#245 – Moose Job | The Sundering: A Warcraft, Geek & Gaming Podcast

For some strange reason, Cer is feeling a little froggy for Episode 245, doing his best to distract Ray (and hilarity ensues!) The hosts get back to business eventually, covering the usual bacon and gaming news, along with community Foffs/Props. Enjoy!

Show News

Photo contest – http://thesundering.net/contest
August Winner: toasty
- Bnet GC:
- AMR 1 Month
- It was close, Chuck came close, but Toasty pulled out the bonus points
September Themes – this month, there is 1 theme (birds), just submit 4 additional pictures!

Bacon News

Canadians love their bacon!
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/17/bacon-vs-sex-43-of-canadi_n_466513.html?utm_hp_ref=bacon
  - 43% of Canadians prefer the Orgasmic taste of bacon over sex
Bacon quiz– How did Ceraphus do?
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/quiz-how-much-do-you-really-know-about-bacon_55e6fe53e4b0c818f619d00a?utm_hp_ref=bacon
  - Cer got 12 out of 13, I got wrong the question of is more bacon eaten on the weekends or weekdays
  - Hasu got 2 out of 13… Bacon novice?

Geek & Random News

AI Robot wants to round us up?
- http://glitch.news/2015-08-27-ai-robot-that-learns-new-words-in-real-time-tells-human-creators-it-will-keep-them-in-a-people-zoo.html
  - Android Dick wants to “Keep us in a people zoo”.
  - The beginning of Skynet?
  - Responses are formed from scanning the internet, it’s adapting!
Mega Man Live Action Movie a Go!
- From the Makers of Such Stellar Movies (and by Stellar we mean flops) like the Fantastic Four Reboot
- http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-a-mega-man-movie-is-a-go-at-fox/

Gaming News

Some updates for WoW: Legion at Dragoncon
- http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5123-Dragoncon-2015-Recap-September-4-Hotfixes-Blue-Tweets-Rexxar-Spotlight-Final-Boss
  - Survival Hunters getting a “Harpoon” ability, to pull enemies to them (Like a DK’s death grip)
  - Some specs will use a renamed resource, such as Insanity for Shadow Priest.
  - Transmog system could be made account wide.
  - Demon hunters will start at level 98
  - “Illidan ready to lead Demon Hunters against the legion” –Confirmed Illidan is a good guy?
ESports Editor at ESPN
- http://jobs.espncareers.com/bristol/digital-media/jobid8270085-general-editor-jobs
  - ESPN is hiring an esports editor, has esports finally arrived?
  - “Possess an expert-level knowledge of one or more the major eSports, including, but not limited to League of Legends, Dota 2, Hearthstone, Call of Duty, Counterstrike: Global Offensive, StarCraft 2 and others”
Warcraft
- Story Driven Questing via an Addon?
  - http://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-addon-changes-questing-radically-1727667887
  - Changes the traditional quest interface, with an overlay involving both the NPC’s character model, and your own.
- Garrison Decorations in Patch 6.2.2
  - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19828438/official-622-patch-notes-8-31-2015
  - A new events coordinator can now be found in level 3 garrisons. Visit the coordinator during Hallow’s End or Feast of Winter Veil to obtain garrison decorations that are usable all year round!