<br />
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In news, World of Warcraft is still making big bucks. Blizzard is sending out a survey about rewards for buying a movie ticket. Alpha has several big changes discussed, including the coming Achievement Search Bar. Celestalon posts about rolling back some Subtlety Rogue changes. Is Blizzard over-pruning class abilities in Legion? A challenge mode token will unlock ALL of the weapons! The shadows of Dalaran will be your spot for PVP in Legion. Thal'Dranath has been removed from the map as players make claims of Farahlon's history repeating itself. Finally, Blizzard outsources it customer support to twitter. All this and more on a new WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ks">ash4.me/1ks</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>Angry About Legion</title>
      <itunes:title>Angry About Legion</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 04:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3240</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/wow-talk-47-angry-about-legion</link>
      <itunes:episode>47</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>47</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Tanking changes! 100g to change specs! Pre-order problems! An angry WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The WoW! Talk! gang is angry this week! Eric is angry about tanking and healing changes coming to Legion. Katie is angry about a possible cost for changing specs in Legion. Nick is angry about Blizzard's solution for the problem that the physical CE won't offer any of the early pre-order bonuses for Legion. Plus, the Warcraft movie trailer made its TV debut. Activision-Blizzard has a new tv chief. Vivendi no longer has any Activision-Blizzard. Legion may break some Transmog sets. There are new logging options. All this and more on a new WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1kj">ash4.me/1kj</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#46: Book Release Date, Lawsuit Fail, and Diablo III Influence</title>
      <itunes:title>Book Release Date, Lawsuit Fail, and Diablo III Influence</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3691</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/book-release-date-lawsuit-fail-and-diablo-iii-influence</link>
      <itunes:episode>46</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>46</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>WoW! Talk! discusses Diablo's influence on WoW. Or Die-ablo, if you're Jeremy.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy New Year! The WoW! Talk! gang returns to talk about what they've been up to in game. Everyone got new mounts! Warcraft: Chronicle - Volume I has a release date, and that lets Katie and Nick talk lots about lore. Blizzard lost their lawsuit against Lilith Games, but they can fix it up and file again. Blizzard also purchased MLG, which means that Blizzcon needs an extra day. Valor points can now be used to purchase Crystalized Fel to upgrade the Legendary Ring. And the gang talks about Diablo III's influence on WoW. Its a new year of WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1kf">ash4.me/1kf</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#45: End of Year Thoughts without Ronda Rousey</title>
      <itunes:title>End of Year Thoughts without Ronda Rousey</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4250</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/end-of-year-thoughts-without-ronda-rousey</link>
      <itunes:episode>45</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>45</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <description>2015 is under 1%. Time to bust it down and pull in 2016 with a new WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ronda Rousey isn't on this podcast, and she also isn't an NPC in the Legion Alpha despite what some sites may tell you. The Legion Alpha may be on break for the holidays, but the WoW! Talk! gang got together for one last time in 2015 to talk about those newsbites, plus Blizzard unleashing the banhammer. Will they target any of the gang? Katie, maybe??? There's also more talk about PvP as Blizzard released details about PvP in Legion, the gang talks about the City Guards wielding lightsabers in honor of The Force Awakens, and the conversation drifts into talk about how to protect yourself on the internet from unwanted content, like spoilers. Finally, they send off 2015 with a talk about what they liked and welcome 2016 with a talk about what they hope to see. Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!!!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1k9">ash4.me/1k9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#44: PvP, Bots, and Cookie Cutter Builds</title>
      <itunes:title>PvP, Bots, and Cookie Cutter Builds</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4284</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pvp-bots-and-cookie-cutter-builds</link>
      <itunes:episode>44</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>44</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>PvP, botting, and xmog concerns along with cookie cutter builds on WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang (minus Rei) dives into PVP. They talk about Ashran and the coming changes to Every Man for Himself. Plus, botting is ruining PVP as well as dungeons and other parts of the game. Some recently announced changes to the transmog system have upset some players, as characters will only be able to unlock transmog of their specific armor type. A recent Blizzard Watch article gets everyone talking about the prevalence of cookie cutter builds. Additionally, don't forget to get your Mesmserizing Fruit Hat!!! All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1k7">ash4.me/1k7</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#43: Legion Datamining and Gnome Hunters</title>
      <itunes:title>Legion Datamining and Gnome Hunters</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 04:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3442</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/legion-datamining-and-gnome-hunters</link>
