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  • This Week in Trek Episode 308, "Zoom and enhance"

    Discord: https://discord.gg/HsFXzA


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    News


    Discovery will have a mirror universe episode (directed by Frakes?)

    Disc First 4 episode titles:

    “The Vulcan Hello”

    “Battle at the Binary Stars”

    “Context is for Kings”

    “The butcher’s knife cares not for the lamb’s cry”

    First 2 hours shown tonight at 5pm.

    50th anniversary TOS Polar Lights 1/350 model has amazing decals where originals were crappy.

    Orville: Better than last week.

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Is it unfair to try to apply today's moral standards to a show that was made in the 60's?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, 2009.

    00:26

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: DS9, S5: Rapture

    Character insight - Admiral Gregory Quinn and Dexter Remmick

    Subspace communications

    1 hr 2 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 257, "Turtle Ring Toss Time"

    Mike:


    Farmed for the recipe. Took about 20m.

    I had 72 Shadow Silk in my inventory (ha! pack rat!)

    Make 8 Shadoweave Masks. Farmed more silk. Total at the end of the day, over 80k gold.

    Finished chapter 2 of Argus

    Bug in a invasion point Naigtal - Spores give 1M damage/tick, kept getting it on rez.

    Problem - skull mobs walk around, can really hurt you.

    Spore bug

    Not a lot of room to move

    Very hard to do solo unless you know how to maneuver

    Got my Sulfuras - Hand of Ragnaros Legendary on my DK

    Ren:


    Arena Skirmish Bonus Event

    Darkmoon Faire r

    Stupid dirgible is 1000 tickets

    News:


    Argus won’t have flying (but we knew that)

    The Flying on Argus debate: the tl;dr version

    Argussian Emissary Quests should now require 3 WQs

    Fel lava on Argus no longer damages pets

    http://www.wowhead.com/news=271115/lucid-nightmare-mount-discovered-by-secret-finding-discord

    Invasion points

    Available after finishing the second chapter of Argus in Mac’aree

    Starts with a quest from Ilidan, “Where They Least Expect It” to enter an invasion point to kill the legion commander

    Followup quest: recover 15 Argus Waystones to unlock Greater Invasion Points

    Invasion Points repeatable - you don’t need to be in a party to enter it. Will get credit just from zoning in. Finishing grants Artifact Power tokens, Argus Waystones and Veiled Aranite.

    Each lasts 6 hours

    Include Environmental hazards (watch your feet) and one unique objective

    Three stages: fill a bar by killing trash, more mobs spawn, LEgion Commander spawns

    If you wipe on Legion Commander, health will not reset

    Greater Invasion Points - can do once per week - Argus world bosses drop 930 loot

    Bring a Seal of Broken Fate for bonus rolls

    EMAIL

    44 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 306, "Traveler Mystery Tour"

    News


    “The blue that dominates the Federation interface designs on Discovery will apparently evolve to something more TOS-like and colorful”

    New trailer mentions “You are explorers” and “fortune favors the bold”.

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Compared to the first two seasons of TOS, do u feel the acting dropped significantly in the 3rd season?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    TV Show: Ground Floor S1, E3

    Part1: Guy explains how he is going to sit in a chair a certain way to impress the boss

    00:22

    Part2: The actual chair is very wide with arm rests, so he jumps over the back, ending up doing the splits on top of the arm rests.

    00:18

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: TNG: S7 Journey’s End

    Character insight - Dr. Lewis Zimmerman

    Subspace communications

    1 hr 26 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 256, "Not compatible with cats"

    Ren:


    Started on Argus campaign with rogue (as predicted)

    Still playing Diablo 3 but having some repetitive motion injury issues with right hand

    Ditched Bagnon for ArkInventory

    Pleased with TV appearance on THE DEAD FILES - and cancelled Sling (HDTV antenna works great - between that and Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football, Giants season is saved!)

    Caught 3rd eagle this week

    Mike:


    Argus! Wait, it’s only one chapter?

    Can’t do the dungeon yet

    What’s this cloth?

    Spoilers!

    Chests everywhere

    Couldn’t get enough items for the i880 gear (not that I need it)

    Mobs aren’t that hard to kill.

    What’s with the eye quest?

    20% more damage in/out?

