Completed 3 Of Persona 4 Arena's Story Arcs

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream was mostly without incident, with the exception of a weird outage at 9:10 PM, as it appears there was a disruption of not just my internet service but also my cable service as well, at least according to the Xfinity app. It's the first sign of a problem since Saturday afternoon. 

Anyway, we went through the story mode of Persona 4: Arena for Aigis& Labrys to completion as well as the back portion for Yukiko. There was certainly a lot of back story revealed for Labrys and atd the same time Aigis as well in terms of their origin but boy did it raise a ton of questions about how the hell the continuity works with the various arcs for each characters. Unlike in BlazBlue where every story felt connected, with some time-manipulation, I'm really not sure if a a similar gimmick is in place with P4A because of how Aigis and Yukiko's endings seem quite definitive. Of course we'll be continuing going through Persona 4: Arena during next week's line up to work our way through full story arcs from start to finish (and finding the joke endings as well). This will be possible because we did do Labrys's story in full so nearly everyone will have a straight path to the end.

Huge thanks to Redneck_23 and Iceman7667 for renewing their sub to my Twitch channel, as well as to YrGamerBunni for the bits!

Persona 4: Arena Achievements

• The President: Labrys' Story chapter has been told.
• The Unconquerable: Yukiko's Story chapter has been told.
• The Angel: Aigis' Story chapter has been told.

Twitch Clips

• I was just joking about that
• Nearly Flawless 
• Sweet!
  

For the raid we dropped in on Elden Ring who was playing Elden Ring over at twitch.tv/tracydoll! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #1, Sway Back Combo and Beginner Combo #2 for 34 minutes

Jeff Hardy was arrested... again... it seems like being away from the WWE is not what was best for him; because he was working a toned down style prior to literally walking out... and now after going to AEW and going balls out in the ring again, look at how quickly he's falling into old habits.  

Since the Score Board Bot was working, it meant I was able to keep tract of the Phillies epic collapse to the Marlins last night... I told ya'll that hot streak they were on wasn't because Joe Giradi was fired.

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I was surprised that there was a huge Fallout 76 patch update (25+ GBs) which I promptly installed last night, so it's going to be interesting to see what it involves. Also learned that with the new seasons the 'scoreboard thing' resets, so there is real incentive to try and do daily activities

Of course that will relate to tonight's stream which of course will featured Fallout 76, and Iceman will most likely join us for more shenanigans!

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

Vampire Survivors: Simple, Difficult And Awesome

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Vampire Survivors was a lot more fun than even I was anticipating as I figured out what combination of items worked out best for me, and having some runs that lasted over 20 minutes!  One thing I did realize is that the Pentagon power up is a great screen clear, but it not only takes out enemies, but also all the XP gems and pick-ups that are on screen. In terms of levels, I did make it to the 3rd level of the game overall, and found the mandatory item... but to progress further would require a lot grinding to build up the powers up one can have heading into a level. The music in the second stage, the library is pretty kick ass. Of course there was a hilarious moment that when I took a break I forgot to un-mute my mic.

Also the stream featured the unboxing of the latest Funko POP I've added too my collection of WWE's Becky Lynch, in particular the 'Becky Two Belts' variant, so now I have all three Funko figures of the last Superstar in wrestling that really had my full attention.

 Vampire Survivors Achievements

• Lightning Ring: Defeat a total of 5000 enemies.
• Magnet: Find a Vacuum.
• Arca: Get Fire Wand to Level 4.
• Porta: Get Lightning Ring To Level 4.
• Mortaccio: Defeat a total of 3000 skeletons.
• Cross: Find a Rosary.
• Duplicator: Get Magic Wand To Level 7.
• Clover: Find a Little Clover.
• Poe Ratcho: Get Garlic to level 7.
• Spellbinder: Get Runetracer To Level 7.
• Pentagram: Survive 20 minutes with any character.
• Inlaid Library: Reach Level 20 in Mad Forest.
• Stone Mask: Find a Stone Mask.
• Suor Clerici: Recover a lifetime total of 1000 HP.
• Thunder Loop: Evolve the Lightning Ring.
• Dairy Plant: Reach Level 40 in Inlaid Library.
• Milky Way Map: Find the Milky Way Map.
• NO FUTURE: Evolve the Runetracer.
• Magic Banger: Find the Magic Banger.

