Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight we finished Borderlands 2, wrapping up with a total play time of 61.6 hours and 51 of 75 Xbox Achievements unlocked. Because we were over leveled and got our hands on on DLC related weapons and gear, we basically were able to steam roll Jack and The Warrior within a span of maybe 5 minutes (if that).

Overall I liked this play through a hell of a lot more than I did my first one on Steam where I didn't really have a clue and didn't have a plan on how to prepare for key battles, such as not knowing having acid weapons would be very important.

With Bordermands 2 wrapped up, Persona 4 Golden will move into being out main focus with Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday streams being dedicated to it.

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

For the raid we dropped in on AshRe_L who completed a speed run of Borderlands 2 in 5.5 hours!

Got another estimate on having the trees cut down... and was told $550... so I'll go with the first one once I scrape together the cash

Work was solid this evening, and I know I was about 40% over production so thing should work out in getting funds to deal with the rees

Finished the Legend of Zelda story, next up is a Spider-Man related commission

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Dang Girl You Ace At This Game: Won the most challenging round in Murderlin's Temple
• Feels Like The First Time: Opened the chest at the bus stop in Fyrestone
• Knowing Is Half The Battle: Completed the mission "Data Mining"
• Cool Story, Bro: Defeated Jack
• What does it mean?: I can't even capture it on my camera

Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight we did more side quests in Borderlands 2 and progressed the story to where are basically in the final open area of the game to explore. Probably the big highlight was finding Donkey Mong and realizing it had barrels on its back for a Donkey Kong reference!

Beyond that, it was mostly just chaos and carnage, but because I got all turned around and navigating some areas were more annoying that others, we extended the stream an extra hour.

Also, we broke 1000 Gamer Score, so by normal Xbox 'completion' standards, we hit the pinnacle and showed we put in a ton of time.

We shall continue and possibly finish Borderlands 2 tomorrow

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

Work was solid, we did a study focuses on Toledo, and a lot of the folks there were quite nice to talk to

Made good progress on the Legend of Zelda commission request and I should be able to finish it during the day tomorrow... and then put out the word for the top tier SubscribeStar folks to send in their story requests for June

 Got the first of two estimates to cut down the trees behind my house, $475, not bad. But I will get another estimate tomorrow.

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Urban Explorer: Discovered all named locations in Sanctuary, Opportunity, and Lynchwood
• Definitely An Italian Plumber: Killed Donkey Mong
• Bombs Away: Completed the mission "Toil And Trouble"

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was the usual, but we it was a double XP weekend, so by doing daily, weekly and event challenges we got closer to the completing the bonus tiers for titles in the battle pass.

We were joined by PandaSweet, which is always awesome as things could and sometimes did get silly with some things that happened.

Picked up one of Mercy related achievements, and I realize the other is for resurrecting a certain number of players without dying... don't think that's going to happen since I rarely play as Mercy. 

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday

Tomorrow night we're playing Borderlands 2

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

Already know the electric bill is in, which will be paid on Friday along with the Water Bill

Considering buying more salad stuff next time I do groceries so instead of cooking I can just rip open a bag and chow down.

Finished the Mass Effect commission request and it broke the 6000 word mark. Next story on the docket is based on Legend of Zelda

In regards to the Fantasy Baseball team, we won the week 6 to 4, winning in Runs (37 to 30), (Home Runs (8 to 6) RBI (36 to 27) Saves (5 to 4) ERA (2.008 to 3.58) and WHIP (0.88 to 1.07). We lost on Stolen Bases (6 to 8), Average (.250 to .276) and Wins (5 to 6)

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Group Health Plan: Restore 150 health for 4 allies without dying as Mercy in Quick or Competitive Play.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

We opened tonight's stream by wrapping up the last of the Commander Lilith stuff which of course sets up the events for Borderlands 3...  then went back to the main story and proceeded to nearly walk through the big moments of reaching Angel, Jack killing Roland and kidnapping Lilith. 

So I'm pretty sure, depending on how thorough I want to be we can finish the main game next week at some point! Again totally depends on how thorough I want to be.

Anyway, Borderlands 2 will return on Monday night!

Tomorrow night we're back to playing Ghost of Tsushima.

