The Night Jump Force Crashed

Good afternoon everybody,

You know I've seen some wonky things happen with both my X-Box Consoles (a One S and a Series S), but I've never seen a game crash at the exact same instant multiple times on either console

That was until last night when I was playing Jump Force, the plan was to get through a few chapters in its story, but then after a particular fight to start Chapter 5, called Another Crisis, now if i lose the fight, I get the option for a rematch as per usual. If I win the fight, the game freezes and crashes to the Xbox Desktop. I did try a full power cycle, that did not resolve the issues. 

Following the stream I did a full uninstall and re-install of Jump Force and knocked out the 'Another Crisis' fight, and everything seemed okay. So we're not giving up on this game yet! 

So with Jump Force out the window, I went to play Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Gran Prix, using the same console as I was using for Jump Force, the One S, and it was pretty much smoothly sailing. We got several achievements knocked out along the way. Because of how screwy the game's AI can be, I don't think I'll go for 100% completion the way I did with the first Nickelodeon Kart Racers game.

We also played Mario Golf Super Rush, focusing on doing ranked matches and got myself to the A-ranking, as well as realized that some things unlock based on play time instead of having to deal with the game's story mode. Hell I even won a couple of ranked matches last night, so woo-hoo! Of course I'm still using Daisy as my main! Also was cool to see some free updates, resulting in Shy Guy and Wiggler being added as characters, plus new courses like Shelltop Sanctuary and All-Star Summit. Mario Golf Super Rush has certainly found its way into being something I would throw to on a night where there are no plans or if something goes wrong.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to sw33ts_gaming over at twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming as they were playing APEX: Legends

Jump Force Achievements

1. An Insidious Plot :Cleared Chapter 4.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix Achievements

1. Fire Nation: Perform 500 drifts across any game mode
2. Penny Pincher: Finish every race of a single cup with at least 10 Slime tokens
3. Ghost with the Most: Perform 25 Slime stunts in a single race

Twitch Clip Links

•  Where do you think you're looking?
•  The Gnome Invasion!
•  That works to my advantage... for the Eagle! 
  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout featured Advance Combo #1, Intermediate Combo #2 and Weaving Combo #1 for a duration of 31 minutes and a estimated calorie burn of 468 kcal. Today's session was also flawless, no misses or OK rated movements.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV progress saw the successful complete of the 5th trial in the Binding Coil of Bahamut series, but I still need to tackle the 1st, 3rd and 4th... nearly got into one of those as I waited 90 minutes. Hopefully I'll have better luck later on. On the plus side I started the Hildibrand Manderville saga, which are a series of stories involving said character who is a bit of a loony investigator. The comedy is really well done, and Manderville has some of the best facial expressions in all of Final Fantasy XIV.

In case you're wondering, why today's entry was posted in the afternoon instead of the morning, it's because I was told there was no work today... so I slept in.

For tonight's stream for sure we're going to feature Tom Clancy's The Division for Re-animator event,with Iceman and PowerThumbz. Gears of War 4 will be back next week. This was a last minute change, since they both want to complete all the stuff for that particular event, and I figure I'll tag along for a bit and watch Thumbz get downed... repeatedly.

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

Rise of the Tomb Raider Finished!

Good morning everybody,

You know that feeling when you check in on what's happening at your job on your day off only to see a decision that was made which makes you shake my head? That was me yesterday afternoon!

Anyway last night's stream, we finished Rise of the Tomb Raider... we did start early to give us a good chance to knock it out and we needed that extra time to do it... between me going off the beaten path and falling to my death over and over again. I certainly found myself using some of the special ammo for arrows a lot more as the Deathless Ones certainly proved to be a pain to deal with. Couldn't quite get the achievement for beating one in a duel with only using melee attacks. 

In terms of the a story, there is a very loose reference to the first game implying that Trinity went to the island of the first game after Lara left it, but that connection is so 'blink and you miss it' that it was almost not worth mentioning. I did enjoy the overall story of Rise of the Tomb Raider, but because there is clearly so much to do in in terms of finding collectables and getting certain things done that it's really not in my interest to play the game again.

Of course, this brings me to the question of when will I try to do the Baba Yaga and Croft Manor content? Well, much like with Dragon Age: Inquisition, it might be worth revisiting for a later time to mess around with the DLC in 2022. Think of it as a way to bring a game back without having to replay the entire thing... at least that's my point of view. 

So when will I start Shadow of the Tomb Raider then? Well the plan for that is for next Monday, it'll be interesting if the pattern holds true of me finishing these games in three nights.

