Do you have a sort of "red/hot line" to Zarhym?

Is there a class in wow that you hate/dislike and can see yourself never ever playing ?

do you often get free stuff when dancing on the mailbox as a female be?

Hey, Lore. Personally, do you think there should be an event to close the Dark Portal? Or at least have it collapse and create a wormhole to another planet. We still have the Ethereal planet to go to. I think that would be awesome. Thoughts?

I heard hes an international playboy. Just a rumor though.

Then it sounds like I'm making an IPA, unless you have some sort of seasonal preference (with fall coming up and all). I'm talking Pumpkin Ales, Hard Ciders, or hell even an oatmeal stout as it starts to get colder.

Either way, expect some Devolver to show up at your door in the next 5-6 weeks or so :)

sup lore big time fan over here and i just wanted to know if you would do this in one of your weekly marmot videos.

shave your head turn it into a beard and go"wheres all my hair???'

that would be the best intro to any video ever

Do you think player complaints about lack of content during Cataclysm's launch period, will keep Blizzard from redoing other old content such Outlands? (Which in my opinion desperately needs to be redone.)

I despise the fact that you [Josh Allen] make a living from playing games. As if spending all of your time sat at a computer wasn't enough, the parasites who follow you (and therefore contribute to your wage) don't even spend their free time playing themselves but just live vicariously through you watching someone else play games, as if meaningless life came in such peaks.

If natural selection was still significant, half of the people reading this thread would have been naturally exterminated before they had the chance to develop this abnormal infatuation with a nerd who monotonously meanders on talking about an 8 year old game, let alone being genuinely interested in asking him questions about what he thinks about it or what he is thinking of playing next.

This whole AMA is a self-righteous, farcical left-wing movement towards the weak-minded, untermensch beta-males and 'GOTIS' who despite having no chance in reality still have half a hope that through these types of threads and the anonymous solidarity of the internet they will find happiness in life, furry or otherwise.

In all my hopes, you [all] will either die from the trans-fat acids you consume day after day (that you acquire from your takeaway-esque places of work) whilst watching these godforsaken streams and videos. Or, you will wake up from this dream world you are living, push yourself to receiving a meaningful education (unlike your anti-god, Devolore, expressed in an earlier comment) and make something with your pitiful lives.

All I ask of you is to ask yourselves when you are playing your games is, 'What the fuck am I actually doing? Is this why my parents wanted me? Is this all I can be? Is there more to life than sat in front of this computer screen? Perhaps spending hours a week watching someone else talking about games is not time well spent.'

Do not support these people making these videos. They are a blight on humanity as a whole and add nothing meaningful to anyone's lives. Do something useful with yours, take a walk outside and become a part of your nation's GDP.

~ Signed, someone on a higher salary, getting laid more than you.

It did. This is a kind of thing you remember after playing the class for awhile and longing for such a stupid thing to happen. Then again, Forbearance only lasted a minute back then, as opposed to Wrath's 3.0 2-minutes shenanigans. The limitation was removed (then readded, then removed in the stead of a non-retarded system) at the start of Wrath.

I'm glad to hear the story all the same.

... We know that. He asked if/how you met and if you hangout in person.

Wait. Divine Shield and Avenging Wrath both procced/were restricted by Forbearance back then.

Any properties you would like to see be made into MMO's? What is the future of WoW after level 100? and/or Speculate on what TITAN will be?

Hiya Lore, long time watcher here.

I'm sure you've been these questions in weekly marmots or so, but let's have a go again.

What's your tip to stay consistent in WoW? I know I've had on and off periods, and I do in Starcraft 2 too. What's your tip for staying consistent?

What job would you recommend to people with a WoW passion? Do you work or do you live off the revenue from youtube/streaming? What job could you imagine yourself having if you still wanted to live the lifestyle that you have?

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What is the biggest challenge that comes with producing content for YouTube that you think a lot of people don't really consider when trying to get into that game and what would your advice be to them, also do you wanna play BF3 together sometime on PC?

What's the worst instance they've ever released?

Do you think you're living a comfortable life off of YouTube/stream income? Or do you need to supplement with odd jobs and goodies?

How much does that all pull in per month (you can give a wide range if you're worried about disclosing confidential stuff)?

What's TankSpot doing for the MoP patch? Making Heroic-oriented strategy videos again? Focusing more on vlog-gy and webisode content?

What is the most important part (or parts) of your stream setup?

Who taught you to video edit? Or which resources did you use to learn? And what programs are you using lately to make strategy/complex videos? :D

How much weight can your hair bench press?

Favorite band?

I recently purchased guild wars 2 and was wondering if you thought that the raiding and end game content will be as immersive and enjoyable as WoW's

Is it enough to make a living out of it?

You always mention Zarhym in your videos, are you close friend with him and if so how did that relationship come to be?