Twitch Clips 

• Becky Two Belts In All Here Big Headed Glory
• That is just mean game! 
• End of my best run 25 minutes, level 70
• We finally got a health item but... 
  

During the stream we had a big raid from Kalenal who was playing Tunic over at twitch.tv/kalenal! 

For our raid, we dropped everyone off over at YrGamerBunni's stream who was playing Mass Effect 3 (Legendary Edition) over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni! 

Now that I think about it, yesterday was the most achievements I've earned on a game through Steam in quite a while since I've mostly focused on console gaming over the past 18 months.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #1, Hook Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo for 30 minutes.

Capcom had some interesting thing in their showcase, with Monster Hunter Rise getting a big update, Exo-Primal getting a new trailer, hype for the Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium. I know a lot of folks are excited for things being added to Resdient Evil VILLage with it getting a story expansion and a third-person mode.

Speaking of Capcom, Dragon's Dogma has celebrated its 10th anniversary and I totally forgot LvStrkr gifted me that game early last year.  Really going to have to give that a look probably once Persona 5 Royal is finished.   

Put in the pre-order for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, so I we'll be featuring that on Stream for Saturday this week. I now have to think of when was the last time I did anything associated with the Ninja Turtles on my channel and I think it was with Out of the Shadows back during my 2nd or 3rd year of streaming. Oh wait, I know I played the Arcade ROMs of the Arcade Game and Turtles in Time.

Started work on the latest commission fan fic request, and I'll admit I'm lifting Cody's post match interview whole-sale to serve as the introduction and awkward transition to the action. 

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For tonight's stream, we'll be getting back to Persona 4: Arena and working on the story mode... and I realize that there is probably an efficient way to go through it. 

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

A New Week Begins

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was pretty fun, as we were joined by PandaSweet and a friend of theirs named Snow. I ended up with a pair of plays of the game, both as D.va in very key moments. Also on the surprising side, I even picked up an achievement as Junkrat. Other characters I used were Reinhard, Moira & Ashe. A general observation is that there was a strong uptick in overly aggressive game play, and the queue time to play damage roles were a lot longer than normal, but there was also an issue of getting replacement tanks and support role players in some matches.

Overwatch Achievements

• Mine Like A Steel Trap: Knock an enemy into your steel trap using Junkrat's Concussion Mine in Quick or Competitive play.

Twitch Clips

• Persona On Xbox Reaction
• Overwatch 2 Reaction 
• I'm still here!
• That's Four! 
• Just Dva Things
  

For the raid, we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Aee Combat 7: Skies Unknown over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x! 

Going to Overwatch 2 for a moment, based on her teaser trailer, I will not be surprised if Drace Domino will end up with a bunch of commission work based on the Junker Queen.  

I became aware of an issue with the Sports Score Bot after the stream, hopefully the people behind it will solve the issues, because it has been a really cool addition to my stream.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Straight Combo #1 for 31 minutes.

While I have played Diablo III, I'm not 100% sold on what I saw with the Trailer of Diablo 1V, but then again, I wasn't a fan of the ending of Diablo III.But if it has the implied cross-play component then we might give it a look.

When we raided Kalenal (twitch.tv/kalenal) on Saturday night, we got a very good recommendation for a game called Vampire Survivors which we'll feature on tonight's stream. It is a rouge-lite game where you see how long you can survive. There are different glasses of characters, and I have already given it a shot, even picking up a number of achievements for it. Currently Vampire Survivors is only available on Steam.

