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Sunday
Jun162013

Dropping Bombs!

 

5.4 bombs are dropping left and right, Diablo 3 is coming to xbox and how would you like to write for Blizzpro? Welcome to Blizzpro's Twizzcast! 

This week we start off with a little bit of our week in gaming!  Reb has been hot and heavy in Diablo 3 and Hota suffers the wrath for being a lowbie!  Twizz has finally gotten his monk to level 90 and every one of his toons has a full mailbox of lucky rabbits feet and various rabbit type critters of Azeroth?  Why, you'll see ;-)

WoW Blue Post News:

Patch 5.4 adds Virtual Realms, which will essentially merge lower population realms. This will allow you to keep playing on your current realm, but do arenas, raids, and dungeons with people in your realm group, as well as use a merged Auction House and trade with other players in your realm group.

Patch 5.4 also adds Proving Grounds, with four different difficulty levels for trials: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Endless. Endless difficulty matches you up against enemies of constantly increasing difficulty. 

A new Darkmoon boss will make an appearance, a giant Dire Wolf. He appears to drop a pet, a mount, and a transmog weapon.

A new pet battle tournament is coming to the Timeless Isle. 

The chance for awarding loot from kills or bonus rolls has been increased for Mogu'shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, Terrace of Endless Spring, and Throne of Thunder on Raid Finder difficulty. 

The chance for awarding loot from using a bonus roll has been increased for Throne of Thunder on Normal difficulty. 

Players who obtain a realm-best time in a Challenge Mode dungeon will receive a temporary title specific to each dungeon which will persist for as long as a player retains the top time on the realm. They will also receive a Feat of Strength. 

All permanent item enhancements provided by Enchanting, Engineering, Leatherworking, Tailoring, and various vendors and quests are now able to be applied to items of any level. The effects of these enchantments will be scaled down to the level of the player using the item. 

We take a look at the Mage and Warlock T16 set and give our thoughts on the appearance.

We also take a look at the new Sha of Pride and Corrupted Garrosh models!

Angry Orc is trying to get a mount in this weeks diary entry!  Unfortunately he goes to the goblins and gets a little roughed up along the way!


BlizzPro News:

Do you have what it takes to be a writer for BlizzPro?  The BlizzPro team is currently seeking people to write about various Blizzard related topics.  Eldorian has set up an introductory questionnaire that can be filled out and submitted quickly and easily.  The entire article and your path to becoming part of the BlizzPro team starts right HERE.

Diablo 3 News:

It's been announced that Diablo 3 will be coming to the XboX 360 Platform on September 3rd!  Not only that, if you pre-order it, you can get some wicked in-game perks!  A list of all the perks can be found HERE!  It also appears that you get a little bit more bang for your buck if you have the PS3 pre-ordered, but in the end, Diablo 3 is 100% awesomesauce no matter what you get in the way of perks!

Also, during the E3 conference, there was a collage on the screen that had various game titles coming to the Playstation Network.  SMACK DAB in the middle of this collage was the original Diablo!  Was it just there to take up space?  Could we actually see it coming to PSN?  Take a look at the picture and judge for yourself right HERE!

Starcraft 2 News:

The First WCS Season Champion has been crowned ladies and gentlemen!

The WCS Season One has come to an end and not a single foreigner made it to the round of 8.
We did almost see the Korean regional final rematch between Innovation and Soulkey, but sOs was able to come back and win game 5 to take the semifinals away from Soulkey.
People were unsure of how Innovation would fare after being the clear favorite in the Korean finals only to go up 3-0 and then lose 4 straight games to lose the finals, but his only challenge was against the winningest player in StarCraft 2 history MvP in the semi finals. Innovation went down 2-1 and then won the next 2 to win the best of 5 to face sOs in the finals where he completely dominated with his hellfire bat drops and took home $40,000 and the WCS Season One champion by beating sOs 4-0.

Season 2 is starting to gear up as the challenger leagues are finishing soon to see who qualifies for the Season 2 Premier league.

More on this BIG WIN can be found HERE!

Blizzard is looking for Battle.net Desktop Client BETA TESTERS!

You read it right!  We talk about some of the features of the new desktop client and let you know exactly how you can try to get in on some of the beta testing:

Blizzard wrote:

"If you’d like to help us with the testing, head to your Battle.net Beta Profile and opt in to at least one of the game universe beta tests (if you haven’t done so already). We’ll be inviting players to the beta test in waves—if you’re selected, your Battle.net account will be flagged automatically and you’ll receive an email with additional details." 

The entire article with pictures and information can be found right HERE.  So what are you waiting for?  GO SIGN UP!

