The AIE Podcast

There's a new officer in a galaxy far, far away; AIE has gone to Hell, virtually speaking; and we talk to the Queen of Rift!  All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the A-I-E Podcast...

AIE NEWS

The evil that is Diablo 3 seems to have spread across the guild! Unfortunately your AIE officers can't get your raid team out of Diablo and back into your raid times! Sorry guys.

We have another Guildie of the Moment: Teraall! There are almost too many quotes to use here so aren't going to try! A few are: “I've known Teraall since my early days in AiE. I've never had a bad experience with the guy.”   “Terrall is an awesome player and is always even tempered and promotes what truly AIE is all about.” “I know him and he's a good guy.”Send your congrats to Teraall in game or on the forums!

AIE SWTOR would like to announce their newest officer to the ranks, Max'z! You may know him from his exploits as a Republic trooper, but there are rumors that he's been seen over on the imperial side! Either way, you can congratulate him in game or on the forums in the thread: Attention~New SWTOR AIE officer on deck.

COOP!  We had an amazing COOP run this last weekend. The Diablo disease definitely affected our turnout; only 30 people were able to pull themselves out of Sanctuary to join us. There were around 50 Alliance defending Stormwind, and even though it took some doing, they were eventually able to chase us out the first time we attacked. So we regrouped, blew through the other three Alliance leaders, and then tackled Stormwind again. Thanks to some excellent leadership and strategy from Alachaas and Solarflair, we were able to get the king down and got quite a few AIE members their war bears. Gratz to all that got the achievement, and everyone keep your eyes out for the next COOP run coming up soon.

Going to Dragoncon this year? How about Nerdtacular? Maybe you have an idea for a great local meetup? Well AIE has their very own Meetup.com site! Simply head over to meetup.com and do a search for the Alea Iacta Est Gaming community! Signing up is free and who knows what kind of fun you can have!

And it's that time again! It's time for the AIE Salus update! That's right you guys are awesome! Our newest world of warcraft co-guild is catching up fast with just over 500 members! The hard work is showing as the guild is already level 14! That's right, even with the distraction that is diablo, you guys are working hard!

Just a reminder, AIE TF2 thursdays are every week starting at 10:30pm EST, 7:30 PST! Just log into TF2 and look for the community invite! And speaking of TF2, Wynnefox has a number of TF2 items to give away to any player who wants them. See the Free TF2 Items thread in the community forums

And last, Salem in the chat room wanted to make sure we plugged the Pheonix Comic Con meetup happening this weekend, on Saturday may 26th. It sounds like it's going to be a blast, so be sure to RSVP in the Meetup.com thread. Link is in the forums.

And with that, let's welcome this week's guest, Gypsygirl!

GAME NEWS - RIFT!

Rift recently released patch 1.8 which introduced a new 20 man dungeon (the hardest yet), two new skills (survival and fishing) as well as the new Guild Finder.

In the previous patches they introduced Chronicles (1-2 person dungeons), Instant Adventures for those 45+, and weddings! They also released an iOS app called Rift Mobile which lets you chat in guild chat, track invasions and play scratch off games to win in-game prizes like crafting m...

Avenger Meetups abound, Rift gets a new patch, there's another COOP run in the works, and we talk to the the Head Bronies of the WoW guild. All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the AIE Podcast.

AIE NEWS

There's a new guildie of the moment! That's right, everyone! A big congrats to Solarstorm of AIE Rift! Our guildies had a lot of great stuff to say about him this week including stuff like:

“Never gets upset over the small stuff.”

“Always willing to help people out with things, including gearing, mats, filling a spot if a dungeon or raid is a man short.”

and

“All around a great guy and I think a great representative of the community.”

Living in the Phoenix area and gearing up for the Avengers movie? Well on May 6th at the Temple marketplace there is going to be an AIE meetup just for the movie! Details like the time to attend are still up in the air, but see the thread, Phoenix area avengers meetup in the community section of the forums.

