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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 60, Merry Festivult!

The Gamer’s Prayer… By Sargoreth

 Our Father who art uberl33t,

Pwnage be thy name,

Your level cap come,

Your roll be won,

On Eberron as it is on the Celestial Plane,

Give us this raid our epic lewt,

And forgive us our epic failz,

As we forgive noobs who fail in our PUGs.

And lead us not into griefing,

But deliver us from wiping.

Amen

 

BEST VOICEMAIL EVER…..

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited. This time around, we talk about why we play DDO in the first place, and Lessah explains her looooooong hiatus from DDO and podcasting in general. Craziness ensues! Listen to find out why Samius wears a man dress (moo moo)! Thanks so much for listening!

 

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45:53

WARNING! This show is not bleeped!

Intro:  I’ve Been Everywhere! (Original lyrics by Morah and Clankenbeard)

What are you drinking?
Apologies. Conan
How are the kids?
Tweeters Gonna Tweet!
What is the main reason you play DDO?
Lessah’s story.
Bone to pick….Supernatural.
End of world Power Point Presentation, Updated to include a paying job!
Trolling Forums! Listener Mail! The perfect Thread for Samius!
Kilts! 
Samius wants to argue! (So does Lessah because this beyatch is crazy! Gamers Rule!)
Reading a woman by her lipstick (Lessah is a flat top!)
Email! A gamer’s prayer… who the hell wrote that?
Alex Haddox wrote a Book!
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CTH, Episode 59, Trollers gonna Troll!

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  This week we talk all about trolling, what it is and isn’t and troll our way through DDO community forums and the internet in general!    Craziness ensues!  We also touch on Atificers and easing some of the XP grind for your TR!  Listen to find out why Samius hates everything and everyone!  Thanks so much for listening!

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Intro: Trololo

Cowboys and Aliens!
Adan Maskery’s   Alcoholic Apothecary, Black Loch Coffee

Forums!  
Trolling! What is it? Why do it? Why do we do it?

Let’s Troll!

Cleverbot!  What is that?

Trolling Twitter!  

Jason Momoa, mmmmmmm

Trolling Blogs (Shamless self promotion)
Lessah (Minecraft) - Samius

Trolling other podcasts:

Kalari’s Thread of the Week, Should I shave my armpirt hair?

Discussion, putting your politics on others.

Crafting?

Trolling Forums!

Forums:

Worst Shroud Pug Ever

If I had a Time Machine!

Trolling Ourselves on the Forums!


Who do you Miss from the good old days? By Parvo

How much would you rather have Druid than Artificer? also by Parvo

Alias, who needs em? By Jacoboon

Alias’ and You, Text Macros By Thalion

Email!
Wardrobe of the Warrior

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 58, Old School vs New School

Warning: There is a special guest on today’s show who may or not exact an inhuman amount of hilarity!  Hint: We are at our quota for dwarves now!

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  This week we are joined by CTH’s own Adan Maskery as well as the head of the CTH art department, Clankenbeard!  We needed their help to dig into tabletop gaming!  There is also quite a deep explanation of what completionist is, as well as the further planning of Samius Gurobo’s “End of The World Comprehensive Power Point Presentation!” Listen to find out why Samius wants to order alligator meat online and learn the life skill of making moonshine!  Thanks so much for listening! (I swear I am NOT the crazy one!)

 

 

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 00:58:17

Intro:   Pregame

How much does alligator cost online anyway?

Captain America!  (Go see it, if you haven’t already! It’s GREAT!)

Completionist, How much XP does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? What is completionist anyway?  (Life 7!)

Lessah is being interviewed this week for the DDO Cast!  (We are #9 on Cyberears!)

Adan Maskery’s   Alcoholic Apothecary    

D&D talk!  Warning: This discussion is looooooong!

Adan’s Points MMO vs. PnP Dungeons and Dragons

(Information from the DDO Wiki, and submitted by the members of Guild ROTT, Thelanis)

