Playing World of Warcraft in 2024 (ft. Day9) – The PoddyC Ep. 46

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Howdy Folks! Welcome to the PoddyC, episode 46!!!! in this episode we had the fantastic, legendary Day9 on the podcast! You guys have asked for a really long time to have a more casual perspective on the podcast and we couldn’t think of a better guest to bring it. Day9 started playing WoW in 2024, but has a deep history with gaming at a high level, as well as game design so he brings a super unique and cool perspective – as well as a good platform to talk about things like being the first guy with a sub button on twitch! Anyways hope you enjoy!

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0:00 – ANOTHER DRATNOS INTRO!
0:56 – Introducing our guest!
3:17 – Who is Dratnos?
4:40 – we woke up early for this
5:36 – Who is Max?
6:09 – Who is Dorki?
7:13 – Explaining M+
8:24 – How Day9 avoided playing World of Warcraft
12:48 – Finishing explaining M+
13:08 – Retail WoW being played as competitive game
13:50 – Why people got into WoW
16:22 – Why Day9 preferred Classic over Retail
18:13 – Day9 notices Max’s Horses
19:17 – More Retail vs Classic Experiences
21:09 – People just want to have fun in games
24:22 – Is World of Warcraft actually a bad product?
25:58 – Meaningful Choice in World of Warcraft
32:56 – Minmaxxing changed WoW a lot
35:42 – World of Warcraft’s playerbase
40:15 – NEVER LOG ON TO TWITTER.COM
41:20 – Wow’s a great game when someone isn’t telling you it’s bad
41:45 – Devs have to design with Tier Lists in mind
43:32 – How do you make sure players aren’t overwhelmed?
49:51 – Complexity isn’t bad.
51:20 – Games are what you make them
52:56 – Delves
54:12 – Mole People
54:52 – Issues with reward driven players
58:05 – Dorki’s experience with WC3
59:00 – Wow’s making a game for everyone
59:33 – Plunderstorm
1:02:40 – Controversial is better than bland.
1:08:10 – How does this compare to Blizzard’s philosophy?
1:11:22 – Turning your Hobby into your job (Streaming)
1:18:51 – Getting stuck streaming 1 game
1:19:35 – Being an esports caster/host
1:23:25 – Dratnos fleeced himself
1:24:45 – Streaming is still so volatile
1:26:54 – People do this cuz they love games
1:27:35 – Backups gives Peace of mind.
1:29:54 – Becoming a “streamer” in 2024
1:38:13 – Being a good streamer is a skill
1:39:56 – PUTTING DAY9 ON THE SPOT TO ASK US QUESTIONS
1:40:47 – What’s your favorite dumb fun thing to do in WoW?
1:43:08 – Dorki’s dark past
1:44:37 – Do people expect too much from games these days?
1:48:15 – THE PATREON QUESTION OF THE WEEK
1:48:25 – If you had to do something else, what would it be?
1:49:30 – What would Dorki be doing?
1:50:09 – Dratnos’ answer
1:50:35 – What would Day9 do?
1:52:55 – Max’s Answer
1:55:10 – THANKS SO MUCH DAY9 PODBYE GUYS

I’m not gonna lie i was very smitten by day9
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30 thoughts on “Playing World of Warcraft in 2024 (ft. Day9) – The PoddyC Ep. 46”

  1. I've been a fan of Day9 for sooo long. He's one of the most likeable content creators I've ever followed. His ability to tell a story and infectious laugh just make him such a joy to listen to! SO cool to see him on the PoddyC!!!

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  6. I wanted to speak on just walking into dungeons as a noob:

    I started in late TBC and had only heard that dungeons were cool through guild chat. I made it all the way to desolace before I found one and I walked into mauradon solo as a leveling fire mage. I was unsuccessful but had a blast. I then only played dungeons all the way through till BRD stopped giving me levels. What a time to be alive.

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  17. Day9 has never watched Summit lmao. I love Summit, I watch him ALL the time. But he really is just a dude that turns on the stream, smokes weed, and plays whatever game he wants to. He does put some effort into entertaining when he's RPing or trying to hide his identity in DayZ. But most of the time he's just chillin, barely reading chat, and just responding sympathetically to donos about the donator's life falling apart.

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  18. Looove Sean, he was one of the first streamers i started watching, and saw all his educational Day9 Dailies back in the day, back when Starcraft2 went into beta, and saw his release stream in the auditorium, absolute legend.
    Remember waking up in the middel of the night to watch his livestreams in my early teen years to learn about starcraft 😀

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  19. This episode really showed that, Day9 is an adult with measured views. Max, through his position in Liquid, is slowly becoming an adult. Dratnos, is aware of some of the deep lying issues with WoW gameplay and its community. Dorki, is just a fucking idiot.

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  20. W day9, very correct abt leveling being just better in classic. They really need to invest in the new player experience. Fast leveling can still be a thing with remix events for hardcore gamers, but I do think they need to slow down leveling significantly, and some kinda msq for new ppl. Perhaps go thru mage tower esque scenarios to learn stuff, maybe follower versions of old dungs and raids throughout the leveling. More incentives, cosmetics, class quests as well.

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  25. Games need to make people escape from the real world. If the game makes you anxious at first, that's not good because a lot of people play games to escape anxiety. I think a cleverly designed game can measure a players stress tolerance based on choices and adjust the experience according to that. The players who avoid PvP generally have much less stress tolerance for example.

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