If the World Baseball Classic Existed in the 90s...

Bit of a thought experiment, but here would be the starting line up and starting pitcher & closer for a World Baseball Classic team if it existed in the 1990s

1. Kenny Lofton — CF (L) • Elite OBP/SLG combo in his early‑90s peak • Game‑breaking speed sets the table • Gold‑glove defense in center 

2. Chuck Knoblauch — 2B (R) • High OBP, line‑drive machine • Perfect “bridge” hitter who keeps the pressure on • Great hit‑and‑run partner with Lofton 

3. Barry Bonds — LF (L) • The most complete hitter in baseball by 1990–94 • OBP monster, 30–40 HR power, elite baserunning • Forces pitchers to work from the stretch early 

4. Mike Piazza — C (R) • Best pure right‑handed hitter of the era • Protects Bonds, punishes pitchers who pitch around him • Massive gap and HR power 

5. Larry Walker — RF (L) • Balanced power, average, and athleticism • Lefty who can still hit lefties • Extends the inning behind Piazza 

6. Tony Gwynn — DH (L) • Contact king, .350+ threat • Perfect “reset” hitter who prevents strikeout clusters • Turns the lineup over with quality ABs 

7. Barry Larkin — SS (R) • MVP‑caliber shortstop with power/speed blend • Dangerous lower‑order bat who lengthens the lineup • Elite defense keeps run prevention strong 

8. Mark Grace — 1B (L) • High‑contact, high‑OBP, doubles machine • Ideal 8‑spot hitter who keeps innings alive • Lefty balance before the 9‑hole 

9. Jeff Cirillo — 3B (R) • High‑average, low‑K, underrated OBP • A “second leadoff” hitter who feeds Lofton • Strong glove at third 

SP: Gred Maddux - Run prevention king in a pre‑steroid‑explosion environment - Ground‑ball machine who pairs perfectly with Larkin/Knoblauch/Cirillo - Low walk rate keeps games clean 

CL: Dennis Eckersley - Ridiculous control - Sub‑1.00 WHIP for multiple seasons - Strikeout-to-walk ratio unmatched

Mystery Heroes and A Mostly Stable Stream

Good afternoon everyone, 

So update on the Xfinity situation, the Senior Tech gave me an update that they were able to capture a system issues on the outside and they contacted a maintenance supervisor to send out a line tech, I was waiting for an update, but the tool they were using to monitor my connection was under maintenance so he could not see any logs from the tech to get an idea of what was done. I logged into the catway to see a number of things about the eRouter being administrativley disabled then enabled as Dual Stack, plus Missing Required Options 82 and 24. At least I'm being kept up to date on this.

Now last night's stream did see one instance of the stream being held up, and several minor instances of frame drops of Overwatch itself indicating a weak connection at times. That said, we had fun, we played a mix of Quick Play and Mystery Heroes. We were joined by PandaSweet for a good portion of the night which is always a treat! I picked up two plays of the game as Dva using her new skin. Other characters used were Moira, Mei, Torb and several others.

On a side note, a bit disappointed that this turn of the ReMix event does not give us any PVE options like the first two volumes of the ReMix. What we'll see on Sundays are Winter Brawls and different Lunar Jump variants on some match types.

Twitch Clips

• Holding the line!
• That's Two... But Where Did The 3rd One Go?! 
• A Wild Finish!
  

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke who was playing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi over at twitch.tv/flint_locke! Flint is a very talented singer and does some Dungeons & Dragon streams every now and then.  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Defensive Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Finished the commission request for a WWE story yesterday afternoon, and got another one based around Avatar The Last Airbender. I'm not too familiar with that show, in fact I've only ever played the Legend of Korra video game a couple of years ago! So some research will be involved!. 

What did the left butt cheek say to the right butt cheek? "You crack me up!"

What do you call someone who points out the obvious? Someone who points out the obvious. 

Song of the Day: Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John! 

My main Fantasy Baseball team that I have been directly trying to keep tabs on is sitting in 4th place in the its league, while my secondary team is sitting in 3rd. If all goes right, both teams could hit the playoffs. 

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, with the focus being on the Quarian and Geth part of the story, which should be pretty straight forward! Also last night I put in quite a bit of time playing the Multiplayer mode, getting a Volus and Turian to level 20... and I learned the hard way that Turians can't roll. I'm only 1700 kills to the Veteran achievement, which we should put a fair dent into tonight... maybe... hopefully lol/

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

My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure: Short but Charming

Good afternoon everyone,

Well last night's stream was certainly plagued with numerous interruptions to the point it got split into 8 parts. The good news is I spoke with a senior tech at Xfinity who said they are going to be running a constant scan of the signals going to and from the modem to try and track down the problem. I was told not to reset the modem no matter how bad it gets and that I would get a call on Sunday afternoon to let me know what was being tracked.