Why did Ailena part ways with Tankspot/Weekly Marmot?

How do you feel about Month's Behind going to MoP (Ranking predicition? Stronger than you've ever been?)

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Hey Lore,

I actually just started watching your stuff (esp. The Weekly Marmot and PST) and it's really helped me enjoy the game more.

I was wondering if you have any thoughts as to why the outcry against Cata and 4.3 specifically seem so much louder than at the end of Wrath. Is it honestly just bad content in 4.3?

If approached by blizzard, would you work for them if the job was suitable for you.

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What is your favourite alcoholic beverage?

Why does Tankspot do very few 10-man videos? I feel like they would be in higher demand than 25 mans and the mechanics and strategies can be quite different.

Were you in the Months Behind guild on Nathrezim?

TipTac should work again, it's the one I currently use and was just updated (Sept 1)... there were a few API changes in the latest patch obviously. I don't know if Aezay uploaded to WoWI, but here's the link to the updated version on CurseForge:

http://wow.curseforge.com/addons/tip-tac/

I got to meet you for a moment at the Zam party at Blizzcon last year, one of the highlights from my trip actually. pic1

As a long-time player myself that has raid tanked since vanilla, I've grown bored with the game. Yeah I come back here and there but it's mainly because of in-game friends. Other than the fact that it's your job (which I think is awesome!) what keeps you motivated to play WoW still after all these years?

Hey Lore, do you guys have any further plans to keep uploading the Legendary podcasts to iTunes? My guess is you guys want to push the website, but I can't listen to the podcasts that way 95% of the time. Anyway, I was just curious, as the last episode was uploaded August 9.

Thanks regardless, and great work!

Have you read Tides of War? What did you think of it?

Hi, I'm the author of the addon Tidy Plates: Threat Plates. Is there any addon in your arsenal that simply cannot do without?

Do you think giving free realm/faction changes for annual subs would be a good idea for Blizzard? This might be more of a PST style question lol

10 months ago you said you were going to do a UI revamp in a future weekly marmot. Here we are 40 TWMs post that statement and still no sign of that show in the works.

So my question is, why do you like lemon meringue pie so much?

Alright, thanks for the answer. For art, I think the artwork matters more than the paper however - but you're right for everything else I suppose! :)

Why are you such a butt? Also why is your butt such a butt?

I think the sub model will still work for them if they keep rolling promotions like the annual pass, they got a lot of people to sign that contract and the players got a lot of free goodies from it, including a full game.

Loved your videos bro, and this is quite an AMA, you're actually answering anything.

Do you think GW2 is the next big thing?

1) What type of dog do you have? I saw his nose from the last video, but other than that I really can't tell anything about him/her. ( I feel like it's a him. )

2) It sounds creepy, but you should totally do a LoreCRIBZ episode.

I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUR DESK IS SETUP.

I have not seen you broadcasting on twitch recently. Are you still soon this? Just watching you play is always fun!

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Are you and Patrick Klepek twin brothers? When are you going to post the new PST? You've kept me waiting for too long, young man.

Are you actually as annoyed with Gary on Legendary as your facial expressions seem to suggest? He's pretty annoying sometimes.

Hey Lore, how do you feel about using multiboxing programs to take advantage of the recruit-a-friend bonuses?

Why do you think they took out weapon master and armor master specializations from blacksmithing, do you think these would bring more variety back to the profession?

Lore, I was in one of your videos! That aside... How did you meet Ciderhelm?

Are you doing another shin dig at a Best Buy for Pandaria launch? Cause we'd like to be able to go if possible and see you in person, all stalker like but not like a creeper.

How do you balance your shows, your site, social networking, keeping up with news, TWIMMO/Legendary, streaming fairly often, family, and sleep? Clearly you've gotten more effective at time management, but it still baffles me to see the sheer amount and quality of the content you push out on a weekly basis. Any tips on managing your time better?

Do you think we will see another developer pick up the MMO 38 Studios was working on?

What are your favorite Raid Bosses? From a player's perspective, from a design perspective, and favorite lore boss (a character who was already in the lore before their introduction as a raid boss).

What was your least favorite fight ever? For what reason?

I have an odd question that isn't necessarily directed towards Tankspot specifically, but... here goes:

What are your thoughts on websites that have a major userbase like for example WoW Insider or even sites like Warcraft Hunters Union(a WoW Insider columnists hunterccentric website and podcast) ... these sources and other like-sources of WoW info not having articles written by anyone who accomplishes anything in WoW?

I know that's kind of an odd question to ask... I realize that there is a large casual to semi-casual userbase, but I suppose equating it to american football coverage is fair. They largely have former coaches and players covering football - people who have reached close to the pinnacle or the pinnacle of the sport, but also have some desirably personality in which to cover the sport.

Yet in WoW, just as a hunter, I can't help but sort of feel negatively about Frostheim's coverage when I know he never even attempts heroic mode bosses nor does he have any half way decent PVP ratings.