  • Dark vision and Low-Light Vision have no place in DDO, so the advantage of dwarves and elves does not transfer over from PnP.  Also, the disadvantage of slower movement rates for dwarves and Halflings do not exist, hence removing a racial penalty.
  • When planning your character, it becomes difficult to wrap your mind around the easy way to renew your HP,  SP, and change your spells by using rest shrines.  In PnP you have to conserve your resources because you only get  spells back, and change them, after 8 hours of rest the next day, and you get your level in HP back each night. 
  • There is an increased spell power that is in correlation with the increased number of monsters you face, and they are on a SP system.  When you play PnP you have limited spell slots that you must use wisely.
  • When you die in DDO, and not doing PD, it is a negligible penalty of a level loss that comes back eventually.  In PnP you lose a level or 2 points of Constitution.  And the higher level spells are significantly expensive.
  • The rate of advancement is significantly lower. According to the DDOWiki, in PnP you advance a level after every 13-14 encounters, in DDO you will probably have way more than that many per quest, and each quest might only give you about 5-15% of the experience necessary to advance a level.
  • In DDO, except for PVP, your area effect spells do not damage your allies.  While there is a way to do so in PnP, it takes precious feats to get the same effect.
  • In PnP you have the ability to manipulate anything in your environment to help you.  In DDO it is not a technology that exists yet.  We have all had that event when we wish we could just throw up a grappling hook and climb a wall.
  • In DDO when you charm a monster it is unable to be affected by you until the effect is dismissed, dispelled, or wears off.  In PnP when you are ready to dispatch the evil monster you just do so.

Lessah tries to get Clankenbeard to break character

The quirkiest character you ever made…

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Website Bonus Material!!!!  Yeah yeah yeah!  The cast told some (bad) dirty jokes before the show. Tread lightly and try not to get offended! You have been warned! 

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 57, Music To Game To

Warning: The show is going out a little rougher than I like because I wanted to get the Lamania info out to as many people as possible! Hope to see a few of you in the crafting hall tomorrow!

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  This week, the team takes a look at the different styles of music that DDO players listen to while gaming!  (The Sorcerer cast had to be rescheduled due to work conflicts!)  There is a mini celebration, a special announcement, and some good listener mail as well!  Listen as Samius Gurobo flails!  Thanks so much for listening!

 

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00:49:13

Intro:   Beer Beer Beer, By Marc Gunn (Thanks for that!)

Voyager?

Mini Celebration! Thanks so much to all ten of our listeners for making us #10 on Cyberears! (now it is 9 I think!)

Sorc cast has been postponed!

Spoiler: Next show Adan is a guest and talks about P&P and the big gaps between DDO and table top gaming.

Adan Maskery’s   Alcoholic Apothecary Lars Heyton's Martini

Twitter Question  GAME: Put your iPod/ MP3 player on shuffle and list the first three songs that pop up! 

Kalari’s Podcast: Kal’s Den

"Kalari has a Podcast!  It’s edgy, honest, and full of opinion!  A “Must Listen” for hard-core DDO Fans! "– Lessah from the DDO Cocktail Hour

Lessah’s Live Shuffle train-wreck extravaganza! 

People who get shout-outs for expanding my iTunes Library: 

Dancheney –One Republic – Good life

Ladyallenya – Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly

Bgross74 – Daughtry – What About Now (Outstanding band choice & winner of 500 TP!!!)



Urufist- Ben Folds – Love Can Leave You Bruised (I picked up “You Don’t Know Me at All” Cause Ben Folds is pretty good! Thanks!)

Teppotastic – Richard Cheese – Crazy (I did not add this, but it was so insane I wanted everyone to hear it!) 

CSIStormreach – T Pain – Live Your Life

E-Pen Stroking!  (Lot's of it!)

Link to the Bromance thread! By Galeria

Forums: Lawsuit!  Socky vs Arraetrekos, By the King of Cheese

Korthos Cast, DDO Kobay (has launched his very own podcast!) Check it out here!

Renaissance Festival Podcast

Marc Gunn’s Podcast, Irish and Celtic Music! 

He will be playing at Gen Con this year! Look for him and throw money at him! 

Email:  Tanks are cool, so is sunder!

Email: Lessah’s Voice is awesome!

 Lamania, Drunken Crafting!

Link to Lamania Character Tranfer Info

Lessah will be in the crafting hall from 6-8 PM Central if you want to come hang out!

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 56, Tank Talk

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited. This week we welcome special guest Tobril to the show!  The team talks about what it means to be a tank in DDO as well as the different ways you can be tank and some basics of building, feats, and playstyle.  Listen as Lessah repeatedly picks fights with Samius Gurobo over fighter feats and starting stats!  Listen to find out how a half-orc pants are directly related to his/ her intimidate score!  Also…any time Lessah uses the phrase “I am a fan…” you must take a drink if you are over 21 and NOT DRIVING! Thanks so much for listening!

 

 

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01:10:56

00:01:00  Intro:  The Mantle of the Worldshaper is Mine, by Friendly Necro

00:02:10  A rant about Netflix (I guess we won’t get the sponsorship then eh…)

00:04:15  Samius and Tobril’s Power Point Presentation regarding their End Of The World Exit Strategy (This time with Zombie footnotes!)


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00:05:38  Adan Maskery’s   Alcoholic Apothecary   Clanky’s Mojo

00:08:24  Becket’s Massive Online Gamer covers Lessah’s Static Group

00:09:05  Completionist, Sorcs make Samius Gurobo want to set himself on fire. 

