Countdown To Classic

Speaking with someone who was a part of the team that made the game that is the subject of this podcast has been a lofty goal of Josh's ever since beginning this journey with you all. Listen in as Josh sits down for a very special, lengthy, chat with vanilla World of Warcraft's original 3D Level Designer, and architect of many of the caves, dungeons and raids that you've spent hundreds of hours in...

Countdown To Classic kicks off another the new week with a jam packed episode! Listen in as Josh speaks with avid PvP and budding eSports caster, OhhGee, on two equally epic topics.  Firstly, OhhGee breaks down the possibility for WoW Classic to succeed as an eSport, then we go into the state of PvP in vanilla WoW, as well as battleground breakdowns, weapons and items to look out for and general P...

Countdown To Classic starts out with some end game content discussing the top 4 zones as mentioned by the vanilla WoW fans and perhaps with a little bit of Josh's influence too.... After that we go through a LOT of anger management and memory lane submissions from a whole bunch of amazing listeners who tell some great stories. Then Josh takes a call from two listeners all about Gayming in WoW and...

DING!!!!! 60!!!!! We did it! Sixty episodes of Countdown To Classic! And how do we celebrate getting ready for raiding at Countdown HQ? With a huge special community event! Listen in as Josh organises six listeners for an old school, 3 vs 3, high school style debate on the topic that has had everyone talking the past 9 months - Changes vs. No Changes! Listen in to see if your ideals and beliefs we...

So close.  Episode #59.  We're almost at 60. It's the calm before the storm at Countdown To Classic HQ, and we ease into this milestone by talking about how to mix up your WoW experience and push yourself to your WoW limits! Josh plays a great couple of calls, firstly, with Stone from 'WoW Challenges' about how you could spice up your time with WoW Classic if you think you've done everything you c...

Countdown To Classic rings in the new week with another interview all about those stealthy, shadowy rogues in vanilla World of Warcraft! After that, Josh takes a listener call from a very special place in the world all about raiding on insanely low population servers and fire mages. Highlights Below: In Depth Interview - 1:55 Anger Management - 1:08:00 Memory Lane - 1:09:45 Calling Countdown - 1:1...

Try Hard Warning Alert!! Try Hard Warning Alert!! This episode contains over ten minutes of a nerd trying to voice act! Consider yourself warned! Countdown To Classic gets dark as we go through everything you could ever want to know about the history of Duskwood, one of Josh's favourite zones in World of Warcraft. Highlights Below: A Scoop Of Vanilla - 1:50 That's What We Said - 54:10 Anger Manage...

As Countdown To Classic gets closer to dinging 60 it's time to start thinking about raiding and we get warmed up with some blanket raid coverage with AK, the guild leader of well known private server progression guild, Grizzly. After that, Josh gets stuck into another couple of listener calls touching on how to hate the alliance and influence people, and some thoughts and attitudes on potential ch...

Countdown To Classic gets holier than thou with the show's first ever spec focus interview as we take on all things Holy Priests with listener and previous caller, Boradin! After that, it's time for some Calling Countdown as Josh hears from two listeners, firstly about changes, and then the second part of love in Azeroth and asking your significant other to play WoW with you. Highlights Below: In...

The middle chapter of Interview week sees Josh speak to an old friend of the show in previous interviewee, Funknasty, about the fine art of level 19 twinking! Then it's time for two 'shorter' calls on Calling Countdown as Josh takes on the subject of the parallels between Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft with listener Bawlsosteel, and then answers a listener email with a call from listen...

It's Interview Week over at Countdown To Classic HQ as we start the week off with the first of three in depth interviews, supplemented with a mini interview afterwards. Today, we go over a bit of blanket coverage of Mages in vanilla World of Warcraft as hardcore raider North stops by to discuss everything and anything in relation to our frost/fire/arcane spell slinging friends. After that, Josh ta...

Countdown To Classic closes out the week with a long overdue forums episode! Listen in with Josh as we tackle the big issues of whether or not PvP or PvE is the 'authentic' World of Warcraft experience, as well as whether or not WoW Classic should be a 'living world' with the eventual addition of a Patch 1.13. Highlights Below: Forum & Fauna - PvP vs PvE Authenticity - 2:10 Forum & Fauna - Patch 1...

