Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and other notes

Tonight's stream started a half hour late since work got cancelled at the last minute, so I took a nap... and yeah...

Anyway, we got off to a great start with Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, and I can safely say the game play is very similar to Agents of Mayhem in terms of being able to get around the city on foot and with the combat mechanics. Of the four characters, I think I favor Harley Quinn the most because she isn't as gimmicky with her travel options and can close distance with enemies fairly well. I've also liking the banter and just the complete tone of the game.

So basically, in my opinion, this is a good game, and I often have good vibes about the stuff I play after a few hours of casual playing. Looking forward to sinking in quite a bit of time into it!

Wednesday's night stream will feature Smite as Iceman won't be available for Sea of Thieves. 

Also happy birthday to Iceman!

For tonight's raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Smite!

Was able to knock out a commission story based on The Flash today. Next commission request is based on Dragon Ball... and I think I have complete free-reign over the direction outside of a couple of plot points. 

Got my hands on the strategy guides for Resident Evil 4 (classic) and Resident Evil Code Veronica X, as those are games on my check list of things to play this year.

 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Achievements

• Trial By Fire: What the hell just happened?
• Cleaning Out the Closet: Steal something useful from the Hall of Justice
• Hitting The Fan: Survive the Batman Experience
• History Repeats: Begin the Batman Experience
• Fowl Play: Recruit your first Support Squad member

Agents of Mayhem Is Finished, How Was My PSE&G Bill $80 Higher Than Expected/!

 Good morning everyone,

Yesterday, with the help of my brother, the couch, the large tv, an exercise bike and other items were removed from the basement, giving me a lot more room to work. I still need to get the deep freezer out as well, but that's going to happen sooner or later.

Also found a box of CDs in the deep freezers, which means I'll need to get more CD binders than I was anticipating to get down the line. 

In a bit of a shock, when I finally got my first bill from PSE&G in my name, I was shocked as hell to see it at $255, when I paid $163 in January and $186 in February when it was under my mother's name. Needless to say I was caught off guard by that amount.And the past 30 days wasn't much colder than than previous two months.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem saw us covering the final two story arcs... and the fact that Agents of Mayhem can and will adjust the difficulty on the fly to make things more difficult. Thankfully a trip back to the Ark allowed for the difficulty to be lowered to make sure the final boss fight would go fairly quick. Now there is a post-credit open world, it's set for grinding out every character to get to level 20, plus do other tasks... but I'm not going to dive into that. Maybe as a lark we can re-install Agents of Mayhem just to do a bit of achievement chasing down the line. We'll see

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Hello, Ladies: Collect all agent vehicles.
• Through the Looking Glass: Complete "Operation: Madhouse".
• Fall of Babylon: Complete "Operation: Damocles".
• Not Technically a Golem...: Destroy a golem in the open world.

For the raid we dropped in on the official Twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 while Attack of the Giant Leeches was airing over at twitch.tv/mst3k

The next big early week game we'll be playing is Hi-Fi Rush, which game out fairly recently 

Picked up the remake of House of the Dead for the Nintendo Switch, will be interesting to see how that plays, since I am looking for local couch co-op games to play with my brother and cousin on stream. 

It appears work will still see me on the assignment regarding hiring & staffing issues in a state controlled by Republicans... aka psychopaths. 

Oddly enough, I have seen a lot of folks asking about Tekken X Street Fighter lately, which was supposed to be the Bandai Namco version of the Street Fighter & Tekken crossover. Considering how we all saw Akuma used in Tekken 7... I think it might be best that we forget about it.  