Do you have any thoughts on popular WoW bloggers and youtubers gaining a fanbase on delivering information when they themselves are unaccomplished players?

Mine? Nothing special, just that I thought it was a nice twist on the name of a band, which is named "Billy Talent".

I got you to spoil the S2 finale of Walking Dead for my friend by commenting about it in your stream one night. It's still the best moment of my internet life.

I'm curious as to how you are handling class swaps come MoP and how it effects your "raider status" of those that swap. I have like half my roster looking to swap come MoP and can't decide how to iron all of it out.

Have you ever played any MMOs pre WoW? If so which ones?

How do you feel boss mechanics have evolved over the years? Have they gotten easier/harder, boring/fun?

If we had the class balances, glyph and talent tree system we have right now when the game launched how different do you think the game would of been in terms of challenge?

I really enjoy your stuff, it's pretty hard to find someone to talk about WoW in a coherent manner and you do a really good job at it. Thanks and keep it up.

Can you tell Mike B that I'm his biggest fan?

When are you going to do another video mash-up of all the openings?? As well as, I'd just like to say thanks. I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Keep up the awesome work duder.

Are there any changes in MoP that you think are negative?

Have you considered making your shows in podcast form (ie available in itunes ) For the most part they seem like they would work with out the video and I think it would be a lot more convienent for listener. Is it just more difficult to get money from podcasts vs youtube or are there some other reason

What kind of education do you have?

Obviously WoW will not be around forever. What happens when WoW dies off and loses popularity? What is your long term plans?

How can I make sure I am not delusional in what I want to get out of WoW?

Do you, like Mike B, play games and do your videos with your pants off?

Hey man! I dont even play WoW anymore, but all the time i've raided i have been regulary alt tabing to tankspot. I was wondering, how does one starts going into pro gaming?

Opinion on rets in mop?

I don't play WoW anymore but thanks for all the boss guides!

Have you ever stroked Mikes chin hawk or if not do you want to?

Whats your favorite pokemon?

Hmm.. I wouldn't even know where to put it, to be honest. WoW isn't my primary game right now (it shares the throne with about 50 other games that alternate every week), but it is still the one I have spent the most time in overall. I'd have to think about how/where it would even work. Thanks for the interest though!

"Is that a cat or is that a bicycle?" for those who were wondering.

What is your income breakdown from all the content you're involved in?

I see, on that note, can you speculate on blizzard going to a F2P platform if they lose enough subs? On the same token also providing more of the "pay" features that some of the other MMO's have done/tried?

With TotalBiscuit no longer covering WoW, we won't have an Azeroth Daily for MoP. Would you ever consider doing a daily show at least for the first couple months of the expansion pack? Just as a one stop video for all patch/raid/bugs/etc for the new content?

Big fan of all your work, especially the live streams. Even when you play games I'm not big on it's still entertaining.

Have you kept up with Tribes at all lately? I know you used to stream it a bit back in beta.

Also,what would you do for a Klondike Bar?

What is your vision on the eSports community and what place has World of Warcraft in it?

Why does tankspot got so confusing forum?

What would you say are your top few addons that you cannot live without?

Why did you decide to get a Horde hockey jersey? I'm assuming you're a hockey fan, if so what's your favourite team?

How close do you work with other people from the Zam network? e.g. Cairenn from WoWI?

What got you into gaming as, I guess, your profession? What were you doing before WoW came out/you got heavily involved with your site and stream? How was the transition from that to what you do now? What does your family think, lol :)

How are you liking Guild Wars 2? And any interest in joining Triple B?

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If you could have dinner with the you from 8 years ago, what advice would you give yourself?

Last summer, I went through a really bad break up from an abusive relationship, and I honestly wanted to kill myself. I went through a lot of depression to the point were I stopped going to work and school. I couldnt even get out of bed. Watching your videos honestly, had helped me get through it. Just concentrating on one thing, made my day so much better. I didnt have to think about my ex, and what he did to me. I was focused on your opinion about the game, the questions your answered and took your advice when it applied to my play style, and that really took my mind off of it.

Lore, I just want to say thank you for doing what youre doing. Just to have you every week in my laptop keeps me excited to continue playing WoW and any other game that comes along. I really value your opinion and your knowledge of the gaming industry. It honestly means a lot when I see you pop up in my subscription box. My day is a little better.

So, thank you :'}

Why do you insist on rocking that goatee? It looks pretty bad.

What do you think of MLG?

I've been playing WoW in a semi-casual nature for 6 years now. I would love to part of a more "hardcore" raiding guild, but I deliver pizza for a living. As such, my schedule varies greatly week to week. Is it possible to be a raider and not have a consistent schedule?