Countdown To Classic brings you another loooooong chat about vanilla World of Warcraft with friends of the show, Defcamp & Melderon. Listen in as the brothers break down everything and anything about healing in general in vanilla WoW, as Josh pokes and prods with a million questions during a near 3 hour chat. The healing chat starts up around the 30 minute mark but I highly encourage you to listen...

Countdown To Classic triumphantly returns after a few days off with another in depth interview! Today, Josh sits down with 1-60 vanilla world record holder, Joana/Mancow/FuriousPaul about speed levelling in vanilla World of Warcraft, world firsts, being 'WoW famous', and speed running other games. Highlights Below: In Depth Interview - 3:15 Anger Management - 1:10:20 The Hot Seat - 1:11:45 Shout O...

Countdown To Classic hits you with yet another fantastic interview as Josh sits down with theorycrafter Keftenk, to chat about the phenomena that is the 'vanilla stigma rut'. Keftenk touches on a variety of issues such as melee hunters, holy weavers, moonkins and warlocks, and gives some test results to back up a few misconceptions that should be dispensed with by the vanilla community. Highlights...

Countdown To Classic kicks another week off with the first ever in person interview on the show, as Josh speaks with two good friends of his IRL, who Josh somehow didn't realise were hardcore WoW players back in the vanilla days! Listen in to retired players Chanz and Loy speak about some of their wilder stories from their youthful days in WoW, and what it would take to drag them out of retirement...

Better a day late than never! Countdown To Classic finishes off the week with the story of Josh's favourite character in WoW - the force of nature that is Lady Sylvanas Windrunner. Josh runs through her background and role in WoW, with a bit of fun voice acting along the way, and then hits on community opinions of Sylvanas via the forums, and finishes off with some memories in Memory Lane and then...

Countdown To Classic celebrates everything cats as he tears into the ins and outs of Feral Druid DPS with Cat Form guru, Shedo! Listen to some of the wise words from the frequent Classic Druid Discord contributor as he runs Josh through some of the do's and don't of Cat DPS as well as stopping to dispel a few common misconceptions along the way. Highlights Below: In Depth Interview - 2:20 Anger Ma...

Countdown To Classic rings in another week with an in depth interview with several interviewees, a few of the women of WoW! Join Sommerlin, Surnami and Rarebitt, as they sit down and chat with Josh about common misconceptions about female players in WoW and their experiences within the game. Highlights Below: In Depth Interview - 1:50 Anger Management - 1:07:15 The Hot Seat - 1:10:20 Clean Up & Sh...

Countdown To Classic swishes it from halfway as Josh beats the buzzer just ten minutes of Friday left on the East Coast - winning on technicalities here people!! Today, Josh gets out the microscope and puts last week's Dev Watercooler update under it, as we figure out exactly what we know, what we don't know, and where WoW Classic may be heading from here now that we have this information. Josh ta...

Whilst still putting everything together for the show's take on the big news, Josh calls up friend of the show, DaReal MarkyMark, for a spotlight on Warlocks. After this interview, it's time for Calling Countdown as we hear from listener Eron, all about altoholism, asperger's and archetypes in World of Warcraft. Josh finished off with some long overdue Memory Lane stories and a few clean ups from...

Countdown To Classic shakes off the rust after a few days off and comes roaring back to podcast prominence to cover the epic news! Josh sits down for an in depth interview with AAA staff member, Niel, who has worked in the games industry for 15+ years through many areas of title development, to give a technical translation of the big update that we got on Friday from Blizzard. After that, Josh tak...

Previously....on Lost. Wait, wrong show! Don't sue me!! Countdown To Classic is back to answer the cliffhanger question that we left you with last week and many more in finishing off the epic chat with Partypooper about everything and anything regarding the vanilla WoW economy. After that, we get through the regular fun segments and then finish off with a bit of Calling Countdown, as two listeners...

Mount up as Countdown To Classic dings 40!!! Monday is Dragon Day over at Countdown To Classic HQ as we dive back into the lore after a week away from it! Josh breaks down the story of the Dragon Aspects and how they came to be, breaking down getting the band together and then breaking the band up. All your favourites are here - Malygos, Ysera, Alexstrasza, Nozdormu and Neltharion! Then find out w...

Josh gets off his bum and gets this episode to you all a day late as it's time to call and end to the week with a trip to the forums. First Josh touches on whether Retail or Classic is the best place for new WoW players to start. The we touch on everything and anything Fury Warriors. Then we finish off with whether or not Retail or Classic is the harder version of the game. Highlights: Forum & Fau...