So we accomplished our task of rescuing Naoto, now I knew about her wanting to be a man, but the whole being treated like a kid aspect was new to me. Of course it did take me nearly four hours to rescue her, because the first two hours of the stream was dedicated to back tracking through the previous dungeon to reach an extra boss and find side quest items.
We also completed several Social Link quests, Nanako and Dojima's are in the book, plus several others are closer to completion as well. Also the Compendium is close to 80% complete
Next time we play P4G, it'll be mostly slice of life stuff as we wait for the next Midnight channel night and for Naoto to recover from their ordeal.
Persona 4 Golden returns on Monday!
Tomorrow night we're playing Overwatch 2
For the raid we dropped in on samaell_alwahm who was playing Ratchet & Clank & MultiVersus
Did a little tree branch cutting this afternoon
Watched the Phillies vs Mets game in London today, and good lord I forgot how awful Fox Sports is with its presentation and horrible pre-game show
Finished the WWE Commission request, next is a Marvel related one which I'll start in the morning
Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden saw the big trip to Tatsumi Port Island, and I was baffled by the fact the class was put up in a Love Hotel and that members of the main cast got 'drunk', even though it was said they were not having alcoholic beverages. I suspect that was something changed for the North American release as underage drinking is frowned upon. Not sure I buy the 'drunk off the atmosphere' reason.
Still we got several things accomplished in terms of social links and building up to Naoto's ill-advised plan to get themselves thrown into the TV, so we worked our way to where our next stream will be focused on searching for Quest Items , dealing with a mini-boss and rescuing her.
Persona 4 Golden will return on Saturday's stream with the focus being on dungeon crawling for quest items, a bonus boss and rescuing Naoto
Thank you to Oldish22 for the raid following their Final Fantasy XIV stream
Tomorrow's stream will featuring J-Stars Victory Vs
For the raid we dropped in on moonlitsoju who was also playing Persona 4 Golden
Work was real solid this evening, less asshole than last night.
Knocked out the Legend of Korra related commission of the course of today, always nice when I can bang something out quickly. Next is a WWE related story
Wanted something from WaWa via Doordash and they forgot my hoagie! Good thing I got a refund for it.
Finally have 300 'confirmed' wins in MultiVersus, remaining achievements are related mostly to getting different time of eliminations... and playing paired with a person.
Considering getting myself an Over the Air Attenda for one of my TVs, might be able to get a good bargain on one
Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden was basically the entire Summer Vacation stuff, with the beach, festival and fireworks segments, which basically serve as a nice break before the second half of the game.
Probably the real highlight was Kanji during the beach day, as he stole the scene again. We did romanced Chie, since we were following a guide and nice Naoto becomes an option way to late.
Next time we play we'll be building up towards the next case, we do got several days of events to cover, and hopefully I'll be able to get Hemit caught up.
Persona 4 Golden is slated to return on Thursday's stream
Tomorrow night we have wither Smite of Sea of Thieves, depending on Iceman's availability.
For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Overwatch 2
Work was solid today, granted it was a hospital related research assignment but at least no politics
Didn't do any writing as I rested up after feeling so out of it on Monday, will be working on a story tomorrow that's WWE related
Did get an achievement in MultiVersus and there are only 5 more to get
Persona 4 Golden Achievements
A Special Lady: Enter a special relationship with someone.
Tonight's Sea of Thieves Stream was very silly, as Iceman and I discovered how nuts things can get when it comes to chugging crog.
We also sunk a enemy vessel and found a butt ton of loot on Crescent Isle, though I did get stuck in a watery spot and had to be exploded to escape. We also did some fishing as well, managing to snag two fishes
Plus made a move for the Fantasy baseball team we're currently in first place overall, and I'm hoping things shake out to where we can build on that lead.
Sea of Thieves returns next Wednesday
Tomorrow night we return to Persona 4 Golden... and we're not seeing Naoto's arc yet, turns out the character is being introduced
For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for their weekly Zone-Out stream.
Work was solid, hate that jobs were switched in the middle but oh well.
Got a good portion of the Spider-Man commission done, going to go back and forth on the action bits between two pairs of characters.
Messed around with MultiVersus, some of the PVE things are cute, but the game does have issues with online, mainly with PC Players who lock in for a match and troll by not playing! That was a major reason why I stopped playing in the first place.
We got a lot done in Persona 4 Golden this evening, even with the late start because... things went very wrong for me during afternoon and early evening (not the last time I'll say that in today's notes).
So let's see, we rescued Rise, saw Teddy unlocking his Persona, got Yu up to level 60, started the Hanged Man and Devil Social links, caught a bug perfectly, shopped with Tanaka 5 times and oh yeah... continue to basically out pace the game's enemies by a factor of two to one.
