So much singing on stream last night

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch 2 featured a wide variety of results, including wins and losses and picking up three plays of the games as Mei, Reinhardt and Torbjourn. Other characters used were Moira, Ana, D.va, Orissa including a few others. I will say this, the bullshit myth of PC players being better than console players was thrown tight out the window because there were quite a few matches where thanks to cross-play I was grouped with four PC players and we got smoked by a team of 5 game pad players.

Now as for the singing, I figured out how to set the audio output for Spotify to not be directed at m Desktop Audio, instead setting it for the audio out put for my microphone... of course that meant I had to then set Spotify to play songs in mono instead of stereo so that I could hear everything in one audio channel. End up singing a long with a lot of songs... which was the most singing I did on stream since December 31, 2020, the last night of Twitch Sings.

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Smite over on at twitch.tv/misscammi316

Did some writing on the WWE Short story commission and I'm not too pleased with it. It really is just action sequence after action sequence with no real plot.

I got about 90 vinyl records now properly stored in a sealed container that will make moving them to another part of the house easier. I do think I'm going to need additional so I don't make the containers too heavy. If you think hoisting the containers with the VHS seemed heavy, just remember those were like suitcases! The ones for records are square shape, so it's like hosting a box with a small television.

Today's Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star exercises were Defensive Combo #2, Defensive Combo #2 and three trips through Battle mode. Unlike the earlier Fitness Boxing games, players have a lot more freedom in terms of what counts to earn a daily stamp

Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star Achievements

• Superstar Lv. 1 - Get a total of 12 stars during hard workouts
• Starting Stamper Lv. 1 - Acquire five stamps
• Flyweight Puncher Lv. 3 - Reach a total  punch count of 9000 HITs
• Rei's Stage Cleared Lv. 1 - Complete Rei's stage (light)
  

"I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady."

Song of the Day: Dancing Queen by ABBA

For tonight's stream,we're getting back to Agents of Mayhem with some level grinding, doing the solo missions for the unlocked characters and then advancing the main story.

So with that, we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

ESO with a Detour Into the DCU

Good afternoon everyone,

Today's post will be shorter than normal because apparently my initial draft was not saved! In fact I had to save a copy of this in a txt file, because Blogger was just not saving anything, not even when I closed the browser!

Anyway last night's stream of The Elder Scrolls Online was a bit problematic because it soft locked on the Xbox One, which was just weird. There was no reason for it near as I could tell, so after some frustration I just switched to DC Universe Online, and we knocked out one mission in it. Hey, it's fine game to have as a back up MMO since it's free to play.

I did end up installing ESO on the Xbox Series console, and there were no problems with it. So I'm guessing whatever went on with ESO on the Xbox One was due to Bethesda's poor quality control. We got several quests done and I'm looking forward to see where the current series of plotlines go. That said, I do find navigating and just getting around in general to find places to be a chore, thank goodness LvStrkr is helping out in a big way!

Also, thank you to LvStrkr for gifting me the High Isle Collector's Edition Upgrade for Elder Scrolls Online, it was great to get a mount!

For the raid we dropped in on tokushoutsu during the marathon of  Chouriki Sentai Ohranger over at twitch.tv/tokushoutsu!

Watched the 1998 film Dark City yesterday afternoon, mostly because I had a bit of writer's block. It was a pretty damn good film, clearly a noir setting with some great sci-fi elements. Can't believe I never saw it before... despite clearly having it on VHS since at least 1999!

As far as the writing goes, with yet another WWE Short story to work on, I'm just going to resort to just continuing the story it's a sequel too, because quite honestly, I have no ideas for a solid set up.

Today's Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star workout featured Beginner Combo #2, Straight COmbo #2 and Beginner Combo #1

Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star Achievements

• Rising Star Lv. 4 - Get a total of 48 starts during light workouts
• Champion Star Lv. 3 - Get a Total of 36 stars during regular workouts
• Good Score Lv. 1 - Score at least 70 points with Beginner Combo 32 (light)
• Flyweight Puncher Lv. 2 - Reach a total punch count of 7500 HITs

"Where do boats go when they're sick?" "To the boat doc."

Song of the Day: The Track of My Tears by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

For tonight's stream, we'll be playing Overwatch 2. Since I'll be playing the console version, voice chat will be done via discord!

