Thoughts on Rick in MultiVersus

Good afternoon everyone,

Rick from "Rick & Morty' was added to MultiVersus this week and I spent quite a lot of time playing as him. He is listed as a mage, and he is very much over powered from my experience. Best to use him at a a fair distance, but he does have a couple of abilities that are good at close range which makes him more useful than Gizmo. I could see myself choosing to use him every so often. Funny enough I did get into one match where I was teamed with someone playing as Morty, which was pretty cool... even though I may have seen maybe just one or two episodes of 'Rick & Morty'.

I should point out that there might be issues with PC players cheating in MutliVersus because I saw a Batman player doing some thing so fast that I couldn't react or get a read on what was coming in order to dodge or try to block. I suspect they were using pre-programmed inputs, which is easily programmable into the PC versions of any fighting game.

Anyway, we did switch over to Fall Guys at about 9:30 PM and I love the fact there was an Ellen Ripley from Aliens skin. The new Season Pass was out and it looks like a lot if its skins are Sci-Fi related as well, as there is one for Spock from Star Trek in it. I did make it the final round in solo a few times so there was that. But I do hate some of the gimmicks, and the jumping at times felt way off from what I'm use too. Still had a lot of fun.

Twitch Clips

• First win using Rick
• Rick And Morty Win! 
• Bits and Eliminations
• We're Talking About Practice 
• Qualifying
• When you know you're doomed 
  

Thank you to to Redneck_23 for the raid following their stream of Farming Simulator 22 over at twitch.tv/redneck_23!

 For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #1, Triple Combo #1 and Weaving Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Song of the Day: Close by Nick Jonas featuring Tove Lo

What kind of streets do ghosts haunt? Dead ends!

What do you tell actors to break a leg? Because every play has a cast!

Start of a new week so lets recap what we played last week which included: Overwatch, Tekken 7, The Last of Us: Remastered, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, MultiVersus & Fall Guys! 

Finished the recent commission request for a WWE short story, which turned out rather well I think... and then got another request for a story based around the TV series Arrow. I actually use to watch a lot of the Arrowverse related shows on the CW until they basically scarified Supergirl to prop up the Batwoman Season 2

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 plan is to play Overwatch, so hopefully we'll get in some games before its shut down. If we can't play Overwatch, we'll call an audible and do something else. 

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

Persona 5 Dancing In Starlight Is Incredible!

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream featured the return of Persona 5... in the form of Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight. It is a rhythm game where you press buttons on the controller to match where the notes are going on screen... and it is addicting. We went well past midnight, and we haven't done that since we were playing Persona 5 Strikers! 

One of the big pluses about P5:DIS is that it fits in nearly perfectly within the events of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers, actually fitting in between the events of both game. Sure it's based more on the vanilla version of Persona 5... and there is the issue of Caroline and Justine being the hosts in the Velvet Room but for me the game has its place in the timeline. There is a lot of the same charm and banter of other games in regards to how the characters talk to one another which basically encourages going for the Social Links to see how over the top some things can get.

The dancing portion is really enjoyable, and there are enough difficulty settings and modifiers to keep things fresh (or make things easier), Plus the Persona 5 sound track is awesome enough to want to keep playing the game and lose track of time... which was certainly the case when I was playing Royal and Strikers through out the year!

Now I did go back into the game to bang out some achievements that I know would be tough to get based on trying to figure out certain dance partners. Thankfully there was a guide for that.  Now I did get access to knew Social Link scenes but I didn't view them yet because we're certainly featuring Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight next Friday for damn sure!.

On a side note: Virtually impossible to get quality screenshots because as a rhythm game, taking a hand off the game pad would mean a lot of misses. 

Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight Trophies

• Ready to Party: Obtained a costume.
• Careful Planning: Played a tutorial.
• It's Showtime!: Cleared a stage.
• Solid Bonds: Watched a Social event.
• Masters of Disguise: Changed costumes and played a stage with each of the Phantom Thieves (excluding Akechi).
• A Mountain of Treasure: Unlocked all ???s in Collection.
• Unwavering Interests: Watched 20 Social events.
• I'm Just Getting Started: Unlocked the highest difficulty level (ALL NIGHT).
• Stylish Phantom Thieves: Registered a costume as a Favorite.
• The Student and the Teacher: Cleared the stages where Morgana and Haru dance together.
• I've Stolen About Half!: Obtained half of all the costumes.
• Suspect in Custody!: Failed a stage.
• I Am Thou, Thou Art Who?: Started a stage with a different hairstyle, two accessories, color contacts, and a colored wig.
• Unstoppable: Beat your own high score.
• The Dragon and the Panther: Cleared the stages where Ryuji and Ann dance together.
• Alibaba Fanatic: Watched every possible dance for Futaba.
• The Unusual and the Uptight: Cleared the stages where Yusuke and Makoto dance together.
• Stars Dancing in Starlight: Watched 40 different Fever Time dances.
  

