Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone, 

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 got off to a rough start because we had to restart the stream due to a Stream Deck update, but once things go rolling we had a fun night. Of course I did have my Halloween costume on from what I was able to piece together, but it was too hot to keep on for the full stream and in the end it was down to the wig and goggles. Big thanks to PandaSweet for joining in a few matches as well!

Picked up one play of the game as Sombra and also the second of her character related achievements. I seriously do like her re-work. Also played as Kiriko, Junker Queen, Moira, D.va, Tracer, Echo and a few other characters

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Power Outage: Hack 5 enemies at once as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.

On my next stream we're getting back to Resident Evil HD, hopefully I remember exactly where I left off when it comes to the guides I was using!

For the raid we went over to AnnieTalksShow as they were playing Valorant  

Now I'm not 100% sure of this week's stream start times as the way I submit my schedule to my job was different than normal, so streams may not start until 10 PM Eastern, I'll see about keeping the 9:30 scheduled time, but it may tough to do that.

Knocked off a WWE related commission requests which was a lot of fun to write since I was able to do something totally different with it. Next four commission stories I have on the docket involve two Spider-Man related ones, one for AEW and another WWE one. 

I need to find  the quest order list for Starfield's main story so we can totally focus on that since the scope of the game is too large, otherwise, I'll become tempted to stop playing it on Satudays!

And on that note, good night!

Starfield and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight we spent the night playing Starfield, and as I dedicated it to sticking to just one planet and exploring trying to see how long it would take to fully survey it, I discovered that the scope of the game is just way too damn huge. Now I have played open world games before, such as Fallout 76, Cyberpunk 2077 and the like, and I've sunk a time of time into massive MMOs like Final Fantasy XIV and Star Trek Online, but unlike those games, Starfield appears to have a massive scale problem when it comes to someone like me who does try to do everything I come across.

And what really compounds this issue is when trying to find all the critters and plant life, if I spend five hours playing a game and I feel like I could not accomplish something simple in that time frame, then there is something wrong. Of course I could simple just stick with the main story and get through that as quickly as possible, which seems like the smart way to do things.

Starfield Achievements

• Traveler: Reach Level 10

Out next stream on Sunday will feature Overwatch 2!

For the raid we went over to Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV! 

Got two stories written on Saturday, well actually finished two stories that were in progress, the first was the commission story based on The Flash, which I meant to finish yesterday, and the other was the Persona story I started writing a few weeks ago... which didn't turn out as good as the previous five chapters.

Anyway, I have four commission stories lined up, two of which are through my SubscribeStar page, and the fandoms for these stories are two for WWE, one for Spider-Man and one for AEW. So three wrestling stories... ugh... oh well. 

Laundry, dishes and groceries were all done today, so I'm set up for the week.

Good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream went way longer than I intended because I was hoping to knock out all the quest related achievements for Horizon Zero Dawn's Frozen Wilds content, and while we finished the main story, some things certainly tool longer than expected. Still outside of the Hunting lodge in the area we pretty much accomplished everything worth doing so next time we play HZD, which will be next Friday, we'll be back to the base games content in roaming around and finding stuff.

The plan for Saturday's stream is to feature Starfield, but at the moment I'm not to sure if that will be the game we'll play. The stream is scheduled to start around 5 PM Eastern.

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Reached level 50: Reached player level 50.
• All Combat machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine.
• Won the Werak Challenge: Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won.
• Fully Improved Weapons: Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga.
• Completed the Second Expedition: Successfully assaulted Thunder's Drum.
• Conquered the Mountain: Drove out the threat within the mountain.
• Killed 15 Scorchers: Killed 15 Scorcher machines.
• Killed 6 Fireclaws: Killed 6 Fireclaw machines.

For the raid we went over to djparticle who was playing Splatoon 3 

Had another good night of work, even if a part of it dragged a little, but got plenty of completes to make some of it fly by.

Did have a job interview, but they couldn't tell me where the office location was for their branch in Philadelphia, so I don't think I'll pursue it, even if the rate of pay would almost make it possible to get there fairly consistently. 