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

Chapter 14 of FF7-Remake took the entire stream?!

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy VII Remake was interesting, as Chapter 14 took the entire stream. Now if I was just tearing through and doing only the main story, we could've done a few chapters probably, but I put in the time to do all the side quests in the area, which took a lot of time, including having too look up where to go in some instances.

That said, it really did reek of padding in some instances because only in Chapter 14 do you unlock a fast travel option, but by the time you do there is no point, or at least in my case, because I would try and do multiple side quests at the same time to get done. Still, at the very least, I have done every side quest, so I should be getting the trophy for doing them in the coming weeks assuming there is one more town to explore and to get a feel for.

For the raid we dropped in on dont_run_x while they were playing Tom Clancy's The Division 2 over at twitch.tv/dont_run_x

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) Trophies

• Crate Annihilator: Complete all Normal difficulty Whack-a-Box challenges.
• Picking Up the Pieces: Complete Chapter 14.

Didn't have work yesterday, so I took advantage to get a rough idea of how many LP vinyl records I have (roughly 200) while also searching for proper storage containers for them. The YouTube videos going through them to inventory what I have is going to be interesting because I have some stuff that goes back to the 1960s.

Finished the Daria short story commission last night, and that was a lot of fun to work on. Now I have a WWE (groan) short story commission to work on next

I have a sneaking feeling someone stole something from my front porch today, as I saw a notification for something being delivered, but by the time I woke up and checked, I saw the front gate wide open and nothing at my front door. 

Today's Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star workout featured Uppercut Combo #2, Straight Combo 32 and Straight Combo #1. It is possible to actually get 100 hits during a Boss Battle if you do well enough during your Special Technique portion. Also you don't have to do the daily workout to get the stamp, simply doing the daily missions contribute to building a streak as well.

Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star Achievements

• Stage Master: Exercise on all stages
• Rising Star Lv.3 - Get a total of 36 stars during (light) workouts
• Flyweight Puncher Lv. 1 - Reach a total punch count of 6000 HITS
• Shin's Stage Cleared Lv.2 - Complete Shin's stage (Regular)
  

"I got carded at a liquor store, and my Blockbuster card accidentally fell out. The cashier said never mind."

Song of the Day: Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

For tonight's stream, the plan is continue Elder Scrolls Online to get more of a feel for it.

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

 

 

From The Fist of the North Star to Hades

Good morning everyone,

Due to circumstances allowing it, we did two streams yesterday, the first was in the afternoon to feature Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star. This stream was about two hours, and featured a full 40+ minute workout plus all the Shin related battles in the Battle mode. We did unlock 10% of the achievements as well, and it does appear FB:FotNS will have a lot of the same achievements that Fitness Boxing 2 did in regards to reaching various goals.

Will I occasionally due bonus streams featuring Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star? Maybe, really depends on what I have going on any particular day and what I need to accomplish.

Oh today;s Fitness Boxing workout featured Hook Combo #2, Hook Combo #1, Beginner Combo #1 and Straight Combo #2.

Last night's stream of Hades got off to a very good start, as we finally cleared an escape attempt on the first run of the night. We actually made it to Hades a couple of times but ended up coming short due to my lack of ability and just some bad luck in some of the boons found. Still, I also made some things harder for myself in terms of my button mash approach along with having the parch of punishment bounties enabled.

Now would I want to attempt to do 9 full escape attempts on Hades to see if I could get to the hidden ending, and probably the make efforts towards the epilogue? Maybe. At the very least, trying to unlock various things seems like a good goal  as an excuse of keeping Hades in the weekly line up for the time being.

For the raid we dropped in on BangBangBang713 who was playing Hogwarts Legacy over at twitch.tv/bangbangbang713! 

Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star Achievements

• Get A Grip: Learn to hold the Joy-Con controolers
• Get Ready: Learn the Basic Stance
• Get the Idea: Learn the Basic Rules
• First Stamp: Acquire your first Stamp
• Set 'Em Up: Check your Daily Workout settings
• Know Yourself: Check your Date
• Exercise Checker: Check Actions in Basic Training
• Champion Star Lv. 1 - Get a total of 12 stars during (regular) workouts
• Minimumweight Puncher Lv. 1 - Reach a total punch count of 500 HITs
• Minimumweight Puncher Lv. 2 - Reach a total punch count of 1,000 HITs
• Minimumweight Puncher Lv. 3 - Reach a total punch count of 1,500 HITs
• Light Flyweight Puncher Lv. 1 - Reach a total punch count of 2,000 HITs
• Light Flyweight Puncher Lv. 2 - Reach a total punch count of 3,000 HITs
• Shin's Stage Cleared Lv. 3 - Complete Shin's Stage (hard)
• KO Puncher Lv. 1 - Defeat a total of 30 outlaws
• Kenshiro's Acquaintance - Work out with Kenshiro
• Kenshiro's Embrace - Receive a raiting of 7 starts from Kenshiro during a workout
• Meeting Mamiya - Acquire Mamiya
• MEasure Up  - Enter your height data
• On your Weight - Enter your weight data
• Calm Hitter - Throw 500 perfect punches
• Breeezy Hitter - Throw 1,000 perfect punches
• Windy Hitter - Throw 2,000 perfect Punches
• High Windy Hitter - Throw 3,000 perfect punches
• Rising Star Lv. 1 - Get a total of 12 starts during (light) workouts)
• Champion Star Lv. 2 - Get a total of 24 stars during (regular) workouts
• Light Flyweight Puncher Lv. 3 - Reach a total punch count of 4,000 HITs
• Shin's Stage Cleared L.v 1 - Complete Shin's Stage (light)
• KO Puncher Lv. 2 - Defeat a total of 150 outlaws
• Strong Windy Hitter - Throw 4,000 perfect punches
• Kenshiro's Coordinato Lv. 1 - Acquire Kenshiro's outfit
• Kenshiro's Coordinator Lv. 2 - Change Kenshiro's outfit
• One Weigh or Another - Enter two days' worth of weight data
  

Hades Achievements

• Escaped Elysium: Clear Elysium
• Is There No Escape?: Clear an escape attempt

The folks at TellTale Games have pulled a 3D Realms by changing game engines and starting over on developing The Wolf Among Us 2... this has of course brought back memories of endless development hell Duke Nukem Forever was stuck in.

With the Vinyl 45s now stored properly, my next concern in regards to archived stuff is the Vinyl LPs I have, which are a mixture of things my mom and dad got back in the 60s, 70s & 80s. I know my dad wants to know if I have a particular album that featured local radio personality Jerry Blavat 

Did finish writing the Star Trek story as a subscribstar exclusive for this month, my focus will now turn towards finishing the Daria commission request

"What do you call a poor Santa Claus?" "St. Nickel-less."

Song of the Day:Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd

For tonight's stream we shall continue Final Fantasy VII remake picking up at the start of chapter 14. Depending on the pacing of things, I'm looking to at least get through Chapter 16 so  that we could save the last two chapters for next Friday.

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

Finding Vinyl and Hess Trucks, Plus Final Fitness Boxing 2 Totals

Good morning everyone,

Work yesterday ended up being a bit short because the client wanted to review something order, or make changes to the study to try and make it more applicable to respondents. At least that was the impression I got.

So with the extra time I managed to liberate the crates that have vinyl records, both 45s and LPs from the storage closet, which means I got some unwanted deck furniture upstairs in the living room. But hopefully I'll be able to dispose of those items as well.

Also found a couple of Hess Trucks, and for those wondering, for a long time, the gasoline company Hess had these big holiday promotions regarding toy trucks. I remember having one back in the 80s, and the two I found, one from 1997 and one from 2000. Considering the novelty of them, these were a cool find.

For the first time I was asked by someone in the neighborhood about mom, because they were use to seeing her around. So that was a bit tough to convey.

Last night's stream opened with Fall Guys, and we certainly had some rough moments, as my timing in some rounds were way off. Did have a few close calls that nearly resulted in wins, but we didn't get any crowns. I did get the season pass because I was incredibly close to completing it anyway, so we have all the awards.

After the break, we switched to Gears of War 2, and too my surprise I was able to play with others in the Horde mode, which was a lot of fun. Playing on a fairly hard difficulty, I managed to hold my own with out getting downed once. We were then joined by Iceman, and following some issues with him being unable to hear me because Windows 11 is awful, we were able to get quite a bit done. We did have a comedy of errors with having to retry a few parts. But we had fun.

