Holy Shatt Podcast

This week your hosts discuss details surrounding Mists of Pandaria as the beta goes into its first live week. MMO-Champion and WoWHead have datamined lots of stunning things for us to talk about! First Sigmandis and Xantar discuss information found on the new Monk class! The talent tree (albeit somewhat incomplete) has been pulled from the depths of the beta and we discuss each talent and what we may be picking on our own Monks. Follow along with the talents here: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/mists-of-pandaria-monk-talents-revealed-any/ Next, we review some of the UI implementations, from character creation to emotes for the new class. You can find what we were talking about here!: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2703-Pandaren-Special!-Character-Creation-and-Emotes/ So many beautiful models! And not the Russian kind. We talk Netherdrakes 2.0 (Cloud Serpents) and how awesome everything looks. You can see that and the new NPC race models here: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2702-Cloud-Serpent-Mount-Race-Models-Scenarios-List-Factions-List-Ragefire-Chasm Warlocks are getting some love too! For some reason. Blizzard confirms intent to have them able to get green fire animations in a blue post found here: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/25/warlocks-may-cast-green-fire-spells-in-mop/   As well, we find out about the new demons that you can talent for, what they look like, and what replaces what. You can see all of them here: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/mists-of-pandaria-beta-new-warlock-pets/ Jaina Proudmoore is going Super Saiyan by the looks of the new cover art revealed for Jaina Proudmoore: The Tides of War. Check it out as we discuss what the cover may reveal, and lore implications/possibilities! http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/jaina-proudmoore-tides-of-war-cover-revealed/ WoWHead digs up the Challenge sets for some of the classes. Your hosts discuss the various color sets and our thoughts on them which can be found halfway down the page here: http://www.wowheadnews.com/blog=201923/mists-of-pandaria-day-two-quest-armor-sets-challenge-mode-sets-and-3d-models We talk Beta 101, what to expect, how to make the most of it, and how to be a constructive member of it! Also, Xantar swoons over the Mists music. We read over a couple emails, hand out a free time card, and wrap up another fun week at Holy Shatt!   Please get in touch with us here!: Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Phone: (919)521-8WoW or (919)521-8969 Twitter: @Sigmandis Twitter: @TheXantar Check out our forums at thegeekhole.net Check out the podcast on your smart phone with the Sticher smart phone app or waste some bandwith and download the entire show from either or website holyshatt.net. We appreciate reviews on iTunes please leave them and we’ll read them on the show!  

So really sorry that we didn't get any show notes in last weeks post. Seeing as we didn't get any emails I'm blaming it on the fact that I didn't add show notes. This week we were entirely off script because the entire show was dedicated to talking about the Mists of Pandaria information that got vomited all over the internet. So for those of you who don't have the background on this I'll give you a brief rundown. On Monday March 12th Blizzard started a Mists of Pandaria press tour. Major WoW sites and other publications were invited to talk with Blizzard employees about the upcomming expansion, as well as getting a huge briefing on MoP. All press participants had to sign a NDA or Non-Disclouser Agreement that made them keep their mouth shut until Monday March 19th. As soon as the NDA expired the web was set ablaze with information about mist and overall the news was positive.  The Holy Shatt crew dives into the bulk of the information with promisses to go into details on things like zones in upcomming episodes. Please remember that all segments like WoW 101, 5 questions, and the live dungeon run do no appear in this episode because we wanted to spend the entire time going through the press briefing stuff. With that being said we were still disapointed that we didn't receive any emails or phone calls this week. In this episode you will find the secret word of the week. Send it in with an email or phone call and we will enter you into the random drawing for a 30 day time card. (PS if anyone is owed a time card please email me ASAP if I forgot to send it to you. I will confirm you are eligible for one and send it immediatly) Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Phone: (919)521-8WoW Twitter: @Sigmandis or @theXantar Remember to leave us iTunes reviews!  

Temp notes holder. Will post notes soon :)

Holy Shatt is finally back on track and we have some exciting announcements about changes to  our show format structure. We want to get the whole Holy Shatt community involved in this so please tune in and send us some feedback. We also touch on the Blizzard layoff announcement and have a rather lengthily debate on the free to play vs subscription model. Email: Holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @sigmandis & @theXantar Phone: (919) 521-8WoW Remember listen for the secret word of the week for a chance to win 30 free days of World of Warcraft!