Twitch Clips

•  Makoto & Ann
•  Futaba and Morgana
•  As long as we're together
  

Big thank you to the chat for kicking in 100 bits during the stream! The support is always appreciated!

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/bestibunni! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Body Hook Combo and Weaving Combo #1 for a duration of 31 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise States For Week of 9/25 to 10/01/22

• Punches Thrown:8446
• Estimated Calories Burned: 3586.90 kcal
  
• Evan's Champion Progress: 84% (42 out of 50)
  
• King EX Fight Progress: 96%
• Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 659
• Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 817

Work was alright yesterday... even thought it started off with my on the crappy assignment but thankfully I was switched to something else... even if the people in the state of Georgia who are supporting Herschel Walker are complete idiots.

What do you call a farm that makes bad jokes? Corny!

Why do fish live in salt water? Because pepper makes them sneeze!

Song of the Day:Shimmy Shimmy Ya by Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Received my mail-in ballot for the upcoming General Election here in New Jersey, promptly filled it out... which means I need to take a walk on Monday to the Post Office.

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For tonight's stream we will be starting with MutliVersus to try out the new character Rick (from Rick & Morty) to see what his gimmicks are, and then do various other matches. Plus we'll more than likely feature Fall Guys or Smite.

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

We Spent The Night In Gyr Abanian

Good morning everyone

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was another nice chill stream, as we focused on side quests through out Gyr Abanian and Rhalgr's Reach, getting about 95% of them done, with like a half dozen left to complete before I move on to the next area. There were a few things I enjoyed in terms of how some stories connected with each other, but the destination points of some objectives were rather silly in terms of placement, not to mention these quests were not really designed to be binged played.

I did run into a Level 70 A Rank boss that kicked my ass... now I was told that its solo-able at level 90, but i believe that's only possible for like a Red Mage or Paladin or something that has some heavy duty self-healing.

Still we had fun, and just enjoyed taking it easy.

Twitch Clips

• Yeah ya'll better run
• Time for a tactical retreat 
• We sense a hostile presence
  

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was also playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal! 

Work was actually good yesterday, as I was productive because I was actually given assignments that played to my strengths and vocal pacing. Unfortunately, the same won't apply to today because I was placed back on the crappy assignment, which is unfair and complete bullshit.

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

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise September 2022 Stats

• Punches Thrown:36149
• Estimated Calories Burned:15004.84 kcal
  
• Evan's Champion Progress: 82% (41 out of 50)
  
• King EX Fight Progress: 96%
• Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 658
  
• Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 816

Oh and for the record, I'm been keeping my weight around 250 lbs, so not gaining, but not losing, just maintaining my pear shape figure

I've gotten a chuckle seeing former WWE Superstar Paige has certainly been taken some people to task for things they've said regarding her promo on AEW's programming this week. Not her fault for them not knowing her promo was a fucking work.

Elgato finally released a Stream Deck patch update and I'm hoping it resolves a lot of the issues of the Stream Deck and OBS de-syncing so I don't have to keep reinstalling the plug in!

Song of the Day:  Car Radio by Twenty One Pilots

Do you remember that joke I told you about my spine? It was about a weak back!

I just went to an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.

Played a little Overwatch last night, and I said this back when I played the Beta for Overwatch 2... damage role only players are going to get instantly blocked for every single time I see a Genji selected.

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For tonight's stream we are playing Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight... and yeah it's a rhythm game so you know I'm playing it on the easiest setting, but I am aware some things require harder difficulties to accomplish stuff. 

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

Just Exploring In Fallout 76

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 was rather chill as I spent a good portion of the night roaming around and finding areas I've never been to. Some areas were rather relaxing to get to, however there were some areas that had Scorch-Beasts flying around, and the Legendary one that seemed very determined to nuke my butt. Did get one achievement by luckily joining a Daily Operation and was carried through it.

Big thanks to Iceman for being apart of the fun as well, we jumped into his Custom World and went ahead to do the Union side of the The Pitt content. Since in the custom world we're basically immortal, it was easy since we could take out time, look around and not feel completely overwhelmed by. Also learned that if two people use a foosball table, it spawns two balls.

Fallout 76 Achievements

• Smooth Operator: Earn Elder Rewards from a Daily Op

Twitch Clips

•  That was intentional
•  Well I made that thing mad
•  I proved you can die in a custom world
  

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni who was playing Space Food Truck over on twitch.tv/bestibunni!