Anyway, onto My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure... and it's a charming, chilled, laid back game. There are collectables to find, a number of mini-games, it looks pretty solid overall, controls are responsive, the sound quality is awesome, there are numerous unlockables... but it's an incredibly short game. I mean less than three hours start to finish and with getting every single trophy.

Now I believe part of the problem is that at the time of the game's release earlier this year, the show its based on My Little Pony: Make Your Mark hasn't really had the time to flesh out its world to provide anything more than a slice of life aspect... hell, the show itself debuted this year, so there's not much to go on. In fact the plot of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure is more of a direct follow up to the film My Little Pony: A New Generation (which I have not seen, but a look at the wiki page for it gave me an idea of what it was about). 

This does raise the question as to why Hasbro never had a full console game for the previous show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which was airing well into the PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch era of console, so there was certainly a wealth of things that could have been utilized. 

That said, the actual story of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure is quite interesting in that the 'villain' is basically a semi-racist Earth Pony who wants to drive all the Unicorns and Pegasuses out of town and to go back to it being for Earth Pony's only. Sure he gets caught and learns a lesson about not fearing change, but I'm surprised that was the game's plot, which could easily have been an episode of the show.

All in all, I enjoyed the experience... but I will advised, only purchase it when it's on sale. It's $39.99 price tag is too damn steep and impossible to justify. For it's length, I d say nab it when its below $20. 

MY LITTLE PONY: A Maretime Bay Adventure Trophies

• An adorable thief: Reclaim your backpack
• Unicycling 101: Fix the bridge using Izzy's Unicycling powers
• Mane Street awaits!: Help Hitch in Brighthouse
• Amateur Detective: Get 500 Magic Bits
• Pipp Pipp Parade!: Help Pipp in Mane Street
• Glowing up: Use the Magic Mirror for the first time
• Sherif's apprentice: Get 1000 Magic Bits
• Pro Herder: Help Hitch in Town Park
• The Neigh-gotiator: Fulfil Marcel's requests and unlock Beach Cove
• Starscout: Get 1500 Magic Bits
• Where did magic go?: Race Zipp on Beach Cove
• Friendship is still Magic: Catch and talk some sense into Sprout
• W.I.N.G.S. Cadet: Complete the secret obstacle course in Town Park
• Alicorn Status: Get every trophy

Now we did Play Street Fighter V last night as well... but we had to way for a 36 GB update to the game to be downloaded and installed. So we did to a bit of just chatting, turns out one of my short boxes containing comic books is only being held together by the lid... and I've only seen a few things that featured Anne Heche who passed away yesterday.

Once SFV was updated, it was during a period where a lot of the internet issues were happening, so got kicked from one player versus player match. But things settled down, we did a few 'arcade runs' (Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha arcade ladders) and then did a few player vs player matches, actually inning a couple... in fact I finally hit the requirements to get an achievement for getting out of the 'Rookie' category! Sow e ended the night on a high note for sure.

Street Fighter V Trophies

• First Promotion!: Master Zangief sent me flowers to celebrate me moving up a league for the first time! I can't read the card with all these tears!

Big thanks to the chat for kicking in 300 bits during the stream, and also to a new follower ShootTheDeuce!

Twitch Clips

• It's charming and relaxing... I like it!
• Well that was a thing! 
• Well he dead!
• I have seen at least one thing starring Anne Heche 
• Caught her!
• Beautiful! 
• Blew him out of the water!
  

For the raid we dropped in on Coleyrado as they were celebrating their birthday over on twitch.tv/coleyrado!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #1, Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Intermediate Combo #1 for 34 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Stats For August 7 to 13, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 8596
  
• Estimated Calories Burn: 3572.46 kcal
  
• Laura's Champion Progress: 72% (36/50 Hours)
  
• King EX Fight Progress: 95%
• Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 610
  
• Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 768
  

Why did the man get fired from the calendar factory? Because he took a few days off.

What do you call an alligator wearing a vest? An investigator.

Song of the Day: Sunshine of your Love by Cream 

Fernando Tatis Jr popped for PEDs... well bet the Padres are pissed, but hey with him out of the lineup for the rest of the season, that does help the Phillies in the Wild Card hunt.

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For tonight's stream, well it's Saturday so you know it' going to be random.   I'm not sure what that will be yet, but we'll probably bounce between a few things or stick to one thing... depending on how Xfinity is acting.

