Professions Good, Layoffs Bad
Nick shares some tips about professions he recently learned, then the gang laments the recent Microsoft layoffs....
Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about the recent announcement of Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula’tek and other goings on in World of Warcraft!
First, Rei talk about a guild member who was hacked and then appreciates when guildies read and follow the guild message of the day. She talks about her extensive use of Warcraft Logs over the years and recent experiences running battlegrounds. She also mentions running some dungeon keys and shares a GoFundMe for a friend’s friend who passed away. https://www.gofundme.com/f/brody-elmo?attribution_id=sl:6ee6556e-c7da-4da9-b671-5319694c3d08&lang=en_US&ts=1782185078&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
Eric talks about process on Lura despite not fielding a full team. He mentions the upcoming nerf to Earthen exploration experience, and his struggles getting it to apply now.
Kurabara talks about levelling more characters and trying the new zones Val and Naigtal on heroic difficulty. He also talks about a recent Blizzard Gear Store promotion for a special edition replica CD that sold out.
Nick talks about the Midsummer Fire Festival and a banker that is annoying him. Then, he runs through some of the features mentioned as coming in patch 12.1.
Finally, they look back one hundred episodes to the GTA online community getting hyped for Wrath Classic.
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Hosts
Nick Zielenkievicz
Host of WoW! Talk! and The Tauren & The Goblin. Sometimes known as the Video Games Public Defender. Wants to play more Destiny and Marvel Heroes but WoW is all-consuming. Decent F2P Hearthstone player. Sad that he lost the Wii that had Wrecking Crew on it. Would be happy if the only game ever made was M.U.L.E. Gragtharr on Skywall-US. Garresque on Ravencrest-US.
Rei Liou
Rei is the 1 of the 5 SEELE members and the Ops Director at MTB. She enjoys anime, baking, cooking, gaming ( fighting, puzzle, rhythm, RPGs ), and spending WAY too much time working on spreadsheets. Current Games: Tales of Crestoria, WoW
Eric Knutson
Auto mechanic, car enthusiast, gamer, runner and almost never serious, Eric has been ditching responsibilities and gaming since age 7. His favorite genres are FPS and racing, although most of his game time is currently spent on WoW
