Hosts of Ascalon - Guild Wars 2 Podcast
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Enthusiastic fans discuss Guild Wars 2. Message us at hostsofascalon@gmail.com
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Jun 29, 2023
HoA085 - It has a shocking secret
Bootts, HaashTag, and Allona recap the BIG NEWS about the fourth GW2 expansion, Secrets of the Obscure! And yet they forget to talk about that 4-armed dude in a bunch of the artwork. How? I have no idea.Support the show
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Aug 25, 2022
HoA084 - 10 Years of Memories... from Invisible Karka to Plunder Confines
Bootts, HaashTag, and Allona (mostly) forego regular show topics. Please enjoy their retrospective chat of the past 10 years of GW2!Support the show
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Jun 9, 2022
HoA083 - Carnival Ride
Bootts and Allona have a fun chit chat about GW2 in general, Dragon Bash and Dungeon changes in particular, and go all in on Carnival weapons... because reasons.Support the show
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Apr 7, 2022
HoA082 - Heart of the Turkey!
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona discuss the conclusion of End of Dragons (spoilers if'n you haven't finished) and recap the exciting news from Guild Wars 2 Headquarters!Support the show
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Mar 3, 2022
HoA081 - Anyway... Rama is Great
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona go over the release of End of Dragons and give their non-spoilery thoughts on what they've experienced thus far. Also... Raaaaammmmaaaaaa.Support the show
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Jan 13, 2022
HoA080 - NOT STOPPIN’ TALKIN’
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona jump into 2022 with predictions, tips, and nonsense!Support the show
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Nov 6, 2021
HoA079 - Failure apparently *IS* an option...
... for Allona, who thought this was posted a week ago but missed hitting 'publish'. Bootts and Allona talk about the last Beta event and the medium armour specs.Support the show
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Oct 11, 2021
HoA078 - Let the 'festivies' begin!
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona jibber jabber about new elite specs, Halloween, green screens of death, and – you know – stuff.Support the show
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Sep 12, 2021
HoA077 - 3 Hosts, 2 Hours, 1 Good Time
Allona and Bootts welcome the return of HaashTag! There was lots to talk about... let's get down to it.Support the show
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Jul 29, 2021
HoA076 - Livin' for the Livestream
Bootts and Allona recap and opionionize on this week's End of Dragons: First Look livestream... and the new official website (that's maybe just Allona).Support the show
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Jul 18, 2021
HoA075 - The One with the Marionette
Bootts and Allona power through without the delightful HaashTag. There was so much news to discuss that Allona forgot half of the things she had planned to bring up... classic. Bootts, as always, is a font of knowledge.Support the show
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Jun 28, 2021
HoA074 - Brash the Bragon
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona have a lovely chat about what they've been up to in game and recap the most recent GW2 news. And, of course, they bash some dragons... but not Aurene. Never Aurene.Support the show
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May 28, 2021
HoA073 - Fireside Chat with Bootts
HaashTag, Bootts, and Allona go over the recent balance patch and the Living World Return Season 2! No manatee singing occurs during this podcast.Support the show
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May 6, 2021
HoA072 - The power of friendship!
Bootts and Allona welcome the triumphant return of HaashTag! There was plenty of GW2 news to talk about... the Icebrood Saga conclusion, the summer roadmap, and more! Check it out!Support the show
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Apr 19, 2021
HoA071 - It's all slightly cheesy
Bootts once again joins Allona! They go over Super Adventure Box and, you know, contests... and stuff.Support the show
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Mar 21, 2021
HoA070 - Hotty or Haughty
Bootts once again joins Allona! They go over GW2 news including the most recent story release, Balance. There are spoilers. There are rambling segues. It was a good time.Support the show
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Feb 23, 2021
HoA069 - The episode that shall not be named
There has been a series of unfortunate events and this episode is being posted unforgivingly late. Even so, please accept Allona's sincerest apologies. The news that Bootts and Allona cover may be out of date but the banter... the banter is timeless.Support the show
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Jan 30, 2021
HoA068 - Guest host and predictions and story, oh my!