Following the stream, we sent the fun over to Hawleigh who was playing Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance over at twitch.tv/hawleigh! 

Rise of the Tomb Raider Achievements

1. The Key To It All: Recover the Atlas
2. Glub Glub Glub: Drown 3 enemies using a water finisher
3. Paying Respects: Attend a funeral
4. Zipper: Perform a manual zip line transfer
5. Whatever It Takes: Rescue Jonah from Konstantin
6. The Road Less Travelled: Unlock the path to Kitezh
7. Renegade: Melee 5 enemies off a ledge
8. The Price of Truth: Finish the game on any difficulty

Twitch Clip Links

• He fell off the ledge?!
• Wait... what?! 
• There we go! Chopper Down!
  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Straight Combo, Triple Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #1 for a duration of 31 minutes and a estimated calorie burn of422 kcal.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw the completion of the Omega Raids, and the rather heat-warming, tear jerking evolution of Alpha the Chocobo into a creature into a soul that I hope see again within the game. That said, the Alpha series of the raids were some mind numbing nonsense in terms of realizing where to go to avoid getting hit or knocked off the edge of the battle area. I still want try and the Bahamut raids done that were apart of a Realm Reborn, I sitll need to do the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th of it.

Still this just means  I was back to the Main Story Quest, knocking out the content called 'The Legend Returns', which sees Raubahn returning to Ala Mhigo as the city-state begins its long road to being a force to be reckoned with. This story was a nice wrap up, and it does introduce an interesting monkey wrench for the future in terms of Fordola, who now has the power of the Echo which is giving her visions of all the pain and suffering she put on to others. Seeing as how a lot of Final Fantasy XIV seems to deal with redemption to some degree, it wouldn't surprise me.

I also notice there are some side-story quests that unlock dungeons and trials that I missed in Ul'dah, including the Golden Saucer, so I will work on knocking those out before resuming the Main Story Quest.

There are times I do worry about my dad... normally it involves some random nonsense in my email that makes the The Babylon Bee seem like a legit news source. .

For tonight's stream we're going to move Jump Force up to tonight to continue it's story and missions, hopefully we can knock out a few chapters tonight! 

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

I've Got My Monday Face On

Good afternoon everybody,

A new week begins, and it's a holiday week, so if you're heading out on the road to get places, please be safe!

Last night's stream of Overwatch certainly was the usual nonsense that occupies my Sunday nights. Big thanks to PandaSweet for joining in the fun! We certainly felt like those in roles we weren't playing left a lot to be desired.This is why we focus on playing damage roles in the later portion of the stream so at the very least we're not trying to carry matches! That said as I looked back through some clips, I don't think my aiming was exactly on point in some matches.

Did get three Plays of the Game as Moira, D.va and Torbjorn, so I had my share of exceptional moments.

Still, one thing everyone could see is that I can get really competitive, and I do try to keep that in check, and I did let it slip towards the end of the stream, It's why I mostly play Quick Play and not ranked, but cause that would be a show in and of itself! 

Big thanks to  redfoxukcov for using Twitch Prime to re-sub to the channel!

After the stream we sent the fun over to Flint_Locke who was up to voice acting silliness with Higurashi no Naku Koro ni over at twitch.tv/flint_locke!  

Twitch Clip Links

• Focusing on the Objective!
• I wanted to get the Orissa... 
• Tracer's Read For Some...
  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Left-Right Step Combo and Advanced Combo #2 for a duration of 31 minutes and a estimated calorie burn of 555 kcal

Here's the progress update on the EX achievements of Fitness Boxing 2, as I'm closing in on several

1. 346/365 consecutive days for One Year's Hard Work
2. 25/30 hours for Karen's Contender
3. 346/350 stamps for Unparalleled Stamper
4. 474,933/495,000 HITs for Monster Weight Puncher Lv. 5 
5. 80%/100% Achievements for King EX Fighter
   

I should knock out Unparalleled Stamper by Friday since that is four days from today

Picked up the Hivebusters DLC for Gears 5 (aka Gears of War 5) as LVstrikR pointed out it was on sale this week, and also snagged Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy as well. Heard it was way better than Marvel's Avengers which we played last year.On a side note: Microsoft's X-BOX website is not exactly working correctly either using Firebox or Microsoft Edge, as I had to use roundabout methods to pick up both items..