At this point we are waiting for Rise to recover from her ordeal, but I already know the next arc will feature Naoto because of how drunk Dojima got. So finally, the best girl will be apart of the team.
Persona 4 Golden will return on Thursday
Our next stream will either feature Sea of Thieves or MultiVersus, depends on Iceman's availability.
For the raid we dropped in on on MissCammi316 who was playing Smite
I was late to work today... I know how can I be late to work when I work from home. Answer, simple... things we horrible wrong for me in the late afternoon and early evening.
Finished writing the Teen Titans story, and started work on a Spider-Man related one. Hopefully I can have that done by Thursday
Persona 4 Golden Achievements
Moderate Bookkeeper: Register over 50% of the Compendium.
Going Nova: Deal over 999 damage in 1 attack.
Skilled Commander: Perform 50 All-Out Attacks.
The Lounge Is Closed: Rescue Rise Kujikawa.
Granter of Your Desires: Buy 5 things from Tanaka's Amazing Commodities.
Last night's stream started with DKO Divine Knockout and I'm determined to get Athena to 'level 20' mostly because one of the things that is popular to do over in its sister game Smite, is to put in the play time with each character to rank X even if you're not good as them. I'm fairly good with Athena in certain match ups, so this gives me a long term goal with the game. Big thanks to Reaper for joining in on a few matches as well.
Next we played MultiVersus, and I do like the look of the Game of Thrones inspired arena, just wish I wasn't playing Velma at the time so I could have a better idea of how to recover when knocked off the sides. Also MultiVersus had some weird rendering issues with textures on the characters. Did nab the ugly sweater skin for Arya Stark, because that helped with some challenges.
Lastly we closed out the night with Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, and we had a good stint on it, winning 4 out of 6 matches played. I have to remember next time to hunt for Rifts to fulfill one of the side hustles.
For the raid we dropped in on Tracy Doll who was playing The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me over at twitch.tv/tracydoll.
We have nearly raised $1000 for my mom to help cover her medical expenses, ya'll are awesome for helping her out! For information on what's going on in her fight against cancer visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354.
Finished the first in a new series of short story commission based on Mass Effect, and the client wants a second right straight away. Now to figure out how to write the second episode.
Start of a new week, let's recap what we played over the last seven days: Overwatch 2, Pokemon Violet, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, Smite, Fall Guys, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, DKO Divine Knockout, MultiVersus & Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #1, Triple Combo #1 and Double Combo #2 for 31 minutes.
There are three types of people in the world. Those of us who are good at math and those of us who aren't.
Song of the Day: Believer by Imagine Dragons
For tonight's stream Overwatch is on deck, as we'll work on knocking out things required for the weekly challenges and so forth.
Last night's stream of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax saw us getting use the mechanics that were introduced in the original Persona 4 Arena which we played earlier this year... however there are a number of differences. I feel Aigis plays a lot different, some of the combo challenges feel awkward in execution, but overall it didn't take me too long to get back into the flow of things. That said, I did notice that characters who had sprites in the original Persona 4 Arena don't look as good when compared to the characters added to Ultimax, and that extends over to how some of the Instant Kills look as well.
In terms of other things done, we did one arcade run, attempted a Score Attach run... and dived in deep into the Golden Arena mode as Naoto, getting down to level 45... once I figured out the RPG element of it. It was great to hear some music I've heard a lot in the Dancing game trilogy over the past several week.
There is going to be a question of how I'm going to handed Person 4 Arena Ultimax next week with my Birthday on the 23rd. I'm certainly leaning towards doing a variety stream next Friday and putting P4AU on Saturday. We'll see what I end up doing.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Trophies
Baby Steps: You started on the road to knowledge.
Cram Session: You studied 20 different Lessons.
30-Minute Workout: You Trained for 30 minutes straight!
Combination Fighter: You completed 150 challenges!
The Punk's Way: You defeated an opponent without letting them Awaken in Arcade or Network Mode.
Advanced Fishing Manual: You performed 10 Fatal Counters in Arcade or Network Mode.
Awakened SP Skill Boosts Made Easy: You used an Awakened SP Skill Boost in Arcade or Network Mode.
Arcade Novice: You completed Arcade Mode with one character.
Not Unlike a Boss: You defeated a boss character in Golden Arena Mode!
Brave Gladiator: You raised a character to level 10 in Golden Arena Mode!
For the raid we dropped in on x_lumineee when they were playing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion over at twitch.tv/x_lumineee!
