Sea of Thieves and other notes

Tonight's stream of Sea of Thieves was a blast as Iceman and Striker were apart of the chaos as we engaged in sea battles with A.I. controlled ships, in addition to starting the Pirates of the Caribbean story content which featured a twenty minute long fight against the Flying Dutchman. All together it was a blast to play!

Sea of Thieves will return next Wednesday. 

Tomorrow night I'm back to South Park The Stick of Truth as we begin the second day of the game.

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood during their stream of Tekken 5

Sea of Thieves Achievements

• A Pirate's Life: You completed 'A Pirate's Life'.
• Five a Day: You've eaten at least one piece of every kind of fruit.
• Well Done!: You burned a piece of food. 

Knocked out two stories today, one a commission request focused on Mass Effect, and the other was a SubscribeStar commission tier subscription request involving Superman.

Now the next commission request is based on the anime / manga Fairy Tail, which I know nothing about, but was requested to be written as an alternate universe story, so I pretty much can establish the personalities.

I have gotten into the routine of going up to the living room to watch Red Dwarf as I make lunch / dinner. Something minor, but it means I'm making use of the Amazon Fire Stick that I moved upstairs.

Good night!

Sonic Forces and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight we started up Sonic Forces, and while I had played it before, relearning how to play the game after several years proved to be a challenge, resulting in me not catching on to attack patterns or noticing when obvious dangers (like pits, spikes and enemies) appearing in my path. Good news is we did clear about half of the game and got a fair share of A and S ranks. Of course, I do remember how difficult some of the final stages get, so the questions is will I be able to finish it on Thursday's stream? That really depends, if I ignore all SOS mission notifications it's possible.

Of course I did have to talk about how Sonic Forces potential since it does have a similar premise to the Sonic SatAM series from the 90s, and I know I'll bring it up when I eventually do a casual review of it!

Anyway our next stream on Wednesday will feature Journey to the Savage planet as Iceman and I will continue with what was originally the DLC content for the game. Curious to see the expanded area.

For the raid we went over to xlunagoddess who was playing Life is Strange 2

Sonic Forces Achievements

• A New Story Begins: Cleared Stage 1.
• Your Own Story: Created an Avatar.
• Sextuple Trouble: Defeated Zavok.
• Hooked on Wispons: Changed Wispons for the first time.
• Everyday Enthusiast: Completed 3 Daily Missions.
• Infinite Possibilities: Drove off Infinite.
• Super Sonic Rescue: Completed your first SOS Mission.
• Outfitter: Collected 30 parts.
• Mean Egg Machine: Drove off Eggman.
• For the Future: Liberated a world.
• Style Hog: Collected 100 parts.
• Fighter: Defeated 1,000 enemies.
• Global Allies: Utilized the Rental Avatar function.
• Freedom Fighter: Completed 5 SOS Missions.
• Courage in Hand: Drove off Infinite again.
• Sonic Blaster: Collected 10 Wispons.

Knocked out a Superman related story commission today, and I have to say that I'm really annoyed at how Superboy is depicted in the Reign of the Superman film... he was not a foot shorter than Lois Lane in the comics back in 1993!

Next story commission is inspired by the Marvel Spider-Man games on the PS4, taking place with Peter and Mary Jane in Symkaria.

Didn't have work for the second day in a row, but I'll be damned if I can remember when was the last time I ever worked election night during my time as a market research interviewer. Should have work on Wednesday!

Good night!

Resident Evil and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight we wrapped up Resident Evil HD, finishing with a play time of just over 12 hours, which wasn't bad considering how I was making blatant use of a guide to get through every puzzle while and to have a heads up of the various dangers presented in the game. I did have some serious questions of 'how exactly did Chris' get captured when Jill, Barry and Wesker made it into the mansion at the start of the game. 

Anyway we did not get the good ending as Barry ended up getting killed by the Tyrant at the end of the game as I kept missing shots with the grenade launcher, but I did save the game where I could give it another shot at some later point. 

Would I play this game again to do the Chris side of the story and the answer is... maybe? It's kind of a tough call considering that A) Chris's campaign is much more action heavy, B) I struggle with aiming and C) he has fewer inventory slots. Still we had fun, and I will say Resident Evil is a game that people need to play at least once.

For the raid we dropped in on lilmoolah_who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

Starting tomorrow, we'll be starting up Sonic Forces, a game we did feature on an all day Christmas stream a few years ago, but that was the Steam version, this time we're playing the Xbox one, so we'll be seeing some achievements popping!

