The Theory Of Chaos Could Be The Apocalypse

Good morning everyone,

Last night we were back in Twitch playing Life is Strange, with episode 3: Chaos Theory. This episode further expands on Max's powers with its big climax of her being able to go back to a moment in time via a photograph to change history, which leads to a lot of things changing... namely Chloe being paralyzed. It's certainly a reminder as to why one does not change history in time travel stories because just because one thing could be avoid, the changes could have far greater consequences that cannot be predicted.

That said, episode 3 does give many reasons to not like Chloe, particularly in regards to how bitchy she can be on a number of subjects, such as the situation regarding Rachel and Frank, plus her own hang ups over how her father died, not to mention complaining about Max letter her down. Believe me as much as the game gives options for reasons to chose Chloe over Arcadia Bay, it certainly gives a lot of reasons to choose the town over her.

In terms of optional photos, we managed to find several of them,

 Life Is Strange Achievements (earned on stream)

1. The Reflex: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
2. Histogrammar: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
3. Pinholed: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
4. RAW Strength: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
5. Optican: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
6. Flash!: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
7. Chaos Theory: Finish Episode 3: Chaos Theory

Now when we finished episode three, I hooked up the PSOne so that we coul d play X-Men vs Street Fighter: EX Edition for the first time on stream. We went through the standard arcade mode twice, once as Ryu (with Cyclops as the back up), and the other mostly as Wolverine (with Ken as the back up) before realizing I did not know how to do any of Wolverine's supers in the air, so switched it to Cyclops (with Ryu) to finish the second run. Did get some great clips of some match endings involving Supers, including a couple of Ultra Super Finishes! 

I do think like a lot of fighting games, the novelty of X-Men vs Street Fighter: EX Edition is to pair it with stuff that ends early, since it serves as a great way to make sure a stream fills out to my preferred time length.

Following the stream we raided SmoresDaFloof who was playing a unique RPG / Platformer called Blue Fire, which seems to have a lot of Legend of Zelda vibes to it! Smores is awesome and I hope you check them out at twitch.tv/SmoresDaFloof

Twitch Clips Links

• Max The Ninja Strikes Again
• God Damn It Chloe! 
• Time Travel: Never Leave Home Without It
• Hey there's Fan Fiction About That
• Give me the Eggs and Bacon NOW!!!! 
  
• Max Earns A Truck Ride
  
• Warning The Homeless
  
• Saving Alyssa... Yet Again
• X-Men Vs Street Fighter EX Edition Intro!
• Catching Rouge with both Ryu & Cyclops' Super!
• The Chip Damage! 
• Might as well hit it again in mid-air!
• Caught Cyclops In Mid-air! 
• Would I Make Something Up Because I don't Read Japanese? 
• Wolverine and Ken: Ultra Combo Finish! 
• Cyclops Finishis Apocalypse
• Defeating Ryu as a we get a new follower! 

Sad to hear that Daffney Unger (real name: Shannon Spruill) who I first saw on WCW Programming in late 1999, passed away. She made headlines on Wednesday night regarding a live video she was doing on Instagram which made people extremely concerned. It's always upsetting when you hear about someone going that far because of the circumstances they are in... so I encourage folks to seek help if you ever need it. 1-800-273-8255 is the number for the Suicide Prevention Hotline

That said, what I remember of Daffney was she made her debut during a skit for a 'WCW Nitro Party' where she was basically worshiping David Flair, and then showed up like a week or two later. I thought the pairing of her Flair, was great and then when Crowbar was added to the mix, it made them real entertaining. Daffney was so over the top with her screams and antics around ring side, it made her stand out in a big way. 

Let's circle back to Life is Strange and the fact features a collectable mode which I totally forgot about, which means going back to get the optional photos missed in episodes already played is fairly easy, depending on the circumstances needed to get to the photo opportunities. So a few hours after the stream, I went back to episodes 1, 2 & 3 to go collectable hunting to 100% complete each episode without effecting the story we already have in progress. 

Life is Strange Achievements (Earned off-stream)

1. Visionary: Take all optional photos in Episode 1: Chrysalis
2. Focused: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
3. Processor: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 2: Out of Time
4. Lab Master: Take all optional photos in Episode 2: Out of Time
5. Pixelated: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 2: Out of Time
6. Parallax View: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
7. Lenscrafted: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
8. Bokeh: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
9. Viewfinder: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
10. Camera Eye: Take all optional photos in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 

Overwatch's 29 Competitive Season ended yesterday with my final SR as a Tank being 1641, with my season high being 1681. 22 matches were played, and 11 matches were one, so I easily batted .500. So with the season ended I went a head and did the qualifiers for season 30, off to a good start of 3 wins and 2 losses

Overwatch Season 30 Competitive Matches

1. D.va - Kings Rows - 11:31 - Win - 3-0
2. D.va - Hollywood - 11:00 - Loss - 0-3
3. D.va - Oasis - - 15:32 - Loss - 2-1
4. D.va - Junkertown - 11-:00 - Win 2-1 - Play of the Game
5. D.va - Ilios - 8:59 - Win - 2-0 - Play of the Game

Yesterday I went to CVS to get the second Covid-19 vaccine shot... and they didn't have any available, so I have to step out again today, this time I going to call before hand. I was told they were expecting a fresh batch in the early evening yesterday, so hopefully that is true.

I know right now Tuesday night's stream will have a late start of 7:30 PM / 8 PM Eastern because of work. Got to take what I can get these days.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 431 kcal. The exercises for today were Double Combo #1, Defensive Combo #1 and Defensive Combo #2. Since turning off the vibration function on the joy cons, there has not been the random de-syncing of the left joy con. Still a couple of odd misses, but that might be on my own timing (or lack there of).

For tonight's stream we will play Life Is Strange Episode 4: Dark Room, and we'll pair it with something else once we finish the episode

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