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Taking Questions for Scott Johnson!

I’m pleased to announce that The Hunting Party Podcast will have none other than Scott Johnson of The Instance on the show next episode! We’re interviewing him this weekend, so tune in next week for...

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Appearance on TNB Tomorrow Night!

Hey folks, I’ve been invited to join Fimlys and Nibuca on the Twisted Nether Blogcast tomorrow, Friday the 16th of October, at 11:00 PM EST. You should drop by and try to embarrass me with silly...

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Download Issues!

Hey WordPress, I want my money back! I have been getting reports that the newest episode is not completing downloads. This is because the wordpress content delivery network (which charges me a fee to...

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Podcast Hosting Issues Solved (again)!

My last solution didn’t end up working, but I ended up being able to piggyback my files over on Matticus‘s server in exchange for a pint a month. Thank you Matticus! Anyways, I’ll be moving the...

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What’s Cooking?

Off topic, disorganized thoughts: You know what I really want? To be able to purchase stuff from Blizzard that normally costs money for in game gold. I’d like to be able to faction/race/server transfer...

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Podcast Hosting Redux

Hi folks, my file hosting provider, Dreamhost, has spazzed out on me and as such none of the podcast files are available now. They assure me they’re trying really hard to get it working again. In case...

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Lingering Lich King!

So last night, we one shot cleared right up to Anub in ToC 25, and then instead of helpfully yelling at us and breaking the floor so we could go and squish a bug, Arthas decided to hang out and take...

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Mage Alt? Read this!

I have a mage alt, and I’m not ashamed to say that he’s only level 56. If I ever get him to level cap (haha), I’d probably go to spicytuna’s blog to figure out how to play him. God only knows how I got...

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I Wonder…

How much would I have to pay to get this kind of connection at home? Posted in Offtopic Tagged: drool, Offtopic, zoom

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WOW 2009 in Review

I’ve been tagged. I’ve never been tagged for one of these blog memes before :) What did you do in World of Warcraft that you’ve never done before? Started a hunter blog! What was your favorite new...

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Bag, Empty! Cats, Everywhere!

Huge congratulations to our friend Frostheim for scoring the wow.com hunter columnist position! I’m looking forward to reading his stuff :) Drop by and say something nice. Posted in Offtopic, World of...

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Petopia Forums and Shared Feed!

First, Petopia announced that they’ve created a new forum! Second, when I was reading that in my google reader, I shared it and then realized that I should probably write up a post about how that...

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Side Project: Call To Auction!

I figured people didn’t want to have their pristine flow of hunter information sullied by such mundane things like gold, the auction house, and game economics. So I started a new podcast with Markco...

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Wild Shots!

I’ll be a guest over on Raid Warning’s podcast, along with Brigwyn and Daewin from the Hunting Lodge, Wych of Bind On Equip, and maybe one other guest (to be announced). It will be recorded the 31 of...

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New Podcast Site!

Hi folks, just a quick note this morning: the Hunting Party Podcast now has its own site! Check out http://www.huntingpartypodcast.com/. For now, it’s only bare bones site that you can use to listen to...

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Hunter Round Table at Raid Warning!

Thanks to the excellent hosts of Raid Warning for inviting me to participate on their hunter round table! My segment was debating a variety of things with the illustrious Brigwyn, and there are other...

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Who Said Hunters Can’t Sing?

Alpacaa produced quite possibly one of the best Louis Armstrong / Yogg Saron mashups I have ever heard. Well, one of the only ones, but it’s still one of the funniest boss kill videos I’ve watched. He...

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Ensidia Banned?!

Edit: Upon further research, I think I might have jumped the shark gun. Evidently, the only way to hit the platform with a frag bomb is if you aim for it. Unless you hit it by accident while you’re...

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Auction House Column on WoW.com!

In case you didn’t catch this at the source, I’ll be writing an auction house column at wow.com. I’m nothing if not tenacious :P This won’t reduce the amount I write about hunters on outdps.com, so...

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A Day Late, a Dollar Short!

I’m being reminded by some readers that I haven’t been posting as much as I promised. I have many excuses and explanations, but I’m just taking a moment to promise that it’s all short term things, and...

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Aaahhh, Poetry!

So last night’s live podcast went swimmingly- big thanks to all the listeners that showed up! A fun time was had by all. Except Faeghleis, who has to edit all that nonsense into one coherent file for...

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Resource Site Spotlight Writer

I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew, blogging wise. Unfortunately, this means I’ve been neglecting things- specifically, the resource site spotlight over at Twisted Nether. Is anyone...

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Comments Policy!

Never had to bother with one before: Don’t be an arse Be polite, especially when you disagree with someone Don’t be an arse Break these three simple rules, and I’ll IP ban you. Spoof your IP enough,...

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Offtopic: In Game Event!

Hi guys, I have a real post lined up for today, but I wanted to take a moment to direct your attention to this post on Call to Auction, my other podcast. We’re doing an in game event where the prize is...

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Always Carry A Notepad!

There I was, sitting on the train, planning out today’s post. Well, I was actually zoning out listening to Muse. But while doing that, I had the most awesome idea for a post! Unfortunately, having no...