Speaking of the Avengers, other groups are orginizing their own movie screenings at the Meetup.com website, such as the So. Cal meetup and the Chattanooga meetup! Not on the meetup.com site? Signing up is free and allows you to rsvp to events going on within AIE. You can find a link to AIE's meetup page in the show notes or go to meetup.com and search Alea Iacta Est. http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/

Rift just got their patch! Finally 1.8 is out and Telara is updated! This is a fairly large patch and changes several things within the game including: talents and abilities, a new armor slot, new crafting recipes, a ranking system, and several bug fixes! For more information check out the patch notes on the Rift forums.

It's time to COOP again! In honor of Armed Forces Day on May 19th, Alachaas will be leading a COOP run against the Alliance. Time to be determined. Keep your eyes on the AIE Azeroth forums for more information.

For those of you looking to explore the hidden secret locations of Azeroth, Thyatira will be holding an Azerothian Expedition this Saturday, May 5th at 2pm server time. Come join in on the mystical magical carpet ride to these secluded locations.

Nerdtacular tickets are now on sale! nerdtacular.com updated yesterday with a link to the ticket seller Eventbrite. The tickets are $32.59 each which includes all the fun fees and taxes.

And with that, let's welcome this week's guests, AIE WoW Game Director Lanctharus and newest Praetorian Thyatira.

GAME NEWS

Hello I am Lanctharus, are you suffering from Diablo III DT's?  Because I sure am.  Need demon killing fix soon.....  Cannot wait the 14 days.  I haz a sad.

First of May, first of May, outdoor f... Um I mean it's the first of the May (not even 24 hours)  and we already have 50 people applying for membership.  Holy poop!  Also we wanted to call upon the membership to plan and run guild events.  For example a few years ago Despair a for

Salus is more than 50% into Level 9 and has 339 total characters.  Way to go!

Our gold cash flow is still looking very good.  We have over 2.4 million gold in our banks.  Incoming gold has dipped a bit but we are still very much in the black.

We currently have nearly 7K characters amongst all the co-guilds and we guesstimate that that number represents nearly 2K individual member accounts.  We soon plan to start up our own banana dictatorship.

All Hail the AIE banana republic!

Speaking of malevolent overlords, even more AIE officers are succumbing to our new pony overlords.

We get a new guildie of the moment, a new guildie enters the world, and 3 Officers stop by to let us know what is going on in the world of AIE in EVE. This is the NEW AIE Podcast.AIE NEWSAll hail the new Guildy of the Moment! Vampp, who is also known in some parts as Minibarr was announced as GOTM just last week!. An AIE'r from Down Under, some of the nice things said about him include: "Vampp is full of win. That is all.""... a big help with the Craft Fair. Cool guy.""I think this guy holds the record for most alts in the guild!" (25?! he has 25 ALTS in the guild?!)Feel free to drop into the community section of the forums to wish him well!The first official In-game fundraiser has met with success! We managed to get 7 current SW:TOR co-guilds 2 tabs each, put a million credits in each guild bank, with a little left over!   Thanks a ton to all the folks that donated, and we'll really try to get your rewards to you as soon as possible! Soon, sooon we will release the Shojo on the newfangled guild banks! Make sure you read the policies regarding such!We have another future AIE member! Dragonslayer, AKA Dragonsour announced a new addition to his family on the forums this week! April 20th, Jenna Lynn came into the world! Congrats to the family! Guildies wishing to also congratulate the family can do so in the community section of the forums in the thread New Dragon Whelp. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/45153-new-dragon-whelp/So you've been playing yourself some SW:TOR, and have all these companions, as well as many gifts! Sometimes you give a companion something nice, and they don't want it at all, or don't even care! There are lots of online guides of course for this sort of thing, but you can take a look right here on our our forums for a handy guide posted by Daers. He even includes a link to the source where he got this information. Also, SPOILER warning, it lists all the names OF the companions!An update from AIE warcraft, AIE Salus is now level 7! The newest co guild is growing strong at nearly 300 members! There's still a lot of work that needs to be done to get the place ready for mists, and a lot of raiding and dungeon achievements still left undone! Last weekend's WoW craft faire was a huge success! A huge guild wide thank you goes out to syrene who orginized the event, the various captains and assistants of the event (Don't have a list!) and to everyone who donated mats and time to the event!Tonight we'll be chatting about EVE with some great folks, but we wanted to give a shout out to a GREAT video that Warak linked to in the AIE Forums. It's of some of the battles that they've participated in, and as Rowlock commented, watch at it 1080p if you can, it's worth it!And with that, let's welcome this week's guests [guest names]The Amazing Exploding TukuWarakSenileGAME NEWS0. EVE is hard?  What makes EVE different...1. Quick overview of AIEU/TAXIL What has been going on in AIEU and TAXIL - any good fleets/fights mission/mining stories?2. AIEU/TAXIL (What do v0v when you get acceptance email, what are your options and a general state of the EVE   )3.WE ARE RECRUITING NOW (short explanation of the process and maybe how it's different from other parts of AIE.) Tuhttp://aie-universal.com Put this in the show notes for people wanting to join up to eve online it has instructions here.4. Newbie Resources (Where can newbies...even those not in the corporation yet go to read up on EVE link below)     Nope