      <itunes:episode>43</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>43</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>A live alpha means so much datamined Legion info to talk about! New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Legion alpha went live last week and the gang talks about their favorite leaked information. Plenty of new models were discovered as was information about the artifact trees and information about the scenarios to get them, but questions about how artifact power will scale throughout the expansion were raised as well. Plus, Blizzard released information about gnome hunters and their new ability to tame mechanical pets! All this and a deeper look into hunter mechanics on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1k3">ash4.me/1k3</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#42: Patch 6.2.3, Legion Class Changes, And #FriendshipMoose</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 6.2.3, Legion Class Changes, And #FriendshipMoose</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 04:07:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5314</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/patch-6-2-3-legion-class-changes-and-friendshipmoose</link>
      <itunes:episode>42</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>42</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 6.2.3, a review of Legion Class blogs and #friendshipmoose. New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week WoW! Talk! begins to return to form now that Blizzcon is finally over. WoW subscriptions drop to 5.5 million and Blizzard decides it’s time to stop announcing that number. WoW's 11th Anniversary begins with (did someone say) Inflatable Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Wind-seeker, and Edwin Van Cleef costumes. Also, the community has organized a drive to get unguilded players a chance at defeating Archimonde and claim their sweet, long promised reward under the hashtag #FriendshipMoose. Finally, we take a look at the class blogs Blizzard posted regarding the coming changes in Legion. Will any of the gang be tempted to switch classes in Legion, or will everyone keep playing what they know? Find out on WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1jz">ash4.me/1jz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>Blizzcon 2015 Wrap Up</title>
      <itunes:title>Blizzcon 2015 Wrap Up</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4030</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzcon-2015-wrap-up</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzcon wrap up - artifacts, transmog, trailers, and more!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Blizzcon 2015 has come and gone, and it brought a TON of World of Warcraft news. From the amazing Legion cinematic to a plethora of class changes to information about the amazing new transmog system. On this special WoW! Talk!, the gang talks about everything that has them excited and what they think of the changes announced. Plus, there was a Warcraft movie trailer finally shown!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1jw">ash4.me/1jw</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#41: Pre-Blizzcon Hype</title>
      <itunes:title>Pre-Blizzcon Hype</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 02:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3933</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pre-blizzcon-hype</link>
      <itunes:episode>41</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>41</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>WoW! Talk! gets hyped in preparation for Blizzcon and Illidan gets a cover!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[BLIZZCON IS SOON(tm)!!!! Katie Grace returns to join the gang as they talk about what they are looking forward to at the convention and what news we can expect to hear. Plus, Linkin Park was announced as the band for the closing ceremony, Battle.net is getting its own voice chat, and the cover of Illidan was revealed. All this and it was Rei's birthday on a new WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1js">ash4.me/1js</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#40: October Surprises!</title>
      <itunes:title>October Surprises!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:42:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3831</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/october-surprises</link>
      <itunes:episode>40</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>40</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Surprise WoW! Talk! about surprise Patch 6.2.3 with surprise guest host Katie Grace!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s a surprise WoW! Talk! with even more surprises! Surprise guest host Katie Grace returns as the gang talks about the surprise announcement of Patch 6.2.3. Valor points are back! Heroic Archimonde drops a moose! Cataclysm Timewalking dungeons are coming! Plus, a secret murloc was found after six weeks, and people are finding Pepe all over the place! Even Rei found Pepe! All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk! Surprise!!!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1jk">ash4.me/1jk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#39: Blizzcon Schedule 2015, In-Game Shop, and Hellfire Citadel Nerfs!</title>
      <itunes:title>Blizzcon Schedule 2015, In-Game Shop, and Hellfire Citadel Nerfs!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3675</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/blizzcon-schedule-2015-in-game-shop-and-hellfire-citadel-nerfs</link>
      <itunes:episode>39</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>39</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The Blizzcon schedule leaked and HFC Normal was nerfed. New WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's stuff to talk about this week! The Blizzcon schedule seems to have been leaked and it doesn't quite match up to the communities expectations. The in-game shop had some services added to it. Also, Hellfire Citadel Normal was nerfed to be more friendly to casual friends n' family guilds. All that and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1jg">ash4.me/1jg</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#38: Nothing to Talk About</title>
