Overwatch and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 saw lots of wins and losses, but some very questionable teammates as well. There was one match where I was Wrecking Ball and the team didn't push past the first choke on Blizzard World, despite me getting behind the other team and reaching the objective to cause them to turn around. Then there  matches where folks just stay as Widowmaker until the last 40 seconds instead of swapping off her in order to give more direct help in a team fight to win a match.

On the other hand, I picked up a play of the game as Ana & Junker Queen and even an achievement as Sigma, completing his set from when he was added to the game. Other characters used included D.va, Reinhardt, Tracer, Ashe, Moira, Mercy and a few others. 

Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun this week for many of the matches!

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Event Horizon: Get 3 killing blows during a single use of Sigma's Gravitic Flux in Quick or Competitive Play.

For the raid we checked out misscammi316 who was playing Dead by Daylight over on twitch.tv/misscammi316

Recorded the 10th an final video for my series of watching and reacting to Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, and made the decision not to do a series involving Dragon Ball Z Abridged. There just isn't as much meat on the bone with DBZA that I could talk about in regards to my knowledge of references.

Ordered some take out again, because I puttered around in the Kitchen a lot today, and the Doro Dash driver recognized me from High School... which was amazing, considering they were a year behind when I graduated and, they were in a different shop class. So either I aged surprisingly well

Yes it does bother me that my father has turned into a transphobic right wing nut case.

Finished the Metal Gear Rising short story commission and it was a challenged because of how that franchise handles particular details. There is a possibility there will be an AEW story commission done in the near future as well.

Got a job interview tomorrow (Monday) at noon... I hope it goes well... thankfully it' a remote interview.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern time over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and we'll feature the story mode of Mortal Kombat X, which is perfect considering how lack luster every single announcement for Mortal Kombat 1 has been. The start time is under the assumption I have work of course. If not, we'll probably start early.

So on that note, I'm heading to bed, good night everyone!

Bonus Borderlands and Other Notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Borderlands started at 6:30 PM and I had one big objective, which was to reach 1000 gameer score in the Game of the Year Edition of the game, which we managed to do A big focus was the Island of Doctor Ned / Zombies content, and I totally botched getting an achievement for it because I missed the Brains side quest, not knowing where its trigger point was.Beyond that I knocked out a bunch of side quests around T-Bone Junction, there are some achievements associated with doing all the quests there.

In terms of actual main story stuff left, there is the Claptrap Ninja Assassin stuff to do, which could make for a fine wrap up of streaming Borderlands, so we'll more than likely do that as bonus next Saturday.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• House of the Ned: Completed the "House of the Ned" mission
• Jakobs Fodder: Completed the "Jakobs Fodder" mission
• Night of the Living Ned: Killed Ned...sort of
• Ned's Undead, Baby, Ned's Undead: Killed Ned. Again.
• Speedy McSpeederton: Raced around the Ludicrous Speedway in record time

For tonight's raid we visited Kalenal during their stream of FInal Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal

Wanted something different, so I ordered some take out from a place called Blowin Smoque, located over on Haddon Avenue in Camden, getting a Chicken Platter with a Broccoli Salad , Potatoe Salad and a Honey Butter Muffin. It was pretty damn good!

Finished the WWE short story commission and picked up another one, this time for a Metal Gear Rising one... keeping in mind I've never played a Metal Gear game at all, let alone one of the odder entries in the franchise. Still I might be able to figure something out with it.

Out next stream is schedules for Sunday night at 7 PM with Overwatch 2, over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and we're a few days away from the launch of the mission content, which I really hope ends up being something good.

So with that said, hope everyone has a good night!

The Last of Us Part II and Other Notes

Hi everyone,

We had another mundane day of work, the assignment is so bland and has so many road blocks put in it that I felt like I was going through the motions by the end of my shift. Can't complain, as we did get nearly a full set of hours this week.

Tonight's stream of The Last of Us Part II saw us finished Ellie's version of Seattle Day 1, which involved quite a bit of side questing to all the areas in down town Seattle before progressing with the main story which saw a lot of stealth and combat happening with the Wolves (aka the human villains). There was a number of cool moments, such as Ellie playing 'Take on Me' during a segment where a guitar was found, along with Dina coming to Ellie's rescue on several cut scene occasiosl

Now the Birthday Gift flash back was nice, to try and give the big warm and fuzzy feelings towards Joel, but remember he projected his feelings about his own daughter not being around on to her, so for me it was nice to see the build up towards Ellie learning the truth.

