Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

So, picture this if you win, I go to make some pasta to have some meals prepared for this week, and the pilot on the stove won't light up on its on, thankfully I had something to ignite it, but it's just one more problem among many.

Anyway, tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was a lot of fun as per usual, even if the some random folks I got teamed with were doing their damnedest to feed the other team (Genji players I'm looking at you). Yes I had some bad matches, but when I look at the scoreboard and see we could've won if someone wasn't trying to be hero and focus on the task at hand, I waste no time in reporting players. 

Still things certainly picked up when PandaSweet joined in as I could always count on them to provide awesome support to give me more of a fighting chance since I was focused on playing Junker Queen to try and get a particular achievement. Other characters used were Moira, Tracer, Bastion, Mei, D.va, Baptiste and Brigitte. Also picked up two Plays of the Games, one as Junker Queen and the other as Moira.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/playoverwatch where of course Overwatch 2 was being played since that is the offical twitch channel

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and we'll be getting back to Cyberpunk 2077, focusing on 

Did a fair bit of writing during the day, finishing the commission requests for a Resident Evil and WWE stories, and started one based on Dragon Ball. I really do appreciate everyone who has been paying for stories.

And that's all my notes for today, have a good night folks!

 

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Went over to my brother's house for for the first time and I have to say, he and his wife have put together an awesome home. First home I've ever gone too that seemed to have a TV every where. Did give me some ideas for what to eventually do with my house.

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 was pretty eventful, as I covered all the side quests in the Badlands area, leaving two areas left to focus on in terms of general roaming around, which is going to me by big focus during the next several sessions of this game. We also actually advanced the plot, finding Hellman and meeting Panam who is a really cool companion character. I've also enjoyed the little side story with Claire and the Street Racing gimmick. 

Also, I always joked about hearing an Ice Cream truck whenever its coming by my house... and I finally took a break during a stream to go and grab something to prove it. The brain freeze was worth it.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• The Quick and the Dead: Kill or incapacitate 50 enemies while time is slowed.
• The Wasteland: Complete all gigs and NCPD Scanner Hustles in the Badlands.
• The Wheel of Fortune: Interrogate Anders Hellman.

Out next twitch.tv/fredcasden stream is scheduled for 5 PM Eastern and will featuring Overwatch 2

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/kalenal who was playing some Final Fantasy XIV

The four chapter of my Persona: Dereliction series is up on the SubscribeStar page, and it sets up the next portion of things I want to feature.

Currently in progress is the first of three commission requests, which is Resident Evil featuring Kevin Ryman from Resident Evil Outbreak, focused, then that will be followed by a WWE tale which will star AJ Lee, followed by a Dragon Ball story featuring Future Trunks and Android 17.

Speaking of Dragon Ball, I need to get back to writing the fourth installment of my What if Vegeta were Female.

And on that note, good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work got cancelled today, which was frustrating, but it was the least of my problems today as I fell asleep while waiting for something to be boiled, and woke up to my kitchen filled with smoke. Yeah I can doze off just sitting on a chair if I'm not focused on something. Pot was kind of ruined... but otherwise nothing bad happened... as that kind of happened to my mom a few times over the years before she passed away.

Now tonight's stream started around 8:15 PM, I could have started earlier, but we had to installed Horizon Zero Dawn and make sure all of its updates were done on the PlayStation 4. My first impressions of the game is that it's clear a combination of  the modern era Tomb Raider and God of War games, quasi-open world enviroements with things to explore, crafting systems, etc. Visually it's a good looking game, but it's plot is a bit thing so far, despite getting all thew ay to the Point Aloy is named Seeker.

I did make a few jokes about Skynet, as it's real clear that something happened involving machines and humanity being kicked to the stone age. And of course we're playing it on the lowest possible difficulty because I'll be exploring everything I can, and I'm kind of expecting it to take about 40 hours to complete, so possibly 10 to 12 streams, depending on how easy it gets to get around in the game, as I saw there are mounts

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Followed Rost's teachings: Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost.
• First Modification: Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit.
• Defeated the Sawtooth: Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora.
• Tore off 10 components: Detached 10 components from machines during combat.
• Triumphed in the Proving: Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. 

