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All things come to an end, and the same is no different for the SalCast. The SalCast crew have collectively decided that it’s time to move on, and this will be the final episode of the SalCast. *But*, the crew has something special for all of us: an interview with Mod Hohbein and Mod Mark! In Entrility’s words:

Well, we’re at the end. After many months of fooling around with nothing to show for it, it’s game over. And just when I was coming back, too.

Anyways, a few things to say. First, I’d like to thank all the people who’ve helped the Salcast v2 since Reaver and Kayla brought it back from the dead a ways back. We’ve had a lot of great fun, etc etc etc <cliche stuff here>. It’s true, though, it was a good time.

Second, regarding this episode. Back in the end of December of 2009, we landed an interview with Jagex – Mod Hohbein of the community management team, and Mod Mark, the lead game designer who’s been at Jagex since the very beginning. After getting corrupted a bit (which wiped out a good chunk of it), getting stalled due to my crappy internet, etc, I found it in the maze of files known as my external hard drive. But here it is, finally. Even though it’s so old, it’s still quite relevant now, and aside from that, Mod Mark is very interesting to listen to.

Third, here’s the episode; enjoy!

A massively-big thanks goes to all of these people, in order of appearance:

Tabt
Goggie_100
Entrility
Easl
Mod Hohbein
Mod Mark
As
Kemosabe

For the next 15 minutes you will be hearing from Twist Of Fate should you decide to listen. Talking about the RuneScape skill and more! We hope you enjoy his mini-show.

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls

Salcast 16, the best bit! Its just Jagex discussion!  You may say (or look) but never fear, with this new format you do not need to stream or download bigger files, you can instead just listen to your favorite Runescape banter from Easl, Tabt, Bob and Goggie as they embark into the month of manuary.

• No more skipping through forum discussion!
• No more sleeping through long music (ok maybe once)!
• No more getting a drink in the misc section!

Yes the new face of podcasting is here! Quicker releases, shorter podcasts (face it, 45 minutes of project W was a long time) and 4 of the greatest voices on the internet, and kemosabe! Yes the benefits are HUGE, just click the link and away you go, into a world where Steel 2handers do exist.

Enjoy

Easl and the JD team

Hi Sal’s Realm!

Welcome to the first of our secret projects! Project W is the astounding interview with the one and only Excl (and son). Our thanks to Bob and Tabt who conducted it even though Sarah had some technical difficulties. Excl was a fantastic interviewee and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did editing it [/sarcasm]!

Easl

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Here we bring you yet another episode of SalCast. This new episode, by the way, is of much higher quality than the last. Our team’s worked pretty hard over the last three weeks, and we’ve managed to bang out this episode in four weeks – topping most of our previous efforts by a long shot. This episode includes a special guest that you all know well – a big thanks to Adam? for helping us out and doing an interview.

To thank for this episode we have Entrility, Easl, Dwarrior, Zellychan, Raide, Tabt, Mad Max, DaNoobPro, Jordo, Desireful, Falcon, imsleepy, Kemosabe, Twist of Fate, and Finway. They’ve all put in a lot to make sure this edition of SalCast is more entertaining and enjoyable for our listeners.

Permanent Link to This Episode:

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_15.mp3
(right-click and select “Save As” or “Save Target As” to save this file for later)

On top of that, we’ve also got a completely new set of staff members. Please welcome:

• Dwarrior
• Tabt
• Finisterra
• Kemosabe
• Twist of Fate
• Aliath
• Fake
• Jordo
• Error404
• mad max
• finway
• Veni Vidi Vici
• imsleepy
• Riddick
• Goggie
• Raide (returning)
• Desireful (returning)
• Zellychan (returning)
• Magic of Woodcut (returning)

And with our influx of new staff, a new structure by which we do things. Basically, we have five sections – Forum Discussion, Jagex Discussion, Entertainment, Tech, and Literature. Each of the five sections has a head, Entrility, Easl, Doddsy, DaNoobPro, and Falcon respectively. The job of the section head is to make sure the people in their categories get content released by the deadline – and when deadline hits, whatever content is available and ready to be put in a Salcast is. This way, we can assure more frequent casts, probably of shorter length.