The Last of Us Part II Trophies

• Mechanist: Fully upgrade a weapon
• Sightseer: Visit every location in downtown Seattle
• Looks Good On You: Put a hat on your companion

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who was featuring Skullgirls over on twitch.tv/zonesama

DId some writing yesterday on the WWE short story commission, but since it features similiar content compared to the recent commissioned story for the Mass Effect series.

Our next stream is scheduled for 7 PM Eastern on Saturday night, and just for the hell of it we're going to play Borderlands again and work on the DLC content to see if we can get towards    1000 gamer score! 

 Have a good night everyone, and we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

 

Finished Borderlands and Other Notes

Hi everyone,

Started the day knocking out the 2nd of three commission requests that came in this week, which was focused on Mass Effect and that ended up being over 3000 words, then started work on the 3rd commission requests which is a WWE story... not thrilled with that, but hey we had a variety of stories done. Will work on that story on Friday during the day.

Work was meh, one of the tougher assignments where w just leave voice mails more than actually speaking to people. I did have two possible ones, but they both didn't qualify because of demographics.

So for the stream, we went ahead and finished Borderlands, and I was sticking pretty damn close to all the quests and bounty boards tonight, and since I was over-leveled by a bit and had some fairly good gear, it was basically a cake walk, particularly the descent to the Vault to face the Destroyer. It is the 32nd game we've finished this year, which raises the question over what game will be next?

But before that , we do have 865 out of a possible 1750 Gamer Score, and I would like to get it to over 1000, so we may keep Borderlands around for Saturdays to do the bonus content.

Actually come to think of it, before I work on any commission stories, I'm going to record my Casual Review of Borderlands for my YouTube channel after breakfast.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• My Brother is an Italian Plumber: Killed an enemy plumber-style
• Discovered Trash Coast: Discovered Trash Coast
• Destroyed the Hive: Killed the Rakk Hive
• Ding! Sleepless: Earned level 40
• Wanted: Flynt: Killed Flynt
• Fully Loaded: Rescued enough Claptraps to earn 42 inventory slots
• Made in New Haven: Completed all missions in the Rust Commons
• Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave: Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave
• Discovered Eridian Promontory: Discovered Eridian Promontory
• Destroyed the Destroyer: Killed the Vault Boss

For the raid we went over to kaedmon who was playing The Elder Scrolls Online over on twitch.tv/kaedmon

Assuming there is work, our next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern and will feature The Last of Us Part II. I really like what I experienced last week, so I'm interested in seeing how this double story goes.

So on that note, have a great night every one! 

Borderlands, Job Interview On Monday and Other Notes

Hi everyone,

On Tuesday I had a job interview that was going well until it turned out I couldn't travel to it... on Wednesday I was contacted for another job interview at a place where I've applied for multiple positions and is very easy to get too! Here's hoping I land the gig! Work tonight was okay, we closed one assignment that actually has some connection to the job interview on Monday... maybe a good sign? 

Tonight's stream of Borderlands saw a lot get done in terms of side quests in the base campaign before randoms started popping in and leading me into other things. Good news is that I leveld up so that the enemies in the General Knoxx content aren't one shotting me any more. Still one of the players who randomly joined in wants to ensure that I do the secret hidden boss fight to get legendary loot. That should be neat.

It wasn't all positive as the Claptrap in Old Haven didn't spawn, but apparently it's tied to the main story quest for that area of the game. It broke my streak of getting so many side quests done at one time and brought the stream to a crawl.

We're going to continue Borderlands on Thursday's stream, again gradually making our way through the main story. I might make it so only Friends can join to avoid being pulled in various directions

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• Discovered Krom's Canyon: Discovered Krom's Canyon
• Wanted: Krom: Killed Krom
• Speed Kills: Destroyed a Lancer while in a Racer
• Depot Demolition: Destroyed Lance Depot

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

Got some writing done on a Mass Effect commission requests, which the 2nd of three commissions I was asked to do this week. I plan to get a good portion of it done on Thursday afternoon.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern, unless work gets cancelled, either way we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

And on that note, Good night!

