Today's Notes 4/3/21

 Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream featured Forza Horizon 4 which means last night marked the first time we used the Xbox Series S on stream, and outside of when I was going into photo mode to take pictures of cars, there was barely any loading times. We spent a good chunk of the stream on Lego Island because the Lego Mini Cooper is clearly the best car in the game for just about everything. We certainly had a lot of fun to the point we'll have to keep Forza Horizon 4 in mind for nights where I have no real plans.

Clip Of The Night: That Photo Finish!

My copy of My Little Pony / Transformers: Friendship in Disguise arrived yesterday afternoon, and it's a nice brisk read, with short comics pairing up various cast members of both shows, such as Rarity and Arcee, Discord, Fluttershy & Soundwave, etc, and it does come across as we're seeing more side-stories that would take place along side a bigger plot. That's not a bad thing, because it fits the tone of My Little Pony perfectly, however considering some of that shows more epic tales (the Canterlot Wedding episode for example), I would imagine an animated featured would be epic. And I found out there is a sequel mini-series in production with the trade collection coming out in November with it seeming like it's gonna take place in the Transformer's universe. So I wonder if the style of the story for that will be reflective of that franchise.

Republicans and Conservatives should be ashamed of themselves for being happy about Georgia's blatant voter suppression actions, and you know companies like Coca-Cola and Delta are going to feel it. But the funny thing is Republicans and Conservatives are really pissed that Major League Baseball has moved the All-Star game that was scheduled to be in Atlanta this year, and are using the hash tag of Cancel MLB for making that decision. Think about it what the All-Star game involves, it's three-days of Baseball games coming to one major city for at least three days, which means a shit ton of revenue for local businesses, hotels, restaurants and such. All of that will go to another city, and the people of Atlanta have their own governor to blame for it because he's a Trump supporter.

Today's Ftiness Boxing 2 session was a long one with two bonus exercises being done and a realization that the 'Best Friend' achievement for each trainer is very weird in how it is scored. That said, the daily set was mostly on point, with a few misses here and there, but nothing to bad. It is funny on how I feel I'm not getting a good rotation for when doing Right handed movements from the Southpaw stance as of late. It's probably due to my stance and trying to keep a good view of the monitor, because I had the same issue before with regard to Left handed movements from the Orthodox stance when I was in a different corner of the room.

Tonight's stream will be focused on Zero Escape Zero Time Dilemma as we resume the story with Team D (Diana, Sigma and Phi) as we work our way through the different timelines and such. Once we covered all we can with them we'll turn our focus back to Team C (Carlos, Junpei and Akane) because we did unlock some new plot points for them last week. 

Anyway, we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Today's Notes 4/2/21

Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream was the shortest one we had in a while that did not involve starting at 9:30 PM EST... part of it, well a huge part of it is because Star Trek Online doesn't have the content where one could just lose themselves in the game and just have a good time. Hell just to prove a point when chatting with a viewer who plays the console version of STO when they indicate that PVP (player versus player) is very much an active thing on the console version, we tried to get into a PVP match last night to show what I've said, that on the PC version of Star Trek Online, PVP is dead. Waited for 5 minutes in every queue and got nothing.

So the stream ended at about 10 PM, which was fine, someone wants me to write a fan fic forum featuring Kelly Kelly and Randy Orton set somewhere in 2007/2008... and since they are going to pay me for it, I took some time to start work on it. It'll pop up in the usual place once it's done.

Speaking of fan fiction, Drace Domino (author of Rise of the Battlebitch) posted on twitter that there was actually a My Little Pony / Transformers crossover comic mini-series... and yeah I went out of my way to track that down because, when you think of things that Hasbro own and realize there have been very view crossovers between their own properties... and then realize this crossover involves the Gen 5 Mane 6 ponies dealing with the likes of Optimus Prime, Soundwave and Arcee.... yeah that sounds awesome. 

While I was at it, I went and put down the order for the Life Is Strange comic collection set and RWBY the Manga Volume 2 because what can I say, I like what I like

Which brings me to the Mass Effect Legendary Cache collection BioWare is selling, and I went back and forth about putting an order in for it, then I realized since I'm getting the digital version of the game because I have the Series S console, and could easily get the physical copy when it's price drops down the road... which in terms meant justifying putting in the order for Cache collection. Now what bugged a lot of folks was the fact the Cache collection didn't have the game with it. but when you think about it, more people buy the digital versions of games than the physical copies these days, plus it's a celebration of the Mass Effect trilogy. If the game was included the Cache collection probably would've been $225-250 after shipping charges were included to make sure people received it day one of the Legendary Edition's release date.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 session did involved a a few misses happening, all of which involving blocking motions , because it all relates to how I'm standing in regards to the Switch while trying to keep a good view on my main monitor. That said, it was a solid 30 minute work out and the way I figure just doing normal long sets tomorrow and Sunday would mean for Monday's bonus stream we'll have a new trainer to feature.

Not totally sure what will be on the agenda for tonight, debating doing something either using the PS3, Switch of Series S. I could easily switch between the three consoles but that would be over kill for one night.

Anyway we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!