Also, I love WoW but I hated Cataclysm. For me Mists is going to make or break WoW. Do you think that a lot of other players feel the same way? If so, can Mists "recapture the magic" if you will? (For all of that will say "If you hate Cataclysm why are you still playing?" I play because I have friends that play and I'm hopeful that Mists can make me want to play again)

You're really good at predicting things. when will the Warcraft movie be released in theaters?

Concerning WoW guides: As I was quite the nooby back in WotLK, Tankspot's guides were the place to be, basically. However, since Cataclysm, I must say that a lot of the guides have started coming out slower and slower compared to the speed at which I progressed (which did get faster and faster), and I found myself shifting towards other guides, like raw kill footage of high-end guilds, written guides from said guilds, and Fatboss videos.

This all might be because, well, I'm nowhere near as god-awful as I was before, I now am GM and raidleader of a Horde-first guild on my realm (which has a rather unimpressive horde side, we killed Spine HC a few days before you, Madness HC a few after, but aiming higher in MoP)

Real question being: Are you still planning on being a big source for guides, or are you going to shift your focus to the weekly Q&A show in PST and talkshow in Marmot Weekly, now that you're definitely not the nr 1 go-to source for raiding guides anymore, at least not for me.

Hey Lore,

How do you counter act burn out? At this point in my wow career I've played since vanilla beta, I have 11 85s now, and I haven't played I months. I plan to try MoP when released but I dunno. How do you find the fun after all this time?

Thanks in advance.

Does Month's Behind have any special rules governing behavior or guild operations that exist because of the high visibility of your guild. As an example, when I was in Eventide, there was a strict rule against any sort of drama or use of trade chat for anything but trade, or speaking at all in general chat other than to congratulate other guilds. Anything like that?

Have you read Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, and if so what did you think of it? Personally I really enjoyed it, but I find it hard to imagine Blizzard doing it justice in-game.

While the idea of Warlock tanks were smashed into the ground and left to die early in the beta, do you think that it would be a good idea to give already existing classes other possible roles, like what was speculated for Warlocks early in the MoP beta?

How did you and MikeB meet? Do you guys ever hangout in person? I'd be cool to see some Lore Jrs. working with some MikeB Jrs. for some next generation streaming :-)

http://i.imgur.com/CBXsv.jpg

Thoughts?

I kinda miss Eredar.

Hey lore, i just wanted to ask how are you today?

Hey Lore, do you think Blizzard dun goofed with their marketing of MoP based on how many people are completely dismissing it because of "Pandas and Pokémon"?

The UI you ran with back in WotLK inspired a large portion of my current UI. I was wondering if you had any screenshots of your current tanking UI?

Simple question, what is your /played?

Hi Lore,

It's Gozmatic. I was in your guild for like a year. We killed H LK and had server first H Halion. I'm still on Eredar you JERK!

XOXO

Why is the achievement called "All You Can Eat" then?

Why not just record the audio with Xsplit also?

That's awesome advice man, appreciate it :)

One cheeky question for all that is magic are you an ent?

BIGASS POST WARNING, actual question at the end

-I had this idea of server-wide questing. The way it works is that, instead of normal questing like we know it, everything in WoW would start off without anything in the world. Let's just say in Elwynn Forest, people would start in the abbey and as they move out they can (through an NPC) fund the creation of Goldshire.

-Then goldshire would only have one building and players can do anything to help progress it. If youre a crafter you can literally just go gather materials, refine them and donate them to goldshire's supply depot for exp and rewards. DPSers can go kill kobolts for the repeatable "patrol" quest, tanks and healers could escort supply caravans from stormwind for exp/loot. Upgrading buildings would require a specific amount of specific items, say 3000 bricks crafted by miners, 200 window frame modules from engineers, etc.. That way goldshire would, in time, upgrade to a bigger town with an INN, blacksmith, vendors etc...

-From there players would expand into redridge mountains and continue like that, crafters can level to 85 purely by gathering and crafting and building the towns and see them grow (get upgraded), everyone else can do exactly the same with quests to kill orcs, etc...

-Obviously this would require a MUCH LARGER world than there is today, with decent travel times between locations (goldshire -> darkshire would be the same as hyjal -> theramore now perhaps). Alot of the world would be procedurally generated but using the same seed number ofc.

-Things would take time to move along, like a couple of weeks between each settlement's creation (and longer to fully upgrade). Then there would be faction upgrades, like once goldshire is fully upgraded players could work towards upgrading the road with fancier bricks, side rails, pretty flowers and patrols. As the zone gets upgraded so do the zone bonuses, in time players can start upgrading the zone bonuses with +10% exp, +10% out of combat speed, +5% gathering crits, etc... At the end, upon a zone completion players would have a huge farm to make towards making the zone "friendly/safe" instead of "contested".