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

A Full Fridge Is A Happy Fridge

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday was really cool as my Aunt Grace and Cousin Frances came over with some goodies for the fridge... and as someone who weighs anywhere between 235 and 240 lbs you know I like my goodies! It was great to chat with them for an extended period. I do need to remember to be careful about what I say during the streams, even in joking when it comes to food, since Friday I joked about them saving me a slice of Birthday cake... and the first thing they show me is indeed a slice of birthday cake from my aunt's birthday. (For the record its delicious)

As a lot of folks know I often end my streams by saying tighten your friendship bracelets, stay safe, have a good night and a pleasant tomorrow. The first half of that I got from Fn Dante Savage, and like many things I do on stream, I copied that from him because its such a cool line. Anyway, Frances brought me a Friendship bracelet with ta little charm that is half of a video game console controller and she has the other half. So that is awesome.

Also gave Frances my old Blue Snowball Microphone, and a few things my mom had to my Aunt (one of the Heart Shaped clocks and a couple of other items). It's the first time anything was done with some of moms things since she passed away. 

Last night's stream of Overwatch was the usual madcap nonsense, big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the all the fun. I picked up a few plays of the games as Orissa, Moira, Reinhard and Torbjourn. Other characters used included Junker Queen, Ana, Wrecking Ball, and a handful of others. Also to my shock I picked up a couple of achievements

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Conservation of Energy: Gain 350 shields with a single use of Sigma's Kinetic Grasp in Quick or Competitive Play.
• Incomparable Pain: Block against 300 or more incoming damage and survive in a single use of Nemesis Form.

For the raid we dropped in on GGVexy while they were playing Sun Haven over on twitch.tv/ggvexy!

Tonight we're looking to Finish Agents of Mayhem, we have two story arcs to do, and then it's pretty much clean up detail on any achievements we want to try and get out of the game.

Today is going to be a rough day as the moving of furniture will be happening. Thankfully my brother Leo has a plan and I took the time to move things around so that things could be done with as little obstructions as possible. In fact I got started last night but managing to get a TV halfway towards the door... by literally flipping it end over end

Didn't get to do as much writing as I planned to yesterday, that's my own fault.

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

When every achievement I can get in AOM is a diamond achievement...

Good morning everyone,

Song of the Day: Where Do I Go From Here? By Al Kent

Work yesterday was pretty solid, felt productive and the rude gate keepers were not as rude as they can be. I sweat if I answered phones the way they did, I would've been fired ten times over!

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem saw the completion of two story arcs, one for Steeltoe and the other for Aisha, with the first basically flowing into the later. The best part about it is that the actor who voices D.va in Overwatch is also the voice of all five personas that make up Aisha, so I got to make 'D.va Is Pissed' jokes the entire time. At this point there are two major story arcs left to complete in the main game, which we'll do on Monday's stream.

Now in regards to achievements, Agents of Mayhem wasn't well received by so many people for some inane reasons that it means after a certain point every single achievements is a diamond one, meaning it was unlocked by less than 10% of Xbox players who have played the game.  Now I'm not insane enough to even consider going for completion, because of how much good fortune is involved in getting certain things to appear.

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• #SquadGoals: Fully deck out Firing Squad in their signature outfits.
• Wedding Crasher: Complete "Operation: Machine Man".
• Broken Hearts Club: Complete "Operation: Red Queen".
• Contract Killer: Complete 30 MAYHEM & Agent Contracts.
• Globally Offensive: Complete the Moscow Global Offensive.

For the raid we dropped in on PowerThumbZ as he was still playing Prey over at twitch.tv/PowerThumbz 

Now for tonight's stream, we're just playing Fall Guys on tonight's stream as I continue to ponder what will be the next co-op game to play with Iceman. I'm really leaning in towards playing A Way Out or Resident Evil 5.

Of this also raises the question of what game will follow Agents of Mayhem once it's finished, and I'm really leaning towards Hi-Fi Rush

Still not sure what we're starting on Friday's stream in terms of something exclusive to the PlayStation 4.

Did not get any writing done last night, as I got distracted with a few personal projects

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

Progress in Agents of Mayhem

Good morning everyone,

Song of the Day: Can I Change My Time by Tyrone Davis

Yesterday got off to a good start as a new boom arm / mic stand arrive which is a lot more managable than the one I got a few years ago. The key thing is now I can have the mic even further away from the speakers, but it does end up placing it closer to me. 

