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It's been a good, long time since I last blogged about Paladins. When I first really got into blogging about leveling it was because of my previous two Paladins (both Protection). At that point in time everyone was saying that you should level as Ret, no exception, but I went with Prot and did some crazy soloing and AoE grinding on my quest to level 80, and it was honestly some of the most fun I've had in game.
I managed to get my last Paladin, Lexington, up to level 78 before I switched servers and left him there never to be played again. He hasn't seen any serious play time at all in over a year and a half now. People are always asking me to update the Prot Paladin guides and though I've said several times that I would I just never could manage to make myself get over there and leveling give him some play time love. So I'll make it public here and now that there will not be a Prot Paladin guide or update until I decide to level another one, and at this point in time I'm not planning to do so until sometime in Cataclysm.
Last week I leveled a Holy Paladin to level 10 to twink him for PvP, and on Friday I had a crazy idea to turn his experience back on and raise him to 19 instead for additional healing spells. I wanted to hurry to 19 so I also gave him a respec (which cost only 40-some silver, btw) to Retribution just to hurry it along. What started as a 9 level blitz turned into 23 level joy ride of splitting heads with my axe.
As with my level 80 Druid, Hotstuffbaby, my twink names tend to bite me in the butt when I decide to level them instead. At least Hearmywords can be fun if I macro different sayings to my attacks or something, I guess.
/cast Crusader Strike
/y Can you hear me yet, %t?
/cast Templar's Verdict
/y Can you hear me now, %t?
/cast Exorcism
/y I said… CAN. YOU. HEAR. ME.
Playing a Retribution Paladin
Ret Paladins play much like any other melee class, where you basically close in with your targets and proceed to bash their face in until they fall over and give you loot. Paladins got a change in play style from the 4.0 patch though in the form of Holy Power.
Back in the early days of 3.x I was able to solo a great deal of content with my Protection Paladin and I really did have an absolute blast leveling him up and soloing five man group quests below level and soloing at level dungeons. I'm not feeling the tanking bug right now though, so this time around I'm going for Retribution instead.
Playing a Ret Paladin in 4.0.1 is very similar to how that Prot Pally felt in 3.x – over powered. It's even better than it was before though, because now we actually have additional attacks that we can use in early levels instead of waiting for level 30 before we had anything besides auto-attack. Solo play got even better because we now have a healing spell from level 9 on that is not only mana-free, but also instant to cast. While not as good as Lay on Hands (which we still have, and do get in this level range), it also doesn't have a cooldown beyond the generation of Holy Power, so it's very easy to use.
Retribution-Specific Tips
To start this section off, we're going to look first at the perks of choosing the Retribution tree. The keystone ability you get for choosing Ret is Templar's Verdict, an instant attack that consumes Holy Power for increased weapon damage. You also get Sheath of Light which increases your spellpower by 30% of your attack power as well as giving a 6% bonus to your Spell Hit, and Two-Handed Weapon Specialization which gives you a 20% damage bonus with two-handed weapons. And finishing off the Ret perks is Judgements of the Bold which restores 25% of your base mana over 10 seconds every time you cast Judgement.
Holy Power
Our new mechanic, Holy Power, is similar(ish) to a Rogue's combo points. You build Holy Power by using certain abilities, primarily Crusader Strike, but they build up on you rather than on your target and they expire with time or when consumed by another ability. You can store up to three Holy Power at a time, and the abilities that use it increase in power with each point.
Rather than having finishing moves, Paladins can burn their Holy Power with either healing spells or additional attacks, and since the HP stacks on you rather than the target you can kill one enemy by building up your HP and then kill another by spending the HP built on the first target. When soloing elites or fighting bosses in a dungeon, you can also contribute a great deal of instant-cast healing by using your HP with Word of Glory. I'll get into the details of that further down.
As I mentioned, this paladin started out as a level 10 Holy twink, and at level 10 I was able to solo level 19 casters and rare spawns with nothing more than Crusader Strike and Word of Glory. It wasn't a quick and easy soloing due to a very high miss chance, but there was literally no chance at all that I was going to die, even when I managed to draw agro on two of them at a time. In fact, if I had been Horde instead of Alliance, and had thought to try it, I'm quite certain I could have soloed RFC at level 10.
Seals and Judgement
A Seal is a Paladin-specific buff which typically adds some sort of extra bonus to your attacks. In this level range our only Seal is Seal of Righteousness which adds some Holy damage to each of our attacks. The Seal in use also determines the power of your Judgement spell.
There used to be multiple forms of Judgement, and they used to do different things based on your seal, but now it's all an amount of damage. Seal of Righteousness provides the single highest Judgement damage of all the Seals at this time. Note that Judgement can only be cast if you have a Seal active, so always make sure that buff is up or else you lose access to one of your most useful attack spells.
Judgement is our primary form of ranged attack or ranged pull at this level, with Exorcism being the only other option that's not a taunt. Exorcism will eat through your mana and has a cast time, where Judgement replenishes your mana and is an instant cast spell.
Auras are another paladin-specific buff, but these apply to your whole raid as long as they are within 40 yards of you. Our aura for most of this level range is Devotion Aura which provides a nice bonus to our Armor, which you'll typically replace at level 26 with Retribution Aura which deals damage to enemies whenever they hit you.
There are several auras to choose from as you get higher in level, but Retribution and Devotion are the two auras you'll use most often while leveling. I generally run around in Retribution aura because the extra DPS appeals to me more than the extra survivability of Devotion, especially with Word of Glory in our tool belt now.
Important Spells & Abilities
There are a lot of spells and abilities that come with being a Paladin, but I'm going to try to keep it simple and limited to only the most important ones for a Retribution spec. There are other spells that you'll get in this level range as well, I leave them out only because I do not find them critical to playing a Ret paladin.
