Every fifth episode of the Gankers Podcast is a little different. No meta debates, no guides, no deep-dives into raid parses. Just the boys hanging out, swapping stories, roasting each other, and firing off unfiltered takes on Classic WoW and beyond. Episode 5 is a certified couch-session vibe: laid back, hilarious, and occasionally profound in the most unexpected ways.

Let’s break down the best moments from this "Just Chatting" episode, from hardcore humiliation to guild economics to deleting entire classes from the game. Yes, really.

"Are you not entertained?" Alth asked, half-jokingly at the top of Episode 4 of the Gankers Podcast — but it hits at the core of a question that’s haunted Classic WoW for years: Is boosting just another way to have fun… or a slow poison changing the fabric of the game?

In this episode, Alth, Holy, Darth, and Viewing — all longtime Classic WoW veterans — unpack the good, the bad, and the utterly absurd of the boosting culture that’s reshaped how players level, earn gold, and interact with the game world. From Mage-powered dungeon drags to Blizzard’s paid level 58 boosts, we’re peeling back the layers on what might be the most controversial mechanic in Classic WoW today.

MMORPGs used to be playgrounds.

Now, for a lot of us, they’re purgatory.

You log in. You check the auction house. You scan world chat. You maybe do a dungeon. But there’s a weird static in the background — a kind of psychic buffering. Something feels... off.

That’s the story under the surface in Episode 3 of the Gankers Podcast, where Alth and Holy unpack the quiet, creeping burnout that plagues long-time MMO players. But what they uncover isn’t just a WoW problem — it’s a player problem.

And, as I listened, I couldn’t help but think:
This is bigger than just games.
It’s about who we become inside them — and who we’re trying to stay.

What if Classic+ wasn't just “more raids”? What if it reimagined the core loop of World of Warcraft, turning nostalgia into innovation? That’s exactly the question tackled by the Gankers Podcast in Episode 2 — and the conversation is just getting started.

You can’t talk about World of Warcraft without talking about leveling. Not raids. Not parses. Not even BiS lists. Because at the end of the day, it all starts with stepping into that first cave, pulling your first mob, and hoping your buddy isn’t AFK.

In Episode 1 of the Gankers Podcast, long-time guild leader Althilos and his co-host Holyhulkster kick off the series not with patch notes or meta breakdowns—but with a loose, passionate conversation about the real heart of WoW: the journey.

And it hits hard.