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The AIE Podcast clean The AIE Podcast podcast@aie-guild.org podcast@aie-guild.org (The AIE Podcast) The Die is Podcast http://theaiepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/AIE_Podcast_Logo_144-414.png http://theaiepodcast.com TV-Y7-FV Weekly http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/13/aie-podcast-ep-151-high-plains-rifter/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/13/aie-podcast-ep-151-high-plains-rifter/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:51:53 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1604 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/13/aie-podcast-ep-151-high-plains-rifter/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - The Force is twice as strong this weekend - Secrets are twice as secret this weekend - Phasers are twice as stunning this weekend. - Wait... what the heck is going on here? On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - The Force is twice as strong this weekend - Secrets are twice as secret this weekend - Phasers are twice as stunning this weekend. - Wait... what the heck is going on here? - And Ayhood joins us to talk about AIE in Rift. All that and more coming up right now...   AIE NEWS Now, we RARELY mention this...but if you haven’t gone to the forums, you’re missing out! The Imperium Ludi (http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/52-imperium-l%C5%ABd%C4%AB/) section there has all SORTS of games that people are getting into! New MMOs like Elder Scrolls and Marvel Heroes, and I’m sure Friend codes for the new Animal Crossing will show up there too! Join the fun, and see what folks are playing!  The first step to GERP-ing in a new game is to go there, checked the pinned post for more info.   We have our guest here to talk about all the crazy goings-on in Telara, but given it IS a big news item, Rift is now Free to Play (http://www.riftgame.com/en/)! Lots of restrictions have been lifted, and Alludra, they have Pets! Ayhood will fill us in on all the details after we get through the news!   If you happen to be playing a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there are a few double-XP weekends (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50452-yeah-for-double-xp-weekends/) coming up very soon! Starting June 22nd, every weekend till the holiday weekend, when it goes from Thursday-Sunday!   Emerge from the Agartha and follow the bees, as the Secret World has a special weekend coming up this very weekend, called Black Weekend (http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/black_weekend_event_starting_this_friday). Additional loot, recruitment bonuses, double XP and more. Seems that the game companies are becoming aware time is precious and are trying to make it hard to decide where to spend those weekends!   Star Trek Online, the newest addition to the AIE Family, ALSO has a bonus weekend starting today! Bonus Rep and Fleet Marks (http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=912571) will be given all weekend, with some missions you can repeat from the past, or do them for the first time if you are a recent addition! There are also special rewards you can get from the events being run, so look for those as well!   As Zod have mentioned, Pet battles are a great way to earn XP in WoW. Or at least...were! It appears that one patch removed them altogether, perhaps accidentally, and now there have been conflicting reports from EU and US community Managers, and now perhaps your pet needs to be 5 levels from what it is fighting for YOU to get XP? Only time will tell how this shakes out!   Your fellow guildies in Guild Wars 2 are also planning an event for this weekend! For everyone who has not done so, and even if you just want to come along for the party, a map completion hunt (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50508-map-compleltion-holo-hunt-61513-8pm-est/) is scheduled for Saturday at 8pm EST, even if you aren’t level 50-60, they will do their best to keep ya alive and looting for the duration! Also remember that the Dragon Bash festival is currently going on there!   And with that, let’s dive into Rift...   GAME NEWS Patch 2.3: Highlights: - Rift is F2P   (info at www.riftgame.com/free (http://www.riftgame.com/free) - New Zone (Dendrome)  1.5 times the size of ember isle - New Dimensions, Mounts, pets, and more   F2p: *PSA - Please get an authenticator* Ghomus agrees, EVERY game that offers one? GET ONE.   a good guide for people new to rift or starting anew. http://www.riftscene.com/guides/rift-a-starters-guide/ (http://www.riftscene.com/guides/rift-a-starters-guide/) Items of Interest: Things you might have missed: -  Twisted Artifacts are now in SL zones -  Level ranges for each zone are now listed on the map -  Porticulums can be used by both factions other than the major city ones.  (yay for port in north scarlet gorge) -  Carnage quests now require fewer kills The AIE Podcast clean 1:04:56 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/06/aie-podcast-ep-150-show-not-found/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/06/aie-podcast-ep-150-show-not-found/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:53:24 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1597 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/06/06/aie-podcast-ep-150-show-not-found/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ No Video this week, you will have to imagine the visual hilarity! On this episode of The AIE Podcast.. - Nerdtacular is Near! - Blizzard Services on Sale! - Green wall at Work! - Dragon Bashing is Fun! No Video this week, you will have to imagine the visual hilarity! On this episode of The AIE Podcast.. - Nerdtacular is Near! - Blizzard Services on Sale! - Green wall at Work! - Dragon Bashing is Fun! - And we talk with Hoots and Stu about Eve Online! All that and more coming up right now...   