Level 1-10:
- Crusader Strike (1): An instant strike that causes 120% weapon damage.
- Judgement (3): Unleashes the energy of a Seal to judge an enemy for Holy damage.
- Seal of Righteousness (3): Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 min, granting each single-target melee attack additional Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time.
- Devotion Aura (5): Gives additional armor to party and raid members within 40 yards. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time.
- Hammer of Justice (7): Stuns the target for 6 sec.
- Word of Glory (9): Consumes all Holy Power to heal a friendly target for 115 to 127 per charge of Holy Power.
Crusader Strike is basically the key to everything you do as Ret, because it's your primary source of Holy Power. It also does a decent amount of damage, but the big thing is that HP. I'm not 100% positive but fairly close, that using it gives you HP every time you use it, even when you miss. I can't think of a time that I've ever used it and not received HP for doing so. Judgement is our primary ranged attack, and also our main source of mana regeneration.
Seal of Righteousness and Devotion Aura are the two buffs that you want to have up at all times. Auras have no duration and persist through death, so the one you have active when you die will still be active when your rez. Seals are only 30 minute buffs though, and must be active in order for you to use Judgement, so be sure to have your Seal active at all times, and if it gets dispelled during combat be sure to reapply it right away.
Hammer of Justice seems mostly PvP related, but it's also great for questing and dungeons or either stop running mobs or to interrupt an enemy spellcaster. It's also great for stunning a mob long enough to get off a Crusader Strike followed by a Word of Glory when you're in desperate need of a heal.
Word of Glory is an amazing spell, one of my favorite additions to the Paladin. It's an instant cast heal that requires no mana, instead healing you for an amount based on how much Holy Power you have available. Unlike most of your other HP abilities, WoG heals you for a flat amount, multiplied by the HP used. So if it heals you for 120 with a single point of HP, then it will heal you for 360 if you have three points of HP. So if you're in a fight for your life then you can alternate Crusader Strike-Word of Glory, or you can build up a bigger stack if healing isn't quite so time sensitive.
Level 11-19:
- Flash of Light (16): A quick, expensive heal that heals a friendly target for 392 to 438.
- Lay on Hands (16): Heals a friendly target for an amount equal to the Paladin's maximum health and restores 160 of their mana. If used on self, the Paladin cannot be targeted by Divine Shield, Divine Protection, Hand of Protection, or self-targeted Lay on Hands again for 2 min.
- Exorcism (18): Causes Holy damage to an enemy target. If the target is Undead or Demon, it will always critically hit.
- Hand of Protection (18): A targeted party or raid member is protected from all physical attacks for 10 sec, but during that time they cannot attack or use physical abilities. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time. Once protected, the target cannot be targeted by Divine Shield or Hand of Protection again for 2 min.
I mention Flash of Light rather than Holy Light because enough though FoL cost 3x as much mana as HL, the cast time is significantly reduced, and if you need a heal badly enough that you're going to spend a cast time on it, you want to make sure it's big enough to be worth it. If you need to heal, and you need it now, then FoL is the way to go if Word of Glory won't cover it and/or Lay on Hands is on cooldown. Our other big heal, the top dog of all heals, Lay on Hands appears at the same level. If you, or someone else is about to die, this is a literal life saver. The strongest healing spell in the game, even on a crit, can't top the healing potential of this bad boy.
Exorcism is one of our trademark damaging spells, dealing a solid amount of Holy damage to the target. As an added bonus, it has a guaranteed crit against demons and undead targets, and our talent points will soon give us a chance to proc the ability to use it as an instant cast spell which makes it an even better DPS tool.
Hand of Protection is one of the Paladin's "bubbles", preventing all physical damage to the friendly target that you cast it on. The good thing is, this will keep you alive against all forms of physical damage, including falling damage. The bad thing is, it does nothing at all against Magic damage and it prevents you for using any attack spells either. The best use for this, other than jumping off of cliffs, is to use it when you have no Holy Power, Lay on Hands is unavailable, and you're being attacked by physical mobs. Pop HoP for immunity and then use your spells to heal yourself back to full. This is about the only time I bother casting Holy Light as I have the time to safely use it with its long cast time rather than spending additional mana on FoL.
One thing to note about HoP, if you've gotten the use out of it that you need (such as an emergency heal), you can right-click on the buff to cancel it, which will remove the restriction of attacking. I have a /cancelaura macro attached to my Crusader Strike for this purpose which I'll have down in the macros section below.
Level 21-29:
- Blessing of Kings (22): Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intellect by 5%, and all magical resistances for 1 hour. If target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
- Consecration (24): Consecrates the land beneath the Paladin, doing Holy damage over 10 sec to enemies who enter the area.
- Retribution Aura (26): Causes 9 Holy damage to any enemy that strikes a party or raid member within 40 yards. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time.
- Holy Wrath (28): Sends bolts of holy power in all directions, causing Holy damage divided among all targets within 10 yds and stunning all Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals and Undead for 3 sec.
Blessing of Kings is another buff that you want to have up at all times, increasing your main stats by 5% and giving you some magic resistance as well. The blessing changed in 4.0.1 so that they now hit your whole party and they last for 1 hour as regular and greater blessings were combined into one.
Consecration is a decent ability to use if you're in a big group of mobs, but the damage isn't as good as it used to be and the mana cost is ridiculous, not to mention the cooldown was increased. I don't recommend you use this thing for much of anything unless you're forced to fight several mobs at once and you feel that you need the extra damage. I used to love that spell so much…
Retribution Aura is our DPS aura, allowing us to deal extra damage by getting hit. You're now a porcupine with an axe. Holy Wrath is our new AoE spell of choice. It used to only work on undead and demons, but now it works on everything and applies a stun to specific types of mobs. The damage works for everything though and the animation actually looks cool now compared to what it was in the previous version. If you want to spend mana on AoE, do it with Holy Wrath, not Consecration.