I'm sorry this took so long to get up. Hopefully once next week rolls around everything will be back to normal. I'm moved into my new apartment in Austin, TX...well moved in as in I'm physically present there. There's still a bunch of stuff to do before I can be considered "settled" in. Seeing as I was making the drive from Raleigh, NC to Austin, TX, Xantar bravely stepped up and volunteered to do episode 27 solo. Please enjoy and remember to send us your emails. Episode 28 is going to lay down our shows new structure, a new HUGE contest, and a bunch of other cool stuff. I can't thank you all enough for staying with us through this rough time as I get myself relocated half way across the country. -Sigmandis

I deeply apoligize for not getting this episode up. I've accepted a new job (that I will post about soon) and I'm having to coordinate a move from North Carolina to Texas. Getting things ready in Texas is taking up a lot of time, but I think I've got everything balanced out now. On this episode we discuss Blizzcon 2012 getting canceled, the launch of 4.3.2, and talk about some random iPhone apps and what not. I also make sure to apologize several times in the episode. We also haven't heard much from any of you and we're getting worried. I'm going to do my best to continue to push out episodes even while I'm trying to move half way across the country, but you're emails really help fill in content! Please drop us an email at holyshattpodcast@gmail.com or call the hotline (919)521-8WoW. Remember we have a weekly winner for a 30 day game time card!

Show notes to come, just wanted to get the episode posted. Sorry its late ;)

  The Holy Shatt crew welcomes Vee, the marketing/accounting genius behind Ask Mr. Robot. We mine Mr. Robot's database of answers with tons of questions about not only their popular World of Warcraft tools, but also their upcoming Star Wars the Old Republic features. We also squeeze the WoW news fruit hoping for something to drip out, and we get a few juicy stories. ALSO the winner of the call in contest is announced, but we need you to email us so we can get you your codes. The Run Down: Introductions Guests: Tam Melki Vee (Ask Mr. Robot) Interview Robot brain teasers Actual legit interview Live Dungeon Run WoW News Random Chatter Contest Entry Information: You can either call or email the show and simply mention the secret word of the week and bring up one of the discussion topics to be entered to win a 30 day World of Warcraft time code. You can get the secret word of the week somewhere in this podcast so listen close. Remember if you call in to tell me your email address at the end of your message or send me an email with the phone number you called from. Contact Info: Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Phone: (919)521-8WoW Twitter Sigmandis: @travisinNC Twitter Xantar: @theXantar Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raleighite Please Help Us Plan The Live Show! We have a poll setup on our facebook page. Please vote for what you're favorite time would be for us to hold our live show! Next Show Recording: I plan to have the next show posted by Friday Jan. 20th

So unfortunately besides the implementation of battle tags not much has changed in Azeroth these past few days. To make up for the lack of news our hosts talk about funny stories that happened over their vacation, we do the most random live dungeon run topic in the history of the show, and go over an email and a phone call from listeners. As a thank you to all our listeners, and since I understand we're all catching up on a bunch of work, we've decided to extend the Holy Shatt WoW giveaway. Next week we plan to bring Ask Mr.Robot's designer on the show to talk about add ons and we thought why not do the giveaway announcement when they come on. So you all in cyber space have until next Thursday January 12th at 8PM eastern to call (919)521-8WoW and tell us how you're going to recruit your friends into playing World of Warcraft. Remember the prize is HUGE you get a copy of World of Warcraft and EVERY expansion to give to your friend to get them started, that's over $100 worth of software. We will also have our weekly time card giveaway for a 30 day game code. Remember to listen in the show for the secret word, Xantar came up with it this week so don't blame me if you can't spell it. Remember the info! Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/raleighite Sigmandis Twitter: @TravisinNC Xantar Twitter: @theXantar We plan to have the next show up by Friday morning the 13th...lucky choice. If you have entered the voicemail contest be sure to listen to next weeks show. When we announce the winner you'll need to send us an email with the phone number you called us from to prove its you, then we'll email you your game codes. Thanks again for listening everyone.

Expect show notes during the week, that is if I can access the internet on a cruise ship. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!! A special thanks to all the podcasting people that helped me and Xantar get this show off the ground. You have no idea how much your advice, help, and friendship has meant to me these past few months. Your shows will be listed once I get the chance to update the show notes and I plan on adding bookmarks on the home page when I get the time to update it.

