On this episode of The Instance, we dig deeper into why you should be flying in the game much less, highlights from the latest 5.2 official notes, China's crazy Blizzard themed amusement park exposed, hop on the Universe of Starship, what can be done about dead servers, real id friends who've been out for decades, what of this chat room we speak of, and some great looks behind the curtain as the WoW team tweaks encounters, and more!


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On this episode of The Instance, the big cities finally have some repairs done, Dota might be in the PTR right now, the Windsteed will set you back 25 bones, 3DS gets pet batles, we play a little 'what if', LFR item level increase, player housing theory, streaming on the uptick, Greg Street has some ideas on how you could be like him, we give away the signed CE box, and more!


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On this episode of The Instance, Blizzcon strawpolls, PTR 5.2 is live and has some cool stuff happening, The Thunder King is on the loose, what weve been doing in and our of wow, new animations and where things stand, still fighting the PvP fight, aerial combat gets brought up from the dead, nervous callers, some zombie thoughts, phasing is out of hand, and we get excited about giving you a huge MoP prize!


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On this episode of The Instance, Scenario Gear improves, some good stuff in 5.2, Morheim has been talking, and we've been listening, 5.2 PTR happens early January, and the thunder king will rise, a great idea for Brawler's Guild use, Earth and Beyond, girlfriends and WoW, what about the Monks, and we give away some more flaming kittens!


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On this episode of The Instance, a more reasoned approach to daily quests, similar to what we saw in 5.1, Cory Stockton talking about dailies as well, we have an update on the Diablo 3 console port, Asheron from the Ashes, Blizzard is sending us something HUGE, why come back and play now, more PVP on the show please, the Swiss have no support, rested rep grinds, why the horde is now the MAN, WoWkemon, and MORE!


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On this episode of The Instance, Still hard to get into the Brawlers Guild, what the heck is Blackstone, slow news week but we are here anyway, a theory on why people do dailies, getting through Guantanamo, how old is the formulal for raiding, Marvel vs Blizzard could be a great fighting game, WoW mounts are 50% off right now, we give away some charity kitties, and more, on this episode of The Instance!


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Welcome to our 300th episode! We celebrate by doing a show about WoW! Seems only fitting. :) We talk about everything 5.1 brings to the table, Brawlers Guild invites, item upgrades, new factions and quest lines, state of the show and the game, loads of phone calls, Happy 8 Year Birthday to wow, and more! Thanks for everything! See you on the next 300!


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299 - The Instance: Russell Brower

We get to sit down with the incredibly talented Russell Brower, director of audio, and the man responsible for a lot of the music you love in WoW! It's a bit of a tradition to have Russell on, and this time around we donated an entire episode to it!

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298 - The Instance: How secure is secure?

What an eye does to gameplay, Blizzard responds to getting sued, Starcraft has a big day coming up, get the Baneling pet if you wanna, the big earnings call post MoP and what we learned from that, the election in Azeroth, grappling hooks in WoW, ghosts and where they come from, long maintenance on some servers, hurricane Sandy takes a toll on one listener, how WoW makes it's exit, and WoW makes the 100 games on TIME's big list, and MORE!

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297 - The Instance: We all Scream for Hellscream

Pardo sees the future, Mists and flying alts, no fly zone still in effect in Silvermoon, Heart of Fear and Terrace updates, trading your old skills, exploring the sea, enlarging your pets, old call for Dills, why we are good for people, Bnet championships, some free JINX stuff, and MORE!

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BLizzGONE, hour three, RAIDING!

We get a chance to hang with our friends at Convert to Raid, and talk about the state of end game today, and where things are probably headed! Join us!

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BLizzGONE, hour two, StarCraft

Joined by The Starcast boys!

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296 - The Instance: BLizzGONE, hour one

We kick off hour one of BlizzGONE and manage to fit in a tight little show while we're at it! Enjoy!

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A quick update about this weekend's Blizzgone!


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295 - The Instance: Watch the World Burn

Leveling and beyond, everyone died in the big cities, and blizzard fixed it, what the hell is going on in Maine, itemized stuff in questing, why it takes a long time to fix servers, trade chat is still a nightmare, Minecraft Azeroth recreation is done, we give away that Doomhammer, and MORE!

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294 - The Instance: Best Monkey Tech

A big conversation about the expansion, T weighs in on what happened on his end of the pond, people are already finishing Mogo'shan Vaults, sales numbers are in for MoP, we compare that to previous launches in the game's history, we talk about what a new expansion has to do after this one to work, product placement in game, sudden Horde loss, and the hot new soundtrack to your life!

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293 - The Instance: The Mists have Cleared

A little expansion came out, and we talk about that a lot, free transfers are here for you sad sacks on big servers, Appear Offline is indeed coming, level 90 first gets rolled back for who the hell knows why, watermarking again, not the emerald dream, reasons to not work and play instead, flying mounts, wood in the ear, our named gear is out there, great way to get familiar with Panderia, and MORE!

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292 - The Instance: Cory Stockton

An interview with Blizzard's Cory Stockton. Great stuff from behind the scenes of MoP, and where they see things going in the future. An interview you won't want to miss.

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291 - The Instance: My Tight Little Area

Is activision / blizzard watermarking your screenshots, Pargon has a new 10 man paradigm, the Monk pet is on sale, Dev Reddit happend, WoW2 wold be what exactly, what of mass summon, will Azeroth advance, LFR is or isn't working right, Locks can rename their demons, listener caught in a RIFT, megabloks giveaway, and an AWESOME interview with the creators of Pearl of Pandaria!

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290 - The Instance: What might have been

There was a time when Mists was not even gonna happen, LFR loot feedback, Blizzgone is still a thing, Multiboxing question, our favorite expansion, naming your water dude, thoughts on The Secret World, Mega Bloks build on youtube now, and MORE! Also, Turpster's birthday is today. Yay!

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289 - The Instance: To Patch a Theif

Some thoughts on GW2 to start us off, taking your calls today, the patch is here and we have lots to say about it, on an otherwise news-free week, some nice guides for your post patch lifestyle, Turpster has a shout-out from the ether, the Instance Movie, cookie cutter specs, more about Dills and The Giants, Computer Gaming World liked wow in 2001, and we give away that lunch box!

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288 - The Instance: Gone the way of the 40 man

T is back from GamesCom, Patch is happening tuesday, the mobile armory goes free, Iran does not like wow, dumbing things down, tats in your game, how quick will we rip through 90, WoW is cheap this week,

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287 - The Instance: Stop Motion Bewbs

Cinematic time, all races are available in patch 5.0.4, BattleNet hack aftermath, professions are getting kinda crazy last second, Black Markets, what motivates you to come back, V likes us, use that painting in Dalaran, how long it takes blizzard to wow us, Turpster interviews some devs at GamesCom, and MORE!

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286 - The Instance: Christie Golden & Chris Metzen

Listen in to an interview with Christie Golden and Blizzard's Chris Metzen about their latest book, "Tides of War".

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285 - The Instance: The Cycle

WoW Loses 1.1M Subscribers, Down to 9.1M, and some other interesting numbers as well, and what blizzard had to say about it, Blizzard wants to give you LFR later than you'd think in MoP, What are cutting edge achievements, Brewfest delayed one earth week, Dial-In Authenticators going away, A theory on instance items in the game, Turpster and Dills say it like it is, AIE remembers, and which will have more pandas: Alliance or Horde. BIG show today.

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