-Anything ouside of the "safe" zones would be considered contested (or neutral if no buildings being developed). There enemies would quickly scale up in dificulty, with raid bosses essentially being 2 zones away from current friendly zones. Players wouldnt be able to go very far without getting killed. Bosses would be similar to guild wars 2, scaling together with player numbers.

-As players, in time, expand to cover the whole game area the devs can spawn world events. Remember the first undead invasion? that could be done similar to RIFT's invasions with undead coming from the necropoli and raiding towns and destroying everything and pushing players back to their starting zones. This would be, essentially, a reset to force players to rebuild the world all over again but with heavy lore attached to it like "oh the lich kind is attacking, prepare yourselves etc", after players rebuild they eventually reach naxxramas and, only then, they unlock the raid to, uh, raid it.

-Did i mention this works as world pvp? Horde, when contesting, say, arathi highlands together with alliance would have free open world pvp similar to guild wars 2 WvW, then its anyone's game until a faction completly captures the zone and triggers "contested" on the adjacent zone. theoreticly the horde could push the alliance back to elwynn forest.

-DOTA style NPCs. Players can pay, for example, 90k gold, 50 crafted epic swords, 50 crafted epic sets of armor to spawn a wave of 50 elite guardsmen who would attempt to run towards the next zone to attack it and requiring either a huge zerg or an organised raid to defeat them (+ open world pvp at same time). All of this would be dynamic player objectives everywhere rewarding exp and justice/honour points, with complete gear sets every 10 levels.

-There's alot more of i could talk about in detail but i wish there was an mmo like this, ofc WoW isnt but how do you think WoW or Titan would work and would it work well/be fun as something like this?

That's amazing dude! I want to see that placed in game.

Why aren't you liking the BMAH? I love the idea, even though for the most part I'm piss poor in game because of laziness.

I must say, the Nexus 7 is amazing :)

Can you explain this a little more?

State of the mmo industry as in longevity for a single series or if the industry as a whole is slowing down?

Do you have information where I can currently watch "The Raid", find an archived copy for download, or purchase a digital copy? I missed seeing it the first time around - mostly because I was probably participating in raiding or something silly like that :D

Hey, great job Lore! One question: Have you ever been abroad? Any connection in your life with Poland? You have fans here too! Keep up the great job

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Hey Lore,

I just read that you said you dropped out of college. I just began college and I hate it, and the lifestyle of living alone. I feel like improving my art skills at home and getting a part time job is a better choice than working hard out here to get a piece of paper. I'd like to know your stance on going to college, and what you think I should do.

Thanks for doing this AMA. :)

This is very stupid, and I promise it's in a joking fashion but....I raided during Wrath pretty heavily and used Tankspot's videos many times for raids. One in particular stands out, and has always irked me because of the impact it had on players. That video is Ciderhelm's Sindragosa video.

Do you want to know why it irked me? One word: Buffet. How do you pronounce that? Yes, Buff-ay. Buff. A. Not Buff-it. Everytime I did a raid and we were required to be in vent I would hear people mispronounce that word, and I'm sure it was because they heard it pronounced that way in the video. I cursed this man in my sleep nightly, tossing and turning amidst a slew of endless, lucid nightmares stemming from this person's mispronunciation. Terrifying, hellish dreams unfurled within my psyche and had I not awoken from them at the very second I did, at times, I feared the dreams might have taken me. You tell this man. You tell this man his mistake, and of the maddening downward spiral it has inflicted upon another human. That is all.

EDIT: Oh also keep up the good work & stuff.

How long do you see yourself continuing to play WoW?

If you weren't doing this as your dayjob... what exactly would you be doing?

Did you guys ever re-upload the "Race to 85" video from Cata launch? It sounds hilarious and I think people who haven't seen it (like myself) would get a kick out of it.

Ps. Buff mages.

Andrew from the stream here. /wave Question about being a professional gamer as a job, how do you get paid? Outside of twitch commercials and small donations?

A while ago I think you made mention that a "certain" video game company offered you a job, but you would have to quit doing WoW videos. You obviously turned them down.

Do you have any interest now in working as a game developer (for say Blizzard on WoW or Titan) if it meant limiting your involvement in your current exploits?

What made you decide to do what you do? Also, how long did it really take for things to "lift off" for you?

Have you been approached by game developers, interested in hiring you? While I'm no developer/designer myself, I do a lot of the pondering you do as well and sometimes come to the same conclusions. Considered starting a blog but meh.

I have been a long time follower of you Lore, Have always appreciated your opinions and views and think you do a great job at being a "Professional Nerd" as I have heard you call yourself. Having recently graduated from college with a Digital Media degree I have really been looking to get into the same line of work as you, do you have any tips for actually getting started in the video guide/streaming community or is focusing more on Youtube Views and vids more important? Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work. PS. If there are ever any job openings at Tankspot or Gamebreaker.tv Please hit me up.