Also had two comic books books, one being the RWBY / Justice League crossover, and the other being the Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover. Really looking forward to reading both.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem saw a big focus on story related content and leveling up some characters. With the exception of Scheherazade, every other agents side stories are completed. We'll be getting to Scheherazade tonight as her unlock missions become available only after the Gaunt story is completed. At this point I can mostly focus on main story stuff, because I am debating putting in the grind to get every Agents up to level 20.

That said, I did notice that as far as the Xbox version of the game goes, not many people actually finished it. I think it was something like 7% of Xbox players finished the main campaign, which is kind of stunning to me. But I kind of figure if I stick with the main missions the rest of the way, I'll finish Agents of Mayhem within three streams. 

So the goal on tonight's stream is obvious, unlocked Scheherazade, do her story missions and then tackle the big story arcs!

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Super Agent: Reach level 40 on any agent.
• Bombshells: Fully deck out the Bombshells in their signature outfit.
• Three's Company: Fully deck out Carnage a Trois in their signature outfits.
• You Got Gaunt!: Complete "Operation: Star Power".
•  All the Bells and Whistles: Fully upgrade all areas of the ARK

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal while they were playing Pokemon Scarlet over at twitch.tv/kalenal

My brother hooked me up with some food from Checkers yesterday, it made for a nice change of pace of eating healthy.

You know, there are times I truly believe Naoki Yoshida aka Yoshi-P is a complete idiot... and it's mostly due to him trying to justify something stupid like only a PlayStation console can handle anything Final Fantasy related. 

Got some writing done on the Dragon Ball short story commission, using flash backs have allowed for it to flow a lot better.

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

We got achievements while playing Overwatch?!

Good morning everyone,

Song of the Day: No Reply By The Seatbelts

Last night's stream of Overwatch certainly was a tale of two half... because from when the stream started to about when I took my break, only won two matches, but then after the break we got on a row winning a fair bit of matches. I'm sure my tendency to take my foot off the petal when I see my team not focusing on what needs to be done doesn't help matters. But once PandaSweet joined,  things turned around in a big way, and as always thank you to Panda for being apart of the fun.

I picked up four Plays of the Game with Reinhardt, Orisa, Torbjourn and Symmetra, even picked up three achievements as well (I'll list those below). Other characters used were D.va, Moira, Ashe, Ana, Brigitte, and Doomfist.

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Armor Up!: Absorb 500 damage with Torbjörn's Overload without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
• Ice Blocked: Block 1000 damage with a single use of Mei's Ice Wall in Quick or Competitive Play.
• Terrable Terrable Damage: Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Orisa's Terra Surge in Quick or Competitive Play.

Now something that does bug me is that when Cross-Play and Cross-Progression was introduced into Overwatch 2, it didn't sync up achievements already earned from the PC side with their Console variants. Goes to show how half-assed Bizzard can be doing things.

Also reversed how I did my Spotify audio set up last night so that I could listen to music while playing and not have the ear bud in my left ear. And thanks to Panda being able to double check, how I set it up meant that the mic couldn't pick up the music. Awesome!

On tonight's stream, we shall return to Agents of Mayhem with the goal being on getting Franchise Force to level 20, completing the second stories for the agents we unlocked and then doing the next big story mission.

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu during the Jetman marathon over at twitch.tv/tokushoutsu

So I went ahead and made a video going through one box of 45s (7 inch Vinyl Records) and it clocked in at over 2 hours because at the same time I was looking up every single song on Spotify.... while I did find 286 songs, 32 were not listed at all. I recorded a video for YouTube going through this process which will be posted in its entirty in a few weeks, but the Playlist can be found at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lfhkLW4AcfSol7opsWQUA?si=6b02ef1405564117

Got some writing done yesterday on two projects, first got the entire intro and set up for the latest Dragon Ball commission written, just need to do the action sequence and is about 30% complete. The other story, an original idea based on the All That reunion later this year, is about 60% completed.

