Xfinity Screws Me Over Again...

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream was plagued with issues thanks to Xfinity with complete instability from 7 PM, witch complete package lost, stream being broken up into three splits... and generally a lot of lost and wasted footage. To top it off my PlayStation 2 Slim started having issues reading the XenoSaga Disc when it came to cut scenes, which means I have to get the PlayStation 2 Fat Model to send a video signal somehow or otherwise, just find a refurbished model... or write off being able to feature games from the PlayStation 2 era on original hardware.

In terms of XenoSaga, we covered most of Chapter 3 which featured Ziggy rescuing Momo... and I found some of the stealth mechanics to be quite interesting and easy to grasp in order to avoid trouble. We would have finished Chapter 3 if the PS2 would load the the cut scene that leads into the boss fight.

Now I did went to switch to PS2s from the Slim to the Fat one, but I couldn't find the components that I know I have... I look just about everywhere on stream and couldn't find them. So we'll order another set and try again down the line.

We did get in some Fall Guys to try and salvage the stream, and picked up a couple of achievements and had some good moments with that

Fall Guys Achievements

• Big Air: Clock up 1 hour total time falling
• Catwalk Model: Equip your first legendary customization item

Twitch Clips

• Press It?
• MOMO
• Let this be the big hit!
• That did not take long...
• We're Safe... We're Not So Safe!
• Well that went horribly wrong 
  

For the raid we dropped in on Bestibunni who was playing Magic: The Gathering over at twitch.tv/bestibunni!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #1, Weaving COmbo #2 and Triple Combo #1 for 28 minutes.

Kncoked out every possible side quest I could find in Coerthas Central Highlands last night in Final Fantasy XIV, couple of which involved messing with snowmen. Also stumbled across the 10th anniversary event quest which was cute, if not fourth wall breaking. 

What's brass and sounds like Tom Jones? Trombones.

How do prisoners communicate with one another? Cell phones.

Song of the Day: Tear in my Heart by Twenty One Pilots

You know during last night's stream the Phillies were up 7-0 on Arizona... less than 40 minutes later they were trailing 12-7.

Started work on the Metal Gear Solid commission request... and I discovered in my research the entire 'if Snake doesn't shower' scenes, which will serve as a great basis for the short story.

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For tonight's stream we're going to start up Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures, namely the Xbox 360 version

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

A Strong Night Of Overwatch

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch certainly saw me playing the role of back fill quite a lot more than usual as of late, but it was decent night overall. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being a big part of the matches, as we closed down the night winning 7 out of the last 10 matches. I personally picked up three Plays of the Game as D.va, Reinhardt and Moira... who was basically all I used during the night, but there was a moment I did play as Orissa. I do feel like I should've had a few more Plays of the Game, but I'll take the three we were credited with.

Shout out to Mech3003 for re-subbing to the channel for the 10th time! As always the continued support is awesome! You don't have too, but I always appreciate it!

Twitch Clips

• That's Three!
• Taking out The Cure! 
• Team Kill!
  

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni who was playing Stellaris over at twitch.tv/bestibunni! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Body Hook Combo and Weaving Combo #1 for 31 minutes.

During the stream we had one issue with Xfinity, and Overwatch itself detached indications of a weak connection at times. 

Last December and January, I spent a lot of time dedicated to the game Jump Force, just prior to when it was announced the game's ranked servers were being shut down and it was being delisted. Well that finally occurred, but good news is some of the requirements for online trophies were changed. So folks will still be able to 100% complete it... but I get to humble brag about doing it the original way.

Finished the  Resident Evil commission request I received yesterday and setting it in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is certainly the best choice I could have made. Amazingly, got another commission request to base something around Big Boss and Quiet in Metal Gear Solid V... now to how to come up with a quick plot when one of the characters can't talk.

With my focus on Mass Effect 3's achievements done, I can refocus on doing stuff in Final Fantasy XIV to clear out every side quests I skipped over, managed to bang out a bunch right before the maintenance for fixes to patch  6.2 started.

What did the princess say in the photo booth? "Someday my prints will come."

What can you do if you're scared of elevators? Take steps to avoid them.

Song of the Day: The Pretender by Foo Fighters

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For tonight stream we're hooking up the PlayStation 2 to continue Xenosaga Episode 1, we're picking up after getting off the ship and Kos-Mos basically commandeering a freighter. 

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

Five Plays Of The Game In One Night

Good afternoon everyone,

Well last night's stream of Overwatch started off rocky, a few back fill matches as well as a lot of folks not choosing to push the attack, leading to me phoning in some matches. But once PandaSweet joined, things really picked up, hell we ended the night on a big six match win streak when we stopped trying to carry as Tanks and Supports and focused on playing Damage characters. Huge thanks to Panda as always for being apart of the fun!

I ended up with with five plays of the game last night, two as D.va, two as Cassidy and one as Reinhardt, so I certainly went all out when the opportunity was there. Actually, come on to think of it, those were the first POTG's I earned for Cassidy and Reinhardt  this year. Also obviously, managed to keep my personal streak of getting at least one POTG per stream which is always awesome. In addition to those characters listed, we also got in matches as Ana. Mercy & Mei during last night's stream, hence why the screenshot is from Ana's perspective.

