The Starting Zone: The World of Warcraft Podcast!

Episode #109 of The Starting Zone: Thank You, Jesse is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery sits down for a #whyIwow interview with his Co-Host and Friend, Mr. Jesse Kobayashi! This is a very special Podcast, you do not want to miss it. The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #108 of The Starting Zone: Be the Best Guildie Ever is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by TWO awesome guests! The first is a Man, A Tank, a Human Warrior, a World of Warcraft Fanatic, Kris Ahlman! Also, joining Mick, she really needs little introduction, all the Way from The United Kingdom, Alt from the Alternative Chat Blog and Podcast, and Extended Maintenance joins the show! THE BREAKING WIND: This week we covered the top news stories in and around the World of Warcraft! Blizzard made an impact at PAX EAST with little to no World of Warcraft News! We covered the Overwatch announcement that a Beta was coming in the Fall! Warcraft Legend turns Hero, as Sylvannas joins the Nexus in Heroes of the Storm! Hearthstone also released info on the Black Rock Mountain Adventure! Helping Hand: This week we cover a several tips on how YOU can be the best guild member you can possibly be! The Round Table: We debated whether or not Warcraft has seen the last of Garrosh Hellscream! We also get into some Listener Questions and Comments! And we announced a new t-shirt Giveaway, and gave a t-shirt from Jinx.com away to our Chat Room! It was super fun! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #107 of The Starting Zone: Ask Mr. Robot is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by two very special guests! The first is Vee aka Zoopercat from Ask Mr. Robot. Vee jumped on the show to talk about her time playing World of Warcraft, the early days of Ask Mr. Robot, the Present and the very bright future! Mick and Vee were also joined by Ben Bumhoffer from Azeroth Round Table, because… well… Ben is just an awesome person to do a Podcast with! This discussion was incredible! We really were able to get a terrific behind the scenes look at Ask Mr. Robot and a real appreciation for the TEAM behind this awesome set of tools created specifically for the World of Warcraft Community! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #106 of The Starting Zone: Not Quite Free To Play is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined a 10-year veteran of the World of Warcraft. He is a GM, Raid Leader, and Main Tank on Doomhammer-Baelgun-US. YOUR Raid Leader may very well have a voice like his… Mr. Jason Lucas! THE BREAKING WIND: This week we covered the top news stories in and around the World of Warcraft! Patch 6.1 is out and we discuss our favorite parts of the patch so far! Watcher did a Q & A and had some interesting stuff to say! (That rhymes!) We announced a very special LIVE show happening on Thursday March 5th, featuring Zoopercat from Ask Mr. Robot! Helping Hand: This week Jason Lucas gives you some tips on how to start your very first Raid Team and some things you HAVE to be mindful of when recruiting and conducting that first Raid! The Round Table: World of Warcraft is introducing a new Token which is purchased out of game with Real Money and exchanged IN GAME on the Auction House for GOLD! What More! Players who buy the token get FREE PLAY TIME! We discuss and debate this Key Development in Blizzard’s Business Model and how a lot of folks are in correctly characterizing this as a FREE TO PLAY model! The Inn Keeper: Jason and Mick discuss the recent competitive Hearthstone World Championship Series announcement and the announcement of the Kinguin Pro League which will feature some of the very best Players in the WORLD! It Came From The Internet: This week make some predictions about what Blizzard will announce this week at PAX EAST! We also get into some Listener Questions and Comments! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #105 of The Starting Zone: To Tweet or Not To Tweet is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by the Tyler Rivers, Guild Leader and Blood DK Tank! THE BREAKING WIND: This week we covered the top news stories in and around the World of Warcraft! Method EU wins the World First for Black Rock Foundry! Patch 6.1 is go for launch on Feb 24th! The Iron Docks are post poned until Patch 6.2! Apexis Dailies get changed and a lot of people do not like it! Helping Hand: This week we cover a topic we think will make YOU a better player! We cover Player Positioning and Character Positioning, and yes, there is more to it than simply staying out of the poop! The Round Table: This week we discuss the integration of Twitter into WoW and what this means for potential future platform integration for services like YouTube and Twitch! We also get into some Listener Questions and Comments! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #104 of The Starting Zone: #WhyIWow with Ben Bumhoffer is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by Ben Bumhoffer from a ton of podcasts including Azeroth Round Table, Battle Pets, Flex Mode and Geektopia! Ben is an awesome guy and a familiar voice for the World of Warcraft Community! In fact he was interviewed during our Blizzcon 2014 Special! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #103 of The Starting Zone: Guild Recruiting and Class Resources is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by the man, the myth, the priest legend, Mr. Matt Low from World of Mattticus, The Edge Podcast and a whole bunch of other stuff is back to talk about some World of Warcraft! THE BREAKING WIND: This week we covered the top news stories in and around the World of Warcraft! Black Rock Foundry is Open and Matt has his first impressions of the Raid! World of Warcraft reported subscriptions are holding strong at over 10 million players! Wow Insider shut its doors, and a new website with the same crew opened up shop at Blizzard Watch! Ask Mr. Robot has introduced a NEW stats tracker for raid teams called Combat Inforgraphics! Helping Hand: This week we cover a question submitted by many different readers, where can I find good solid information about my class? We list off popular websites and class specific blogs, as well as YouTuber who are doing valuable content! The Round Table: This week we take a look at how guild recruitment has changed with the advent of Warlords of Draenor, and Matt Low provides some tips on how to recruit effectively! We also get into some Listener Questions and Comments! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network, Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode #102 of The Starting Zone: The Great Garrison Debate is ready for Download! The World of Warcraft Podcast for New Players and Experienced Players is back to talk about Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG video game, you know, the one we all love! This week Mick Montgomery is joined by Josh Augustine from the Happy Hearthstone Podcast! And he was just as awesome as usual! THE BREAKING WIND: This week we covered the top news stories in and around the World of Warcraft! Black Rock Foundry Opens 2/3 We talked about a Player leveling 100 characters to 100! Celestalon’s tweet on Class Development! Patch 6.1 Notes! THE ROUND TABLE: This week we discuss the comments from Watcher that we may not see Garrisons in future expansions! You all had some strong opinions about this, so we had to discuss! THE INN KEEER: This week the Inn Keeper Invited us over to talk a little bit about Hearthstone! Josh gives us an update on the expansion and how the meta settling over a month after the Release of Goblins vs Gnomes! IT CAME FROM THE INTERNET: This week we talked about the Closed Beta Release for Heroes of the Storm! We also get into some Listener Questions and Comments! The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Also, The Starting Zone is a proud member of The Signals Media All Star Network. Check out all the Awesome Shows on the network today! It’s okay to stick their shows in your ears, Really!