Alright, I gotta know, how do you balance your personal life, your mmo playing time (because I know you're not just playing WoW all the time), and the SHITLOAD of web shows you do? Edit: You answered this question further down. You can skip this. ON TO THE NEXT ONE!

Also, I got burned out on WoW after about 4 years of straight playing, then a 5th year of on-and-off. I found I just couldn't come back to it, or really any MMO with a similar play system. What about the game (or the community) had kept you with it for its full run?

Computer specs? You do a lot of streaming/screencasting/whatever so I imagine you must have a pretty nice build going on.

Hm, okay, a few questions here. 1. If you plan to play MoP, will you roll up a Monk (any species)? 2. What was one of the first console RPG's you've played. And if you have one, what's your favorite? 3. Are you a cat or dog person?

If you could roll back to an expansion/patch, which would it be?

In the past you've mentioned your odd sleep schedule, how you're usually going to bed when most other people are waking up (if I'm remembering that correctly). Can you (briefly) describe a Day in the Life of Lore?

And secondly, how does this sleep schedule influence your interactions with the outside world (friends, relatives, the wife, normal business hours, etc)?

i know you always try to look at things from a overall design perspective.

and with seeing games like dayz that completely throws away any in stone written decisions and become unique because of that is fascinating.

ive recently observed myself searching and trying to loot "bosses in gw2" but there is sometimes nothing. but wow thought me that should be always something shiny. so it was kind of weird in the beginning.

or character lvls. i remember playn an mmo where you did not have a character lvl you had skill lvls and they lvled up by using them and that spin was refreshing.

what are some design things/decisions that bother you the most in the mmo world.

First, I wanna say thanks for all the awesome content you put out there. I love killing time watching your stuff!

Now I'm interested... What's your sound/video setup like? What hardware do you use? What Mic? Software?

Who would win in a fro battle between you and Askjoshy? :)

You once said that you live on a lake. Can we ever see a tour of Casa De Lore?

Who would win in a duel between you and MikeB in WoW, SWTOR, Secret world, Tekken 6 and in real life? Both top geared, except real life. Then you're wearing speedos.

Gamebreaker.tv representing here, So lore Y U NO GOOD AT COMEDY NIGHT!!!!!!

Just curious, what mouse are you using?

Is your hair all natural or do you use any hair products?

Is Ciderhelm still doing videos? I really enjoyed his Naxxramas raid guide and found his videos very helpful and easy to follow.
Edit: He really hit home for me since I play a Warrior as well.

How do you manage your hair?

Hey Lore,

Been watching your vids for the past year or two and i love them!

My question: Why did you pick paladin as your main class?

Who's your favorite Tauren hunter of all time? There is only one correct answer to this, Lore.

Hey Lore, I make small guides on youtube every now and then (most around the mage class) I Do my best to use high end mics, full ultra recording and all that good stuff, but I cannot seem to get my content out there as much as most. How would you suggest growing yourself in the WoW Community? (My channel) http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMightyScrub?feature=mhee

BTW Love your shows, I watch them every week at uni during my lunches, you are a voice of reason and an all round BAMF.

Do you think Game web-casting demographics tend to favor the 20 somethings for authors as they match the majority of viewership and by late 30s the audience just isn't there, no matter how good? (asking on what you see beyond casting on Titan really)

If so, do you think the gaming industry will still support web-casting in general and you envisage a more Gary Gannon type role for yourself, getting the sponsors/chairing rather than being the topic expert?

Are you going to write a game design book?, think you would do a good job, enough web presence for a publisher pickup and a good start in sales from your viewers.

Most important question, are you going to change race on Lore to Pandarian, as Blood Elves in general lack any credibility, furry Bamboo chewers the way to go...

Keep up the good work

Would you leave Gamebreaker if you were ever offered a job to work for Blizzard?

Farmington, MI here. What's up fellow Michigander? My question is, do you focus on just raiding or do you dabble in PvP as well?

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This isn't WoW related, but keep doing PS2 with Fony. It's hilarious.

Why exactly did you call your show "Marmot"? I've been curious about what was the idea behind the name, if I didn't know better, from a first glance it's more like Nat Geo show about Marmots.

Hey Lore, how did you get in contact/became friends with Gary and Mike?

1- Great hair. It really has a nice Lionel Richie vibe circa All Night Long. As a balding male, I'm insanely jealous.

2- In the most recent episode of the Legendary podcast, you were discussing PVP vs PVE concerning balancing the two. How, in your opinion, would be the best way to achieve this? Do you think just scrapping the balance idea is best? I think it's a very interesting concept, for example, Lay on Hands or other spells were just completely different between PVP and PVE. Do you feel like by trying to keep the spells so similar across game types, are Blizzard shooting themselves in the foot? Do you think the game would be terr off if Blizzard just threw the old model out and instead of balancing spells across game types would allow spells to be different depending on which type you were playing?

