Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream started two hours late because of the thunderstorms that rolled through, so I ended up finishing Becky Lynch's book which I started reading months ago when I got it. 

Once we got started, we ended up having a decent night outside of several idiots that we had the misfortune of teaming with. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun! Nearly finished the Battlepass for Season 11, will knock it out over the course of the week when doing dailies and working on next week's challenges.

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday night!

Tomorrow night we are playing Marvel's  Midnight Suns, and will work on the Deadpool related story and things. 

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was playing Wuthering Waves 

Started work on the next commission story which is WWE related, should be able to knock it out between tonight and tomorrow

Did part of my laundry, I really need to put the heavier t-shirts away until the winter time

Will have my first movie reaction video for my YouTube channel posted in a couple of weeks on  July 18, and it will be of Zorro the Gay Blade

I need to find a decent cheap video editor that is similar to windows movie maker.

Marvel's Midnight Sun and other notes

With a full five hours, we did a fair bit of abbey stuff and actual missions in Midnight Suns, grinding towards various achievements, and progressing various relationships. The biggest thing was doing the first of the DLC content in recruiting Deadpool, who has a nice introduction to the cast, with a number of breaking the fourth wall references.

I think we'll keep the focus on the DLC and general missions and holding off on advancing the main story as much as possible. We shall see based on how things are story gated.

Midnight Suns will return on Monday's stream

Sunday's stream will feature Overwatch with a possibility of Smite

For the raid we dropped in on intergalacticpants who was playing Cyberpunk 2077

Unblocked a window in my office to let natural daylight pour in, but I need to find a way to cover it at night, to keep folks from peering in.

Finished the WWE commission I had scheduled for today, and next up is the first of stories slated for July... which is also WWE related... ugh.

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Hemophobic: Complete a Vampyre mission without any hero gaining Bleed from a Vampyre Bite.
• Dream Team: KO'd a villain with a Hero Combo.
• With a Box of Scraps: Crafted a hero ability card in the Forge.
• The Keymaster: Opened 25 Arcane Chests.
• You Absolute Legend: Completed a Midnight Sun Challenge in the Forge.

J-STARS Victory VS+ and other notes

Tonight's stream of J-Stars Victory Vs was partially grind as we went after the Mysterious Voice ships and begin going after the Dark Phanton ships (a total of 30 need to be taken out). We got Luffy closer to level 30, which we'll easily do next week, and we unlocked every character, as well as all of the Bronze level cards and completed 30 side quests.

We did advance the plot a fair bit, recruiting many support characters and got access to the Tundra landmass, which is where we'll open things up to push towards finishing the first campaign

Thank to you TelochFIN for the raid following their own stream of Hockey Manager 10

J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday night!

Tomorrow night we're playing Marvel's Midnight Suns

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who was doing a charity stream 

Work started off good tonight but then died as the night went along

Finished the WWE related commission and I got one more to be perfectly caught up on story requests... it is also WWE related but it's supposed to be a short one. 

Also, it dropped below 70 tonight... so I'm stoked about given my fans a break!

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• Mightiest on the Ocean: Defeat 30 Mysterious Voice ships in J-Adventure mode.
• Devils Begone!: Defeat 1 Dark Phantom ship in J-Adventure mode.
• Battle Roster Roll Call: Unlock all battle characters.
• Fearless Challenger: Win 1 Korin's Tower challenge in J-Adventure mode.
• Veteran Quester: Clear 30 quests in J-Adventure mode.

Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

Tonight's stream of Marvel's Midnight Suns saw a lot of lore stuff found, including the warded area behind Shaw's church, along with various other items and things. Managed to get the 2nd word of power as well, so we were really able to explore around the abbey a lot more. We did advance the plot by rescuing Spider-Man and made progress to leveling up friendship and other activities within the game. I can already tell this is not a game that can be rushed through.