 

Borderlands, Failed Job Interview And Other Notes

 Hi everyone,

Yesterday I had a job interview that was a hybrid position and everything was going perfect until I learned the job was not in Philadelphia on a major NJ Transit route, but down at the south end of Cherry Hill which is nearly impossible to get to and actually impossible to come home from based on the hours. I'm very disappointed because all the duties I would've done would've have ultiized my experience working for the Courier Post, Cheatp Trips and Maximum Research!

Now the interview ran long and I ended up being late for work, so I stayed on the 'phone' longer than scheduled, and I did not get a complete interview... hell didn't even one started!

On the plus side I may have another strong aspect to interview for an even better job, have to remember to return a call first thing in the morning!

Tonight's stream of Borderlands started off with me focused on various side quests related to New Haven and the Scrapyard, but we were joined by random players, one of whom took me to what was essentially and end game area where I was heavily under powered, but the goal was to level me up quickly and to work towards the final boss of the DLC content to be able to get the best loot in the game. Basically I ended up just following around and trying not to get downed or killed... so it ended up being a very unsual night.

Did end up getting achievements sooner than I would have thought all the same, so it worked out in that regard.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• Discovered The Scrapyard: Discovered The Scrapyard
• Weapon Aficionado: Reached proficiency level 10 with any weapon type
• Making a Monster: Built the New Car: Monster
• Pandora-dog Millionaire: Earned $1,000,000
• Ding! Hardcore: Earned level 30
• Athena, Out: Rescued Athena

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLinder who was playing Sea of Thieves and Hint: Showdown over at twitch.tv/sweetlindir

Finished a commission requested based on Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, and now my attention turns to a Mass Effect commission request... and top it off I have another request on file for a WWE short story.

Iceman won't be able to join us for Wednesday night's streams, so we're taking a break from Resident Evil 6 this week, and so I'll feature Borderlands instead. I got several side quests to turn in, and if we're joined by the player who was with us tonight, we may go back to that DLC content. We'll see.

The scheduled start time for the next stream is 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Have a good night everyone!

Borderlands, Work and other notes

Hi everyone,

We had work on Monday, and got off to a good start with a solid interview and then it mundane, which wasn't helped by the fact I over ate when I ordered some Chinese Food, but re-heated General Tso's chicken never tastes good!

Tonight's stream of Borderlands saw us taking our time and knocking out various side quests and objectives while making our way to New Haven, which is where Marcos and Scooter hangs out, which also puts to where we can meet Tannis. We had more random help, but my lack of speed when playing a FPS that isn't Overwatch is very apparent. as I struggled to keep up with someone who clearly put in a ton of time into the Borderlands franchise on the console side.

We're continuing Borderlands on Tuesday's stream with the goal of knocking side quests first before meeting with Tannis, depending on where they take me and how easy it is to get around. It will be open to all random players, so it could end up kind of nutty

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• Rootinest, Tootinest, Shootinest: Killed 5 Rakk in under 10 seconds
• There's No "I" In "Team": Completed 15 missions in co-op
• You call this archaeology?: Applied an elemental artifact
• .21 Gigawatts: Killed 25 enemies with shock weapons
• Master Exploder: Killed 25 enemies with explosive weapons
• Ding! Expert: Earned level 20
• Made in Fyrestone: Completed all missions in the Arid Badlands
• Paid in New Haven: Completed 5 missions in the Rust Commons
• 12 Days of Pandora: Mastered the technology of Pandora

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu during the marathon of Ultraman Ginga S over at twitch.tv/TokuSHOUTsu 

Did a lot of writing as well, writing a Persona story based around a corrupted Velvet Room attendant and started work on a new commission request based around Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, while also getting another commission request for a Mass Effect story based around the mission that takes places on Sanctuary in Mass Effect 3

I have a virtual job interview on Tuesday afternoon, hopefully is goes well.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern, assuming there is work in the evening. I might start early if there isn't, but since  I have two stories to write, I may work on those.

So on that note, have a good night and we'll see you next time over on twitch.tv/fredcasden