From Horizon To The Armax Arena

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Mass Effect 3 saw a lot of what I wanted to do accomplished and more. First order of business was taking care of the Horizon mission which reveals Ceberus was using refugees for their science experiments and also rescue Miranda and her sister from their father. The Flare ability learned after doing the Omega DLC certainly helped made dealing groups of enemies a cake walk.

Then it was back to the Citadel to start up the Citadel DLC, which of course is The Clone Saga, which reveals there was another Commander Shepard running around. I love this mini-arc, because it brings Wrex back, and thus I basically make sure he's in every squad for the Casino, the Archives and the raid on the Normandy. 

Now instead of focusing on the party, we put time in the Armax Arena which has its own set of mini-missions in the simulator, and we tackled them all, which actually got my kill count to 2700 out of 5000. I also did some 'difficulty' adjusting to make sure two achievements were also picked up (Simulated Hero and The One and Only), which means once we throw the Party I will have all the achievements associated with the Citadel DLC, which is something I didn't do on the PC version of Mass Effect 3.

So next time we play Mass Effect 3 will be on Monday, which will feature all the majority of the crew interactions along with the Party... and then the raid on the Cerberus Base along with the battle on Earth. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Well Connected: Send a warning across the galaxy.
• Priority Target: Discover a plot against you.
• High Society: Go undercover to follow a lead.
• Team Player: Infiltrate an enemy stronghold with your crew.
• Last Resort: Stop an out-of-control scheme before it's too late.
• Simulated Hero: Score 9999 points in the combat simulator on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.
• The One and Only: Defeat a group of Spectre-level opponents on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.
• Technical Issues: Investigate a strange occurrence in the combat simulator.
• King of the Castle: Win a prize at one of the arcade games.

Twitch Clips

• Krogan Air Drop in 5...4...3...2...
• Csec Biscuit Wins! 
• Shepard Versus Shepard
• Achievement: Technical Issues 
  

For the raid we dropped in on Joliet4 who was playing World of Warcraft over on twitch.tv/joliet4! 

Internet service Xfinity did go down while I was working and was informed that the line technicians haven't found the cause of the problems yet, but I'm glad they are working on it.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #1, Left-Right Step Combo and Hook Combo #2 for 28  minutes.

I am not a fan of the assignment I got saddle with at work... have I said that? Of course I have.. and all I can do it complain about it...

Last night, The state of Wyoming basically proved with their Election Primary that their state is filled with people who are a clear and present danger to normal society. Anyone who voted for someone supporting Trump is a piece of garbage. 

What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean? Nothing, it just waved.

What did the fish say when it swam into the wall? "Dam!"

Song of the Day: Lithium by Nirvana

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For tonight's stream Fallout 76 is on tap as we'll continue roaming around getting various things done and working our way through the various stories.

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

More Mass Effect 3 Fun

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream was the first stream in a while where there were no issues, no frame drops and no partial disconnects! I didn't get an update from Xfinity yet to see what they discovered, but the next concern will be this afternoon with work! Of course I would get a call this morning from Xfinity asking about the service, but since I was not given any updated information regarding what I was told yesterday, I made sure to tell them I'm waiting for information from their Senior Tech.

Anyway, during the stream of Mass Effect 3 last night we covered everything related to the Quarians and the Geth... and thankfully I did not screw up during my play through of Mass Effect 2 to make neither side was sacrificed. We also knocked out the final two N7 missions to get its related achievement, and also tackled the Thessia mission, making sure to bring Javik along in order to have him take the piss out of everything Liara says by pointing out the Protheans involvement in the ascension of the Asari.  Not to mention, completed the checklist for all the searchable items around the galaxy.

With all that done, it sets up tonight's stream quite perfectly, with the mission to Horizon and Sanctuary to save Miranda and her sister, not to mention deal with what Cerberus is up too... plus also start the Clone Saga portion of the Citadel DLC, which will be a lot of fun.

On a side note, I swapped out slam for flare, which is an option after doing Omega... and I thought it was bad ass with Aria used it, but leveling it up for it to do extreme damage is such a sight to see! Wonder if it's available in the multiplayer side of the game? Speaking of which, the road to 5000 kills currently stands at 2147.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Party Crasher: Sabotage a dreadnought.
• Saboteur: Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
• Hard Target: Call down an orbital strike.
• Last Witness: Extract ancient technology.
• Tour of Duty: Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.