Allona is joined by guest host, Bootts for the first official show of 2021! What did they talk about? Every. Dang. Thing.Support the show
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Nov 22, 2020
HoA067 - Everybody Loves Ryland
HaashTag and Allona go into all sorts of spoilery thoughts about Guild Wars 2: Icebrood Saga – Champions: Chapter 1 – Truce!Support the show
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Oct 25, 2020
HoA066 - Flotsam and Jetsam
HaashTag and Allona celebrate Halloween in GW2 as well as 'spotliking' the GW2 Art Collective! That's pretty much it... a good time was had by all and absolutely no mistakes were made!Support the show
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Sep 27, 2020
HoA065 - Flirty Skirt
HaashTag and Allona may have had some last minute technical recording issues, but that didn't stop them from discussing the new fractal, Sunqua Peak and the trials and tribulations of their first funthrough)! In other news, HaashTag is finally persuaded to buy a second outfit.Support the show
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Aug 30, 2020
HoA064 - I'm famous, you know
HaashTag and Allona delayed the show a week on the hopes and dreams of a big announcement. AND... #CanthaConfirmed! The good times don't end there... the 8th anniversary, massive update to skimmers, quality of life updates, and more!Support the show
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Aug 2, 2020
HoA063 - Throw Down the Drama Sticks
HaashTag and Allona go full in on spoilers for Jormag Rising, have MANY opinions, and share a fantastic fan theory.Support the show
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Jul 12, 2020
HoA062 - Egregiously Aggressive
HaashTag and Allona briefly discuss Dragon Bash, recap the recent balance patch, have opinions on wording, right the shame of missed listener emails (bad Allona), and launch a Patreon... yup.Support the show
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Jun 22, 2020
HoA061 - The Full Meta
HaashTag and Allona chit chat about what they've been up to in GW2 (hint: not doing metas) and talk about FASHION and the upcoming Dragon Bash.Support the show
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May 29, 2020
HoA060 - Point and Click and Choose
Haashtag and Allona have spoilerific discussions about the new Living World episode, No Quarter! (Spoiler talk is called out before we start in on it... so yer safe to dive in.)Support the show
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May 1, 2020
HoA059 - Hot Act Three Cheevos
HaashTag and Allona are back, back, back again! There's SAB news, there's anniversary news, there's... more other news. And most importantly, there's laughter.Support the show
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Mar 14, 2020
HoA058 - Excitenous!
HaashTag and Allona are enjoying all the great GW2 news... like Visions of the Past which include Season 1 missions! SEASON 1, PEOPLE!Support the show
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Feb 15, 2020
HoA057 - Incessant Chatter
HaashTag and Allona had literally a billion* GW2 news updates to go over. (*Note: It's way less than a billion.)Support the show
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Jan 18, 2020
HoA056 - Predicted Perfect Plaid
HaashTag and Allona jump right in to the new year with GW2 news, their sorta pathetisad 2020 predictions (thank goodness listener predictions were on point), and laughs... always laughs.Support the show
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Dec 14, 2019
HoA055 - HAY-VROWN WEE-BEE
HaashTag and Allona talk about the last QoL/Balance update, their adventures hunting cheevos, and Allona goes on a rant about the Raven Sanctum questions (after being goaded by HaashTag)!Support the show
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Nov 24, 2019
HoA054 - HoA: The Returnening!
HaashTag and Allona return from a break to a whole heap of news and get down to business to chat about the newest Living World chapter, Whisper in the Dark! No story spoilers but they do go all in on everything else.Support the show
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Sep 21, 2019
HoA053 - A Charr and a Norn Walk into a Bar...