    Some guy’s been buying my stuff on the AH and not making a profit

    Uldaman

    Tomb of Sargeras w/Ali

    This Week in Wow


    One word: Argus

    Next week: Mac’Aree zone opens, unlock Invasion Points, and a questline to open Greater Invasion Points that can drop 930 gear.

    For those who aren’t into Argus, it’s Cataclysm Timewalking.

    The Archaeology reward for next 2 weeks is a toy called the Crystalline Eye of Undravius, which lets you look around and see invisible NPCs as demons or changes existing NPCs into demons for 15 seconds (apparently Khadgar is a succubus). If you’re a toy collector or are after your 8 archaeology quests for a new artifact tint, go for it. Collecting 300 toys will get you a mount, the Mechanized Lumber Extractor.

    7.3 News


    Nightfallen reputation requirements removed from several Suramar quests, making it possible to complete the Suramar campaign without reputation gates.

    Undocumented changes

    Artifact catch-up for alts:

    Artifact Knowledge now starts at 41 regardless of book

    Removes Class Hall Campaign for third relic slot

    Removes Broken Shore campaign to unlock Empowered Traits

    Higher drop rate for artifact appearances, and you can get them for artifacts you own that you aren’t currently using (off spec)

    I880 Relinquished Gear no longer available to purchase with Nethershards.

    Completing opening Broken Shore scenario on one character is required to unlock Argus

    Reduced requirements for Breaching the Tomb - example, you only need 50 Mark of Sentinax instead of 100

    Timewalking dungeon loot starts at 880, and Black Temple timewalking loot starts at 930.

    Lots of Tomb of Sargeras changes - mostly nerfs

    Nomi Work Orders can now yield Broken Islands Recipe Scrap (drop rate lower than Nomi Snacks). 10 scraps = one undiscovered recipe

    Fishing Round the Isles achievement now requires 20 world fishing quests, not all of them

    Levitating players can now jump

    Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning updated animations were not implemented. Apparently they got bad reviews on the PTR.

    Two new class hall follower catch-up items added to Warmage Kathleen at Deliverance Point: Grimoire of Lost Knowledge (adds 6000 XP to follower for 2500 nethershards) and Relinquished Armor Set (sets champion iLevel to 880 for 400 nethershards)

    New missions for followers may be related to a new side quest, available to players after completing the An Offering of Light main quest series. These side quests unlock a new type of troop or missions that offer new follower equipment

    Helpful toy: Sightless Eye (not to be confused with the Sightless Eye currency) - makes you much less detectable to mobs on Argus or Broken Shore for 10 minutes, with a 5 minute cooldown. Any damage, including falling damage, breaks this. (Or just make a rogue)

    Diablification #1: Antaen Light-Bringer in the first part of Argus -- after the first few quests, you join Kil’jaeden and Prophet Velen to destroy a siege weapon that looks like a large green portal of some type


    Spoiler: it pops up and it’s a big mob

    Ren: Recognized this IMMEDIATELY because it looks almost exactly like a mob called the Realmwalker in the Battlefields of Eternity level in Act IV of D3, who is a giant mob who hides in the ground with a big portal eye on his head. Knew what was going to happen

    57 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 305, "May cause anatomical inversion"

    News


    Mike visited the Enterprise

    Bryan Fuller was pushed out because his scripts were months late & overbudget.

    Discovery S1: Klingon War. S2: Aftermath of Klingon War. S3: in work.

    Lootcrate Star Trek edition: Every other month starting Dec 2017. $39.99 for 1 or $34.99 for 6 - paid all at once.

    Anovos now has TNG skants (female only)

    @jbillingsly60 (Dr Phlox) is now on Twitter.

    http://www.bbcamerica.com/extras/star-trek-marathon-poll-whats-your-favorite-episode

    From @Asetisis

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Which Trek character do u think had the biggest impact in the series they were in: Spot or Porthos?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    This Leapfrog learning toy may have borrowed from Captain Picard (thanks “how now” on twitter)

    00:14

    Episode insight: ENT: S3 Impulse

    Subspace communications

    1 hr 8 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 255, "Banned From Argo"

    Ren:


    Cable cutting: Sling TV, HDTV antennas, solutions for watching football

    Played opening scenario for Argus

    What is it with night elves and bottled water?