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

Just Doing Wondrous Tails In FF14

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was different than it has been as of late, because we dedicated the night to doing the Wondrous Tails, which basically just assigns a list of various Dungeons, Raids, Trials and PVP stuff to do try and complete lines on a 4X4 grid. We actually lucked out and got one line, which is very tough to do. Granted I could have re-rolled to try and get more lines, but 99% of the time just getting one is all one wants.

That said, I did discover I can use the Wondrous Tails to level boost other Disciple of Magic / War skill sets, which will make bringing them up a lot easier than I would have anticipated. In fact I already know next Thursdays FF14 stream will lead off with the Level 45 Dragoon job quest called 'Double Dragoon'.

Also did some fishing and finally acquired some Purple Script, which means eventually it will be possible to get the best possible gathering gear, but it will take a while to acquire. We closed out the night with some random PVP, and actually one a match where I lead the team in getting kills... as opposed to getting killed... HA!

Huge thanks to Coleyrado for a huge raid during the stream. They were doing a Just Chatting stream over at twitch.tv/coleyrado! They also have play things like New Pokemon Snap, Fortnite and Stray!

Twitch Clips

• That 'nearly' hurt
• You know what... F It! 
• Three For Me! None For You! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/YrGamerBunni! Other items they have featured games like Magic: The Gathering and Halo Infinite!

Work was a total drag yesterday... stuck on one assignment that basically went no where, while folks on another assignment were cleaning up complete all afternoon. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for a duration of 34 minutes.

I made sure to check out the intro for MLB's Field of Dreams game which featured Ken Griffey Jr having a catch with his dad Ken Sr. Knowing Ken Jr.'s animosity towards the Yankees for how his dad was treated, it's pretty awesome that this years game featured the Reds, a team both of them played for during their careers. 

What kind of tea is hardest to swallow? Reality.

Why did the golfer need new pants? Because he got a hole in one.

Song of the Day: Chocolate by The 1975

Started work on the latest commission request for a WWE story based around the aftermath of the 2016 brand split, and I think the client will like the intro.

Got in some work on Mass Effect 3's multiplayer achievement and knocked out the Gunsmith one fairly easily. Rather pleased with the progress I've made in my goal of just looking to get 1000 gamer score on it, and I'm I'm to 885. Based just on sticking to the story, knocking out the last couple of N7 missions and doing the story plus part of the Citadel DLC... I should gain 385 gamer score. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Gunsmith: Upgrade any weapon to level 10.

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For tonight's stream, we're hooking up the PlayStation 4 to play My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure. Will this be a hidden gem like DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power was last year? We can only hope!

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

Huge Night Of Persona 5 Strikers

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Strikers didn't have one single interruption which was amazing. Now I did move the coaxel cables as far as possible from any other cables (namely electrical ones), and maybe that was a solution, because I did read that if they crossed it could cause a disruption. We'll see how that plays out for Saturday's stream.

Anyway, with Persona 5 Strikers, we covered the entire second jail which wasn't so bad, as it was pretty straight forward from getting from one part to another... also realized how the level grinding works towards characters achievements, in that a lot of play time with each member of the Phantom Thieves is needed, and this is certainly going to be a lot more rewarding because "Requests' and revisiting prior jails are now unlocked, With time not being as much of a factor as with Persona 5 Royal. that means deliberate trips to do nothing but farm enemies is something we'll probably do.

In terms of the story, Yusuke being the focal point in having to have a come to the fictional son of a fictional higher-being meeting with the second villain certainly severed as a great call back to where Yusuke started as a character. Now from what I've seen of the start of the third arc, it seems Haru is going to be front and center for it, since it involves someone she directly knows.  

Also Futaba has been stealing the show in several ways, her comments regarding Ann and Haru's development in certain areas certainly was hilarious.

Persona 5 Strikers Trophies

• Knife in the Dark: Performed 50 ambushes.
• Unshakeable Teamwork: Performed an All-Out Attack 150 times.
• Flame Dancer: Obtained all Master Arts for Panther.
• A Helping Hand: Completed a request.
• Phantom Striker: Defeated 200 enemies with a phantom dash.
• Peerless Blade: Obtained all Master Arts for Fox.
• Cage of Vanity Conquered: Completed the Sendai Jail.
• A Little Memento: Obtained a souvenir for the camper.

Twitch Clip Links

• Ann's Showtime
• Taking Down The Nightmare Dragon 
• Futaba Is Impressed.... Aha!
  

During the stream we got 400 bits from the viewing audience, the support is always appreciated! Big thanks for the support! And also big thanks to YrGamerBunni for the huge raid  following their stream of Crusader Kings III which they play every Friday over on twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni! 