      <itunes:title>Nothing to Talk About</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:11:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3339</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/nothing-to-talk-about</link>
      <itunes:episode>38</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>38</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Blizzard's new deal with Random House, guild advice, and new holiday toys on WoW! Talk! 38.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The post-expansion lull seems to be hitting Warlords of Draenor harder and faster than other expansions, as that and the pre-Blizzcon news draught means little is going on for WoW. The gang talks about raiding Xul'horac and Mannoroth, and Rei dispenses some guild advice. Blizzard has a new deal for publishing books with Random House, which hopefully hints at when we might see Legion release. Brewfest is upon us, with new rewards, and the upcoming Harvest Festival has new rewards as well. Nick and Eric compare Tanaan and the Timeless Isle, and then Jeremy finally shares his experiences with the Storyteller add-on. All this and more in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1jc">ash4.me/1jc</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#37: DragonCon, Timewalking, and a Ghostcrawler Surprise!</title>
      <itunes:title>DragonCon, Timewalking, and a Ghostcrawler Surprise!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3441</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/dragoncon-timewalking-and-a-ghostcrawler-surprise</link>
      <itunes:episode>37</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>37</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>DragonCon, Timewalking, and a Ghostcrawler easter egg in this week's WoW! Talk!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It turns out Ghostcrawler never left WoW, as Ret Paladins have been able to summon him all this time! The gang also discusses the news from the WoW Panel at DragonCon and the latest updates to Timewalking and how long it will take to complete them. Plus, the recent leak of the Warcraft movie trailer wasn't good, and Paul Sams cleans out his closet with a donation to the video game museum. All this and more on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1j8">ash4.me/1j8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#36: Patch 6.2.2, the S&amp;P 500, and Other Games</title>
      <itunes:title>Patch 6.2.2, the S&amp;P 500, and Other Games</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3554</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/wow-talk-36-patch-6-2-2-the-sp-500-and-other-games</link>
      <itunes:episode>36</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>36</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 6.2.2 is here!  Get excited with talk about that and a bunch of PSA's!  </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The show starts with Nick regaling the gang with his tales of raiding... in Destiny! Nick raided with some of the <strong><a href="http://mashthosebuttons.com/in-orbit/">In Orbit</a></strong> crew to check out just how similar Gorefiend and Atheon really are. Then there's talk about 6.2.2, flying in Draenor, and some of the PVP changes coming in the patch as well as in Legion. Eric is excited! The gang also gets caught up on their weekly PSA's (which they haven't been doing) with a bunch of PSA's. Raiding warlocks will especially benefit! And finally, Activision Blizzard is now part of the S&amp;P 500. All this and some talk about a bunch of other games in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1iz">ash4.me/1iz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#35: New mounts, Warcraft IV, and #RavenholdtorRiot</title>
      <itunes:title>New mounts, Warcraft IV, and #RavenholdtorRiot</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:45:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4065</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-mounts-warcraft-iv-and-ravenholdtorriot</link>
      <itunes:episode>35</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>35</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>WoW loses subscribers, new mounts, and rogues are ready to riot over Ravenholdt.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this episode, the gang talks about World of Warcraft dropping to 5.6 million subscribers. Also, they discuss some of the new mounts and pets that are coming in patch 6.2.2, and that leads to talk about the great Horde questing experience for low-level Forsaken characters in Hillsbrad Foothills and Silverpine Forest. Jeremy expresses his displeasure with #RavenholdtorRiot, then we discuss the possibility that Warcraft IV might be a thing. All this and some 90's music references on this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1iu">ash4.me/1iu</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>WoW! Talk!+: Legion Hype!</title>
      <itunes:title>WoW! Talk!+: Legion Hype!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:40:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4100</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/wow-talk-legion-hype</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Screw off-weeks! The WoW! Talk! gang couldn't wait any longer to discuss Legion!</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its a special WoW! Talk! where the gang reacts to the Legion news and talks about their favorite features. Also, Nick recaps the Dev Q&amp;A from Sunday morning and his disappointment.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1iq">ash4.me/1iq</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#34: Next Expansion To Be Announced and a WoW Theme Park?</title>