Vampire Survivors Achievements

• Wings: Reach Level 5.
• Hollow Heart: Survive 1 minute with any character.
• Fire Wand: Destroy 20 light sources.
• Lancet: Find an Orologion.
• Empty Tome: Have 6 Different Weapons.
• Candelabrador: Get Holy Water To Level 4.
• Peachone: Survive 10 minutes with any character.
• Crown: Reach Level 10.
• Runetracer: Survive 5 minutes with Pasqualina.
• Garlic: Find 5 Floor Chickens.
• Lightning Ring: Defeat a total of 5000 enemies.
• Magnet: Find a Vacuum.
• Arca: Get Fire Wand to Level 4.
• Pummarola: Survive 5 minutes with Gennaro.

Now for tonight's stream, we shall feature Vampire Survivors, even though getting OBS to capture it involves having to use Window Capture, because for whatever reason Game Capture does not work, and setting it to full screen doesn't fill up the full screen. 

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

Shin Akuma In Capcom Fighting Evolution Is Rather Tough

Good afternoon everyone,

Well first off , the Xfinity tech arrived late, after 6 PM, but he was real attentive an actually was able to find a major problem in that one of the cable boxes were shorting out and causing havoc, sending electricity back through the line which was disrupting everything. So the tech took that one and I was advised to replace the other with a wireless cable box at some point.

Anyway, last night's stream started with Capcom Fighting Evolution, and I was doing just some random arcade runs with a few different characters... and somehow with the duo of Zangief and Alex I met the requirements for facing Shin Akuma. CFE does have some weird difficult spikes, as I really struggle with the likes of Dimitri in almost all circumstances, but Shin Akuma was on an all different level. Now I tried to beat him with the duo f Zangief and Alex, but in the end I ended up trying different characters before finally pulling it off with Zangief and Felica. Because we got the super secret boss fight and completed it, we're counting Capcom Fighting Evolution on the tour! 

So after two hours of that, we switched over to Smite for a bit, playing a couple of arena matches before finally playing Super Meat Boy. I'm not particularly fond of these trial and error platformers, but there is a charm to Super Meat Bo that was appeal for me to clear the first world, as I certainly picked up on what to do pretty well. 

Super Meat Boy Achievements

• Nostalgia: You found a warp zone! Now pay me for the door repair!
• The Commander: You unlocked Commander Video! Double rainbow all da way!

Twitch Clips

• Defeating Shin Akuma!!!!
• Thank you! 
• We did it!
  

For last night's raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV  over at twitch.tv/kalenal!

Was recommended to check out a rouge-like game called Vampire Survivors, which is only on Steam. We'll try and fit that into this weeks like up of games. From what I understand it's a rouge-lite indie game, with a max run of 30 minutes if one manages to live that long.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Triple Combo #1 and Left-Right Step Combo.

Got another commission fan fic request this time for a WWE fic based around Cody Rhodes and Brandi following Cody's WrestleMania return earlier this yaear. 

It was announced that Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portalable are all coming to Xbox consoles and Windows, with P5R being the first, with a release date set for October of this year! Safe to say that version will be in the lineup for next year! Plus with P3P and P4G coming to the Xbox side, that means I will not have to open up the older versions of Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 for the PS2, so they can remained sealed and in mint condition!

Also announced, Overwatch 2 will be launching on October 4 as well as a Free-To-Play service, and existing players will get a founders pack!

It's the start of an new week, so let's recap what we did last week which included Overwatch, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Persona 4 Arena, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Royal, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Smite and Super Meat Boy!

For tonight's stream, we'll be playing Overwatch, and hopefully last night's stream was a clear indication of how smoothly things will go tonight. 

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

From the End Of Persona 5 into the Royal Content

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Royal did have two stream resets due to an apparent issues with the upstream, so now I'm narrowing things down as to the problems I'm having with Xfinity. Looking forward to the technician coming out to check the tap, wires and possible the modem... but at least now I can give more of a detail of what I'm seeing.

The stream itself picked up with everything heading up into the God of Control and the aftermath that leads into the Royal content, including the 'revelation' that Akechi is alive which is the first sign indicator things are wrong. The second indicator was the Christmas Day party which basically recycled the previous major party in the game following Shido's Palace. We managed to get up to January 20th and we still have plenty of time, so next Friday's stream will cover a trip into Mementos and the Maruki's Palace, and probably boss battle. Not to mention getting the third-tier Personas for a couple of members of the team we didn't cover tonight because getting "Kasumi" maxed out was a real pressure point.