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw a major focused on the the raids associated with the Omega quest line, and I have to say that Alpha the Chocobo is cool, little guy just doing his best . If there was a plush of him, I'd say I want one! Anyway, some of the raids associated with the Omega side story are a little weird and gimmicky heavy, like fighting a train for example!  There there was the fact that we have to fight Midgardsormr at his peak... needless to say that didn't thrill me. 

Of course the world servers for FF14 went screwy and I had to see the largest queue to date of 700... so I can imagine what it's going to be like when Endwalker comes out! When I was able to get back in I just focused on filling out some of the Hunting log.

I've been using Avast as my anti-virus software... and while I'm very satisfied with it, it can be a little too damn intrusive on when it gives notifications about what upgrades are available.

For tonight's stream, we are resuming Rise of the Tomb Raider, we are picking up somewhere at the start of the final third of the game, so with luck we might be able to finish it, if not we'll certainly finish it on Tuesday night!

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

A Night of Raids In Final Fantasy XIV

Good afternoon everybody,

You know when you think something might be a good idea and it turns out to be better than you thought it would? That was kind of last night...

You see, for Saturday night's stream I focused mostly on doing Raids in Final Fantasy XIV. What Raids are are 8 (or 24) people either facing a monster (or series of monsters) in a timed trial that could take up to two hours to beat. Needless to say we got through several of them last night, including two huge Alliance Raids (these are the 24 person ones), which easily eats up a lot of time. Needless to say, since I was seeing a lot of these for the first time, I had no clue what I was doing, so I died... a lot. But I do feel I came to understand a few things on everything we've done.

That said, I did had to blacklist someone for the first time within Final Fantasy XIV... apparently, there are some people who think everyone should just know what to do at all times, but when I clearly stated it was my first time doing a particular run, he got so irritating that the entire party kicked him from it. Considering I've been playing FFXIV daily, that was actually my first out right purely negative experience with another player in game.

I do want to continue focus on the raids that I've discovered, particularly the Omega ones since they seem very similar to the Alexander ones I did on stream a few weeks ago, so expect me to talk about those over the next few days with any success or failures I happen to have.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Spofie who often features Final Fantasy XIV over on twitch.tv/Spofie!    

Twitch Clip Links

• Don't Stop Make It Pop!
• I am the Delta... I am The Omega! 
• I told you to have a beer sir!
  

Not sure what caused the momentary dropped frames during the stream, everything I checked seemed okay. 

Yesterday was one of those weird days where I felt very very hungry... certainly cleared out a lot of left overs (lol). Now today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Body Uppercut Combo and Uppercut Combo #2 for a duration of 28 minutes and an estimated calorie burn of 430 kcal... but considering how much I ate yesterday not sure if that balances out

It's Sunday, which means it's time for this weeks Twitch Bits. This week we played Overwatch, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War 4, Nickelodeon Kart Racers: Grand Prix, Jump Force, Mario Golf Super Rush, Soulcalibur V and Final Fantasy XIV!

For tonight's stream we're of course kicking off the new week with Overwatch! 

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

A Weird Combination: Mario Golf & Soulcalibur V?

 Good afternoon everybody,

Well last night's stream was a weird combination of golf and sword fighting...

We lead off with Mario Golf: Super Rush, and after re-learning how to play, I actually went and played some Ranked matches... and that was real fun, chilled and relaxing. Just three holes, no matter how well you did, you get points and the leader boards apparently resent every month... so we found a reason to actually maybe feature Mario Golf: Super Rush on a regular basis. I do intend to be a Daisy main in it, because Daisy is awesome... and you know this!

Now, I did say I was going to mess around with something in the PlayStation 3... and that ended up being Soulcalibur V, a game we explored a bit earlier in the year. After a successful arcade run as Siegfried, I dived into the story mode... and I see why, without knowing much at all about the lore, people didn't like it.

The main character of the story mode and of Soulcalibur V is named Patroklos, and he is an insufferable twerp... there isn't anything likeable about him as a character. Everything is about his goals, and thus he ends up being used and exploited pretty easily until he realizing that unless he actually makes things happen he won't save his sister, Pyrrha, who really should've been the start of the story mode, because of her tragic back story and her desire not to be alone. 

Now my run through the story mode wasn't seamless, and while I was able to brute force my way through most of its fights, I did find myself reducing the difficulty on a couple of fights in the late chapters. I do kind of wish more of was animated instead of looking at still pictures that didn't fill up more than a quarter of screen.