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

Work was solid and very productive, gives me confidence my paycheck next week is going to better than expected

Finally reached the point of the Star Wars commission story that is in progress where I can see it's 50% done... and it's all dialog. But it's paid by the word, so it's all good.

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Identity Theft: Completed the mission "The Man Who Would Be Jack"
• Highlands Explorer: Discovered all named locations in The Highlands, Thousand Cuts, and Wildlife Exploitation Preserve
• An Angel's Wish: Completed the mission "Where Angels Fear To Tread"
• Decrypted!: Defeated the Dark Web.
• 3 or Bust: Completed the mission "Paradise Found".
• Went Five Rounds: Completed Round 5 of any Circle of Slaughter
• Girl's Gotta Eat: Fed thy noble queen 3 times during one visit to her quarters
  

Smite and other notes

Iceman was not available so instead we featured Smite, and shockingly we won 5 matches... while losing 5 matches, although one of those losses was due to being stuck with a player who refused to play. We were joined by Strike for a couple of games.

Picked up the discounted Battle Pass to make sure I go that Athena skin, as well as gnabbed all the RWBY related skins to make sure I didn't miss out on them a second time.

Gods used tonight were Athena, Cupid, Chang'e, Terra, Thanatos, Freya and Amaterasu, the last four having the skins for Yang, Ruby, Weiss and Blake. 

I think when Smite 2 launches, we'll dedicate a few Saturdays to it since by then we'll be pretty far into Persona 4 Golden

Tomorrow night we're back to Borderlands 2

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for the weekly Zone-Out streams of retro TV

Work was solid, if unspectacular, not as productive as the previous nights

Picked up the Porsche bundle in Overwatch 2 since I already had the coins in my account

Finished the Back to the Future story and started work on a Star Wars commission which might take me until Friday to finish given how much dialog I have to write!

Borderlands 2 and other notes

So tonight we dived into the Commander Lilith & The Fight for Sanctuary and I was shocked that it is a continuation of what I've seen in Tales from the Borderlands with Vaughn being a major character, and how this is setting up and acting as a bridge to Borderlands 3.

What I really like is that it's more scale down than the Assault of Dungeon Keep, with not to many side quests to get bogged down in. According to the mission flow chart, I've covered half of its content. So when we continue it, it should pretty much be a straight shot to wrapping it up... then doubling back to finish the main campaign.

And why I choose to do the DLC? Mostly because all the achievements are 'diamond' rare, so I figure I can get a few bragging rights! 

Borderlands 2 will return on Thursday

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

Speaking of Smite, we are going to dedicate a night to it next week.

Grabbed the Mercedes bundle for Overwatch 2 since I had the extra coins 

Square-Enix admitting that taking the exclusive contract from Sony has hurt them in a big way and hopefully this means the end of console exclusivity.

Work was solid, loved the first half, but hated the second half

Nearly finished the Back to the Future Commission story, it's about 75% complete, going to work on it before bed.

Borderlands 2:  Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary Achievements

• Anyway, Here's "Firewall": Activated the Backburner's firewall.
• Chocolate Chip Confirmed: Allowed Tiny Tina to arm the moonshot cannon.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

We finished the Tiny Tina Assault on Dragon's Keep DLC and I rather like it as an epilogue to the main story of Borderlands 2 with how it is Tina coping with the deaths of Roland and Bloodwing. Plus we got to see Buttstallion... Handsome Jack's infamous horse.

We were joined by a few people who joined in randomly, one to give me 'better gear' and another to complete the main story of the DLC. Big thanks to them for being apart 

Now the question is do I go ahead to do the main story, do I do the head hunter stuff or do I do the Commander Lilith stuff. I think I'll have check the achievements list as we're already 45 hours in

We will be playing Borderlands 2 tomorrow

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was playing 7 Days to Die

Work was solid tonight even if we had to switch assignments

Got a good start on the Back to the Future commission request, finishing one scene and next will be a second, much longer scene

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• t's Like That One Video: Showed thine worst enemy, the abomination known as "The Darkness," who is the nerdiest of them all
• Shorty, You So Best: Completed thy quest by rescuing yonder queen

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream was dedicated to mostly playing as Dva to give a good idea of how I tend to literally play her as a tank with some dive-bomb attempts when I see an opening.Did get in several matches as Brigitte, Zarya and a few other characters as well.

