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School’s Out! Report Card Time - Ep 40
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Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 40! – 2:13
40 episodes! Happy 25th birthday to my Alex! Big thanks to Rak and Kael for inviting me to celebrate episode 20 of The Ready Check! Good to finally claw some time out to get this show out to you all!
Corrections – 9:44
Ep. 39 had a few stinkers. Sorry.
SQ Mailbag – 16:43
Rak’s review, Cyn checks in, Vantacor writes once more, Wooley, Jerzey, and Sorchaduin have comments on Spotify brewin’
News – 26:17
- Another Grrgle housing décor item as a Twitch drop from June 16-July 14
- 0.7 arrives today with extended maintenance, along with extended extended maintenance
- Story portion of 12.0.7 drops July 7
- Turbulent Timeways will run from June 30 until August 11
- I’m calling it, 12.1 will arrive on August 11 at the end of TT and right on the 8 week cadence
Drink of the Month – 32:29
In Pandaria and I have to sadly settle for a Flagon of Dwarven Mead - oof
SQ Development Bench – 34:52
Free ideas for Blizzard - A stable of NPCs that can gain experience and power available for Follower Dungeons and #FollowerRaids
“What Have You Done Lately?” – 42:53
Testing out Midnight features and systems, but most recently, IRL boss has wiped me day after day from playing
Guiding Principles for Time-Crunched Players – 56:09
How to navigate not having enough time in Azeroth, not getting overwhelmed, and staying productive – all advice I need to take myself
Top 10 List – My Favorite WoW Activities – 1:06:59
These are my go-tos
Main Topic – Midnight report card – 1:22:28
I posed the question to the SQ of how long are your breaks from WoW? Times varied, but it is becoming clear to me that it is okay to take some time away.
Closing Thoughts – 2:12:04
Overall grade for Midnight so far and wondering what it is I can’t put my finger on that isn’t pulling me into Midnight as heavily as other expansions
Outro – 2:16:35
- Thanks to you, to Blizzard for the amazing music and sound, to OGRE for intro/outro music, my lovely and supportive wife, my family, and YOU for listening.
- OGRE’s May 15, 2026 show video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uto-Zlk3Z1Q
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- Thank you to contributing patrons Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, Snek of Voldun, Jon, Scott, Jeru, Raven, Greybeard, , Pasta Matt, Luch, and Rak!
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“I will see you out there."
