Mass Effect 3 For the 360 Is Done... We Did The Destroy Ending

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream was epic, as we started at 5 PM Eastern in order to make sure we finished Mass Effect 3 which we did at about 10:30 PM Eastern... but we ended up extending the stream to mess around with the MultiPlayer and actually got an extra achievement, Unwavering. Now I have done 5 of the 6 multiplayer maps on Gold difficulty... problem was I didn't know which 5... but with lucky I got the last one needed for it! So woo-hoo!

In terms of the main campaign of Mass Effect 3, we opened with roaming around the Citadel doing all the character interactions related to the Shore Leave as well as throwing the epic party. Still love all little details like Wrex needing an ice-pack, Miranda and Jack's tension, the allegations that Shepard can't dance and so forth.

I was 'lucky' to get the 'Hijacker' achievement, because there were two mechs on the Cerberus base... first attempt resulted in me getting killed, 2nd attempt I thought it glitched when I tried to enter it... 3rd attempt saw Garrus blow up the mech... then I said to hell with... and saw there was a second mech a little further into the mission. Thankfully I was able to get the achievement on that one.   

With that achievement out of the way, it was pretty much business as usual, finish off Kai Leng and Ceberus, then the liberation of Earth from the reapers. I took Javik on those final two ground mission on Earth because it just seemed fitting, plus I did get a little kick about seeing him protest about leaving. 

Now why did I do the Destroy ending when I normally do the Synthesis ending. Well since I've been dedicating time to the Multiplayer... and really put in the effort on the Galaxy at War to have galatic readiness at 100%, basically it's just to show 'Shepard Lives'. Since this run of Mass Effect 3 was the 360 version, the requirements for Shepard living are much more difficult than the Legendary Edition

So what's left for me in Mass Effect 3 are two achievements... one is for getting 5,000 kills and we ended the night having a count of over 3700. I know if I start multiplayer maps on bronze, I can get 50 to 75 before someone joins or I get over whelmed. The other one involves finishing Mass Effect 3 on Insanity Difficulty... which I'm not too keen on attempting. Still don't be surprised if I do more Mass Effect 3 streams based around the multiplayer to get the kill count achievement.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Perfect Host: Throw a party for your friends.
• Hijacker: Hijack an Atlas mech.
• Executioner: Defeat an old adversary.
• Patriot: Make the final assault.
• Legend: Mission accomplished.
• Long Service Medal: Complete Mass Effect 3 twice, or once with a Mass Effect 2 import.
• Unwavering: Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity.

Twitch Clips

• Shepard's The Best Dancer
• Shepard In The War Zone 
• Achievement: Legend & Long Service Medal
• Achievement: Unwavering 
  

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid last night! They were playing Stardew Valley over on twitch.tv/kalenal!

For the raid we dropped in on MommyBee who was playing The Sims 4 over at twitch.tv/mommybee! 

FnDanteSavage was streaming this morning playing Tormented Souls over on twitch.tv/fndantesavage!

Since I'm keeping track of everything Xfinity related, last night's stream did have one interruption at 822 PM, but it rebounded a lot faster than it was in recent months, but we did see some frame drops as well.

What's the difference between a dapper man on a bicycle and a poorly dressed man on a unicycle? Attire!

I left my job at a shoe disposal plant. It was sole destroying.

Song of the Day: Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares by Xtentacion

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 workout featured Block Combo, Difficulty Challenge Combo #2 and Difficulty Challenge Combo #3 for 34 minutes

Realm Royale finally got achievements implemented to it, which means a number of things I managed to accomplish became instantly unlocked which I loaded it onto one of my Xbox consoles. Woo-Hoo! Also did a match and... I quickly remember why I haven't touched it in a while, because I struggle with battle royal games. . 

Realm Royale: Reforged Achievements

• Absolute Unit: Win a match as a team of 4 without losing a single player.
• Knife Edge Death Match: Eliminate an enemy player with your dagger.
• Geared Out: Get a legendary item in every slot.
• Realm Royalty: Get a Crown Royale.
• 20-Piece: Collect Armor Potions 20 Times.
• Great Eggscape: Survive after becoming a chicken.
• Novice Smith: Forge your first Legendary Weapon.
• Novice Mage: Eliminate an enemy player as a Mage.

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For tonight's stream I'm not 100% sure what we're going to do, but I'll figure out something once I finish work this afternoon.

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

Xfinity replaced the lines and the modem...

 Good afternoon everyone,

Yesterday afternoon the senior tech as Xfinity who has been monitoring my issues came out to replace the line that leads to the modem and the modem itself, I can say I did see a mark improvement in terms of latency in Overwatch. While we did have the modem go down fully suddenly, I was aware of the possibility because I was told it may resent randomly due to installing various firmware updates. The modem was changed from an XB7 to an XB8... and one big difference between the two models is the XB8's light can actually be seen from different angles.

 I was also told that this point if I continue to have issues the culprit is either going to be my ethernet card is going bad which is unlikely because the same issues I had were also on the Xbox One and Series consoles.. or the issue is going to be with the 'plant' that serves the area. They also used a howler to test to see if any noise is being ingested into the lines and they came up negative, which again narrows things down to two possibilities.

As for the Overwatch fun, well we had a solid night on all fronts when it comes of matches. We of course were joined by PandaSweet for a lot of fun, and I picked up two plays of the game as Moira and Mei. Other characters used included D.va, Reinhardt, and Ashe. 

I also learned that all Overwatch accounts are being merged with the launch of Overwatch 2, and that cross progression will be a thing with skins and achievements, which is means on the console side we'll get the achievement boost as well!

Twitch Clips

• Surrender to my will!
• Shutting Down Reaper's Ultimate 
• Quad Kill!... So Mean Honestly! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke who was trying to finish Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi over at twitch.tv/flint_locke!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #2, Hip Shape Focus Combo and Straight Combo #2 for 28 minutes..

Was able to catch FnDanteSavage streaming today, great to see him back as he was one of the first people I started following on Twitch. He was playing Tormented Souls over at twitch.tv/fndantesavage!

What concert is worth just 45 cents? 50 Cent and Nickelback.

Why can't a hand be 12 inches long? Because then it'd be a foot. 

Song of the Day:  All the Kids are Depressed by Jeremy Zucker!

Phillies totally blew their chances to make headway towards the Playoffs with how badly they lost to the Mets this weekend. Again, I predicted this last week.

Also my fantasy baseball teams completely had terrible weeks...so there is a good chance I will not make the playoffs in either fantasy league.

If you're looking for tools to help with streaming or communicating from home with work, check out what Xsplit offers over at Xsplit.com, use the promo code CASDEN to save 10% on your order! If you're looking for just general stuff, of course you can swing over to Amazon using my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3L8N1Yj.   

For tonight's stream, the goal is focused on the Citadel DLC and hanging out with the crew of hte Normandy as well as the party. Following that, the assault on the Cerberus Base and Earth will be the next big things.

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