Twitch Clips

• Shepard Gut Punch
• Flare... Its Useful! 
• Uh oh... you can't catch me!
  

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid following their stream of Stardew Valley! 

For the raid we dropped in on sannafierce who was playing God of War over at twitch.tv/sannafierce!   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #2, Body Straight Combo and Body Uppercut Combo for 31 minutes

Seeing how the Phillies struggled against the Mets, I was expecting them to lose to the Reds last night... I was surprised they won.

Song of the Day: Laid by James!

What sound does a nut make when it sneezes? Cashew!

Did you hear about the satellites' wedding? The ceremony was OK, but the reception was terrific.

Saw the assignment I'm on for my day gig... and I'm already dreading it. It's nice to know I'm being sabotaged from being productive... and frustrating as fuck.

FnDanteSavage was streaming this morning, and he's looking to get back into things with occasional morning streams over at twitch.tv/fndantesavage! Today he was messing around with Agents of Mayhem!

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, and as detailed earlier, we're heading right for Horizon!

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

Mystery Heroes and A Mostly Stable Stream

Good afternoon everyone, 

So update on the Xfinity situation, the Senior Tech gave me an update that they were able to capture a system issues on the outside and they contacted a maintenance supervisor to send out a line tech, I was waiting for an update, but the tool they were using to monitor my connection was under maintenance so he could not see any logs from the tech to get an idea of what was done. I logged into the catway to see a number of things about the eRouter being administrativley disabled then enabled as Dual Stack, plus Missing Required Options 82 and 24. At least I'm being kept up to date on this.

Now last night's stream did see one instance of the stream being held up, and several minor instances of frame drops of Overwatch itself indicating a weak connection at times. That said, we had fun, we played a mix of Quick Play and Mystery Heroes. We were joined by PandaSweet for a good portion of the night which is always a treat! I picked up two plays of the game as Dva using her new skin. Other characters used were Moira, Mei, Torb and several others.

On a side note, a bit disappointed that this turn of the ReMix event does not give us any PVE options like the first two volumes of the ReMix. What we'll see on Sundays are Winter Brawls and different Lunar Jump variants on some match types.

Twitch Clips

• Holding the line!
• That's Two... But Where Did The 3rd One Go?! 
• A Wild Finish!
  

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke who was playing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi over at twitch.tv/flint_locke! Flint is a very talented singer and does some Dungeons & Dragon streams every now and then.  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Defensive Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Finished the commission request for a WWE story yesterday afternoon, and got another one based around Avatar The Last Airbender. I'm not too familiar with that show, in fact I've only ever played the Legend of Korra video game a couple of years ago! So some research will be involved!. 

What did the left butt cheek say to the right butt cheek? "You crack me up!"

What do you call someone who points out the obvious? Someone who points out the obvious. 

Song of the Day: Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John! 

My main Fantasy Baseball team that I have been directly trying to keep tabs on is sitting in 4th place in the its league, while my secondary team is sitting in 3rd. If all goes right, both teams could hit the playoffs. 

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, with the focus being on the Quarian and Geth part of the story, which should be pretty straight forward! Also last night I put in quite a bit of time playing the Multiplayer mode, getting a Volus and Turian to level 20... and I learned the hard way that Turians can't roll. I'm only 1700 kills to the Veteran achievement, which we should put a fair dent into tonight... maybe... hopefully lol/

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

Fall Guys, MultiVersus and Mass Effect 3 MultiPlayer!

Good morning everyone,

I tried even harder to keep track of all of the Xfinity issues I had yesterday, and from 2:30 PM to about 10 PM, it seemed like a sudden drop every hour on the hour. And since we were using one of the Xbox consoles as well, that meant not just the stream was interrupted but we were getting kicked from online games.

Anyway, we kicked off the night with Fall Guys, and I actually one one of the races to get its corresponding achievement! Granted it was on the 'hidden tile' race, and I won because I sneaked past the person in front who was unsure which of two tiles to step on in front of the goal. Also nabbed the Sonic the Hedgehog costume pieces because they looked really neat.