AIE NEWS Nerdtacular countdown! We are at a mere four weeks until the big event! This is just a friendly reminder to make sure all your travel plans are in order and your rooms are booked! And this just in from twitter, there will be a cash bar reception (and soda bar!) on thursday evening. Details will be coming to the website soon!   There’s been a lot of chatter about the jabber (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/48882-jabber-jabber-jabber-or-how-to-connect-a-jabber-client-to-the-aie-server/) client on the forums! What’s Jabber? Well it’s AIE’s out of game greenwall chat! More members are connecting out of game just to hang out wit the guild. If you find yourself missing greenwall, head on over and check it out. Details on how to connect are inside.   Just a reminder, simply because there are so many multi-player and MMO games coming out, please do not take it upon yourself to ‘establish’ AIE in any of these games. We have an whole process where we DO move into new games, but we like to make it official! Check this post (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/46065-our-gerp/) in the forums for information how to go about doing such if you’d like to see AIE other places!   World of warcraft character services are 50% off (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10158003/This_Week_Only%E2%80%94All_Character_Services_50_Off-6_4_2013) until June 10th! Faction changes, server changes, race and name changes! All half off! If you have been waiting for a great time to join us over on Earthen Ring, or want to bring over that much missed character, now is the time!!   Rifts ‘free weekend’ extended until the game goes Free to play on June 12th (http://www.riftgame.com/en/promo/freetoplay.php)! How do you get in on to free to play early? Well if you have ever purchased a copy of rift, you are already in! Remember, AIE is on the Deepwood shard, and they have lifted all previous faction restrictions to boot!   Dragon bash (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/june-11-2013/) is coming to Guild wars 2 this June 11th! Dragon bash is an all new festival where you will hopefully be...bashing dragons! But that’s not all this event  has to offer! There are new events, new armors, achievements, and yes! Even new mini pets! Check out the website to see all this event has to offer!   And speaking of guild wars, Devon Carter (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/devon-carver-on-the-future-of-world-vs-world/), a world vs. world designer for guild wars 2 has an interview up on the site! Go check it out as he talks about the future of world vs. world combat, including upcoming changes to gameplay and mechanics to make the battles more epic and exciting!   For links to all the items we just covered, see the show notes at TheAIEPodcast.com, or of course, read the forums!   And with that, let’s jump into some Eve news!   GAME NEWS   Odyssey Expansion Here Stu and Hoots can gloss over some of the major changes taking place in this new expansion. Jump gate effect and new station models.  Prettifying everything. Economic disarray -- resources for producing stuff is getting switched up. Boring ship rebalances -- but pretty ship redesigns. They completely overhauled the exploration system. It’s much easier now. Boring skill rebalances and changing skill requirements for some stuff.  It’s really boring if you don’t play EVE though.  Really.  Really.  Boring. Some UI changes. There are 52 pages of patch notes that I’m not going to bore you with.   What Have We Been Doing   Hoots Strategic ops, More Strategic Operations, Another Strat Op. The AIE Podcast clean 1:03:32 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/30/1581/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/30/1581/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 03:55:39 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1581 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/30/1581/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/   - On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - - Our new GOTM is no secret - - Former Rifters can Rift for free - -  Beam Us Up, Stigg! - - Spring has sprung for the clan of the rings - - And we’ll hopefully talk with our own Warchief of WoW -   On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Our new GOTM is no secret - Former Rifters can Rift for free -  Beam Us Up, Stigg! - Spring has sprung for the clan of the rings - And we’ll hopefully talk with our own Warchief of WoW All that and more coming up right now... Lanc will be catching us up on the exploits of AIE in Azeroth and the changes in patch 5.3 in just a moment, but first, the news... AIE NEWS   Ladies and gentlemen! We have a New Guildie Of The Moment! Everyone give three cheers for Wyllow of The Secret World! Many great things were said about this guildie including * This player has been super helpful and very patient every time I