Mom was visited by several family members yesterday which was pretty cool, and I got in touch with a cousin I haven't spoken too in a long time. Also, huge thank you to everyone who donated to my mom's GoFundMe yesterday, your kindness and generosity is incredible! For more info on what is going on visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354
Played a little Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 yesterday and nabbed an achievement in it... granted I was playing it because Windows and Logitech had updates that broke the audio set up I have for OBS
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Achievements
ADVENTURE 2: Clear area 3-11 in ADVENTURE!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Beginner Combo #1 and WEaving COmbo #1 for 28 minutes.
What do you call the security guards outside of Samsung? The guardians of the Galaxy.
Song of the Day: Intentions by Justin Bieber ft Quavo
For tonight's stream, well it's a variety night, so DKO: Divine Knockout, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed and MultiVersus are things I have planned
Last night's stream had a weird moment where the stream restarted, there was a very brief period of frame drops and the upstream was unstable, which was just weird. Nothing like that happened since last Saturday night.
Anyway, we featured three games last night, the first being DKO: Divine Knockout and we dedicate mostly the entire first half of the stream to it, playing as Athena, who has a pretty cool kit, and we ended up winning quite a few matches, which considering they are best three out of five, is saying a lot. Of all the game modes, I despise the 'Gather Coins To Put In The Chest' one.... but the others like Knockout, King of the Hill and Oddball are all incredibly fun. Also picked up quite a few achievements.
KO Collection Silver: Achieved 'KO Collection Silver'
The Penta-Ultimate: Achieved 'The Penta-Ultimate'
Next we played MultiVersus, and I mostly stuck to using Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman, winning a fair amount of matches. Played one match as Tom & Jerry, winning that one. Luckily was able to get into an auto-formed team to make some headway towards the play 500 matches in a party achievement.
Lastly we played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, got in one match as a ghost... and nearly won but ended up taking a wrong turn and got trapped at the literal last second. Had several successful matches as a Ghostbuster, and managed to pick up one achievement in it.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Achievements
Icing on the Cake: Pass Through a Buster to fully slime them down
For the raid we dropped in on apolloxvoicex who was playing DKO Divine Knockout over at twitch.tv/apolloxvoicex!
Learned that one of my uncles was a professional boxer back in the early 1980s, which was pretty cool. He fought in 19 bouts, won 17 of them... and the other 2 matches were a draw.
Managed to score a couple of King Crazy ranked performances in Persona 5 Dancing the last couple of nights off-stream. Granted it and its Persona 3 counterpart both have the auto-scratch option.
Nearly finished the short story commission for a WWE story featuring Sarah Logan, I'll have it done before dinner for sure, and I better put the notes together for the obvious follow up based on Teagon Nox's return two weeks ago.
Happy Birthday to my father who turns 67 years old today. Talked to him earlier, and he's doing all right, he's pleased about the a college football team where he lives being in a playoff situation... means free drinks every time they score a touchdown at the local bar.
It's the start of a new week, so let's recap what we played last week which was Overwatch 2, Pokemon Violet, Game of Thrones; A Telltale Series, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams Definitive Edition, Fall Guys, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, DKO: Divine Knock Out, MultiVersus & Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #2, Difficult Challenge Combo #2 and Block Combo for 31 minutes.
What's the award for being best dentist? A little plaque.
Song of the Day:Just Dance by Lady Gaga and Colby O’Donis
For tonight's stream we'll be playing Overwatch 2, obviously the goal is to try and knock out a level or two on the Season 2 battle pass!
So in the follow up to last Saturday's fiasco, Xfinity came out, checked everything... replaced the external splitter and some fittings on the coaxial cable and swapped the X8 modem I had with a new one... then at 1027 PM the modem did a full on reset out of the blue similar to what I saw happened back during the troublesome issues of July through September. Now I'll just hope that was just an instance of the modem getting an update.
The stream itself was a bounce around kind of night, we opened up with MultiVersus and managed to snag the achievement for playing 100 matches in a party, which was nice. I did happened to get stuck with people who clearly weren't in the mood to be playing with them doing less than 100 damage dealt. Why play a fighting game if you're not going to play?
We also checked out Divine Knockout, which is a 3 vs 3 platform brawler from the people who made Smite. I certainly got a good feel for it early, playing as Sol in a couple of matches. It's in its Alpha stage of development, but from what I saw, it seems like it'll be a fun game to play every now and then.
We also played Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, and the macro key using PC players certainly was on full display when it came to cool downs and just keeping four people cornered for extended periods of time. Did get a few solid captures.
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene was next on the hit parade, and it was during this portion of the stream when things went down as detailed at the beginning of today's blog. We made a couple attempts of getting 10 Million Points, getting to 8.5 Million. Would've been cool to accomplish that.