Stream did end on a weird note when an amber alert popped on my phone, hope the kid is found safe and sound

Midnight Suns will return on Saturday's stream

Friday's stream will feature J-Stars Victory Vs

For the raid we dropped in on majinspade who was also playing Marvel's Midnight Suns

Work was a real drag this evening as the sample was totally beaten up to where people were being called a half a dozen times in less than a 24 hour period 

Rushing my way through a WWE Commission fic, just to get it out of the way because it is not an inspiring concept to work with

Finally was able to get a single for MeTV Tunes, and outside of it featuring way too many blocks of shorts (Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Popeye and numerous Hanna-Barbera cartoons), its other offerings are quite unique... too bad on weekdays those unique offerings are from 1 AM to 8 AM in the morning.

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Are You On Superlink?: Gained a Friendship Level with any hero.
• Atum's Call: Acquired the "Reveal" Word of Power.
• Make a House a Home: Purchased 10 different upgrades for the Hunter's Quarters.

Smite and other notes

Tonight's stream of Smite was going very well, until like the final 15 minutes when a power outage knocked me off-line. Luckily was able to get back in to finish the final match. We were joined by PandaSweet for the entire stream, and she's certainly gotten on a roll with characters I've never played as. 

Of course Sea of Thieves was schedule, but Iceman was unable to join us, so maybe next week we'll be back on the high seas

Smite may return on Sunday's stream, paired up with Overwatch

Tomorrow's stream will feature Marvel's Midnight Suns

For the road we dropped in on zonesama for their weekly ZoneOut Stream

Work was really solid this evening, 5 completed interviews... with only a handful of assholes.

Finished the Mass Effect story commission next is is a WWE related one... ugh.

Shorter entry than usual because of the Thunderstorms

Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

Tonight's stream saw a lot of roaming around the abbey in Midnight Suns as we opened up new ares to explore and saw that there are things that re-spawn periodically. S between every mission there is bound to be a Mass Effect like roaming around session.

I do need to get the Hunter to level 8 or higher to unlock the second hidden power, and possibly try to get abilities that can strike multiple enemies at once.

We didn't really advance the plot, but discovered there are missions that can be done before major story ones to earn additional rewards and such. I'm really liking this game overall!

Marvel's Midnight Suns will return on Thursday's stream

Tomorrow night we're playing wither Sea of Thieves or Smite, depends on Iceman's availability. 

For the raid we dropped in on sweetlindir who was playing Hunt Showdown

Work was solid, we closed out one assignment and switched to another... and best part was... no power outage

Nearly finished the Mass Effect story commission, need to write one more scene for it.

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Elemental, My Dear Agatha: Solved the mystery of Agatha's Altar.
• Might Need Pockets: Crafted a combat item at the Item Bench.
• Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: Used Agatha's Cauldron to complete a Recipe.

Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

Our first night of Marvel's Midnight Suns was pretty good, the game looks good, and it's combat system is pretty interesting as it card and tactics, so not quite like Persona 5 Tactica, but close enough for me to understand the basics. We are playing it on Story Mode.

I do like we'll have an opportunity to roam around the hub world, kind of like how I would when playing Mass Effect, going around the Normandy or Citadel between missions. Looking forward to seeing how the plot and stuff moves forward.

So yes, Marvel's Midnight Suns will return tomorrow night!

For the raid we dropped in on calyria who was playing Dragon Age Inquisition 

My power went out on my from a little after 5 PM to a bit around 8 PM, basically negating my entire work shift for today. Seeing as how the property tax for my home is due on August 1st (and I have yet to see the next update on what that amount will be), I'm annoyed, especially seeing as how the July 4th Holiday is going to be problematic.

Got a lot of writing done in the Mass Effect story commission, mainly writing non-action scenes for world building purposes. I do have two full scenes to write, and if I make the story long enough I can make up for the power outage today.

Also, I hate this heatwave, I hate when it's over 70 degrees at night, it makes it impossible for me to sleep!

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Lilith Returns: Completed the tutorial.
• Oshtur's Gift: Acquired the "Open" Word of Power.

Overwatch, Smite and other notes

Tonight's stream opened up with Overwatch 2 as McCowboy and PandaSweet joined in for matches that saw a wide variety of quality at times. Since the new battle pass season has started I'll probably work in matches off stream to get it done as quickly as possible. Also enabled streamer mode, which meant I had several different alias throughout the night which was fun.

PandaSweet and I also played some Smite, wanting to work in some of that so that Panda can get more of a feel for things. Also to my own shock I got the 2nd of Sol's related achievement... after getting the first one for her back in 2018!