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

Internet went down last night at about 1:30 AM... but it turned out Xfinity was actually being pro-active and doing maintenance.

I did start work on the commission story request, and the client wanting it to be a crossover between WWE and someone who had less than faltering things about pro wrestling and MMA did allow me to find some columns regarding that issue. Actually have the intro & set-up written.

Work did indeed completely sucked yesterday, and I had a chance of getting a complete interview done... however the dude didn't understand we were focused on things he mentioned earlier in the conversation.

What do you call a monkey that loves Doritos? A chipmunk!

Why did the can crusher quit his job? Because it was soda pressing!

Song of the Day: Ain’t It Fun by Paramore

Phillies lost and their collapse is playing out exactly as I thought it would

Every single Overwatch clip I have on Twitch no longer has a category as it's been removed, so if the servers are still up on Sunday, that stream will be listed as Overwatch 2

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For tonight's stream we're back on the hunt for finding all the side quests in Final Fantasy XIV, and our focus will be on areas associated with Stormblood.

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

More Mixed Views On The Last Of Us

Good morning everyone,

Well we continued The Last of Us last night, picking up in Bill's Town, getting into and out of the school... which meant dealing with the Bloater for the first time, that took a few attempts to deal with because the actual GAME PLAY IN THIS GAME SUCKS! We made it into Pittsburgh... and thankfully not too many Runners or Clickers to deal with, and because I got myself lost when Joel and Ellie were separated, I looked at a guide and saw that I should have had to deal with a bloater but I booked it out of that area as quickly as possible. 

Now this area, which is in the flooded section of the Hotel is accessed when the elevator Joel is standing on collapses, it's poorly lit and flashlight bugs out even when not using it regularly. And just like Friday in another water area, the lighting becomes green tinted so for me I can't see a fucking thing in situations like that. I was about to say to hell with this game right then and there.

I also didn't care for the Humvee with a turret that apparently could track my positioning. If there was away to sneak around it I didn't realize it, but I do now I called it right before the final section of the Pittsburgh arc.

Now at the start of the stream, I did compare The Last of Us to The Walking Dead Season 1 from TellTale games, and I stand by the face when I say The Walking Dead was a lot more fun than anything I'm experiencing in The Last of Us . I also said depending on how I was feeling about the game would determine if I would continue it... and we'll continue it next week on either Monday or Tuesday because I'll be damned if I'm playing this game more than once a week.

The Last of Us Remastered Trophies

• Let's gear up: Craft every item

Twitch Clips

• Well that happened...
• Da Fuq?! 
• Two Headshots with the Bow
  

For the raid we dropped in on CallMeMsGalaxy who was playing Overwatch over at twitch.tv/CallMeMsGalaxy! 

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

Worked indeed sucked yesterday, as I do feel like I'm stuck on this one damn assignment because I know how to at least dig to find the right people... but is very annoying not being able to be productive. Unfortunately, I am getting suck on the same assignment today

Got a commission request for another WWE short story, which at the very least will be interesting to write because of the requested use of characters.

The Phillies lost to the Cubs and their chances of blowing any opportunity to get into the Playoffs has increased

What do you call a cow with two legs? Lean beef!

What do bees do if they need a ride? Wait at the buzz stop!

Song of the Day: Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

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For tonight's stream we'll be getting back to work on Fallout 76, the plan of course will be advance various questlines and just have fun.

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

Tekken 7 Has an Impossible Achievement

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Tekken 7 was certainly objective focused as we went after nearly every single achievement, starting with having to face and defeat Devil Kazumi. Oddly enough the requirements to face her involved not getting a perfect round in any match.  My attention then turned to the Treasure Battles where I accomplished several achievements including getting promoted to Warrior as Kazuya. Exploiting some of the A.I.'s tendencies helped here

Now getting to fight in Special Matches in Treasure Battle involved a lot of 'luck', as every after 3-4 win either gimmick match (Turbo Speed or Double Damage) or a special boss fight appears, so it was literally just win and hope a match happens... plus hope it was someone I could beat. Thankfully the 'Special Matches' ended up being against Jin, which isn't as tough as the other possible opponents (Akuma, Devil Kazuya, Heihachi  and Devil Kazumi)

After intentionally going into Practice Mode to farm out the damage needed for one last achievement, I realized the only one left involved winning a battle in an online tournament. Problem is, good like finding 7 people to take part in a tournament, plus hoping you can beat one of them in the front round. So as it stands, I'm declaring the 'Okay! I'm Ready!' achievement as not being possible for me to obtain.  

That said, we did reach get the most out of Tekken 7. so we'll be moving on from it to focus on other things. We'll probably put another fighting game in it's place.

