The Keys That Bind Us - Ep 39

The Keys That Bind Us - Ep 39

SOLO QUEUE DISCORD available at: https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU

Show Notes

Welcome to Episode 39! – 2:13

Feeling lots of gratitude and a little sadness which we will talk about. Big thank you to you for supporting long-form audio content! Gratitude for the recent wave of growth of SQ, which has been downloaded in 57 countries, including a small wave in Vietnam. And, my wife and I have a strange, yet predictable real-life WoW interaction at a car dealership, of all places. Listen on, my friend!

News – 6:37

• Race to World First update, really? Don’t look here for final scores, but I love the surprise secret phase which generated excitement in WoW and even in the wider gaming community – WoW in the wider culture!
• And then they released 12.0.5 which launched many features and many more bugs to fix. What is going on at Blizzard that this gets released in this state?
• I suggest the 8-week patch cycle be returned to the 11-week model of the Legion era.

A Farewell to Bricco – 34:57

April saw the loss of former WoW podcaster and bright light in the WoW community Bricco. What started as sad news went deeper for me the more I looked into his WoW life. Husband, father, friend, and so much more, he will be missed by many, especially for his unending positivity. The Third Faction podcast’s tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-v6QITm9Mo

Drink of the Month – 49:51

This real glass of Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel-Strength Rye checks in at 130.1 proof. I tip the glass in honor of Bricco.

More Than a Quest Giver – The Chronicle of Lesser Known Azerothians – 51:35

The first of hopefully many short introductions to below top-tier NPCs beginning with the badass orc Ritssyn Flamescowl!

Emergency Bonus News – 56:34

• 0.7 gets announced chock full of features, but will it be another 8-week patch cycle fiasco?
• Bellular 12.0.7 preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzQuzJtQfqk&t=180s
• I invent the Running of the Kul Tirans community event with a sweet customization as a reward – make it so, Blizz!
• TurtleWoW gets shut down and I get a content creator invite to a brand new “private” server – I call them illegal servers.

Main Topic: Changing Keybinds After 11 Years – 1:13:57

One-button rotation breaks the logjam of not wanting to change my keyboard commands and keybindings. The images will appear in the SQ Discord. I claim no expertise on this topic, but hope you enjoy me explaining my process that took nearly as long as this segment.

“What Have You Done Lately?” – 2:00:11

Crickets. Busy time of year. Getting alts to work on side questing. The debate about getting time in game led me to actually say the b-word out loud, burn out.

Question Queue – 02:09:27

I posed the question to the SQ of how long are your breaks from WoW? Times varied, but it is becoming clear to me that it is okay to take some time away.

Closing Thoughts – 2:15:26

But, I am still loving making this show, even when it’s difficult. BlizzCon is in 4 months! One last thanks to Bricco…

Outro – 2:18:25

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