Our next twitch.tv/fredcasden stream  Saturday night is scheduled for 5 PM Eastern, but I may be running late, really depends on when my brother swings by in the afternoon. When it does get started, we're back to Cyberpunk 2077 

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/zonesama who was playing Splatoon 3

Finished up the 8th installment of a commissioned series Resident Evil stories and got the go head to work on the 9th. Made the client happy in not just skipping over the Outbreak era of the franchise to include lesser known characters.

Nearly finished the fourth chapter of my Persona series, just need to write the ending and get it formatted for PDF uploads.

Had to take a test involving Excel for a possible job opportunity, but that was a slight problem since I don't have Microsoft Office, instead I used Libre Office and was able to get it done.

So on that note, I'm going to bed! Good night!

The Expanse, Gundam Evolution and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Work was another rough night, and I have to say this, I think I prefer to be hung up on quick rather than having to go through my entire introduction. 

Also had a job interview today, and I really feel the person who I was talking to was a complete idiot, as it was clear to me they didn't want to do their job.

Tonight's stream opened with episode four The Expanse, and while it was nice, and had a puzzle that I couldn't figure out, it was painfully short. Telltale Games really dropped the ball in regards to giving players any sense of immersion beyond making the people get an idea of who Drummer is. You spend 90% of the episode alone, and the last 10% setting up the final episode which drops in two weeks time.

So with that done, we loaded up Gundam Evolution for the first time in 44 days, and runninginto instances of people leaving matches to have them thrown, we managed to win three games and got called the MVP! We did unlock the ability to play ranked matches, but no one was playing that mode, so we couldn't get any ranked achievements.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and we'll be starting up Horizon Zero Dawn. I see it has a 'Story' Difficulty, so we'll certainly be engaging the plot armor!

The Expanse: A Telltale Series Achievements

• Drone Dodger: Made it past the Drones in the Mines without being caught
• The Pit and the Pirates: Complete Episode 4 of The Expanse

Gundam Evolution Achievements

• Rookie: Reach Player Level 10
• Ace Pilot: Get MVP in a Casual or Ranked Match

For the raid went over to twitch.tv/xlunagoddess who was playing Starfield!

After 20+ years I finally found volumes 4 & 7 of the Resident Evil novels by SD Perry, so I now have the complete set!

Did some writing today, worked a bit on Chapter 4 of my Persona AU fic, as well as knocking out another commission based on the Spider-Man MCU films. Next commission request is Resident Evil

Saturday's stream may start a little late, I'm going to see if I can visit my brother's house that afternoon, 

Hope everyone has a good night!

Resident Evil and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Work tonight was another challenging evening, granrted some folks were willing to do the study, but the stiff sample requirements are making things nearly impossible for me.

Tonight's stream saw Iceman and I finish Ada Wong's Campaign in Resident Evil 6, which was a lot of fun, as Ada's Chapters 3, 4 and 5 sync up with key moments in the Jake/Sherry, Chris/Piers and Leon/Helena campaigns. The big reveal that the fake Ada was basically the result of an unrequited love was interesting, but the real fun was seeing things from a different point of view in all three chapters.

Of course, I did get screwed out of two achievements not popping, one is a completing the game on amateur difficult and the other was for completing chapter 5... the funny thing is, the in-game badges menu indicates I did unlocked them bot, but not on the Xbox registry, which is really weird. So next week, we're going back into Resident Evil 6 to replay chapters 1 & 2 of the Jake/Sherry campaign, along with Chapter 5 of Ada's to get the obvious story ones that didn't pop.

Now Iceman and I ended up talking a lot about creating characters for video games in terms of immersion and the whole CM Punk fiascoe, plus our break down of the MLB standings, which was always a lot of fun.