      <itunes:title>Next Expansion To Be Announced and a WoW Theme Park?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4338</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/next-expansion-to-be-announced-and-a-wow-theme-park</link>
      <itunes:episode>34</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>34</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <description>The team talks about upcoming expansion news, WoW Token limits, speculates about a WoW theme park, and improvements to the garrison could have been better.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang talks about the coming expansion announcement on 8/6, what they expect, and what they hope to see (and not see) announced. We also discuss how garrisons could have been better, Blizzard giving some additional information about the WoW Token regarding limits, and the gang speculates on the possibility of universal opening a WoW Theme park in Orlando. All this and we say "Farewell!" (mixed with a little "What were you thinking?") to Bashiok in this week's WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1il">ash4.me/1il</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#33: PvP Mercenaries and Movie Thoughts</title>
      <itunes:title>PvP Mercenaries and Movie Thoughts</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4012</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pvp-mercenaries-and-movie-thoughts</link>
      <itunes:episode>33</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>33</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Patch 6.2.1, PvP Mercenary mode, Warcraft movie, and more on WoW! Talk! #33</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang talks about patch 6.2.1 and the features that are coming, including PVP Mercenary mode and the long awaited flight in Draenor! Also, discussion about Hellfire Citadel progress and changes to PvP rewards. Finally, the gang talks about what little they could glean about the Warcraft movie from Comic-con, and what Blizzard’s product schedule and movie-focus might tell us about the next expansion complete with lots of speculation about AU Azeroth or the Naga and the high seas! All this and some call outs to some reddit posts on this week’s WoW! Talk!
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ii">ash4.me/1ii</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#32: The Only Things Certain are Death and Blizzard</title>
      <itunes:title>The Only Things Certain are Death and Blizzard</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5133</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-only-things-certain-are-death-and-blizzard</link>
      <itunes:episode>32</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>32</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about their experiences in 6.2 and Nick rants about this being the last raid of Warlords.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about their experiences in 6.2 and Nick rants about this being the last raid of Warlords.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1if">ash4.me/1if</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#31: Flying, Q&amp;A, and Patch 6.2</title>
      <itunes:title>Flying, Q&amp;A, and Patch 6.2</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3942</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/flying-qa-and-patch-6-2</link>
      <itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>31</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about flying being brought to Draenor, plus talks about the Ion Hazzikostas Q&amp;A, and previews patch 6.2.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about flying being brought to Draenor, plus talks about the Ion Hazzikostas Q&amp;A, and previews patch 6.2.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ib">ash4.me/1ib</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
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      <title>#30: Hellfire Citadel Preview and Delayed Q&amp;A</title>
      <itunes:title>Hellfire Citadel Preview and Delayed Q&amp;A</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:37:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4149</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/hellfire-citadel-preview-and-delayed-qa</link>
      <itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>30</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>With Ion's Q&amp;A pushed back a week, the gang talks about Hellfire Citadel, Blizzard's relationship with the Community, and gets nostalgic for Wrath.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With Ion's Q&amp;A pushed back a week, the gang talks about Hellfire Citadel, Blizzard's relationship with the Community, and gets nostalgic for Wrath.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1i9">ash4.me/1i9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#29: Mass Bans, Movie News, and (No) Flying</title>
      <itunes:title>Mass Bans, Movie News, and (No) Flying</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 17:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5098</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mass-bans-movie-news-and-no-flying</link>
      <itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>29</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Recent banning wave, Orgrim's close-up from the movie, ilvl changes in Hellfire Citadel, and the No Flying debate.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang celebrates Memorial Day by talking about the recent banning wave, Orgrim's close-up from the movie, ilvl changes in Hellfire Citadel, and then they throw their 2 cents (8 cents total!) on the No Flying debate.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1i6">ash4.me/1i6</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>Subscriber Loss, Blizzard Previews, and Happy Birthday, Leeroy!</title>
      <itunes:title>Subscriber Loss, Blizzard Previews, and Happy Birthday, Leeroy!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 18:18:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4016</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/wow-talk-28-subscriber-loss-blizzard-previews-and-happy-birthday-leeroy</link>
