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As I’ve talked about before with another podcast called Call To Auction, which I review not too long ago in fact. I must re-track a statement I made in that post stating that there where no other WoW Gold making podcasts out there. Well just as I made the post about a day after it was published, I found out about another pod cast called Power Word Gold.
So as you may guess, I found the website, which you can visit here, I must say not the greatest of looking websites but this isn’t about the web site design, this is about the podcast. Now at the time of writing this the pod cast has been out a few days and I’ve listen to it about 4 times already. One of the things I really enjoy doing is listening to WoW related content while I’m playing, as such either when I’m making gold myself or simply just leveling or farming.
Today I’m gonna be looking at Episode 27, I had planned to do the last episode first but sadly didn’t find the time to write it. So let me first start off with a few things, the show has one central host, named Jim Younkin who is the owner of Power Word Gold itself as well as all things. In a way this guy reminds me of myself and I’ll tell yeah what.. listening to him really gave me a kick in the ass. Pretty much he’s doing what I’ve been doing myself on and off for years but for whatever reason have never found a voice.
Anyways, he’s had different co-host here and their from the older podcasts I’ve listened, but none is my favorite more then Faid who I just started to follow on twitter as well not long ago. She is really an interpretation if there ever was on. I pretty much feel like we do the same things, other that she has a million gold and I run up to 100k and fall back down to 50K every time. Listening to what they talk about gold wise, I’ve been doing this and that. But the two major things they talked about in this podcast was the new Power Word Gold Guide and transmogrification.
I wont spend too much time spoiling the podcast for you but as I posted on their blog post on episode 27, about transmogrification, that is my thoughts about it. As for the gold guide, I have a bit of a split up easiness about it. First off I’m not a fan of buying gold guides. Main reason is it should be free. I sort of get putting it together in some sort of easy format for people to read and search, but that could simply be done for free with Google Ads attached in pairs of 3 per page.
My feeling on it, in the way Jim has gone about it, seems to be the best way, a pay what you want from 1 to 10 dollars. I haven’t personally looked at it yet, and he states that all the information is on the website for free, he had simply put it together in number of formats you can look at offline basically. In the end, I can’t say I recommend the guide, maybe I’ll take a look at it and write a review as well. Seems to be something I’ve enjoy doing more of as of late (Or at least been thinking more about).
If I have to compare this gold making podcast to others, I would say this is the best one I’ve listen too. They talk about Gold Making, they are both clear and easy to understand. They make you laugh, the make you think and you can really feel the energy between the two host and how they connect and bring the information they do. It really puts a fire in your backside and makes you want to get going I’ll say. Be sure to check it out, you wont regret it. I look forward to them doing another one soon and hope they spread their topics out some more. And I know it’s late Jim, but Happy Birthday.
Greeting, I became a really big fan of listening to World of Warcraft podcast last year, starting with as you might guess, Call To Auction! What is Call To Auction you might ask? Well its a World of Warcraft gold making podcast. I found it by searching Google on tips on how to make gold, this was back in Wrath of the Lich King no less.
The basic format of the show is rather simple, the first series had two main host, Markco from Just My Two Copper, and Euripides from OutDPS. The ideal of it was. The first season as I like to call it, feature both Markco and Euripides talking about making gold with professions, but most of it was just them talking about the game and ways you could make gold. The overall theme of the show has always been a more open discussion format. Where many other podcast often follow a set sections or ‘features’.
While Call To Auction early on try to follow this, they end up going with a Today we’re gonna talk about this.. and that lead the whole show, making each podcast its own thing and not follow the format standard of other shows. This is what makes the podcast in my opinion 100 times better than others I’ve heard.
Today however, I’m gonna review Episode 27. The reason, is for one the podcast came back. The last podcast episode was in March of 2010, a while ago. In fact I had even delete the link and forgot about it given the fact that it simply was dead. Just like every other podcast that Markco did, every wow related project he’s touched as rose to the top and the fell like a rock once he was done with it. While this is not a bash Markco post, I don’t personally know him, I’ve had it out with him a few times on Twitter, more like disagreements of opinions… if nothing else I’m really happy he is no longer part of the show.
That being said, the next season while short-lived so far was my favorite given I really enjoy the host in BigJimm, who form my understanding left the show and likely even the game and blogger due to getting married or something like that. Guess the new wife didn’t agree with his life choice of podcasting and playing video games. (Shame)
On a personal level, I look forward to what the new player Fox Van Allen is gonna brought to the cast, he had an amazing voice, it’s really clear and funny. While I have nothing against Euripides, no matter what my opinions are about how he ran his guild (another subject all together), when it comes to gold making he knows his deal and I did learn a whole lot of awesome tips form him. His mic wasn’t coming in the best which is odd because on the Hunting Party Pod Cast it comes in much better.
My one idea for the show, other than doing them more often, like really would love to see a weekly show cast and I understand that might be hard for Euripides to do. But let me put some advice out there. If you’re gonna do something, you really need to put some time into it, even if you have to give up something else. If not don’t bother.
Right now, the WOW gold community as I see it seems to be dying out. The gold cap players seem to be leaving the game or either Rift or maybe now Star Wars. Some just out right stop playing WOW. A number of really good or use to be good websites have either fallen or closed down becoming ghost towns. I wont name any sites but they know who they are and I find it sad and a darn shame that some of them became sellouts and others are just to clutter or not big enough for people to take notice of them.
Overall, pretty good episode, I welcome back Call to Auction and I hope they get another host or even two more to fill the caps of episodes so we don’t see another gem of the WOW gold making community die.