The WoW Insider Show Episode 221: A burger and a place to sleep
by Adam Holisky 
Nov 22nd 2011 at 6:00PM
This week's topics include:
- Sacco's back!
- The Chuck Norris commercial
- Some great reader emails and tweets
Nalthareon asked:
Hello you amazing people at wowinsider. I listen to you guys every week on iTunes and I am wandering about how to make gold. I do my dailies on my 85s but still find myself broke cause i try to get the best enchants and best everything for my 85. So as I am leveling this Rogue I was wandering what professions should I go that will make me the most money on the AH. Everyone tells me go mining and herbalism but i want to know what are your guys opinion.
Marquis tweeted:
What are the best and worse quest zones in WoW?
Almagestish on Twitter asked:
In 4.3, gear for every slot will be purchasable with VPs...except shoulders. What's Blizzard's deal with shoulders?
Orkchop asked:
How can Blizz design encounters that are melee friendly?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Xsinthis Nov 22nd 2011 7:02PM
Black Electrical tape works wonders for broken headphones
McGintoy Nov 22nd 2011 7:20PM
I *do not* want to explore Magatha's forgotten bastions of antiquity... /shudder
Tiny little "quality of life" request: Can you guys move the download links back above the break?
Keep up the great work! And welcome back, Sacco!
RuzGofDI Nov 22nd 2011 7:54PM
Mr. Rodgers would be a very interesting celeb to advertise for WoW, seeing as how he died in 2003.
Of course, seeing how it seemed like all of the footage they used for Chuck could have been spliced into an add for any video game and worked, maybe with some creative editing it could work.
Henry Nov 22nd 2011 11:57PM
He could be a forsaken.
Henry Nov 22nd 2011 11:57PM
With regards to raid content dying:
We tend to get content patches (these days) with a couple dungeons and a raid. Patches 3.1 and 3.2 were originally planned to be together but they had to release the troll dungeons to appease a bored playerbase.
What if we didn't have raids in the future? What if those stories were told in the 5-man content? What if we received 4,5, maybe even 6 5-man dungeons with a new content patch?
Without raids, could we get hard modes for 5-mans?
I don't think such a thing will happen, but I know I'd be pretty psyched about it. I personally think the 8-10 player range is really ideal for higher level content. It's enough players to where you can have those interesting mechanics that just can't be done in 5-mans because you only have 1 tank and 1 healer.
S Nov 23rd 2011 2:22PM
I find skinning makes ton. I get like 6g each, and you can sell tons. And if you have a lw , you can make them heavy leathers and upconvert them to pristine hides. (50 leather=1 hide)
jbeleau Nov 23rd 2011 11:04PM
Chuck Norris is a good man. It is not right for you to insinuate that blizzard should not hire him as a spokesperson for a commercial just because he is Christian.
Sund Nov 24th 2011 3:01AM
I agree. Sacco most likely doesn't like him because he supported Proposition 8. Just because Chuck Norris doesn't support gay marriage, doesn't make him anti-gay or intolerant. There are legitimate arguments for both sides of the issue. Calling someone anti-gay or intolerant is just a cheap and easy way to try and win an argument, much like using racist, bigoted, sexist, etc.
The little I do know about Chuck Norris is that he is a very charitable person with his time and money. Sacco should take back what he insinuated in the podcast that Chuck Norris wasn't a good person without giving a credible example.
With that said, I thought the commercial was entertaining. I've watched it several times and had a good laugh each time.
Tom Nov 25th 2011 2:53AM
If someone wants to deny another person civil rights due to an immutable and personal characteristic that does not affect others' rights, they should be called out for the horrible and backwards thing they're doing. Perhaps Chuck Norris might be a good man, but Mike Sacco IS a good man for calling attention to the horrible and regressive opinion Norris has.
Sayomara Nov 25th 2011 9:21PM
Tom you are aware most of the people that voted for Prop 8 also voted for Barak Obama right?
Tom Nov 26th 2011 5:14AM
What's that have to do with anything? Denying people civil rights is wrong.
boo Nov 26th 2011 6:04PM
@jbeleau they didn't
@Sund You admit that you know little about Chuck Norris and then write a post based on a bunch of personal assumptions. Before asking Sacco to take back what he said you should do some research yourself. Chuck Norris has gone way beyond simply opposing gay marriage. Look up his anti-gay rhetoric on public schools for example.
Then you say "Calling someone anti-gay or intolerant is just a cheap and easy way to try and win an argument, much like using racist, bigoted, sexist, etc..." Err what if they ARE anti-gay though as Norris is on record.
You just come across as an apologist for bigotry.
Sund Dec 1st 2011 6:03AM
@ Boo In a post entitled “If Democracy Doesn’t Work, Try Anarchy,” featured on Townhall.com, Norris writes: Bitter activists simply cannot accept the outcome as being truly reflective of the general public. So they have placed the brainwashing blame upon the crusading and misleading zealotry of those religious villains: the Catholics, evangelical Protestants, and especially Mormons, who allegedly are robbing the rights of American citizens by merely executing their right to vote and standing upon their moral convictions and traditional views. [...]
The truth is that the great majority of Prop. 8 advocates are not bigots or hatemongers. They are American citizens who are following 5,000 years of human history and the belief of every major people and religion: Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman. Their pro-Prop. 8 votes weren’t intended to deprive any group of its rights; they were safeguarding their honest convictions regarding the boundaries of marriage.
This doesn't sound much like hate speech to me. But since you think I come across as an apologist for bigotry, I won't try to argue the point further.
source: http://www.popcrunch.com/chuck-norris-proposition-8-gay-marriage-ban-blog/
Tom Nov 25th 2011 2:05AM
When people undercut by one copper on a 5000g item, I'll buy the "more" expensive one. If the undercut is to suggest that I would care about a meaningless saving then it feels vaguely insulting, but if the undercutting is simply to get their item listed first then it's worth one copper to me to not put up with that BS.
Tom Nov 25th 2011 2:05AM
Desolace is pretty, but it also feels unnatural to me. The zone has a lot more depth for me when I see on one hand the sort of change I would wish for in-character, yet on the other hand the "positive" change seems wrong and inappropriate. Now, the zone has a sinister undercurrent for me.