My next scheduled stream is for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden with the plan being to featured episode four of The Expanse: The Telltale Series, and pair it with like Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed or maybe even Gundam Evolution

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• This Takes Me Back: Complete Chapter 3 in Ada's campaign.
• Ada's Demise: Complete Chapter 4 in Ada's campaign.
• Rising Up: Earn a level-four title.

No formal raid tonight, I simply went over to twitch.tv/bestibunni to say hi and hang out for a bit!  

Did a fair bit of writing, finsihing a massive commission request featuring Harley Quinn and Lois Lane, then another one featuring Spider-Man. They client liked the Spider-Man story so much, the requested an instant follow up which I'll work on tomorrow!

Getting both stories done allowed me to order some take out from the 45th Street Pun over in Pennsauken, which has one the best damn burgers I've ever had.

And on that note, I'm heading to bed! Good night folks!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight was another rough night, as the type of respondents we are looking far needs to fit a very narrow profile, then combine that with the natural language barrier... and yeah, it was rough.

Today's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw a nice mix of side stories and exploring the Badlands portion of the map, which gave me some real Borderlands vibes. Does make getting around a bit different than in the city portion, because we can off road. There were a few interesting moments, finding a dude in a 'cooler' who was a Netrunner, along with a complete noir style monologue from Johnny Silverhand that got pretty silly.

Our next stream  over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is slated for 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday with the plan to resume Resident Evil 6 with Iceman, picking up on Chapter 3 of Ada's campaign which. With luck we can knock out both Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, which would make for up nearly the whole stream.

For the raid we went over to  twitch.tv/sweetlindir who was playing Baulder's Gate 3

Did a lot of writing today, finishing the 7th story in a series of Resident Evil commissions that really cements my inability to try and make a coherent plot in this alternate universe, but at the very least I made sure to established that all the 'heroes' are basically villains...

Started work on a massive commission request based on Justice League Dark Apokolips War  to feature Harley Quinn and Lois Lane, with the goal to try and get it between 5000 and 6000 words. So far I have it at about 2800 words, So it should be possible, even if I have to put a lot padding to hit the target range. 

Also did a bit of writing on the fourth chapter of my Persona AU series, mostly to transition to the action set piece. 

Saw that the Phillies got blown out by the Padres, and so far they have lost 3 games here in September when they need to keep up their momentum that they had in August to make sure they make the playoffs.

And on that note, I hope you all have a good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

With Labor Day being a thing, we were able to start tonight's stream earlier, which we did at 6 PM, as we continued Cyberpunk 2077, focusing on finishing all the side quests in the Santo Domingo part of Night City, before turning out attention to some of the bigger things, like character focused stories with Claire and finding all the Tarot cards. Near as I can tell there are four major areas level when it comes to NCPD police scans and gigs.

So our next stream will see us continuing Cyberpunk 2077, and we'll probably work on the side jobs before picking up the next area to focus on different to focus on clearing out more of the side things to do.It is scheduled for Tuesday night at 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, of course we're counting on having work

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• The Jungle: Complete all gigs and NCPD Scanner Hustles in Santo Domingo.
• The Wandering Fool: Find all the tarot graffiti for the job Fool on the Hill.

 For the raid we dropped in on twitch.tv/tokushoutsu during the marathon of Gridman: The Hyper Agent

I got two commission requests done during the day, the first being a second story based on the DC Animated movie Justice League Dark Apokolips War with a focus on Lois Lane. The second story was to try and do something with someone's original character.

So with two stories done, that leads to a third one commission request which I started based on the series of Resident Evil stories, and trying to make the plot of this Alternate Universe take work, But considering how campy the actual franchise I think I can get away with almost anything.

Recorded the third video for my What if Vegeta Were Female, covering the Ginya Saga and started writing notes to cover the Frieza battles.

So on that note, have a good night!