Tauren Think Tank: The Podcast About the Blizzard Gamer Behind the Keyboard

A release date has come from the heavens above; Rem reveals who won the bro-hug bet; Alludra the Mage joins us for Tell Us One Thing and talks Pet Battles on the beta; a follow-up on the pros and cons of 25-man raiding; The Tillers is live in beta; the joys of Symbiosis; Rem's mom is a big fan; we answer listener questions from a female gamer who deals with guildies crushing on her, a new guild member who has found himself leading his guild's raids while the RL is absent for summer, and a dilemma between a player and her GM that has loyalties being questioned.

Rem is Patient Zero; Jules was on Convert to Raid; we will both be guesting on Darkmoon Herald this week; we share a great listener story about the Marsha saga; our top anonymous name nominees; the PTR patch notes came out; we answer a follow-up question from last week and new questions about being excluded from raids, and wanting to have more organized raids in a guild.

We announce the contest winner of the free Blizzard store mount, courtesy of DogHouse Systems; Rem and Phytt went to ConnectiCon; "Hagara" creates a new name for Rem Jules; Pet Battles are live; the beta download is huge; new RAF mount is cool; Rem's ConnectiCon roundup; we answer questions about whether raiding in PVP gear is fair to a raid team, how much responsibility should someone using Recruit A Friend or Scroll of Resurrection have for the player being brought in, and deciding to stay or leave your guild when your RealID friend decides to leave.

Rem and Jules met in real life for the first time; we made it 10 episodes; Tell Us One Thing with special guest Clark from DogHouse Systems; the aftermath of Rem's rant on Episode 9 and how he will now beat the boredom until MoP releases; we answer questions about how to introduce your 12-year old child to the game; and how to recruit guild members when your guild is low level.

Jules is back from Nerdtacular, Phytt can breathe again; we try to answer a lore question; why do people have a problem with someone who prefers to solo in WoW; Rem needs to get his Horde rage out on Arcayne the Fire Mage; we have a special segment with Anne Stickney from WoW Insider about lore, holy farts, and hamster balls.

TTT benefits from the Koltrane bump, who is this Phytt guy?, update on the hug bet, Phytt's crazy laughter, pantsless podcasting, Jules meets Zhug at Nerdtacular, Doghouse Systems is TTT's first sponsor, we listen to interviews from Nerdtacular, Koltrane drops in for a surprise visit in Tell Us One Thing, more empty server woes, managing WoW and real-life time, splitting a raid spot between two people, how to avoid non-nerd ostracism, Rem's dungeon leveling escapades, various updates, and a very special happy birthday shoutout.

The aftermath of Episode 6, there are no regular level 90 dungeons in MoP, Jaina is looking a little upset, Legendary stuff for anyone, Rem's beta recap, Tell Us One Thing, and we answer questions about repairing a damaged friendship, making alts on other servers to play with friends, Rem is not allowed to read questions in the future, and how Blizzard could help LGBT gamers handle discrimination in the game.

The aftermath of Episode 6, there are no regular level 90 dungeons in MoP, Jaina is looking a little upset, Legendary stuff for anyone, Rem's beta recap, Tell Us One Thing, and we answer questions about repairing a damaged friendship, making alts on other servers to play with friends, Rem is not allowed to read questions in the future, and how Blizzard could help LGBT gamers handle discrimination in the game.

Koltrane from Convert to Raid joins Rem and Jules for a hilarious episode of News, Tell Us One Thing, and answering listener questions about balancing your relationship with your guild choice, is it bad to be too nice to your guildies, and trying to determine if playing a different role to help your raid progress is really helping things. You don't want to miss this one!

We talk about recording our last Wednesday show, and moving to Sundays going forward; HUGE guest announcement for Episode #6; Jules gets a counterpoint from the "hate mail" from Episode 2; the Black Market auction house bid cap increase; Dragon Soul is now 25% weaker; no zone PvP in MoP; we introduce a new segment, Tell Us One Thing; Phytt joins us briefly for some Q&A with Rem; we get a follow-up from e-mailer "R" from Episode #4; we answer questions about balancing WoW time with searching for employment and how to balance altoholism with wanting to see end-game content.

**WARNING - Game of Thrones Season 2 finale SPOILERS, plus spoilers from the books. DON'T LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!** Rem and Jules are joined by special guests The Legendary Phytt and Arcayne the Fire Mage for a roundtable discussion of the Game of Thrones season 2 finale, thoughts about the whole season, and the differences between the books and the show. Phytt is a big fan of the books and has read them all, and Jules has recently read through book 4. Rem and Cayne have only watched the series. Join us for a fun-filled evening of theorycrafting, what and who we liked best and least, and what we think is coming up for our favorite folks in Westeros.

Our raid team hits 4/8 Heroic Dragon Soul; Rem's Twitter addiction; we share some show news; Jules' holiday weekend dungeon-finder woes; Rem's new druid's progress; we have a new blog: www.taurenthinktank.com/blog; new yak mount; the epic MoP music; we discuss listener questions about dealing with a guildie you just don't like, what to do with your progression raid team now that all your current goals are met, and a casual guild where no one shows up on time for anything.

Jules' big announcement; our guild's Summer Movie Fantasy League; Rem announces his new alt class as decided by the listeners; we get some critical e-mail; MoP login screen revealed; the new panda mount; we answer listener questions about ghost town guilds, how to convince a wife to play WoW with her husband, and the aftermath of leaving a guild with explanation; debate question: is raid-leading a thankless job; iTunes 5-star reviews and call-outs to some other great podcasts that we've enjoyed recently.

Rem and Jules discuss kids seeing The Avengers and young kids playing WoW; 7 Most Enjoyable MMO Players (http://ow.ly/aZNW0); we got feedback!; Diablo 3 hits our raid team; some latest WoW news; we answer questions about how long our raid team will take to gear when MoP comes out, what if someone wants to change their raiding role after the expansion, a great letter about explaining in-game friendships to RL people, and allowing raiders to PuG outside of their raid team in certain circumstances.

Rem and Jules introduce themselves and talk about what they're currently up to in WoW; Rem's spontaneous RP fun-times; Jules is hunting for the Vial of the Sands; legendary items update; we tackle questions about guild leaders burning out on their raid team, Prot Warrior PvP flag carrying advice, recruiting a raid leader from outside a guild, Feral druid tank gearing suggestions, and whether a raid leader's voice affects their raid's overall impression.