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

We reached the middle of the week

 Good morning everyone,

I will admit I forgot to post yesterday's blog... and it didn't get posted until 10:55 PM last night... oops

Work yesterday was okay, got one full interview done so that was good. Also got a bunch of empty boxes moved out from the basement so that when I'm able to find a junk removal service who can do things at a fair price we can get things moved from the basement and the living room in one day instead of doing two multiple trips

I did remember to call my Aunt Grace and Cousin Frances yesterday, and had a nice chat with them. Also Happy birthday to Frances!

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem was focused heavily on unlocking the various agents that we could following the defeat of Hammersmith (Daisy, Redcard, Oni & Joule), getting all of their initial missions done. Now I could've done more but because I tend to roam around a lot on foot, plus going shard hunting every now and then tends to slow me down a lot. I do want to make sure I get all the achievements associated with the four canon squads attire combinations.

So the next time Agents of Mayhem will be featured on Stream will be on Monday of this upcoming week, we'll do the second character missions for Daisy, Redcard, Oni & Joule, and more than likely the squad missions for Bombshells & Carnage a Trois since I have those full squads already

Also I did notice after the stream the weird echoing happening on and off when looking back at some footage. It has to do with my mic positioning in relation to my speakers. I hope to have that resolved with tonight's stream.

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Not this Fracking Thing: Destroy a Dark Matter Fracking Station..

For the raid we dropped in on PradoxGamerAU who was doing a Nuzlock run of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau! 

Because I don't drive, going to have to figure out how the whole Instacart thing works out. Biggest concern will be of course making sure I find good bargains.

Got some writing done following last night's stream,the short story commission request for a follow up to a recent WWE story is about half done. Also started work on an new subscribestar exclusive story for the month of April.

As I was taking the trash out this morning, I was approached by someone who learned about mom's passing... and I nearly broke down.

The plan for tonight's stream is to open with Fall Guys and then around 9 PM Eastern we'll switch over to Gears of War 2. I believe we'll be opening in Act 4 Chapter 5 because we already reached the point Marcus and Dom reunited with Cole & Baird.

Any one who buys into that fucking nit wit Tucker Carlson's white washed version of January 6, 2021 needs to be incarcerated because clearly they are a danger to everyone around them.

Song of the Day: No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry

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

A Busy Day

 Good morning everyone,

Yesterday was a busy day, as I turned in my Xfinity cable boxes to end that era at my home. While I still have the internet service, I have no use for Cable TV because I don't watch anything on it. If I have the time, I'll watch something on Amazon Prime or YouTube. Also picked up some speakers to plug into my gaming monitor which actually allows me to hear somethings better instead of with the tiny built in speakers. Also wandered into America's Best to see if they accept walk-ins for an eye examine, and the receptionist there was so flippant I can safely say I'm not going back there

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem saw the focus on doing the story missions for all unlocked agents so far before advancing the plot and defeating Hammersmith. At this point, I got Franchise Force all up at rank 15. And I'm kind of tempted to try and level up every to Rank 20, but that will take a good amount of time to do. 

Did run into a weird game glitch where the game completely locked when entering a Legion lair, so some progress towards unlocking the agent known as Joule was lost, so we'll have to start that on tonight's stream.

So for tonight's stream, we're going to open with a trip into Legion Lair, and then unlocked the next sets of agents which are Oni, Daisy, Jouel & Redcard, Daisy's is required for main story progression so hers will be last. 

For last night's raid we dropped in on PowerThumbZ during their ever endless play through of Prey over at twitch.tv/powerthumbz

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Jump Around: Hit 10 jumps in the city.
• Space Laser: OFFLINE: Complete "Operation: Heaven Sent".
• Chill Out: Destroy an Ice Barrage Emplacement.
• Warp Points Acquired: Unlock 5 warp points via open world gameplay. 