HaashTag and Allona try to only spoil non-story elements of the prologue, Bound by Blood, and maybe get a little competitive with cheevos.Support the show
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Sep 8, 2019
HoA052 - Attention to the Tale
HaashTag and Allona dust off their podcasting cobwebs and get right down to business! The Saga, the presentation, the magazine, the sheer number of times Allona can say "attention to detail"... it's all on set out on the proverbial table.Support the show
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Aug 3, 2019
HoA051 - I Want a Wunic
HaashTag and Allona have a lot to go over before their August break begins... The Festival of the Four Winds! A cryptic end-of-August announcement! All the tin foil hatting that comes with cryptic announcements! Bonus post end credit content with even more tin foil hatting, because they just can't stop! And more!Support the show
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Jul 19, 2019
HoA050 - Work/Life Balance Patch
HaashTag and Allona have some laughs, get super excited about getting mail, go over the summaries for the recent balance patch, and – yes, your ears aren't hearing things – that is a budgie you hear in the background periodically.Support the show
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Jun 29, 2019
HoA049 - Gems & the Holograms!
HaashTag and Allona talk dragon bash, the upcoming WvW event, and have a few laughs along the way.Support the show
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Jun 1, 2019
HoA048 - Freestylin' Smörgåsbord
HaashTag and Allona are on the receiving end of technical shenanigans, answer questions from chat, and get almost nowhere in the show notes.Support the show
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May 11, 2019
HoA047 - The Supposed Shortest Show
HaashTag and Allona have wonderful GW2 timing.Support the show
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Apr 28, 2019
HoA046 - The OG Converter
HaashTag and Allona have a MASSIVE balance patch, a trailer, a new mount announcement, new events, and hot tubs to talk about... let's get this party started!Support the show
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Mar 30, 2019
HoA045 - Haashtag Has Thoughts™
HaashTag and Allona have a good time chatting generally about ye ol' GW2... and Super Adventure Box... and the Welcome Back initiative... and Haashtag has MANY thoughts on each and every topic!Support the show
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Mar 8, 2019
HoA044 - One Big Catball
HaashTag and Allona chat about the Warclaw, review the balance patch summaries, and let everyone know how they can share their Love4Arenanet.Support the show
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Feb 8, 2019
HoA043 - A Quieter Honk
HaashTag and Allona sat down to do a reg'lar show when luck and happenstance gifted them surprise guest host, Spirit, from the Relics of Orr podcast! Not only was there a small GW2 update, but GW1 also had news and an update... WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!Support the show
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Jan 26, 2019
HoA042 - The Full Monkey
HaashTag and Allona are joined by special guest, Bootts for this JAM PACKED episode! We have Lunar New Year; we have spoilery All or Nothing thoughts; and finally, the original point of the first episode of the year, we have predictions for GW2! We will not be contained!Support the show
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Dec 22, 2018
HoA041.5 - Bonus mini show!
HaashTag and Allona realized they could not let the Living World trailer for All or Nothing go untalked about!Support the show
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Dec 14, 2018
HoA041 - Back in the Roller Beetle Saddle
HaashTag and Allona return (after too long of a break) to a much more extensive Wintersday release than they anticipated!Support the show
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Sep 28, 2018
HoA040 - Ahai Jahai
Haashtag, Allona, and Hunter banter on the extreme edges of what most people would consider to be civilized conversation as they discuss Guild Wars 2's latest update, A Star To Guide Us, Jahai Bluffs, and more!Support the show
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Sep 14, 2018
HoA039 - A Supposed Scepter To Guide Us
Haashtag, Hunter, and Allona talk about the upcoming Living World episode A Star To Guide Us, crackpot theories, and the usual bickering about details.Support the show
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Sep 1, 2018
HoA038 - You get a chair. You get a chair. Everybody gets a chair!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona celebrate GW2's 6th anniversary, enjoy some new novelty items, and summarize the recent balance patch... all while sitting on our free chairs!Support the show
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Aug 17, 2018
HoA037 - Guild Wars 2 as Time Allows
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona catch up on GW2 news and stuff. Nuthin' fancy...just chats.Support the show
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Aug 2, 2018
HoA036 - This dat good good yo
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over their in-game activities, discuss the Festival of the Four Winds patch, and generally give each other a hard time... like ya do.Support the show
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Jul 13, 2018
HoA035 - Long Live the HoA Meetup!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over being able to meet in person (fun!), the new living world episode, the balance patch... and that about covers it!Support the show
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Jun 22, 2018
HoA034 - Gird your Loins and Mount your Beetles!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona watched the trailer. HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona had thoughts on the trailer. HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona talk about the trailer! Did you hear there was a trailer? A trailer called Long Live the Lich? Well there was. Also Roller Beetles!Support the show
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Jun 8, 2018
HoA033 - Haashbaaaaaaaaaaaaaag and Ballogna
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona talk about what they've been up to for the past month... MONTH! And also go over the wee bit of news and patch notes for GW2.Support the show
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May 11, 2018
HoA032 - The Hillbilly Version
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona review the balance updates and other delightful GW2 happenings.Support the show
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Apr 27, 2018
HoA031 - Boom Shakalaka
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona find quite a bit to talk about from a variety of sources. Oh yes... such variety!