Worked on The Flash story commission but did not finished, it's about 60% complete so I'll work on it first thing in the morning, and probably work on the Persona story, while saving the WWE and Spider-Man commissions I have on deck for Sunday and Monday.

Good Night!

Resident Evil and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream featured Resident Evil HD, we had an interesting night, making sure that my Capcom ID linked to the game and then using a guide to try and do all the stuff we've came across. The guide we're using (located at https://www.ign.com/wikis/resident-evil/Jill%20Mansion) and managing to do things mostly exactly up to getting the Wind Crest, without any dying, but having to save a a few more times than I would've liked. 

And yes, I was aware of the trick of how to select the easiest difficult (Labeled Talking A Walk) and my playthrough will be focusing on Jill's side of it, because I quickly discovered, aiming is a problem for me. And that's not saying anything about the trouble I have remembering where different rooms are.

Next time we'll be playing this will be on Monday's stream.

Our next stream on Friday night will feature Horizon Zero Dawn

Resident Evil Achievements

• First Kills Are Special: Defeat a zombie.
• What a Great Guy: Save Jill using Barry.
• Not Taking Any Chances: Burn up a zombie.
• Seeing Red: Defeat a Crimson Head.

For the raid we dropped in on captainchar who was also playing Resident Evil!

Work was really good, I do like it when we have certain surveys can say who we are and explain who the research is being done for. Too bad the intro is wordy as all hell.

Getting back to the subject of Resident Evil, knocked out a commission short story, so the next one I'll be working on will be based on The Flash, followed by a WWE related one.

Lot of folks are wondering when I'll play Spider-Man 2 for the PS5... and the answer will be when I get a PS5! It's not a priority for me at the moment.

I do need to do a little groceries on Friday, nothing major.

And on that note, good night!

Ghostbuster Spirits Unleashed and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream was supposed to feature Journey to the Savage Planet, but the part of Canada where Iceman lives got hit with a massive outage so we had to switching things up.

So the back up game ended up being Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, and it's a good thing we did switch to it because it had a massive update with new features like a bounty system, and new story line elements with Samhain, and the tease of additional content in the future. 

We certainly had a lot of fun, as I had a fun night returning to Ghostbusting, even capturing a ghost three times in one match. I really like the idea of the bounty system because that becomes you and your A.I. companions versus the A.I. (or you and three buddies versus the A.I.) with different difficulties. Also you can customize your A.I. team, who will roam around the fire house! 

Now our next stream will feature the start of Resident Evil HD, and I hope I can find a decent guide for it to try and get through it without too much trouble.

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Green Hell

Work tonight was okay, nothing major although the system our client wants us to use has such a delay in logging things that I tend not to pay attention to what automatic messages are saying

Knocked out a 3000+ word story commission based on Spider-Man, and now I have a Resident Evil story to do, followed by a (sigh) WWE / Wrestling related one. We were on a good streak there for a while.

I don't have to (in theory) worry about Jury Duty for another three years... woo hoo!

You know when playing ranked matches in Overwatch on PC, there is always the concern of people leaving matches, it seems to be doubly concerning on the console side of the spectrum

And on that note good night!

Star Wars The Force Unleashed and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ran long because we went ahead and finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and I have to say, this was a fun game. Sure we did it on the easiest difficulty, but what instantly stood out to me was how much of a pain in the ass this game could be and probably is on harder difficulty settings with trying to get around and some very questionable hit-stuns and cheap attacks from enemies.Story wise it does lead into the event of the original trilogy quite nicely in regards to doing the Light Side ending, which was clearly canon. Would I play it again? Mostly to grind out achievements that require defeating enemies different ways, finding the collectables and do the Dark Side ending.

So with this game finished, we are going to pivot and start up Resident Evil on Thursday's stream, and we will use a guide for it.