Anyways, we hope this’ll work out for us. Thanks for listening!

Slightly different change once again. Using Ventrilo to talk, the  members inside the SalCast team have tried to work with new changes and advance. Hopefully with this latest podcast we are ever closer to the changes we are all working towards. But more about that later, for now just sit back, relax and enjoy the latest cast!

A very big “thanks” goes to the following members Falcon, Fatalysm, Doddsy and Entrility! Not our usual spur of members ready to contribute however this is actually where you all come in! We need your help, so keep reading on!

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_14.mp3

So moving on swiftly, we would all just like to drift your attention over to some changes that the SalCast will be making and how you can get involved with all of this! The SalCast never stops changing and this time it’s a complete shift which will require groups of 4/5 people to join categories of their choice! The categories will be released at a later date, so be sure to check back into the SalCast forums.

If your simply wondering how it’s going to work, we have adapted a new system where there will be around two hosts and two researchers for each category! Each individual category will have a leader to organize that section and it’s dates and times! Obviously this will mean quite a few people will be needed, so if your interested stick around!

The SalCast Team returns once again, they have adapted their skills to work with Skype recording! This episode, believe it or not was still slightly late however comparing this salcast to other salcasts it’s still relatively early! The team also have some new faces coming your way so be sure to look out for those in the next episode! For now, sit back and relax whilst listening to the 13th installment to the SalCast! Remember to get in any suggestions and feedback into the SalCast forums!

A very big “thanks” goes to the following members DaNoobProPlayer, Master Neverdead, Sofee, Pixel Bunnie, Lilshu, Falcon, Desireful, Fatalysm, Doddsy and Rizzo! For working inside the SalCast team to help create the latest episode! Just an extra note that this episode of the SalCast will be on iTunes very shortly!

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_13.mp3

That is right folks, again after a slight delay the latest episode of the SalCast has finally been released. The SalCast team have been working hard to get out some fresh new content out to it’s listeners! The team has been working in a slightly different manner this time and hopefully you will notice the changes whilst listening, you will also pick up on the fact that their is no RuneScape inside of the cast. Do not worry though, there is plenty to listen to in the way of that content coming up in another podcast shortly! As for the next episode of the SalCast, you can expect very different things happening once again. Keep your ears open!

Also with the release of the SalCast, we will announce who has been accepted into the team and we have released our competition results!

A great big thanks to those who have made this issue of the SalCast possible, you have all done very well: Entrility, Fatalysm, DaNoobProPlayer, Magic Of Woodcut, Pixel Bunnie, Rizzo, Falcon, Desireful, Sofee, Lilshu and Doddsy

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_12.mp3

That’s right, the first 2009 episode of the SalCast is up! After a slight delay, the Sal’s Realm SalCast Crew has pulled through and brought us another exciting episode of the SalCast, featuring updates and news for both RuneScape and Sal’s Realm, an interview, member achievements, SHOUT-outs, and more! Enjoy, and keep your eyes open for the next episode!

A great big thanks goes out to the following members who contributed to the making of this SalCast episode: Fatalysm, Reaver, Entrility, Magic of Woodcut, Falcon, Sofee, Desireful, and Rizzo – nice work guys!

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_11.mp3

Another issue of the SalCast is online and ready for your listening enjoyment. As always, it’s packed with all sorts of goodies: forum updates, a topic spotlight, an interview, riddles, and much more! Great job to the SalCast team on another excellent episode! Many thanks to Reaver, Sofee, Desireful, Unknown, Entrility, ZacharyB, Dr Skull and Doddsy for their work on this episode (see the SalCast #8 Episode page for specific credits)!

http://santafish.org/mp3s/salcast_08.mp3

Enjoy!