The Holy Shatt crew welcomes back Tam as we dive into topics like hot fixes to Dragon Soul encounters, the ups and downs of the looking for raid feature, and a new contest for our listeners! We're still doing the weekly 30 day time card giveaway, but if you call the hotline and tell us about how you'd recruit friends into WoW you could win World of Warcraft as well as all its expansions! News: Blizzard decides to nerf and buff some encounters in Dragon Soul. We discuss how this could be seen as Blizzard again cozying up to progression guilds as well as analyze how this affects the nature of the challenge to 'world first'. The HS crew talks about one WoW fan who is concerned about ZA and ZG getting lumped in with the original Cata heroics que. We explain how to avoid getting place unfairly into ZA or ZG, as well as talk about the dungeon que's flaws. Contest: We haven't been getting emails or calls from fans the past few weeks so we wanted to step things up. Email Contest This contest will remain unchanged. Listen for the secret word in the podcast and include it in your email to us. The topics range from your feelings on 4.3, to how you think SWTOR will affect WoW. The prize is a 30 day World of Warcraft time card code Phone Contest We haven't ever received a fan call in and we want you to be the first! Simply call (919)521-8WoW and tell us about how you would persuade your friends to play WoW. The winner will receive (1) World of Warcraft battle chest game code, (1) World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Expansion game code, and (1) World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion game code. We will be talking about the recruit a friend benefits on next weeks show for the WoW 101 segment. The winner will be announced after New Years so  call in! LDRDT: This weeks "Live Dungeon Run Discussion Topic" is the 'Looking for Raid' feature Join Xantar, Sigmandis, and Tam as they battle it out in "End  Time" while analyzing this game changing feature that 4.3 brought into the game. Show Contact Information: Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com (Remember two Ts) Twitter: Sigmanids: @travisinNC Xantar: @theXantar Show Hotline: (919)521-8WoW Facebook: Like our page to stay up to date on show releases! http://www.facebook.com/raleighite

So we promissed you last week a better insight into 3.4 and we kept our promise. Holy Shatt welcomes back Tam who decided he liked the new Dragon Soul raid so much that he'd just finish it in its first week. So a big congrats to the Entropy guild on Galakrond US for their normal Deathwing kill. Also from the Entropy guild we welcome the stabby rogue Melki who is very excited about a certain pair of legendary dagers for her class. We didn't have any emails or phone calls this week so no one snagged the 30 day WoW time card. Our guest Melki gives out the secret word this week so pay attention to the episode for it and send us your thoughts on 4.3. Making headlines this week was the latest exploit by a hard core raiding guild. Paragon decided they were going to manulipate the looking for raid feature to get themselves geared up for heroic modes very quickly. Blizzard has tracked down everyone who used the exploit and issued eight day suspencions. Do you feel like this was an acceptable punishment, or did Blizzard take it to easy? Do you think guilds like Paragon get preferred treatment and that its unfair, or are they treated like any other guild? Send your reponses to the show with the secret word: Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Phone: (919)521-8WoW Host Xantar: Twitter @theXantar Host Sigmandis: Twitter @TravisinNC

Holy Shatt returns with both of its hosts! We catch up on emails diving into the topic of cyber bullying in WoW, touch on 4.3, and of course announce our next secret word of the week for the 30 day WoW card giveaway! Contact the show! Email: holyshattpodcast@gmail.com Phone: (919)521-8WoW Twitter: Sigmandis - @TravisinNC Xantar - @TheXantar Facebook: www.facebook.com/raleighite

If you're reading this...I failed. Sorry everyone, but the Thanksgiving week just caused too many problems for us to record. HOWEVER our failure is your gain. In a fit of generorsity I have decided to make it easier than ever to enter the 30 day WoW time card giveaway. No one has entered yet so your chances are high! The podcast link is under three minutes and includes an apology, explanation, and best of all the secret word from episode 18. I repeat as of the posting of this podcast NO ONE HAS ENTERED YET, this means if you enter at this point you have a 100% chance of winning a 30 day time card!   Simply listen to the podcast and email us at holyshattpodcast@gmail.com and I promise you'll hear from us next week! Look for the podcast to be up by next Thursday afternoon.

Oh my gosh we've attracted a famous guest! Anne from WoW Insider and All Things Azeroth is on our show! We finally get around to talking about the new talent system coming in MoP as well as how to deal with guild burn out. Also spoiler if you love talking about WoW lore, this will be one of your favorite shows this week!