Tekken 7 Achievements

• Fear My Wrath: Beat Devil Kazumi in an Arcade Battle or a Special Match in Treasure Battle.
• Don't Hold Anything Back: Defeated 20 opponents of a higher rank.
• Roar! (Nice Moves!): Got promoted to Brawler.
• I've Finally Found You!: Obtained 50 treasure boxes.
• Hot-Blooded Fighter: Got promoted to Warrior.
• Wow, I'm Pretty Strong!: Won three special matches in Treasure Battle.
• No Pain, No Gain: Dealt 50,000 damage in Practice mode.

Twitch Clips

•  Achievement: Roar!
•  Achievement: Hot-Blooded Fighter
•  Achievement: Wow, I'm Pretty Strong!
•  Twisting Arrow Canon For The Win!
  

Big thank you to Kalenal for the raid as they started playing Trials of Mana last night over on twitch.tv/kalenal! 

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni who was playing Magic: The Gathering over at twitch.tv/bestibunni!  

Also thank you to RedFoxUKCov for resubscribing to my Twitch channel for the 12th month in a row! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Front-Back Step Combo, Defensive Combo #2 and Triple Combo #2 for a duration of 28 minutes.

What did the little mountain say to the bigger mountain? Hi Cliff!

Why are there gates around cemeteries? Because people are dying to get in!

Song of the Day: The One That Got Away by Katy Perry

In the world of Fantasy Baseball, one of my teams won the 5th Place Playoff series, and the other didn't. So I have a 5th and 6th Place finish for two different teams. However in the world of Fantasy Football both of my teams lost this week.  

Got in some grinding on Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium last night using Savage Bees and the face you get 500,000 points when clearing stage 16. Managed to knock out 1,000,000 CAPSO, so only 69 Million to go.

Also played a bit of MultiVersus, mostly focused on doing daily quests to work on the battle pass grind. Thank goodness these things can be done via bot matches. 

Already know work is going to suck because of the assignment I'm going to be on. Can only hope I'll be able to switch to something else in order to get a chance to be productive.

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I'm moving some items around for my streaming line up this week, The Last of Us Remastered will be featured tonight, because hey if I start at 6:30 PM Eastern and go to 10:30 / 11 PM Eastern, we'll have a tolerable time spent trying to move forward in that game. I think I'll treat it as a 'floating game', moving it around the week based on my mood.

So if I'm playing The Last of Us Remastered tonight, will that mean I'll play it also on Friday? Nope, I plan to start up Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight on Friday because at the very least trying to beat a rhythm game will be a lot more fun than dealing with the awful controls of The Last of Us.

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

Was that the last Sunday Overwatch stream before Overwatch 2?

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night was possible the last stream of Overwatch because the servers for it go off line this upcoming Sunday at an unspecified time in preparation for the launch of Overwatch 2 next Tuesday. I was thinking about when was the first time I saw someone playing Overwatch and I know for a fact it was sometime in 2017 when I randomly raided a stream named LordFluffyButt who used to do a lot of Overwatch streams. Of course at that time I was playing a lot of Paladins and I wouldn't start playing Overwatch until the end of that year, but starting in 2018, Overwatch has been a regular fixture on my channel.

Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun last night. I picked up two Plays of the Game, both as D.va... who I realized was not apart of the original roster announced for Overwatch. Other characters I used were Reinhardt, Moira, Junkrat and Mei.

There was also a bit of a hilarious moment that is included in the clips, while waiting in a skirmish for a match, Panda and I ended up dancing on top of another player's head. It's the little things like that which makes video games awesome.

Twitch Clips

• Making things happen!
• Again making things happen! 
• Dancing on top of Mercy
  

For the raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing Framign Simulator 22 over at twitch.tv/redneck_23! 

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

Song of the Day: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

What do you call a man with a rubber toe? Roberto!

What do you give to a sick lemon? Lemon aid!

James Earl Jones has announced his retirement from the role of Darth Vader... and quite frankly I didn't think he was still doing voice work for the character. But the odd thing is, he signed the rights to voice away to Disney... which bothers me a bit, because it just means that instead of trying to evolves the Star Wars brand, it'll just lock things in even more for a more stagnated version of things possible by not letting certain characters change.  

Phillies blew a great opportunity to secure their play off spot by dropping their last two games against the Braves... and have all 9 of their remaining games on the road. I will not be surprised if they end up not making the Playoffs since the lats 3 games of the season will be against the Trash Can beating Astros.

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 we'll be putting a focus back on Tekken 7 to see about getting more achievements done, so there will be a focus on Treasure Battles to try and rank up to Warrior, plus trying to accomplish victories in Special Battles. 

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