Friday, May 13, 2022

It's Friday the 13th

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV saw a few raids, a trial and leveling on a couple of alternate roles (Fishing, Botany and Lancer). We actually used the Dancer in one of the Alexander raids, which was interesting. We also spent a lot of time in the Crystalline Conflict, I should learn and get more comfortable with other roles than Bard for it, because I'm a sitting duck whenever an enemy gets in close. Granted I more often than not get a fair amount of assists, but being able to brawl may be more helpful. Also figuring out how to do a character portrait for when a CC match starts was a lot more trouble than it needed to be.

Also during the stream got a call from work to let me know we're in another awkward period, but that call happened during a period where I couldn't quite do a BRB, so I just muted my mic.  

Another weird thing was that I ended up having two bowls of grapes, I normally just have one at the start of the stream to make sure I have some fruit, but I wasn't feeling having anything sweet following the mid-stream break.

Twitch Clips 

For the raid last night we sent things over to Aggie_oG  who was playing Fallout 76 over at twitch.tv/Aggie_oG!  

Made a new video for my YouTube channel, inspired by finding the VHS tape of You Only Live Twice earlier this week. It's actually more of me going down memory lane. It can be found over at https://youtu.be/K0zfQGGUpO8.


Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Body Uppercut Combo, Body Hook Combo and Triple Combo #1. But as you can tell since this post is being done in the afternoon, today is a workday that has no work... so we did some extra exercises as well.

Well at 12:08 AM Eastern Time, I got the final achievement in Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle to complete that game Friday the 13th of May of 2022. You can be I'm proud about the perfect timing!

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle Achievements

  • Lucky Number 13: Completed a 13 day streak in Daily Death.

Also played some Smite before bed, and I managed to get Thor's second achievement, both of Persephone's achievements which completes the Queen of the Underworld update content, and one of Morgan La Fey's achievements. I have to say I do like what I figured out with Persephone, as it was the first time I've used her in a match, which happened to be assault so it was randomly selected. I feel I understand Morgan's abilities a little better, but her second achievement is going to be near impossible for me to pull all as it involves building her passive by using all her abilities on one character. 

SMITE Achievements

  • Tectonic Stun: As Thor, stun three or more enemy gods at once using tectonic rift.
  • Master Harvester: Unlock the Smite Award "Master Harvester."
  • Grasping Vines: Unlock the Smite Award "Grasping Vines."
  • Strength Drawn from Pain: Unlock the Smite Award "Strength Drawn from Pain"

The 76ers lost to the Miami Heat last night... and clearly that is probably Doc Rivers last game he'll coach for Philadelphia, because I can't imagine him not being the obvious scapegoat. The Sixers showed no fire in the last two games, despite what they showed in games 3 and 4 to tie the series up. 

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Atlus, the studio behind the Persona and Shin Megami Tensai series of games, has a survey that is asking if folks would be interested in seeing their games on other platforms... I highly encourage everyone fill it out over at: https://p-ch.jp/enquete2022/na/

And speaking of Persona... for tonight's stream we'll be getting back to Persona 5 Royal, we're in the waiting period for the next major plot point, so we'll try and knock out various companion quests.

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

Overwatch 2 and other notes

We were joined by PandaSweet for many matches in Overwatch this evening, and I branched out a little playing as a wider variety of character...