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BRK Podcast Episode 15

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BRK Podcast Episode 14

Essential Job Functions

• Provides insight, knowledge, and analysis of World of Warcraft (WoW) classes, quests, mechanics, dungeons, lore, and other components of the game.
• Perform live and on-air on an Internet-based broadcast.
• Provide measurable expertise in at least one singular area of WoW, for example: class mechanics, PvP strategy, guild management, raid leading, economy manipulation, loot ninjaing, Barrens chat abuse, etc.
• Must be able to get to Avalon Park, Orlando, unaided by members of BRKWWA, on Sundays, from 2-3pm EST, a minimum of once per month.
• Must be 18 years of age or older, and yes we totally card.
• Capable of fetching raspberry latte — Barney’s is four stores away! — and lesser drinks, although specific catering skills are not required as there are plenty of restaurants nearby.
• Musical instrument not necessary, but if you can bring a guitar and an amp for live into music, you’ll be moved to the head of the line. (No thrasher-crap; we want classics that people can identify, babe.) You don’t have to be Eric Clapton, but have some skillz.

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate will have leveled a character to level 80 without assistance, specifically the class that you are considering yourself an “expert”. We’d prefer many years of experience in your field, but you don’t have to have played since pre-alpha. Seriously, you’ve got to know what the h3ll you’re talking about, Willis.
• Candidate must be capable of speaking English on a live broadcast. Diction, foshizzle. Don’t talk like your mouth is full of marbles. We’re down with the lingo, but we gotta hear the syllables, dig?
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently in high-stress environments is a must.
• Occasional outdoor work is required.
• Forklift license can’t hurt.
• Note from the fire department authorizing you to fill propane canisters is a big plus.
• Explosive ordinance disposal experience is too.
• Requires adjusted work hours (weekends) to meet deadlines or to support mission operations.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Naturalization.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and U.S. Passport not required, but if the show travels to see the troops, must be able to obtain them, PDQ.
• If you can schlep a sofa over here, you’re basically hired on the spot, (depending upon the quality of said sofa, and bean-bag chairs do not count.)

Required Core Competencies

• Customer Focus • BRK is the customer. Make him happy, all else is gravy.
• Drive for Results • We ain’t your chauffeur. Get to the job site yourself.
• Building Effective Teams • BRK is the team; make us look effective.
• Lean Six Sigma • Dedicated to the application of continuous improvement methodologies. Whatever the h3ll that is.
• Process Management • Whatever we want to do, we’ll manage it. Just show up, answer questions, laugh when appropriate.
• Priority Setting • Everything we do is most important. Priorities are now set.
• Directing Others • Don’t bother; we’ll tell you want to do.

Send resumes to: bigredkitty@gmail.com

Moving expenses not offered. No tangible benefits available. Well, maybe a teeshirt or two, but that’s it.

Edit: There is no salary, no per diem, no quid pro quo, no contract, no fiduciary compensation, no exchange of currency, either physical or electronic, in any form whatsoever are promised or hinted at. Fame and glory, such as they are, will be your rewards.

And we have received our first totally legit resume. /cheer!

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We’re Hiring

… the dragons have chocolate milk …

“Brain?”

… yes, the Transfusion would do nicely, thank you Thrall …

“Brain.”

… my toes… they’re warm, yes… no more tissues, they don’t have aloe ..

“Brain!”

… a hunter who’s an engineer should be able to track mechanicals …

“BRAIN!!”

/snork

“Brain! Wake up! The medicine should’ve worn off now.”

“Whoa… um, hi BRK. You feeling better today?”

“Yes, Brain. Much, thanks.”

“You drugged me?”

“Totally: Nyquil.”

“Well that explains it. Being sick stinks; you don’t use me at all. You just put the television on the Military channel or Discovery and sleep all day.”

“It’s fun waking up to a documentary on the PBY Catalina, or butterflies in HD-slow motion.”

“So what the heck happened to you blog the other day? Did you find out?”

“SQL Injection attack. They failed to get anything. We had an independent contractor do some poking around, without breaking any laws, and says we’re pretty safe. We did tighten up a little stuff, but we’re not going to make all our readers subscribe to read or make comments. Yet.”

