WoW Insider Show Episode 141: The podcast of many bleeps
by Michael Sacco 
May 26th 2010 at 7:00PM
Every week, we present you with the WoW Insider Show podcast -- an hour's worth of WoW community discussion, covering everything from the week's top stories here on WoW.com to emails from our readers to what's been going on with our particular characters in Azeroth.
Along with your hosts, WoW.com Senior Editor Michael Sacco and Contributing Editor Matthew Rossi, we also feature rotating guest hosts, whether regular WoW.com contributors or personalities from other sites.
Want to have your question answered on the air? Email theshow@wow.com!
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Today's show features:
Along with your hosts, WoW.com Senior Editor Michael Sacco and Contributing Editor Matthew Rossi, we also feature rotating guest hosts, whether regular WoW.com contributors or personalities from other sites.
Want to have your question answered on the air? Email theshow@wow.com!
Get the podcast:
[iTunes] Subscribe to the WoW Insider Show directly in iTunes.
[RSS] Add the WoW Insider Show to your RSS aggregator.
[MP3] Download the MP3 directly.
Today's show features:
- Guest hosts: Warrior columnist Matthew Rossi and Addon/UI columnist Mat McCurley.
- Top stories:
- Reader emails:
- Should I transfer to an Oceanic server if I work late?
- Will mages or engineers get new portals in Cataclysm?
- Will we get any cinematics to show the Cataclysm's effects?
- Can Blizzard go after people who spread my personal information in-game?
- And more!
Filed under: Podcasts, WoW Insider Show
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Marky May 26th 2010 7:54PM
I'm from Australia and play on an Oceanic server. It is a majority-Alliance realm, but Horde side kicks their ass, and I'm not too sure about how things are on Alliance-side, but the server is almost always alive due to a pretty sizeable US player population and a Horde player can find several raids being advertised at any hour.
iammurlocftw May 26th 2010 8:48PM
Any uncensored version? and holy BEEEP
Squatstopee May 26th 2010 9:28PM
The iTunes reviews for this podcast are funny. Seems the old hosts are still sorely missed.....
Michael Sacco May 26th 2010 9:37PM
Bear in mind that all of the "most helpful" reviews are over two years old.
Recent reviewers seem to enjoy the show quite a bit, which is what we aim for!
Djinn May 27th 2010 1:40PM
I think that this cast like the previous cast has good weeks and bad weeks and its just a matter of what you prefer. The current cast while yes less colorful does not spend a lot of time talking about stuff that nobody cares about like how easy it is to play a night elf hunter or how awesome a gnome warrior tank is. The analasys of what is going on in the game and the host's predictions are much better and as a rule I feel the show is much more informative than it was before. I like the absence of the chat channel as it was always a distraction and since I could so rarely listen live it never interested me that much. I think from a game mechanics standpoint the current cast far eclipses the old hosts and I will say that I like the direction they are going with it. But to those that do not like the direction that this show is going Mike Schramm and Mark Turpin do have another podcast that they do together that is more general gaming than just wow called the Incredible Podcast of Amazing Awesomeness or something like that and you can go listen to that...I still have time in my life to listen to both.
Merch May 27th 2010 10:25AM
Really Sacco? I just checked the Most Recent reviews on iTunes, and all the reviews with the exception of one are bad (I'm not sure if the reviews are region based, but I'm in Aus). I'll give this one a listen at work tomorrow, but Matt McCurley grates my chesse, so I'm not hopeful.
Merch May 27th 2010 10:26AM
wtb edit button. Meant to say, all the reviews freom 2010, are bad.
Squatstopee May 27th 2010 10:32AM
Yeah all the reviews I was referring to were 2010. On the iPhone you don't get the "most helpful" reviews that are voted up by the fans and the negative reviews are not downranked by said fans. The negative reviews are mostly spot on, talking over each other and guests, low quality mics, and a general monotony going on. I'm not a podcast listening type, I don't like talk radio either, and the first 20 minutes turned me away from this PC. I guess the hunting party is the only WoW PC I can take(love it)
Dboy May 28th 2010 1:21AM
I don't understand what the deal is there, then. The new hosts are so much better than the old ones, bar Turpster (English humour ftw).
Mike Schram used to speak over the top of everyone else, including his guests, answer his own questions and shout down anyone else who had a different opinion. It was revolting.
iammurlocftw May 28th 2010 10:37PM
He's changed his ways on TIPOAA and only does this when someone starts mentioning micro transactions. mention that you bought sparkle ponies and off he goes lol. nothing against him. New hosts are doing great!
iammurlocftw May 28th 2010 10:38PM
woops one more thing a little off topic, is it just me or does sacco's image look kinda like luke skywalker
Dboy May 31st 2010 3:58AM
Thanks, iammurloc. I'll give his new show a listen. God, I hope he really has changed, though. I used to get so irritated at his ranting, bloated, dominating repetitiveness that I just couldn't listen any more.
Hotash May 26th 2010 11:46PM
Another great show although I keep hearing this strange beeping noise throughout the show. Also rossi I've removed the bugs from your house as per your request
alex May 27th 2010 5:25AM
I still really enjoy the show....here comes the cliché.
Keep it up!
:-P
oddf3llow May 27th 2010 5:38AM
Great show guys, as always.
I take it the bleeps are a response to some of the cursing that occurred on last weeks show. Did you guys get a telling off by any chance? lol
Anyway, sounds like you're having fun with it now. =D
Love the show. Keep up the good work guys! *thumbsup*
Grak May 27th 2010 6:22AM
Interesting stuff about pug-killer bosses, which require coordination to down. It reminds me of Emalon when he first appeared. That was a definite pug-killer boss, to the point that for some time there were two kinds of VoA pugs, those that insisted on doing Archavon first because they wanted the easy loot pinata and could disband afterward, or those that insisted on Emalon first because they didnt want to get saved to a group that would probably wipe and disband after already doing Archavon. It seemed the simple requirement to switch dps to a specific add at specific times was too much for most pugs.
ICC pugs are suffering the same fate. You always see the trade recruitment of "LFM ICC, going 6+ bosses" and yet each and every one disbands after Saurfang or after the first wipe on Fester.
Kinroc May 27th 2010 7:51AM
Ohnoes, swearing. Won't somebody *please* think of the children?
You know what's better than bleeping? Convincing morons who are offended by certain combinations of letters to not bother listening if they're so afraid of it.
dj_stevie_c May 27th 2010 8:14AM
I got one shotted by the bleeps.
They were at a much higher volume level than the talking and almost blew my eardrums out (while the talking was at a sensible level). A shame. And no the show isn't as good as before, it's a little disjointed and while the content is generally fine the show just doesn't flow for me.
Not sure I'll be listening again, not that I don't appreciate your efforts there's just not enough in there now to balance out the negatives.
Yes, the bleeps have turned me off.
Squatstopee May 27th 2010 9:58AM
This was pretty much my thoughts too. Lots of overtalking... Let each other finish a damn sentence before talking, and please buy better equipment. You guys get paid for this right? Show more professionalism.
Merch May 27th 2010 10:33AM
Overtalking is my number one pet peeve of podcasts. Just listened to the part where Sacco asked Rossi about portals in Cata. Matt McCurley starts answering, Sacco clarified that he was asking lore guy Rossi, but Matt McCurley KEEPS butting in. Repeatedly. Again and again and again. STOP IT. Just stop talking.