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday, and we'll see about Smite

Tomorrow night, we start Marvel's Midnight Suns

Thank you to telochfin who the raid following their stream!

For the raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was playing Smite

Did groceries today, made sure to get 14 Fresh Express Salad as I want to have one a day every day!

Finished the God Eater to complete all the SubscribeStar commission tier ones for this month. Next up is a Mass Effect commission story

SMITE Achievements

• Disapparate: As Sol stun two or more enemy gods with the trail from Disapparate.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up Persona 4 Golden, and from where we picked up (a few days before the final exam) it took six hours to cover everything. Now if I wasn't reading every bit of dialog out loud, it probably would have been done in a lesser amount of time, but some things needed to have a voice to them. I didn't care for the gimmick of the Hallow Forrest as it seemed as if it was design to make people give up on Marie by not having the preferred gear and items, as well as totally draining the stamina. 

I did how everything had a nice wrap up and conclusion, and how this Persona 4 went out of its way to stress the fact that Main Character was going to live, as opposed to Persona 3, where the hero dies in the end. Also really liked the animated scenes that were included, which added a really nice touch.

Will I play Persona 4 Golden again... well the only things left would be to fuse the World Persona and defeat  Margaret, plus farm out battle dialog for Rise... then there is the trivia thing which I have no interest in doing. So it's possible if I want to go for the 1000 gamer score.

Anyway, replacing Persona 4 Golden will be Marvel Midnight Suns, which we'll start on Monday!

Tomorrow night we're playing Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV

Was so hot today that I did not want want to open the refrigerator more than a couple of times, so order take out. Considering the trouble with the fridge I had last year when it came to keep it open to load in groceries on a hot summer day I am not taking chances 

Started work on the God Eater story commission, and I wish there were more details about the in-game world, but for a game that has several titles, the fan-wikis for the franchise is barren

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Welcome Back: Rescue Marie.
• Legend of Inaba: Max out all Social Links.
• Thorough Bookkeeper: Complete the Persona Compendium.
• The Truth In Your Hands: Defeat Izanami.

J-STARS Victory VS+ and other notes

So tonight's stream of J-Stars Victory Vs saw us advancing the plot and getting access to more side quests while getting Luffy to rank 20, which means getting him to rank 30 will be a breeze next week I feel, because I need to make sure to go after every ship before advancing the plot again.

I'm really liking doing Luffy's campaign teaming him with Hancock because she has some nice stuns and range attacks that basically keeps her out of harms way for the most part.

I am curious as to why was Jump Force was such a step back from this game in terms of its mechanics and features. 

 J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday night!

Tomorrow we're looking to finish Persona 4 Golden, which we should be able to do even if we have to extend the stream

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLindir who was playing Smite

Work was a mix bag... a couple of completes and a couple that were nearly finished

Finished the Spider-Man commission request, and next up is a God Eater one... and I know nothing about the series...

 But my curiosity has lead me to see that the first game in the saga (or at least the 2nd remake) was available digitally on PS4, so safe to say I'm going to be learning about it a whole lot down the road

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• Veteran Shipwright: Affix 3 upgrade parts to your Jump Ship in J-Adventure mode.
• First-Time Hunter: Hunt 1 monster in J-Adventure mode.
• Cannon Marksman: Hunt 10 monsters in J-Adventure mode.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden was a lot of slice of life stuff as I finished all of the Social Links I could (need one more for Adachi), read all the books, registered 100 cards and made 5 meals. This was certainly a very visual novel heavy stream.

Made the choice not to go for completing all the side-quests, as there is no real value to them given the rewards for what left are not worth it. 

We're at 99% on the compendium, but the final one needed is tied to Adachi's social link, so do one and then get the other.

Persona 4 Golden will return on Saturday's stream, and we're going to see about finishing it!

Big thanks to Oldish22 for the raid following their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

Our next stream will feature J-Stars Victory Vs+

For the raid we dropped in on calyria who was playing Dragon Age Inquisition

Work was a real drag today... totally forgettable

About half way done writing a Spider-Man commission fic,  trying to get it to 3000 words mostly the idea I was given to work with was trying to stretch out a plot.