Fall Guys Achievements

• Mad Trendy: Equip a rare or legendary Body Colour, Pattern, Upper and Lower Costume piece
• Ahead of the Pack: Get first place in a racing round

Then we loaded up MultiVersus to get in some matches, playing as Lebron, Wonder Woman, Superman, Steven Universe, Reindog and Velma. Getting rematches were a bit tough, but we won a few and I knocked out a fair amount of challenges.

MultiVersus Achievements

• Watch Your Head: Get 20 Ringouts with a Projectile

Lastly, I loaded up Mass Effect 3 to show off the Mult-Player feature, and every one saw that it still holds up quite well, and that as a Human Soldiers I'm fairly decent at getting things done... but the real highlight was breaking out a Bitoic Volus... who can't duck or take cover, and is just a slow moving target for enemies. There were times I kept getting downed as the Volus in the same spot, while getting revived, which had the benefit of keeping enemies close by.to be picked off by my teammates.

Twitch Clips

• Dive for the Ring!
• Getting Smacked To Where I need To be! 
• First Place!
• Get That Outta Here! 
• Get That Stuff Out Of Here!
• Got My Revenge 
• I Got Them Down!
• So many whoas! 
• Who Is The Biotic God Around Here!
  

For the raid we dropped in on LifewithStan as they were doing a Food & Drink stream over at twitch.tv/lifewithstan!

We picked up a new follower off-stream over on the Twitch channel, so welcome to moonlightsleeps! 

Did some writing on the recent commission request of a story based on the aftermath of the 2016 WWE Brand Split. While I love what I did with the intro, I'm not so keen on the action sequence. Oh well...

Today's FItness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Front-Back Step Combo, Defensive COmbo #2 and Triple Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

How do snails fight? They slug it out.

What's Forrest Gump's email password? 1forrest1. 

Song of the Day  Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve

It's The Start of a new week, and here's the recap of the games we featured over the past sevent days: Overwatch, Mass Effect 3, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure, Street Fighter V, Fall Guys and MultiVersus!

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For tonight's stream, the plan is of course Overwatch, which we do every Sunday. We'll be rocking D.va's new remix skin as well sinec as you know, I'm a D.va main!

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

My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure: Short but Charming

Good afternoon everyone,

Well last night's stream was certainly plagued with numerous interruptions to the point it got split into 8 parts. The good news is I spoke with a senior tech at Xfinity who said they are going to be running a constant scan of the signals going to and from the modem to try and track down the problem. I was told not to reset the modem no matter how bad it gets and that I would get a call on Sunday afternoon to let me know what was being tracked.

Anyway, onto My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure... and it's a charming, chilled, laid back game. There are collectables to find, a number of mini-games, it looks pretty solid overall, controls are responsive, the sound quality is awesome, there are numerous unlockables... but it's an incredibly short game. I mean less than three hours start to finish and with getting every single trophy.

Now I believe part of the problem is that at the time of the game's release earlier this year, the show its based on My Little Pony: Make Your Mark hasn't really had the time to flesh out its world to provide anything more than a slice of life aspect... hell, the show itself debuted this year, so there's not much to go on. In fact the plot of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure is more of a direct follow up to the film My Little Pony: A New Generation (which I have not seen, but a look at the wiki page for it gave me an idea of what it was about). 

This does raise the question as to why Hasbro never had a full console game for the previous show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which was airing well into the PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch era of console, so there was certainly a wealth of things that could have been utilized. 

That said, the actual story of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure is quite interesting in that the 'villain' is basically a semi-racist Earth Pony who wants to drive all the Unicorns and Pegasuses out of town and to go back to it being for Earth Pony's only. Sure he gets caught and learns a lesson about not fearing change, but I'm surprised that was the game's plot, which could easily have been an episode of the show.

All in all, I enjoyed the experience... but I will advised, only purchase it when it's on sale. It's $39.99 price tag is too damn steep and impossible to justify. For it's length, I d say nab it when its below $20. 