      <itunes:episode>28</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>28</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>WoW Subscribers dropping to 7.1 million, Blizzard previews Tanaan, Bonus Events, and the Adventure Guide, and Leeroy Jenkins turns 10.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week the gang talks about WoW Subscribers dropping to 7.1 million, Blizzard previews Tanaan, Bonus Events, and the Adventure Guide, and Leeroy Jenkins turns 10.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1i4">ash4.me/1i4</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#27: Movie Pushback, Patch 6.2, and still more WoW Token</title>
      <itunes:title>Movie Pushback, Patch 6.2, and still more WoW Token</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4538</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/movie-pushback-patch-6-2-and-still-more-wow-token</link>
      <itunes:episode>27</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>27</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Big news with the Warcraft movie getting pushed to June and Patch 6.2 hitting the PTR, but we still can't stop talking about the WoW Token.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Big news with the Warcraft movie getting pushed to June and Patch 6.2 hitting the PTR, but we still can't stop talking about the WoW Token.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1i0">ash4.me/1i0</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#26: More WoW Token, Azeroth Armory, and Patch 6.1.4</title>
      <itunes:title>More WoW Token, Azeroth Armory, and Patch 6.1.4</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/200755052-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-26-more-wow-token-azeroth-armory-and-patch-614.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3983</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/more-wow-token-azeroth-armory-and-patch-6-1-4</link>
      <itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>26</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang has more to say now that the WoW Token has launched. Plus, Blizzard gets reality TV right with Azeroth Armory, and the Patch 6.1.4 notes dropped some bombs.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang has more to say now that the WoW Token has launched. Plus, Blizzard gets reality TV right with Azeroth Armory, and the Patch 6.1.4 notes dropped some bombs.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1hv">ash4.me/1hv</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#25: Code of Rule, Lawsuits, and PVP</title>
      <itunes:title>Code of Rule, Lawsuits, and PVP</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:38:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3865</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/code-of-rule-lawsuits-and-pvp</link>
      <itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>25</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about the new short story Code of Rule, plus a chain of lawsuits, and a surprisingly long discussion about PvP.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about the new short story Code of Rule, plus a chain of lawsuits, and a surprisingly long discussion about PvP.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1hs">ash4.me/1hs</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#24: BRF Gear Buffs, Blizzcon, and the WoW Token.</title>
      <itunes:title>BRF Gear Buffs, Blizzcon, and the WoW Token.</itunes:title>
      <enclosure url="https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ACORL6494665644.mp3" length="88669831" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/196383344-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-24-brf-gear-buffs-blizzcon-and-the-wow-token.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3695</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/brf-gear-buffs-blizzcon-and-the-wow-token</link>
      <itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>24</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Buffs to BRF Gear, the Blizzcon Announcement, and the details for the WoW Token. Plus, Rei has a revelation.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about the Buffs to BRF Gear, the Blizzcon Announcement, and the details for the WoW Token. Plus, Rei has a revelation.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1ho">ash4.me/1ho</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#23: Ph-Balanced for a Mage</title>
      <itunes:title>Ph-Balanced for a Mage</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3863</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/ph-balanced-for-a-mage</link>
      <itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>23</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about their experiences in 6.1 and share their thoughts on the recent developer raid/dungeon streaming Q&amp;A, as well as how all humans are strong enough for a warrior.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about how all humans are strong enough for a warrior. Plus, they discuss their experiences in 6.1 and share their thoughts on the recent developer raid/dungeon streaming Q&amp;A.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1hk">ash4.me/1hk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#22: The Bug had a Bug</title>
      <itunes:title>The Bug had a Bug</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/191748117-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-22-the-bug-had-a-bug.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3802</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-bug-had-a-bug</link>
      <itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>22</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>More Patch 6.1 PTR info and the gang talks about WoW staying at 10 million subscribers and Argi's success.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[More Patch 6.1 PTR info and the gang talks about WoW staying at 10 million subscribers and Argi's success.