We have very well deserved new guildie of the moment, Halaa battles are back, and we bring Darth Bouvi and Counsellor Abovan in to give us all the updates on what's going on in AIE SW:TOR.  All this and more, on the NEW AIE Podcast.

AIE NEWS

Ladies and Gentleman, we have a new guildie of the Moment! Salem otherwise known as KillrElite on the forums! He's relatively new to the community, but has already organized a RL meetup, organized the COOP run after Lanc and and Ashayo's promotion party, and is just a great example of someone we love to have in the community, congrats to him!

One of our own, BadModem, is going for his PhD at LSU (Go Tigers!). He's doing a research project and would love to get some video responses regarding your experiences with WoW or other MMO you've spent a good amount of time with social interaction with other folks in! See his thread mmo non profit academic film on the forums for more details on how you can participate! Full link in the shownotes.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44845-mmo-non-profit-academic-film-call-for-consumer-responses/

One whom we might as a consider a pillar of the AIE and Frogpants Community, Brian Ibbot, is working with Andrew Allen to produce the first official release from Coverville Records!  I think it'd be great if we could give him some AIE community support! The Album features Jazz versions of Star Trek classics!

Halaa battles are back! Solarflare of AIE warcraft is organizing an old school Halaa battle! Saturday April 21st at 8pm server be there and be ready to earn those tokens to get those old school talbuk mounts, or just have fun killing Alliance. RSVP in the forums in the thread Halaa: the reckoning the return of world player vs player action.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44779-halaa-the-reckoning-return-of-world-player-vs-player-action/

So we've got about a week left on this deadline, but if you are looking to get a FREE month of game-time from SW:TOR, it APPEARS that Galibond has figured out the method to get this ‘veteran bonus'. Check out the forum post for all the details, but it appears that if you hit level 50 OR Legacy level 6 before April 22 you might get such!

Reddcap from AIE Invictus wants to invite AIE and anyone else going to Nerdtacular to join us on a tour of the "Utah Truffles" chocolate factory on Friday June 22nd at 7:00 pm.  Details can be found on the "All Things Edible" podcast website here:  http://edibleshow.com/2012/03/utah-truffles-tour-sign-up/

And with that, let's welcome this week's guest Abovan & Bouvi

GAME NEWS

Craft Fair in Space is coming soon.  Contact Sophillea for more information on this and check out the thread on the forums.

DOH! lol it happns A - The Guild Bank Kickferter started Friday, March 23rd and ending Sunday, April 22nd. The tabs will not be purchased until the 30 days have ended.  Right now we have enough for the first 2 tabs in all 7 guilds.  There are some cool prizes.  Check the forums for more info.

Want to run your own event?  When I started with the guild I met up with Lanc in Atlanta toward the beginning of COOP.  I asked him what I could do to help the guild and he said “help with COOP” so I became a COOP leader.