Persona 5 Royal Trophies

• The Thorough Trickster: Completed Mementos.
• Awakening the Phantom Thieves: Evolved a party member's Persona.

Twitch Clips

• That's One Way To Finish Off A Big Bad
• Sumeri Overkill 
• Finally Got The 701!
  

Got a lead on a Becky Lynch Funko POP, the 'Becky 2 Belts' variant which I didn't know was a thing until yesterday. Will be nice to have the complete set... and this probably means I'll gradually add 10 more to make the collection I have even at some point.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Beginner Combo #1 and Advanced Combo #2 for 28 minutes. This workout was down prior to 5 AM right after last night's stream.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise State For Week Of June 5 to 11, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 8,966
  
• Estimated Calories Burned: 3553.36 kcal
  
• Sophie's Contender Progress: 80% (24/30 Hours Trained)
  
• King EX Fighter Progress: 93% of all EX Achievements Acquired  
  

Nintendo Switch Online has been renewed for the next year, that just leaves waiting for my PlayStation Plus to expire to re-set it under its new format because Sony had the collective brains of a dead fish when trying to come up with a half-assed counter to what Nintendo and Microsoft offer.  

Saw a really cool moment that took place at the AFI Lifetime Achievement awards when five of the actors who played the Von Trapp children surprised 2022 recipient Julie Andrews during a sing-a-long of Do-Re-Mi. I'm really hoping there will be better footage of that popping up because the 'cell phone' footage may have captured the audio perfect, the footage feels like a tease.

While I am no fan of Justin Beiber, it is a shame he's being plagued by a neurological disorder called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. From what I've read it's similiar to Bell's Palsy, but a bit more severe. It is pretty rare, happening in only 5 in every 100,000 people.Apparently it is caused by the reactivation of a shingles virus in the face, so those who had a variant of chicken pox can be vulnerable to it. 75% of those who have it recover completely, but 25% end up with some type of long term nerve damage. Hopefully Beiber will be in the 76% category.

For tonight's stream I'm not sure what we're going to do because as I'll be waiting for Xfinity between the hours of 4 and 6 PM Eastern, so by the time they leave we'll be seeing what trouble I get up to.

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

Xfinity Crippled Last Night's Stream

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream certainly had a lot of problems thanks to Xfinity. We started at a bit after 6:30 PM Eastern because I went out of my way to reset my modem to try and prevent any issues, and there was a patch update for Final Fantasy XIV. At 7:17 PM Eastern we had a break in the stream due to the network service provided by Xfinity becoming unstable. This happened again at 7:23 PM, then at 7:38 PM, at which point I started trying to get a live person on the phone. It took having to schedule a call back to reach someone, at which point when I'm talking to them live the network becomes unstable at 7:57 PM and again at 8:04 PM. This basically resulted in the first hour and half of the stream being basically worthless in terms of the archives. And they have the balls to say I would be charged for any changes of equipment that may end up having to take place. Needless I fucking went ballistic, because I have NEVER been charged when anything needed replacing in the past. 

Now after that call and making it real clear what I'm expecting with Saturday's Technician visit, we managed to have a stable stream the rest of the way to about 11:30 PM. We did the usual stuff Botanty level grinding, Fishing, some Alliance Raids, Trials and Dungeons plus some PVP. I really hate having incomplete streams in the archives. Thing is one could really tell by my body language that I was completely taken out of the mood for last night's stream with all the issues that plagued a large chunk of it.

Twitch Clips

• Just Hang On...
• When The Internet Service I Get From Xfinity Stars To Go Wrong 
• Reel it in... but it got away from me
  

For last night's raid, we dropped in on Oldish22 who was also playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/oldish22! 

I did take a glance at the that January 6th hearings after last night's stream, and if anything the Republican party is being exposed for just wanting to stay in power by any and all means. That said, I wonder how badly Donald Trump is going to bitch out Ivanka for her saying under oath she believed the election wasn't stolen.

