Yet another epic episode is waiting in the wings for you as we slap you with almost 7 hours of Countdown goodness! We go back to basics and Josh tells some tales of triumph in Fresh, Hunk tells a joke or two, and we have a really lengthy discussion about something that you think we couldn't possibly talk for that long about. See the details in the timestamps below!

Wailing Caverns Tale of Triumph - 9:20
Crossroads Twink Dueling Guy - 49:20
Gold Buying Indicia - 1:04:10
The Corpse Camping Code - 1:18:55
Messing With Your Own Faction - 1:32:20
Josh & Hunk's Used Up Porno - 1:44:15
Warrior PvP Matchups - 2:04:35
No Honor, No Problems? - 2:26:45
AQ SoD Opening Issues - 2:36:55
Do Rogues Deserve Locked Chests? - 3:06:40
Perds & Core Hound Tooth Week 1 Guy - 4:47:35
The Games Awards - 5:46:20
More Spawn Timing Pain - 6:26:30

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It's time for an epic monologue, so Josh steps up to the plate to tell a few home truths about Classic Fresh, its players, and what it all means for what's next.

Monologue - 4:15

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Fresh arrives tomorrow and somehow the news keeps rolling in. This episode has it all, laughs, cries, screams, and, most importantly, friendship. Uwu.

See you in Fresh.

Dual Spec News - 6:35
Dr. Classic Class Choice Therapy - 2:13:30
'Twas The Night Before Launch Beer Chat - 4:15:15
Rhian & Roo - Still Married, Still Rolling Fresh - 5:38:00
The Rollercoaster OCE News - 6:15:40

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Here we go again. World of Warcraft Classic fresh servers have been announced and it's starting to feel like deja vu all over again. Listen in as the Countdown crew breakdowns the big news and how we feel about it. After that, we also touch on the news for Retail's Patch 11.1 and what player housing could mean for WoW players going forward.

Classic Fresh - 15:10
Player Housing in WoW & 11.1 News - 3:32:45

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Warcraft's 30th Anniversary is here and Blizzard has a big event planned that will likely contain some game announcements.....we think? So listen in as we discuss what that might mean for Classic gamers in the near future. After that, we sit down and chat Retail's class balancing in 11.0.5 with a particular focus on Ele Shaman.

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The War Within is now almost 2 months old and the honeymoon period is over. As is tradition, we grab the amazing hosts of The Starting Zone, Jason and Spencer, to chat with the Countdown crew about their thoughts on the expanions so far, and talk some of the bigger issues in its early days.

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Phase 5 is here with some funny chnages to PvP. Arcos chimes in on what's going and and after that we get a rare Josh monologue and then touch on a Phase 5 preview that was recorded a week before the phase dropped!

• PvP changes - 2:05
• Josh Monologue - 1:24:20
• Phase 5 Preview - 2:07:05

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Phase 4 is almost in the books so it's time to give it a review from the Countdown callers as we look back on a phase that arguably saved SoD. After that, we touch on more of the server consolidation conversation and what it means for the Oceanic region.

• Phase 4 Review - 1:35
• Shadowstrike/Oceania - 1:26:35

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As we look ahead to whatever is coming next for the Classic franchise, the community turns its eye to what the classes may look like going forward if the Classic team doesn't wind up going with the 1.12 version of the game. We also touch on some guild management chatter going into Phase 5 flex raiding and then, we discuss early impressions of the newest retail expansion, 'The War Within'.

• Classic Plus Shaman - 2:00
• Guild Management in Phase 5 - 1:16:20
• The War Within - 1:53:55

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Phase 5 is around the corner and the Countdown crew looks ahead to some things that we know, and some things that we're guessing, are coming to SoD. After that, we turn to the analysis of the results from Ubiquitous' huge Classic Plus survey.

• Phase 5 Info - 5:10
• Survey Results - 2:03:30

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The Countdown crew discusses the big news about an upcoming server consolidation coming to Season of Discovery.

• Server Consolidation - 1:30

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