Leveling a Retribution Paladin
Starter Rotation: Crusader Strike, Judgement, Crusader Strike
Questing Rotation 1: Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism (on proc), Templar's Verdict
LFG Trash Rotation: Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism (on proc), DS/TV/Conc*
LFG Boss Rotation: Judgement, Crusader Strike**, Exorcism (on proc), Templar's Verdict
The Starter Rotation is what you'll use prior to level 10. Basically just switch back and forth between Crusader Strike and Judgement until everything is dead.
Once you start getting some of your other abilities you can use the other rotations instead. The "Exorcism (on proc)" refers to our level 29 talent point in The Art of War which give our auto-attack a chance to make Exorcism an instant-cast spell that costs not mana and does twice the normal damage.
*On the LFG Trash Rotation includes a "DS/TV/Conc*" at the end of it. This is where you use Divine Storm (DS) if you spent the talent point on it, Templar's Verdict (TV) if you have a big target that needs a big hit, or Consecrate (Conc) if you have mana to spare and are fighting three or more mobs with a significant amount of health left. Right now I'm not a fan of Consecration. The damage is pretty low, the cooldown is long, and the mana cost sucks. Not that we use a whole lot of mana right now anyway, but still, I think I'd rather spend my cooldowns on Crusader Strikes and Divine Storms than Consecration.
**For the LFG Boss Rotation it's a little more specific than what I have up there. As things stand right now in 4.0.1, bosses are just like they were in 3.5, so their health isn't all that impressive and with all classes getting their changes most bosses are a flipping joke right now while leveling. But for a mini-spoiler, bosses that have 3,000 health right now in live have over 28,000-31,000 health in Cataclysm. So for right now you can build up one or two Holy Power and then dump it into Templar's Verdict to deal some hate to the bosses and it'll be over before you know it. But once Cataclysm arrives you're going to want a full stack of Holy Power each time you unleash TV on a boss to maximize your damage. If you get an Art of War proc, fire off that Exorcism right away as you don't want to risk losing it or missing out on another proc because the current one was still active.
Talent Spec: Retribution 29
- Crusade 3/3: Increases the damage of your Crusader Strike, Hammer of the Righteous and Templar's Verdict by 30% and the damage and healing of your Holy Shock by 30%.
- Improved Judgments 2/2: Increases the range of your Judgement by 20 yards.
- Pursuit of Justice 2/2: You have a 100% chance to gain a charge of Holy Power when struck by a Stun, Fear or Immobilize effect. In addition, increases your movement and mounted movement speed by 15%. This effect does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
- Rule of Law 3/3: Increases the critical effect chance of your Crusader Strike, Hammer of the Righteous and Word of Glory by 15%.
- The Art of War 1/3: Your autoattacks have a 7% chance to make your next Exorcism instant, free and cause 100% additional damage.
- Divine Storm 1/1: An instant attack that causes weapon damage to all enemies within 8 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to 3 party or raid members totaling 25% of the damage caused. Consumes all Holy Power to increase damage dealt by 22%, 74%, or 150%.
In the first tier I started off with Crusade because I saw it as the most likely contribution to my damage while leveling since Crusader Strike is my most common attack, and Templar's Verdict my most likely use for Holy Power. Improved Judgements came next as I prefer to pull with Judgement and the more range it has the better, not to mention using it to finish off runners or pull threat for mobs chasing after my healer when the tank's not watching.
For the second tier I decided to go for Pursuit of Justice first because of the increased speed. The holy power from stun/fear/immobilize isn't likely to happen in this bracket outside of PvP and Wailing Caverns, but the increased run speed is a huge bonus for leveling. I then went for Rule of Law for another damage increase via crit chance for Crusader Strike, and survivability via crit for Word of Glory.
For the sole point in the third tier I chose to go with a single point in The Art of War over Divine Storm because I prefer the damage increase from instant Exorcisms to the potential AoE damage of Divine Storm. With a long cooldown and high mana cost on Consecration now, it's just not worth it for me to try to AoE my way through all of my quests when it's actually faster for me to just destroy things one at a time. I did take Divine Storm at level 31 for an extra AoE to use in random dungeons. I love the fact that Divine Storm now hits everything within 8 yards instead of only four targets like it did previously.
Everything here is about increasing our damage output in one way or another, with the slight exception of Pursuit of Justice which is more about decreasing our travel time which makes leveling faster.
I'm going to list at least two options for each glyph type that you can choose from, and below each section I'll mention why I choose them and under which circumstances I might change from one to another.
- Glyph of Crusader Strike: Increases the critical strike chance of Crusader Strike by 5%.
- Glyph of Exorcism: Your Exorcism causes an additional 20% of its damage over 6 sec.
Crusader Strike is my primary attack; It's how I get my Holy Power and where the majority of my damage comes from outside of auto-attacks. Because of this, I went with the Crusader Strike first, increasing my crit chance by 5%. I gave a lot of thought to using Exorcism instead as it's a flat damage increase to Exorcism, but I don't use it quite as often as I do CS, and up to this level range it's almost guaranteed that if I use Exo on something it's going to be dead before that 6 second DoT effect would matter. If you're doing a lot of LFG, then I might suggest Exo > CS for boss fights, but even then you'll have way more uses of CS than Exo regardless.
- Glyph of Hammer of Justice: Increases your Hammer of Justice range by 5 yards.
- Glyph of Divinity: Your Lay on Hands grants twice as much mana as normal and also grants you as much mana as it grants your target.