Rather surprised the Phillies seem to be holding it together thus far, but with Bryce Harper out till most likely late August, I highly doubt July is going to be as good a month as June was for them. 

My fantasy baseball team holds a 6-4 advantage this week, but with two days left and some guys playing on teams that have double headers today, I'm hoping I guessed right to having the right folks starting. 

Per LvStrkr's recommendation, we've added Blue Dragon to the list of Xbox360 games to play at some point.

I have a 5 days weekend, since it was announced yesterday afternoon that the July 4th break will be extended to included the 5th. So I should have no excuse not to knock out the commissioned Halo fic that I already started writing a few days ago.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Defensive Combo #1, Uppercut Combo #2 and Double Combo #1 for 28 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For June 26 to July 2, 2002

• Punches Thrown: 8,554
  
• Estimated Calories Burned: 3527.64 kcal
  
• Bernardo's Champion Progress: 68% (34 out of 50 hours trained)
  
• King EX Fighter Progress: 94%
  

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For tonight's stream, I have no clue what we're going to do at the time I'm writing this at 4:56 AM, we might do some older-era gaming tonight just to have some variety.

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

Xfinity Causing Problems Yet Again

Good afternoon everyone,

Well after two full days of no problems, the issues with Infinity reared its ugly head yet again with six stream restarts, one involved a full reset of the modem. I did try to piece together the whole night into one video, but that would take too long to render, and when I make videos they typically would be at more 20 minutes long, and not 5 hours. So the YouTube channel will have the uninterrupted portion of the stream that last two out of the five hours. I did place yet another call to Xfinity last night

As for the night of Overwatch, outside of getting disconnected in the middle of some matches, we had a lot of fun. We were joined by PandaSweet and PatDes for several matches. Characters I mostly used weird D.va, Reinhardt and Moira. Picked up one Play of the Game as D.va, which keeps the weekly streak going. With Overwatch 2's beta launching this week and the fact I did do the pre-order, means we should be able to experience during one of the streams later in the week (either split with Final Fantasy XIV or on Saturday).

Big thankst to YrGamerBunni for kicking in 200 bits during the stream as well as testing out some of the new sound effect redemptions!

Twitch Clips

• Poor Service From Xfinity A Day Before I'm Paying Them...
• I dropped some bags of tea back there... 
• There's A Combo!
• That's Three! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on jonnietortilla who was playing Ark: Survival Evolved over at twitch.tv/jonnietortilla!  

I was so annoyed with the issues with Xfinity last night that instead of doing my laundry today, I did it right after the stream. Granted I don't go anywhere, so I have only one load to do, but still, I needed to take my mind off of things.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Advanced Combo #1, Sway Back Combo and Beginner Combo #2 for 34 minuets. 

Back in the late 1990s, I was aware of the video game Blade Runner which was based on the film of the same name. Never played it, as the requirements for it where clearly too much for my computer at the time... but I am surprised that it basically has gotten a remake. Of all the PC games of the mid to late 90s that I'm personally aware, I would not have thought Blade Runner would be the one to get a second chance at life. That said... apparently the remake is dog shit. Who knows, maybe someday we'll give it a look since it was a game I was curious about over 20 years ago.

With Bryce Harper being placed on the injured list for at least the next 10 days, my Fantasy Baseball team is without its most contestant hitter.

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For tonight's stream, I haven't made up my mind on what we're going to do, as the issues with Xfinity certainly had me really perpexed. But we'll be up to something and hopefully this will be a smooth stream this evening.

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

We Started Up Persona 5 Strikers

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Strikers was without incident, in fact, I had no issues at all with Xfinity yesterday, which made the shift for my day job rather smooth.

Now my first impressions of Persona 5 Strikers is that its already a solid sequel to Persona 5 Royal, and outside of just the big references to all the stuff that happened overall, there is not much reliance on the older games (or rather vanilla Persona 5). The music is pretty solid, but the game play is obviously the big departure. For the most part I have no issue with general combat in the 'Jails', but the boss fights really seem like they are going to be a problem because Skill Points management is going to be a problem.

Now the stream itself lasted eight and half hours, so we covered basically the entire first story arc, and I noticed that the first arc involving Alice is rather focused on Ann, and the start of the second arc in Sendai seems to be heavily focused on Yusuke. So I wonder if there will be strong parallels with the Persona 5's Palace Order

Persona 5 Strikers Trophies

• It's Showtime!: Activated Showtime.
• Back in Business: Witnessed the Phantom Thieves' reunion.
• Seeker of Power: Used Incense.
• Impulse Buyer: Bought something during a limited time sale.
• Ultimate Trump Card: Obtained all Master Arts for Joker.
• Cage of Lust Closed: Completed the Shibuya Jail.
• Short Order Cook: Cooked food for the first time. 