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Compulsive Reader: Read all books.
• Cooking With Gas: Make 5 perfect boxed lunches.
• Card Collector: Register 100 Skill Cards.

Smite and other notes

Iceman was not able to join us this week so Sea of Thieves was put on hold, which should return next Wednesday

Instead we played Smite winning a few and losing a few, but the big thing is we were joined by PandaSweet, which was awesome. With the exception of one match with a suspect player, every match was competitive so now we have the possibility of doing Smite on Sundays along with Overwatch.

Also I played a bit as Sol, I understand 3 of her abilities except for when she become a little fire ball.

Thank you to amikaze_dalek for the raid following their stream of Minecraft

Tomorrow night we're playing Persona 4 Golden

For out raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for their Zone Out Stream

Work was solid, very productive even if some folks were jerks.

Nearly finished the Star Wars commission request, need to just write a few more lines to wrap it up. In fact going to do that before going to sleep

 

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream opened with the goal of reaching and defeating Adachi as well as the 'god-like' being that was there to fulfill the request of everyone who just life wasn't as intolerable as it is. Seeing Adachi's motives does make it seem as if he has a point, but I think things got a bit muddled. Still knowing how his redemption arc in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax goes, its nice to see he was open to starting over.

We went through the Christmas and New Years events, rather surprised Chie was taking advantage of her parents trust as well as Dojima and Nanako being in the hospital, was not expecting that. Next time we play Persona 4 Golden we'll be looking to knock out social links and achievements to set up the final story arc of the game!

Persona 4 Golden will return on Thursday!

Tomorrow night Sea of Thieves is on deck

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Gears of War 3

Work was okay, granted I was not on the assignment I thought I would be on

 About 40% finished a Star Wars commission, well over 2000 words written should be pretty straight forward getting it to 4000 words

Been enjoying having Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stagate on as background noise while writing during the day, makings things go back quicker

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Breaking Through the Fog: Secure Tohru Adachi.

Persona 4 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden saw us knock out a a few social links, fusions and a run through the Nanako's TV world to find all the needed items to complete side quests, so we're accomplished everything we set out to do.

Which means out next stream will feature going after Adachi, and from what I understand, his TV world has some gimmicks that need to be dealt with.

We should also be set up almost perfectly to get nearly every possible achievement on a single play through possible, the biggest problem one is going to be making sure to max out Temperance, which may not be possible until late January on the in-game calendar.

Persona 4 Golden obviously will be featured tomorrow night

For the raid we dropped in on abenonymous who was playing God of War Ragnarok

Work was solid this evening, if slightly mundane at points.

Finished the Resident Evil story commission and got started on a Star Wars related one, want to try and get that to be about 4000 to 5000 words.

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight we were joined by both PandaSweet and McCowboy for a trio squad for the majorty of the night, and we got off to a hot start winning about 5 matches in a row. Picked up a few plays of the game as Junker Queen, Orissa and Bastion this evening as well..

We did have the misfortune to run into hackers and people choosing not to play their assigned roles. I mean why throw a match when you're playing as support when you queue up for all queues? I will never understand.

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday

Tomorrow night we're back to Persona 4 Golden as we hope to knock out all the days to get us to December 20 in order to set up going after quest items, getting the funds to do fusions and set up going after Adachi.

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was playing Wuthering Waves and Genshin Impact 

The yard work project kicked my ass but thanks to my brother we did everything possible so unless the city is wanting me to deal with my neighbors shit I have no clue what more can be done.

Didn't do any writhing today because of hte yard work and too tired to even think about doing some before bed

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

TOnight's stream of Persona 4 Golden was a lot of slice of life stuff, as we covered the time from rescuing Nanako to where Adachi is revealed as the true villain. We knocked out several social links along the way as well and knocked out several achivements as well.

At this point either going to skip out on the Book Reading or Making Lunches achievements... or possibly the 100 cards one. 

Anyway, next time we play Persona 4 Golden it'll be on Monday, and we're going to knock out as much as we can to get to December 20th which will be when we go into the TV.

Our next stream will featuring Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on moonlitsoju who was also playing Persona 4 Golden

Did some writing today on a Resident Evil commission, had to hold off on finishing it because I was waiting on a delivery.