Hearthstone News:

Hota covers an article by Zenstyle that talks about the Shadowstep card and it's use and functionality in game!  The article itself is well written but discussion broke out that if you're not a CCG or TCG player, it's hard to wrap your mind around what this game is doing and how to play it.  The pictures and article will give you a great idea of how it's shaping up and both can be found HERE.

Lastly, BlizzPro is teaming up with ONOG and SteelSeries and is putting together a Barcraft event in Kansas City!!!!  This will be an event of epic proportions!  In case you're not 100% sure what I'm talking about, let me break it down for you:

You go to a bar....you drink and hang out....while they're playing Starcraft tournaments.....on the TV's!  I can't think of a more awesome hive of geek and epicness (Obi-Wan won't mind if I tweak his phrase a little bit).  

Here is a snip-it from the article which gives some of the details:

"MLG is holding their Spring Championship the final weekend of June and BlizzPro has teamed up with One Nation of Gamers and SteelSeries to help sponsor a barcraft in Kansas City, MO on June 30 starting at 1:00 PM CST. The venue will be at Snow & Co. at 1815 Wyandotte St. in downtown Kansas City. Snow & Co. is an awesome little venue that has a couple TV screens and a projector and they serve these awesome frozen cocktails. They have held Barcrafts in the past and love hosting us."

The entire article and street map for the event can be found.....that's right......right HERE!

CONTACT INFO:

Follow the show and its hosts on Twitter: @Twizzcast@TwizzTE@TankThatReb @Willy_Foss @AngryOrc1 @Blizz_Pro

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Episode 54 - Dropping Bombs

Sunday
Jun092013

Legendary Undies

 

 

This week has exploded with news and we got the most amazing e-mail. Episode 53 is dedicated to Feshz. Welcome to Blizzpro's Twizzcast!

The show starts off with Twizz making the recommendation for Beyond Pod as an Android App recommendation for listening to podcasts.  It has great search features and the quality of the playback is much better than Stitcher Radio.  There is no sponsorship or anything, just a recommendation!

The crew starts off with their (less than active) week in gaming!  A little bit of Brawlers Guild action which leads into the discussion of the recently announced "FLEX RAIDING" that was posted an hour or two before the show started.

World of Warcraft News Covered:
50% off all paid character services for World of Warcraft!  Get your faction changes, server hops  and race changes while they're hot!
Does Ghostcrawler feel like he shouldn't have even mentioned 5.4's "Big Game Changing Feature"?
We find out that there is a possibility that the legendary item MAY NOT be a weapon!  Could it be a ring?  A helm?  UNDIES!?!?!?
Lastly we cover a little bit about the Darkmoon Faire and the hustle and bustle of it being cross-realm!

We release our fifth diary entry from Angry Orc!  A tauren....a dinosaur....how does Angry Orc help this situation?  ...or does he?

BlizzPro News:
We have a TON of news this week that BlizzPro put out!  

First up is the new Battle.net desktop client!  Handle all of your games, patches, updates and connecting with your friends with the new upcoming Battle.net client!  We discuss the benefits of being able to have something like this at your fingertips!  The article for this can be found HERE.

The World of Warcraft film is scheduled to start shooting in early 2014!  That's right folks!  But....it's simply called "Warcraft"....get all the news about the upcoming film and what we discussed right HERE.

Diablo 3 gets a NEW game director!  The BlizzPro staff would like to congratulate and cheer on Josh Mosqueira!  What is he going to bring to the team?  What are his plans?  What kind of person is he?  BlizzPro has a face to face video interview and more news right HERE.

The Official WCS Website is LIVE and it is HOT!!!!!  If you're a WoW player starting to dabble in Starcraft, or a Starcraft Veteran, this website is one that you definitely need to have bookmarked!  It features the WCS Today YouTube Channel on the front when there isn't a LIVE match going on and it also has everything broken down from rankings and points, to upcoming matches and bracket information.  The article about it's features and more can be found HERE.

BlizzPro looked into it's crystal ball and saw this upcoming announcement coming!  Spawning has come to Starcraft 2!  Got a friend that you want to go head to head with but he or she doesn't own a copy of SC2?  NO PROBLEM!  Spawning now allows you to play against your friends and share the Starcraft love all around.  They simply have to download the Starter Edition of the game to start rocking!  Check our Eldorians prediction and the full article right HERE!

Our last article is more of a BlizzPro pat on the back than anything.  BlizzPro team member Heino Brand played an intricate role in the building and launch of the website for Micky Neilson!  In case you aren't familiar with who Micky is, he is the Lead Story Developer for Blizzard Entertainment!  The article can be found HERE and make sure you take a look at the website for Micky!