Of course there were some very suspect people both terms of who we played with and against that very much had me scratching my head.

Still, mostly playing as Dva had me thinking I could go on a string of dedicating nights to playing as specific characters. Just a thought.

Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday

Tomorrow night we're back to Borderlands 2 to continue the Tiny Tina DLC content.

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

Did groceries today, had to spend more than I was planning  to because I needed contractor bags.

Got a good deal of writing done on a WWE commission, will be working on that after this is posted

Also will record this week's Daria Reactions before bed. 

Borderlands 2 and other notes

So the Tiny Tina's Dungeon Keep DLC for Borderlands 2 is way more interesting than the Hammerlock Big Game Hunt, just in terms of everything making sense in how each area is laid out and no cheap instant fail side-quests. We only knocked out the first two chapters but did every side quest I came across.

That said, I figure the DLC is basically Tiny Tina's way of coping with a lot of the hardship she went through considering how she seems to want to think Roland is alive... well technically he is because I have not finished the main game of Borderlands 2 yet lol.

Also, it really shocked me to realize that the DLC was later released as a stand along game. I get that it's a unique novelty but I'm not sure that was a good idea or even a good value since it's basically about 10-12 hours worth of content. 

Borderlands 2 will return on Monday 

Tomorrow's stream will feature Ghost of Tsushima

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

For the raid we dropped in on rumhamshmah who was playing Cat Quest II 

Work was super productive this evening, thing I was about 20% over production give or take as an assignment that would normally run in the day was tried in the evening, and we totally kicked ass.

Finished the WWE story commission and started work on the next one which is Arrow related  

Have to consider what groceries to get since it's that time again! Also pay Comcast and probably pre-pay the Water Bill as well.

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• I Totes Planned That Boss: Slew Mister Boney Pants Guy
• Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin': Demonstrated your skill, or lack thereof, at rolling the magical treasure orb of many sides
• Yaaaaaay: Introduced thyself to the White Knight
• They Was All "Hey That's Mine": Unsheathed 5 swords from Immortal Skeletaurs without leaving the area

Sea of Thieves and other notes

Striker was not able to join us this evening so Iceman and I held off on doing the 3rd chapter of the Monkey Island adventure, so instead we dropped in various islands finding loot and stuff, before realizing how the fishing mechanic works. 

So yeah, there could be times we are just fishing while playing Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves will return next Wednesday assuming Iceman is available, otherwise Smite will be on the agenda

Tomorrow's stream will feature Borderlands 2 as we'll start the Tiny Tina DLC content

For the raid we dropped in on Zonesama for the weekly Zone-Out stream

Work was super productive, wouldn't be surprised if the assignment closed this evening because of how awesome it was going.

Made good progress on the WWE commission request, will finish it tomorrow.

Somehow my Ao3 account was suspended... and I bet it was the result of trolls.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

So tonight we did the The Big Game hunt content in Borderlands 2 and I have to say... I didn't really care for it as much as the first two DLC expansions, mainly because it took way too long to figure out how to navigate things comfortably in the main area, and the amount of back tracking was rather obscene,

That said I did like how it pretty much ties into Tales from the Borderlands as Nakayama's obsession with Jack is pretty important to that games plot, so it was nice to see how his fall actually happened. The battle against Jackenstein was pretty gnarly. 

Not sure if we'll start the Tiny Tina DLC campaign for Borderlands 2 next, or wait and instead finish the main game. 

Borderlands 2 will return on Thursday

Tomorrow's stream will feature either Smite or Sea of Thieves 

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing The Mortuary Assistant

Work day was very productive, and I do believe despite the unwanted days off in the last pay period I might get a little extra in my pay do to being about 20% over production

Finished one WWE related commission and started on the next request which is also WWE related. At least I've had a nice variety of stories to keep from being stuck in wrestling hell

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Face Off: Completed the mission "The Fall of Nakayama"

Borderlands 2 and other notes

So Tonight's stream was really weird as we did the entire run of Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage thanks in large part to a lot of folks jumping in at random. Now I did say I would considered not having it open for randoms to join in, but I went with it anyway. 