Following the stream, we just hosted Maximilian_DOOD who was messing around with the beta for King of Fighters XV. He is the largest Twitch streamer I follow because I enjoy his content over on YouTube. You can catch his live streams over at twitch.tv/Maximilian_DOOD!  

SoulCalibur V Trophies

1. Colorful Illusion: Creation: took a thumbnail by manually setting a decoration frame and background.
2. Purge of the Holy: Story: cleared episode 1.
3. Shields Come Together: Story: cleared episode 8.
4. Resurrection of Order: Story: cleared episode 16.
5. Home is Faraway: Story: cleared final episode.

Twitch Clip Links

• It was right there man!
• Into The Bunker
• Sweet Chip In!
• Perfection? 
• Caught Him!
• Perfect on Elysium 
  

Since I some times get unwanted calls, I've decided to screw around with the people on the other side by doing a few variations of implying they have reached 'Ghostbusters'... needless to say some folks don't know how to handle that. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #2, Front-Back Step Combo and Beginner Combo #1 for a duration of 28 minutes and an estimated calorie burn of 431 kcal.

Found a copy of J-Stars Victory VS+ for the PlayStation 4, in many ways it's the game that inspired Jump Force, but it is more of a standard fighting game, that does have its own story and lot more characters from the history Shonen Jump than the game we've been featuring lately.

Also found volumes 5, 6 and 7 of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd Gig to complete that set. Funny thing, the copies of Volume 5 and 6 I now have are the special edition versions which means where they sit on my bookcase with the rest of the series looks a little weird

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures was focused more on dungeons and raids, managing to get a few done. One certainly confused me as it appears to be some sort of tie in to Monster Hunter right down to the Palico. It is pretty cool, even if I've barely played Monster Hunter Rise. Still tonight does mean I have a bunch of stuff to randomly do on stream.

And speaking of which for tonight's stream we'll be playing Final Fantasy XIV with a big focus on dungeons, raids and trials... as doing the Main Story Quest on stream is a bit bland... plus there's a bunch of stuff I haven't done, so it could be a night of comedy and errors!

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

The Plot For Jump Force Thickens

 Good morning everyone,

You know that feeling when you would expect to be told something but don't learn about it until about maybe an hour before hand? Yeah that basically my day yesterday!

Anyway, last night's stream of Jump Force saw an exclusive focus on the main story... outside of having to basically re-sync up my microphone and capture card's audio all on stream. On top of that my camera kept detecting things as being mostly 'blue' for whatever reason which threw off the settings for the green screen.

Still, I did finished Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Jump Force, where more characters are found and the realization that the villains of some of these Anime and Manga are going to be reoccurring battles became intriguing. Apparently there are two versions (I think) of a book Kane is using to cause trouble in the worlds, so I'm kind of interested to see where the plot goes.

Near as I can tell Red Exclamation Marks mean 'Key Quests' related to the main story and blue ones are side stories and missions, that probably add a lot of replay value to the game, and probably would keep me invested in playing it to complete all of them,

On the plus side: I did find the attire to have Nautea look even more like Android 18!

Big thanks to evilmher for the big raid during the stream! They were playing Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master over at twitch.tv/evilmher!

Also thank you to XSlevenKelevraX and Redman780 for following the channel during last night's stream!  

Following the stream we sent the fun over to sw33ts_gaming who was playing Paladins over at twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming!  

Jump Force Achievements

1. The Big Bad: Cleared Chapter 2.
2. The Battle of Your Dreams: Cleared Extra Mission one or more times.
3. The Mysterious Woman: Cleared Chapter 3.

Twitch Clip Links

• I think he's dead... Nope... I'm Dead!
• That got close but it worked!
• That work out! 
  

Decided to pre-order Pokemon Shining Pearl... why that one instead of Brilliant Diamond? Well most folks I know went with Diamond, so Shining Pearl seemed like the alternative pick!  

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw the Main Story Quest being put on hold to focus on the Feature Quests... aka the Plus Sign quests, so this was basically going around finding dungeons and stuff to unlock to do and so forth. The biggest one was actually a story that kicks off the huge 24-person raids for the Stormblood content, which was confusing but fun. I might save a few of these to do on stream, but I think I skipped some from A Realm Reborn that could make for a fun Saturday night stream this week.

It's completely obvious that people who said 2016's Ghostbusters which was a completely train wreck are going to hate Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Take Brian Truitt of USA Today, who not only said the 2016 film was pretty good (which it wasn't) but went out of his way to rip Afterlife for it's nostalgia aspect... when the 2016 did nothing but completely do a re-tread of the 1984 film in every fucking way possible!