Episode 101 of the Starting Zone is another #whyIwow interview! This time with a woman of many names, The Godmother, Queen of Faffing, but most notably Alt from Alternative Chat Blog and Podcast and the Extended Maintenance Podcast. We talk about her time playing world of warcraft and why she has done so non stop since nearly the beginning! Great discussion, and Mick had a lot of fun interviewing her.

This week on the Starting Zone, Jesse and Mick are re-united once again for the 100th Episode! Can you believe it? They can't! This week they discuss Patch 6.1 of Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard partnering with Dark Horse Comics to release a Comic Book, a super duper helpful tip on how to maximize your Follower Missions, and last but not least a warm and wonderful trip down memory lane. They revisit past episodes and share what it has been like podcasting world of warcraft for over six years! They also gave out a ton of prizes to the listeners, because the show is nothing without them! Thank You!

Another #WhyIWow Interview with Xia from The Sundering Podcast! Xia stopped by to share her experience playing Warcraft and being on The Sundering Podcast, the awesome friends she's made and how much she has changed since she started playing WoW!

Another Notch" joins Mick to talk about Raiding and World Firsts, We discuss Flying in Warlords, as well as listener feedback. Last but not least, we start the Hype Train for Episode 100!

Another #whyIwow interview where we talk with Joe Perez aka Lodur aka Shaman Extraordinaire! Joe shares with us about his time playing world of warcraft and it's just and awesome, awesome conversation!

This week, Jesse and Mick talk all things Warlords of Draenor launch related including a bumpy start, WoW is back and much more!

On this special bonus edition of The Starting Zone, Mick Montgomery sits down with Matt Low from World of Matticus and The Edge Podcast to discuss why he plays World of Warcraft.

This week we bring you a smorgasborg of Interviews with Awesome World of Warcraft Content Creators, Podcasters, all around sweet people! We feature interviews with Matt Low from World of Matticus, Jon and Ben from Azeroth Round Table, Moogyver from the Chaos Portal, Xia and Ceraphus from The Sundering, and last but not Least Jules Scott from Tauren Think Tank.

We talk Blizzcon 2014 wrap up, ESports Stuff and of course, talking about Warlords which release in just a few days!

This week The Starting Zone releases it's first #whyIwow interview with Episode 92 featuring Jules Scott from Tauren Think Tank, we discuss her time playing the game and how doing a podcast has affected her as a player.

