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30 Day Trial: World of Warcraft - Part 04

Dan's on the lookout for an animal companion to share his WoW adventures with.

Aug. 18 2014

Cast: Brad, Matt, Dan

Posted by: Jason

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Man he levelled up so fast! took me months and months to get mine to level 30 back in the original.... so many great memories... great stuff Dan

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There's no more of these after this one? Damn it.

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I really loved this series. Hope we get to see more of Cerebralass.

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This series had been such fun to watch. I'm glad Dan is enjoying it, and would very much like to see more from this series.

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Great series of videos, I installed WoW after the last one. I'm still resisting opening it up again but it's tough. My biggest question after this: What happened to the skill tree? It's not a tree anymore!

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if dan decides to continue playing this. i think this feature should be continued. since there is still a ton to learn. and it seems like its really popular.

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@sharpless said:

"Mods ruin the purity of Blizzard's aesthetic design, alright!"

Sigh. Oh, Brad, you silly old dinosaur.

I nearly did a facepalm when i heard that.

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Please continue this feature, guys. One if my fav things on GB right now :)

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Yeah just chiming in to say I hope they keep doing these. Really been enjoying it, especially since Rorie & Brad have joined on together. These past two episodes have been really fantastic, even as someone who never put THAT much time into WoW

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@jaycee said:

@sonofseth said:

Job's done!

Now let's do 30 day Horde side adventure.

For the Horde!

As a Shaman?

I would hope so, since Dan isn't really into the warrior he made. He could be surprised at how much the right class matters in a game like this.

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I hope you'll do more of this! For a while in this one, I forgot Dan was even there, but as he gets used to it, he might be able to take over a more commanding position in the video series. :)

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@fernanthonies: I stopped playing after the first month of MoP so there's a lot of content to enjoy up until launch :) Remember there's a level 90 boost if you pre-order the new expansion, and if you use this boost on a character over level 60 (I think) you get two professions boosted to 600 also! May be worth taking a look at.

Edit: Please do more Dan. I'll miss this feature! 4 episodes aren't enough.

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@rorie Captain Placeholder mention! ^5

Also, Cairne Bloodhoof (former Tauren leader) is dead.

ICC: the "win" flag for the Lich King encounter is at 20% or so, then everyone dies and gets brought back to life in a plot cutscene.

And Brad just doesn't know the right mods, you can get art mods that improve the look.

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Oh maaaaaaaan. Dan was so close to buying a pet in Booty Bay...

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As a long time retired WoW player would also like to chime in that this was the video series I looked forward to the most. Twitch streams of this stuff are all high level pvp and raids and I just like to see the zones and leveling.

Do Orc Shaman!

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@kawiji: Ha, I was thinking the same thing. "Nonono, go on there! In there! Parrots!" Thankfully it all worked out.

I'd advise not being scared of random battlegrounds. You might be a weak link, but there'll be at least 3 or 4 other weak links on your team and no one actually communicates other than the occasional basement dwelling armchair general. It's a good way to observe and learn how each class works.

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I hope they check back in with Dan in a month or so. See what shakes out. :)

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They should at least do another one of these when the big patch comes out, that would be nice to see. Though I think they would do a QL of the expansion anyway.

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Damn it Dan. I might have to start playing WoW when that next big patch hits. You monster. There's stuff you couldn't have possibly experienced in the short 30 days before Summerslam. The joys of huge raids and battlegrounds are some of my favorite game experiences of all time but I can't see having the time or energy to commit to it like I use to. It is so crazy how it hits those deepest enjoyment centers of our gamer brains in a really frightening way. It's great that I could just pick up where I left off with my 80 undead warlock and have so much to do. Thanks for the videos and get back to some real work.

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Just renewed my membership for this series. Please keep it going, guys! Loved it!

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"Do any of these abilities give me health?" I'm going to say, when you get a new ability maybe read the description :)

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"No, now this is what a cool thing looks like Brad, look at that." - Dan on cool things.

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I'd sure like to see this feature continue.

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I definitely want to see more of this!

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Ah! I needed this!

Arigato , Dan-san ^_^

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Does anyone know if Dan is keyboard turning? There's a part in the video that I caught him fighting some of the ogres and he's getting hit from behind, so he slowly turns around before he attacks. Dan, please use your mouse and use your left and right keys to strafe.

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This was a great feature, really enjoyed watching Dan discover this game for the first time.

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Any level 90 that is well geared enough with a decent healer/supporter alongside them can two man the entirety of the Icecrown raid dungeon. Did it four times with some friends earlier in the year.

So yeah old raid stuff became trivial. Anything below the hardest raids in Lich King can be soloed even by a poorly geared 90 now. When the next xpack comes out I'm sure anything below the hardest raids in Pandaria will be soloable. The only real reason to do so is to experience past content you missed or get stuff for transmogrifying, which is awesome, my void storage is just full of high tier weapons and armor from the various raids. Fun to change your look when you get bored.

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Dan's love for that pumpkin is the cutest thing.

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Back for more crack.

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Dan getting psyched over those pets was great! hahaha

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1:00:20 Yikes, retrying a failed joke from like 6 months ago.

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The one time I go to play WoW and there's six hours of maintenance. I guess I'm playing tomorrow, then.

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This feature got me back into SW TOR.

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Rorie talking about being a character with self-awareness in WoW just reminded me of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's book Mogworld. It was actually surprisingly good and pretty funny, and was EXACTLY the concept of a character in an MMO growing a consciousness and questioning the bizarre nature of the world around them. I actually recommend it if you're looking for some silly MMO fantasy game fair.

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These are great. I played a little WoW (trial account style) back around Burning Crusade. I liked it, but I was already playing Ragnarok and City of Heroes with my brother at the time, and he didn't dig WoW the way I did.

A million years later, I meet a girl who's big into WoW, and she got me into it. We've been playing together for well over two years now (at the same desk for a year). And while I knew some of the basics from other MMOs and some WoW experience, watching Dan stumble through things reminds me a lot of my GF talking me through the basics over skype. Now we roll tank/healer duos and wreck dungeons and LFRs. I don't have enough time to play more than flex raids mostly, WoW isn't the only game I play.


But yeah, its fun to watch/listen to this feature and have that "OOOH, you just need to click *that* and everything would be better for you" reaction.

I also think it is kinda funny/dumb to listen to Brad complain about how they've dumbed down a game he hasn't played since vanilla. Its like complaining when they redo/demolish the park you played in as a kid, decades ago, in a hometown you don't visit.

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I WANT MORE OF THIS. MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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Damn GB, now I want to resub. Been clean and sober for 18 months.

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Dan (and Rorie and Brad and Jeff) thanks for these videos. As a longtime WoW fan who has been actively playing since launch these were really fun to watch. Neat to witness someone's totally fresh experience of one of the greatest games of all time.

I know you guys are busy with other games so this will probably not continue, but I'd love some more updates on the adventures of Cerebralass at some point. Please!

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"Zero interest in grinding anything ever in an MMO"

Brad Shoemaker

Funny thing for him to say considering what would happen with Destiny, though I guess that isn't really an MMO.