Twitch Clips

• Just A One Letter Difference
• Show's Over! 
• The Defeat Of Alice
  

For the raid we dropped in on DimakTV who was also playing Persona 5 Strikers over at twitch.tv/dimakTV! 

My fantasy baseball team is having one hell of a bad week... at this rate, I know I'm going to end up at the very least in the middle of the pack by the end of the season.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Uppercut Combo #1 for 31 minutes

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For The Week June 19-25, 2022

• Punches Thrown 7,669
• Estimated Calorie Burn 3298,89
• Bernardo's Champion Progress: 62% (31 out 50 hours)
• King EX Fighter Process: 94% of EX Achievement Acquired
  

If you believe having the right to own a gun is more important than women's rights, then you can go fuck yourself. Hell people will see in the archived form of last night's stream that I basically opened by quoting nearly verbatim George Carlin's monologue on these issues from the late 1990s. Needless to say, I now worry for a lot of other rights that Conservative leaning Supreme Court may attack next. 

But as I said last night, Conservatives, who are mostly Christian and White, don't give a damn about the lives of the unborn, they don't care about women... all they care about is having as many impressionable minds available to shove into a glorified cult. 

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For tonight's stream we'll be checking out Fall Guys and probably will mess around with other stuff!

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

After 143 Hours... We Finished Persona 5 Royal

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Royal certainly saw me doing what the game said to do and 'Take My Time' when it came to trying to anticipate how much content was actually left, as I certainly wasn't rushing to finish the game, because I wanted to streak to last at least four hours. Turns out there was six hours worth of content left based around how I was choosing to handle the last trip into Mementos and doing other things (messing around with the Batting cages, spending time with some of the Confidants and unlocking stuff in the Thieves Den 

Now... let's talk about that battle against Maruki which is probably the most drawn out pain in the ass boss fight in the entire game with how many phases it had. Sure we got a HP and SP reset with each phase, but it was a battle that boiled down to 'But wait there's more...' when it came to obviously points of where it should have ended. We defeated Maruki's Persona... no wait... he evolves his Persona... then he gets eaten by his Persona... then it boils down to a fist fight... like really? The Holy Grail to Yaldabaoth boss fight wasn't nearly as padded as Maruki's was.

Now of course by the time we finished that fight it was 10:12 PM... but we didn't finish the game until 12:19 AM... because of all the cut scenes and extended dialog sequences I've managed to find pepped into the last stretches of time. Sure There's the time skips, but there is a lot to see, and when you are given time to roam around there are little nuggets and references one can find that serve as nice callbacks.And since I've been playing Persona 4 Arena, and seeing the 'Men In Black' involvement with characters from Persona 3... I'm betting those were who was chasing the Phantom Thieves at the very end.

Overall, Persona 5 Royal was an awesome experience and I look forward to playing it again on the Xbox side of things in 2023. 

Persona 5 Royal (PS4) Trophies

• Take Back the Future: Completed every Palace.
• The Path Chosen: Watched the ending.
• The Phenomenal Phantom Thief: Obtained all trophies.

Twitch Clips

• It's Showtime! The Defeat Of Jose!
• Boom... Headshot 
• Roses For Makoto 
  

During the stream we got a raid from Redneck_23 who was playing American Truck Simulator 19 over at twitch.tv/redneck_23!

For last night's raid, we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Halo: Infinite and Fortnite over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni! 

On a side note, Persona 5 Royal is only the 5th PlayStation title that I've gotten the Platinum Trophy for... the others being NCIS, WWE: Legends of WrestleMania, X-Men The Arcade Game and Sonic The Fighters.

There is a question of what will be featured on Friday's now... and the top two contenders are Dragon's Dogma and Persona 5 Strikers. We'll see what I end up deciding 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a brisk workout because I woke up super late. Still kept the daily streak going which was good.

While my fantasy baseball team had a great week last week, this weeks looks like it'll be a problem with Bryce Harper having to deal with a blister issue.

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For tonight's stream... well, it's back to Persona 4 Arena to continue going through the story mode of that game, which means sitting through the visual novel parts. Good news is I believe we can basically go through everyone's story straight through because we tackled Labrys's story last week. So we should be able to knock off at least three characters stories tonight.

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

Entering The Home Stretch Of Persona 5 Royal

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Royal was very productive on two fronts, one we spent a ton of time in Mementos, finding every single Stamp in the areas of the original game, then the finding 40 in the added area that ties into Maruki's Palace... and then we tackled the Palace itself, finding all three Will Seeds and securing the route to Maruki's treasure. There were a few things I probably over looked in terms of treasures, but at the same time I hit the max level for Joker and the rest of the Phantom Thieves (Level 99), maxed out yen (9,999,999) and also hit 99 on several Personas. 

