Horde House - An Online Gaming Podcast

Yes indeed it is EPISODE 100 of our show! Big thanks to all of our listeners for supporting our shenanigans, explicitness and randomness for the past couple years! There is really a lot of news to cover this week, as Blizzard announces a spinoff game: Hearthstone- Heroes of Warcraft. Also, patch 5.3 has ALREADY hit the PTR, and not only will it bring some PVE changes, but PVP is about to get some major changes. We will see if the fan base finds them to be GOOOOOOOLD. Xtofer makes a decision you might not believe hits on the 100th episode, we give away some free game time (and podcast fans still have a chance too), and do we actually get a scoop… in Xtofers pants? Find out on Episode 100 of our show! All this and MORE including tweets, e-mails and the Facebook Question of the week on the show still about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Please Click here to Donate to Team Christopher Walkin’, the Horde House team for the Walk MS – National MS Society fund charity event. Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

THEY TOOK OUR FLIGHTPOINTS! Okay maybe not totally, but it is a little weird that this unintended feature took months to remove hmmm? Our hosts tonight explore why this might have happened and what good (and bad) may come of it– along with our live chatters! Also in the news, some breakdown on the satchel rewards, or Failbag 2.0′s. Does this make the rewards seem a little less fail to our hosts? A story about vote kicking from groups gets responses from our hosts, and e-mailers get in on the LFR hijinx with some e-mails about trollers and trolling. Hopefully with all these topics you won’t need a lot of Patience? Patience! Patience? Patience! to get thru the show. All this and MORE including tweets, e-mails, Facebook Question of the week and Xtofer Pants (a grey item) on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Please Click here to Donate to Team Christopher Walkin’, the Horde House team for the Walk MS – National MS Society fund charity event. Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

The first LFR has opened up, and it elicits a strong reaction from some of our hosts. You might be in for a shock on tonight’s episode of Horde House. We mix up the show tonight, because we can, and another e-mailer reads our mind with the Facebook question of the week– what could this gamechanger in 5.4 be and how does it function with old content? We theorize some creative solutions with our live chatters at VOG. Also, we talk about a charity effort that our hosts will be involved with over the coming weeks. Even if you don’t agree with all our viewpoints this week, please consider helping out this worthy cause. Click here to Donate to Team Christopher Walkin’, the Horde House team for the Walk MS – National MS Society fund charity event. All this and MORE including your chat comments, e-mails, facebook responses and tweets on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft, but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Patch 5.2 is upon us! Well, one part of it is still coming out in pieces. We outline the LFR Schedule tonight and talk about if this is an idea we support, or dislike. Also, there’s big gossip on the Warcraft movie. Just why did the directors change on this project, anyway? Blizzard is not only showing Diablo 3 on PS3 at PAX… but something new as well. We speculate, and then get super jealous that we aren’t going to the show. All this and MORE including your chat comments, e-mails, facebook responses and tweets on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft, but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

The 5.2 trailer is released, which has us reflecting on some of the great trailers of the game’s past in our Facebook question of the week segement. In the news this week, we talk about some changes to quest and rare mob tagging, as well as other clarifications that have arisen on the upcoming patch. Are some of the hosts of Horde House getting a bit burned out on the current content? You might think so when you hear this weeks “How was your week in Azeroth?” segment. Let’s hope that patch arrives next week! All this and MORE including tweets, e-mails and Diablo 3 news on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Mere hours before the LIVE broadcast of this week’s show, Blizzard took the stage at the Sony Playstation 4 event to unveil Diablo 3 for PS3 & PS4. What could this move and “strategic partnership” mean for other Blizzard games such as WoW? Is WoW something we would even want on a console? We ask our Facebook listeners this week… In 5.2 developments, it appears we might have a small delay if the PvP seasons are an indication, but these things are to be expected so don’t be too dissappointed. All this and MORE including the tweets, e-mails and news on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Horde House kicks off it’s new LIVE recording schedule with this all new episode! Bashiok makes a community post on 5.2 with lots of details (that Rob can’t seem to keep straight) but oh– there’s a last minute change on the valor points conversion! Our live chatters throw comments at us including a question on what we’d be doing in an alternate universe where there is no World of Warcraft. The twitter topics give loud feedback on one of the elements of last weeks show, and one of our e-mails starts a Drag Race tangent. Oh noes! All this and MORE including the Facebook question of the week, more e-mails and news on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

