Today's Notes 6/30/21; Accidents on the Citadel

Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream of Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition went way longer than normal because I accidentally started the 'Shore Leave' mission... basically when you travel to Anderson's Apartment for the first time you get locked into it until you deal with Shepard's evil clone.This was disappointing because we didn't yet pick up Tali... but at the very least we'll be able to jump into doing all the party stuff as soon as we get Tali and complete the Horizon mission to make sure we have Miranda there as well. 

We also covered the Priority: Citadel mission which means Thane is now dead, and Shepard will be grieving over that... but here's the funny thing, we were able to lock in Shepard's Paramour for ME3 with Traynor shortly there after... so basically Shepard's 'current love interest' dies, and she moved on to the first person interested in their shower aboard the Normandy! What's also funny is that Allers and Vega each had segments in Shepard's quarters after that... and the flirtation was obvious, which means when I say Shepard gets around... she really gets around.

But for those keeping score, in Mass Effect 1, Shepard hooked up with Kaiden, in Mass Effect 2, they break up over how Kaiden doesn't believe Shepard regarding the Collectors and Cerberus, which opens the door for Shepard to hook up with Thane (particularly when they get into deep conversations), in Mass Effect 3, Thane dies, Shepard moves on to Traynor (Or Vega, which is harder to lock in). 

Anyway we got a few things done which means achievements were unlocked, so here's the list of what was accomplished!

1. Veteran: Kill 2,000 enemies in Mass Effect 1, 2 or 3
2. Mail Slot: ME3: Kill 10 guardians with headshots from the front while their shields are raised
3. Arbiter: ME3: Win a political stand-off
4. Paramour III: Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship in all three games in Mass Effect Legendary Edition
5. Fact Finder: ME3: Discover an enemy's monstrous origin
6. Combined Arms: ME3: Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts
7. Last Resort: ME3: Stop an out-of-control scheme before it's too late
8. Always Prepared: ME3: Obtain two non-customizable suits of armor
   

And now here is the list of some of my favorite moments from last night.

Twitch Clip: Random Bon Jovi Moment....

Twitch Clip: I don't want to hear how bad Andromeda is when THIS IS STILL A THING!

Twitch Clip: Joker Won't Follow Shepard Into Their Quarters

Twitch Clip: Putting Down The Banshee!

Twitch Clip: EDI's Okay... Really

Finally finished the World of Light mode in Super Smash Bros: Ultimate after starting it last year, wasn't completely able to tackle the battle against Dharkon & Galeem, but at the very least it was done. Really surprised at how inconclusive the ending is as if things were being let go, but considering Masahiro Sakurai has spent a large part of his career as the director of the Smash series, and the endings of each game has had many interpretations involving the state of his well being, I guess the true ending is symbolic of him letting go of the franchise... which is perfect since it was announced the next DLC character to come out later this year (probably around the game  awards in December) will be the last character for Smash Ultimate. 

I started up a new season of APBA Baseball, thanks to the fact I still have the 4.0 version of the game from the late 90s and the Data Disks included on that CD-Rom work with the 5.75 version of the game I got this year. So you'll be seeing a lot of box scores of the 1909 Season as I try to finish in first place with the Detroit Tigers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily workout went 31 minutes (minus the time for stretching) with an estimated calorie burn of 495 kcal. Struggled a but today with blocking from the southpaw stance, but then again blocking is often problematic, but normally from the orthodox stance!  We are now up to 93 out of 100 for the Laura's Best Friend achievement. Unfortunately my weigh has gone in the opposite direction as I'm up to 255 lbs, up from 250 lbs... and I started seeing that weight gain back in May when I was pushing the longer sessions due to work being slow. Hopefully I'll be able to reverse that trend!

Tonight's stream will be split between Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, as I work on playing ranked matches, then we'll switch to The Division when Iceman is ready to join in!

And on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!