With all the running around I did yesterday, I didn't get any writing done, but it's already, I'm not to keen on the the current commission request I'm working on anyway since it's pro-wrestling focused.

As noted yesterday, because I have more fluidity with what I choose to do in Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Start, I'm going to stop listing what exercises I did and focus on the daily missions. I'll still do the daily workouts if they match up with the daily objectives. 

Also dropping the joke of the day as I realized I started re-posting the ones from a few weeks ago, completely lost track of what order I was intending to list them in

Song of the Day: Mr. Pitiful by Otios Redding

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

So much singing on stream last night

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch 2 featured a wide variety of results, including wins and losses and picking up three plays of the games as Mei, Reinhardt and Torbjourn. Other characters used were Moira, Ana, D.va, Orissa including a few others. I will say this, the bullshit myth of PC players being better than console players was thrown tight out the window because there were quite a few matches where thanks to cross-play I was grouped with four PC players and we got smoked by a team of 5 game pad players.

Now as for the singing, I figured out how to set the audio output for Spotify to not be directed at m Desktop Audio, instead setting it for the audio out put for my microphone... of course that meant I had to then set Spotify to play songs in mono instead of stereo so that I could hear everything in one audio channel. End up singing a long with a lot of songs... which was the most singing I did on stream since December 31, 2020, the last night of Twitch Sings.

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Smite over on at twitch.tv/misscammi316

Did some writing on the WWE Short story commission and I'm not too pleased with it. It really is just action sequence after action sequence with no real plot.

I got about 90 vinyl records now properly stored in a sealed container that will make moving them to another part of the house easier. I do think I'm going to need additional so I don't make the containers too heavy. If you think hoisting the containers with the VHS seemed heavy, just remember those were like suitcases! The ones for records are square shape, so it's like hosting a box with a small television.

Today's Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star exercises were Defensive Combo #2, Defensive Combo #2 and three trips through Battle mode. Unlike the earlier Fitness Boxing games, players have a lot more freedom in terms of what counts to earn a daily stamp

Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star Achievements

• Superstar Lv. 1 - Get a total of 12 stars during hard workouts
• Starting Stamper Lv. 1 - Acquire five stamps
• Flyweight Puncher Lv. 3 - Reach a total  punch count of 9000 HITs
• Rei's Stage Cleared Lv. 1 - Complete Rei's stage (light)
  

"I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady."

Song of the Day: Dancing Queen by ABBA

For tonight's stream,we're getting back to Agents of Mayhem with some level grinding, doing the solo missions for the unlocked characters and then advancing the main story.

So with that, we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Venting a little

Good morning everyone,

Well, first off, while work was good yesterday afternoon, I was told  my application for PECO was declined. Apparently I did not fit their criteria... whatever the hell that means. So that was a blow to my day. It does actually raise a question as to why places say they are hiring but at the same time they are not hiring.

And on top of that, apparently my father is having some health issues, so I guess he assumes that my brother wouldn't have filled me in. But needless to say when my dad did call me at 10:40 PM, I was not able to take his call right away, and when I called him back it was clear he wanted to get preachy while saying he can't be on the phone long. So let me get this right, he wants to drop a bombshell on me, and declare how I should do things to his expectations.

Did piss me right the hell off because it wasn't that long afterward I returned his call, and he basically acts like it was inconvenient for him to actually talk. I ended up staying up a lot later than I intended because of how fucking irate I was. Did end up going through several boxes finding miscellaneous stuff to throw out, so there was that positive.

Anyway, last night's stream was mostly focused on Agents of Mayhem as we focused on unlocking different characters and getting these side stories done. Completing the Franchise Force team mission did lead to a few laugh out loud moments regarding the character of Hollywood and his 'early career'. Way I figure, we'll have all of the personal quests for the unlocked characters done on the next stream dedicated to this game which will be on Monday.

I did find it funny that the Next Up: Action Figures achievement is diamond, which just tells me a lot of gamers really gave up on Agents of Mayhem. Which is a shame, because it does have a lot of variety.  