Of course things were made super easy when people who sunk hundreds of hours into the game joined in and it became a case of trying to keep up. Which also meant I didn't get to experience how some of the boss battles were supposed to go. But we take the good with the bad.

We finished the night at Level 32, and I believe all the DLC content enemies cap at level 30, so we should have an increasingly easier time at things go forward.

Tomorrow night we will continue Borderlands 2 and probably set my sights on the Hammerlock content which was the 3rd DLC expansion. Of course I could just go ahead and finish the game, but we're taking out time on games these days.

For the raid we dropped in on YourStarling who was doing a music stream. We use to do duets with them way back in the era of Twitch Sings

Work was solid this evening with a slighting longer survey, as well as a very confusing understanding of how Primaries work in Missouri.

Started on the next commission story which is WWE related. Would have had a lot more done... but I kind of didn't feel all there today and just rested.

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Explosive: Completed the mission "Long Way To The Top"

Overwatch 2 and other notes

We were joined by PandaSweet for many matches in Overwatch this evening, and I branched out a little playing as a wider variety of characters that I normally doing use, and ended up having some very decent moments as Repaer and Zarya. About a year ago I got the first of Zarya's two character related achievements and tonight I got the other. 

Of course there was a huge issue with running into random who were either choosing not to fight on the objective or going so far out of their way to show off it kept putting us on the back foot. So yeah, I checked out of several matches.

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday

Tomorrow's stream will feature Borderlands 2 as we turn our attention to the next DLC related thing

For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was doing a music stream we dropped in

Finished the NHL related story this afternoon and the next one on my agenda is WWE related, which thankfully should only take maybe a day and a half 

Going to record this weeks Daria reaction before going to bed as we're up to episode 9

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• The Power of Attraction: Capture 4 enemies in a single use of Zarya's Graviton Surge in Quick or Competitive Play.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Borderlands 2 was a mix of getting things done and over leveling myself for the original story content... as well as seeing the problem with playing with others in it. The big issue is a lot of people want to speed through things while I want to take my time... which was certainly the case in regards to some buried  treasure.

We did finish the Captain Scarlet and her Pirate's Booty story, so we can now either focus on the next DLC content or go back to the main story of Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 returns on Monday

Our next stream on Friday night will feature Ghost of Tsushima

For the raid we dropped in samaell_alwahm who was playing Genshin Impact

Work was bleh... felt barely productive and incredibly long

Finished the WWE story commission so next on my agenda is a My Hero Academia related one.  

I really hate it when people leave my gate open when they come to my front door trying to get me to go their church.

The Xbox 360 store is shutting down soon... a shame many developers never bothered to make many of their games backwards compatible

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Cute Loot: Killed a Chubby
• Treasure Hunter: Completed the mission "X Marks the Spot"

Sea of Thieves and other notes

Tonight, Striker and Iceman were apart of the fun in Sea of Thieves as we knocked out part two of the Monkey Island cross-over adventure, and the 2nd chapter was certainly a lot more puzzle heavy and cryptic much like the original Monkey Island game. 

I did like the inclusion of the Insult Sword fighting, the appearance of Stan and many of the call backs to the original game Monkey Island game. I am convinced that a full 3D remake of the Secret of Monkey Island game will actually be really cool in regards to how well Melee Island looks.

Sea of Thieves will return next Wednesday, depending on the availability of Iceman and Striker

Tomorrow's stream will feature Borderlands 2 as we continue the Captain Scarlet content

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for their Zone-Out stream featuring Bravestar and COPS

Work was solid if a little less productive than yesterday

Finished the second of two Fairy Tale commission requests, next up is a WWE related one, which is already about 20% complete.

Sea of Thieves Achievements

• Port of Call: You paid a visit to the sprawling Port Merrick.
• The Quest for Guybrush: You completed 'The Quest for Guybrush' Commendation.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Borderlands 2 saw us go into one of the DLC  content of Captain Scarlet and her Pirate's Booty, which has everything scaled to be at the the mid to up 20s in terms of levels, which means I'm getting to grind out levels to put myself in a good position to make the main game's final few mission areas trivial.

Was joined by a couple of people at random, so I got to see how much more damage is needed to be done to enemies with as many as two other people playing at the same time. Only problem is since I don't use a headset voice chat was not possible.