It looks like the Warcraft movie is back on, and we talk for a bit tonight about some of our hopeful ideas for the movie (and what relatives should be asked to join in). 5.2 news is still plentiful, with news on mounts, treasure rooms and LFR updates. Jailinx joins us to talk more about his raiding story from a few weeks ago. What has he been up to since quitting his progression guild mid-raid? Download this weeks show to find out… All this and MORE including e-mails, facebook question responses and tweets on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://VOGNetwork.com

The whole gang is back together to talk about some of the latest 5.2 updates including some interface changes. Also, “Thunderforged” items will become a new type of drop, but is this meant to be a replacement for item upgrades altogether? The panel has some varying thoughts on just how this whole item upgrade thing has (or hasn’t) worked out In the tweets tonight, we talk about fan art, and our own little Cataclysm that we would do (if we could!) All this and MORE including e-mails, Facebook Question of the week and VOG comments on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://VOGNetwork.com

Big PVP Changes are coming in Patch 5.2, and we talk about the new levels of PVP gear in tonight’s show. However, the Facebook question of the week indicates that perhaps a significant part of the user base doesn’t particularly care about, or intends to set foot in PVP. Chris from MMO Radio and gamebynight.com joins us to talk about his casual (or just normal?) experiences with World of Warcraft, and how it compares to other MMOs he has sampled, such as RIFT. All this and MORE including twitter topics, more 5.2 news and e-mails on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY — HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://VOGNetwork.com

And just like that, a feature from 5.1 may be disappearing in 5.2. We are joined by Sunshine aka Jon from the GameBuoy Podcast to talk about the removal of the upgrade vendors in 5.2. Is Blizzard doing the right thing? Or are they overreacting to gear balance concerns? We debate the issue on the show. Also on this weeks episode, we talk about the old topic of the WoW theme park in China and why it’s circulating the blogs again this week. Rare mobs in 5.2 and green fire quest details round out the weeks news. All this and MORE including the Facebook question of the week, tweets and e-mails on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://VOGNetwork.com

Special Guest Ronnie Talbott from Big Brother Season 11 joins us this week where a show on guilty pleasures collide– World of Warcraft, and REALITY TV. Ronnie talks to us about his Warcraft style before and after the show, and of course gives us some details about what it was like to be cast on the show after such persistence. Big Brother fans might be shocked to find out who ELSE was a Warcraft player… perhaps there need to be a Warlock Alliance in a future season? Hey now don’t skip this episode just because you might not be into reality TV, there’s lots of ongoing news we chat about w/ our guest including the latest on patch 5.2, as well a new mount in the Blizzard store. All this and MORE including the Facebook Question of the week, Tweets and of course e-mails on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Ronnie on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DarthRonnieT Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://VOGNetwork.com

We were supposed to take the week off, but with all the 5.2 news that came out just before Christmas, we couldn’t help but do a LIVE show. So we taped this weeks show LIVE at vognetwork.com to talk about all the latest on what is known about 5.2. That doesn’t stop us from talking about some of the other goings on in the game right now including hunter pets and pet battle updates. Also, a tweet sent to us reminds us that it is the last show of the year, so we reflect on 2012 in WoW, and look forward to 2013. A lengthy discussion ensues when one e-mailer sends us his video of the raid that just made him call it quits. After eight years of the World of Warcraft, have we finally found ourselves fed up with a certain type of “drill sergeant attitude in the game? All this and MORE including our weeks in Azeroth, more tweets, e-mails and live chat comments on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://www.vognetwork.com

All is quiet on the Blizzard front due to the holiday season– but a few details about the next patch (5.2) were teased in some blue posts. Could these be the quality of life changes we were looking for to re-energize the game? We use some of the news roundtable tonight to look at what is going on in some of the other MMO’s out on the market. We talk about LFR in our Facebook question of the week. Are they “real” raids, or do some people expect too much from new players in them? We hear what the listeners have to say… All this and MORE including our weeks in Azeroth, tweets & e-mails on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://www.vognetwork.com

Something we’ve talked about as a suggestion on the show previously may be headed towards a reality– Challenge Mode for old dungeons. Some of our hosts think the expansion dungeons could use a little love too, however. Also, what’s the least popular class in WoW right now? What classes have been holding up surprisingly well post expansion? Also in tonight’s show, we talk about one game that admits they’ve been inspired recently by WoW. In response to a tweet, Shane gives a pretty blunt answer about the game. Why is he so down? We try to get the answer out of him on tonight’s show. All this including the Facebook Question, E-mails of the week and MORE on the show about ALL things World of Warcraft but NEVER too SRSLY– Horde House! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Listen to the premiere of Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 11AM Pacific http://www.vognetwork.com