StreamElements was bugging out for the second time in the same number of weeks, which is really weird to see.

For the raid we dropped in on TracyDoll during their stream of Friday the 13th: The Game at twitch.tv/tracydoll

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• LEGION Roadkill: Run over LEGION personnel 10 times.
• Next Up: Action Figures!: Fully deck out Franchise Force in their signature outfits.

So with the slight issue I'm having my existing keyboard tray with having to constantly check the screws, I looked into getting a new one... in fact the exact same one. Turns out the company that made it made sure ti make things more complicated with additional pieces. Oh well at least I can use some of it's parts to fix my current keyboard tray.

Because of how pissed I was thanks to my father, I didn't get any writing done... instead recorded another tier list making video focused on ECW Superstars

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #1, Left-Right Step Combo and Hook Como #2.

"What has more letters than the alphabet?" "The post office!"

Song of the Day: In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett

For tonight's stream, we are opening with Fall Guys and more than likely we'll be continuing Gears of War 2 with Iceman, who had his birthday yesterday!

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

 

 

The Return of Agents of Mayhem

Good morning everyone,

Day started a little rough as I got some mail related to mom, I'll have to remember to call my brother after work today to let him know what arrived.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem got off to a slightly rocky start, because I forgot that this game doesn't not play exactly like the other games in the Saints Row franchise, with the ability to switch characters on the fly depending on the situation. We mainly did the earl story quests and focused on roaming around, finding collectables and getting the three DLC characters unlocked.

I did go out of my way to knock out a bunch of easy achievements as well by doing all the obvious stuff one would do just by roaming around, such as doing a race, getting into a massive brawl with Legion, finding a hate machine and finding the hidden room withing the hidden room in one of the lairs. 

The big question is going to be will I go out of my way to try and 100% the in game world, because I do remember not liking the race to check points side quests when I played the Steam version a few years ago.

For the raid we dropped in on Felkimchi while they were playing Minecraft over on twitch.tv/felkimchi!

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Go-Go-Gadget!: Equip your first gadget onto any agent.
• That Went Poorly: Complete "Operation: Spin-off".
• X Marks the Spot: Find and open a large loot chest.
•  Accessories Sold Separately: Use Gremlin Tech for the first time.
• Smells Like Home: Warp into the ARK for the first time.
• Crystalized: Equip an Upgrade Core to any agent.
• Bling Bling: Swap out an agents weapon with a new look.
• Stop the Drop: Destroy a Drop Pod Launcher Emplacement.
• Long Jump: Jump an agent vehicle 50 meters in one jump.
• District Control: Take over an Outpost from LEGION.
• Designated Driver: Call in an agent vehicle for the first time.
• Alert Level Wipe: Complete LEGION Alert Level by defeating the LEGION captain.
• Pimp Your Ride: Build your first vehicle through blueprints.
• Hate this Thing: Destroy a hate machine emplacement.
• What's the Password?: Enter a secret room inside a LEGION lair.
• Secrets Within Secrets: Enter a secret room, inside a secret room, inside a LEGION lair.
• More Like FUNgeon, Amirite?: Complete a LEGION lair for the first time in Seoul.
• Contested Location: Take over each type of Emplacement Location.
• Spreading MAYHEM: Deploy your first agent to any LEGION region.

Congrats to Kalenal who will be a featured streaming apart of Stream Raiders' celebration of Women's History Month! Her spotlight night will me on March 30th! To keep up with Kalenal, be sure to follow her over on twitch.tv/kalenal.

Made a new Tier List video recently which actually ended up being making a Play List because of how the creator of a tier maker subject including a very small sampling of Blues & Soul artists from the 60s & 70s. Like how does one leave the likes of Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd and Arteha Franklin off of a tier making subject like that? Anyway that video will be on the YouTube channel in a couple of weeks.

Did have a job interview of sorts for PECO over in Philadelphia for a remote customer service role. We'll see if that leads to anything.