Resident Evil Achievements

• Trust Him: Save Barry from Lisa Trevor.
• Where the Magic Happens: Break into the laboratory using Jill.
• Sorry About the Wait: Save Chris from confinement using Jill.
• Alpha Team's Finest: Finish the game using Jill.
• Like Taking Candy from a Baby: Finish the game on Very Easy difficulty or higher.

Monday was the firs day in a few weeks without any work, but I was told something should be in place on Wednesday. Surely hope so.

Knocked out a Spider-Man / Captain Marvel commission story and I think I was probably able to do more to fix the MCU version of Carol Danvers but actually giving her a personality.

Current commission story in progress is based on The Reign of the Supermen film, and I can safely say, I hate the design of Superboy in it. Because I still have some comics from actual Reign of Supermen story arc, I remember how Superboy looked and acted, and he wasn't considerably short or puny when compared to other characters... the movie makes him look like a kid, which wasn't the case at all when the character debuted!

Anyway, once that story is finished, I'll have another Spider-Man story to do followed by one focused around Rooster Teeth.

And on that note, good night!

 

Overwatch 2 and other notes

 Hi Folks,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was interesting as we had to content with a new tank in the form of Mauga, and much like Ramatra, I don't see myself willing playing as him often, as there seems to be a bit of a nuance to him. Figuring out how to count him was a lot more interesting as I think D.va can, or at the least has the best chance of mitigating the damage he can dish out.

Big thanks to Panda Sweet for being apart of the action as always! 

Picked up one Play of the Game as Cassidy, while also playing as Sombra, Tracer, Bastion, Orissa, D.va, Moira, Kiriko, Brigitte and a few other characters over the five hour stream.

For the raid we went over to Kalenal as they were playing Final Fantasy XIV 

Our next stream will seem resuming Resident Evil as we inch closer to finishing it. Depending on where we are on Monday's stream when we pause for the night will determine if I choose to go all in to try and finish it on Tuesday's stream

At the time of this writing got most of a WWE related commission request story finished, figuring out how to get it to 3000 words is proving to be a bit of a challenge.

Once that story is done I have two Spider-Man and one Superman related story on the docket.. thank goodness for that.

Having to do some research on The Boys comics / TV series to get an idea of how to do handle a particular character who doesn't talk for a future commission tale.

And on that note, good night!

Resident Evil and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Resident Evil saw us make our way through the mansion as second time, getting turned around on where we had to go, but in the end we ended up in the Courtyard Basement, which meant we ended up knocking of the Yawn and Black Tiger (aka Giant Fucking Spider), and making some liberal use with the grenade launcher. Of course we did end up dying once because of a puzzle involving walls closing in and having to get a stature into an alcove. So there goes the 'no death run'. 

So next time play play Resident Evil, which will be on Monday's stream, we'll be heading to the elevator room to get the shaft to combine with the cylinder we found, and basically work our way to the big decision to Trust Barry or not. Now at this point I think we're maybe going to get two more streams out of Resident Evil, possibly three depending on how long it takes me to understand the guide and what needs to be done!

Out next stream on Friday will see us continuing Horizon Zero Dawn as we get back to the main areas of the game, finding the normal collectables and grinding towards hitting level 60!

For the raid we dropped in on DatShadowWolf who was playing Dead By Daylight 

Resident Evil Achievements

• Giant Snake Got Nothin': Defeat Yawn using Jill.
• Get Used To It: Die for the first time.
• Spider Sense: Defeat Black Tiger.

Didn't quite finish the Spider-Man story commission I was working on today, because I wasn't feeling well this morning. But I'm going to finish it before I go to bed, so that I can work on the next Resident Evil related story commission (which will involve a version of Mr. X that fits the narrative I've established) 

After that I have two back to back WWE related story commissions, along with another Spider-Man and then one based on Superman.

And if knock all those out, I might get around to planning the next Persona: Dereliction chapter!

So on that note, good night!

Split Decisions In The Eye Of The Storm

 Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream saw us start up Season Two of The Walking Dead, which features Clementine in the starring role.

Episode 1 sees Clementine paired with Omid and Christa to start things off, but Omid is killed and Clem gets separated from Christa in the middle of the woods 16 months later. So time line wise, the events take place when Clem is 11 years old. She gets bit by a dog, and comes across a new group of people who are hiding from a dude name Carver, who is running an encampment  with a survival of the fittest mentality. Throughout Episode 1 Clem has to stitch up her own arm, fight a few zombies and make a split decision choice of who to save at the end, Pete, who was kind of cool to her, or Nick, who nearly shot her.. I went with saving Pete because it means knowing his fate in episode 2 since Nick obviously was going to live.