AIE WoW grows by one more guild, the SWTOR Kickferter still going strong, and Ayhood comes to chat with us about Rift, and AIE in the world of Telara! This...is the new AIE Podcast! AIE NEWS We are entering into the home stretch with the WoW craft fair scheduled for April 21st and 22nd. Need help leveling a gathering profession? Want to donate mats? Check the forums for events and profession teams to help you out before the big event! And speaking of the WoW craft fair there will be a coop run immediately following the conclusion of the fair! AIE wow's new coop leader Salem is having an inaugural run of Coop Tetrahedron to wrap up festivities and tweak the Allianance's noses.  Come one come all for a bear run and an occupation of Stormwind. Check the Warcraft forums for details. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44830-following-the-craft-faire-we-are-going-to-coop/And finally for warcraft news, We have a new Prateorian joining the world of warcraft ranks! May we celebrate Thyatira and the hard to attain, yet totally deserved promotion! You can send him well wishes on the forums, the link is in the shownotes! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44844-praetorian-promotion-thyatira/Alea Iacta Est Salus is open and already at level 2! On day 1 we hit the guild XP cap in two hours! And we have capped out just as quickly every day since! As expected Salus is our smallest guild with just under 200 players (181 as of 3pm) If you want to help level the newest co-guild in the AIE WoW family, let your friendly neighborhood officers know!The AIE TOR kickferter event is still going on! Help fund guild needs such as bank tabs across both factions in a galaxy far far away. For more information about the prizes and who to send your donations to, see the the AIE TOR forums. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44546-aie-guild-bank-kickferter/Once again we have a new officer in the hotseat! This week's featured victim-ahem I mean guest is none other than Abovan of the TOR guld! If you would like to have him answer your burning questions like his favorite spec, his shoe size and his thoughts on broccoli ice cream, head over to the community section of the forums and ask! Remember you can ask just about anything within reason!http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44793-officers-corner-abovan/And with that, let's welcome this week's guest AyhoodGAME NEWSWhat's been going on in Rift?  Here we talk about the start of AIE telara to current including our guildleader and our officers etc.What's going on right now?Here we talk about the current climate of Rift, the guild etc.  What is the pull for players in rift etcWhat's going to be going on?Here we talk about the future of rift.  We have patch 1.8 coming out which is a huge content patch and we can most of the time here.  Check out this forum thread for info and a video preview that Stupidgenius put up (There are 1.8 spoilers if you care about that sort of thing)http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/44671-patch-18-discussion-threadspoilers/CLOSEAnd that's our show for tonight, We want to thank Ayhood for joining us and wish AcuZod a quick recovery! Next week we'll be talking to the fun people of swtor! Stay tuned, as we've got some great AIE member segments coming right up, including...Overly Dramatic NewsAlludra's Non-Combat PetsAsk Miss MulgraHunter TalkBut first, if you need to reach us, we can be found at...- Email: [email protected] Twitter: @aiepodcast, @shownotfound @acuzod @alludra_aie- Guest twitter: @calebcolby - Ustream: http://ustream.tv/channel/the-aie-podcast

UMAMI officially launches courtesy of Stigg, Lanctharus SHOCKINGLY talks about Ponies, and we get some updated information related to the community! All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the NEW AIE Podcast...AIE NEWSWorld of Warcraft has a new officer! Welcome to Hunts the Wind! Please remember to check your sanity at the door, and everyone please send him your well-wishes and condolences in the forums.Four waves of mists of pandaria beta invites have gone out! If you haven't gotten in yet, check your email and battle net account! Blizz seems to be inviting more people by the day! And I hear they are still handing out betas for that other game too... Alea Iacta Est Salus within WoW will be opening as of 11pm server time this friday! There is still time to get your toon on the list, send a mail to [email protected] and we'll get ya moved during the launch party! Check all the details here!Nerdtacular kickstarter update! Check the link for more details, but its doing great! Currently sitting at more than 350% funding! let's see if we can hit 400% before this thing is done! 21 days to go!Speaking of Nerdtacular weekend, Reddcap from AIE Invictus wants to invite AIE and anyone else going to Nerdtacular to join us on a tour of the "Utah Truffles" chocolate factory on Friday June 22nd at 7:00 pm.  Details can be found on the "All Things Edible" podcast website here:  http://edibleshow.com/2012/03/utah-truffles-tour-sign-up/AIE Raid Wrapup is always looking for more teams and submissions! Sihx asked if I could give a plug, and he was kind enough to pick up the Mantle where Kolt and I left it, so make sure to check the raiding forums or email [email protected] with your raid team information! It's rather hard to grab current Raid Team information with a GROUP of folks, let alone doing it all on his own!You're level 50 in SW:TOR huh? Not sure what to do? Seems like you're not the only one, there is a thread on the forums that have a bunch of ideas and folks that are also looking for the same. Take a look and gather up!GAME NEWSStigg -* Initial roll-out of UMAMI.* Currently, the system is simply an application system.* Things that Stigg should be fixing instead of podcasting* Merging of accounts.* EVE Applications* Officer listing.* Trouble ticketing system.* Things you should know* Applications are static, single-use things.* We will be adding the ability to “delete” characters.* Don't put in applications for characters for toons that are in the guild but don;t show up in your listing.  Let us know which ones are missing via e-mail.  (SWtOR is an exception).And of course your officers can be found at :WoW: [email protected] SW:TOR [email protected] EvE: [email protected]Rift: [email protected]* Forums re-shuffle.Lanc - Did I mention I am in the beta?  Yes, No?  Well hahaha on me.  It keeps crashing on me but pandas females are ADORABLE! A- it crashes  A LOTLanc- Let's talk names.  We wanted to remind people that we do have policies that we use when reviewing applications and if your name just happens to have a proclivity to be on Urban Dictionary, odds are it will be rejected.  Yes folks the officers have the UD app on their phones.Lanc - All goes well with the guild bank repairs.  People are using it and the coffers have not emptied.  In fact we are very definitely in the black.

