Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Former TBC dev Shawn Carnes agreed to sit down with me for an interview.  I warned him that interviews with me tend to.....run a little long.  4 beautiful hours later, this is what we wound up with. Get comfy on your couch, crack open a cold beer, and drink along with Shawn and I as we take a trip down memory lane with one of the more interesting gaming careers out there.  We touch on TBC, vanilla WoW, Magic: The Gathering, the WoW TCG, and League of Legends over the course of this two part interview.  Enjoy these first two hours today and come back for more in a few days time. This is not the greatest interview in the world, no. This is just a tribute. Time Stamps: 4:30 Magic: The Gathering 23:15 Meeting the WoW team + Mentors 32:10 Alex Afrasiabi 35:40 Jeff Kaplan 38:45 Memorable Quests 45:00 The Infamous Blizzard Defenestration 46:55 TBC Work 49:30 Kevin Jordan 55:20 Designing the intro on Sunstrider Isle 57:55 Thoughts on the effect that TBC had on the staff and the game 1:11:25 Working with Chris Metzen 1:19:05 Beer Break and Shawn’s Magical Sydney Story Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Follow Shawn on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/babashareshow Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

Countdown To Classic - A World Of Warcraft Classic Podcast

CTC #18 - A Tribute To The Best Interview In The World

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Hallelujah, it's raining men AND Countdown To Classic episodes as we go back to back in 24 hours with Blizzard dropping some news about the state of World Buffs in Classic WoW, and giving us a big tidbit about how they'll work in TBC.  In that they won't.  There, I saved you a podcast listen! Guests include Ayle, Bawlsosteel, Hunk, Naismith, and North. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Follow Ayle on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/AyleGaming Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #17 - WBTFs

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. In this episode, I talk with a few mates who have been no life-ing the beta during its first week, as we discuss what we've seen, how it's felt and some of the controversial news and discoveries of the week. Guests include Ayle, Crix, Defcamp, Melderon and Navak. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Follow Ayle on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/AyleGaming Follow Crix on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/CrixGaming_ Follow Defcamp on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/defcamp and on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGm8RmKIW0EF1RfmNFVr2-Q Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #16 - Rhythm & Beta

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. In this episode, we let the mages off the leash as we burn through two and a half hours of hardcore action....with some TBC chat mixed in, I guess, if you're into that kind of thing. Guests include Booth, North, Rhivx, and Qbert. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #15 - Mages Gone Wild

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. For this one I put together a crew to discuss the mysterious levelling exploits that everyone is buzzing about, and then we go on a number of tangents, talking the beta, the backlash to the backlash for rogues, mage potential, and potentially extinguishing the dreams of fire locks, amongst others. Guests include Alenya, Ayle, Costin, Leon and North. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Watch Ayle on Twitch at: http://twitch.tv/aylegaming Watch Costin on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSuI6Qe57RSyIXn2Q-2Emg Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #14 - Levelling Exploits/Rogues/Mages/Fire Locks

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today, we get former vanilla and TBC class designer, and part time super hero, Kevin Jordan back in action to explain some of his design choices for Druids & Warriors in TBC.  Go behind the scenes with Kevin and find out what was going through his mind at the time, including a couple of things he didn't necessarily approve of..... Guests include Ayle, Marrow, Oscara, Sarbara, and Toren. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a one time beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Watch Kevin Jordan on Twitch at: http://twitch.tv/kevinjordan Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #13 - Kevin Jordan on TBC Druids & Warriors

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Well, it's official.  I didn't waste my time podcasting about TBC for the past six months! It's official baby, TBC Classic is coming to you........soon? We got a lot of information at Blizzconline about the game and so that means it's time for a bunch of analysis and conversation about it.  I assembled a couple of posses and one sheriff to join me in breaking down what it could all mean for you when it comes time to play TBC. Guests include Ayle, Bawlsosteel, Booth, Marrow, Pikseh, Sarbara, Surrealz, TianSG, ZGaiden, and Kevin Jordan. Support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #12 - Announcement Breakdown

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. It's almost time for the big event and the unveiling that we're all hoping for, so to celebrate I've called in the big guns to go over some final predictions for how TBC will be rolled out to us all.  Guests include Ayle, Costin, Hunk, Naismith, Pikseh & Wille. Support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Check out Wille's YouTube content here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1haxYclmhXwa4FKFqYSaRw Check out Costin's YouTube content here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSuI6Qe57RSyIXn2Q-2Emg Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #11 - TBC Predictions