Out next stream on Wednesday will featured Journey to the Savage Planet, as Iceman and I continue our silly adventures

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Achievements

•     Empirical: Complete Level - Empirical, act 2
•     Vapor Room: Complete Level - Cloud City, act 2
•     Cannon Fodder: Defeat 150 Stormtroopers
•     Skyhook: Complete Level - Kashyyyk, act 2
•     The Bigger They Are: Defeat 6 Rancors
•     Infestation: Complete Level - Felucia, act 2
•     Impaled: Defeat 100 enemies with Saber Throw
•     Expert: Earn 500,000 Force Points on a single level
•     Repulsed: Defeat 100 enemies with Force Repulse
•     Destroyer: Complete Level - Raxus Prime, act 2
•     The Harder They Fall: Defeat 10 AT-STs or AT-KTs
•     Legend: Earn 600,000 Force Points on a single level
•     Redemption: Complete Game - Light Side
•     Apprentice: Complete Game - Apprentice difficulty. Do not change the difficulty after the game has started.

For tonight's raid we went dropped in on Calyria who was playing Cyberpunk 2077

Big thank you to Joliet4 for the raid following their World of Warcraft stream!

Work was okay, just another grind, but we got the hours and that's what counts.

Phillies choked big time and last game 7 to the Diamondbacks, and will miss out of the World Series.

Knocked out a Dragon Ball commission request during the day, and it turned out real good I think in regards to figuring out Chi Chi would be involved in the Future Trunks timeline. Next commission story is based on Spider-Man, in fact I already started writing it.

And those will be all of our notes, have a good night!

Star Wars The Forced Unleashed and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream saw us starting up Star Wars The Forced Unleashed, and for a 15 year old game, it's visuals certainly hold up as do most of it's controls... the jumping is kind of wonky. The seemingly endless waves of enemies certains gives me the vibe that a lot of the grindy achievements were meant to be done in a single play through. Did find some of the placement for hidden items to be weird, but not too far out of the way..The plot of the game of Darth Vader wanting to take down the Emperor is a bit of a stretch because there is no fucking way Anakin Skywalker would have the balls to do that after what he did to the Padawans.Overall, I do find elements of the game to be rather silly and over the top.

We knocked out all of Act 1 tonight, and we'll continue the game on Tuesday's stream starting around 9:30 PM Eastern or as soon as I finish work.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Achievements

• Frenzy: Get a Frenzy x4 bonus
• Sith Frenzy: Get a Frenzy x8 bonus
• Invasion: Complete Level - Prologue
• Skilled: Earn 250,000 Force Points on a single level
• Insurrection: Complete Level - TIE Factory, act 1
• Pushed: Defeat 100 enemies with Force Push
• Bully: Defeat 25 Ugnaughts or Jawas
• Junkyard: Complete Level - Raxus Prime, act 1
• Shocked: Defeat 100 enemies with Force Lightning
• Jedi Hunt: Complete Level - Felucia, act 1 

Tonight's raid went to lilmoolah_ who was playing Cyberpunk 2077

Jury Duty in New Jersey is a fucking pain, as now I have to check every day at 4 PM this week to see if I have to go to the court house. I can't see how the hell this is even feasible for more people because it becomes a massive inconvenience since it's completely last minute.

Work today was alright if a little blah, did have concerns about a chance in my hours starting next week which would mean stream would start after 10 PM Eastern

Did get a call from a family member who is more or less trying to pressure me to move to Philadelphia, which is many ways isn't possible, and not something I would want to do because since my house is completely paid off. On top of that it would basically be like starting over from scratch with nothing.

Knocked out a massive commission story during the day based around AEW, the client gave me an outline that allowed me to just write the story without having to do too much research to understand how some chracters are. Next commission story will be basedo n Dragon Ball, followed by one based on Spider-Man, then one on Resident Evil

I really need to take a day to finish the 6th chapter of my Persona story... but the commission stories take priority.

Phillies lost tonight to the Diamondbacks backs and now for the first time in the teams history, and now they are forced to play a game 7 tomorrow. It's do or die for the Phillies... 

But hey, congrats to the Rangers for eliminating the Astros.

And on that note, good night!