Said delivery was for a hedge trimmer, tested it out, and its good enough to deal with things that aren't too thick.

I do need to wake up early as my brother is coming over to help with the yard

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Mr. Perfect: Max out all social qualities.
• Food Fighter: Finish Aiya's special dish.
• Big Bro is Worried: Visit Nanako in the hospital 3 times.
• Bond Maniac: Max out 10 Social Links.

J-STARS Victory VS+ and other notes

We began the adventure more in J-Stars victory vs, and it's part visual novel, part RPG and part fighting game. GOt Luffy up to level 13, so if we keep engaging every enemy seat we can get a character to level 30 with no trouble. 

There are four campaigns, so I kind of wonder how long each one is.

Of coruse I was dozing off in the last 1/2 hour of the stream, can't wait to get the yard nonsense sorted so I can try and get a full nights rest again.

J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday night

Next stream will featuring Persona 4 Golden as we do slice of life stuff following rescuing Nanako

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood who was playing V Rising

Work was a drag, lot of answering machines

Finished the NHL story commission, next up is a Resident Evil one based around Code Veronica

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• First Quest Cleared!: Clear 1 quest in J-Adventure mode.
• The Grand Adventure Begins: Acquire the Jump Ship in J-Adventure mode.
• Testing the Waters: Defeat 1 Mysterious Voice ship in J-Adventure mode
• Apprentice Shipwright: Affix 1 upgrade part to your Jump Ship in J-Adventure mode.
• Support Roster Roll Call: Unlock all support characters.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream saw the debut of a new shirt I have for sale over on https://fredcasden-shop.fourthwall.com (the Stone Rank Player) and the official opening of that shop

We also got a lot done, moving forward on several social links, getting items for side quests and we rescued Nanako, which I was expecting to do on Saturday. So next time we play we got all Slice of Life stuff as we wait for her to recover and begin the next story arc.

Really the next thing is waiting for Adachi's villain turn to occur... so way I figure we're probably about two weeks away from finishing Persona 4 Golden, three at the most!

Persona 4 Golden returns on Saturday!

Our next stream will feature J-Stars Victory Vs as we dive into it's story mode

For the raid we dropped in on abenonymous who was playing God of War Ragnarok  

Got more yard work done, going to need a hedgetrimmer to try and get handle on a lot of the rest

Work itself was solid this evening

Having trouble keeping my OTA antenna stuck to the wall.... might need to try and find a different one, or just get another Amazon Firestick

Got about 40% of a NHL related story commission done, will work on it during the day tomorrow

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• The Return of the Angels: Rescue Nanako Dojima.

Sea of Thieves and other note

Tonight's stream of Sea of Thieves saw Iceman and Striker join in as we started the third chapter of the Monkey Island story arc, and we got a lot of it done once realizing the order of events needed to be done via guide. I figure we got about 80% of done this evening.

Had to plug a headset into my controller because we totally lost voice chat via the Game Bar / XBox Desk Top App,.

Sea of Thieves is slated for Next Wednesday where we should be able to finish the Monkey Island story stuff

Tomorrow night we're back to Persona 4 Golden

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for the weekly ZoneOut stream featuring COPS and the Super Mario Super Show

Work was a slog this evening, lots of jerks...

Did an hour of yard work earlier in the morning, mostly cutting branches and stuff, still have no idea of what 'high weeds' this notice that was left was asking for, I'll try to wake up early tomorrow to do more of it.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden saw us get through the big cultural festival scene, being reminded that Yosuke is without question the worst bro character in the game, while also banging out various social links... and we reached the point that Nanako has been taken and put inside the TV.

So next time we play Persona 4 Golden on Thursday, there will be knocking out more slice of life stuff before going back into the TV to first get items for side quests in order to set up rescuing Nanako

Tomorrow the plan is Sea of Thieves or Smite, depending on Iceman's availability

 For the raid we dropped in on moonlitsoju who was also playing Persona 4 Golden

Work was solid this evening, felt productive even if some people were a bit too all over the place in giving their answers.

Got a notice to comply by the city today regarding high weeds...  not exactly sure what they were  referring to beyond just branches and such. so gonna take an hour each day to try and deal with stuff.