I personally went with Hammer of Justice first because I like to use PvP to help me level when I'm not in a questing/dungeon kind of mood and the extra range on a stun is pretty nice. In PvE the extra range doesn't help a whole lot unless I pull multiple mobs and one of them happens to be a caster. Going with Divinity is more useful later in the game as mana is rarely an issue unless you're using Exorcism or your heals more frequently. I found it to be useful in LFG, so I have been switching back and forth as needed.
- Glyph of Lay on Hands: Reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 2 min.
- Glyph of Blessing of Kings: Reduces the mana cost of Blessing of Kings by 50%.
- Glyph of Righteousness: Reduces the mana cost of Seal of Righteousness by 50%.
As with most classes, our minor glyphs kind of suck. The only one I really say is necessary is Lay on Hands since it's the only ability that you're likely to use while in combat and its use can actually have a significant impact by allowing you to cast LoH more often. Every other Paladin minor glyph right now just reduces the mana cost of spells that you'll likely only cast outside of combat anyway, where casting your buffs and then drinking to restore your mana would negate the glyph's use, not to mention we don't care about mana much to begin with.
Retribution Macros
I don't use a whole lot of fancy macros on my Paladin just yet, but I do have a few that are particularly useful.
/cancelaura Blessing of Protection
/cast Crusader Strike [same for Templar's Verdict, Divine Storm, and Exorcism]
This is the one that I mentioned up above that cancels my BoP right before I attack. BoP gives you immunity to physical damage, but at the expense of not allowing you to attack. Generally you want to cast this when you need to heal yourself (if you're targeting yourself), so after you're finished healing it's time to get back to combat rather than just waiting for it to end itself. Basically this one saves me the trouble of canceling the buff myself.
I use a version of this macro for all of my primary attack spells as I mention in the macro text itself.
/cast [modifier:alt] Divine Storm; Templar's Verdict
This is a typical space saving macro. DS and TV both use your Holy Power for a melee attack. TV is a single-target attack that can do 225% weapon damage with a full stack of HP, where Divine Storm is an AoE attack that burns your HP for up to 150% weapon damage. They both work the same way and use the same kind of resource, so I use a simple macro to switch from one spell to the other when I hold the Alt key.
Gearing Up as Retribution
As a melee class we're looking for stats that impact our melee performance such as Strength, Attack Power, Hit, Crit, and Haste. We know from our Two-Handed Weapon Specialization that we're meant to use two-handed weapons, and the general rules apply there; the slower the weapon, the higher the damage.
Stat Priority: Strength, Attack Power, Crit, Haste, Hit, Expertise
In short, we're going to stack Strength. Crit and Haste are both great stats when you can find them, though Crit is much easier to find than Haste at these levels. Hit and Expertise are both good, but again they'll play a bigger role at later levels than they do now.
If you have access to heirloom gear and want to know which ones to use:
Bloodied Arcanite Reaper with the Crusader enchant
Polished Breastplate of Valor with the Greater Stats enchant (+4 all)
Polished Spaulders of Valor
Swift Hand of Justice probably two of these
If you don't have access to BoA items then you want to look for gear via dungeons. Here is a short list of items that come to mind for me:
Ragefire Chasm
Subterranean Cape Cloak, +4 Str, +4 Agi
Rockslicer 2H Axe, 18.4 DPS, +11 Str
Smite's Mighty Hammer 2H Mace, 19.8 DPS, +11 Str, +4 Agi
Wailing Caverns
Cobrahn's Grasp Mail Belt, +8 Str, +3 Agi
Shadowfang Keep
Silverlaine's Family Crest +7 Str, +3 Stam
Arced War Axe 2H Axe, 21.8 DPS, +10 Str, +9 Stam
Phantom Armor Mail Chest, +3 Str, +11 Stam, +5 Crit
Blackrock Depths
Reef Axe 2H Axe, 22.4 DPS, +10 Stam, +20 Attack Power
Algae Fists Mail Gloves, +10 Str, +4 Stam
Razorfen Kraul
Tusken Helm Mail Helm, +12 Str, +12 Agi
Corpsemaker 2H Axe, 29.0 DPS, +15 Str, +8 Stam
Thermaplugg's Left Arm 2H Axe, 32.6 DPS, +18 Str, +7 Stam
Grubbis Paws Mail Gloves, +6 Str, +5 Agi, +9 Stam
Manual Crowd Pummeler 2H Mace, 29.0 DPS, +16 Str, +5 Agi, Use: +500 Haste for 30 seconds (1 hour cooldown).


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The Yreka Miners girls and boys soccer teams both fell to league opponent Anderson in Redding Tuesday night at the Redding Sports Park.
Below is a recap of both games
Girls recap by head coach Brian Crowley.
"We started off slow, allowing Anderson to score two early goals in the first half. The rest of the game we had to fight to get back into the game. Kendell Nielsen scored a goal from a nice cross from Bailey Fisher midway through the second half. "
"That would be our only goal, though we had numerous chances to score we just could not put one in the back of the net. Kaitlyn Mechling played outstanding defense and several of our younger plays have made significant improvements like Casey Jackson, Bailey Fisher and Rossely Rodriguez."
The Lady Miners lost the game 2-1 to fall to 5-7-1 for the year.
Boys recap
The Miners boys scored first thanks to a goal by Victor Tudela, with an assist by Andrew Persing. Yreka was leading 1-0 at the end of the first half, head coach Miguel Galvan said. The Cubs tied the game in the 25th minute of the second half In the 35th minutes Andersons scored again. While they had three "clear" scoring opportunities they could not capitalize, Galvan said, as the Cubs scored one more time to take the game 3-1.
The Yreka boys fell to 4-9 for the season.