Hypothetically speaking you are walking around Blizzard HQ, getting a full in-depth tour of all their current projects, meeting devs, chatting it up with CEO's, the works. They guide you down a hallway and on a door 1 word is written in big bold letters. "Titan". Your eyes light up like a kid on Christmas as Mike Morhaime open the door to let you in and then Suddenly Sobek.... What do you do?

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Keep up the great work. -Phoenix

hey lore, long time follower of yours and i know you're very fond of the Pet Battles coming in MoP.

do you plan on having some sort of Pet Battle tournament with your fan-base when MoP hits?

How does patch werk?

I've noticed you enjoy the occasional adult beverage...

I myself enjoy them too, and have taken up the hobby of home-brewing beer. I've gotten pretty good at it over the last year even!

My question is... If I was to brew you a beer, what kind of beer would prefer? Flavorings you would absolutely love? And most importantly... What Devolore-themed name would you like it to be called?

(P.S. It's about that time for me to brew another batch, so I'm more than likely going to do what you've asked for and mail you some as a way to say thanks for all the entertainment you've provided us)

Whats the most important thing you have down to get yourself to where you are now?

Do you enjoy politics?

I would really like to see tankspot get back to its former glory of being the go to source for raiding help. I really want to go on youtube and see Aliena and Lore doing weekly marmots again. I really loved watching everything Tankspot back in Wrath but it seems like you guys kind of fell off in Cata. Any chance we see you, Aliena and just tankspot as whole get back to the top?

Deine Deutsch ist sehr gut! (Your German is very good, at least what you wrote there, haha)

On that topic, (I understand if this is too personal to answer) would you say you make an average living, or are you struggling to get by (or leaning on your wifes income)? I know many look up to the likes of you and MikeB, and want to start in the same direction. Is it worth it from an economical standpoint? (Again, sorry if it is too personal.)

If you could create your own race in an upcoming expansion, what would it be?

Lore, my guild from Cata is looking at raiding together again in Pandas. We have one problem, our guild leader (who is married to our raid leader) is the source of most of the drama in the guild. What do?

I've been watching you for years Lore and I honestly just have to say : Thanks for being so damn awesome. You truly are an inspiration =D

If you could learn any language in the world, which would you choose? If you could visit any country, where would you go?

On a slightly different note, I remember back in the day when you started the marmot, you did so alongside Aliena. Whatever happened to her? I know she's not with tankspot anymore, how did that come about?

Hi Lore, I am afraid that this is a personal question, feel free to skip if it crosses the line! I watched your wifes vlogs and all your videos and really enjoyed them, you seem a very tuned in couple, so do you think we will ever hear the pattering of teeny tiny baby Lore feet? On a less personal note, who would you say is your favourite band/musical artist? And which genres of music do you listen to and why? Thanks, Raiyn xxx

If you could change one thing about MoP, what would it be? I'm pretty excited for all the things coming, even our fist neutral race. Do you think this the first step towards seeing more blend of races being able to choose whichever faction?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Outside of playing video games, what is one of your favorite hobbies?

Whats are your plans after WoW? I know that you have recently started a new series "On Tap", Will you continue you to do series such as this until you find another niche?

What are your thoughts on the current position ret is in?

I noticed you said you've been more casual as of the last expansion, are you planning to become more hardcore for MoP?

As a former "hard core" WoW player. (First Pallies to tank PRe-nerf muru and KJ, and Illi, landed a World 40th I believe with muru kill, 2800 ele sham in 3s this season, ((sorry if it seems like I am bragging, just trying to show where I am coming from) and always being high ranked with logs, and raid progression I found that there is no way to stand apart from the rest anymore ( i.e. savior of azeroth title and no more realm first extra's, excluding an achievement) as most players who raid on a regular basis have achieved that, whether it be pre-nerf, or post nerf. Do you see this continuing on in MoP and future expansions, and with continuing on the current path that Blizzard is heading with WoW they are starting to shift main focus away from pve and pvp to more expanded and player friendly areas (i.e. Pokebattles and farmville). Do you for see WoW shifting altogether to become more of a social mmo?

I should also note that I no longer play WoW anymore, as I couldn't properly balance my wow life, with my real life, and that took its toll both socially, mentally and physically.

Will there be any launch event for MoP at Gamebreaker? And will Akamikeb be there or is he going to be busy with Chinhawk Jr? :)

What keeps you playing WoW?

Also whatever happened to ciderhelm and bluedot, I miss playing HoN with those guys XD

Any chance of getting an estimated date for the follow up on the GW2 video? (loved the first one and the content you put out in general, I'll sometimes watch PST just for the sake of it even if I'm no longer active on WoW nowadays.

If you had 3 wishes, what would they be?

Favorite game that you never got to finish?

How do you feel about MoP?

Enjoying GW2?

I have an additional question that pertains to this topic. How do you feel about the state of Paladins going into MoP? How do you feel Ret and Prot will perform at lvl 90, PvE wise?