So the whole situation over at Activision Blizzard certainly raises questions about me and Overwatch on Sundays... and I'm still going to play Overwatch, it's just more of a explaining why. And in my case it's more of, I bought the game, I enjoy the game a lot, and at times Overwatch on Sundays ends up being the best stream statistically speaking for the week. The fact remains that there needs to be changes made over at Activision Blizzard regarding its leadership, and I hope the pressure from the three major gaming giants (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) put enough pressure on to force it.

Didn't realize that yesterday was the 500th day in a row I worked out using the Fitness Boxing games... milestones are awesome. Anyway today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #2, Defensive Combo #1 and Double Combo  #1 for a duration of 28 minutes resulting in an estimated calorie burn of 438 kcal.

For tonight's stream I wanted to feature something on the PlayStation 3... but most of my PS3 Library are games I want do feature on the more 'prime slots' of the week (Mondays/Tuesday), so it would unfair to start something at this point So instead we're gonna use the Nintendo Switch, and we'll lead off with Mario Golf: Super Rush and then see where the night goes! We might even switch consoles mid-stream!

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

Kart Racing, Gears of War and Stormblood!

Good morning everybody,

Yesterday was work day that wasn't a work day so figure that out... but funny enough, I didn't get confirmation I would be working today until after I woke up... again, figure that out.

Anyway last night's stream lead off with Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix, as we did a bunch of the cup races and unlocked several characters to use down the line. Haven't played it in months, but it was pretty fun to get back into it, using Korra as my main to get things done, we might actually play it against next week... I would like to get 3 stars on all the cups on the normal difficulty setting, so that is something to shoot for!

In the second half of the stream, Iceman joined in as we started up Gears of War 4, and it was nice to do this with a buddy, we tackled Acts I and II, and while I knew I was going to play as J.D., I'm surprised Iceman had Kait, who I didn't think would be the lead companion character over Dean. Managed to find a lot of collectables I missed in my first play through, but not everything in the first two Acts of the campaign... so much like with the other Gears games, a justified reason to play it again down the line! 

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Oldish22 who was playing Halo: Infinite over at twitch.tv/oldish22! 

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix Achievements

1. We're in This Together!: Activate 100 chief skills
2. Fly Superthing, Fly!: Perform 25 jump boosts in a single race

Gears of War 4 Achievements

1. And Both of Us Are Back: Completed the Prologue in Co-op (any difficulty)
2. Come And Knock on My Door: Completed one Act in Co-op Campaign
3. Becoming Brothers: Completed two Campaign Acts in Co-op (any difficulty)
4. Hi, Mom: You visited Anya's Grave in Campaign. Inspired by the community.
   

Twitch Clip Links

• We're In This Together!
• Challenge Complete!
• Come On Zim! Let's Go Zim! 
• This is silly!
• It Was A Good Idea! 
• Getting Across!
  

My Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw the march towards the end of Stormblood (aka Patch 4.0), a large chunk done yesterday afternoon, picking up with The Price of Freed and going through to The Resonant. I have to say the Castrum Abania dungeon felt a little underwhelming as I was expecting to face and defeat Fordola there... but I had to wait until The Resonant to take her down, and to rescue Krile as well.That said, I have to say finding the Aether currents in the Lochs was a lot more aggravating than it needed to be with one requiring to go to the middle of the map to find a tunnel that leads to the northwest corner of the map in order to reach it... then this is compounded by the fact that there are a lot of places to fall from an elevated position, but not many ways to get back up where you need to be easily.

Of course after the stream, I went on to wrap up Stormblood and man, waiting for the queues for the final dungeon and trial made it a lot longer than it needed to be. I am rather surprised that Zenos merged with a Primal was the Trial and not taking him on directly, which was the dungeon. I mean, it makes sense considering we've seen that gimmick several times, but to me, a more one on one battle would have been a bit more satisfying considering the two times he kicked our butt for story purposes. Still... sad to see the Yda/Lyse will be no longer apart of the on going adventures, but Stormblood was really her story of growing out of her sister's shadow and being on par with the other major leaders within the game.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout featured Triple Combo #2, Intermediate Combo #1 and Biceps Shape Focus Combo for a duration of 31 minutes and an estimated calorie burn of 513 kcal

For tonight's stream we'll resume Jump Force, with the real focus being on the campaign and getting things done! We'll worry about the online matches hopefully long before the game's servers shut down in August of next year!

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