Finished the WWE commission fic, next one is Star Wars related and already starting writing it.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden saw a big focus on Social Links and progressing the overall story, with the big moment being the Junes concert, which also explains the willingness of the P4 cast dancing in Persona 4 Dancing All Night. 

Also realizing that Kanami from Persona 4 Dancing is referenced quite heavily in Rise's Social Link is pretty stunning to me once I realized and remembered who she was.

There were some rather outlandish things said, such as the entire bit about the female cast's measurements... that was completely out of left field.

Persona 4 Golden will be featured tomorrow night as we progress towards the next big events that happen in late October

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was doing a stream involving the Coloring Game

Picked up God Eater 2 and 3 for the PlayStation 4 since I'm going to have to gain some familiarity with that franchise soon

Work was solid if a little frustrating at times in terms of the pace

Started work on the WWE commission fic that was next in line, it's about 40% complete 

Weather is heating up rather badly, and I'm not looking forward to the temperatures being in the 90s

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was a lot better than last Sunday, as we won a hell of a lot more than we lost. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the action, as their presence allowed me to only worry about three teammates not doing their roles instead of four.

Also had Play of the Games as Junker Queen, D.va, Orissa and Reinhardt, so I was certainly on point the entire night.

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday night.

Tomorrow night's stream will feature Persona 4 Golden, as we're in the aftermath of rescuing Naoto, which means a lot of slice of life stuff.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV

We had three power outages today during the early afternoon, haven't seen anything like that since before mom passed away.

Finished the Marvel related story commission, next one is WWE related and I know that's going to take two days to write 

Listened to the Phillies vs Mets game, and was disappointed in how they lost.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

So we accomplished our task of  rescuing Naoto, now I knew about her wanting to be a man, but the whole being treated like a kid aspect was new to me. Of course it did take me nearly four hours to rescue her, because the first two hours of the stream was dedicated to back tracking through the previous dungeon to reach an extra boss and find side quest items.

We also completed several Social Link quests, Nanako and Dojima's are in the book, plus several others are closer to completion as well. Also the Compendium is close to 80% complete

Next time we play P4G, it'll be mostly slice of life stuff as we wait for the next Midnight channel night and for Naoto to recover from their ordeal.

Persona 4 Golden returns on Monday!

Tomorrow night we're playing Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was playing Ratchet & Clank & MultiVersus 

Did a little tree branch cutting this afternoon

Watched the Phillies vs Mets game in London today, and good lord I forgot how awful Fox Sports is with its presentation and horrible pre-game show

 Finished the WWE Commission request, next is a Marvel related one which I'll start in the morning

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Boarded-Up Lab: Rescue Naoto Shirogane.

J-STARS Victory VS and other notes

We got a lot of the grind achievements in J-Stars Victory Vs unlocked this evening, from winning 20 matches in Free Battle mode, as well as unlocking a few characters, including Arale from Dr. Slump.

However tonight I was feeling drained for some reason and thus I was actually dozing off a bit during some matches, so we called it 'early'. I'll be hitting the sack pretty much straight away in a few minutes.

J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday

Tomorrow night we continue Persona 4 Golden with the big goal being to rescue Naoto

For the raid we dropped in on MST3K for some old school Mystery Science Theater 3000

Work was really good, if a little draining

Started work on the WWE related commission, it's about 30% complete, I plan on finishing it tomorrow

Picked up an Over The Air Antenna just so I can use the TV with out using the FireStick if I want to watch something or have something on in the background

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• Support Claimer: Call on a support character 100 times.
• Ultimate Fighter: Execute an ultimate attack 50 times.
• What will I Get?!: Use a coin to buy a J-Stars card.
• You Got a Card!: Get 1 J-Stars card.
• Novice Customizer: Customize your J-Stars card deck once.
• Undisputed Champion: Win 20 battles in Free Battle mode.
• The Road to Strength: Win 1 Victory Road battle.
• Expert Taunter: Taunt enemies 50 times in total.
• God of the Burst: Activate 50 Victory Bursts.
• Defense Demon: Pull off a perfect guard 20 times.
• Nice Bonus!: Create 1 combination bonus line when customizing your J-Stars card deck.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden saw the big trip to Tatsumi Port Island, and I was baffled by the fact the class was put up in a Love Hotel and that members of the main cast got 'drunk', even though it was said they were not having alcoholic beverages. I suspect that was something changed for the North American release as underage drinking is frowned upon. Not sure I buy the 'drunk off the atmosphere' reason.