MY LITTLE PONY: A Maretime Bay Adventure Trophies

• An adorable thief: Reclaim your backpack
• Unicycling 101: Fix the bridge using Izzy's Unicycling powers
• Mane Street awaits!: Help Hitch in Brighthouse
• Amateur Detective: Get 500 Magic Bits
• Pipp Pipp Parade!: Help Pipp in Mane Street
• Glowing up: Use the Magic Mirror for the first time
• Sherif's apprentice: Get 1000 Magic Bits
• Pro Herder: Help Hitch in Town Park
• The Neigh-gotiator: Fulfil Marcel's requests and unlock Beach Cove
• Starscout: Get 1500 Magic Bits
• Where did magic go?: Race Zipp on Beach Cove
• Friendship is still Magic: Catch and talk some sense into Sprout
• W.I.N.G.S. Cadet: Complete the secret obstacle course in Town Park
• Alicorn Status: Get every trophy

Now we did Play Street Fighter V last night as well... but we had to way for a 36 GB update to the game to be downloaded and installed. So we did to a bit of just chatting, turns out one of my short boxes containing comic books is only being held together by the lid... and I've only seen a few things that featured Anne Heche who passed away yesterday.

Once SFV was updated, it was during a period where a lot of the internet issues were happening, so got kicked from one player versus player match. But things settled down, we did a few 'arcade runs' (Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha arcade ladders) and then did a few player vs player matches, actually inning a couple... in fact I finally hit the requirements to get an achievement for getting out of the 'Rookie' category! Sow e ended the night on a high note for sure.

Street Fighter V Trophies

• First Promotion!: Master Zangief sent me flowers to celebrate me moving up a league for the first time! I can't read the card with all these tears!

Big thanks to the chat for kicking in 300 bits during the stream, and also to a new follower ShootTheDeuce!

Twitch Clips

• It's charming and relaxing... I like it!
• Well that was a thing! 
• Well he dead!
• I have seen at least one thing starring Anne Heche 
• Caught her!
• Beautiful! 
• Blew him out of the water!
  

For the raid we dropped in on Coleyrado as they were celebrating their birthday over on twitch.tv/coleyrado!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #1, Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Intermediate Combo #1 for 34 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Stats For August 7 to 13, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 8596
  
• Estimated Calories Burn: 3572.46 kcal
  
• Laura's Champion Progress: 72% (36/50 Hours)
  
• King EX Fight Progress: 95%
• Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 610
  
• Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 768
  

Why did the man get fired from the calendar factory? Because he took a few days off.

What do you call an alligator wearing a vest? An investigator.

Song of the Day: Sunshine of your Love by Cream 

Fernando Tatis Jr popped for PEDs... well bet the Padres are pissed, but hey with him out of the lineup for the rest of the season, that does help the Phillies in the Wild Card hunt.

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For tonight's stream, well it's Saturday so you know it' going to be random.   I'm not sure what that will be yet, but we'll probably bounce between a few things or stick to one thing... depending on how Xfinity is acting.

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

Just Doing Wondrous Tails In FF14

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was different than it has been as of late, because we dedicated the night to doing the Wondrous Tails, which basically just assigns a list of various Dungeons, Raids, Trials and PVP stuff to do try and complete lines on a 4X4 grid. We actually lucked out and got one line, which is very tough to do. Granted I could have re-rolled to try and get more lines, but 99% of the time just getting one is all one wants.

That said, I did discover I can use the Wondrous Tails to level boost other Disciple of Magic / War skill sets, which will make bringing them up a lot easier than I would have anticipated. In fact I already know next Thursdays FF14 stream will lead off with the Level 45 Dragoon job quest called 'Double Dragoon'.

Also did some fishing and finally acquired some Purple Script, which means eventually it will be possible to get the best possible gathering gear, but it will take a while to acquire. We closed out the night with some random PVP, and actually one a match where I lead the team in getting kills... as opposed to getting killed... HA!

Huge thanks to Coleyrado for a huge raid during the stream. They were doing a Just Chatting stream over at twitch.tv/coleyrado! They also have play things like New Pokemon Snap, Fortnite and Stray!

