On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Mkallah: Nerd gathering news

Mew: Psstt, anyone want a kitten?

Tetsemi: Would you like some free EVE?

Mkallah: Final Fantasy for the Holidays

          Mew: There’s a new emperor in SWTOR, no it’s not Max

All that and more coming up right now...

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Welcome to episode #265 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi, and I have in front of me a spreadsheet of everything we need to do get ready for Christmas: To my left, having a panic attack, is Mkallah: - (Hey, AIE, there are tiny pumpkin tarts in the Guild kitchen, and lemon snowball cookies, and gingerbread crinkle, and ….) And to my right, as cool as a cucumber, is Mewkow (put in catch phrase here) This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema. and we are talking about AIE in SWTOR and catching up!

Ok, we’ll be talking to Max and Sema and catching up shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news...

AIE News

Community

Welcome to Parannor, the latest AIE Officer to accept the mantle of officership. Condolences and/or congratulations can be sent via AIE Discord and generally in WoW where he spends the majority of his gaming time with AIE.

Microsoft has added a new Club Feature to Xbox One and Jehdai has created one for the guild. It’s listed as Alea Iacta Est

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57331-alea-iacta-est-xbox-club/

Well, we have some good news and some bad news. As you probably know, Nerdtacular 2017 tickets went on sale Tuesday. AND, they quickly sold out! According to the truly awesome Scott Johnson, more tickets will be opening up! The best way to keep posted is either checking back at Nerdtacular.com or follow Scott, the lord of the Frogpants, on twitter - @scottjohnson (but, you probably knew that).

Oh, and if you are coming to Nerdtacular, come find us! Tet and I are making it for sure and if more tickets open up, we may see Mew, Mrs Mew the geekily awesome, and Baby Mew.

And speaking of the gatherings of the nerds, thanks to the organizers, staff, AIE members, and guest that stopped by the guild hall at Blizzcon! Oaten in the forums put a short shoutout to the Guild Hall for welcoming non AIE members, especially for the live Instance recording.

NOMADS

According to Stigg, the Nomad Minecraft server will be shutting down on December 16th, 2016 and world data will be made available via Dropbox (or a suitable) platform.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57344-shutting-down-the-nomads-minecraft-server/

WoW

We’re 6 weeks into the 9 week storyline Insurrection in Suramar, leading up to breaking into Nighthold. This is the follow on story after the Good Sumaratan achievement and it’s story lines in Suramar. A new piece opens up every Tuesday with the server resets and is heading to a final confrontation with the Nightfallen leaders and the opening of the Nighthold raid.

Also, if you like testing things, patch 7.1.5 is up on the PTR and is dealing with a lot of class changes that are upcoming, the newly redesigned Brawlers Guild, and the introduction of micro-holidays to the make the world feel a bit more alive.

Don’t forget, the Feast of WInterveil starts on December 16. Speaking of Winterveil gifts, Blizzard's tradition of supporting the Make-A-Wish foundation continues this year, as the company has revealed this year's charity pet...