Countdown To Classic

Classic release theories abound with the announcement of a release date for BFA about a month earlier than expected.  Join Josh as Countdown To Classic ponders what the news could mean for Classic moving forward. Then, Josh goes undercover, hiding in plain sight through the opening of the K3 private server and touches on what the popularity of this experience could mean for WoW: Classic as well as...

Venture back to the fallen kingdom of Ahn'Qiraj and learn all about the lore of the Qiraji, Silithid and C'Thun in the deepest of dives into all things AQ! Join Josh in Part Two of the Ahn'Qiraj journey as he explains why we ventured beyond the gates that we heard all about last week on the show. After we go through the lore, we hit up the forums for the reactions of the players to the content of...

This Monday, Countdown To Classic mixes things up by putting our detective hats on and just spending the episode analysing one topic in particular instead of the traditional three.  During the week, we got our first potential 'leaks' of World of Warcraft: Classic information.  When this comes from a company that isn't historically known for being leaky, naturally the skeptics came out to play, of...

It’s lore time yet again, and Josh runs through the first part of two in regards to what went down at Ahn'Qiraj, with the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj. After hearing about the painstaking effort it took to open those bad boys, we touch on community thoughts on the world event from back in the day and how Blizzard may be able to get away with tweaking this one for World Of Warcraft: Classic. H...

It's time to go back...to the forums! Today, Countdown To Classic takes on the hard hitting issues of DKP vs. Loot Councils, toggle-able updated graphics and whether or not we were half as good at the game as we like to think we were back in the vanilla days. Highlights Below: Forum & Fauna – 4:20 Anger Management – 1:22:10 Winners & Losers – 1:26:40 Memory Lane – 1:33:45 Shout Outs/Show News – 1:...

It's lore time yet again, and Josh runs through a vanilla favourite - Shadowfang Keep, Archmage Arugal and the origins of the Worgen.  After the history lesson, we touch briefly on community thoughts on SFK from back in the day and the economic reasons for why we kept heading back there. Highlights: A Scoop Of Vanilla - 3:00 That's What We Said - 39:00 Anger Management - 48:00 Tidbits - 50:00

Blizzard has spoken about World Of Warcraft: Classic this week and Countdown To Classic has you covered for a breakdown of the (non)statement made by game director Ion Hazzikostas.  We also touch on the AQ war effort and whether or not we're all just headed for BC and beyond one way or another. Highlights: Top 5 - 5:05 Forum & Fauna - 7:35 Anger Management - 1:01:40 Winners & Losers - 1:05:10 Memo...

It's Way Back Wednesday and today we cover all things lore for Scarlet Monastery and Scarlet Crusade.  So buckle up for a solid dose of history, followed by forum comments on Scarlet Monastery pre and post Mists of Pandaria, why we loved SM runs and how it encapsulated a lot about what we loved about vanilla WoW in general. Highlights: A Scoop Of Vanilla - 2:40 That's What We Said - 50:20 Anger Ma...

Well, there was one article about World of Warcraft: Classic that was published online this week, so naturally we'll cover it on the show because we're starving for any kind of news! Join Josh as he breaks down the history of private servers and what might happen moving forward, how battlegrounds might be handled in Classic and then he jumps on his high horse re: content creators and gives himself...

Today on Countdown To Classic’s 'Way Back Wednesday' weekly lore based episode, we hear all about The Deadmines, The Stonemason's Guild and Edwin Van Cleef.  We cover off on the history of The Deadmines as well as what the community may want from the instance moving forward into World of Warcraft: Classic.(#nochanges?) Highlights: A Scoop of Vanilla – 2:50 That’s What We Said – 28:15 Anger Managem...

Today we go through the news of the week.  And there's none.  So instead we talk hot topics on the forums, go through some outrageous stories in Memory Lane and Josh lets out a huge thank you and gives details on future plans for the show at the end! Highlights: Forum & Fauna - 5:10 Anger Management - 1:01:05 Winners & Losers - 1:04:00 Memory Lane - 1:08:20 Wrap Up Notes - 1:18:50

Welcome to Countdown To Classic's weekly lore based episodes. This episode we hear all about Naxxramas, covering off on the history of Naxx and well as how the community reacted to it back in the day and what people want from it in World of Warcraft: Classic (#nochanges?) Highlights: A Scoop of Vanilla - 5:50 That's What We Said - 39:40 Anger Management - 51:20 Tidbits - 54:00 Top 5 - 57:05

Welcome to Countdown To Classic - A podcast that educates, informs and gossips about World of Warcraft: Classic. This episode goes through a discussion of the news, hot button issues and arguments taking place online this week. Forum & Fauna - 5:20 Nostalgia vs. Quality Another Classic Survey Difficulty vs. Tedium - A Quality of Life debate Anger Management - 1:03:00 Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner...