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Flash Point 41: Short Rant Is Feasible

September 16, 2012 by

We’re back with some good in-depth chat on SWTOR 1.4, TSW Issue #2

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– 1.4 update on PTS
– Shout-out to Jem for her great Mercernary/Commando 1.4 expert panel
– Speculation on 1.4 dropping this week
– Remaining active SWTOR podcasts discussion (Reddit link)

GW2
– State of the Game updates
– GW2 Economy post
– GW2 forums
– approach to client updates
– general impressions

TSW
– Issue #2 content update
– general impressions and having fun in Polaris and Inferno

WoW
– Patch 5.05
– Theramore event
– Pandaria anticipation

Marvel Heroes
– quick progress update

– Wii U release schedule in Australia

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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Flash Point 40: Funeral For An Evil Laugh

September 3, 2012 by

It’s the first episode in the new format covering a number of MMOs. More notably it’s the last appearance of Ed’s evil laugh, so either mourn or rejoice right now.

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– Post-Chevin event thoughts
– Jeff Hickman interview on future content and team structure
– BioWare on it’s restructure and content teams (including some great audio snippets from buffed.de)
– BioWare not attending PAX
– SWTOR ranking 18 in XFire traffic
– Lore Update: HK-51

GW2
– launch impressions
– State of the Game update
– bot issues
– email verification issues
– lack of forums

TSW
– more game impressions
– Funcom restructure
– subscriber numbers
– State of the Game update

WoW
– patch 5.04
– Shout out for the guild Wizards of Oz and its GM Blacky

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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Flash Point 39: The Stench of Desperation

August 19, 2012 by

A real mixed bag of a show this week. We talk a little on some adjustments to the show format, talk lots of SWTOR and a healthy slice of GW2, WoW and TSW at the end.

Points of discussion:
– Podcast feedback and slight change of format
– Chevin world event
– BioWare at Gamescom
– Thousand Papercuts thread on the SWTOR forums
– Guild Wars 2 launch (and Aussie/NZ launch time conversions)
– New content in The Secret World
– WoW cinematic for Mists of Pandaria
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page and Twitter account

One minor technical note: we’ve had feedback on the naming convention of the podcast so we’ve changed the file names to be more descriptive for those not using a service like iTunes. Hope it helps a little bit!

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Flash Point Podcast: We Need Your Input!

August 6, 2012 by

We’ve just released Episode 38 of our podcast, and with the move from TOROZ to The Oceanic Gamer we’ve been doing some soul-searching as to how we want to use the podcast medium.

Essentially we have a bunch of options that we’d like your comments on, so that we continue to grow our audience and most importantly bring you the information you’re after.

The options we’re looking at:

1. Stay the same:  a fortnightly SWTOR-focused podcast with the odd brief discussion of other games at the end

2. Expand content: a fortnightly podcast with a SWTOR segment as well as segments on other MMOs

3. Expand podcasts: keep a SWTOR-only podcast PLUS have a wider-ranging podcast on offer.

4. Something else we haven’t thought of that you suggest!

To give your input we’d love if you could spend 2 minutes filling in this survey (direct link here if survey isn’t loading for you). Please be brutally honest – it helps us improve:

Again – thanks for taking the time and we’re looking forward to keeping up the podcasting antics for a long time to come!

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Flash Point 38: The Something From Nothing Special Edition

August 5, 2012 by

A show not surprisingly dedicated to the announcement of SWTOR going Free to Play. That said, we have lots more to chat about as well, including a review of The Secret World at the end and another great Lore Update from Ed.

Points of discussion:
– Change to co-host lineup – farewell to the wonderful Mark
– F2P announcement
– EA investor call
– Lore Update: HK-47
– The Secret World Review
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 37: Laying Off The Pink Tassle Dude

July 22, 2012 by


It’s been a big news fortnight, so we jump in and cover the whole gamut, including some non-SWTOR gaming news at the back-end of the podcast.

Points of discussion:
– BioWare layoffs and Georg Zoeller and Rich Vogel
– HK-51 video
– Makeb – new generic,world story arc, but not class story. Do BW have the resources to pursue new, individual class arcs anymore?
– Will existing level 50’s bother with Makeb if the level cap isn’t bumped?
– Server Mergers – BW announced automatic character transfers for those who haven’t done it yet.
– Crafting housekeeping – now 1.3 is done and ‘quality of life’ is a higher priority for BW, what do you want to see? (I want to be able to collapse or hide low level recipes).
– Video for ‘Kurtob Alliance’ speeder for refering a friend (so long as they sub)
– Permanent free trial to level 15 – how good is it? will it help? (1x flashpoint, restricted to origin and homeworld, can’t trade, chat limitations)
– Heads-up on the switch to oceanicgamer.com
– Reflection on the Colorado tragedy
– Announcement of live stream and chatroom for podcast
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 36: Lucas’ Neck and Brown Hole Commendations

July 9, 2012 by

Ed’s back with a vengeance to help make some excitement out of what’s been a pretty quiet fortnight news-wise.

Points of discussion:
– 1.3 experiences
– Community Q&A
– Server transfer rewards
– Lore Update: The Cathar
– Oz Comic Con dissection from a Star Wars viewpoint – including audio live from the event
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 35: Awaiting the Fat Batmans

June 24, 2012 by

We’re to help digest all the news from the past fortnight. We tackle the 1.3 update dropping Tuesday, discuss server merges and nothing less than the future of the game.

Points of discussion:
– 1.3 Update hitting Tuesday
– Server transfers
– Free to play for SWTOR?
– MMO mechanics that SWTOR should copy: Tera and Day Z
– Wide-ranging ramble about SWTOR, end-content, hitting level cap
– Ceasing of Oceanic Guild listing on TOROZ
– Simon, Mark and David will be at Oz Comic Con – let us know if you’ll be there!
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Oceanic Guild listing, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 34: Two Clops Means NO

June 11, 2012 by

It’s an all-aussie host-fest this episode, and we cover all the news of note over the past fortnight whilst still getting waylaid by key topics such as man-bras and Dutch bestiality laws.

Points of discussion:
– New content unveiled at E3
– Changes in SWTOR Community Team (David Bass / Eric Musco)
– Character transfers
– 1.3 on PTS
– Underwhelming Q&A
– Star Wars 1313 preview
– Tim’s great piece on why the Empire Can and Must Win
– Five Inch Floppy wins an award
– Simon, Mark and David will be at Oz Comic Con – more next episode
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Oceanic Guild listing, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 33: Nutless Monkeys and Lightwhips

May 28, 2012 by

This week we have an extra co-host, our own Tim Gow, who writes our weekly Fleet Pass column. Aside from some Diablo 3 tangents, we talk plenty of SWTOR, with 1.3 speculation and subscriber numbers not surprisingly dominating.

Points of discussion:
– Drop in subscriber numbers
– BioWare layoffs / Stephen Reid’s departure
– 1.3 conjecture
– Lore Update: Light Sabers!
– Random Diablo 3 chat
– Fleet Pass Column – what would you like to see from now on?
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Oceanic Guild listing, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 32: Turkey Slapping Crystal Gayle

May 6, 2012 by

We’re back on deck for some fun discussion on a bunch of things, including Ed’s ever-popular Lore Update. Apologies for the sound quality in parts – let’s blame Skype.

Points of discussion:
– Post 1.2 stability
– Asia-Pacific server transfers and server merge need
– Fleet duelling
– Arena-watching from the cantina
– New playable planets
– Shout out for a funny guild-created video
– Shout to Midian and Remnants guilds for their achievements
– Datacron runs
– Combat parsers and SWTOR’s TOS
– Pimp your UI
– Call out for more writers for TOROZ
– Lore Update: Crystals
– Multi-player space combat
– Avengers movie review
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Oceanic Guild listing, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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Flash Point 31: Gene Roddenberry, Physics Failure

April 22, 2012 by

Lots of post 1.2 chat in this episode on top of another great lore update from Ed and lots of NZ holiday reminiscences from David. All Star Wars related of course.

Points of discussion:

– 1.2 goes live
– new SWTOR website
– Legacy rewards
– Asia-pacific server transfers (link to Stephen Reid’s explanation of your toon name and placeholder characters)
– low population servers
– Tauntaun Fawn giveaway
– Lore Update: Hyperspace
– Star Wars memorabilia (link to pics as promised)
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Oceanic Guild listing, Google Plus page and Twitter account

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