In preparation for Overwatch 2, I also raised the settings of Overwatch back up to near top level, because I'm not really expecting Overwatch 2 to be that much more demanding on the hardware. 

Twitch Clip Links

1. Just going in as Mercy!
2. Things Happen! 
3. Panda Approves The Perfect Timing!
   

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple Combo #1, Body Straight Combo and Uppercut Combo #1. During Free Training, I set a new personal best for Waist Shape Focus Combo on No Mercy, with 580 perfectly performed actions out of 588... the other 8 were rated as OK. 

So apparently Persona 5 Strikers is a sequel to Persona 5 Royal... well, might well track that down, which means Fridays can be a long standing night dedicated to the that franchise. 

Did a quite skim through WrestleMania nights 1 and 2 to see if anything really stood out to me, and well it's clear that the results for every match needed to be reversed with the lone exception being of Austin vs Owens. And by a logic stand point, if Seth Rollins was being fed to Cody Rhodes, then Becky Lynch should have retained over Bianca 'Can't Cut A Promo' Belair.

Managed to figure out some cheat tactics in the Weapons Master campaign for SoulCalibur II HD, by using Nightmare instead of Ivy, his forward-foward-Y attack seems to work pretty well to just punish the A.I.

SoulCalibur II HD Online Achievements

• Skilled Shopper: Purchased New Weapon in Weapon Master Shop
• Incessant Swordsman: Became Lv 6 "Platinum Neophyte" in Weapon Master

It took a few months with all the focus on smaller games, but we're going to be settling back into the old routine of Mondays & Tuesdays dedicated to one game, in this case Mass Effect 2, Wednesdays either being exclusively Fallout 76 or continuing to split that night with other games (Really depends on my mood), Thursdays being for Final Fantasy XIV, Friday for Persona 5 Royal, Saturday being some randomness and Sunday's for Overwatch 

So obviously for tonight's stream, we're back to Mass Effect 2, as we'll be doing as much as possible before the plot advances! We might just go about getting Project Overlord out of the way

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

First Fallout 76 Experience, Fitness Boxing 2 Totals For March

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 was interesting, and it's a little quirky in a few ways. First the biggest issues I have is when using the PipBoy device because on almost every other game, to navigate menus it's pressing LB and RB... that is not the case with this game, and so it's going to take getting use to. Also I'm playing it in 3rd person mode, because it does allow to see things from different points of view.

That said, we really took our time getting started, roaming around and finding things to get a feel for the in-game world... where other players can attack you. I was aware of this, but since I have no intention of dealing with any PVP nonsense, I'll just leave the pacifist mode on to avoid that. We did see an example of this because Iceman joined in, and accidentally became wanted... and resulted in a higher level player coming along to get the bounty.

The game and story itself is pretty much open ended as to what approach one should take, but I think managing the hunger and hydration is going to be the biggest issues for me to contend with. Still the game itself does make a for a fun time to mess around with buddies while making casual progress towards getting things done.

Fallout 76 Achievements

• Reclamation Day!: Leave Vault 76
• A Fighting Chance: Craft a Weapon
• Tested Mettle: Complete 5 Challenges
• Happy C.A.M.P.er: Build a C.A.M.P.
• A Real Challenger: Complete 20 Challenges
• Second Skin: Craft 5 Pieces of Armor
• Junker Funk: Gather 200 Pieces of Junk

Twitch Clip Links

• The first achievement 
• He lost his head!
• We're doing the murder 
• Iceman was getting attack... he was wanted
  

For the raid last night we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x  who was playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain over on twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #1, Double Combo #1 and Defensive Combo #2. With the extra free training I did today, I set a new personal best for Biceps Shape Focus Combo set to No Mercy, with the results of all 832 actions being 823 Perfect and 9 Okay.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Stats For March 2022

• Punches thrown: 56,922
• Punches thrown for March 2021: 43,985
  
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 24271.95 kcal
  
• Estimated Calorie Burn For Match 2021 : 19008.94 kcal
  

The totals I hit this month set a new best for a complete month, breaking the records I set for myself in May of last year when I three 56,436 punches and had an estimated calorie burn of 23,967.58 kcal. Funny enough, or tragically, the reason for the extra amount of workout time was because work got slow.

Since Peacock is included with my Cable and Internet service through Comcast Xfinity, Let me say this, the TV interface sucks, and the Web browser variate is only marginally better. One does not really realize who limited the Universal Film and TV Library is until you start looking through what is on Peacock. I checked out the WWE Network stuff, watch a random episode of WCW Thunder, and episode of the Broken Skull Sessions.  

Speaking of WWE stuff, my progress in the MyCareer mode of 2K15 continued to where I had a run in with the Shield. It was a nice little story, but I wonder if the limit of being on 'three big events' actually is a hindrance or if of just waiting for major story lines while grinding out various matches.

My Xbox achievement streak continued to today by knock out two achievements in Aaero last night, which extended the streak to 49 days..

Aaero Achievements

• No brakes: Complete 'I Can't Stop' on Normal
• 25 Normal Stars: Earn 25 stars on Normal

I am disappointed that Twitch is discontinuing the Desktop App, I found it to be a very useful tool when it came to watching other people stream while I was working on other things.

For tonight's stream we'll be having a nice casual night of Final Fantasy XIV, a raid or two, some level grinding on different stuff, but you know we'll be keeping it chill.

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