Countdown To Classic

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...

It's time for another interview as Josh has real life get in the way a little with the planned scheduling for the week. But that just means that he gets to bring you this epic interview just a little bit sooner, as he sits down with listener of the show, Partypooper, to discuss absolutely everything and anything you should ever want to know about making money in vanilla World of Warcraft. Today is...

Another week, another Countdown! Ring in your Monday with this fantastic in depth interview with Druid enthusiast and theorycrafter, Taladril, who stops by to chat with Josh about the general state of Druids in vanilla. We cover whether or not Feral is 'broken' or if it comes down to player skill, if Balance can be salvaged in anyway and also why anyone would roll Resto Druid over Holy Priest. Aft...

Countdown To Classic sends off the week with an epic bang as Josh sits down for his longest episode yet for no good reason! Enjoy 2 hours and 40 minutes of an overly 'peppy' Australian carrying on about vanilla World of Warcraft through his visits to the forums again for the week! This week's topics include how private server players and their experience might affect vanilla servers, an analysis o...

Countdown To Classic's here, and we're in effect, want you to push it, babe, coolin' by (Wednes)day and at night, working up a sweat, c'mon nerds, let's go show the noobs, that we know, how to become number one, in a hot party show, now pod it. Ah, pod it.  Pod it good. Ah, pod it.  Pod it real good!! Let's get through Hump Day with a huge Salt 'n' Pepa reference as well as another awesome Countdo...

It's the start of a new week and Josh survived a crazy weekend on the Gold Coast to bring you more Countdown To Classic! Today, Countdown To Classic brings you the epic tale of the creation of Blackrock Mountain and how its current residents came to be there, covering off on the War of the Three Hammers, Lothar's last stand, the life and times of Ragnaros, as well as what's up with Nefarian. Then,...

It's the thrilling, sexy conclusion to interview week over at Countdown To Classic! Today, Josh sits down with role playing veteran, and listener of the show, King Mike, for a really fun chat about everything and anything role playing in World of Warcraft. Topics include common misconceptions about role playing, some of the best role playing moments in WoW, and also, the subtle, sexy art of erotic...

Josh gets lazy and brings you yet another amazing interview with PvP veteran, and listener of the show, Funknasty. Listen in as Josh questions his guest all about the general landscape of World PvP, Battlegrounds and Twinking, being sure to write down some tips along the way. Highlights: In Depth Interview - 2:10 Anger Management - 1:19:15 The Hot Seat - 1:21:40 Shout Outs & Show News - 1:31:55  ...