E-mails:

For the past week or so, Twizz has been looking for more e-mails from everyone and we received the most amazing e-mail the show has ever received in 53 episodes.  It reads:

"Greetings and salutations Twizzcast crew!  It has taken me a long while to get my thoughts together to write you this little note of appreciation.  I have been listening to Twizzcast since your very beginning and last October, I underwent surgery for brain cancer.  (Lucky for me I have an awesome shaped bald head for a girl), Anywho during my recovery, I could barely hold my head up and do anything but, there was always something that made me smile and laugh and that was your show.  So, I wanted to thank you for the smiles you all have given me before, during and since.  As of this week I am glad to say that I am now a member of both Twisted Empire and Twisted Dynasty and I'm happy to be a part of it.

Thanks again!

Feshz"

It's because of people like you....that we do what we do.

 

CONTACT INFO:

Follow the show and its hosts on Twitter: @Twizzcast@TwizzTE@TankThatReb @Willy_Foss @AngryOrc1 @Blizz_Pro

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Visit the Website: www.Twizzcast.com and use the link on the right side of the page to send us a voicemail!

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Episode 53 - Legendary Undies

Sunday
Jun022013

Reb's Juice Caboose

 

LOTS of WoW, Titan gets pushed back to 2016 and the WCS takes on YouTube!  Welcome to Episode 52 of Twizzcast!

Our week in gaming is all about pushing forward and trying to enjoy and experience the new additions that 5.3 offers us.  We cover our thoughts and opinions about Blizzards newest addition to the virtual store, the Armored Bloodwing Mount!  We also weigh in on a few of the blue posts such as Blizzard's reminder that they are trying to fix bag space issues.  How important is it and are there any alternatives?  We toss out a few ideas.

We dive into the notes from the interview Ghostcrawler had with WoW Insider.  Some things we liked to hear about, other things kind of left us hanging.  The "unannounced" feature?  Appearing Offline is still in the works, but it looks like there might be a little bit more attention being given to the talent trees and we're very anxious to see what's in store.  A little bit more "blue sky" theory crafting gets put on the plate.

Hota covers the Developer interview with Icy Veins.  We discuss the class balance portion of it as well as the infamous "Tri Spec" and the pro's and con's that come with it.

After that, Angry Orc tries to find some inner peace....er....piece?  Make sure you listen to Angry Orc's Diary to find out what he's up to!

In BlizzPro news, the "reset" button is being pushed on Titan.  It looks as if they are taking some of the developers off of the project and taking a different direction with this "Next Gen MMO".  The article written by Zenstyle can be found HERE!

Next up Twizz covers a new WCS Channel put together by Blizzard.  If you combined ESPN and WCS, you'd have this channel.  The article about it can be found HERE and the actual YouTube channel/subscribe button (hint hint) can be found right HERE!

Lastly in BlizzPro news we cover Eldorian's article about the newest Diablo 3 "Book of Tyrael" is scheduled to be released this October!  For you WoW players, if Thrall were to right a book in first person about his experiences......THIS is the same way.  It's a must have that you can read about HERE!

As a fun thing at the end of our BlizzPro news we talk about the new Matchmaking Spinner that's coming with Hearthstone.  As the spinner spins, you'll see random names displayed that you "might" have been matched against.  In actuality, you'll never be faced with these opponents.  It's just to give you a chuckle.  But you can breathe a sigh of relief as the spinner goes past "Blizzard Developer", "Nose and Mouth Breather", "Wombat Warlock" and many more that we list off!

CONTACT INFO:

Follow the show and its hosts on Twitter: @Twizzcast@TwizzTE@TankThatReb @Willy_Foss @AngryOrc1 @Blizz_Pro

Send us an e-mail:  Podcast@BlizzPro.com

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Episode 52 - Reb's Juice Caboose

Friday
May242013

Yesh Me Lord?

 

This week is yet another roller coaster of awesome stuff!  Reb is on vacation and her laptop decided it didn't want to play nice.  So filling her shoes for this episode is Honei!  Honei is the Guild Master of Twisted Dynasty which is the Alliance affiliation for Twisted Empire.  So if you have play Alliance and haven't been able to join Twisted Empire, your wait is over and you get an hour and sixteen minutes to get to know your GM!

Our week in gaming consists of Hota getting back into the swing of things and Twizz is still pushing his newfound love.....the Monk.  Twizz also graces us with a Warcraft III impression of a peasant saying "Yesh Me Lord?" which was so good, Hota asked to hear it twice!

In World of Warcraft news, we discuss a little bit about patch 5.3 and some of the things we learned.  Although we haven't had a lot of time to play it, we'll be bringing more news and opinions about it as the weeks continue.  We discussed how to select your loot specialization since that seemed to be a confusing point for people who skimmed the patch notes.  We also discussed heroic scenarios, brawlers guild spectating and how much heirlooms are or aren't currently worth.