And lastly we played two matches in Smite, losing both, but it was in the second match where I had to report another player for AKFing. One they complained about the team selection and then left the match when we were winning, proving him. We only lost at the final moment because my team got greedy trying to push 4 vs 5 when all we had to do was defend.
MultiVersus Achievements
Life of the Party: Play 100 matches in a party
Divine Knockout Achievements
Practice Makes Perfect: Achieved 'Practice Makes Perfect'
For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke as they were in the middle of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign over at twitch.tv/flint_locke!
Made some headway on the writing of the first of two back to back WWE commission short story requests, I'll probably finish it this afternoon... or at the latest by tomorrow.
Start of a new week, so let's recap last weeks games which featured Overwatch 2, Pokemon Violet, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Series, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, Fall Guys, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, MultiVersus, Divine Knockout, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, Space Invaders: Infinity Gene and Smite!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Body Uppercut Combo and Body Straight Combo for 28 minutes. On a side note, will probably hit 1 million punches thrown by the end of the week
How do you feel when there's no coffee? Depresso.
Song of the Day: Way Down We Go by KALEO
For tonight's stream the plan is to play Overwatch 2 with the goal being to help PandaSweet get to Battle Pass level 200! We hope we can accomplish that!
Since the Xfinity tech came out last Sunday, I only had one day with issues while streaming and that was last Saturday night... tonight saw a return to the issues I was having with constant stream resets and clear network path issues that I thought were resolved. First attempt at streaming was at about 6:30 and it was resetting every 5 to 15 minutes. I downed the stream at 7:30, did a full restart of the PC and the modem, while also calling Xfiniy with the ticket number from the last set of issues. After being blatantly lied to I was given a new ticket number and was told things would be escalated because of the prior issues. Out of about 4 and half hours of stream time, only two and a half hours were archived
I might just star recording Streams to my hard-drive while streaming and uploading them directly to YouTube at the very least that would mean footage wouldn't lost. But just for the record, as I was uploading the highlight reel for the week on YouTube.. it took 40 minutes.And considering the highlight reels are often less than 6 minutes long, that is a problem.
Now we did play MultiVersus, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stardium. And I should probably talk about Marvin the Martian who was just added to MultiVersus. He's labeled as an Assassin class, but he doesn't seem to have as much of the versatility that Harley Quinn does. We had several good runs in Ghostbusters, and even picked up an achievement. When we got to Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, we played Last Duel and Pnickies. Last Duel has some really wonky enemy placement, while I also ranked 56th in the world for Pnickies on a score challenge.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Achievements
Fully Haunt a Location without Getting captured Once
For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal over at twitch.tv/kalenal as they were playing Final Fantasy XIV
Starting writing the third short story based on Dragon Ball yesterday afternoon and found a way to tie it in with the first two stories written. Why do I always try to build some type of canon with what are obviously one shot tales?
Start of a new week, so lets recap what we featured over the last seven days which was Overwatch 2, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, Vampire Survivors, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fallout 76, Fall Guys, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, MultiVersus, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #2, Hook Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo
Why did the businessman invest in Smith & Wollensky? He wanted to stake his claim.
Song of the Day: Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates) by Robin Schulz, Francesco Yates
For tonight's stream, well the plan is to play Overwatch 2and we're going to be hoping that we'll be able to have a solid stream with no restarts or frame drops. We'll see how that goes.
Last night's stream of Persona 4: Dancing All Night got off to an awkward start because a) I didn't realize there were DLC tracks for the game b) I didn't change the title or game category. Whoops on my part! Still once we got rolling, I was able to find my comfort zone with P4D rather quickly, with my biggest concern being the weird charting this game has in comparison to its Persona 3 and Persona 5 younger siblings. More so than those two games, P4D was clearly meant to be played on the Vita, as even on Easy I have trouble picking up on how some notes appear.
Now the story for Persona 4: Dancing All Night is rather intriguing, as the Investigation Team is practicing to be apart of Rise's comeback but then group of Idols goes missing as they were pulled into the world of the Midnight Stage... where the only way to save them is to dance. Sure the premises is silly, but the question of who is behind the mystery has my attention. It does make me think that the Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight could have been just one single game with a looming threat that had to be dealt with through dance but oh well.