Got quite a bit of writing done in the Daria commission request, and as I said last night, when I get a commission request for a story where it's something not WWE related, it becomes a lot of fun to write. Also worked the Star Trek: The Next Generation short story which I'm intending to be March's exclusive for my Subscribestar followers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Body Uppercut Combo and Advanced Combo #2

"Where do you learn to make a banana split?" "Sundae school."

Song of the Day:Papa's Got A Brand New Bag by James Brown

For tonight's stream, we shall continue Agents of Mayhem by going to unlock every other character and trying to do things around Seoul. So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Well I solved the audio problems

Good morning everyone,

So as I was going insane with the increasing audio lag, I decided to switch from monitoring the console audio through OBS to just having its audio go through to my gaming monitor's speakers, which means hearing stuff in games is going to be a lot different for me and I lose the ability the hear things from a 360 degree perspective since there is no need for the headphones. On the plus side, this does mean I get to bother neighbors with Alerts and redeems that my viewers use during my broadcasts... and if I ever rope my Cousin or Brother into being apart of a stream, the set up is now perfect for them to hear game audio as well.

As for last night's stream, we played Overwatch 2 was a lot of fun, as we were joined by both BangBangBang and PandaSweet for a lot of matches, which lead to many wins and a few losses along the way. Picked up 4 plays of the game as Orisa, Reinhardt, D.va and Moira. Other characters used were Ana, Cassidy, Junkrat, Ana, Zenyatta among others. This was also a great test regarding Discord to Xbox Live Chat, as now I can use both depending on what I'm playing and with whom. 

And let me tell ya, there is a real difference in playing Overwatch with and without headphones in that trying to track certain characters is not as easy because the sound mixture is to have the sounds coming from all sides.

Despite the computer troubles that popped up, I was able to save the Plays of the Game I had prior to 2/16, so when I put together the collection of Overwatch POTGs for February, I'll have them all. Granted they won't be shown it order.

For the raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing Dirt 5 over at twitch.tv/redneck_23

Finished the WWE short story commission yesterday afternoon, and that client wants an instant follow up... I really need to stop having open endings on things WWE related. But before I do that, I had another commission request come in for a Daria short story based on the episode The Invitation, I already have about 1400 words written on that, because I needed the dialog from two scenes to make it work.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #2, Body Straight Combo and Front-Back Step Combo.

"What does a sprinter eat before a race?" "Nothing, they fast!"

Song of the Day:Teen Angel by Mark Dinning

For tonight's stream we'll be starting up Agents of Mayhem as the new Monday & Tuesday night adventure game, and since I've played it before I do have a fair idea of how I want to approach this play through.Also I elected to install it on the Xbox One as opposed to the Xbox Series console, mostly since it is an older game.

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

The Road To Rhea in WWE 2K22

Good morning everyone

Let's talk about work, and it was nice to get back into the things, even if its a tough assignment to work with. It does actually raise a question I've been wondering in regards to how many businesses are actually trying to hire people.

Last night's stream saw us continue WWE 2K22's MyRise mode, and we turned heel, which lead to some rather funny heelish dialog and some scenarios that I probably would not have seen staying on the baby face path. The number of matches actual opponents did expose how limited the WWE's Women Roster inclusion was, and I can't imagine it's going to be particularly good in the upcoming 2K23 if it tackles the MyRise mode the same way. I did rather like the build towards facing Rhea Ripley and how over the top it got with a backstage brawl, an empty arena match and a match ending in a double DQ before the big match.

That said, I think I'm going to put WWE 2K22 on Saturday's starting next week because it is a bit much to do MyRise content on back to back nights. Which means we'll put something else on Mondays and Tuesdays. And after careful consideration, that game is going to be Agents of Mayhem. 

Come to think of it the line up is probably going look like this through next Saturday.