Borderlands 2 will return on Thursday

Tomorrow's stream will feature either Sea of Thieves or Smite, depending on who is avaliable

For the raid we dropped in on gatling_hawk who was also playing Borderlands 2

Work was solid this evening despite a weird moment where I got disconnected even through there was no issues with my internet connection.

60% finished the current commission request based on Fairy Tail, will easily finish it tomorrow, trying to get it as close to 5000 works as possible

Picked up the Grandia Collection for Xbox... one of these days Grandia III will see a port

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Decked Out: Had Purple-rated gear or better equipped in every slot
• Always Improving: Reached level 25

Borderlands 2 and other notes

We got a fair amount done in Borderlands 2 this evening, with several side quests and two big story mission that reunites the Vault Hunters from the original game, which basically puts us on the homestretch of finishing the game.

I need to figure out the level start points for Borderlands 2 DLC as I would like to do them before starting on the final leg of the game which is focused on taking down Handsome Jack. I know at least two require to be at level 30, but there should be others

Borderlands 2 will be back tomorrow night

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

Work was super productive this evening, we closed out an assignment, but then switched to one that broke my brain because of who we were looking to speak to went from listed only to anyone.

Finished one Fairy Tail story for a SubscribeStar request and now working on another story based on the anime / mangafor a Commission. It's about 15%  done

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Farewell, Old Girl: Completed the mission "Wildlife Preservation"
• Well That Was Easy: Completed the mission "Shoot This Guy in the Face"
• Got The Band Back Together: Completed the mission "The Once and Future Slab"

Overwatch 2 and other notss

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 featured several matches in the Mirrorwatch event to progress in that before settling into standard Quick Play matches. Shoutout to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun from start to finish.

Also yes, I do have a pretty damn good success rate when it comes to calling out people for cheating in Overwatch 2, there are somethings that just don't look natural.

Overwatch 2 will of course be back next Sunday.

Tomorrow night we return to Borderlands 2 and progressing through side quests. 

Big thanks to tfalexis1165 for raid following their stream of Minecraft

For tonight's raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV 

Got some writing done on the first of two Fairy Tail commissions, had a hard time figuring out the intro, but when it doubt make a Cheers reference and basically including Norm for a heap gag.

Going to record this week's episode of the Daria reactions before doing some writing and heading to bed.

Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Borderlands 2 saw me focusing on doing side quests that are consider trivial in terms of difficulty, because I tend to engage in a lot of combat when playing in an effort to overpower the game. Certainly need to remember to keep a corrosive weapon on hand at all times because it generally melts most enemies.

We did not get any achievements this evening, as I could of sworn there would be some dedicated to doing side quests. 

Borderlands 2 will return on Monday

Friday night's stream will feature Ghost of Tsushima

Thank you to Oldish22 for a raid following their stream

For the raid we dropped in on la_leyenda_23 who was playing Fallout 76 

Made the decision that after we get the last few achievements in Lego Batman 2, Saturdays will be dedicated to Persona 4 Golden until we we're able to move it the weeknight slots

We did have work today and it was super productive for me in terms of completion. Thankfully it was a very short research assignment.

I'm about 60% finished the Star Wars story commission I'm working on. Having no work the last couple of days allowed for me to put a huge dent into the queue I had built up

Sea of Thieves and other notes

Tonight's stream of Sea of Thieves saw Iceman and I go treasure hunting... and as we found about a dozen pieces of loot, we got ambushed by a ghost ship which blew us out of the water in a handful of shots before we could figure out what was happening.... meaning we lost all that loot.

We were lucky enough to find some more loot, so we didn't end the night empty handed.

Also learned their has been an Alvin & The Chipmunks animated series airing since 2015 

Tomorrow night's stream will feature Borderlands 2

Big thanks to Kalenal for a raid following their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama where Zone themselves who was hosting the retro television streaming 

Happy Birthday to long time friend of the channel Striker! 

Picked up some Chinese Food for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow... for some reason they sent a big tub of soy sauce which I guess is to be poured on the rice?

Knocked out a Sailor Moon commission fairly easily, next up and already in progress is a Star Wars one.