Now because of the story mode, we'll tackle it in segments, with doing 1 full chapter then doing some free dances, then another chapter. I figure we'll get at least three weeks out of the game since there are eight chapters. Of course I'll probably put in a lot of off-stream grinding because of how unlocks are handled.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Trophies
What's a "Miss"?: Cleared a track with no MISSes
Hit the Dance Floor: Cleared 1 track in Free Dance
The Festival Begins: Completed Chapter 1
Working Together: Triggered a Bond Fever at least once
Dream Team: Paired Rise and Kanami in Free Dance
Born Entertainer: Obtained top rank (King Crazy) on a track
Love Connections: Performed a full combo on a track
Closing Night: Rescued Tamami Uesugi
A Night to Remember: Rescued Tomoe Sayama
Perfectionist: 50%+ Perfect clear on HARD track or higher
Empty Seats: A performance ended prematurely
New Personal Best: Beat your own high score
Appearance Matters: Bought a costume for the first time
The Final Touch: Equipped accessory and began dancing
Fashion Police: Changed costume and began dancing
Star Dancer: Danced using 2 or more items to raise difficulty
That Familiar Rush: Watched replay data from Score
For the raid we dropped in on twinamitv who was also palying Persona 4: Dancing All Night over at twitch.tv/twinamitv!
With the added day off, I finished writing the Dragon Ball commission request that featured Gohan, and to my surprise, instead of a WWE commission request popping up based on Sarah Logan's return, I got another Dragon Ball request to do a follow up to the previous story that featured Goku & Videl
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Triple Combo #1 and Straight Combo #1 for 31 minutes.
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Stats For Week Of 11/20 to 11/26/22
Punches Thrown: 9438
Estimated Calories Burned: 4008.57
Martina's Champion Progress: 64% (32 out of 50)
King EX Fight Progress: 98%
Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 715
Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 873
What do an apple and an orange have in common? Neither one can drive.
Song of the Day: Murder On My Mind by YNW Melly
For tonight's stream, well, it's Saturday, so random games are on deck, so expect MultiVersus, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed and whatever else comes to mind.
So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden
So yesterday afternoon the Xfinity tech came out and saw that everything was literally perfect with things at my house, but the real problem was with the infrastructure of their network beyond my house. He said it was with the 'Plant' which serves the area, and that yesterday things were really bad (as we experienced on last night's stream), things were better today with only two sudden stream resets.
So as for last night's stream it was a variety night starting with Fall Guys, and I actually won a show! I made damn sure to get the clip for that right away. Also played some MultiVersus and managed to get myself closer to earning the achievement for playing 100 matches in a 'party' Won one match with an epic double elimination that resulted in a come from behind victory. Next was Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed where I won my first match while being a ghost, and I managed to score some achievements in that while also getting my first win playing as a Ghost, before playing a few matches of Smite losing 2 and winning 1 to close out the night.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Achievements
Animated: Haunt 50 Objects in a single match
Tobin's Prodigy: Fully Haunt 10 Locations as a Ghost
For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 as they were playing Dead By Daylight over on twitch.tv/misscammi316!
Finished the Commissioned Fan Fic request for a Halo story featuring Commander Palmer and Master Chief. I really should play the Halo games in order to actually understand these characters at some point.
Did some Vampire Survivors runs after the stream and picked up several more achievements. Would be fascinating if I actually 'complete' this game.
Vampire Survivors Achievements
Banish 2: Fill 70 entries in the Collection.
Coffin: Mad Forest: Find and open the coffin in the Mad Forest.
Coffin: Inlaid Library: Find and open the coffin in the Inlaid Library.
Reroll 4: Reach Level 100 with O'Sole Meeo.
Start of a new week means it's time to recap all the games we played last wee which were Overwatch 2, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Vampire Suvivors, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, Fall Guys, MultiVersus, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed and Smite!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #3, Difficult Challenge Combo #1 and Biceps Shape Focus Combo for 34 minutes.
How does your feline shop? By reading a catalogue.
Song of the Day: Karma Police by Radiohead
For tonight's stream we're playing Overwatch 2 and we'll hope the stream goes rather smoothly with no issues. So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
Well let's talk about the Phillies, one could say they simply ran out of steam, but I'll just say it out right, the offense became homer happy after game four with so many guys swinging for the fences (Hoskins most notably) after Game 3. The Bullpen did all they could and then some to keep things tight to give them a chance to win, but offense failed in big situation. I said Game 5 was must win for the Phillies, and that is the game in which the series was truly lost.
That said, last night's stream featured a wide variety of things, starting with MultiVersus, as we played as Black Adam in 2 v 2 matches to get a feel for the character. He's certainly a bruiser, but he also acts as a light-tank, as he has a shield bubble of sorts and has a side-special that is kind of similar to what some of the Assassin class characters have. The new arcade mode is pretty basic, there are three variants (East, Medium, Hard) with the big difference between the three being how many chances you get if you fail and how many fights you have to do. We did two arcade runs, all fights are 1 v 1 player versus A.I., you get one 'nemesis' fight (for Harley it's against Batman, for Wonder Woman it's Superman) and then fight a giant version of Reindog. All wins and actions perform in arcade mode does count towards achievements and battle pass progress.