<p>Episode URL: [episode_short_url]</p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#21: Mash Those WoWzers!</title>
      <itunes:title>Mash Those WoWzers!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:15:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3183</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mash-those-wowzers</link>
      <itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>21</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>The gang talks about more 6.1 information like the Heirloom tab and the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera. Also, there a new mount coming, and we pay our respects to WoW Insider.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The gang talks about more 6.1 information like the Heirloom tab and the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera. Also, there a new mount coming, and we pay our respects to WoW Insider.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/1h8">ash4.me/1h8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#20: We Started From the Bottom and We're Still Here</title>
      <itunes:title>We Started From the Bottom and We're Still Here</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:52:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3803</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/we-started-from-the-bottom-and-were-still-here</link>
      <itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>20</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Jeremy laments that lack of improvement in rogue DPS. Plus, the gang talks about confusion over some Veteran perks, and lots of Patch 6.1 discussion.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremy laments that lack of improvement in rogue DPS. Plus, the gang talks about confusion over some Veteran perks, and lots of Patch 6.1 discussion.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/u2">ash4.me/u2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#19: Getting Rid of the 1%</title>
      <itunes:title>Getting Rid of the 1%</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4302</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/getting-rid-of-the-1</link>
      <itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>19</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Matt returns as the gang talks about Blizzard's plans for 2015, including how game-time tokens will fix the economy. Plus, Nick and Jeremy rage about Mythic Mar'gok and Molten Core RNG.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Matt returns as the gang talks about Blizzard's plans for 2015, including how game-time tokens will fix the economy. Plus, Nick and Jeremy rage about Mythic Mar'gok and Molten Core RNG.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/ty">ash4.me/ty</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#18: PSA-ception</title>
      <itunes:title>PSA-ception</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:36:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3880</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/psa-ception</link>
      <itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>18</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>We have so much advice for you that even our PSAs need a PSA! Plus, talk about LFR and hotfixes.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We have so much advice for you that even our PSAs need a PSA! Plus, talk about LFR and hotfixes.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/tt">ash4.me/tt</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#17: I'm The Reason You Can't Transmog</title>
      <itunes:title>I'm The Reason You Can't Transmog</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5079</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/im-the-reason-you-cant-transmog</link>
      <itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>17</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <description>Nick exploits a flaw in Blizzard's transmog rules, plus the gang talks about garrisons and Warlords, as well as WoW's subscriber base going up, the new Blood Elf models, and ever-changing dungeon loot rules.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode, Nick exploits a flaw in Blizzard's transmog rules, plus the gang talks about garrisons and Warlords, as well as WoW's subscriber base going up, the new Blood Elf models, and ever-changing dungeon loot rules.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/tn">ash4.me/tn</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#16: Botani Cole Slaw</title>
      <itunes:title>Botani Cole Slaw</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/177663426-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-16-botani-cole-slaw.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4282</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/botani-cole-slaw</link>
      <itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>16</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>In this episode we briefly touch on Blizzcon and then talk about everything going on with Warlords of Draenor.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode we briefly touch on Blizzcon and then talk about everything going on with Warlords of Draenor.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/tk">ash4.me/tk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#15: Just Look The Other Way #sorrynotsorry</title>
      <itunes:title>Just Look The Other Way #sorrynotsorry</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>5170</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/just-look-the-other-way-sorrynotsorry</link>
      <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>15</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Katie Grace</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Katie Grace joins us to talk about cosplay and Blizzcon, and the gang goes over just about everything there is to know about Patch 6.0.2.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Katie Grace joins us to talk about cosplay and Blizzcon, and the gang goes over just about everything there is to know about Patch 6.0.2.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/t8">ash4.me/t8</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Katie Grace<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hyrulemaster77">twitter.com/hyrulemaster77</a><br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#14: Sweeney Todd</title>
