In Overwatch 2: I Will Not Heal Teammates Who Play Stupidly

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ended at about 11:45 PM, and it was wall to wall Overwatch 2... and let me address the title of this blog, because as someone who has spent probably 50% of my time in Overwatch playing the Support role I know my job is to supply heals to the team, but I will not heal teammates if I see them doing some incredibly stupid things,  like diving as Genji into a Reinhardt who is being pocketed by a Mercy. This also applies to teammates who go chasing eliminations when the payload needs to be moved.

Still we had a fun night, we did more than Quick Play, diving into the arcade mode and Mystery Heroes at times. We got 8 out of 11 of the Weekly challenges done. Big thanks to PandaSweet for joining in several matches! I picked up three Plays of the Game this week as Dva, Torbjourn and Reinhardt, while also playing matches as Moira, Ana, Tracer, Widowmaker, Bastion, Orissa, Zarya and others. In fact we managed to pick up an achievement during the stream as well for Zarya!

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Power Overwhelming: Keep Zarya's particle cannon above 70 power for 60 seconds in Quick or Competitive Play.

For the raid we dropped in on tracydoll who was playing Friday The 13th The Game over on twitch.tv/tracydoll, I really should stream that just to get some footage of it before it shuts down and do a casual review.

Nearly finished the Mass Effect short story commission, really wish I didn't have writer's block combined with the rough adjusting to a different sleep schedule.

Needed to get some weed trimmer wire... not that I was able to do any lawn work because of the rain the past few days. Also needed some contractor bags.

Our next stream is schedule for Monday at 9:30 PM Eastern as we'll be playing Terminator: Resistance. I understand it got mediocre reviews when it came out, so we'll see if its a game I can finish or not. Of course we'll play it on the lowest possible difficulty to give myself a chance.

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

Back in Court With Phoenix Wright

Hi everyone,

We finished tonight's stream a little after midnight, finishing episode 3 and 4 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (which is game one in the trilogy), and by the standards of the original release of the game we finished it... but considering Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney has been re-released numerous times over the years, a fifth episode was added, so we're not listing it as a finish game on this year's tour just yet.

Now the fourth case, which is focused on the backstory of Phoenix, Larry and Edgeworth certainly explains a lot of why Edgeworth and Phoenix are the way they are, while also giving an over the top final 'boss' to defeat in Von Karma, which I know leads to the debut of another character (I forget her name, but I remember they have green hair and a whip).

Now with all the dialog, we're certainly keeping the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy on Saturday nights, because each episodes get more elaborate and detailed. In fact if memory serves me right the fifth episode that was added to PW:AA might take two full streams itself to complete!

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Achievements

• Turnabout Samurai: Clear Ep. 3 of PW: AA.
• Secret Weapons Three: Borrow all of Gumshoe's secret weapons. (PW: AA, Ep. 4)
• Turnabout Goodbyes: Clear Ep. 4 of PW: AA.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal during their stream of Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal, it's always good to drop in on folks I know!

Spent a lot of time yesterday thinking about mom... really really missed her. Had this sinking feeling in my gut all day.

Got some writing done on the Mass Effect short story commission, I hope to have it finish before work on Monday, unfortunately, someone wants a WWE based on current stuff, which I'm clearly not paying attention too. 

Our next stream will begin around 7 PM on Sunday night, with Overwatch 2 being our focuse. I already completed the Season 5 battle pass, so now we're looking to grind towards the various titles.

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

Beyond Two Souls is Really Good

Hi everyone,

We wrapped up the stream about 1:30 AM, and I'm really enjoying Beyond Two Souls. Way I figure we reached the half way point of the game, and despite the wonky controls as it relates to having the use the motion axis of the PS4 controller, I'm glad there is a setting for things to be forgiving regarding the quick time events.

I have to say, Elliot Page does a fantastic job portraying the character of Jodie, really making me feel invested in the seemingly random order of the game's chapters. While there is an option to play the game in chronological order, the original intent was to have things jump around, to really show just how wild Jodie's life is, which actually work for this game's benefit. 

Now, Beyond Two Souls was released in 2013... and I wonder how much of an influence it was on Stranger Things, because there are some major parallels and tone that makes me think the creators of Stranger Things was adapted from the game, particular in regards Jodie and Eleven's powers.

I'm really looking forward to finishing our first play through next Friday (June 30th)!

 Beyond: Two Souls Trophies

• Somebody Else?: Played as Aiden for the first time.
• Obedience: Stopped the experiment voluntarily.
• Clean Job: Shut down the monitor and finished the mission using only Aiden.
• Perfect Soldier: Completed most of the physical training successfully.
• Fight Apprentice: Won every fight whilst taking less than 5 hits.
• Stealth Apprentice: Completed all stealth training without being spotted
• Catch Me if You Can: Escaped the train without being arrested.
• Portal Shutdown: Successfully shut down the condenser portal.
• Money to Eat: Earned enough money to have some chocolate during dinner.
• Miracles: Looked after Tuesday's baby, healed Jimmy and channeled Stan.
• Smart Thief: Deactivated the supermarket's camera.
• Entities Master: Was victorious in every battle with the evil entities.
• Entities Apprentice: Vanquished the entities with Aiden.