Things we talked about: Sandswept Isles Reddit thread, List of GW2 podcasts and video casts, History of possible AP gain, WoodenPotatoes' Ghosts of Asclalon audiobook YouTube playlistSupport the show
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Apr 13, 2018
HoA030 - Glyph Notes
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over the changes to gathering tools, PAX East, some awesome Twitter threads, and the April Fool`s Day patch notes. Yeah!Support the show
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Mar 30, 2018
HoA029 - HOLY SIT!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona just sit around... chatting about Guild Wars 2. Like we do.Support the show
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Mar 11, 2018
HoA028 - We all deserve waffle day
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over their spoilerific thoughts on A Bug in the System, recap the patch notes, and (for some reason) are randomly roboty at various parts of the recording. FANTASTIC!Support the show
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Mar 1, 2018
HoA027 - A Bug in the Podcast
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona have thoughts on the 'A Bug in the System' trailer that they needed to discuss prior to next week's release. They encountered many technical difficulties... coincidence?!Support the show
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Feb 9, 2018
HoA026 - Allona Goes (Phantasmal) Rogue
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over the extensive* patch notes and the proposed WvW changes. *Note: Unlike last week, EXTREMELY extensive.Support the show
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Jan 27, 2018
HoA025 - Stoats of Ascalon
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over the extensive* patch notes and have a lengthy discussion all spawning from a great listener mail. _*Note: Not at all extensive_Support the show
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Jan 5, 2018
HoA024 - I already said what I had to say about the Storm of Jade Empire Dragon Tempest
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona delve into predictions for Guild Wars 2 in 2018 (with some wonderful community prediction submissions as well!) and in-game reflections on the year that was 2017.Support the show
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Dec 1, 2017
HoA023 - Galumphing
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona oooh and aaah over Daybreak and discuss the rest of this past Tuesday's update. (But there's a lot of ooohing and aaahing.) Also, SPOILERS!Support the show
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Nov 18, 2017
HoA022 - Shove it in your steampipe
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona weigh in on the LWS04 teaser trailer, the balance patch, and maybe a little bit about Mountgate. Maybe.Support the show
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Nov 4, 2017
HoA021 - Stranger Thorns
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona have more out-of-game GW2 news to chat about this week; PoF soundtrack, fan-designed weapons, and many Good Apples and Grumble Cakes (you guys rock!).Support the show
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Oct 20, 2017
HoA020 - Praise Joko
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona dive into The Shadow of the Mad King and discuss the news from the recent patch.Support the show
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Oct 6, 2017
HoA019 - Well this episode is going great...oh, and spoilers BTW
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona were more than happy to talk about Path of Fire for an super long time. They forgot to mention spoilers early in the show... so... SPOILERS!Support the show
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Sep 21, 2017
HoA018 - Super Sized PoF Bag!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona relax and enjoy the last show before Path of Fire launches on the 22nd. There was a trailer, some forum posts, some news, and a lot of banter!Support the show
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Sep 9, 2017
HoA017 - PoF the Magic Dragon
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona recap the deeper delve we got from Mount Week in addition to other Path of Fire news. NOTE: There was a slight audio glitch about an hour in, new file has been uploaded.Support the show
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Aug 26, 2017
HoA016 - RAPTORZ!!!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over their thoughts on the two Path of Fire preview weekends as well as the regular-type news.Support the show
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Aug 11, 2017
HoA015 - This is the News that Never Ends