Both teams end the regular season on Friday against Lassen in Redding.
Miner soccer teams fall to Anderson down in Redding
The Yreka Miners girls and boys soccer teams both fell to league opponent Anderson in Redding Tuesday night at the Redding Sports Park.

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According to Gearbox Community Manager (and Shacknews alum) Chris Faylor, a patch is currently in the works for Duke Nukem Forever that will increase Duke's inventory slots, allowing him to carry up to four weapons at once during the single-player campaign.
According to the post from Faylor, the weapon update is currently PC-specific, though he notes more details about the update "including those coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360" will be revealed "as they're finalized."
The PC version will also add support for Valve's Anti-Cheat System (VAC), push-to-talk voice chat, the ability to adjust field of view, and other unnamed "fixes and improvements" currently being tested.
Though four weapons is better than two, it is still far from Duke's origin, as the character could once carry every weapon he found during his past adventures.
In 2003, 3D Realms boss George Broussard pondered whether or not Duke Nukem Forever could "get away" with reducing Duke's arsenal down to two at a time in in Shacknews' own Chatty in the face of shifting first-person shooter design.
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Yeah, blame us for it if you want. It may change in the future and I don't know what will happen with it, but it was us. I stand by it too, as you cannot discount designing games for a modern world and part of that world is consoles where the bulk of the sales can be. And on those consoles you have a controller. We tried for a long time to support lots of guns but we simply could not find a nice way to map it to a controller, despite trying 4-5 designs. We gave it enough time and decided to stop swimming against the current and adopt what was basically the "standard". It's not 1996 anymore.
Shacknews has contacted Gearbox to learn whether or not upcoming console updates will include the new 'four weapon limit,' but has not received a response at the time of publishing.
What is the sweet-spot for you, Shackers? Is four weapons good enough, do you still long for the days when Duke was bad-ass enough to carry every weapon he came across, or did Broussard get it right in 2010?
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Larry McReynolds Leads The Pack At Daytona
There might have been all-star drivers like Dale Junior and DJ on the track, but the real story of Monday's Pre-Season Thunder on SPEED was not out there turning left. He was seated up in the TV studio alongside host John Roberts. Much to the relief of many NASCAR fans, Larry Mac was back.
After a 2007 season that separated McReynolds from all the other NASCAR TV analysts in terms of information and dedication, he showed that 2008 will continue his dominance. Working on the Fox, TNT, and SPEED TV packages, Larry Mac seemed to be everywhere last season.
Few of us can forget his 2007 performance at Sonoma. Sick as a dog, perched on the TNT infield studio set next to the track and with his voice fading, McReynolds hung-in there as the voice-of-reason and guided viewers through the chaos of the race.
Monday at Daytona, it didn't take McReynolds thirty seconds to get back to his hyper-excited ways. He had all the info from testing right down to the fine details. This was a bit of a shift from Jeff Hammond, who tends to offer more of a commentary than McReynolds type of detailed explanations.
It is this combo of personalities that serves them well when they work with Steve Byrnes on TV assignments like Trackside, practice and qualifying shows. Alone at Daytona, they offer the same information in two very different styles of delivery.
McReynolds had Kevin Harvick as an in-studio guest, and did a great interview with this owner/driver. As fans know from last season, once testing is over the public access to the Sprint Cup drivers is limited. So far, it has been great to see these high-profile figures in an informal and relaxed setting. One thing is clear, they like to talk with McReynolds.
This week, Truck Series pit reporter Adam Alexander is covering the garage area. Monday, he tried to interview Tony Stewart right out-of-the-box. Things did not go well. Stewart was pleasant, but gave Alexander absolutely no information and looked like he would rather have a sharp stick-in-the-eye.
McReynolds did a great recap of the new COT issues at Daytona in terms even the casual fan could understand. This type of reporting is where he shines, especially when he can be in the garage with examples of what he is talking about. He certainly did set the stage for some interesting issues to appear later in testing.
This higher-profile TV presence for SPEED at Daytona has also served to promote the Rolex 24 and even the Barrett Jackson Auction. Even while serving those purposes, the network has not forced the kind of "promo intrusion" that we saw with TNT.
In wrapping the show, all three SPEED personalities were on the set and presented the kind of top-notch appearance and professionalism that this cable network has been working hard to achieve for years.
So far, the 2008 season on TV has to be very pleasing to the networks, the fans and most of all...NASCAR. There is a lot riding on the next four weeks, and if SPEED keeps up this type of performance, it may be the perfect "ramp-up" to Speedweeks.
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41 comments:
- Anonymous said...
That was a great show today, but at first I thought I had missed it.
I tuned in at about 6:28 pm and Pre-season thunder was on already. I thought for some reason, the show might have started at 6:00 and would end at 6:30. It turns out that was a re-play of the truck testing show and the cup testing show started as normal at 6:30.
what was that about?
- January 14, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- Matt said...
I don't think we can blame Adam Alexander for Tony's poor answers. Tony hates testing, and hates being asked about testing, and would not have been anymore informative with anyone else.
- January 14, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
SPEED chose to show the previous week's final show as a lead-in to the Monday original testing program.
- January 14, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Could not agree with that more. Adam knows his stuff.
- January 14, 2008 at 7:45 PM
- Tripp said...
Larry did tonight what he did all last year, be the best on-air talent in all NASCAR. Larry's the whole package. Smart, funny, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, self-deprecating, warm and eminently likable. Sure, there are some that don't care for him, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was liked and respected by more NASCAR fans than any other air talent in the sport.
Having him on my big-screen is like welcoming back an old friend.
- January 14, 2008 at 7:53 PM
- Newracefan said...