Tonight: Fall Guys & Gears of War 2
Thursday: Hades
Friday: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Saturday: Try Out Elder Scrolls Online (Thanks again for the gifted game LvStrkr)
Sunday: Overwatch 2
Monday: Agents of Mayhem
Tuesday: Agents of Mayhem
Wednesday: Fall Guys & Gears of War 2
Thursday: Hades or Elder Scrolls Online
Friday: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Saturday: WWE 2K22

For the raid, we got bold and raided Maximilian_DOOD who was playing Like A Dragon: Ishin. He is the largest streamer I actually follow on Twitch, and he broadcasts over at twitch.tv/Maximilian_DOOD 

WWE 2K22 Achievements

• The New Revolution: Win the NXT Women’s Championship in MyRISE.

Latest story commission request is for a WWE story based on things that happened at the 2020 Elimination Chamber event.  Since work has started back up, probably won't get to writing it until the weekend.

Had a nice talk with my Aunt Rosa yesterday after work, talked about a few different things, but it was a major reminder of how much I miss mom.

Did go through a few boxes of stuff that mom had stored aside, finding outdated AC power adapters, old fire alarms and other stuff that should have been tossed out years ago.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #2, Waist Shape Focus Combo & Uppercut Combo #1

"Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself? It was two tired."

Song of the Day: "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees

For tonight's stream, we shall lead off with Fall Guys and then when Iceman joins us, we'll shall continue Gears of War 2. Can't get more opposite ends of the spectrum than that!

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

More Mass Effect 3 Fun

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream was the first stream in a while where there were no issues, no frame drops and no partial disconnects! I didn't get an update from Xfinity yet to see what they discovered, but the next concern will be this afternoon with work! Of course I would get a call this morning from Xfinity asking about the service, but since I was not given any updated information regarding what I was told yesterday, I made sure to tell them I'm waiting for information from their Senior Tech.

Anyway, during the stream of Mass Effect 3 last night we covered everything related to the Quarians and the Geth... and thankfully I did not screw up during my play through of Mass Effect 2 to make neither side was sacrificed. We also knocked out the final two N7 missions to get its related achievement, and also tackled the Thessia mission, making sure to bring Javik along in order to have him take the piss out of everything Liara says by pointing out the Protheans involvement in the ascension of the Asari.  Not to mention, completed the checklist for all the searchable items around the galaxy.

With all that done, it sets up tonight's stream quite perfectly, with the mission to Horizon and Sanctuary to save Miranda and her sister, not to mention deal with what Cerberus is up too... plus also start the Clone Saga portion of the Citadel DLC, which will be a lot of fun.

On a side note, I swapped out slam for flare, which is an option after doing Omega... and I thought it was bad ass with Aria used it, but leveling it up for it to do extreme damage is such a sight to see! Wonder if it's available in the multiplayer side of the game? Speaking of which, the road to 5000 kills currently stands at 2147.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Party Crasher: Sabotage a dreadnought.
• Saboteur: Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
• Hard Target: Call down an orbital strike.
• Last Witness: Extract ancient technology.
• Tour of Duty: Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.

Twitch Clips

• Shepard Gut Punch
• Flare... Its Useful! 
• Uh oh... you can't catch me!
  

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid following their stream of Stardew Valley! 

For the raid we dropped in on sannafierce who was playing God of War over at twitch.tv/sannafierce!   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #2, Body Straight Combo and Body Uppercut Combo for 31 minutes

Seeing how the Phillies struggled against the Mets, I was expecting them to lose to the Reds last night... I was surprised they won.

Song of the Day: Laid by James!

What sound does a nut make when it sneezes? Cashew!

Did you hear about the satellites' wedding? The ceremony was OK, but the reception was terrific.

Saw the assignment I'm on for my day gig... and I'm already dreading it. It's nice to know I'm being sabotaged from being productive... and frustrating as fuck.

FnDanteSavage was streaming this morning, and he's looking to get back into things with occasional morning streams over at twitch.tv/fndantesavage! Today he was messing around with Agents of Mayhem!

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, and as detailed earlier, we're heading right for Horizon!

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