A TON of you guys are in this! Huge thanks again to William Doran for shooting and editing this video!

The latest edition to the Frogpants Studios lineup is Hypothetical Help, with Scott and Turpster, who you may know from loads of stuff. This new 12 episode series is a blast to make, and I think you’ll like it. Get the show through the methods below:

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Expect a new episode every week for the next 12 weeks! Will we have a season 2? Have to listen and see!

It’s go time, people. If you are planning on attended this years Nerdtacular event, head over here and get your tickets reserved while they last! They are going quick and we only have a limited number.

All details about the event, and years past, can be found on the Nerdtacular site as usual. Lots of WoW lovers expected again this year. Gonna be fun! – Scott

Such was the case in Chile this past weekend after a devastating earthquake rocked the country, killing more than 700 people. A 33-year-old woman named Karen, who lives in Santiago about 200 miles northeast of the epicenter of the quake, was sifting through shattered ceramics, broken glass and destroyed music cases, worried about her family and friends who were much closer to the quake’s origin. But as she started to clean up the mess, she came upon something that made her smile and gave her hope: A World of Warcraft “Blood of the Horde” stein she had recently purchased from the United States. She said that seeing the ceramic mug virtually intact gave her hope that her family was all right.

Interesting story. (Thanks, John!)

Some updates over at Nerdtacular.com regarding dates, event info, etc.  For those of you interested in Nerdtacular this year, it’s a good bookmark to make!  I’ll post more here as we get closer to ticket reservation, etc.

You guys should check it out. Some clever stuff over at The Daily Blink.

Click here to jump over and check out some of the spreads and content coming! Is ten bucks per issue too much? I say it depends on the content and the quality, and so far, it sounds awesome. Time will tell. Again, more here.

Big News Of The Week

Everyone Is Talking LFG

The surprise of the holiday season has taken the WoW community into a level of play and discussion that we never anticipated. The cross-realm Looking For Group system launched with patch 3.3 only two weeks ago today has generated more interest and chatter than anything Blizzard has added to the game in years.

Rumors And Scuttlebutt

My Kingdom For A Tank!

If there is only one thing that the new cross-realm Looking For Group system has taught us, it is this: There are not as many tanks playing WoW as we wish there were. A DPS character who joins LFG is waiting on a healer and a tank. A healer who joins LFG is waiting on a tank to come along. A tank… waits for no one.

Icecrown Citadel Is Slow Mode

If you’ve not yet gotten your raid team in to Icecrown Citadel, it looks like there is no important rush. According to every rumor we can lay hands on, the next wing of ICC will not open until at least Jan. 7. That means a full four weeks of clearing (or trials at clearing) the first wing of the place, with its four epic boss fights, before you even have a chance to continue.

Town Cryer

Anglachel of the Mug’thol server writes: I recently heard the episode where Randy made the claim that he didn’t know anyone who played a Death Knight tank as their main character, and seeing as I do just that, I thought I’d let you all know that such a thing does indeed exist. Death Knights as a whole seem to be rather hated by the other classes, but I find that for the most part tanks are so hard to come by that they’re loved no matter their class. Besides, no one holds AoE aggro quite like an unholy DK tank, and there’s something distinctly badass about standing toe to toe with a boss like Onyxia and beating on her with a giant two handed weapon. What makes a good DK tank and why do people hate Death Knights?

Drop Of The Week

Your User Interface Is Showing

A long-time regular poster in The Instance forums named Cyan made a splash a couple of weeks ago with the revelation that he decided to put a lot of effort into producing what has become one of the best-looking UI setups we’ve ever laid eyes on. He’s calling it Coehl UI, and we can’t just keep it to ourselves and the few people who have stumbled across it in a thread in our forums. This thing looks sharp.

Additional show content provided by Darrell the Tipgiver, Steve “Buxley” Pietrowicz and the outstanding Instance Community.

Special thanks to DogHouse Systems, FigurePrints!, TypeFrag and SquareSpace for sponsoring this episode.

The song featured at the end of the episode is called Epic Winter Veil Fail. The file, other WoW related songs and the Super Number One podcast can be found at supernumberone.libsyn.com.

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Big News Of The Week

It’s The Lich King! Run! Run Away!

The “Fall Of The Lich King” patch 3.3 to World Of Warcraft went live this week, bringing nothing resembling a fall of Arthas to the game – yet – but really shook up several aspects of the game, and gave players all over the World (of Warcraft) a lot to do during the holidays and beyond.

Get your new Corehound Authenticator here!

And the new 3.3 Blizzard video here!

Rumors And Scuttlebutt

Pure, Tasty, Well-cooked Scuttlebutt

Blizzard launched their Holiday Dessert Contest this week, offering up a collection of Warcraft books to the ten best creators of kitchen confections with Warcraft or Diablo or Starcraft themes.

Much Ado About The New Hunter Ammo
On the last episode of The Instance, we talked about how engineers would be racing to create the hot new toy for this years Christmas…, I mean… for all the raiding hunter girls and boys to load their bows and guns with. The new Icecrown Citadel faction quartermaster is selling engineering plans for the highest DPS ammo in the game, and the cost is the equivalent of 23 of the new emblems of frost. Sound easy? Well guess what? You can only buy one of them.

Town Cryer

Troy B. who plays on Andorhal writes: Since the new patch came out, I’ve been seeing people with “The Patient” title in their name. How do I get that? Do I have to wait in some queue for a long time or something?

John Z. writes: I play an undead shadow priest on Earthen ring named Jovache (pronounced Joe-vash). I’ve been doing quests I missed in Northrend and I’ve come acorss the need to find Orgrim’s hammer for dailies. My problem with that is it’s constantly on the move. Is there an easy way to find it and if not is there a mod that might help me?

Drop Of The Week

Lich King Royale

Just watch this.

And Giveaway!!  That’s right, we’re giving away not one but two of these beautiful statues, courtesy of Blizzard this week.  Listen to find out who wins!

Additional show content provided by Darrell the Tipgiver, Steve “Buxley” Pietrowicz and the outstanding Instance Community.

Special thanks to DogHouse Systems, FigurePrints!, TypeFrag and SquareSpace for sponsoring this episode.

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Over the past five years, a lot has changed in Azeroth. Valiant heroes have travelled the length and breadth of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, taken wing in Outland to free the Black Temple from Illidan’s clutches, and set sail for Northrend to battle the mighty Lich King. Whether you’ve been part of the adventure from the beginning or are just getting started now, we’re glad to have you with us for the five-year anniversary of World of Warcraft and the 15-year anniversary of the Warcraft series.

Help Blizzard celebrate by checking out their hot new mini-site!