Still we got several things accomplished in terms of social links and building up to Naoto's ill-advised plan to get themselves thrown into the TV, so we worked our way to where our next stream will be focused on searching for Quest Items , dealing with a mini-boss and rescuing her.

Persona 4 Golden will return on Saturday's stream with the focus being on dungeon crawling for quest items, a bonus boss and rescuing Naoto

Thank you to Oldish22 for the raid following their Final Fantasy XIV stream

Tomorrow's stream will featuring J-Stars Victory Vs

For the raid we dropped in on moonlitsoju who was also playing Persona 4 Golden

Work was real solid this evening, less asshole than last night.

Knocked out the Legend of Korra related commission of the course of today, always nice when I can bang something out quickly. Next is a WWE related story

Wanted something from WaWa via Doordash and they forgot my hoagie! Good thing I got a refund for it.

Finally have 300 'confirmed' wins in MultiVersus, remaining achievements are related mostly to getting different time of eliminations... and playing paired with a person.

Considering getting myself an Over the Air Attenda for one of my TVs, might be able to get a good bargain on one

MultiVersus Achievements

• The Throne Is Yours: Win 300 matchmade games

Sea of Thieves and other notes,

Totally tired so this is going to be short.

Iceman and I had a fun session of Sea of Thieves, as we got a fair bit done in terms of finding loot, even if our ship was sunk on our way back to port.

Sea of Thieves will return next Wednesday 

Tomorrow night we return to Persona 4 Golden as we make out way towards Naoto's dungeon.

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama

Work was okay, it did drag a bit because some people were rather rude

Finished the NFL/WWE related story commission, next up is a Legend of Korra related one

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden was basically the entire Summer Vacation stuff, with the beach, festival and fireworks segments, which basically serve as a nice break before the second half of the game.

Probably the real highlight was Kanji during the beach day, as he stole the scene again. We did romanced Chie, since we were following a guide and nice Naoto becomes an option way to late.

Next time we play we'll be building up towards the next case, we do got several days of events to cover, and hopefully I'll be able to get Hemit caught up.

Persona 4 Golden is slated to return on Thursday's stream

Tomorrow night we have wither Smite of Sea of Thieves, depending on Iceman's availability.

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Overwatch 2

Work was solid today, granted it was a hospital related research assignment but at least no politics

Didn't do any writing as I rested up after feeling so out of it on Monday, will be working on a story tomorrow that's WWE related 

Did get an achievement in MultiVersus and there are only 5 more to get

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• A Special Lady: Enter a special relationship with someone.
• Fishing Master: Catch the Sea Guardian. 

MultiVersus Achievements

• Going Down?: Get 50 Ringouts using your spike

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight was one of those nights where I felt very tired... and with good reason, I've been up since 3 AM.

Anyway, we completed the Void dungeon to capture Mitsuo and saw how Rise is just as bad  of a cook as Chie and Yukiko ... and poor little Nanako saying what their made was edible. It's no one everyone gets real protective regarding her.

On the plus side I realized the only Social Link I really screwed up was Hermit, which is tied to specific side quests for the Fox.  There will be an opportunity to take full advantage of it 

Next time we play we'll be checking out the Midnight channel and building towards the next story arc which should focus on Naoto. 

Persona 4 Golden will return tomorrow night

For the raid we dropped in on sweetlindir who was playing Smite

Work was solid, no complaints other than how amazingly rude some people cam people

Finished the WWE short story commission... and used the payment for it to grab something from Checkers 

Short notes because I'm going to bed within 10 minutes of posting this

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Game Over: Secure Mitsuo Kubo

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was one to forget as I was flying solo the entire time and my tendency to check out of matches ended up being a highlight. I did focus on using characters I've rarely used. 

I did distract myself by having Spotify on to singing along to the music which certainly made the night move faster.

