Sunday, August 21, 2022

A Saturday of Fall Guys, Smite and MultiVersus

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream ended up being the usual randomness for a Saturday, leading off with Fall Guys, and I actually game close to actually winning a few 'shows', but came up just a hair short in various circumstances. Hell one elimination I suffered was literally at the last second when I thought I was clear for the next round!  Still we had a lot of fun, and I did see some new things I haven't before which just tells me the developers really love coming with various gimmicks.

We loaded up Smite to play a few matches, mainly to do some challenges and I had a hell of a good game as Eset with 8 kills 1 death and 26 assists. Hell by the time the match ended one of my team mates didn't even hit level 19... and the opposing  team didn't even get past level 17. Sadly the next too matches were not as good, where we surrendered in one.... and started off missing a person in the other.

We closed out the night with MultiVersus, getting in matches as Shaggy, Tom & Jerry, Shaggy, Battman, Jake the Dog, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn and others. We won maybe 40% of the matches played, and I had a couple of matches where I had 3 or 4 Eliminations. I did go all in to nab the battle pass, because I feel like I can get a few rewards that would end up looking cool and unique. Plus Tax got a Space Jam '96 skin... and you can't beat that... well you can with Harley's Mad Love skin... but still...

MultiVersus Achievements

  • Bring A Friend: Get 10 Double Ringouts
  • Social Butterfly: Play 25 matches in a party
Twitch Clips

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

Amazingly there were no breaks in the stream thanks to Xfinity related issues last night. We'll chalk that up as a win.

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

Watched the South Park 25th Anniversary Concert last night, and it's real easy to forget just how good the original music created for South Park was during its long run on the air.

Finished the Commission request for a story featuring Katara from Avatar The Last Airbender. Sure the characters are completely 'out of character' thanks to my unfamiliarity with the show, but I think it turned out decent overall.

What's the worst part of being an egg? You only get laid once (and it's with your mom)!

Three fish are in a tank. One asked the others, "How the heck do you drive this thing?"

The Mindset of the GOP is really becoming more disgusting which is amazing considering hot was just a few weeks ago The party of law and order suddenly doesn't want the law applied to them? Granted this has its roots in the South where White Slave owners didn't want the law applied to them which lead to the civil war back in the 1800s.

It's the start of a new week so let's recap all the game we featured last week which was Overwatch, Mass Effect 3, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r], Fall Guys, Smite and MultiVersus!

Sony of the Day: My Immortal by Evanescence

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For tonight's stream Overwatch is on deck to kick off the new week as it does every Sunday!

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

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Thoughts on Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night we played on Thoughts on Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] on the PlayStation 4... which is the definitive version of Under Night In-Birth. Now back in 2018 we did featured the Steam version which didn't have the story mode cl-r has... but I'm actually disappointed in the story mode in how it's presented. No English dubbing which completely takes me out getting lost in the story and being able to split my attention... not to mention the story mode is just straight story, no fights in between or choices to break things up and make things interesting. Compared to the story mode in say most of the BlazBlue games and Persona 4 Arena, it is also incredibly slow paced. Needless to say, this is the lone negative of the game.

The fighting mechanics are really solid, and the tutorial (which we spent a good hour with) really lays thr ground work for a lot f things before getting overly complicated.  Under Night In-Birth is a 4 button fighter, so picking up on combos and sequences is fairly intuitive. It's also has one of the most balanced AI difficulties set for default, meaning when I lost at times, I certainly didn't feel cheated.

Visually, Under Night In Birth is quite easy on the eyes, all the characters have distinctive designs that stand out from each other, like one is not going to confuse Mika for Linnie or Hyde for Seth. The audio mix is certainly on the loud side for sure, even when dropping the music volume to 50% and sound effects to 70%.

So how am I going to feature Under Night In-Birth going forward... well I figure doing arcade runs with every character is a given, plus there are some achievements I feel I can obtained in Score Attack and Time Attack. The Score attack one involves earning a cumulative score of over 1 Billion, and Time Attack involves clearing it 3 times with 3 different characters with times less than 12 minutes. Using Mike my time was about 12 Minutes 40 seconds, and I feel I could've easily came in under 12 minutes if one fight didn't go 3 rounds. 

Basically, Under Night In-Birth will be featured next Friday!

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] Trophies

  • A New Character Appears in the Hollow Night: Cleared the first chapter in Tutorial Mode.
  • In-Birth Newbie: Cleared 20 objectives in Tutorial Mode.
  • The Strength of One: Cleared 50 objectives in Tutorial Mode.
  • Battle Scars: Cleared 80 objectives in Tutorial Mode.
  • Got This: Cleared 100 objectives in Tutorial Mode.
  • CLANK!: Caused a GRD Break. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • It's Just A Matter of Time Now: Landed a Veil Off attack on a Vorpal-state opponent. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • My Life Just Flashed Before My Eyes: Won the round with less than 30% health remaining. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Start of the Chronicles: Viewed the complete Prologue in Chronicle Mode.
  • 120% Gauge Recovery!: Performed Chain Shift while possessing 6 or more GRDs. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • What a SMART Move: Used Smart Steer. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Forgot to Chain Shift: Defeated an opponent while still in Vorpal state. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Cross-Cast Veil Off: Used Cross-Cast Veil Off. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Infinitely Worthy: Pressed A+B+C during Cross-Cast Veil Off to execute Infinite Worth. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • A Job Well Done: Cleared Arcade Mode with any character.
  • Still the Beginning: Unlocked 5 scenes in Chronicle Mode.
  • Here's Where It Gets Interesting: Unlocked 10 scenes in Chronicle Mode.
  • Ultimate, Unlimited, Super-Devastating Finisher: Finished an opponent using Infinite Worth EXS. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Invincible: Perfected 5 rounds. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Countless Dead Bodies...: Fought over 50 matches in Survival Mode. (Losses included.)
  • Broke Free: Successfully escaped from a throw. (Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.)
  • Take a Look at My Sweet Plate Collection: Purchased all Plates in [Character Plate 1].
  • A Little More to Go: Unlocked 15 scenes in Chronicle Mode.
  • Welcome to the Hollow Night: Viewed Hilda's complete scene in Chronicle Mode.
  • End of the Chronicles: Viewed all scenes in Chronicle Mode.