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu during the marathon of Kamen Rider over at twitch.tv/TokuSHOUTsu 

Gears of War 2 Achievements

• Rookie Gear: Reached level 5 in multiplayer
• Photojournalist: Submitted a spectator photo

The final Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Weaving Combo #1 and Double Combo #2. 

Total Stats

• Fitness Boxing 2 Days In  A Row: 811 (969 counting Fitness Boxing 1)
  
• Total Punches ThrownL 1,089,663
• Total Estimated Calories Burned: 456,697.80 kcal
• Total Exercise Time: 481 hours, 42 minutes, 34 seconds

Body Parts Trained:

• Bicep Exercises: 1839
• Chest Exercises: 1928
• Core Exercises: 1841
• Hip Exercises: 1938
• Calf Exercises: 1833
  

Trainers Used

• Karen - 332
• Leo - 12
• Guy - 18
• Janice - 388
• Hiro - 383
• Lin - 522
• Sophie - 333
• Bernardo - 322
• Martina - 336
• Laura - 324
• Evan - 344
  

Songs Used

• Birdsong - 109 
• Aim High - 102
• South Nocturne - 89
• Alone - 89
• Hot N Cold - 82
• Castle on the Hill - 106
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 106
• Y.M.C.A. - 97
• Can't Hold Us - 82
• Venus - 102
• Animals - 94
• Don't You Worry Child - 108
• Born to be Wild - 79
• So What - 80
• Break Free - 93
• Beauty and a Beat - 83
• Sandstorm - 92
• It's My Life - 98
• Bang Bang - 80
• Something Just Like This - 87
• What Makes You Beautiful - 103
• Boogie Wonderland - 73
• I'm an Albatraoz - 99
• Cosmic Fairlane - 42
• U.S. Route 163 - 59
• Rio Grande - 52
• Virtual Love - 53
• The Endless Voyage - 62
• Eternal Return - 45
• Matsuri - 51
• Galaxy Railroad - 63
• Avalon - 48
• Louisiana Joe - 62
• Sparkling Dawn - 29
• Morning Breeze -47
• Groove Fantasy - 46
• Shining Splash - 38
• Light Stomp! - 35
• Emerald Vibe Workout - 29
• Attract - 37
• Evolution - 42
• Go, GO, Punch! - 47
• Midnight blue - 47
• Melbourne Workout - 0
• You're Gonna Change - 1
• Your Future - 3
• Dawn of the Storm - 5
• INFERNO - 1
• The Long Way Around - 1
  

"Dad, did you get a haircut?" "No, I got them all cut!"

Song of the Day: Soul Man by Sam & Dave

For tonight's stream.... we might feature Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star on the Nintendo Switch if we can play it tonight. Then we'll also play Hades for a bit (or the full stream if FBFotNS is not avaliable.

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

 

 

 

Venting a little

Good morning everyone,

Well, first off, while work was good yesterday afternoon, I was told  my application for PECO was declined. Apparently I did not fit their criteria... whatever the hell that means. So that was a blow to my day. It does actually raise a question as to why places say they are hiring but at the same time they are not hiring.

And on top of that, apparently my father is having some health issues, so I guess he assumes that my brother wouldn't have filled me in. But needless to say when my dad did call me at 10:40 PM, I was not able to take his call right away, and when I called him back it was clear he wanted to get preachy while saying he can't be on the phone long. So let me get this right, he wants to drop a bombshell on me, and declare how I should do things to his expectations.

Did piss me right the hell off because it wasn't that long afterward I returned his call, and he basically acts like it was inconvenient for him to actually talk. I ended up staying up a lot later than I intended because of how fucking irate I was. Did end up going through several boxes finding miscellaneous stuff to throw out, so there was that positive.

Anyway, last night's stream was mostly focused on Agents of Mayhem as we focused on unlocking different characters and getting these side stories done. Completing the Franchise Force team mission did lead to a few laugh out loud moments regarding the character of Hollywood and his 'early career'. Way I figure, we'll have all of the personal quests for the unlocked characters done on the next stream dedicated to this game which will be on Monday.

I did find it funny that the Next Up: Action Figures achievement is diamond, which just tells me a lot of gamers really gave up on Agents of Mayhem. Which is a shame, because it does have a lot of variety.  

StreamElements was bugging out for the second time in the same number of weeks, which is really weird to see.