have spoken to her in game. She's always answered questions when she is free and is willing to lend a helping hand. * Wyllow is awesome, one of the nicest and most helpful people I have met in any game. * I totally agree, she has been a vital part of AIE Secret World and she is just all around amazing So everyone please congratulate Wyllow if you see her in game, and remember you too can nominate someone for Guildie of the Moment, just send an email to officers@aie-guild.org   If you’re a former Rift player who wandered off to other things and wants to see how Telara has been keeping, you might be interested to know that Rift will be free to play this weekend (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50330-rift-free-this-weekend-530-63-for-past-subscribers/). This isn’t the free-to-play version that’s in the works; this is just a special deal for former subscribers who want to check the game out again to decide if they want to add it back to their game rotation when the game goes free to everyone. The free time started today, May 30th, and will last until Monday, June 3rd.   The Guild members of Lord of the Rings Online are taking advantage of the new Springfest in-game event! It all starts on June 1st at 9 PM Eastern time. where they will have live music, and later in the evening a foray into the Ettenmoors for PvMP (player versus monster-player). More information can be found in the lord of the rings section of the AIE forums in the AIE Springfest ‘13 (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50303-aie-springfest-13/) thread.   For all you current and future starfleet captains, we are happy to announce Star Trek Online has now been added to the AIE UMAMI membership database (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50314-sto-recruitment-thread-the-federation-needs-you/). All current STO guild members need to sign up in UMAMI to register their characters. AIE’s starfleet admirals will be conducting a purge of all guild members in game that are not in UMAMI on June 29th, so make sure your captains are accounted for. Big thanks to the hardworking Stigg for making the update   If you’d like to take a peek at some of the World of Warcraft Tier 14 raid content, our own If Looks Could Kill raiding team has put together a very impressive video (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50259-aie-raiding-video-ilck/) from showing off their adventures in Mogu'shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of Endless Spring. You can find the link in the AIE Azeroth forums, or in our show notes . The AIE Cookbook is a hit! At least according to Beefmaster and Beefywife. The Beefs posted on the forums (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50287-testimonials-from-cooking-with-the-aie-cookbook/) about the scrumptious dinner they had using Grudek’s Tater Tot Casserole recipe.  If you’d like to feed your own AIE horde, you can get a copy of the AIE Cookbook in the Frogpants store (http://frogpants.bigcartel.com/product/aie-cookbook) for just $19.95. The cookbook is full of beautiful illustrations by our own master cartoonist and head nerd Scott Johnson, and of course wonderful home-grown family-favorite recipes from dozens of AIE members. All profits go to fund AIE in Real Life events, such as the Guild Hall at Blizzcon, The AIE Podcast clean 1:07:54 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/24/the-aie-podcast-ep-148-aietribb-ulations/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/24/the-aie-podcast-ep-148-aietribb-ulations/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:56 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1577 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/24/the-aie-podcast-ep-148-aietribb-ulations/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/   On this episode of The AIE Podcast... A war in EVE you can really ‘delve’ into Ridiculous Raptr Rift Rewards! World of Warcraft gets a new patch! Cap’n Hunter and ?? talk about Star Trek: Online All that and more coming up right now... -   On this episode of The AIE Podcast... A war in EVE you can really ‘delve’ into Ridiculous Raptr Rift Rewards! World of Warcraft gets a new patch! Cap’n Hunter and ?? talk about Star Trek: Online All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS Maxx on the forums (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50255-beware-possible-exploit-associated-with-bound-crystals/) has a warning for AIE SWTOR players, it seems accounts are getting caught up in suspensions or bans if they move bound color crystals in legacy weapons. SWTOR has since decided some of the accounts were unfairly banned and released a patch to fix the exploits, if your account was not unlocked, contact accountdisputes@swtor.com   There appears to be something of a...large WAR going on in ‘delve’ within EVE, and AIE is participating. Check out the forum post called In Defense of Delve (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50222-in-defense-of-delve-you-are-needed/page-2) for more information. This is a call to arms folks! Book of Heroes is humming along nicely! This weekend is Double Guild Loyalty rewards, so make sure and raid as much as ya can to get to level 5!  I’m still trying to get everything aligned and we might end up collapsing a bit more, just to make sure all the guilds have enough, but we’ll get there!   