Smite, Rock Band and other notes

Today I turned 41 and it was a great birthday. My brother and his family came over, so my nieces got their Christmas presents. I was gifted some shirts, hates, a tv and an air fryer (which I'm looking forward to using once I make space for it in the Kitchen). This was awesome.

Tonight's stream was mostly going to feature Smite once I made up my mind and we were doing well, winning several matches and playing as Skadi and Athena, but then we ran into a series of lobbies where people were leaving or not making a selections.

So I said fuck it and we loaded up Rock Band 4, and sang the night away, with tunes by Van Halen, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi and various other artists, It might end up being archived on the Youtube channel, we'll see,or I might have to cut out the entire Rock Band portion.

Tomorrow's stream will feature Overwatch 2 on Christmas Eve!

For the raid we went over to elegantlyslays who was playing Friday The 13th 

I did some light writing today to work on a Mass Effect commission which I'll be working on all day on tomorrow and into Monday to get done. Would like to get it over 4000 words if possible.

Good night!

Alan Wake and other notes

Tonight we knocked out Chapters 4 and 5 of Alan Wake having a few deaths along the way, but put us in a great position to finish the game next Friday to make it the final game we finish this year. Forgot how awesome the Barry and the Sheriff are in the fifth chapter. The sixth and final chapter should only take maybe an 90 minutes to two hours, so we might do some Persona Dancing behind it next Friday as well. We'll see how that shakes out

Now I'm not sure what I'm doing for my Birthday stream, if we do Mass Effect we'll basically put our selves in position to basically finish the game super earlier than anticipated. Of course we could still finish Mass Effect before the end of the year since I can start Monday's stream early (depending on writing of course)

For the raid we went over to chlomos who was also playing Alan Wake.

Alan Wake Remastered (PS4) Trophies

• Medical Opinions: You listened to Hartman's recordings.
• Collateral Carnage: 20 Taken have been drowned, electrocuted, or dispatched by some other indirect means.
• It's Not Just a Typewriter Brand: QWERTY? DVORAK? 50 Taken know it's neither.
• Perchance to Dream: Oh, so THAT'S what happened.
• Drink 'Em Both Up: You drank 'em bot' up.
• Come One, Come All: You wiped out four Taken with a single flare.
• What Light Through Yonder Window: It is the east, and the flaregun is the sun to 50 Taken.
• An Idyllic Small Town: You fought your way through the streets of Bright Falls without getting killed.
• Gatekeeper: Truly, you are the master of floodgates.
• The Lady of the Light: Cynthia Weaver has taken you to the Well-Lit Room.

Work was real good today, as we were able to start early and finish early, plus I got several interviews done. Also we'll have work next Tuesday through Friday as well, so we're rolling into 2024 on a good stretch.

Even though I don't intend to do any serious writing on Saturday because of my Birthday, I made good headway on a Mass Effect commission request that will probably be finished on Monday, based on what the client wants.

In fact I have a few large scale commission requests that are going to take me longer than usual to write.

Good night everyone!

Mass Effect and other notes

Tonight's stream of Mass Effect saw me having to do one side mission twice because the game soft locked, but outside of that it was pretty straight forward, as we covered all the side quests areas not related to Noveria or Feros. We ended up doing Bringing Down The Sky, and had a few critical mission failures on the pain in the ass minefield portion.

Now currently, Mass Effect is slated for Saturday, but since that is my birthday, we might do something else that night. I'm still not sure

Big thank you to Kalenal for the raid following their night of Final Fantasy XIV

For our raid we went over to intergalacticpants who was playing The Last of Us Part 1

Mass Effect Achievements

• Stasis Mastery: Use biotic Stasis 75 times 

Work was really good today, even if one dude was a complete douche-canoe. There is questions about work for tonight however.

Got my nieces Christmas presents ready for them! Even if Amazon was a bit late with some added things I had wanted to get them.

Currently in the middle of writing a story based on the Netflix Punisher series, it'll probably be around 2300 to 2500 words at most.

Because of my birthday, I'm not planning to do any writing on Saturday, so I'll have to double down on Sunday and Monday.

My Aunt wants to visit next Saturday, which will mean probably another day where I won't be able to get any writing done. (Sigh)

Good night folks!

