The RIFT

For our last Episode Scott Hartsman and Cindy ‘Abigale’ Bowens join us to talk a bit about the game from back when no one knew about it, through to today. We also reminisce about the podcast origins and touch on some pertinent subjects for the future of the game:

• The path of Rift and the Podcast
• Guild Banks
• Server Transfers coming soon
• Dungeon Finder tweaking
• Not necessarily the end, just a goodbye
• Haha Rapture

We’d like to thank everyone for all their support. Each and Every person at Trion who helped us make this podcast, every fan who ever was and whoever downloaded and listened. Thank you for being a part of this journey.

Thank you to Typefrag.com for their sponsorship – if you want a quality ventrilo server, look no further. These guys are great.

Thank you to Doghouse Systems for their support – they have amazing systems – head over and take a look.

And thank you to Enjin freaking awesome Rift Guild Hosting for their faith in us and a wonderful partnership. Seriously, check it out.

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Links below the cut, as usual.

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Hey all,

Edit: Podcast 42 is up!

In case you missed our Facebook post and Twitter update, episode 42 of The RIFT will be released next week on Monday May 23. This will be our final Podcast of The RIFT. At this time, there are no plans to take down the website and the Podcasts, so it will remain as an archive [subject to change]. This wasn’t a decision we came to easily, and has been the result after many discussions.

Thank you very much to everyone who has supported and listened to us over the past year. We really appreciate all of the questions, comments, and suggestions you’ve sent in. Special thanks to everyone who has helped us in anyway – there are way too many names for me to write down at this point, and I’d likely forget someone. Every week we’ve tried to bring you what you’ve been looking for, and our final episode shouldn’t be much different. We’ll, except we’re going to go out with a BANG!

Original Facebook post from Sunday:

Tomorrow’s (Monday 16th May) Episode will not air. Instead, we’ll be airing our final episode – Episode 42 on Monday, May 23rd.
It’s not a decision we’ve made lightly. But due to unexpected real life and health issues that have arisen – something has to give.
For everyone who’s supported us for the last year. Thank you. We’ve decided we’re going to go out with a bang.
We’ll talk to you, for the last time, next week.

This week James ‘Elrar’ Nichols, Amanda ‘Amary’ Fry, Erick ‘Zann’ Adams and Cindy ‘Abigale’ Bowens join Arithion and Desikis to talk about their many different playstyles and the adaptability of the soul system as well as the process of creating the podcast.

• Podcast preparation
• Casual to hardcore playstyles
• Soul system adaptability
• Appropriate preparedness of roles for group content
• Fun versus versatility

Make sure to check out Typefrag Ventrilo for your Ventrilo hosting needs and DogHouse Systems if you’re in need of a new gaming rig or laptop. Use RiftPodcast as your promo code for both!

Hope you enjoy the Podcast!

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Hey all,

Update: Podcast 41 is now available!

As some of you might have noticed already, there will be no podcast this week. The RIFT: Episode 41 will be released next Monday May 9. I’ve included the original Facebook message as well for those who haven’t seen it yet.

Due to circumstances out of our control (and largely to do with Ari being extremely ill) there will be no podcast on Monday May 2nd. Our next cast, episode 41, will be released on Monday May 9th.

In the mean time, check out some of our recent articles, listen to some of our older podcasts you might have missed, or just go out and play some Rift!

We all wish Ari the best, and hope she’s feeling better really soon!