The folks that do Lairs (Raids) in Secret World are still meeting weekly! Check out the thread for the League of Dynamic Dischord (all hail Pyramidian!) that gets updated with what they’re currently working on in the forums! (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49045-legion-of-dynamic-discord-lair-night-may-29-2013/) They’re a really great group of folks, very generous with time and in-game currency! They need more folks to show up so they can try some of the more complex bosses out there.   So if you are listening to the news here and NOT in game, you’re already missing it, but keep in mind, 16 mans ARE happening in SW:TOR. Emperor Pelpatine put up a post (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50234-gree-xenoanalyst-2-electric-boogaloo-thursday-5232013-16-man-imp/) regarding the Gree Xenoanalyst, there are a few requirements to be able to join up, but check it out for the info so you can be ready for next time!   World of warcraft’s patch 5.3 has dropped! This is a huge patch that has many awesome updates including the new Darkspear rebellion questline, 18 new pets! (yay!) and Waay too much stuff to mention! (Like daily server restarts! and constant mod updating oooo)   Raptr has more rift rewards! Raptr, a social networking site for gamers, has teamed up with Rift to allow players to earn free pets, gear, and ultimately, a free copy of Rift’s expansion Storm legion. Remember rift is free to play up to level 20 until this june when the entire game goes free to play! So go and enjoy! GAME NEWS   Star Trek Online Hot on the heels of a new Star Trek movie a new expansion just launched. “Legacy of Romulus” It’s FREE! You can now play Romulans, Klingons and Feds from level 1 up to max level (50) Romulan story line is just amazing. Choose Fed or Klingon to ally with at level 10. New UI matching each faction (plus things like separating chat tabs into new windows) Movie poster like character selection screen (not just you, but your ship … your crew...) Great new Klingon content starting you out at level 1 (and just how DOES a Klingon get command of a ship? *wink wink*)   General game related: Legacy packs are still available.   Lifetime subscriptions are on sale until June 21st! $199 down from $299. - a few of the lifetime perks: full foundry access, play as a liberated Borg, costume insignia, Captain’s Yacht shuttle (ship), android bridge officer, free ship (heavy destroyer) plus TONS of little things like respecs, costume pieces, etc.   Replay missions are going on now, so you can earn limited time mission rewards again for completing past featured missions. Get things like an Ophedian cane, Breen bridge officer, The AIE Podcast clean 1:02:04 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/16/aie-podcast-ep-147-my-little-war-pony/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/16/aie-podcast-ep-147-my-little-war-pony/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:51:28 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1571 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/16/aie-podcast-ep-147-my-little-war-pony/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - - Book of Heroes has turned a page - - AIE rocks some boss socks - - Rift goes Free to Play - - Join the Nerdtacular roll call - - And we talk Middle Earth with Dux, Apolas, and VanFlicke - On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Book of Heroes has turned a page - AIE rocks some boss socks - Rift goes Free to Play - Join the Nerdtacular roll call - And we talk Middle Earth with Dux, Apolas, and VanFlicke All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS The Great Merge has completed for Book of Heroes! Or at least, the first phase of such. There was a lot of shuffling going around with faces old and new meeting in the new guilds! There doesn’t seem to be a need for limits on alts anymore, so if you’d like alts in the same guild, seems fine. Make sure and watch the forums (http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/66-minor-league-games/) as things develop!   AIE has now conquered all of the bosses in World of Warcraft MoP! The raid team “If Looks Could Kill” has taken down Lei Shen and is now currently working on heroic modes! We don’t normally make these sorts of announcements, but a ‘AIE First’ was worth a mention!   Yet another game has joined the AIE Family of being a drain on simply time, not time AND money. Rift has announced they are going Free to Play (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50168-rift-goes-f2p/)! Join your fellow guildies in the world of Telara and enjoy all the dynamic content they have to offer... for free!   There have been various threads that have gone up surrounding Nerdtacular this year, and it looks like someone has made a ‘roll call (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50180-ntxiii-roll-call/)’ that you can sign up on. Keep in mind, ALL of the information that is requested is completely optional, so feel free to share only what you would like to let folks know who you are and when yer coming!   