As of this time, we have put in 136 hours in, and the way I figure, with all the cut scenes and remaining things to do, there are probably close to four hours of game play left. So we will be finishing Person 5 Royal on next Friday's stream! Also with only two trophies left, and both are story related, we'll be able to Platinum Persona 5 Royal as well! Woo-hoo!

Oh an yes, I am rather pleased with the screenshot I took at the end of Joker & Sumeri's Showtime. That was just perfectly timed.

Persona 5 Royal (PS4) Trophies

• A Serene Experience: Visited a temple. 

Twitch Clips

• An Anonymous Cheerer Cheering Anonymously!
• Sumeri's Showtime 
• We Want The Panda!
  

For last night's raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown over on twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!  

Five years ago with my original YouTube channel, a lot of dirt bags were stealing my videos and posting them on their own channels... but I found a few of them still floating around YouTube and promptly uploaded them. You can find them over at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoZDn5flULzEeJlW0Rw2X2Q

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Intermediate Combo #1 and Difficulty Challenge Combo #1 for a duration of 34 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Stats for Week Of June 12 to 18, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 8,577
  
• Estimated Calorie Burn:3611.62 kcal
  
• Sophie's Contender Progress: 90% (27 out of 30 hours trained)
  
• King EX Fighter Progress: 93%
  

My fantasy baseball team is doing rather well this week... granted I've had to make a number of moves, and staying up to date on whose starting and who isn't can be a real pain, particularly when it comes to anyone who is playing on the west coast.

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For tonight's stream we'll be playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge. Hopefully we won't have any issues with the game's net code for online play.

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

More Issues With Xfinity, Finally Played The Kenly College

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream was another stream that saw a few interruptions, resulting in two major stream restarts and the loss of 20 minutes of footage. I've documented it my journal so when I call Xfinity to report the problems, which I did after the stream I had all my ducks in a row, pulled up the admin data for my modem so I could see exactly what they were seeing. Also made full use of Twitch Inspector to further prove when issues were happening on stream (not so easy to do when I'm working.

Anyway the stream itself of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 saw Iceman and I tackle the Kenly College event, and I'm really wondering why the hell is it an every three week event because it seems like something folks would want to run repeatedly, but at the same time, some of its gimmicks and finding everything took time. I did like some of the Puzzle elements, and of course since we were playing the Division, that meant Iceman was apart of the fun, so there was some hilarity, including when one enemy ran around me to get to him. Now would I personally want to replay the Kenly College stuff... not really, but it was worth experiencing

Twitch Clips

• I am the definition of...
• He just ran past me! 
• What the hell? 
  

For the raid, we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Mass Effect 2 and Fortnite over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni!  

Finished the commission request for a WWE story based around Liv Morgan, Finn Balor and AJ Styles yesterday morning, and it's a good thing too, considering Finn turned heel on RAW. This has lead to a new commission request for a story based around the end of Halo 4 with Cortana and Master Chief... which will be hard because I've never played any of the Halo games.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved  Intermediate Combo #1, Triple Combo #2 and Difficult Challenge Combo #1 for a 3o+ minute workout.

I've already seen what the assignment my day job has me on, and it is not what I was anticipating based on what I've seen others working on yesterday. Safe to say I'm not too thrilled with who'll I'll be dealing with this afternoon.

The 'suggestions for starters' regarding my Fantasy Baseball team is rather amusing, as it's suggesting I started Alejandro Kirk over JT Realmuto. Kirk may be having the better season, but it always seems as if it's not starting most of the time, even though he and Realmuto have played in the same amount of games.

For tonight's stream we're going mess around with Persona 4 Arena's story mode... and if it's anything like the story modes in the various BlazBlue games I've played, it should be pretty cool.

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

Another successful night of Overwatch

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was a lot of fun, as we did a few things involving Junkenstein's Revenge plus the usual big focus on Quick Play matches. We were joined by PandaSweet and PadDes for a lot of team up action, which was awesome. PatDes is probably best known for being a big part of the Twitch Sings Community. The night ended on a stretch of 8 wins in the final 10 matches played, which is always nice. In terms of my individual performance, I have a few plays of the game, notably as D.va and Reinhardt in Quick Play matches and as Cassidy in Junkenstein's Revenge.

Twitch Clips

• Another sneaky back push
• Buckle up! 
• Well that got two!
  

