The Midnight pre-launch is HERE — and we couldn't let it drop without getting some takes on the table. 🌑In Episode 3, I'm joined by Saint (a familiar face from our Classic WoW episode) and Midnyte — a content creator and streamer who dropped into our comments after Episode 1 and absolutely had to be on the show.We talk about what we're hoping for in Midnight, how guild culture in Retail WoW actually works, the add-on cull, raid cadence changes, casual content that deserves way more love (yes, we talk housing AND pet battles), and of course — the hot takes.This is NOT a lecture. No spreadsheets. No world first drama. Just people who care about the game, talking about the game.🎙️ Guests: Midnyte & Saint🎮 Games discussed: World of Warcraft: Midnight, Retail WoW, Classic WoW━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe if you're the kind of player who loves the game but also has a job, a life, and maybe a bedtime.💬 Drop your Midnight hot takes in the comments — we actually read them (that's literally how Midnyte got on this episode).━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Filthy Casuals is a podcast about MMOs for players who care deeply — just not at the expense of their sanity.#WorldOfWarcraft #WoWMidnight #FilthyCasuals

In this week's Episode of Filthy Casuals, I get to get to check in with some an absolute amazing MMO players from the War Within for World of Warcraft. We touch on a couple of topics:Playing WoW and it's various iteraitonsThe State of Retail WowConcerns and Excitement for Midnight ReleaseBeing Parents while Gaming and pushing ContentOvercoming Mythic+ Anxiety and getting startedTo reiterate the beliefs in the podcast and the overall model:This isn't a lecture.We aren't doing parse breakdowns.These are stories over spreadsheets. We talk about struggling to game, being content and getting more of what we want from Blizzard, and how there is just so many facets to the current state of World of Warcraft.Wether you're a Retail WoW player, still playing classic, or just curious about the next expansion, we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.So, what are you doing as you wait for Midnight?New Episodes are coming soon, looking to broaden our MMO perspectives and get some random guest start appearances! Can't wait to see some other sides of the MMO planes, and more players and their unique communities and perspectives.

Hey Everyone I'm excited to introduce and welcome you to Episode 1 of Filthy Casuals. This is a new podcast about MMOs for the majority of players who aren’t chasing world firsts… but still care deeply about their game.In this first episode, we dive into:• Why we still log into MMOs years later• Mists of Pandaria Classic and the current raid tier• What “casual” actually means • Raid leadership from the controversial "Semi-Hardcore" bracket...the stuff no one talks about• Casual vs hardcore culture in modern WoWTo layout some beliefs and model of the podcast: This isn’t a lecture.This isn’t a parse breakdown.This is stories, over spreadsheets.We talk about wipe memories, growing as raid leaders, semi-hardcore identity, and whether you can be casual and still be good in today's version of the game.Whether you played MoP on original release or you’re raiding it again in Classic, we’d love to hear your experience in the comments.So, what keeps you logging in?🎧 New episodes coming soon featuring more MMO perspectives. Hoping to go and a look at how Retail is shaping up as we head toward the new Midnight expansion for that other end of the community!

Hey Everyone I'm excited to introduce and welcome you to Episode 1 of Filthy Casuals. This is a new podcast about MMOs for the majority of players who aren’t chasing world firsts… but still care deeply about their game.In this first episode, we dive into:• Why we still log into MMOs years later• Mists of Pandaria Classic and the current raid tier• What “casual” actually means • Raid leadership from the controversial "Semi-Hardcore" bracket...the stuff no one talks about• Casual vs hardcore culture in modern WoWTo layout some beliefs and model of the podcast: This isn’t a lecture.This isn’t a parse breakdown.This is stories, over spreadsheets.We talk about wipe memories, growing as raid leaders, semi-hardcore identity, and whether you can be casual and still be good in today's version of the game.Whether you played MoP on original release or you’re raiding it again in Classic, we’d love to hear your experience in the comments.So, what keeps you logging in?🎧 New episodes coming soon featuring more MMO perspectives. Hoping to go and a look at how Retail is shaping up as we head toward the new Midnight expansion for that other end of the community!