Do you miss the big green wall of friendly text when you’re in that realm called Real Life? Don’t forget, AIE has a Jabber server! What’s Jabber you say? Jabber is an instant messaging platform that you can use to chat with other AIE members while they also wait for that workday queue to time out. It’s completely free, and best of all, you’re already signed up! Jabber accounts are integrated into our UMAMI membership system, so all you have to do is find a Jabber client you like, such as Pidgen, iChat, Trillian, or about 300 other options, and sign in with your UMAMI account. For more details, check out the We now have Jabber (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/48711-aie-news-we-now-have-jabber/?hl=jabber) thread in our forums   World of warcraft and DC comics are giving away free graphic novel previews (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/9710950/World_of_Warcraft_Comic_Free_Peek-5_15_2013) for kindle and IOS users! So if you have been curious about the comics and want to check them out you give them a shot. They currently have previews up for pearl of pandaria, Dark riders, and bloodsworn.   For links to all of the news items we just mentioned, see our show notes at theaiepodcast.com (http://theaiepodcast.com/)   And now it’s time to jump into AIE’s adventures in Lord of the Rings Online...   GAME NEWS   Dux: Update 11 dropped - Treachery of the White Hand. 5 new areas (rolling hills now frozen, vast areas of tundra, along with flash frozen forests, lakes, everything). Saruman’s hold over Rohan brings a chill to all - the chill effect. Mounted Combat changes Combat. On mounts. What is more awesome than that?!?!?! Removed the ‘mobility’ elements of the tree and integrated parts of it in to the base warhorse itself.  Also reworked the trees to allow for more integration (synergy - ugh) with the character that rides it.  The goal is to make the transition of playing your character on foot doesn’t seem so different to riding on horseback.   Apolas >Lalia's Market >Hobbit Gifts   Vanflicke >Housing upkeep and new foreclosure  - you can prepay your taxes/rent further in advance and it will hold for six months before going into escrow. >Changes to VIP (paid) vs. The AIE Podcast clean 1:15:20 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/10/aie-podcast-ep-146-overtime-with-lanc/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/10/aie-podcast-ep-146-overtime-with-lanc/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 04:07:20 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1564 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/10/aie-podcast-ep-146-overtime-with-lanc/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Zod: On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Alludra: More games on the horizon Ghomus: Book of Heroes starts a new chapter Zod: Hey AIE Member, Where are you? Alludra: We’re on the EVE of war Ghomus: And we talk with Lanctharus about AIE in World o... Zod: On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Alludra: More games on the horizon Ghomus: Book of Heroes starts a new chapter Zod: Hey AIE Member, Where are you? Alludra: We’re on the EVE of war Ghomus: And we talk with Lanctharus about AIE in World of Warcraft Zod: All that and more coming up right now...   AIE NEWS  We’ve got a couple of new games making an appearance in the Imperium Ludi forums. One of them, Warframe (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50113-warframe/), is a free-to-play third person shooter where four people work together to complete missions in sci-fi environment. It’s both cool and freaky looking.  The other, Neverwinter (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50094-neverwinter-mmo-tips-tricks-impressions-and-foundry-reviews/), is a new MMO, still in beta, based on the popular Neverwinter Nights Dungeons and Dragons video game. If you play or are interested in playing either of these games, or any other multiplayer game, with other AIE members, be sure to check out or add to the Imperium Ludi forums.   Speaking of hanging out with other AIE peeps, don’t forget we have a map at Zeemaps that you can use to show where you live, and see which AIE members live around you. Great for planning meetups or just seeing how many other crazy people live in your town. To get to the map, look for the Put Your Mark On The Map (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/29524-put-your-mark-on-the-map/) post in the community section of the forums.   If you’ve a World of warcraft player looking to get in on real raids, not that LFR namby-pamby stuff, there are quite a few raid teams looking for more members. Check out the many recruitment posts in the AIE World of Warcraft Raiding forum (http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/13-team-recruitment/), or make your own post in the free agents thread.   Lanc: EVE: TEST has dumped HBC (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50088-aie-news-test-alliance-please-ignore-has-dumped-the-honey-badger-coalition/). ALERT!   Book of Heroes, 1.6 patch has dropped! New content, added mercenary features, and most importantly INCREASED GUILD CAPS. Speaking of guild caps and things that were fumbled or dropped, I have all the information from all the guilds (which is being updated now) and hope to have something by early next week of what’s going on with the guilds! Watch for posts on the forums! #AIESolutions   Lord of the Rings Online has announce a new update coming May 13th; the Treachery of the White Hand (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50103-update-11-treachery-of-the-white-hand/). “The epic story continues as you are called to the remote region of Wildermore! This Eastern Rohan area has been hard hit by an unnatural and deadly winter. A Stone Giant named Núrzum, under the control of Saruman, is rumored as the source of this icy tragedy. Throughout Wildermore, villages have suffered ravage and townsfolk have become refugees. Follow in the chilly footsteps of evil as you attempt to restore this once thriving region.” The update includes new zones, improvements to mounted combat, hobbit presents, new VIP rewards, and a lot more that we’ll dig into with the LOTRO gang on next week’s show.   