      <itunes:title>Sweeney Todd</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3637</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/sweeney-todd</link>
      <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>14</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Legendary Cloak, Lords of War, Face Recustomization, and Nick may have convinced himself to buy the CE.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about the Legendary Cloak, Lords of War, Face Recustomization, and Nick may have convinced himself to buy the CE.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/t2">ash4.me/t2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#13: Now That's What I Call Raiding, Vol. 1</title>
      <itunes:title>Now That's What I Call Raiding, Vol. 1</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/162767480-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-13-now-thats-what-i-call-raiding-vol-1.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3256</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/now-thats-what-i-call-raiding-vol-1</link>
      <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>13</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <description>Flex Raiding, the upcoming 8/14 announcements, Blizzard's declining numbers, and more Azeroth Choppers news.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about Flex Raiding, the upcoming 8/14 announcements, Blizzard's declining numbers, and more Azeroth Choppers news.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/s9">ash4.me/s9</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#12: Pretty Squared</title>
      <itunes:title>Pretty Squared</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4359</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pretty-squared</link>
      <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>12</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>In this episode we talk about how pretty things are...</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about how pretty Shadowmoon Valley and the beta is. We talk about how pretty the new female tauren is. And we talk about how pretty the new Warlords box art is. Plus WoW is still dominating after all this years.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/s2">ash4.me/s2</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#11: Let Valor Run Free</title>
      <itunes:title>Let Valor Run Free</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3950</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/let-valor-run-free</link>
      <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>11</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Beta experiences, the relocated Draenor capitals, Rod Pardo's departure, and the Heart of the Valorous buff.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about our beta experiences, the relocated Draenor capitals, Rod Pardo's departure, and the Heart of the Valorous buff.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/qb">ash4.me/qb</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#10: The More You Know</title>
      <itunes:title>The More You Know</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3123</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/the-more-you-know</link>
      <itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>10</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Alpha going live, the Azeroth Choppers finale, Medivh in the Warcraft movie, and some stat changes coming in Warlords of Draenor.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We start with a PSA for everyone working on multiple achievements. Then we talk about the alpha going live, the Azeroth Choppers finale, Medivh in the Warcraft movie, and some stat changes coming in Warlords of Draenor.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/pi">ash4.me/pi</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#9: We Hope Its Ready</title>
      <itunes:title>We Hope Its Ready</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 14:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3337</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/we-hope-its-ready</link>
      <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>9</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>War Crimes, Azeroth Choppers, Blizzcon 2014, and Changes to the Legendary Quest.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[War Crimes, Azeroth Choppers, Blizzcon 2014, and Changes to the Legendary Quest.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/os">ash4.me/os</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#8: Yo, dawg, I heard you like portals!</title>
      <itunes:title>Yo, dawg, I heard you like portals!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3363</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/yo-dawg-i-heard-you-like-portals</link>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>8</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <description>Boost to 90, our expectations for garrisons, and the long, long wait for a Warlords beta announcement.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about our experiences with the boost to 90, our expectation for garrisons, and the long, long wait for a Warlords beta announcement.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/k4">ash4.me/k4</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#7: New Goblin Racial - Gil Toss</title>