Twitch Clips

• That 'nearly' hurt
• You know what... F It! 
• Three For Me! None For You! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/YrGamerBunni! Other items they have featured games like Magic: The Gathering and Halo Infinite!

Work was a total drag yesterday... stuck on one assignment that basically went no where, while folks on another assignment were cleaning up complete all afternoon. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for a duration of 34 minutes.

I made sure to check out the intro for MLB's Field of Dreams game which featured Ken Griffey Jr having a catch with his dad Ken Sr. Knowing Ken Jr.'s animosity towards the Yankees for how his dad was treated, it's pretty awesome that this years game featured the Reds, a team both of them played for during their careers. 

What kind of tea is hardest to swallow? Reality.

Why did the golfer need new pants? Because he got a hole in one.

Song of the Day: Chocolate by The 1975

Started work on the latest commission request for a WWE story based around the aftermath of the 2016 brand split, and I think the client will like the intro.

Got in some work on Mass Effect 3's multiplayer achievement and knocked out the Gunsmith one fairly easily. Rather pleased with the progress I've made in my goal of just looking to get 1000 gamer score on it, and I'm I'm to 885. Based just on sticking to the story, knocking out the last couple of N7 missions and doing the story plus part of the Citadel DLC... I should gain 385 gamer score. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Gunsmith: Upgrade any weapon to level 10.

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For tonight's stream, we're hooking up the PlayStation 4 to play My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure. Will this be a hidden gem like DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power was last year? We can only hope!

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

Back to Fallout 76

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream of Fallout 76 was interesting as I progressed a big part of the Foundation side of the build towards the big Vault break in to kind of have it even with where the Crater side is. I enjoy some of the back and forth in finding what I needed to access various areas, as it really seems like things were well thought out.

Also, since I'm tackling the Brotherhood of Steel stuff as well, I knocked out the back end of the dealing with the Crater and getting Foundation into a 'trade agreement' of sorts. Since this is supposed to be done long after the prior mentioned quest line, it just makes things more jumbled. On the plus side, I am curious who sold the weapons to Foundation.. and if one of the Knights turned traitor. Looking forward to seeing how that shakes out.

Big shout out to Iceman for not only the resub, but also for being apart of the action to help with the Scoreboard challenges. Always glad to have co-op action on a game like this. We also discovered the Monster Mash event is really... REALLY... awful and a waste of time.

On a side note regarding the screenshot... you'll see why I picked that one for this blog by clicking on it and seeing that on top of the entrance it says 'Bite my rusty metal ass', which is a reference to Bender from Futurama who would say 'Bite my shiny metal ass.' 

Also I became aware that there was no game audio during the stream after the fact... I do not know why other than the fact there was a Windows Update that probably screwed up a whole bunch of stuff, as I had to reassign by mic and headphones in OBS. I hope to have this addressed by tonight's stream.

Twitch Clips

• It did a flip!
• Well... Sh!t 
• Dude...
  

For the raid we dropped in on Cammi_316 while they were playing Fortnite over at twitch.tv/cammi_316!

Yesterday work just fucking dragged man... hopefully today will feel quicker, but I see the assignment I'm on means I'm going to get a big fat goose egg for the day. Damn it...

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

In regards to last night's stream issues that were traced back to Xfinity, there were 5 in total. Was able to successful document once instance where the Upstream Power Level was well over 51. 

The Phillies are surging as of late, but they can't keep up this momentum for long as they have a series with the Mets this weekend.

Jumped into Mass Effect 3's multiplayer and managed to knock out the Overload related achievement, and also got my Engineer character up to Level 20 as well. The next one to shoot for is to get a weapon to Rank 10, but that is pretty grindy because of how the Recruit packs are randomized.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Overload Specialist: Overload the shields of 100 enemies.

What do you call Samsung's security team? The Guardians of the Galaxy!

Song of the Day: Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

I sold my vacuum yesterday. It was just collecting dust.

Overwatch is getting rid of the Loot box system, and I have mixed feeling about it because I always knew whenever new seasonal rewards came out I could grab a bundle of them, get the rewards and stock up on gold to unlock other things down the road.

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For tonight's stream, Final Fantasy XIV is on deck, as the goal is mostly just casual playing, finding loose side quests and other stuff.

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