I enjoyed today's show and although I like Hammond I still prefer Larry Mac. His explanations are understandable and logical and I appreciate both. What was Tony's problem, Adam's question was appropriate and he tried to play to the fact that Daytona testing is not Tony's favorite thing and left it open for Tony to say anything including testing is boring and I wish I didn't have be here but instead he basically said nothing. Adam took it well and kept on trying and Tony eventually said something although not much. I know Tony hates Daytona testing but really. More tomorrow, can't wait.
- January 14, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'd agree that, with the possible exception of Matt Yocum, I doubt anyone could have drawn Tony out tonight.
Tony's never going to learn to deal with the realities of being a professional NASCAR driver. Every time you think he's grown up, he performs like he did tonight. He doesn't get it: doing media is part of his job whether he likes it or not.
They are plenty of classy drivers who can be pleasant even when they're not in a good mood, and Tony needs to take a lesson from them.
- January 14, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Oh, and get a haircut.
Geez. Does Home Depot really like their representative being a surly guy who slooks like a slob?
- January 14, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Trucks Series Fan! said...
Yes and we missed it tonight I thought it was starting at 6 PM and it had started at 5:30. Maybe they'll be a rerun of it.
- January 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Welcome back, Larry Mac!
I love the energy he puts into the show. That, and he really explains stuff well.
- January 14, 2008 at 8:43 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
It was definitely great to have Larry Mac back on the air. In my opinion he is the best NASCAR analyst around. I really hope TNT wisens up and puts him in the booth this year. It was a crime for them to relegate him to the infield by the cut-a-way car and I'm glad he didn't let his "defined role" keep him from stepping up and being the star of the show during the "Summer Series". It's great to have you back Larry Mac!
- January 14, 2008 at 8:55 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Wah~!! I missed it and no repeat tonight due to pinks and some other rubbish, scheduled around the Auction thing. DARN. It sounds like I missed a good show..though as a Tony fan, sorry to see he continues to suffer from some male PMS deal. Sigh.
I would've liked to have seen Harvick.
I must admit, when I first started watching NASCAR in 2004, Larry Macs enunciation and poor grammar nearly drove me nuts!!! But I realized the knowledge the guy had and would listen intently when he spoke. At this point, I don't even hear the double and occassional triple negatives, LOL.
Thanks for the great write up even if there is no late night repeat.
- January 14, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- elena said...
I think Adam and others have to take Tony or leave him. He is often very sour and sometimes he hasn't done badly.
I spent a wonderful weekend watching football. This weekend and next are the best weekends in the NFL. Anyway, the players on the losing teams showed real character and came out and talked to the media. I mean they had to answer stupid questions like how do you feel? These guys do not depend on sponsors either. I mean unless they are not happy making $10-20 mil a year plus signing bonuses, and want to do commercials, then you can see it. But many of them do it for their fans. They know their fans spend tons of money on "stuff" and want to see them one more time.
I like Larry Mc, but I cringe at his poor grammar.
- January 14, 2008 at 11:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
Tony's never going to learn to deal with the realities of being a professional NASCAR driver.
which is why most of the general public doesn't know who he is and never will, even though he's one of the greatest drivers in the world.
Too bad, but true.
I didn't cringe at Larry's grammar this evening (I'm used to it now and he's improved it unless he gets excited). I did cringe at the return of grumpy Tony, I had forgotten how much I didn't miss that part of NASCAR. Just decline the interview if you're going to be irritable.
I really do not want to spend the season witnessing and then reading about his 'me vs the media' antics. There were a lot of them last year, and they made Tony look bad, not the media.
- January 14, 2008 at 11:23 PM
- Matt said...
I hate to get into the Tony vs TV debate, but as long as he doesn't cuss during his interviews, I'm not going to complain. Tony is Tony, and sometimes he does have a point with the media (ESPN ring a bell?). Besides, he adds the character this sport is in need of.
- January 14, 2008 at 11:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Good show tonight but I was disgusted at the very end. The guys started to talk about the closure of Morgan McClure and Adam Alexander changes the subject. I would of liked to hear a little bit more discussion on the subject.
- January 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Larry Mac, what else needs to be said? He and DW and Hammond, what a crew--entertainment, information and the was it was, all in one great package.... ESPN take notice, that is what we like.
- January 15, 2008 at 5:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
SPEED gives us a nice 30 minute wrap up of the day's testing and people are complaining about 60 seconds of Tony Stewart telling the truth?
What was Smoke supposed to do?
Adam Alexander even set him up by starting the interview with negativity by saying "I know you're doing your favorite thing - testing and media commitments".
Smoke answered questions by saying things like "you don't know who is showing their hand" and "you can't read too much into single-car testing speeds" which are very true and people rip him for being negative?
I guess it's like everything else in NASCAR - people who don't like an announcer or driver will find any way they can to rip them.
Larry Mac is the best and nobody else is even close. I absolutely love his energy!
- January 15, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
What was Smoke supposed to do?
He could take some lessons on how to answer from Mark Martin and the other classy guys who know how to answer a question without acting like it's a major imposition.
You know, the reporters don't really ask this stuff for themselves (they could do that off-camera)...it's so the audience, the fans, can hear the drivers for themselves.
- January 15, 2008 at 10:26 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I am enjoying the SPEED nightly shows so much! John Roberts did his usual excellent job. I'm always happy to welcome Larry Mac to my TV screen. I'm also enjoying the clips of the past races they are including in the programs.
I enjoyed the Smoke interview and smiled through the whole thing. Smoke being Smoke.
I'm going to drift a bit here, JD.
Just my opinion:
I have found that all NASCAR web sites have fans who complain about NASCAR folks' appearance, grammar, attitude or personality traits. There are fans who complain that NASCAR folks aren't natural on camera or that they are fake or have practiced interview phrases. Unfortunately, some of these fans are standing on both sides of the issue.