For last night's raid we dropped in on ErikaMonky over at twitch.tv/ErikaMonky as they were playing Phasmophobia!   

It appears my Fantasy Baseball team had a solid week as we won 6 out of 10 categories, mostly thanks to pitching. This week my team batted .276 (69/250) with 32 runs scored, 6 Home Runs and 29 RBI with 4 Stolen Bases. In 47 innings pitch, my team won 5 games with 3 Saves, 53 Ks on a 2.30 ERA and a WHIP of 1.02.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #2, Uppercut Combo #2, Double Combo #1 and Front-Back Step Combo.Kind of funny how I woke up super early today for a longer workout as opposed to yesterday when I woke up so late I only felt like doing a light routine.

Played a little Smite off stream, picking up a couple of wins as Eset and Ra in a couple of quick Arena matches. 

Also messed around with a bit of Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl, going through the Arcade mode and doing a perfect run to earn its related achievement. For it I used Garfield, and I figured out a few things. Tried to do some online matches but there was no one appearing in the casual Quick Play.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Achievements

• Avatar State: Complete an Arcade run without losing a single stock

Dabbled some more with Persona 4: Arena, and I think I figured out a few things playing as Elizabeth, who has a particularly difficult super to do since it's a counter, meaning for it to work she has to be attacked. Also I looked into it, and the story mode for P4A does look like it has many of the same gimmicks as the BlazBlue games where it has a visual novel approach with multiple endings.

Persona 4: Arena Achievements

• Trained in Seclusion: You spent 30 minutes in Training in one sitting. Now take it to the streets!
• Perfect!: You had a perfect victory in Arcade Mode or online.
• Die for Me!: You performed 30 Fatal Counters in Arcade Mode or online.

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For tonight's stream, we're looking to finishing Lego Batman: The Video Game, we have Episode 3 of both side of the story to complete along with the two bonus stages. So this should be a lot of fun.

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

The Casino Palace Was Confusing

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Royal started off with Sae's Palace and boy was it pretty nutty with how it was spread over two in-game days, and I think it was to make sure for Sae in the normal world saw who the Phantom Thieves were. That said, I found the Casino Palace to be confusing in terms of some of the gimmicks involved, not to mention the enemy match up types really were not favorable at times. I'm also not to keen on having to wait to do the Calling Card, but knowing its to set up Akechi's betrayal that was seen at the start of the game it just means I can try and catch up on so many other things, like Confidant progress and covering Mementos. Also at this point, I've covered 71% of the trophies, so we have an outside chance of getting full completion... I need to get Kasumi's to rank 5... luckily we were able to get Rank 4 tonight. Also, I did get Akechi and Maruki to both Rank 8 and 9. So that pressure is off as well..  On a side note I did love Haru and Makoto's tag team wrestling Showtime, I thought that was a bit clever.

Persona 5 Royal Trophies

• Intensive Training: Used Incense on a Persona in Lockdown.
• The Search for Power: Completely changed the cognition of Mementos.

Twitch Clips

• We'll put him to use
• Makoto & Haru's Showtime! 
• Good... we don't like you either 
  

We had two raids during the stream, the first was from Oldish22 who was playing Path of Exile over at twitch.tv/oldish22!

The second raid was from YrGamerBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni!

For our end of stream raid, we dropped in on Sheepfuzz who was doing some community gaming with the Jackbox Party Packs over at twitch.tv/sheepfuzz!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Front-Back Step Combo, Beginner Combo #1, Body Uppercut Combo and Body Hook Combo.

Fitness Boxing 2 Stats For May 15 to 21, 2022

• Punches Thrown:11, 233
  
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 4,427.24 kcal
  
• 26 Hours Trained Out of 30 For Laura's Contender Achievement (86%)
  

I got a good start on the latest commission request, even if the plot is paper thin at best, so having to rely more on 'action' than anything else. Hopefully I can knock it out before tonight's stream, or maybe right after. Some asked me why I don't post the commissioned fics here on blogger, well it's mostly because these requests fall under the NSFW category. 

I can say with confidents this has been a losing week for my Fantasy Baseball team, mostly due to Bryce Harper not being in the Phillies lineup at all. For the week, my team is .267 (44/165), with 20 runs scored, 4 home runs, 20 RBI and 2 stolen bases... and on the pitching side in 30 innings, 4 wins, 2 saves, 25 strike outs with an ERA of 3.60 and a WHIP of 1.13. Yes the Fantasy League I'm in doesn't tally up stats until after Sunday's games, but I know a losing week when I see it.

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For tonight's stream, we may check out something random, maybe hook up the PlayStation to mess around with some of my Japanese imports of Capcom fighting games like Marvel vs Capcom, X-Men vs Street Fighter, etc. Or we'll just play Paladins and Riff Trax again... or maybe do all of that. We'll see what I figure out.

