#294 – Udderly Ridiculous | The Sundering: A Warcraft, Geek & Gaming Podcast

Episode 294 features the usual Bacon news, “strange” news, and lots of Blizzard news! Ray, Cer and Xia also read listener foffs and play a new game!

Bacon News

Japan makes a burger with a tongue
- http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/09/japan-releases-burger-with-a-bacon-tongue-hanging-out.html
  - A halloween themed burger now comes with a bacon tongue.
  - Ceraphus can now live his dream, french kissing a burger!

Geek & Random News

Pool in the sky!
- http://www.wtfnews.org/everyone-needs-a-pool-in-the-sky-1305152422.html
  - Swimmers can experience taking a dip 10 stories in the air.
  - Would you take a dip?
Cow takes down helicopter
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cow-vs-helicopter-australia_us_57e0dc39e4b08cb14097b8bb?section=us_weird-news
  - A helicopter that was strangely rounding up cows, crashed after the rails underneath the choppa got caught in the horns of the cow.

Gaming News

Blizzard revamping HOTS esports
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2665756-blizzard-means-business-with-massive-changes-for-pro-heroes-of-the-storm-in-2017
  - Blizzard will be taking over the Heroes tournament directly
  - The 2017 league format should “triple” the amount of content there is for fans to watch.
  - All of the players on the top eight teams comprising each regional league will receive a fixed “appearance fee” as compensation, and every player will receive an equal payment for competing (prior to prize winnings, of course).
  - A new Open Division is designed to bridge the gap between professional play and top-tier amateur competitors. Players can form teams and compete in the Open Division tournaments for cash prizes and points toward playing in the promotion/relegation matches that will occur twice annually.
Blizzard changing Battle.net to Blizzard Tech
- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20297652/battlenet-update-9-21-2016
- A recognizable brand name of over 20 years, is this news or noise?
Now you can date Overwatch characters
- http://kotaku.com/the-challenges-of-making-an-overwatch-dating-sim-1786821007
  - “Loverwatch” is a dating game in which players attempt to win over one of the characters from the game.

RAY

CER

XIA

Mr Hasu

The Show

#294 – Udderly Ridiculous