As for myself, I enjoy all of the folks being themselves. warts and all, so to speak. I don't enjoy plastic personalities and I like a little flavor thrown into the mix.
- January 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
Glad to see Larry Mac - he looked refreshed and ready to go!
Tony is Tony, and that's OK. We all understand that he doesn't like testing. He gave an honest answer without verbally attacking the media for asking. Let it be.
- January 15, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Ritchie said...
As we have seen during the past year, you cannot simply take a NASCAR veteran and expect him to become a TV comentator. That is why I think we will never be able to fully appreciate how lucky we are that Larry Mac decided to do TV.
It is amazing that he can translate shop-talk into short statements that the casual veiwer can understand. He also notices and points out race strategy sooner than any other commentator in racing today. Most importantly, he never belittles his contemperaries, even though they may deserve the belittling.
As racing enthusiasts, we are very lucky that he decided to become a race commentator. Professionals like Larry Mac do not come along very often.
- January 15, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
NASCAR sure is a funny animal...
If drivers toe the company line and give the answers they are supposed to, people complain about generic drivers.
If drivers give honest answers with their honest feelings, people complain they are grumpy, etc.
I actually think part of the decline in the NASCAR ratings last year was because of the success of Johnson and Gordon. People got tired of watching generic (albeit great) drivers win week after week.
And, to stay on point for JD - Larry Mac is awesome. The combination of John Roberts (the best NASCAR host) and Larry Mac (the best NASCAR analyist) is impossible to beat!
Personally, I love Tony with longer hair. It looks great!
- January 15, 2008 at 1:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love to hear Tony talk, he tells it like it is, none of this kiss a-- NASCAR PC friendly suck a-- stero type yes men. more of Tony brings back memories of what racing used to be like, a sport for real men.
- January 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Larry McReynolds also does good interviews, such as the one with Harvick yesterday. He's very versatile.
I love Tony and accept him as he is, but it does seem fair to say "Tony being Tony" keeps him from being more famous overall.
I was at the grocery store this morning and Jeff Gordon was on the cover (by himself) of a magazine called Best Life. I'd never heard of it before but he looked so handsome I simply had to buy it. Apparently it's aimed at men, so I'll tell my husband I bought it for him, lol. It looks like GQ with more practical stuff inside, maybe aimed more at guys in their mid 30s (like my husband) or 40s. I haven't read it yet, it's at least eight pages long -lots of photo and big story. The cover says "Fast Track Your Life! NASCAR's Greatest Driver shows you how to reach the winner's circle."
I browsed around the web to find out what kind of magazine it was and recent Best Life covers were Patrick Dempsey of Grey's Anatomy, Jon BonJovi, Keith Urban, and Pierce Brosnan, so Jeff's in some good company there.
Sorry to ramble, all I'm saying is I can't see Tony ever being in the position to be on a magazine like that, even with two championships. He's too moody and doesn't come across well in interviews, most times. I still love him, but he's an acquired taste, media wise.
- January 15, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love to hear Tony talk, he tells it like it is, none of this kiss a-- NASCAR PC friendly suck a-- stero type yes men. more of Tony brings back memories of what racing used to be like, a sport for real men
I don't remember the "real men" of the good ol' days insulting the reporters interviewing them.
Richard Petty was always professional, for example.
- January 15, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- GinaV24 said...
I like Larry Mac and Jeff Hammond. They both have their good and bad points, but they both tell me what I want to know and can make me laugh while they are doing it.
Tony is Tony. He's not my favorite driver, but with NASCAR trying to make all the drivers be so PC, letting him just be himself is fine with me. If he wants to be a jerk on TV, well, that's his privilege.
- January 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Tony may be a character, but he's still hostile with reporters.
I watched the webcasts of both Dale Jr's press conference and Tony's press conference today. (FYI I'm a Penske Racing fan.) Dale Jr. answered every question in detail. Though sometimes he was asked something he said he wasn't sure about -someone asked him about the comments that the TV ratings were down because of him not winning - he would pause and then give as much of an answer as he could. To everyone.
Tony came out and was sarcastic right off the bat to whoever it was who was in charge of the conference and picking the questions. That guy asked him two questions -the same questions he asked Dale Jr and Tony gave sarcastic remarks. One was... how would it feel to win the 50th running of Daytona? Tony said... the same as winning the other 49. He wasn't smiling. There was dead silence, as I don't think the host liked that answered too much. Same question earlier, Jr talked about winning at Daytona anytime was a good thing and why.
Tony had something snide to say several reporters before he answered their questions. A couple of questions asked he just answered.... No. and then dead silence. As I said, Jr. answered all questions in detail and he's probably been asked those question a lot already.
After it was over, Tony smiled at the host who he was rude to earlier and said thanks, and you could hear everyone laugh and I believe someone said...trial by fire, so maybe the host was new . I don't think Tony being nice at the end made up for him being rude earlier, but that's my opinion only.
- January 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Miss the press conferences today?????? But was happy with SPEED to REPLAY monday's show since there was not repeat last night.
As far as tony on SPEED's show, he looked a little grumpy but I would not call him HOSTILE or rude...just not having a great day.
after reading the comments from yesterday i was expecting to see a real punk attitude. He did not look happy but it was ok.
Now I am curious to the press conference deal...what station carried that and is there a link?
Thanks AGAIN to SPEED for repeating Monday's show.
- January 15, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- elena said...
to anon, thanks for the heads up on Best Life mag with Jeff. He's also going to co-host Regis and Kelly on Thursday. He is a good example of what makes good tv.