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona were super excited to discuss the Path of Fire expansion announcement, and then we were blessed with a MASSIVE balance patch! Buckle up, friends...it's gonna be a long one!Support the show
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Jul 27, 2017
HoA014 - The Lore of Orr is Fun to Explore
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona enter into ALL the spoilers discussing the season 3 finale! [lie]There was no bickering at any time during this show.[/lie]Support the show
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Jul 15, 2017
HoA013 - Short On Hosts, Long On Bickering
Hunter and Allona proceed with a show sans HaashTag, Allona forgets to hit record for the first half of the show (sorry about the crappy audio, guys), and there's some exciting teaser news to discuss! And bickering... always with the bickering.Support the show
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Jun 24, 2017
HoA012 - In PvP Only
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona discuss the PvP patch and all the goodies that came with it (hint: llamas)! Hunter also publicly appreciates everyone who does not contact him in-game.Support the show
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Jun 10, 2017
HoA011 - World vs ... Whatever, There's a New Llama!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona play HoA bingo, gush over your Haute of Ascalon fashion contest entries, and recap all the WvW news! Oh, and have you seen the new llama mini? You need to see the new llama mini!Support the show
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May 19, 2017
HoA010 - Sword of Balthazar
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona discuss Tuesday's balance patch changes and announce their first ever contest! As well, HaashTag disbelieves that the Sworn of Balthazar are a thing, Allona concedes minor clipping is preferable to floating with backpieces, and Hunter is surprisingly witty.Support the show
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May 6, 2017
HoA009 - It's All Been Spoilers, Baby!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona went without sleep playing the new episode, Flashpoint, and exploring Draconis Mons to prepare for this week's show. SACRIFICE AND SPOILERS!Support the show
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Apr 21, 2017
HoA008 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Ascalonian
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona chat about the comings and goings of GW2... it's pretty casual. Also Hunter has a lot of gold. (Outro Credits: "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Apr 7, 2017
HoA007 - The Beard Store
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona play SAB, talk about it, go over game updates, and laugh at April Fools patch notes! Show correction: SAB ends on the 20th, not the 19th. (Outro Credits: "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Mar 25, 2017
HoA006 - I'm in... fighties
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona had a couple discussion requests and an actual email from (wonderful) listeners to keep the GW2 chat a'flowin'! (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Mar 10, 2017
HoA005 - KazoooOOooo
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona finally have flawless (FLAWLESS!) audio and mostly use it to discuss what they've been up to in GW2. They also go over the wee patch from Tuesday and some miscellaneous news. (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Feb 25, 2017
HoA004 - Look at me doing math!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona did a TON in game (often the same things, tbh) and, of course, go over many of the updates from this week's balance patch! (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Feb 11, 2017
HoA003 - KERMIT FLAIL!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go through the plentiful and sometimes surprising patch notes for the new Living World episode The Head of the Snake! Note: No story spoilers. (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Feb 3, 2017
HoA002 - It has a shocking secret!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona talk about Lunar New Year, forum posts, Votes of Ascalon survey results, and next week's new Living World chapter, The Head of the Snake! (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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Jan 15, 2017
HoA001 - We made a thing!
HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go into their 2017 GW2 predictions (and work out the bugs – loud then quiet audio alert) for this new podcast thing they're trying. (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Support the show
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