Blizzard activision has published their first quarter earnings (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3241-WoW-Down-to-8-3-Million-Subscribers), and it turns out world of warcraft subscribers are down by as much as 1.3 million. Don’t worry guys, this means that world of warcraft still has 8.3 million people subscribing to the game.   GAME NEWS   Hello I am Lanctharus and I am your World of Warcraft Guild Master and one of the head quesos in the AIEGC.   ((Podcaster’s Note: Due to Lanc’s amazing ability to tell stories, we could not put everything he said in the show notes. Besides, you have to see or hear him say it.))   - Talks a little about the aforementioned Blizzard news update and drop in player subscriptions]   - Talks a little about himself and gaming history]   The AIE Podcast clean 1:24:49 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/02/aie-podcast-ep-145-may-the-4th-be-with-you/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/02/aie-podcast-ep-145-may-the-4th-be-with-you/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 03:57:42 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1559 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/05/02/aie-podcast-ep-145-may-the-4th-be-with-you/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ On this episode of The AIE Podcast... -  We have a new guildie of the moment - The Secret World’s Golden Weekend - The Craft Faire, a huge success - Machia, Sema and Max join us to talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic On this episode of The AIE Podcast... -  We have a new guildie of the moment - The Secret World’s Golden Weekend - The Craft Faire, a huge success - Machia, Sema and Max join us to talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS   We  have a new guildie of the moment! Everyone give three cheers to Liranei of World of warcraft! There was seriously so many wonderful things said about this guildie that we can’t read them all (it would be the whole podcast!) but the highlights are: Liranei has been an incredible contributor to the  Craft Faire. [When] I mentioned that I needed "fel iron, fel iron and more fel iron" and he delivered so much that I still have a guild bank tab full! A lot of the things he does are behind the scenes things that 99% of the guild will never know about.  But Liranei is too awesome to not be nominated! Even though he helped supply most of the panther mounts given away as part of the craft fair raffle, he doesn’t own a single panther mount himself! Or rather, he didn’t until recently! He said that I didn't need to worry about farming Borean Leather for The Spring Craft Faire because he was providing the entire quantity needed. . .approximately 125 stacks of 20! And, this is in addition to all the other mats he has and is gathering for the past and upcoming Craft Faires. Wow! So thank you Liranei for being a true craft fair hero and making AIE A better place for all! And if you know someone who is a model of AIE guild membership, don’t hesitate to let your fellow officers know! you can email us your nominations at officers@aie-guild.org (mailto:officers@aie-guild.org)!   Another SW:TOR officer has been put up on the chopping block for your perusal! For the whole Month of May, Neuroid (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50043-ask-a-swtor-officer-neuroid/) will be on the forum answering all the hard hitting questions, show him what ya got.   Got your blizzcon tickets? How about tickets to the charity dinner? No on both? Well the bad new is that you missed out. Sadly tickets to all events are sold out.  Awwwwwwwww. If you managed to get a spare ticket check out the Blizzcom 2013 ticket sales thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49770-blizzcom-2013-ticket-sales/) in the aie azeroth forums. Guildies are posting for tickets inside.   Speaking of tickets it looks like N13 is sold out! (http://nerdtacular.com/) But don’t worry, Scott has told us, via Twitter that there will be more tickets for sale this monday! So if you have been waiting, you may want to jump on them ASAP!   The craft fair was a rousing success! Many guildies got their professions leveled and fun was had by all. We would like to give a huge shout out to Syrene and all of the members of the craft fair who gave up their time and gold to make this event fun for everyone who attended! You guys are awesome!   For those that are thinking of getting into the Secret World to find out what all the..well..SECRETS are, this might be the weekend for you! From May 3rd to May 5th is a Golden Weekend (http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/golden_weekend_in_the_secret_world). More skillpoints, recruiting bonuses, 15 dollars worth of bonus points for buying the game, check out the link in the show notes for more details!   