We talk about Patch 6.0.2 and all the changes and all the craziness, and all the craziness, Hallow's End is here, as well as a whole bunch of players with sub up to 7.4 million! And we help you pick your Main for Warlords!

We give the new player coming into World of Warcraft at Warlords of Draenor some needed advice, We get excited about the 6.0.2 Patch Release, we discuss the end of Titan, Undeleting Characters, And BLIZZCON NEWS!

Jesse and Mick conduct our FIRST REVIEW of a BOOK! We talk about Christie Golden's Book, War Crimes, we cover currency changes, and we have a discussion about what makes Chris Metzen Tick!

Jesse and Mick discuss hosts with the most for Blizzcon this year! We discuss crazy adventures watching a crazy TV show, and we get into all the juicy tidbits from the Developer QA!

Episode# 087 is ready for Download and we have SO MUCH to talk about! We talk about being VIP's at Blizzard's Cinematic event! We talk about Tom Chilton dropping Info Bombs, Son! We also cover the back half of our Dungeon Preview for Warlords of Draenor, and last but not least, we get into some heartfelt stuff as we discuss the impact of World of Warcraft Friendships on your REAL LIFE!

Jesse and Mick break down ComicCon 2014, a quick look at the new dungeons in Draenor and answer some guild-leader questions from twitter!

Brian Black, aka Rho, from Realm Maintenance and All Things Azerorth joins the show to talk about Warlocks in Warlords! We spend some time talking about new Hearthstone Expansion, Curse of Naxxramus, and we provide a little feedback on the BETA for Warlords of Draenor!

Mages are up on the Draenor block and Mick and Jesse discuss family life and gaming balance.

Jesse rejoins Mick to discuss the latest and greatest alpha news and do our famous Tier 17 armor catwalk!

Special guest Jules from Tauren Think Tank breaks down Druids!

Mick is joined by Matt Low and Josh Augustine as they break down WoD changes to Priests, cosmetic items and some new details about Ashran!

Mick helps to breakdown upcoming Rogue changes in 6.0 and covers all things Blizzcon 2014!

Shaman guru Joe Perez joins Mick Montgomery to break down Shamans and the new Azeroth Choppers show!

Matt Lo joins Mick Montgomery as they break down the nearly 33 pages of Warlords of Draenor Alpha Patch Notes!

In what could go down as our silliest show to date, we recap the Healing Dev Cooler and giveaway a Fey Dragon!

We take a break from our Helping Hand series to cover the onslaught of Warlords news including Racial changes, Ability Bloat and even some Diablo 3!

We argue over the projected $60 cost of level 90 boosts and continue our FOUR PART Helping Hand series on raid composition covering a breakdown of Healers!

We discuss the level 90 boosts and kick off the first of a FOUR PART Helping Hand series designed to help you understand just exactly what you're supposed to do in a RAID and who should be doing what!

We are back to 100% World of Warcraft content in our discussion of Greg Street at Riot, a primer on WoW Addons and the extra WoW content that's worth your time!

With a slightly quiet week of major WoW news, we bring back special guest Matt Lo to cover the basics of Hearthstone!

We're back with a ton of news including Ghostcrawler's announcement, Warcraft movie news and a breakdown on Gear Stat changes!

In this episode we are fortunate to get some time to speak with Rho from Realm Maintenance and Matt Lo from World of Matticus about their experience at Blizzcon, and their thoughts on Blizzard's announcements.

We recap all the things we missed at Blizzcon 2013 and discuss the new-player changes in Warlords of Draenor!

We cover the announcement of Warlords of Draenor, discuss Heroes of the Storm and our new love of eSports!

We breakdown all of the things you need to know to maximize your Blizzcon 2013 experience!

We recap the 5.4 Developer Roundtable discussion and continue our LFR breakdown Siege of Orgrimmar with the 2nd Wing!

We discuss the new Horde Leader, Flex Raiding and a breakdown on the first four bosses of the LFR version of Siege of Orgrimmar!

It's Patch 5.4 launch time and we've got lots to discuss including our Tier 16 Review!

We welcome WoW Technical Director Marco Koegler for our very first Developer Interview!

We are back with more 5.4 PTR News, a discussion of Item Level squishing and Part#1 of the Mists of Pandaria Legendary Quest Guide

After a week off, the Starting Zone is back with a full slate of 5.4 news and a preview of the Proving Grounds on the PTR!

The Mists of Pandaria Class Series continues with a breakdown of Warlocks with Special Guest Megan O'Neill from WoW Insider!