For the raid we dropped in randomly on xlunagoddess who was also playing Beyond Two Souls over on twitch.tv/xlunagoddess

Work yesterday was really good, and hopefully the assignment was closed out. Speaking of work, Monday to Friday's streams will all start at 9:30 PM Eastern because I'm picking up extra hours on Monday.

Our next stream later today is scheduled to begin at 7 PM and we got Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on the docket. We might start early depending on when I have dinner and how much writing I get done.

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

We Finished The World Tour mode in Street Fighter 6

Hi everyone,

Well I was feeling the after effects from Wednesday's adventure yesterday as my ankles and knees were sore as hell, and I nearly had a panic attack because of Instacart's way of doing a holding a charge when doing orders on a holiday, but hey, work was incredible and I was in high spirits heading into tonight's stream.

Of course we focused on finishing the World Tour mode of Street Fighter 6 and it took the entire stream which ended at about 2 AM, because of A) being attacked by random goons, b) my tendency to do side quests, c) there were main story quests that involved tracking down specific items and d) the fights became longer and more drawn out while being forced to play a certain way. It made for a hell of a night, and thankfully I was stock piling healing and buff items, because some of the final fights in World Tour (namely against Bosch in his Cardboard Combatant disguise and JP) were really bull shit in the amount of damage they were dissing out. For anyone who reads this, I highly suggest leveling your created character to be above level 60 to make those fights less reliant on having to constantly heal yourself.

Now the big question is where does the story go from where it ends, as the player avatar basically continues on their path of strength, so the future depends on expanded DLC with story and lore. I can imagine Street Fighter 6 can have a very long life span in regards to how much Capcom can do with the World Tour going forward by adding new locations. I can imagine Capcom doing what NRS did with Mortal Kombat 11 and do a huge additional story, because there is so much potential

Now what's left for me in terms of achievements in Street Fighter 6 are the three achievements associated with Tournaments, and I'm not going to worry about those, because paying attention to the calendar to try and take part is too much of a headache, plus years from now I can see those achievements being discontinued.

Street Fighter 6 Achievements

• At Journey's End: Finished World Tour, did you? Congratulations are in order. I hope it was somehow meaningful to you.

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood who was also playing Street Fighter 6 over on twitch.tv/maximilian_dood! 

Now with finishing two big games this week, we now have gaps to fill in the weekly line up, so Mondays & Tuesday will be dedicated to playing Terminator: Resistance which came out in 2019,  and Thursday will feature DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace. Now that game in theory should only take a few hours to beat, so we'll pair it with Street Fighter 6.

Got very little writing done yesterday, had a bit of writer's block unfortunately

Anyway the plan for Friday night's stream is to start Beyond Two Souls on the PlayStation 4, and the stream will start at around 9:30 PM Eastern.

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

Signing The House Deed... My Mom should've been here for it...

Hi everyone, 

Yesterday was a big day, thanks to my Uncle Mark, we signed the paper work that basically completes  me becoming the owner my house, I have to wait a few weeks for the official document to be sent to me, but for all intents and purposes I'm a home owner. Of course there was a bit of a misadventure getting to the county clerk's office thanks to a lot of construction down town, meaning we had to park a good ways away, and I was not prepared for the all the extended walking.

But the entire day had a cloud over it (and not just because of the rain), as I kept thinking about my mom and how she should have been here for it, as this was the milestone for her to begin her retirement. And now I'm alone.

Work was solid, had a few interviews completed on an assignment focused on seeing how some utility companies are seen by their customers. Keeping an upbeat tone for these types of interviews is tough.

The stream started a bit late at 10 PM because I was a bit worn out from the day's adventure, but we didn't do Resident Evil 6, as Iceman couldn't make it thanks to an tanker truck explosion near where he lives. Oddly enough something similar happened over in Philadelphia with a tanker truck exploding and causing part of I-95 to collapse. 

So we called an audible and worked on Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode, reaching chapter 12-2. A lot of the story is focused around the remnants of Shadowloo basically using a new country to do some money laundry while its citizens are revolting and causing problems on a grand scale involving fighting tournaments. We maxed out our Chun-Li fighting style and now all the EXP we get from using it is being given to the other fighters we have met.

Since Street Fighter 6 was schedule for tonight (Thursday's) stream anyway, we'll just continue on with it and hope we can finish more of the World Tour, and we'll move it SF6 to Monday & Tuesday of next week to finish it.

Street Fighter 6 Achievements

• Neighborhood Peacekeeper: Helping people in need's the secret to keeping any city peaceful. Go finish 22 sub-missions, got it?

 Of course the stream got off to a fun start when someone who found a lot of the old stories I have over on Literotica and was able to put two and two together. I don't shy away from my fan fic writing endeavors, since I do a lot of that these day via commission requests via subscribestar.

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who had one of their associates hosting the evening of retro shows, namely Jem & The Holograms over at twitch.tv/zonesama!

Now our next stream on 6/22/2023 is schedule to start at 9:30 PM Eastern! So we'll see you then over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

We Finished Persona 3 Portable!

