Archive for June, 2017

World Of Warcast Episode 247, “That’s a wanker”

Warcast turns 12 on Sunday! Thanks to everyone who has listened to and supported the show all these years.

Mike and Ren go off on an unexpected tangent about games and age – have you changed your gaming habits as you got older?

Dinner with Thorn and Thyst in meatspace!

How to NOT recruit for your guild.

Mike finally gets Vial of the Sands after a week of farming.

– Was it worth it?

– Can you undercut the competition?

– How much are the mats and how much profit would you make?

Authentication issues with the Legion app (Mike had login issues with the game as well).

This week:

Darkmoon Faire! With the start of Blight Boar?

Fireworks on the 4th.

Fire Festival ends the 5th.

News

Patch 7.3 hitting PTR https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20757296503

First wing of ToS LFR opened up.

Blizz taking action against accounts that advertize raid clears for money.

It’s summer! http://blizzardwatch.com/2017/06/27/qiraji-guardling-summer-pet-wow/

The Necromancer arrives in D3 $15

Overwatch hoodies from Jinx

Mention of class development Reddit AMA that happened last Friday – https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/6j2wwk/wow_class_design_ama_june_2017/?st=j4inb11y&sh=c7617731

Discord! https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4

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This Week in Trek Episode 296, “Whatever century it is”

News

TNG Rule “Roddenberry’s Box”. No personal conflict in the 24th century. Hated by writers is thrown out.

DSC uniform diagram is out. What do we think? http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TrekMovie_DSC_Uniform_Breakdown_21_6_17_777-article.jpg

DSC Photo of transporter room is out. What do we think? http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscew-transporter.jpg

Producers of Discovery on the look of the show.

Frakes to direct during season one.

Pogo made his Picard/Data video private for some reason.

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: What was your reaction when u found out what the T stood for in James T. Kirk?

Star Trek in pop culture:

ClockStoppers. 2002. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Two kids have the ability to stop & start time. In this short scene, they decide to restart time after doing a bunch of naughty things.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9 S7: Badda Bing Badda Bang

Character insight: Miles O’Brien

World Of Warcast Episode 246, “900 or higher”

News:

Tomb of Sargeras is open.

Midsummer Fire Festival

Book of Matches – 500 blossoms

Sets you on fire, and running screaming!!

Gathered all 500 in maybe 2 hours or less

Other new pets

There’s a new(?) helm for 350 blossoms

Candy Buckets addon helps a lot

Blizzard signs two-year exclusive deal with Twitch to stream eSports

More Blizzcon tickets go on sale July 5

Great, but what will that do for an already-full hotel scene?

Overwatch: new map – Lunar Colony

Overwatch: get a golden crate with a Twitch Prime account

http://blizzardwatch.com/2017/06/16/wow-secret-finding-discord-uncovers-secret-behind-sun-darter-hatchling/

https://www.scribd.com/document/351437491/Sun-Darter-Hatchling?irgwc=1&content=27795&campaign=VigLink&ad_group=2332445&keyword=ft500noi&source=impactradius&medium=affiliate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrb02monDMg

Mike:

All you need to know about how to farm the damn Vial of the Sands recipe.

Why did the price of Blood of the Mountain skyrocket last week?

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This Week in Trek Episode 295, “It’s a 3-watt life form”

News

DSC premier Sunday, Sept. 24 at 8:30 p.m. ET (Time approximate after NFL football). First 8 episodes will come out thru Nov 5, then in Jan, we get the other 7.

We have not yet seen the Discovery bridge. The trailer was the Shenzhou.

John DeLancie will guest star in Ep 9 of STC.

STC Ep 9, 10, 11 are filmed and in post production. That’s all there is.


Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: Worst case scenario: what is the one thing that they can do in Discovery that will make u stop watching it?


Star Trek in pop culture:

Another one From The Sarah Jane Adventures “The Empty Planet” (recommended by M’Ress)

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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TNG: The Child

Character insight – Julian Bashir

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