It's Not Meant To Be Binged

Good morning everyone,

Last night I had the stupid idea of just pushing through and grinding out the second half of the season mode of SmackDown 2: Know Your Role... and from where we left off at on Saturday, it took six hours to do, sure I took three breaks, but damn, the horrible 'simulation' of matches screens really bogged things down. The good news is all the important characters are unlocked, with the exception of Michael Cole, who no one cares about. Still I'm never doing the Season mode of this game on stream ever again, it's just not worth the effort. Of course one could easily say 'it's not meant to be binged played', and you're kind of right, it's not when one considers how much time is wasted skipping the matches we're not involved in.

Now of course there were a few oddities , we started using The Rock, and every match he was involved in some how was linked to included Vince or Shane McMahon, resulting in awkward three watch matches also including Road Dogg and then Mankind. We switched to Lita to go for the Women's title, became number one contender and didn't get a title match until No Way Out, losing a ladder match to Ivory because I couldn't remember how to win a ladder match. Then there's of course the long stretch of intergender matches I had to play as Lita, resulting in a match against Shawn Michaels, who let's face it, is more of diva than Sable.

Then there was the Royal Rumble match and the long...really long loading of each new entrant... and it really exposes the rushed mandate of getting SmackDown 2 out in stores so soon after the initial game back in 2000. For everything good about SmackDown 2: Know Your Role, the limitations of the original PlayStation hardware really justifies the idea of just wait for the next console to come along... and considering how SmackDown: Just Bring It turned out as being half the game SmackDown 2 was in terms of features and content that probably would've been for the best.

Now because of all the time dedicates to unlocking all the hidden characters on stream,I was going to feature SmackDown 2: Know Your Role again next week, but because the WWE has blocked the archive version on my YouTube channel because of some of the titan tron footage that the game includes...we're just going to scrap those plans.

Twitch Clip Links

1. There is now elbow pad on that arm!
2. Lita Defeats Essa Rios By KO 
3. I knew I was going to get knocked out
   

For last night's raid we dropped in on Life with Stan who was playing Elden Ring over on twitch.tv/lifewithstan!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #1, Double Combo #1 and Defensive Combo #2.

Did some ocean fishing in Final Fantasy XIV last night, got my level to 41. which means we'll have a couple of fishing quests to do on Thursday's stream.

Managed to track down a copy of WWE 2K15 for the Xbox One... why? Easy achievements... plus the game is out of print, so it was a used copy, might as well get some use out of it right?

I'm not sure I understand why conservative outlets are trying to justify Putin's invasion of the Ukraine... oh wait, yes I do, he controls Trump who they all worship. Fucking idiots. 

Ben Simmons is going to try and use the Philadelphia Sports fans as justification for the 76ers to pay him the money he basically forfeited by not fulfilling his contract obligations and faking a mental health issue. He doesn't have one folks, what Simmons has is a lack of mental toughness issue, which is exposed every signle day.

For tonight's stream, Gears of War Ultimate Edition will be featured around 9 PM, but before that we'll fool around with some other things.

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