Star trek online just released ‘On Sceen’- episode 2 (http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=879221) this past Monday. On screen is STO’s quarterly community show about current events in Star Trek Online and is hosted by Brandon (AKA "BranFlakes"), Community Manager for STO, and Whit (AKA "CaptainKikii"). This quarter’s show is about the new expansion ‘Legacy of Romulus (http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacyofromulus)’ and their all new legacy pack (http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacypack) which is basically ships and upgrades you can purchase for your game!   Guild wars 2 has posted A guide to Flame & Frost Retribution (https://www.guildwars2. The AIE Podcast clean 1:13:25 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/26/aie-podcast-ep-144-complex-plex-specs-dude-you-bought-a-plex/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/26/aie-podcast-ep-144-complex-plex-specs-dude-you-bought-a-plex/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:02:53 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1548 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/26/aie-podcast-ep-144-complex-plex-specs-dude-you-bought-a-plex/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Pet Battle cheat sheets! - Secret Raids! - Children’s Week is back! - The Cookbook is here! The cookbook is here!! - And we chat with VailGeek and StupidGenius about EVE Online On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Pet Battle cheat sheets! - Secret Raids! - Children’s Week is back! - The Cookbook is here! The cookbook is here!! - And we chat with VailGeek and StupidGenius about EVE Online All that and more coming up r... The AIE Podcast clean 1:20:45 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/19/aie-podcast-ep-143-waldwarf-salad/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/19/aie-podcast-ep-143-waldwarf-salad/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:30:55 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1542 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/19/aie-podcast-ep-143-waldwarf-salad/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/   We’ve got a great show today, with special guests Vanflicke and Dux standing by to talk to us about Lord of the Rings online but first, the news...   - AIE NEWS Meetups meetups meetup! With the weather turning nice in most places,   We’ve got a great show today, with special guests Vanflicke and Dux standing by to talk to us about Lord of the Rings online but first, the news...   AIE NEWS Meetups meetups meetup! With the weather turning nice in most places, tons of meetups are getting organized! The meetup.com site has been getting a lot of new guildie action like the Raid on Harry Hofbrau in San Jose, CA (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/111895452/) on April 20th, and the Raid on Dave & Busters (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/103393812/) in Ontario CALIFORNIA on April 26th,  and finally, Novaluna on the forums (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49847-philly-wizard-world/) wants to know if anyone will be going to Wizard World in Phillidelphia (http://www.wizardworld.com/home-pa.html) this June.   Craft faire is happening in just two weekends! And afterwards? COOP run. (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49851-coop-craft-faire-edition/) Alachaas and his crew want to make sure with all the nifty items crafted at the faire get some proper use. The Alliance surely wants to see all these 600 level crafters bearing down on their cities? Riiight?   Love AIE so much that you are considering transferring servers to join us? Well your friendly AIE officers would like to remind you to fill out your application for your newly transfered character after you make the jump to make sure you won’t have a forced name change on arrival, or if you do, you can fill out your app with the new info.   Blizzcon tickets will be going on sale on April 24th at 7pm PDT and again on the  27th at 10 am PDT on the official blizzcon site (http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/)! If you have the $175 and are feeling lucky go ahead and try to snag some! And if that’s not expensive enough for you, Blizzard is holding a benefit dinner for the Children’s hospital of Orange County, and on May 1st at 7pm for $500! This fancy benefit dinner’s price also includes tickets to the convention!   Speaking of Blizzard the last wing of the Throne of thunder has opened and is available for all, including LFR! If you have an item level of 480, go and take on that annoying thunder mogu that, believe it or not, we have been working toward for a good portion of this expansion!   Star Wars Online has released its first digital expansion, Rise of the hutt cartel (http://www.swtor.com/rothc)! So what’s this expansion offering? How about a new level cap, more endgame content, extended personal storylines, and too much more to mention! Subscribers even save 50% of it’s $19.99 price tag!   It’s almost complete! Andrew Allen, the composer of our theme, has his kickstarter winding down and it will end April 20th at 5pm (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coverville/free-play-a-video-game-jazz-tribute). He’s at 133% funded, and he’s also released most of the tracklist that will be on the album! Thanks folks for contributing to the success of this album getting produced!   If you’ve just spun up in STO to discover brave new worlds, new life and new civilization? Well the Romulan expansion is coming very soon. A reminder that the expansion itself will be free, but there are some neat Starter Packs (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49929-starter-packs-for-legacy-of-romulus/) if you are looking to buy a few neat items!     