Alex Brazie's guest appearances

Alex Brazie

Countdown To Classic

Jessica Gonzalez

Luke Lafreniere

Kevin Jordan

Brad McQuaid

Chris Kluwe

Raph Koster

John Staats

Jaina Proudmoore

Pat Krane

Dire Maul

Mark Jacobs

Scott Hartsman

Dev Watercooler

Lowbie Ganking

Bo Bell

OwlTail

The thrilling trilogy of ex-dev interviews concludes with Monster/Raid/Encounter designer, Alex Brazie! Listen in as Countdown To Classic rounds out what has been a fascinating run of interviews with former WoW devs about some of the design principles that went into the making of the game. Highlights Below:  In Depth Interview - 2:30 Thoughts On John Staat's WoW Diary - 3:30 Alex's Work On WoW - 6:30 What Alex Works On Now - 8:40 The Blizzard Employee Guild - 11:05 Playing WoW vs. Making WoW - 18:15 The Blizzard Guild Adjusts To TBC Raiding - 20:00 J. Allen Brack &amp; Others As Raiders - 24:35 Do All WoW Staff Love MMO's? - 27:30 Other Games Alex Wanted To Work On - 33:00 Geeking Out At Irvine - 35:30 Visiting Bill Gates - 41:00 Making Monsters In WoW: Monster Design 101 - 47:30 Favourite Monster Design - 55:45 Naxxramas Design Observations - 1:02:20 Four Horsemen Difficulty Design - 1:06:10 Post Vanilla Boss Design/Lord Marrowgar - 1:09:15 Warlock Overhaul Post Vanilla/Warlock Tanking - 1:12:40 Early Impressions Of Warlocks - 1:29:05 Event Design &amp; Player Interaction/Corrupted Blood - 1:35:00 Corrupted Blood Internal Reactions - 1:37:40 Intentions For Protection Paladins - 1:39:10 Faction Differences In Raids - 1:43:00 The In's &amp; Out's Of Monster AI In WoW - 1:48:00 Thoughts On The Success/Failure Of Classic - 2:02:25 Ex-Blizz Staff Thoughts On Classic - 2:06:05 Thoughts On Classic Release Date - 2:07:20 Demo vs. Alpha. Beta - 2:11:20 How Much Work On Classic Should Be Left? - 2:13:05 Should We Expect Changes In Classic? - 2:15:30 Signing Off - 2:18:40 Show News &amp; Shout Outs - 2:20:35    Learn more about game design from Alex @ https://xelnath.com/ Or follow him on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/xelnath?lang=en Pick up awesome Countdown To Classic show rewards @ Patreon: patreon.com/countdowntoclassic Or support the show with a tip @ Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT Or simply show your support by leaving the show a review at iTunes or by telling a friend! Directly download here:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_74_Final.mp3  Also listen @ Spotify here (Spotify takes a couple of hours to upload after posting, check back later if not there):  https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w Or @ iTunes (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting):  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778 Or @ Stitcher (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting): http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&amp;refid=stpr Send your Memory Lane stories, Anger Management rants or just say hello to Josh at feedback@countdowntoclassic.com or get in touch on social media: Twitter: @count2classic FB/Insta/YouTube: @countdowntoclassic Add Countdown To Classic on Twitch: @CountdownToClassic And join the Countdown To Classic Discord here: https://discord.gg/2xJAwNfThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5601811/advertisement

The thrilling trilogy of ex-dev interviews concludes with Monster/Raid/Encounter designer, Alex Brazie! Listen in as Countdown To Classic rounds out what has been a fascinating run of interviews with former WoW devs about some of the design principles that went into the making of the game. Highlights Below:  In Depth Interview - 2:30 Thoughts On John Staat's WoW Diary - 3:30 Alex's Work On WoW - 6:30 What Alex Works On Now - 8:40 The Blizzard Employee Guild - 11:05 Playing WoW vs. Making WoW - 18:15 The Blizzard Guild Adjusts To TBC Raiding - 20:00 J. Allen Brack &amp; Others As Raiders - 24:35 Do All WoW Staff Love MMO's? - 27:30 Other Games Alex Wanted To Work On - 33:00 Geeking Out At Irvine - 35:30 Visiting Bill Gates - 41:00 Making Monsters In WoW: Monster Design 101 - 47:30 Favourite Monster Design - 55:45 Naxxramas Design Observations - 1:02:20 Four Horsemen Difficulty Design - 1:06:10 Post Vanilla Boss Design/Lord Marrowgar - 1:09:15 Warlock Overhaul Post Vanilla/Warlock Tanking - 1:12:40 Early Impressions Of Warlocks - 1:29:05 Event Design &amp; Player Interaction/Corrupted Blood - 1:35:00 Corrupted Blood Internal Reactions - 1:37:40 Intentions For Protection Paladins - 1:39:10 Faction Differences In Raids - 1:43:00 The In's &amp; Out's Of Monster AI In WoW - 1:48:00 Thoughts On The Success/Failure Of Classic - 2:02:25 Ex-Blizz Staff Thoughts On Classic - 2:06:05 Thoughts On Classic Release Date - 2:07:20 Demo vs. Alpha. Beta - 2:11:20 How Much Work On Classic Should Be Left? - 2:13:05 Should We Expect Changes In Classic? - 2:15:30 Signing Off - 2:18:40 Show News &amp; Shout Outs - 2:20:35    Learn more about game design from Alex @ <a href="https://xelnath.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://xelnath.com/</a> Or follow him on Twitter @ <a href="https://twitter.com/xelnath?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/xelnath?lang=en</a> Pick up awesome Countdown To Classic show rewards @ Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/countdowntoclassic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/countdowntoclassic</a> Or support the show with a tip @ Ko-Fi: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT</a> Or simply show your support by leaving the show a review at iTunes or by telling a friend! Directly download here:  <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_74_Final" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_74_Final</a>.mp3  Also listen @ Spotify here (Spotify takes a couple of hours to upload after posting, check back later if not there):  <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w</a> Or @ iTunes (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting):  <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778</a> Or @ Stitcher (As above, can take a short while to upload after posting): <a href="http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&amp;refid=stpr" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&amp;refid=stpr</a> Send your Memory Lane stories, Anger Management rants or just say hello to Josh at <a href="mailto:feedback@countdowntoclassic.com">feedback@countdowntoclassic.com</a> or get in touch on social media: Twitter: @count2classic FB/Insta/YouTube: @countdowntoclassic Add Countdown To Classic on Twitch: @CountdownToClassic And join the Countdown To Classic Discord here: <a href="https://discord.gg/2xJAwNf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/2xJAwNf</a><br/><br/>This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5601811/advertisement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.spreaker.com/show/5601811/advertisement</a>

Episode #75 - Ex-WoW Dev, Alex Brazie, On Monster/Raid/Encounter Design + Blizzard + Classic