Hi everyone and good morning,

It's about 4 AM as I start writing this as we finished Persona 3 Portable at about 3:45 AM... and I could've probably finished at around 2 AM, (keep in mind the stream started at 9:30 PM and I typical would go to 1:30 AM ), but what held things up was the fact I spent a lot of time in filling out the Persona Compendiun, which means along with completing all the Soical Links and defeating the Nyx Avatar and Nyx itself there are 3 achievements left to get in the game, two of which I can easily get by loading an earlier save and the final requires a second play through using the Female protagonist.

My total run of Persona 3 Portable took about 87 hours which isn't bad, considering we did a guided play through and covering every major aspect of the game that we could knock out without too much trouble. There was a big concern that we would've get the social link achievement, but thankfully the Yuko and Aigis had days that didn't overlap to ensure knocked that out.

Now I was shocked... SHOCKED... to see that once I got the Male-Protag to level 99 to see that his stats basically jumped to max levels. Which will explain why facing Elizabeth and Margaret are not recommend for anything less than level 99, the game becomes broken in that regard. Not to mention I did make sure to make the best possible weapon in the game and boosted the best possible Persona in the game, Orpheus Telos to having near perfect stats.

Since I was reading all the dialog out, things got tough late game and in the epilogue when regards to death and so forth, considering how this year has gone for me, between losing my mom and having a major falling out with my father. Yes I was tearing up on stream... not the first time, not the last time that's happened.

For whatever reason my mic was picking up a lot more audio than usual from my speakers, so there was a bad echo the entire night. I think I might plug ear buds into the speaks plugged into my monitor since to negate that... can only do that on nights I'm not playing co-op stuff however!

Persona 3 Portable Achievements

• Social Butterfly: Max out all social links.
• Thorough Bookkeeper: Complete the Persona Compendium.
• To Live is to Oppose Death: Defeat Nyx Avatar.
• The Great Seal: Defeat Nyx.

For the raid we dropped in on tsukinoraijin who was also playing Persona 3 Portable over at twitch.tv/tsukinoraijin

Work last night was good, we had the assignment where we just had to put forth out best effort and hope for a completed interview, and I got one.

This afternoon my uncle is swinging by so that we can get the final paperwork done so the house officially becomes mine... big day.. and a reminder of how terrified and uncertain I am about my life...

The plan for tonight's stream will start with Resident Evil 6 with Iceman, as we'll be starting up Chris' campaign. The stream will start at about 9:30 PM over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

And now I' go to sleep for a few hours!

We Will Finish Persona 3 Portable On Our Next Stream!

Hi everyone,

Well, tonight's stream of Persona 3 Portable ran for eight hours, mostly because I know I don't have work until the very late afternoon on Tuesday, so I can sleep in. And this was also why I prefer Xbox wireless controllers in comparison to PlayStation wireless ones, because a PlayStation wireless controller would've probably died around the 5 and a half hour mark!

Amyway, we covered a lot of ground reaching floor 254 in Tartarus, defeating the Reaper and doing several additional runs within Tartarus within the area that opens up to face Elizabeth in a optional boss battle. At the moment all characters are level 82 to 97. We also wrapped up the stream on January 21th, which meant we saw the revelation that Chidori is alive, but she doesn't have her memories since she lost her Persona in saving Junpei's life. This in many ways explains why Chidori is alive in Persona 4 Arena Ultimatx, and also negates the need for 'The Answer'. It was a great moment.

Also a big factor in why the stream went long was I spent a lot of time fusing Persona's as well , and to my surprise I am at 90% completion on that, which is pretty damn cool. I don't think I cracked 60% during my play through of Persona 5 Royal or Persona 5 Strikers but I could be wrong.

Now my big concern is that since we're on the evening of January 21th within the game and the final boss battle is on January 31st, that does not leave a lot of time to wrap up the social links for Mitsuru (need 1 on more event), Aigis (need 4) and Yuko (need 2). It should be possible, but the overlap is what is driving me nuts!

Oh and if you're wondering we tried the Elizabeth fight... and was quickly destroyed.

Persona 3 Portable Achievements

• The Reaper Becomes the Reaped: Defeat The Reaper.
• The Nose Doesn't Always Know: Experience a fusion accident.

For the raid we dropped in on edheldisrien during their stream of Diablo IV over on twitch.tv/edheldisrien 

Picked up various groceries to supplement what I already had, basically to make sure I have some key stuff (milk & bread always the priority) along with some alternate things to have for dinner or lunch. 

Got some writing done, though let me say this trying to fit a scene within the content of Mass Effect 3's Omega story is rather tough, not to mention having some questions on Turian physiology. 

I've recorded two videos reacting to Helling Ultimate Abridged episodes 1 and 2, the first one is already live on my Youtube channel, the other will be live on Friday.

Tuesday's stream is scheduled to start at 9:30 PM Eastern due to work, and while there is a chance it could start earlier, that would mean work was cancelled, which we do not want. I will post the confirm start time on all the usual places (Youtube, Twitter, Facebook).

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