GAME NEWS Van: LOTRO’s 6th anniversary special started on April 16 and runs to the 30th. Is this the LOTRO Spring Festival? No, that’s next month New events, is the Dwarf bar brawl, where you get to club other players, and on expert level, steal a keg off the tables. You can get a title called, “Battered, Bruised and Contused” Envelopes of invitations, drops cosmetics (Lost Invitation War-Steed appearance). and setting off fireworks all over the lower levels of middle earth New mounts Anniversary Steed Fireworks Laden Steed, The AIE Podcast clean 58:17 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/12/aie-podcast-ep-142-black-belt-in-gram-fu/ http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/12/aie-podcast-ep-142-black-belt-in-gram-fu/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:28:45 +0000 Ghomus http://theaiepodcast.com/?p=1537 http://theaiepodcast.com/2013/04/12/aie-podcast-ep-142-black-belt-in-gram-fu/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/   On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - A new guildie of the moment! - More meetups! - Throne of Thunderrr! - Nerdtacular Apps! - And we chat with Huntsthewind and Syreyne about AIE World of Warcraft All that and more coming up right now... -   On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - A new guildie of the moment! - More meetups! - Throne of Thunderrr! - Nerdtacular Apps! - And we chat with Huntsthewind and Syreyne about AIE World of Warcraft All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS We have a new guildie of the moment! Everyone give three cheers to Duam of SWTOR! This guildie went above and beyond to help another guildie who writes: “hi, i'd just like to take a second and nominate Duam for guildie of the moment. he really went out of his way to give me a hand crafting some stuff today. it's hard to stand out in a giant community full of great people but Duam does.” And remember if you know someone who you would like to nominate for Guildie of the moment let your officers know by writing in to officers@aie-guild.org (mailto:officers@aie-guild.org).   AIE IN RL! There are a bunch of Meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/) events happening! A raid on Harry’s Hofbrau in Ghomus’s area, what looks like a gathering at Dave and Busters in Ontario, CA. Also what looks to be like a motorcycle ride, complete with doughnuts, and of course Nerdtacular and Blizzcon guild halls! Form your own or join others, signing up is free!   Wagz looks like he’s leading the pack in AIE SW:TOR. He’s the first person (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49836-guild-first-rothc-edition/) in AIE to get a 55 in BOTH Republic and Imperial sides! In looking at some of the responses here, it looks like he’s WAY ahead of some! Let’s hit that new level cap, folks!   Great job folks, it looks like, the composer of our Awesome theme, Andrew Allen, had his  kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coverville/free-play-a-video-game-jazz-tribute) for Free Play go over the 100% mark! There is of course no reason to stop now, they’ve already said that anyone who has pledged 15 dollars or more will automatically be able to download an MP3 or AAC of the album free! So we look forward to see what the following stretch goals will be!   Yet ANOTHER example why you should go to the forums if you play WoW in AIE. Some folks were doing the Throne of Thunder LFR consistently over a few weeks, and showing up on Wednesdays. So they figured, ‘hey, let’s organize (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49744-throne-of-thunder-lfr-wednesdays-9pm-server/) and get more AIE Folks! So if you are looking to get in there, this would be a great opportunity to NOT have to deal with LFR without a nice AIE Roster helping!   Sick of all those iOS users having all the latest info on their Fancy Nerdtacular App? Nicole Spag has heard the call of the Android and the Nerdcular App is now available! (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49828-n13-app-for-android-is-out/) It’s a great application, with schedules of events, photos, and you can even purchase tickets through such!   In other AIE SW:TOR news, it appears the Neuroid is going to be attending a Cantina Tour (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49803-aie-cantina-tour-in-dallas-submit-your-questions-for-devs/) which will include a Developer Q&A which will be happening on May 17th! He’s put the thread in the forums so if you’ve got questions, like “Why are there no Hoojib pets?” or “Why are Squibs not a playable race!?” There are already a variety of questions answered from past Q&As, so take a look at the thread and add to it!   And with that, let’s welcome this week’s guests Syreyne and Hunts the Wind   GAME NEWS It’s Spring!  And you know what that means?  Its time for the Craft Faire in WoW.  The Craft Faire is going to be held on April 27th and 28th in Silvermoon City. Check out the forum post for more details.  Also, please use the signup form to pre-register for the Faire.. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49412-2013-spring-craft-faire-official-thread/#entry824792 (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49412-2013-spring-craft-faire-official-thread/#entry824792)   The AIE Podcast clean 1:07:22