Episode 2 sees Carver show up, and Clementine gets an opportunity to show just how much of a bad ass she is by not backing down when he is checking out the cabin the group is staying in. Everyone leaves and the big point of Episode 2 is that Clementine is reunited with Kenny who was assumed to have died in episode 5 of Season 1. Since we did everything as Lee to have Kenny be less of a jerk, the reunion between Kenny and Clem means a hell of a lot more. A bunch of characters get killed in this episode, and the tie in to 400 Days kicks in when Bonnie shows up... with Carver who captures everyone.

Episode 3 sees Clementine, Kenny and the group as prisoners in Carver's converted Hardware Superstore Fortress. Depending on choices made in 400 days, Vince, Russel, Wyatt, Shel and Becca will appear during this episode... but based on decisions I made, only Russel, Wyatt and Shel pop up. The whole point of episode 3 is escape, which leads to a few things happening, the introduction of Jane and Kenny being beaten to a pulp by Carver. Perhaps the most memorable moment of this episode is the choice of Clem watching Kenny get revenge on Carver... and considering the shit Clementine has gone through it makes sense for her to watch. The episode ends with a choice of cutting the arm off Kenny's girlfriend or stopping the zombie biting her to set up Episode 4... for the purpose of this play through, we went with Clem killing the zombie.

The funny thing about Season 2 of the Walking Dead is the gag that you get to turn Clementine into a little sociopath, but she doesn't directly kill any one living, just a bunch of zombies. Sure the death glare she gives some folks and her expression when Kenny is bashing Carver's skull in speaks volumes, but it really isn't until New Frontier (AKA Season 3) and the Final Season (aka Season 4) when she is m   

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Sw33ts_gaming who was playing Dead By Daylight over on twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming!  

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Achievements

1. Split Decision: Completed Season 2 Episode 1
2. Reunion: Completed Season 2 Episode 2
3. Eye of the Storm: Completed Season 2 Episode 3

Twitch Clip Links

• Clementine Is Having A Bad Day
• We Regret Feeding The Dog 
• She Goes Up and Down The Stairs.
• Just A Stitch
• Clem Death Count: 2
• It's Hammer Time Bro! 
• Reunited and Feels So Good!
• Knife To Meet You! 
• A Narrow Escape!
• Help Kenny!
• What's That On Your Face... Oh It's a Crowbar!
  

Big thanks to Iceman7667 and TheInsanityInc for resubscribing to my Twitch Channel Yesterday, the support is always truly appreciated! 

Made a few tweaks to how the stream looks, brought back the Latest Follower / Host / Raid / Donation / Bits / Sub gimmick which will appear at the top of the stream. 

More Off-Stream Final Fantasy XIV stuff, figured out how to summon my Chocobo and how to get his help in combat, which will probably help when leveling up secondary skills by roaming around getting into battles and stuff. Also Started the level 21-30 Main Story Quests, with Never Forget being the next one on the list of things to do.

People are all hyped or pissed the 'Superman' is bisexual... but the here's the thing... it's Not Clark Kent, it's a secondary character called Joe Kent that debuted in 2015 as the sun of Clark and Lois Lane. So everyone can relax. Since the character hasn't been around for six-years, writers actually have a lot of fluidity in determining traits that would be associated with him with the hopefully lead to the character gaining enough of a following. So again: It's Not Clark Kent... It's His KID!

Personally, I believe this is being handled a hell of a lot better than the Tim Drake fiasco from earlier in the year since Drake has been firmly established for 30 years. It's always better to make changes with characters who has only been around a short time, other wise you risk pissing people off. Sure the more 'extreme' minded people say make these changes with the established characters, but you have to remember how far back these characters go.... people have an association with Clark Kent's Superman.... but those same people don't give a shit about what creative direction his son Joe goes in. So it's a win win

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout Session lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Weaving Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 and Beginner Combo #2 for an estimated calorie burn of 471 kcal. t. We did an additional 8 minutes of Free Exercise which included Hook Combo #2 and Uppercut Combo #1 for an added estimated calorie burn of 112 kcal. So the total work out was 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 584 kcal. Weight continues to hold steady in the 240s. Achievement progress has us at 305/365 for One Year's Hard Work, 19/30 for Janice's Contender, 305/350 for Uparalleled Stamper and 424,501/450,000 for monster Weight Puncher Lv. 4

For tonight's stream we will be continuing The Walking Dead Season 2 with Episodes 4 and 5 to wrap it up.(Assuming nothing drastic happens), depending on what time we wrap it up we make check out Overwatch's Halloween Terror to see what's new with it or save that for Sunday as usual.

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

Artwork: Superman

 Took me a couple of hours to do between late last night and this morning