I did add a few additions to my Camp Site in Fallout 76, the water slide and collection to make things a little more odd. I'm considering possibly relocating my camp to another location, but not 100% sure what would be a good spot.

The Phillies swept the Brewers and I'm surprised they are keeping this momentum, but it's clearly not to sustainable with the current roster and obvious limitations of the  pitching staff. 

Got into some Smite matches after the stream and thankfully there were no issues and we picked up an achievement as well, getting the 50th kill streak with Esst.

SMITE Achievements

• Can't Stop This: Get 50 killing sprees in qualifying matches.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #2, Body Straight Combo and Body Uppercut Combo. Duration was 31 minutes. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge comes out on June 16, and is developed / published by the same folks who made Streets of Rage 4, so I'm expecting the same level of quality there. Looks like for those getting the game on the Nintendo Switch there will be a 10% discount through June 22.

The Capcom Fighting Collection has a release date of June 24, and there will be a bundle option that includes exclusive illustrations and remixed music, plus Three Wonders for Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium. 

Speaking of Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium that has a release date of July 22

For tonight's stream Persona 5 Royal is on deck, and here's hoping we won't have any issues. The plan will be to tackle the final leg of the December 24th gauntlet and then head into the story that carries things into January. I know we have one more palace to tackle

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

We Built A House In Fallout 76

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream suffered two major interruptions, and it's real funny when Xfinity called me yesterday to say the issue was fixed only for things to go wonky yet again. Good thing I did not cancel the technician visit on Saturday. 

Anyway we were of course playing Fallout 76 last night, and the first two hours was mostly spent on me building a house in game, and it turned out rather nice I think in terms of having two floors and plenty of tools for visitors to use. Iceman joined in and we finally wrapped up the Mistress of Mysteries story arc, getting a very rare achievement in the process. We also did some random exploring to open up some other areas of the Wasteland to make traveling a little easier depending on what quests pop up. All in all, it was very productive.

Fallout 76 Achievements

• Mistress of Mystery: Complete "Mistress of Mystery"

Twitch Clips

• You are not getting through that floor!
• Well he's fast! 
• Dude... Double Dude!
  

For last night's raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing Wolfenstein over on twitch.tv/redneck_23!  

Finished the commissioned Halo fan fic based around the end of Halo 4 (which I have never played), and all things considered, I'm not completely sure what more I could have done with it giving the circumstances of when Cortana becomes 'physical'. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #2 and Double Combo #1. I woke up incredibly early by my standards and just wasn't feeling it today.

Capcom has announced the full list of games for Capcom Arcade Stadium 2, and it includes a number of titles that will be appearing in the Capcom Fighting Collection Games listed in bold will be in both collection of games. Also, titles that are underline are the games that appeared in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. Now my big question regarding the 2nd Capcom Arcade Stadium is what will the achievements look light, because I'm not really seeing anything that could be put on an endless loop to grind out hours.

• 1943 Kai
• Black Tiger
• Block Block
• Capcom Sports Club
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
• Eco Fighters
• Gan Sumoku (GunSmoke)
• Hissatsu Buraiken (Avengers)
• Hyper Dyne Side Arms
• Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition
• Knights of the Round
• Last Duel
• Magic Sword
• Mega Man: The Power Battle
• Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
• Pnickies
• Rally 2011 LED Storm
• Saturday Night Slam Masters
• Savage Bees (Exed Exes)
• SonSon
• Street Fighter
• Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Street Fighter Alpha 3
• Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• The King of Dragons
• The Speed Rumbler (Rush & Crash)
• Three Wonders
• Tiger Road
• Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

The Phillies have gotten themselves on a hot streak, but I doubt it's going to last long, as injuries have certainly taken a toll on the starting line up as of late.

The plan for tonight's stream is Final Fantasy XIV, as you know raids, trials, fishing botany and other stuff is on my agenda for it. Hopefully tonight will be a night where there are no issues.

But we'll see what ends up happening when we see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!