I cannot accept that if a driver is rude, he's "real." If a driver is nice and polished, he's "phony."
Most everyone of my adult friends and family members work with the public. They are nice, and they are not phony. One of the greatest NCAA basketball coaches of all time lost his job for being "himself." Being "real" is not all it's cracked up to be.
Million of fans will never get the chance to go to a race or game. Athletes are the ambassadors to their sport. So who does that and make good tv? Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Payton Manning, and yes Jeff and Jr.
- January 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
- Karen said...
Jeff is cohosting Friday, the 18th, on Regis & Kelly according to my cable guide and elsewhere I read a post.
- January 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- Truck Series Fan! said...
Well I like Larry Mac's naturalness but Tony's sarcasm isn't funny (I think) and neither is Ryan Newman's correcting reporter's grammar.
- January 15, 2008 at 8:20 PM
- elena said...
Thanks, Helen
Elena :>)
- January 15, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- elena said...
Oop, sorry Karen. Thanks for info on Jeff.
elena :>)
- January 15, 2008 at 9:06 PM
- haus20 said...
anonymous...what press conference were you watching? Any bit of sarcasm by Tony was followed by a smile from Tony and laughter from the audience...
btw...it is Clair B. Lang that says "Baptism by fire" at the end of the presser.
It is always nice to see real drivers and real personalities like Stewart - Harvick - and JPM.
These drivers are covered 38 weeks a year. The more you get to know someone the more you see the negatives that go along with all of the positives. That is what makes Nascar so enjoyable. These guys are human.
Passion, excitement and emotion is what makes this sport great. It is a part of problem with TNT and ESPN broadcasts...they don't have any of those ingredients in those broadcasts.
I am looking forward to Larry Mac and the fox crew. It will be very refreshing to see that again...
- January 15, 2008 at 10:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
anonymous...what press conference were you watching? Any bit of sarcasm by Tony was followed by a smile from Tony and laughter from the audience...
Not true. Dale Jr. got genuine laughs, Tony got uneasy ones - until the very end with the host when he genuinely smiled at the host.
In USA TODAY-
...Stewart, a dyed-in-the-wool Midwesterner who grew up in Columbus, Ind., has been somewhat reluctant to discuss the Japan-based manufacturer. He provided mostly clipped answers Tuesday.
My opinion - The sentence ...he provided mostly clipped answers... is an understatement, though I suspect the reporter was trying to be diplomatic to Tony. Too early in 2008 to tick him off.
But I believe the USA TODAY reporter was seeing the exact Tony Stewart press conference I was.
- January 16, 2008 at 1:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Any bit of sarcasm by Tony was followed by a smile from TonyThis is known as being passive-agressive. (See Carl Edwards.)
- January 16, 2008 at 7:41 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
OK guys, let's agree to disagree on Tony and wait for another day.
There is no doubt that there are going to be several different perspectives on Tony's situation, personal appearance and treatment of the media.
As a TV website, the only thing mentioned was his brief interview with Adam Alexander, who is new at dealing with Cup drivers.
What Adam did to Tony and also to Junior was ask questions that were "bigger" than the agenda at hand. In speaking to Stewart as if he knew him, Alexander got nothing from Stewart during the entire interview, which is the reason it was mentioned.
In speaking to Junior during his first on-track testing, Alexander kept trying to focus on winning the race for Hendrick, as opposed to the type of day-to-day TV questions that Junior likes to answer.
Alexander should get better as these shows go on by simply limiting his agenda to what actually happened that day, and letting the drivers themselves bring up the potential of doing well in the race.
Since the interviews are recorded, there is no need to keep "pushing" the agenda of winning the race when these guys are basically just turning the first wheel of the season.
- January 16, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Well said, JD
I just want to repeat that Larry Mac is always welcome on my TV. :)
- January 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
In speaking to Stewart as if he knew him, Alexander got nothing from Stewart during the entire interview, which is the reason it was mentioned.
That's the problem. Last season, and I guess this season, Tony acts like you have to EARN the chance for him to answer your question. He did it with the ESPN reporter from NASCAR NOW, and he did it with Adam. It's ridiculous.
Of course athletes are going to have reporters they prefer talking to or feel more comfortable with, but usually they aren't so blatant in their disrespect of those who aren't in that group. Because they are professionals and act as such.
Why does Alexander have to "know" Stewart to conduct a competent, reasonable interview? You said above that Adam knows his stuff. He has NASCAR experience in the Trucks, so obviously he know something about the sport. Adam didn't "do" anything to Tony in that interview and the questions were not inappropriate or suspicious. These drivers (and other athletes) have been asked every question under the sun in their years. Why are NASCAR drivers suddenly entitled to be coddled/be protected by the TV reporters? (Since you said that's not the day-to day question Jr "likes" to answer.)
Jimmie Johnson during Champion's Week was interviewed by many people and outlets who had probably never been to a race. He didn't "know" them, yet managed to answer their questions.
I hope we don't see "the media, especially ESPN, is treating Tony poorly" mentioned as a theme in these blogs this season. Tony should NOT get a pass for this behavior.
- January 16, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
Post above: 'Jimmie Johnson during Champion's Week was interviewed by many people and outlets who had probably never been to a race. He didn't "know" them, yet managed to answer their questions.'
I'm trying to imagine the week before the Super Bowl and trying to imagine, Eli Manning, Brady, Favre, or Tomlinson rudely or brusquely answering a question from a reporter they've never seen - because there's gonna be a thousand of 'em roaming around - because that reporter isn't their friend or the person who is usually in the locker room covering them.
I'm imagining the NFL would take a nice chunk out of their pocketbook for doing so.
But of course, those guys are not on the level (ha) of Tony Stewart, who gets to do what he wants.
- January 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM


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