“So it’s Thursday? What happened in WoW yesterday?”

“Explosive Shot got a stealth-nerf.”

“Explosive Shot? But we’ve just spent 1200gold on respecs and glyphs and enchants to learn how to maximize SV! You’re saying that’s a waste, that we’re gonna have to roll Marksman now?! I don’t want be a MM, BRK! TSA can kiss my…”

“Brain, chill. Everything we’ve read was that it was a 2% decrease to the bonus-coefficient and it’ll hardly be noticeable in raids. Since SV is such a proc-dependent talent tree, one probably wouldn’t be able to identify the difference during dummy-testing. Explosive Shot got a downward tweek, but we’re not consigned to the bottom of the DPS-barrel just yet. “

“Well that’s a very logical and reasoned argument.”

“Thank you.”

“Is this what happens when *you* get wigged out on NyQuil?”

“This, and we have cravings for grape juice and ginger ale concoctions that we call Transfusions.“

“Ooo! Mommy used to make those!”

“Ice cubes, ½ ginger ale, ½ grape juice, then a topping of ginger ale for added fizzes. It cures everything.”

“What else has happened since you drugged me?”

“We conscripted our guest for the next podcast: Gun Lovin’ Dwarf Chick.”

“Nice. Do you *have* to choose women for all your podcasts?”

“Have to? No. But the WoW Insider show is so heavily ‘male-centric’ that we feel we’re doing our part to even everything out.”

“So… you’re going to discuss the sorry state of hunterdom in WoW, I would presume?”

“Probably. We are still of the believe that a hunter without a pet is basically a mail-wearing mage. All three hunter trees should in some form or another incorporate the pet as a building-block of the class. But we’re talking about more than just DPS. We want the hunter-pet dynamic to be crucial to playing *all* hunter-specs, not just BM. Blizz has said they like MM and have pretty much left it alone. BM and SV have been buffed and nerfed; it’s almost like they don’t know what they want and are just changing coefficients and watching the results. We’re going to talk about how screwed-up this is. We may cry a little, obviously.”

“Anything else I’ve missed?”

“Blizz is coming out with 3.1 Concepts for all their classes. Hunters are due for a complete makeover, so we’ll report what they talk about, when they talk about it.”

“So… I didn’t miss much.”

“Mrs. BRK came back from her sojourn to Connecticut. She looks great.”

“A week away from you, I can image so.”

“Yes, we agree… hey! HEY!”

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Chocolate Milk Isn’t Ovaltine

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WoW Insider Podcast Again

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BRK on WoW Insider Podcast Today

Our special guest this episode is Nassira from Diaries of a Marksman Hunter to talk about Marksman huntering! Here a link to the spec Nass taught us to be an effective, raiding MM hunter.

Be sure to tell her what an awesome job she did!

Edit: Nass haz Notes.

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BRK Podcast Episode 13

Strike One: BeLF

Strike Two: Marksman Hunter

Strike Three: Sporebat named BRK

That’s it; we’ve got our next podcast interviewee.

Although someday we really need to interview someone like Kate.

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Three Strikes, You’re Up

Our special guest this episode is Lienna from Liennaslog to talk about Survivalist huntering! Here a link to the spec Lienna taught us to be an effective, raiding SV hunter.

With this episode, we solved our “the guest sounds like a DK” problem we had with BigBearButt, but introduced a new sound-level issue with which we’ve never had to deal. Specifically, Lienna sounds like a lady while we sound like a loud-mouthed schnook. There are six sound-tracks in this podcast, and getting the levels correct — we hope they’re correct — was a lot of work. Constructive criticism is always welcome if you feel improvements could be made.

And be sure to tell Lienna what an awesome job she did!

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BRK Podcast Episode 12

Note: the echo that gets worse and worse? Our fault, not B^4s. We forgot to wear our headphones and the Internet-delay honked up our recording. Lesson learned.

Edit: Drake-Mounted Crossbow comes from Utgarde Keep, not Halls of Lightning.

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BRK Podcast Episode 11