Angry Orc is back again with another Diary entry.  This week he's doing something sweet for his "lady friend" in true Angry Orc fashion.

In BlizzPro news we start off telling everyone about the newest BlizzPro Weekly Videocast!  Chris Arnone is back at it again and doing a spectacular job!

Are you up for some Papa John's pizza AND supporting some esports?  We talk about the current offer that Papa Johns has where you can get a pizza for 50% off and how the more people that take part in this can help it pay off in huge ways!  Pizza and gaming.  It's a great combo.  Check it all out right HERE.

In Hearthstone news, Zeriyah has been named the newest community manager for this upcoming CCG!  We discuss a little bit about her history and welcome her to the ranks of Blizzard Entertainment!  You can read about what she has going on right HERE!

Sony has been talking all about what Diablo 3 is going to be like on the new PS4 platform!  What do you have to look forward to?  What's it going to be like?  Twizz weighs in on the likes and dislikes of it all especially when it comes to plugging in your own social media to the game.  Check out he article and video HERE!

The last little bit of news that we wanted to cover is not article based.  As a BlizzPro team member we took some time to welcome the newest writer Robert Wing!  Rob has been writing about games for quite some time and in a short time has become a huge asset to the BlizzPro team and posts under the name "Zenstyle".  Here are some of his most recent articles:

 


Before closeout we take the time to read the 5 star reviews left to us.  Thank you all so much for writing them and if you haven't done so yet, we encourage you to!  It helps people find us and take advantage of the hard work that we and the rest of the BlizzPro staff does!

 

CONTACT INFO:

Follow the show and its hosts on Twitter: @Twizzcast@TwizzTE@TankThatReb @Willy_Foss @AngryOrc1 @Blizz_Pro

Send us an e-mail:  Podcast@BlizzPro.com

Visit the Website: www.Twizzcast.com and use the link on the right side of the page to send us a voicemail!

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Episode 51 - Yesh Me Lord?

Sunday
May192013

This Got Out of Hand

 

Welcome to Episode 50!  This episode sounds a little different in sound quality than what you're used to because we brought a BUNCH of people on the show to hang out with us!  So....we had to record it differently.  Just a little heads up why the quality of sound is a little lower than the normal Twizzcast standard :)

Things only started getting out of hand when Monkfone got on.  It was expected.  He's a little chatterbox........Full of stories........Bless his little heart.

This week we started off with our week in gaming!  Hota is finally plugged back into life now that his computer is fixed, Reb is still draining Kul Tiras for every last copper and Twizz see's the light.....er....Flash of Light rather as he talks about leveling his holy priest!

We are happy to be the podcast of BlizzPro.com as well as their newest affiliate SteelSeries!  So to kick off the celebration we started giving some stuff away :)

Twizz proudly announces that Twisted Empire now has a guild for all you Alliance players out there!  Twisted Dynasty is recruiting all classes!  Come for the atmosphere, stay for the Mumble chat.  Become a part of Twisted Dynasty today!  Alliance - Kul Tiras US.

The Razer Naga gaming mouse via the Twitter RT contest was won by: @bkirschn

A SteelSeries gaming mouse and mousepad was won by @Monkfone during the Twizzcast Trivia!  The AWESOME second place recieved the Starcraft 2 HotS game!  Congrats to @SergentZimm!

We also bring Twig back to say hello!

AngryOrc makes a friend according to his latest diary entry!  (HILARIOUS)

WoW- Profession and Brawlers guild changes are coming up in 5.3, Tiger's Peak Arena gets talked about and we speculate on how and why WoW is down to 8.3 million.

Diablo 3 - Happy Birthday!  Diablo 3 turned 1 year old on May 15th and we were excited to be a part of the celebration!  We also discuss how patch 1.0.8 deployed with a glitch, how Blizzard fixed it and how classy it all ended!

Starcraft 2 - Evil Geniuses loses a member due to a bad attitude and the leaderboards are up right HERE!

Hearthstone - We talk about the Fireside Duels!  AWESOME Twitch.tv coverage and explinations of how Hearthstone is coming along and how we feel about the progression!  All the info covered right HERE!

Our e-mail section had a writer looking for some tips on how to make some cash on a new server! (Might be good if you roll a new toon with Twisted Dynasty!)  We looked to our fellow gold making guru @Elvinelol for help and answers and he gave us the answers we needed!  Here are 4  links to his gold making tips! 

CONTACT INFO:

Follow the show and its hosts on Twitter: @Twizzcast@TwizzTE@TankThatReb @Willy_Foss @AngryOrc1 @Blizz_Pro

Send us an e-mail:  Podcast@BlizzPro.com

Visit the Website: www.Twizzcast.com and use the link on the right side of the page to send us a voicemail!

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Episode 50 - This Got Out of Hand