Messed around with Fall Guys, and they had a Doctor Who tie in, so I nabbed a couple of its related goodies which lead to an achievement unlocking, and played a few shows. Came real close to being on winning in squad shows, just had some bad luck.
Got in some Smite, and we played 5 matches, winning a couple and losing in grand fashion. Managed to get the second achievement for Ares done, so that was a positive. Also had an epic match as Terra, just a reminder of how I can use her in Arena mode just to provide healing on the front line once she gets powered up.
Closed out the stream with with some Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, mostly Score Challenge stuff on a few games. As a reminder to anyone who was watching, yes I do indeed main Sakura in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Still it's gonna be a long road to grind out the last four achievements in this collection of arcade games.
Fall Guys Achievements
Fall Guy Fashionista: Unlock 50 cosmetic items from the store
For out raid last night, we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #1, Uppercut Combo #1 and Beginner Combo #2 for 34 minutes
Started writing the latest commission request for a WWE short story based on Emma's return, I think I got it off to a good start.
It's the start of a new week, so lets recap what we did over the last seven days which was Overwatch 2, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, MultiVersus, Fall Guys, Smite and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium!
What's the difference between a dirty bus stop and a lobster with breast implants? One is a crusty bus station and the other is a busty crustacean.
Song of the Day: First Day Out by Tee Grizzley
For tonight's stream, we're playing Overwatch 2, you know the deal, dailies, challenges and other things. So on that note, we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
Last night's stream of Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight was interesting, because outside of the few characters that appeared in Person 4 Arena, I know nothing about how they should be interacting with one another, or the context of how they all met beyond some superficial details. Of course thankfully, Elizabeth is the 'host', which makes unlocking the social events just to see and hear what she says worth it.
But that said, the difficulty of P3:DIM is rather noticeable when compared to Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and it really comes down to one thing: the music. Persona 3's musical comes from that early 2000s period of really high tempo songs, hell the Beats Per Minute on P3:DIM's songs are a lot more intense than anything seen in P5:DIS. Then there are the note pattern differences, and because of the style of music, P3:DIM has a lot more notes being put in rapid succession on normal difficulty. It really gets screwy on Hard and All-Night Difficulty
Now that said, I do feel overall the music of P3:DIM is alright for what it is, but outside of Burn my Dread and A Way Of Life, nothing really stands out to me as something I would want to hear as part of a playlist. It's probably more of a reflection of the era in which the original version of Persona 3 was released in more than anything else.
Still, we'll work out way through Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight over the next couple of weeks on Fridays because we should be able to get all the trophies for it. Hell we knocked out 25% of them tonight just by being able to remember how their counterparts where unlocked in Persona 4: Dancing in Starlight.
Also, tonight I unlocked my 1,000ths PlayStation Trophy, which actually points how the long gap between when my original PS3 died and when I finally nabbed as PS4.
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight Trophies
IRL Debut: Obtained a costume.
Better Safe than Sorry: Played a tutorial.
Welcome to the Club: Cleared a stage.
An Exclusive Stylist: Changed costumes and played a stage with each of the members of SEES (excluding Koromaru and Shinjiro).
Just Another Day: Watched a Social event.
I Couldn't Help It...: Unlocked all ???s in Collection.
Let's Do It Again!: Watched a replay.
The Time for Challenge Has Come: Unlocked the highest difficulty level (ALL NIGHT).
The Leader's Demeanor: Watched 20 Social events.
If You Would Kindly Excuse Yourself: Failed a stage.
Innate Ability: Cleared a stage on HARD or harder and earned a PERFECT rating on at least half of the Notes.
Who Even Are You?: Started a stage with a different hairstyle, two accessories, colored contacts, and a colored wig.
The Usurper of Rankings: Earned the highest possible grade on a stage (KING CRAZY).
Going into Orgia Mode: Beat your own high score.
The Difficulty of Communication: Cleared the stages where Fuuka and Ken dance together.
For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni who was playing Crusader Kings over at twitch.tv/bestibunni!
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 exercises were Weaving Combo #2, Hook Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo for 28 minutes
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise States For Week of 10/30 to 11/05/22
Punches Thrown:8664
Estimated Calories Burned:3747.54 kcal
Sophie's Champion Progress:80% (40 out of 50 hours)
King EX Fight Progress: 97%
Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 694
Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 852
Work was okay yesterday, nothing special, just a day that existed.
Finished writing the latest commission request for a WWE short story that 'explains' the return of Candice LaRae back in September. It turned out fairly okay. The biggest problem with writing story set around wrestling is that I co-wrote so many for so long, it's kind of tough to find a plot setup that I haven't done. Did get a follow up commission request to do one that 'explains' Emma's sudden return.