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I was in your guild once back in T11, anyway how long do you think you will be able to sustain yourself through videos/ video games etc before getting a regular type of job or something along the lines of that?

Hey Lore, I am wondering, how long did you do content for free before getting any real money from it? Thanks.

What is your opinion on the changes to Warlocks. Has it made you begin to play your lock again?

So is one of the main reasons you play alot of video games is because of the 9month winters in the northern US? (Originally from South Dakota so i been through many)

Do you always see yourself covering MMOs, or would you possibly venture elsewhere in your gaming content?

Looking forward to your future online, whatever you decide.

Regular watcher of PST, Weekly Marmot and Legendary. Keep up the good work bro! Greetings from Sweden.

How did you and your wife meet?

Lore, I am a skilled player that has been held back by guilds in the past and the only way better guilds will take you is with Acheivments, Item Level, and combat logs. Being in a lesser guild has its limitations to all three of those, what would be the best advice you could give to someone trying to move up in the WoW Raiding scene?

I suppose it's more as a company it'd allow them to survive as they could expand to a new audience using titan and maybe (I hope) release Warcraft 4 to keep their Warcraft base, maybe I'm hoping for too much.

FYI, Ciderhelm is married to Aliena.

Cereal city fan meet up?

Since we're in /r/wow this might be slightly off-topic, but as you mentioned GW2, what's your experience with it so far and will it majorly change your effort put into WoW?

Don't forget to check out /r/guildwars2 ;)

Hey Lore! I have watched your streams/content for a long time now and I have a few questions - more based on WoW then anything else if you have time to answer!

1. I see you have been playing Protection for the last tier or two, if you could play any spec of Paladin what would you play? (and it not effecting your groups synergy or anything - just what spec you want to play)

2. If I remember correctly you had an enhancement shaman roll-officer in your guild called Urg(?) seemed like a cool guy from what I could tell on streams - Will he be coming back in MoP and will we hear his deep voice on your guilds mumble via streams?

3. If you had a choice, would you prefer to live stream and live via the add revenue (Getting a lot of viewers like TheOddOne does for league of legends) or make content/be on talk show podcast things like Legendary - Only picking one! ( Somehow the money is the same for both exactly - for the questions sake )

4. If I remember correctly around the time you were progressing on Warmaster HC you had a job offer from a games company to do some work for them but you couldn't leave because you couldn't work on things like legendary - and it was a big company (I may be miss-remembering, correct me if I am wrong, but the question still stands) - what games companies have you been approached by - for whatever reason to do work for?

Thanks, I understand if you do not want to answer all of these.

A fan.

Edit: Reworded question

Do you think that the encounter design of WoW have been climbing up in difficulty in many ways, being more gear checks, the inclusion of heroics, more gimmicky bosses or just overall more complex boss mechanics? If you do, do you think we will hit a brick wall in terms of encounter design?

First off, thanks for all the free entertainment you provide the community with.

My question is, what does your/Tankspot's future hold when the time comes for WoW to end? Do you have a contingency plan, or is that not something you see happening soon enough to think about?

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As a resident of Battle Creek myself, what would you say is your favorite and least favorite part of the town? -- P.S what high school did you attend?

If you could name a planet. What would you name it?

Are you able to do this full time or do you still have a job?

Do you make all of your income from WoW?

Do you enjoy any podcasts outside of gamebreaker tv, mmo related or not?

How do you balance your professional needs with your personal life needs? Most people know you are married.. some of us just wonder what you do to keep a healthy structure in your life considering. I know personally.. video games make it hard to keep that balance for me and a lot of others. So yeah.. what do you personally do? :)

Why does Gary Gannon get swapped out of Legendary sometimes? I'm not throwing stones, but I think he does a better job than the other guy.

Also, do you have any tattoos?

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If MoP doesn't live up to theexpectations of blizzard, do you think they'd drop more hints about project titan to retain their player base?

With just 3 weeks to go until MOP, which number do you think will be bigger: new players or returning players?

A few questions. Did you go to college? If you didn't have Tankspot or World of Warcraft what would your goal be as far as a job goes? What was your favorite game as a child? Also I'd like to say that I enjoy watching your content and hope to see you around for a while.

What was the first videogame you ever played?

No questions, but I just want to say how awesome you are man. Been watching your videos for a good while, keep em coming!

You may have mentioned this before, but I never found out: What job do you do for a living ?

When and how did you come up with your legendary hair style?

What do you think of the newest patch so far?

And to a person that haven't played WoW since the middle of Cata, can you tell me if it's worth it to buy MoP?

(I'm not into raiding)

And what do you think of the color blue?

How big was the page view and career boom after appearing on the documentary "The Raid"?

If we had a fundraiser, what would be the bar you set for donation amounts to get you to shave your head?