      <itunes:title>New Goblin Racial - Gil Toss</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/139143086-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-7-new-goblin-racial.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4227</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/new-goblin-racial-gil-toss</link>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>7</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <description>Talking about the boost-to-90 trailer and go in depth on the recent Dev Watercoolers.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talking about the boost-to-90 trailer and go in depth on the recent Dev Watercoolers.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/jl">ash4.me/jl</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#6: All Dinosaurs Look The Same To Me</title>
      <itunes:title>All Dinosaurs Look The Same To Me</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:18:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3386</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/all-dinosaurs-look-the-same-to-me</link>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>6</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Newcomer Matt Bratten joins us and we talk about the $60 Boost-to-90, Disappearing Mounts, Artcraft, and some PVP changes.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/lb">ash4.me/lb</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#5: Titles Are Forever</title>
      <itunes:title>Titles Are Forever</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/131589123-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-5-titles-are-forever.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:42:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4162</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/titles-are-forever</link>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>5</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk about the pre-Warlords Boost to 90, the Iron Skyreaver, and the return of Hard 5-player dungeons.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/lz">ash4.me/lz</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#4: Farewell, Ghostcrawler</title>
      <itunes:title>Farewell, Ghostcrawler</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2013 06:13:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3487</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/farewell-ghostcrawler</link>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>4</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about limiting flying before patch 6.1, and we bid Ghostcrawler a fond farewell from Blizzard.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/mo">ash4.me/mo</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#3: Warlords of Draenor!</title>
      <itunes:title>Warlords of Draenor!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:26:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>6790</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/warlords-of-draenor</link>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>3</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about the new player models, the reasons for our trip to Draenor, garrisons, raiding, inventory and itemization changes, and some info about the Warcraft movie.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/jm">ash4.me/jm</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
<p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>#2: Pre-Blizzcon Edition</title>
      <itunes:title>Pre-Blizzcon Edition</itunes:title>
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      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/118839092-mashthosebuttons-wow-talk-2-pre-blizzcon.mp3</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 06:33:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>4263</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/pre-blizzcon-edition</link>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>2</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about the Warlords of Draenor trademark and an update on the Connected Realms.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/mk">ash4.me/mk</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>#1: Thoughts on the Roundtable</title>
      <itunes:title>Thoughts on the Roundtable</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2618</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/thoughts-on-the-roundtable</link>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>1</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Jeremy Dupire</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On the first episode of WoW! Talk! we discuss the Timeless Isle, react to the WoW 5.4 Developer Roundtable, and speculate on Heroes of the Storm.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/oq">ash4.me/oq</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Jeremy Dupire<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
    Discord: <a href="https://mash.gg/discord">mash.gg/discord</a>
</p>
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      <title>Mashcraft #0: Patch 5.4</title>
      <itunes:title>Mashcraft #0: Patch 5.4</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>3096</itunes:duration>
      <link>https://mashthosebuttons.com/show/wow-talk/mashcraft-0-patch-5-4</link>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <podcast:person role="Producer" group="Creative Direction">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Nick Zielenkievicz</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Eric Knutson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" group="Cast">Rei Liou</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Executive Producer" group="Creative Direction">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Audio Editor" group="Audio Post-Production">Jarret Redding</podcast:person>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to the pilot episode of our new podcast "Mashcraft", where talk about the latest happenings in wow and our experience as players.
<p>Episode URL: <a href="http://mash4.me/mp">ash4.me/mp</a></p>
<p>Hosts:<br /><br />Nick Zielenkievicz<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/WookieeBH">twitter.com/WookieeBH</a><br /><br />Eric Knutson<br /><br />Rei Liou<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.</p>
<p>
    Website: <a href="https://mashthosebuttons.com">mashthosebuttons.com</a>
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