For the raid we dropped in on TracyDoll during their stream of Friday the 13th: The Game at twitch.tv/tracydoll

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• LEGION Roadkill: Run over LEGION personnel 10 times.
• Next Up: Action Figures!: Fully deck out Franchise Force in their signature outfits.

So with the slight issue I'm having my existing keyboard tray with having to constantly check the screws, I looked into getting a new one... in fact the exact same one. Turns out the company that made it made sure ti make things more complicated with additional pieces. Oh well at least I can use some of it's parts to fix my current keyboard tray.

Because of how pissed I was thanks to my father, I didn't get any writing done... instead recorded another tier list making video focused on ECW Superstars

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

"What has more letters than the alphabet?" "The post office!"

Song of the Day: In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett

For tonight's stream, we are opening with Fall Guys and more than likely we'll be continuing Gears of War 2 with Iceman, who had his birthday yesterday!

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

 

 

The Return of Agents of Mayhem

Good morning everyone,

Day started a little rough as I got some mail related to mom, I'll have to remember to call my brother after work today to let him know what arrived.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem got off to a slightly rocky start, because I forgot that this game doesn't not play exactly like the other games in the Saints Row franchise, with the ability to switch characters on the fly depending on the situation. We mainly did the earl story quests and focused on roaming around, finding collectables and getting the three DLC characters unlocked.

I did go out of my way to knock out a bunch of easy achievements as well by doing all the obvious stuff one would do just by roaming around, such as doing a race, getting into a massive brawl with Legion, finding a hate machine and finding the hidden room withing the hidden room in one of the lairs. 

The big question is going to be will I go out of my way to try and 100% the in game world, because I do remember not liking the race to check points side quests when I played the Steam version a few years ago.

For the raid we dropped in on Felkimchi while they were playing Minecraft over on twitch.tv/felkimchi!

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Go-Go-Gadget!: Equip your first gadget onto any agent.
• That Went Poorly: Complete "Operation: Spin-off".
• X Marks the Spot: Find and open a large loot chest.
•  Accessories Sold Separately: Use Gremlin Tech for the first time.
• Smells Like Home: Warp into the ARK for the first time.
• Crystalized: Equip an Upgrade Core to any agent.
• Bling Bling: Swap out an agents weapon with a new look.
• Stop the Drop: Destroy a Drop Pod Launcher Emplacement.
• Long Jump: Jump an agent vehicle 50 meters in one jump.
• District Control: Take over an Outpost from LEGION.
• Designated Driver: Call in an agent vehicle for the first time.
• Alert Level Wipe: Complete LEGION Alert Level by defeating the LEGION captain.
• Pimp Your Ride: Build your first vehicle through blueprints.
• Hate this Thing: Destroy a hate machine emplacement.
• What's the Password?: Enter a secret room inside a LEGION lair.
• Secrets Within Secrets: Enter a secret room, inside a secret room, inside a LEGION lair.
• More Like FUNgeon, Amirite?: Complete a LEGION lair for the first time in Seoul.
• Contested Location: Take over each type of Emplacement Location.
• Spreading MAYHEM: Deploy your first agent to any LEGION region.

Congrats to Kalenal who will be a featured streaming apart of Stream Raiders' celebration of Women's History Month! Her spotlight night will me on March 30th! To keep up with Kalenal, be sure to follow her over on twitch.tv/kalenal.

Made a new Tier List video recently which actually ended up being making a Play List because of how the creator of a tier maker subject including a very small sampling of Blues & Soul artists from the 60s & 70s. Like how does one leave the likes of Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd and Arteha Franklin off of a tier making subject like that? Anyway that video will be on the YouTube channel in a couple of weeks.

Did have a job interview of sorts for PECO over in Philadelphia for a remote customer service role. We'll see if that leads to anything.

Got quite a bit of writing done in the Daria commission request, and as I said last night, when I get a commission request for a story where it's something not WWE related, it becomes a lot of fun to write. Also worked the Star Trek: The Next Generation short story which I'm intending to be March's exclusive for my Subscribestar followers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Body Uppercut Combo and Advanced Combo #2

"Where do you learn to make a banana split?" "Sundae school."

Song of the Day:Papa's Got A Brand New Bag by James Brown

For tonight's stream, we shall continue Agents of Mayhem by going to unlock every other character and trying to do things around Seoul. So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!