    Don’t see myself going through this with more than one character

    Mike:


    Another legendary (waist)

    Got it from the world boss on the Isle

    i909

    Working on getting the tokens for the next legendary upgrade.

    No new mounts.

    Forgot about Trial of Style

    News


    Patch 7.3 NEXT WEEK

    https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/32790-patch-73-official-patch-notes/

    Other worlds??

    Seat of the Triumverate - new dungeon

    4 bosses

    Argus WQs (no surprise)

    Artifact customization

    New combat animations

    New items for mining, herbalism, skinning, tailoring, and shoulder enchants

    Achievements for the number of tabards you have.

    Class changes

    Broken Shore now has an emissary quest

    New factions: Army of Light and Argussian Reach - both advance with world quests, emissary quests, order hall missions and weekly quests

    Army of Light - Exalted reward: Lightforged Warframe mount for the low low price of 500k gold - looks like a gold mechanical golem

    Argussian Reach

    Exalted reputation paragon caches can include one of three Elekk mounts

    Other rewards

    Not a fan of the Hearthstone musical

    Not understanding the marketing behind it.

    Kel’Thuzad is the new hero in Heroes of the Storm

    What was with Jaina? lol

    Ali-Yesterday at 11:34 PM


    Oh hey everyone @here ....make sure to turn in your Legionfall Supplies before the patch. Once it drops, you'll no longer get the chests from that and the ap reward is also reduced.(edited)

    Email from Zak

    We fall down a rabbit hole about rare items from Uldaman.

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    1 hr 1 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 304, "You sank my virtual space cruiser"

    News


    Terry Farrell and Adam Nimoy are engaged

    QMX insignia badges $14.95 - not screen accurate, but better ones will come soon enough.

    I have one!

    http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/18/the-william-shatner-interview

    From @EKavlar (Raven 322)

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: What would be the synopsis of an episode of TOS written by you?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    The Jean Claude Van Damme movie: Death Warrant. 1990. A computer nerd kid is helping his romantic interest do computer things.

    00:15

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: TOS: A Taste of Armageddon

    Character insight - Eclipses

    Subspace communications

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    1 hr 15 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 254, "The race is on"

    Ren:


    Still feel like I’m waiting around for 7.3 - marking time

    Love the lighting effects in Dalaran

    Update on The Dead Files

    RL achievement: Banded first bald eagle of the year, posted picture on Twitter.

    Mike:


    Yes, there’s a level 1 mount

    SPriest is terrible at leveling, not bad in dungeons (but could be better)

    Leveled up my DH and *love it*

    Trial of Style!

    This week:


    Legion Dungeon event

    Spirit of Ech’ero mount for weekly archaeology

    Trial of Style mini-event starts today and goes til Tuesday

    5 players given 2 minutes to create a transmog based on a theme - some PTR themes have included Summer Styles, Winter Wear, Mismatched Mayhem, Fun and Flirty, Tabard Time, Faction Pride, Epic Purple, and of course, the ever popular Freestyle

    You can’t see what your competitors are doing as they appear to be wearing smocks to cover their transmogs until the unveiling

    Contestants are pulled onto a stage where people can vote on two at a time - strike a pose such as /wave, /cheer, or /dance

    After several rounds of voting, prizes are awarded, 1st through 3rd and Consolation. Contains Trial of Style tokens that can be traded for transmog gear in Dalaran

    Some complaints on forums of people getting kicked from scenario groups and getting a 30 minute deserter debuff

    http://www.wowhead.com/news=269877/trial-of-style-transmog-holiday-august-17th-22nd

    News:


    7.3 - details will be announced at Gamescon via the Blizzard Reveal Ceremony on Wed 23rd

    Also at Gamescon - WoW European Championship Finals, and two top Euro guilds (Nova and Set Sail for Fail) will race each other in a live mythic showdown

    Whispers of a Frightened World scenario live as of Tuesday http://www.wowhead.com/news=268553/whispers-of-a-frightened-world-scenario-now-live


    Without spoilers: get a quest to go to Sholazar Basin and meet with Magni, to enter the Hall of Communion at Maker’s Overlook. Starts a scenario.

    Getting high reviews from people who have completed it

    New combat and casting animations shown

    Resto Druid

    Blood Elf Female Ranged Attack

    All Mage Specs

    Holy Priest

    Shadow Priest

    Elemental Shaman

    Item level changes in 7.3

    Dungeon item level drops will be each going up one rung. Normal will move from 825 to 845; heroic from 845 to 865; mythic from 865 to 885.