 Overwatch 2 will return Sunday night

Tomorrow night we're back to Persona 4 Golden!

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV

Also dived into Persona 4 Golden to figure out how the Reaper gimmick works and safe to say, doing it off stream was for the best because keep tracks of how many chests were open was a pain.

Did a little yard work early this morning, mostly on the sidewalk

Got started on the WWE commission request, took a while to figure out how I wanted the set up to go. Should be able to knock it out during the day tomorrow.

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• The Reaper Becomes the Reaped: Defeat The Reaper.

 

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

We got a a lot done in Persona 4 Golden tonight, acing the Finals, getting some personality categories maxed out, and took advantage of my Social Link screw ups to access the Chagall Cafe and do a little fishing. 

But the big thing we did was grind out levels while looking for items related to side quests in order complete Margaret's Social Link. I did not like doing the Fusion Requests in Persona 3 Portable or Persona 5 Royal, but knowing they were coming meant that I was going to grind as much as possible to ensure we got them done.This has resulted in the Compendium being 72% complete, so that can take a backseat going forward. 

Next time we play we're going to deal with the Copy Cat Killer, going right into the dungeon which should... FINALLY... open the door to Naoto's story arc! 

Persona 4 Golden will return on Monday's stream

Next stream will feature Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on lilmoolah_ who was playing Fallout 4

This week's line up will be the same as last week

Sunday: Overwatch 2
Monday: Persona 4 Golden
Tuesday: Persona 4 Golden
Wednesday: Sea of Thieves of Smite
Thursday: Persona 4 Golden
Friday: J-Stars Victory Vs
Saturday: Persona 4 Golden

I did go back and forth on including MultiVersus, but Persona 4 is the major priority game.

Need to do some laundry, granted it's mostly shirts and shorts since I don't go anywhere

Finished the Spider-Man commission, next one on my list is a WWE related one. Will start on that before I go to bed and with luck we could bang it out during the day tomorrow

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Head of the Class: Rank #1 in your class on an exam.
• An Acquired Taste: Drink the coffee at Chagall Café.
• Special Fusion Expert: Use 4 or more Personas in a special fusion.
• A True Bond: Max out a Social Link.

J-STARS Victory VS and other notes

So first impression of J-Stars Victory Vs is that it has a great intro with a full theme that shows off all the characters, but there isn't a tutorial mode. On the other hand it is possible still to get all the online achievements done as I proved, even as I was figuring out the standard controls. There is an arcade mode, but clearly its meant for expert players based on apparent difficulty ratings.All the character models look great in fact I say they look better than Jump Force.

Game-play wise, it's a two on two arena fighter with no tagging in and out but there are assists characters. Every character needs to be unlocked, but to do that you need both in-game currency as well as to level up to have 'room' to recruit people.

Roster is pretty solid with a wide variety of Shonen Jump franchises such as One Piece, Luckyman, Dragon Ball, Naurto and Fist of the North Star. There is no English audio track, so everyone speaks in Japanese.which is fine considering that's how U had the audio set up for Ghost of Tsushima

J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday!

Tomorrow night we're playing Persona 4 Golden, hopefully we can get back on track in terms of things getting done correctly.

Thank you to Oldish22 for the raid following their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

For the raid we sropped in on rumhamshmah who was playing Smite

Work was solid, even if some people were real jerks

Started work on the Spider-Man commission after trying to figure out how I would write it. Should be able to knock it out tomorrow, Sunday at the lates

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• BGM Connoisseur: Use the BGM Editor to edit 1 BGM.
• Point Hoarder: Earn J-Points in a battle.
• First Player Icon: Earn 1 player icon in Online Battle mode.
• Cutting Your Online Teeth: Fight 1 battle in Online Battle mode.
• Your Very First Title: Earn 1 title in Online Battle mode.
• First Purchase: Use J-Points to buy something in the shop.
• Shop Items will Increase!: Raise your Effort, Friendship, or Triumph Gauge by 1 level.
• Celebrity Hero: Spend a total of 10,000 J-Points.
• Broadband Brawler: Fight 20 battles in Online Battle mode.
• First Win's Always the Greatest: Win 1 battle in Free Battle mode.