Game six of the World Series is tonight, and the Phillies are down three games to two... can they even the series against the Astros at three games a piece to force a game seven? I don't think so... we'll keep track of the game, but unless the offense is going to suddenly right themselves and Wheeler pitches the game of his career, there will be no joy in the Delaware Valley.
I used to hate facial hair but then it grew on me.
Song of the Day: Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake
For tonight's stream, we're leading off with MultiVersus with the focus being on playing Black Adam, the latest character that was recently added to the game. We'll also feature other stuff as well, because that is what we do on Saturdays.
Last night's stream had an unusual circumstance where it was unexpectedly reset with no sign of any connection instability along, and then there were 13 instances of stream instability over the course of the night... 9 of which after the stream reset. Viewers pointed out that for them the stream suddenly restarted, so I wonder if the issues was with Xfinity or with Twitch.
Anyway, we were playing Dragon Ball FighterZ last night with the focus being on the Villains version of the game's events. Unlike the Heroes version, the soul link is only tied to Frieza with Bulma coming up with a way to get folks being able to fight to some degree. But the real treat is how snarky everyone is with Cell and Frieza snipping at each other, Yamcha and Tien having interactions with Nappa. Cell roasting everyone he's teamed with has been a treat as well, not to mention Bulma getting up in Cell's face for not wanting to cooperate. Something that made this also enjoyable was there were 'tutorial' fights, so it was get into the fights and win to try and gain zeni to make progress towards a couple of achievements.
And speaking of achievements, I did do an arcade run, and once again I blew my opportunity to get the S-Rank. The Extreme Gravity Spaceship course involved five fights... and I picked up S-Ranks on the first three fights and an A-rank in the fought... but in the final fight, I ended up with a B-Rank. Talk about disappointing. But hey we knocked out the achievement for the arcade run at least.
Next time we'll play Dragon Ball FighterZ will be next Tuesday, and with Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed moving to the Saturday part of the weekly lineup next week, on Monday, we'll feature Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova.
For the raid we dropped in on PowerThumbz who was playing Tom Clancy's The Division 2 with Iceman over at twitch.tv/powerthumbz!
Work was alright yesterday, however some idiots tried to troll me, however I just come back at them saying I'm am a professional and keep continuing to try and get the interview accomplish. Of course I see that the assignment I'm on today is one of my least favorites...
Black Adam has been added to MultiVersus, so we'll feature that game for sure on Saturday night to see what we can learn while using him. And I understand an arcade mode was added to the game as well! So that should be a hoot to try.
The Phillies blew out the Astros 7-0 last night to go up two games to one in the World Series, and as I was thinking yesterday, Nola will be pitching for the Phillies to night. Apparently the Astros starter was tipping his pitches considering Harper called Bohm over to tell him to look for something to drive... and it turned out to be one of the homers the Phillies crushed last night. Phillies manager Rob Thompson that Syndergaard is going to start game 5, so hopefully the Phillies win tonight behind Nola. I am curius as to why Wheeler is being saved for game six.
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #2, Left-Right Step Combo and Hook Combo #2 for 31 minutes.
My dad's answer to everything is alcohol. He doesn't drink, it's just that he's really bad at crossword puzzles.
Song of the Day: Pink + White by Frank Ocean
For tonight's stream we're back to Fallout 76, we might get some help from ThumbZ on dropping a nuke, but otherwise I'll focus on other quests and random stuff.
An hour into last night's stream, we started dropping frames and ended up seeing the stream do a reset We haven't had that problem happen since September 17th when the service drop line from the telephone was replaced and connected to a different node on the tap. So I'm really hoping it was just an aberration and not a sign of those other problems coming back.
Now we opened the night with Dragon Ball The Breakers, and the queue times were rather long, but I did end up being on teams where we survived and even managed to defeat the Raider. Hell I ended up being the solo survivor in one match simply by being away from everyone else. It was certainly a Dead by Daylight way of playing simply by staying out of sight and out of mind.
We played some MultiVersus, and picked up an achievement when playing as Stripe which was surprising. I have really figured out how to use him a lot better, as he he has a nice flurry combo as a neutral, and as I said last week, when doing his diving chainsaw attack, it can really be key to victory when it connects. On the downside, I did get stuck with some partners who didn't either know how to play or were in the mood to play.
MultiVersus Achievements
Ringouts Are Better In Pairs: Get 25 Double Ringouts
We closed out the night playing Fall Guys, and had some mixed success, making it to the final round in a solo show once. I did end up running into some of the worst solo races possible where some of the gimmicks are things I can't fully adjust too. So it kind of ended on a slight downer in that regards.