00:10:25  Spoiler: Next show Caster Focused and a public plea for Kudesnik and Jupiterspining to be on the show. 

00:11:38  Twitter Question: What is your Go-To weapon?  (For the record: “Pork Sword” may or may not be related to the Club of The Holy Flame, from Delera’s.)

A half-orc’s Intimidate score is directly related to status of his pants. 


00:18:52  The Friendly Necro takes Lessah to the Candy Shop

00:23:38  Twitter Question: What is your preference Class/ Race, for building a tank.

Tank Talk! 

00:29:50 Starting Stats Opinions:  32 Point Bld vs 28 pt Bld, Int/ Dex (+Lessah picks a fight with Samius over her controversial opinion on wisdom... muhahaha)

00:36:30  What is more important Str vs Con (goals)

00:41:45  Hot bar 1/2/3/4/5/6 What are they? (How you play is important and Lessah picks a BIG fight with both guys about Improved Trip.)

00:50:42  Inventory Management. (You need more than weapons.)

00:57:31 Intimidate Score:  Goal 69 baby! (Not as easy as it sounds)

00:58:34  AC… to do it or not. 

01:00:49  Shield debate  do it or don’t

01:02:53 Final Thoughts, Words of Wisdom, Save the Cheerleader, Save the World (Also known as: Control the Aggro, Control the Fight)

Forums: Junts Guide to Creating Paladin’s

From The Sublime Permadeath Guild: Immovable Object is a Permadeath build otherwise known as the poor-man’s AC tank!  (Thanks Chai!)

Lessah’s Blog of stuff you should be carrying!  (For what it’s worth...)

Quickndirty, another gimp intimitank!  

IntimDC Thread davidcampa

What the DDO Wiki has to say about HATE!  

Otherwise known as the Haters Gonna Hate page! 

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 55, Guild Drama Part 3, Choose Wisely

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited. This week we wrap up our discussion of Guild Drama with tips on choosing guildmates, ways to avoid being a jerk to your guildies, and we breach a very serious topic requested via listener email! Thanks for hanging in there with us these past few shows!  We will get back to crazy-drunken ranting before you know it!  Thanks so much for listening!



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41:14

Intro:  Bouncing

Adan Maskery’s NON Alcoholic Apothecary with special Guest Alyssa

It’s Festivault in July!

It’s Podcast Month!  Who is Producer Glin again?

It’s the end of the world!  *snip* content removed and placed in bonus material for this week!

ABUSE!  No Twitter Q so Samius gets beaten!

Guild Drama  (the crew talks about several emails they have received in response to the guild drama series)

1.)  What do you look for in a guildie… (Listener email, “my guild is wrong for me”)

 

2.) Baby mama Drama part 2, (Listener email on sexual harassment)

Community Link 1, Link 2


3.) How to be a good Guildie... filling that void. (Not what you’d expect)

 

 

Links: The Daedalus Project  

Spoiler: (thanks to Listener Austin!) Next week we talk about tanking!  You will get both sides of the tanking coin both from the view of a professional intimitank and a high DPS melee wizard tank… bard… thing.

Female Armor Sucks

X box Girl’s Revenge

Spontaneous movie talk!  Transformers 3/ X-Men First Class/ Green Lantern on my!

Spontaneous Gen Con Talk!

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BONUS MATERIAL! 




LINK to the end of the world talk.  Warning... Samius is bat-shit crazy in some places. 

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 54, Guild Drama Part 2, Drama Llama

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited. This week we continue with the discussion of Guild Drama!  We talk about the joy and the pain that is Guild Leadership, the pain and the greater pain that is Baby Mama Drama, and Lessah’s personal favorite, the ever present Drama Llama!  So listen in as they dig deep into the heart of the culture climate that is guild socialization!  Thanks so much for listening!


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Intro:   The Cat In The Kitchen

RaspberryX My DDO Blog Awesomesauce!

Adan Maskery’s Alcohol Apothecary

(gratz Kosimo and Kosimo spicy Caribbean Cocktail is a go!)

The ASK LESSAH edition of Twitter! 

AggDDo's Last Video: Memories From DDO Europe


 Guild Drama 

1.)  Obligations of Leadership  (When your game becomes your job..)

- Enforcing Guild Rules/ Rules Lawyers/ mediating fights between guild members, guildies refusing to group with one another over personality issues. 

2.) Baby mama Drama (It happens)

When Guilds implode due to in game flirting translating into real life affairs between members. 

3.) The Drama Llama

When in-game/ in-guild arguments spill onto your Guild forums... or WORSE... the GAME Forums.  Mortification and flame wars and hurt feelings ensue! 