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

Tonight Iceman and I wrapped up the last remaining achievements were able to get in our long play-through of Journey to the Savage Planet, we ended up needing a guide to find the last few plants and creatures. We also did some extended chatting on Fantasy Hockey, Baseball and considering what will be the featured game on Wednesdays.

Starting next week we'll be playing Sea of Thieves, now played it years ago, so I'm hoping we'll be able to get a tutorial to remember how to play. Of course when I played it, it was on PC.

Tomorrow night we're back to Mass Effect with side quests and possibly the Bringing Down The Sky 

For the raid we went over to zonesama for some retro TV shows

Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

• Your Friendly Neighbourhood...: Execute 10 consecutive grapples without touching the ground. You're like some kind of arachnid-man.
• The Answer is 42: Fully decrypt and watch the tower origin transmission.
• Who Is Teratomo?: Collect and read every Alien Explorer Log.
• Zoologist: Scan all the creatures on AR-Y 26!
• Botanist: Scan all the flora on AR-Y 26!
• Turdball Wizard: Consecutively bounce on 5 different Springy Egg Sacs. It's like an ethically-iffy bouncy castle!

Work was alright, and it appears we may night be having the usual holiday down period which will be very good for me if that's the case

Still working on the Rooster Teeth commission request, I was hoping to finish it during the afternoon, but now I'll be up right till 4 AM to finish this.

And on that note good night!

 

 

Mass Effect and other notes

Tonight's stream of Mass Effect saw more bopping around the Galaxy and doing the side mission, as we're putting off doing the main story missions as long as possible. Thankfully as we level up, running as an Adept-Bastion has meant Shepard can take more hits with a stronger barrier and there are quicker cool downs. We still came across a few extra side missions, so we can start with those next time we play... and chances are we'll do Bringing Down The Sky as the first major story thing in the game.

Next time Mass Effect will be featured will be on Thursday

Tomorrow's stream will feature Journey to the Savage Planet with Iceman as we look to find the last remaining things to 100% complete the base game.

For the raid tonight we went over to lilmoolah_ who was playing Cyberpunk 2077

Work was solid tonight, and I got some insight on the people running to replace George Santos

Currently in the middle of writing a Rooster Teeth story to fulfill a commission request, and I certainly have the attitude of 'lets just get it done and get paid'

Got a Christmas card from my pops, and we talked for a few minutes for the first time in six months. It was what it was.

Good night

Mass Effect and other notes

Tonight's stream of Mass Effect saw a big focus on finding side missions to level up quickly (but getting out of the Mako whenever possible to fight things on the ground) along with grinding out using the biotic barriers, knocking off Warp, Barrier and Throw pretty easily (and withing a few minutes of each other). We knocked off the Geth invasion arc, making sure to give Tali the information. 

On Tuesday's stream we'll head to the Earth's Moon to deal with what is Edi's origin story first, and then get back on the grind.

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLindir who was playing Smite

Mass Effect Achievements

• Warp Mastery: Use biotic Warp 75 times
• Barrier Mastery: Use biotic Barrier 75 times
• Throw Mastery: Use biotic Throw 75 times 

Work was solid, even if some people wanted to be dicks about giving their opinions about organizations that help the disenfranchised.

Currently in the middle of writing at Batman: Arkham Origins related commission story, and I got about 13 more in the queue. Which is going to help me recover financially from paying my house taxes for February two months early 

Good night foks!

Overwatch and other notes

Tonight we had the usual mix bag of Overwatch 2, with plenty of wins and losses and wondering what the hell some random teammates were doing. We did have a few big moments, plus we were joined by PandaSweet for some really good matches. Played as Brig, Winston, Junker Queen, Reaper, Orissa, Ashe, Baptiste, and several other characters.

Some have asked why I don't play Mercy, it's just that I don't like using her with a controller.

Anyway Overwatch 2 will return on Sunday for the Christmas Eve stream.

Tomorrow night we're playing Mass Effect, continuing the Bitching Biotic run!

For the raid we dropped in on intergalacticpants who was playing Mass Effect Andromeda

Had some writers block last night and didn't get to sleep until 7 AM, while not waking until 2 PM.

I did get over 1300 words written in the AEW commission request I have on the docket, but I am looking for this story to be close to 4000 words long, if not longer.

And with that good night folks!