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

It was a community game night

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream lead off with Paladins, and it was your usual mix bag of wondering why random players choose not to do the basic things, like getting items to increase their chances of actually being of use. We were joined by PandaSweet and Beltizar for several matches of fun. I did end up playing the new character, Lilith, for a bit, and I think I understand her kit, her LT can either be used to heal a teammate or damage an enemy, while her LB can activate an AOE of healing for the team or damage for the enemy, depending on who standing in it. Also her special abilities drain her health, so a bit of a balancing act is needed when using her her.

Then we switched gears and played RiffTrax: The Game, it is your standard JackBox Party game but with short film clips where we can be the like of Mike, Crow T Robot and Tom Servo (as those involved with the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 are involved with RiffTrax). Apparently not all clips are from typical Public Domain source material as there were clips from Charade which starred Audrey Hepburn. Boy in the Bubble which featured John Travolta and Son of Hercules included... the last of which being a film that was riffed on in the original MST3K era! We had quite a few folks join in the RiffTrax fun so we may do more of it in the future!. 

On a side note, while I unlocked the first 18 achievements playing against other players, the remaining 12 I was able to knock out solo with the use of a web browser and my cell phone, making it another game for 100% completion.

RiffTrax: The Game Achievements

• First Time Writer: Write your first riff in Write-a-Riff mode.
• Don't Be A Bungle: Receive no votes in a round.
• Tobor is Robot spelled backwards: Vote for the Riff Bot's riff.
• Foley Artist: Use a sound effect in your riff in Write-a-Riff mode.
• No Character Limit: Win a round with a riff that is at least 90 characters long.
• Aspiring Writer: Complete a game in Write-a-Riff mode.
• LateTrax: Submit a riff at the last second.
• Disembaudio's Revenge: The Riff Bot wins a game.
• Hi, Bob Executive!: Receive all of the votes in a round.
• Explicit Choice: Play a game with the Bad Word Filter on.
• RiffTrax Party!: Play two games in a row with the same players
• Super Traxian: Play five games
• The Ole Double Deuce: Win a game with double the points of second place.
• Onomatopoeia: Submit a riff in Write-a-Riff mode that's only sound effects.
• The Norman Krasner: Receive no votes for an entire game.
• First Time Picker: Pick your first riff in Pick-a-Riff mode.
• Professional Jokes: Use "Get New Riffs" within a Pick-a-Riff game.
• Aspiring Picker: Complete a game in Pick-a-Riff mode.
• QuickTrax: Submit a riff within 5 seconds.
• Synchronicity: Multiple players enter the same riff in a round.
• Word Mincer: Win a round with a one word answer.
• Self-Plagiarism: Win more than one round of a game using the same riff.
• Have A Roni: Win a game after being in last place at the start of the final round.
• The Riffing Turkey: Win three games in a row.
• Ultra Traxian: Play ten games
• More Dangerous Than Dynamite!: Win every round of a game!
• Friends Through Eternity: Play five games in a row with the same players.
• Verbal Communication Made Easy!: Submit a riff using a non-English text to speech language.
• Leave it to the Professionals: Use the "Riff For Me" option in every round of Write-a-Riff mode.
• Decuple!: Finish a game with the maximum number of rounds.
  

Twitch Clip Links

• Triple Kill!
• That's Two... oh right at the end... 
• That is none of your damn business!
• John Travlota What Are You Doing Here?! 
  

For last night's raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was playing Path of Exile over on twitch.tv/oldish22!

Considering the fun we had with RiffTrax: The Game last night, I'm strongly considering its predecessor 'What The Dub' for a future expansion on things to do with the community.

James Harden is being roasted all over the place for being a shell of his former self, and I have a feeling we won't see him a 76ers Uniform next season.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Uppercut Combo #1, Intermediate Combo #2 and Waist Shape Focus Combo.. We did do some extra exercises as well, since we are grinding for the final achievements... plus keeping myself at a nice and steady mid-240 lbs.

Got another request to do another commission request based around an old WWE story line. I  think I have some note still from a few things Kristi and I did that could put a nice twist on things. 

I am scratching my head trying to understand why the Padres picked up Robinson Cano... what does he bring to their team? It's not like he's going to regain his form from before he was busted for PEDs.

It's the start of a new week, so let's look back at things from last week which featured Overwatch, Chrono Cross, Smite, Star Trek Online, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Royal, Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise, Paladins & RiffTrax: The Game!

For tonight's stream we'll be kicking off the new week with Overwatch! So we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!