AIE is good for your health, an opportunity for you to help Nerdtacular explode, how to PVP with the Force, and what the EVE gang has been up to. All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the NEW AIE Podcast...AIE NEWS Just a reminder that the WoW Spring Craft Fair will be happening on the weekend of  April 21st and 22nd. Come bring all your toons and max out their tradeskills. There will also be a raffle to give away some great prizes. For more information or to learn how you can help out, see Syrene's post in the AIE Azeroth forums.It looks like we're heading into swimsuit weather once again. For any AIE member trying to look their best in their bikini or speedo, you might like to know that AIE has an impromptu support system in place for those of you who want a little help keeping up with your exercise or weight loss goals. See Marcum's AIE Exercise Plan post in the community forums to get encouragement and to help encourage others. For you PVPers from a galaxy far, far away, there will be a SWTOR PVP Guild event taking place this Saturday, March 31, at 9pm server time. This is a mentoring/practice event, where you can learn how to PVP, and then put your new skills to use battling other AIE members. For more information, see Gallibond's post in the AIE The Old Republic forums.For you Convert To Raid fans, or AIE members who just happen to live in the Upper Midwest, Zhug will be holding an AIE/Convert To Raid meetup in Blaine, Minnesota on May 5, from 3 to 7pm at the Brunswick Zone bowling center. $20 will get you bowling, games, and food. Zhug asks that anyone interested in attending please RSVP on the Convert To Raid website or email him at [email protected]Pandas! For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, our own High Muckety-Muck Scott Johnson has uploaded a video of him running around and rambling through the Mists of Pandaria beta. Somewhat informative, very entertaining. You can find it on his YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MyExtraLifeNerdtacular is really taking shape! Every year, Scott throws a great event for AIE'rs and Frogpants Community members alike! Because he keeps ticket costs so cheap, I know that in past years he was eating a lot of the cost of the event. This is where YOU can help him out. Every donation will provide that much more quality of an event, more comfortable chairs, better sound reinforcement for the concert (Paul and Storm!), etc.  Now although all the “High-Rolling” backing spots have already been filled (in the first 24 hours, YOW!), YOU, yes YOU, can help Scott make this even more an event to remember. The kickstarter has already more than 200% funding, but don't let that stop you! For the first time since the guild split in cataclysm AIE Warcraft is opening up a new co-guild! Alea Iacta Est Salus will be opening its doors on April 8th! So if you missed out on the fun of leveling a co guild, want to earn some cool achievements or just plain want the challenge of leveling a guild up from scratch let the officers know! This just in. Would the member of the live chat room driving the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth please check your vehicle? Apparently it got hungry, and now you owe another member of the audience a ride home. For links to more information about these topics, see our show notes in the AIE community forum. And with that, let's welcome this week's guests...GAME NEWSWhat we've been up to since the last EVE segment:* We've spent the past month back in our home region, Fountain:* Most of this time has been spent cleaning up...