#294 – Udderly Ridiculous

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

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CER

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XIA

• Twitter: @itsxia

Mr Hasu

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