For the raid we dropped in on punsandbunsgg who was playing Overwatch 2 over at twitch.tv/punsandbunsgg.
The Phillies and Padres had a bit of a slug-fest last night in what was a Bull Pen game for both teams, with the Phillies winning 10-6. If they win today, they'll go to the World Series. At the time of this post the Phillies were up 2-1 in the top of the 5th. Hopefully they can hold on.
And speaking of the World Series, it's really looking like the Astros will represent the American League as they are up 3 games to none on the Yankees who are floundering.
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #1, Weaving COmbo #1 and Body Hook Combo for 28 minutes.
I'm thinking about removing my spine. I feel like it's only holding me back.
Did you hear about the two thieves who stole a calendar? They each got six months.
Song of the Day: Cheerleader (Radio Edit) by OMI, Felix Jaehn
Started writing the commission request for another WWE short story, certainly bending the realm of continuity with it, but what the hell. It does help there were the rumors that Iyo Sky was looking to leave the WWE prior to Vince McMahon's forced retirement.
It's the start of a new week, so lets recap what we played over the last seven days which featured: Overwatch 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Until Dawn, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, MultiVersus & Fall Guys.
For tonight's stream we're playing Overwatch 2, we'll focus on doing the dailies and try to wrap up the remaining weekly challenges I have for the week. Of course I did complete the Battle Pass last night off stream, so now it's grinding for the titles
Last night's stream opened up with Dragon Ball: The Breakers, where the premise is you're either part of a team of survivors looking to escape in a time machine from a power raiders (Kid Buu, Perfect Cell, Frieza). It is basically Dead by Daylight with the Dragon Ball premise attached to it, and let me stress that... 'Dragon Ball', as that era's version of Bulma and Oolong are optional characters to play as. Of course I created my own character, named it Beeri via a random name generator.
Game play is pretty straight forward from the survivor point of a view, you find power keys to power a time machine or wait long enough for Trunks to send one that only allows for a few people to escape. During each match you can also find people to rescue and get some rewards, and you do have the option to fight the 'raider', but it's not advisable unless everyone is ganging up on it at the same time. If you are downed, other players can come to your aid and vice versa.
Much like the Killers in Dead by Daylight, the Raiders have special ways of 'killing' survivors, in addition to transformation animations if they get strong enough to reach various forms, which is a great nod to the show.
Now something I also want to point out is that Dragon Ball: The Breakers does take place in the same continuity of the Dragon Ball Xenoverse games, in fact your 'hub' in between matches is literally a safe harbor located right next to Conton City. So from a fan fic perspective I could write a story where my OCs from both Xenoverse games and it would make sense.
In terms of Recommending the game, I would say wait till it's on sale, but at the same time it's only $20 US for the base version, so it's worth checking out.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers Achievements
We'll Survive If We Work Together!: Complete the prologue.
Time for a Makeover!: Change your costume.
Heya!: Send an emote.
Am I a Genius or What?: Find two super time machine power keys in one match.
Find the Power Keys!: Open five red item boxes in one match.
First-Time Customer: Buy something in the shop.
My First Skill: Use an active skill as a survivor.
Thanks a Bunch!: Rescue five civilians in one match.
A-Time-Travelin' We Will Go: Escape in the time machine with three or more allies.
Here's a Senzu Bean!: Revive three downed allies in one match.
Now we did get in some MultiVersus and spent time playing as Stripe who originates from Gremlins. He's an 'assassin-hybrid', and while he can do a fair amount of damage outright, his big gimmick is a diving chainsaw attack that can also unintentionally be a 'dive to death' which I proved several times. That said Stripe is a little easier to learn than Gizmo was.
We also played Fall Guys, and actually won a show as part of a Squad which was epic! There was the usual silliness involved with me falling to my doom repeatedly.
For the raid last night we dropped in DaemonsW0lf as they were playing Resident Evil Village over at twitch.tv/daemonsw0lf!
For The Phillies ended up winning yesterday, and because of it I was rocking one of my two jerseys on stream. Now they 'll be facing the Padress in the NLCS starting on Tuesday. Speaking of Baseball, we had the Guardians vs Yankees game on and ended the stream right when Cleveland completed a bottom of the ninth comeback.
What don't ants get sick? They have anty-bodies.
What do you call a fish with no eye? Fsh.
Song of the Day: Loser by Beck
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hip Shpae FOcus Combo, Straight Combo #2, and Intermediate Combo #2 for 28 minutes
Its the start of a new week, so lets recap what we played last weeks which included: Overwatch 2, The Last of Us: Remastered, Streer Fighter V, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, MultiVersus & Fall Guys!
For tonight's stream we'll be playing Overwatch 2, we'll work on the daily challenges of course and just have a good time!