 

Links: The Daedalus Project

Articles:  Life as a Guild Leader

The Rise and Fall of Guilds

Quotes (thanks to Zaught)

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Guilds increase the potential for fun, but also increase how much
drama may affect your game - because you actually may care about the
other person's opinion.

 

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 53, Guild Drama Part 1/3

Warning: This show may contain slightly offensive content (not language, but the honesty is kinda intense).  Take it with a grain of salt!

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  You don’t get any more social than being in a guild (or several guilds in Lessah’s case).  Between our hosts, they have pretty much seen it all or heard it all, or done it all in the way of guild drama.  So listen in as they dig deep into the heart of the culture climate that is guild socialization!  Thanks so much for listening!


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Intro:   Pregame

Ode to Skaggy
Welcome back Adan Maskery!  With special guest Clankenbeard!
Turbine Point Giveaway Instructions! 
The ASK SAMIUS edition of Twitter!  
Samius' Blog 

Liam Neeson's... Ahem... manhood on tumblr   

(Warning) This makes Lessah come kinda come unglued.

Guild Drama 
Perceived Injustice –
Loyalty 
Implied Pressure as in grouping/ entitlement
Loot Drama within the guild framework
Cliques 

Obligations of Guild Leadership –

Making it fun w/o being a jerk means sometimes means you give up a measure of YOUR fun. 

Pay (bonus) show instructions! 

Donate via Paypal to cocktails@ddococktailhour.com  and we will give you a special download link for the paycast we did!  Donation amount is up to you!  The cast is nearly 2 hours long and features 2 special guests.  We hope you like it! 

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Samius MY DDO
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BONUS MATERIAL! TURBINE POINT GIVEAWAY INSTRUCTIONS!

Samius and I agreed on the first drink listed here.  Adan Maskery's email is in the body of his segment on the show.  Email him this very girly drink with cinnamon in it, and YOU will get the 750 TP he is giving away. 


2 oz. cinnamon
2 cups mango juice
2 shots of Malibu Rum

Mix cinnamon and rum together pour over ice and add Mango juice.



1 oz. Blackberry Brandy
1 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
1 tsp. Lemon Juice

Shake ingredients in a Martini shaker with ice and pour into a cocktail glass.



1 shot Vodka
1 shot Blue Curacao
1 shot Peach Scnapps
1 shot Sloe Gin

Mix and serve in 4 shot glasses.

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 52, True Reincarnation Therapy!

CTH, Episode 52, True Reincarnation Therapy

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  This week we update our status’ of the True Reincarnation grind!  Samius tries to talk about TR-ing and the team talks about the most and least loved level ranges in the game!  Listen to find out just how girthy Samius Gurobo is in relation to this week’s show notes!  Thanks so much for listening!

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Intro:  Time to Face it.

Lessah has joined a static group on Cannith

Twitter: What is your favorite level range?  Least favorite?

Samius tries to go all Freudian on Lessah…

Twitter:  Ask us a TR question!

Email: Lesser Reincarnation Question!  Do you lose rank when you LR? 

Email: Ringtones? WTH?

Email: You were missed by the rapture!

Email: Gratz to Stabbity for his self LOH!  He got 500 TP from us!

Email: Pink Armor and Tiara if Intimidation FTW! (Metro!)

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Samius MY DDO
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Rapture




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Website Bonus Material and boy do you guys deserve it for your patience! 

HERE is the inappropriate joke that set the tone for the whole show this week! 

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DDO Cocktail Hour Episode 51, Crafting Nirvana

Welcome to the DDO Cocktail Hour where we discuss the social aspects of Dungeons and Dragons Online, Eberron Unlimited.  This week we welcome Cauthey to the show!  He is here to help us talk all about crafting… and boy do those two ever talk some crafting! I learned something and hopefully you will too!  Listen to find out what crafted item makes Lessah’s ovaries explode! Thanks so much for listening!

 

 

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49:53

Intro: Clearing A

Welcome Cauthey

Discussion:   How did Samius and Lessah end up coming together to do a podcast?

Let’s talk crafting

What’s this all about?

Where do I find materials?

How much of an investment in time is this?

What is crafting XP?

What is Recycling?

Crafting Demo Videos:

Part 1       

Part 2 

Part 3 

By Scottmuphy

Forums: Banned By Asketes

Forums: Crafting Show and Tell By Stoerm

Lamania Release Notes Update 9 patch 1 release notes:

Thanks very much to everyone on Twitter and Facebook for the Birthday Wishes
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(I resurrected the NMISR movie poster because the producers have a sequel in the works!)


 


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Website Bonus Material!!!! 

I had a few people accuse me of lying about the pre-show antics for episode 50.  Well....

HERE is proof!

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