    The Name Change that Didn’t

    Blizzard announced almost a year ago it was going to shift from “Battle.net” to “Blizzard” for its online services

    Branding change fail: they decided they will become “Blizzard Battle.net”

    Activision Blizzard Investor call - 2nd Q 2017 (April through June)

    Blizzard reported: All time record monthly active users, up 38% from last year

    All time record daily active users and Q2 record time spent

    Legion continues to outperform Warlords

    Overwatch monthly active users have increased each quarter since launch, rose to a new all time high in Q2

    Net revenues of over $3.3 billion (just Blizzard)

    Blizaard outperforming the other divisions (Activision and King). Activision has titles such as Call of Duty, Destiny and SKylanders, and King brings you Candy Crush, Pet Rescue, Farm Heroes and Bubble Witch

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    52 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 303, "They're made of bacon"

    News


    http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series

    Shortly before Fontana's report, NBC had replaced its old Nielsen rating system with a new and updated one. When they ran the original figures through their new system they found out much to their surprise that it had not only reached full penetration into their most coveted target audience, the male population between 18 and 45, but also that the series had been one of the most successful series the network had ever aired. The sickening realization hit upon the dismayed network executives that they had slaughtered the proverbial goose that laid the golden eggs, something that every fan at the time could have told them.

    Anovos: TAS Klingon tunic $50. Preorder now!

    Star Trek cruise: 2 cruises the first 2 weeks of Jan 2018.

    Complete Discovery merch licensing list:


    Simon & Schuster for a worldwide publishing program

    IDW for comics

    Titan Entertainment for souvenir magazines

    Disruptor Beam for a mobile game update to “Star Trek: Timelines”

    Rubie’s for costumes

    Eaglemoss for die-cast ship models

    Trevco for t-shirts in the U.S.

    Anovos for replicas of the new Starfleet uniforms in the U.S.

    Rizzoli for calendars in the U.S.

    McFarlane for figures in the U.S.

    QMX for prop badges and replicas in the U.S.

    FanSets for pins in the U.S.

    Gentle Giant for 3D replicas in the U.S.

    Danilo for calendars in Europe

    Pyramid for posters, prints and fan gear in the U.K.

    Cotton Division for apparel and accessories in France

    Impact Rock for posters and prints in Australia.

    Think Geek pin - $29.99, get a $24.95 CBSAA credit


    ThinkGeek

    Jason Isaacs says, “Fans are going to have to adjust”

    Kurtzman says more Trek is possible, if people would stop crapping on this one:


    “I think that’s totally possible, it was a really cool idea, but it wasn’t necessarily an idea that everyone immediately agreed with.”

    “I think the idea might be that there are more Star Trek series [further down the line].”

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Have u ever referenced anything in Trek when giving advice to a friend?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    Senior Skip Day (2008). Canadian high school party movie.

    00:15

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: Voyager S1: Phage

    Character insight - Ben Sisko

    Subspace communications

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    1 hr 16 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 302, "Kurzodo"

    News


    People on twitter should stop being awful and nasty to the DSC team. Nobody deserves hatred.

    “There will be technobabble”.

    The whole “No God” thing was a misunderstanding. It’s allowed.

    Commercial!

    https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/894641168230694914

    James Cawley has a new Fan Film Academy

    http://trekmovie.com/2017/08/07/les-moonves-tells-cbs-investors-first-six-episodes-of-star-trek-discovery-are-terrific/

    Kol has a Starfleet emblem. @isolinearchick noticed.

    TNG cast reunion (without Frakes)

    VOY cast reunion

    DSC panels

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Two more observations about The Inner Light: only had one story and ZERO action in it. A lot can be said about that.

    Which is a funnier episode: A Piece of the Action or The Trouble with Tribbles?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    Suggested by Jordan McKinley

    Over the Hedge - 2006, one of the characters voiced by William Shatner

    This dialog happens during the end credits.

    00:19

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: Continuing the body-inhabiting theme - DS9: Facets - suggested by Matthew

    Last week’s episode (“Unexpected”) was suggested by Anisha

    Character insight - Worf in DS9

    Subspace communications

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    1 hr 18 min

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