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. It's a Paladin pool party as Josh talks to four holy avengers about the big issues concerning TBC Paladins. Seal of Blood outrage, main tank outrage, faction balance outrage - we've got all the outrage you can handle and the cool, calm (and hungover) voices in Costin, Frok, Rand, ToAllCameOne, and Zarator to help discuss it. Support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Check out Costin's YouTube content here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSuI6Qe57RSyIXn2Q-2Emg Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw Check out Kargoz & Crix's 'The Dark Portal' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmqGi-1LQ4 Check out Blazzin Bob & the 'Warcraft Reloaded' podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/warcraft-reloaded-wow-classic-and-community/id1523010192

CTC #10 - Paladin Pool Party

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Ding-Dong! Spell Batching is dead. And I, for one, welcome our new arena overlords. Listen in as Josh grabs regular Countdown contributors Booth, Fredmunroe, and North to discuss the significance behind Blizzard's decision to punt spell batching on Classic Servers.  The crew also touches on a drums related tangent later on. Support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #9 - Sayonara Spell Batching, Hello Drums

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Women want him.  Men want to be him. Yes, he's back - former WoW Class Design Lead Kevin Jordan is here to give his accounts of why things were, or weren't, done the way they were in TBC. Be sure to take the time to listen in on his every word as myself and Ayle pepper him with general questions about the design of TBC, with in depth class calls coming soon too. Support Josh & Countdown by shouting him a beer here: https://ko-fi.com/countdowntoclassic Check Kevin out on Twitch here: https://twitch.tv/kevinjordan Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #8 - Ex-WoW Class Lead Kevin Jordan

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Grab yourself a cigar and a brandy as Josh is joined by five amazing guests in what is one of the best chats that has been featured on any Countdown episode. Listen in 3 action packed hours (seriously!) as Gargoyal, Naismith, Wiwicas, Yolohse, and Zarator debate amongst themselves, with economics degrees in hand, about what will become of the TBC economy. Must. Listen. Pod. Also a huge thank you to Ayle for the voice acting help at the top of the episode!!! Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Listen in on live recordings for the show on Josh's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshcorbett Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #7 - TBC Economic Predictions

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. This episode Josh recruits four chatty raiders, from the main tank of Onslaught to a veteran private server GM, to discuss their ideal 25 man raid composition.  Listen in as Cleavis, Frok, Naismith, and Yolo talk amongst themselves as they build their dream team. Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #6 - 25 Man Raid Comps

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. This episode Josh recruits five chatty priests to discuss the TBC Priest.  Whether you prefer to heal or melt faces, make sure you take the time to listen to all of this one! Time Stamps: Priests w/ Defcamp, Egregious, Fahq, Jooda, & Lightshy - 1:35 Are Priests 'Fun' To Play in TBC? - 5:00 Is Vampiric Touch The Best Class Addition To TBC? - 11:00 Thoughts on the TBC Healing Toolkit - 17:40 Healing in TBC vs. Healing in Classic - 22:30 Shadow Priests & Dungeons - 28:55 Level to 70 Healing Dungeons or World Level as Shadow? - 34:10 Is Shadow now more PvE based and Discipline more Pvp based? - 38:50 Can Shadow Cheekily Heal Dungeons Levelling? - 45:30 Where does Shadow Word: Death Fit In? - 48:15 Shadow General Discussion - 50:10 Holy General Discussion - 1:03:35 Discipline General Discussion - 1:18:05 Arena - 1:23:50 Gear Wish List - 1:50:20 Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw

CTC #5 - Priests

Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. This episode we get our hands on our totems as Josh recruits three big brains to discuss TBC Shaman.  Then we turn to our crystal balls as Josh asks a couple of community members for predictions on what may come through the levelling process from 60 to 70 in Outland. Time Stamps: Shaman w/ Egregious, Melderon, & Zarator - 5:15 Levelling Predictions w/ Booth & Naismith - 1:46:30 Support Josh's Movember Charity Drive here: https://au.movember.com/donate/details?memberId=14459333 Join the show's discord here: https://discord.gg/BZjDPAF Subscribe to our TBC subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowtbc Check out Josh's hilarious movie podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sinner-files/id1290218344 or on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/469qUDnQHBkCogdjZyFUjb?si=jNgDTiEnSvKBbZuNz2xcxw Find the Shaman Discord here: https://discord.gg/PqHWvXe

CTC #4 - Shaman & Levelling Predictions

A podcast that educates, informs and gossips about the highly anticipated World of Warcraft: Classic.