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Best Hunter Guild Application Ever!

This was brought to my attention- I strongly advocate all hunters apply to their prospective guilds this way. Filed under: Hunter, Offtopic, World of Warcraft Tagged: application, awesome, epic in...

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Huge Cataclysm Raiding Announcement!

This will definitively end the drama between 10 and 25 man raiding: in Cataclysm, Blizzard will be making you choose between 10s and 25s. The gear reward quality will be the same, but to compensate...

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The Real Problem is Gold Buyers!

Gold buyers are cheaters. Nothing infuriates me more than seeing someone cheating to avoid work I’ve been doing. It gives me that feeling you get when someone blatantly cuts in line in real life. When...

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Tamable Druids at Wow.com!

Hey guys, look! Frostheim let me write a hunter article at wow.com! So I took the opportunity to make a case for taming druids. Lastly, I think we should be able to tame druids. Wait, don’t close this...

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Hints and Rumors!

Go take a look at Bell’s post. I’m going to hazard a guess and agree that “NDA” stands for “No Dwarfs Allowed”. Also, the image at the original site has changed again :) Filed under: Offtopic,...

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This Week!

I’ll have limited ability to post, except very early in the morning or randomly as I find a few minutes. I’m doing a training. My instructor is a semi-retired suspender + belt wearing guy who counts in...

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Big Red Kitty on the Hunting Party Podcast!

I just got word from my hunter-in-arms, Frostheim, that the inspiration for most hunter blogs and half the other wow blogs on the internet, Big Red Kitty, will be joining us on tomorrow’s Hunting Party...

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WHU BBQ pictures!

I wish I could have been there, but it’s a long arse drive. More proof of the uncommon hairiness of Frost’s arms is included, as is the MOST AWESOME CUPCAKE EVER! Filed under: Offtopic, World of...

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Darkbrew’s Lament

Oh my- Arth has written my new favorite poem: Darkbrew’s Folly! The sun does not shine, though it was once mine Before I sold Deathbringer’s Will The streets all seem grey, I lost to a mage in the raid...

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Late Spring Cleaning!

Don’t be alarmed if you see random things on the site today- I’m going to change the theme and banner, but hopefully end up with something a bit more readable. On my list: Put podcast sponsors after...

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I’ve started a guild!

I don’t normally do this, but I’m going to talk a little bit about what I’ve been up to in game. Darkbrew and I have started a guild, and it’s going amazingly! We got the LK down on 10 man normal last...

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RealID Coming to Forums!

Well this is interesting. Blizzard just posted that they’re planning on redoing the forums to show our real names. They will not be adding your real name to existing forum posts, however if you choose...

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New official forums without RealID!

Read it yourself. Now I’d like to take a moment to remind you about how awesome the rest of the announced changes are! Players will have the ability to rate up or rate down posts so that great topics...

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OutDPS Hunter T-Shirt!

Want to wear this to Blizzcon? How about to an Iron Maiden concert? Dentist? Piano recital? Doesn’t matter- they’re all awesome places to demonstrate how well informed and generally awesome a hunter...

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Rejection, Leadership, and Drama!

My birthday present to myself this year is a meatspace job upgrade. My internet job is, of course, going as awesomely as ever, however I just finished submitting my resignation to my old firm, and had...

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Not even wrapped.

After we got our guild first RS 25 last night, I had to log off immediately after loot. So my brother in law co-GM thought it would be funny to tell people to send me random crap in game for my...

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Feed problems tip for the podcast!

Thanks to Drasi for this tip in a comment: ITunes users who still have the duplicate; You will need to delete the duplicate episode, then hold down your shift key and click the arrow next to the...

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One of my favorite WoW Insider commenters

Go and read these confessions of a noob hunter by (cutaia), one of the most prolific and funny WoW Insider commenters. It’s a good reminder of times long past for me, and I got a a couple good lols out...

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Merry Christmas!

If that didn’t happen to cover you, happy holidays! Filed under: Offtopic Tagged: christmas, happy, holidays, merry

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That bastard!

I had to find out by his announcement post. Well, Frost, you can ditch the Hunting Party Podcast if you want, but you’re still on contract as the poet laureate for OutDPS until July 2012. We’ll be...

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Off topic and unshaven

My wife and I just brought our new baby home after what must be some sort of record short hospital stay. He’s something like 42 hours old right now, and we’ve been home since before lunch. Everyone is...

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Transmogrification!

First thing I’m going to do with this is transmogrify all my PvP gear to look really dumb. Trying to decide whether I should go for BC-leveling-greens-clown-suit, or classic old season gear. Maybe I’ll...

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Podcast outage and update

Hey folks, sometime recently, our FTP server stopped working. It was bound to happen eventually, but I suspect our hosting provider simply turned us off. We were doing 50GB a day of FTP traffic on a...

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No podcast the 28th

We won’t be able to record the podcast this weekend- various real-life engagements are conspiring to keep us away from our microphones. In my case, it’s my fifth wedding anniversary! Filed under:...

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The end

I have decided to stop playing, writing, and podcasting about wow. It was a hard decision to make, but it’s the right one. I’ve found myself failing to find time to do the stuff I actually want to do,...

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