Twitch Clips

We picked up a new follower during last night's stream in mika_returna_enthusiast who is a big Under Night In-Birth fan! They also stream it seems, so I'll have to try and check them out when they are live on their channel at twitch.tv/mika_returna_enthusiast

For the raid we dropped in on KingRegen who was playing RumbleVerse over at twitch.tv/KingRegen

On a slight downer note, YrGamerBunni has chosen to step back from streaming and content creations to focus on IRL stuff. Here's hoping the best for them! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #1, Hook Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo for 31 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Weekly Stats 8/14 to 8/20

  • Punches Thrown: 7839
  • Estimated Calories Burned: 3189.09 kcal
  • Laura's Champion Progress: 80% (40 out of 50 hours trained)
  • King EX Fight Progress: 95%
  • Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 617
  • Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 775

How do you make holy water? You boil the hell out of it.

A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

Song of the Day:  Alone! By Marshmello

Not surprised that the Phillies lost to the Mets last night,,, the reality check of them facing a better team is really going to make listening to sports radio on Monday morning.

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For tonight's stream, we're going to do a random night of stuff,  so on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Friday, August 19, 2022

A 98% Stable Night of Final Fantasy XIV

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was solid across all fronts, in fact we did another complete run of Wondrous Tails... and unfortunately I didn't get any completed lines to get bonus rewards. I had 3 lines set up with 3 quests to go and then totally bad 'stickers' on the remainder. Would've been nice to mark that moment but oh well. Did have a three trials that I could run Unsync which meant they were done in other 4 minutes.

We were joined by Panda and their new character, so I was in the position of acting as back up while helping them level up abit. We rolled a few dailies in that regard to give them a boost! As always it is great to have Pnada along for the fun!

Over with the my character's development as a Dragoon, I got it up to level 46, and the job quests are tying in directly with what Estinien was up to heading into Heavansward, in his foresight with regard to the Dragons causing some trouble.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Cammi_316 as they were playing Fortnite over at twitch.tv/cammi_316

Speaking of Fortnite, I'm not to keen on the choice of Bulma from Dragon Ball Super being the version of that character in the game, when Bulma had much better looks during the original Dragon Ball and early Dragon Ball Z, particularly during the Namek arc.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 and Triple Combo #1 for 28 minutes.

What do you call a person with no body and no nose? Nobody knows.

What's green and sings? Elvis Parsley.

Song of the Day: Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House!

Put in some grinding in Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer, and we passed 3,000 Kills, it is tough to get those kills, but if I just start sessions solo I could probably rack up about 50 to 75 before I get overwhelmed, fewer if folks join the session randomly. 

Funny enough Xfinity sent me the letter they sent to the FCC in regards to the issues I've been having, and outside of getting some details wrong and neglecting to mention other details (which I then forwarded to the FCC, took 20 minutes to summarize it all), I can safely say that Xfinity is basically looking to just ignore me and close the case.

That said we had two instances of internet stability issues yesterday at 907 PM EST and 11 PM EST, the first causing a 2 minute gap during the stream. When I woke up this morning, I ended up having to do a signal refresh via the Xfinity app, then at  1046 AM the internet went down completely for a time, both  Xfinity Apps indicate Gateway was offline and an issue was detected causing devices to be unresponsive. Logged into the Gateway when the internet came back up, and saw the event logs matched when the service was disrupted. 

Work was very bland yesterday, and I swear if I was ever in a position to actual want to do business with some of the companies we're trying to get feedback from I would just refuse to do so just based on their front office staff.

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For tonight's stream, we'll be hooking up the PS4 to play Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[Cl-R], and we'll take the same approach we did with Persona 4 Arena, in doing the story mode and arcade runs while unlocking as many achievements as possible. In fact, the achievement list looks similar to Persona 4 Arena

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

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Hey.... we finished another story part in Fallout 76!

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 finally saw a major story arc wrap up involving Rosie and the history of the Raiders in the wasteland. Unlike a lot of other quests, anytime I loaded into the game, Rosie would communicate over the radio... so it's going to be weird not hearing that in the main world going forward. It was a nice little ending that basically gave the fate of Rosie's name-sake, as well as the character of 'David', to wrap everything up neatly... or with me being too close to an explosion.

The Prime Meat event is actually a lot of fun, and was actually able to get a lot of XP off of it, certainly gave me an excuse to interact with other players.

Big shout out to Iceman for joining in for some silly action in his Custom World... where we discovered the fun of infinite ammo when using the Fat Man, which is a mini nuke launcher. Things for real silly... real quick! Also I have a good idea where to find the Fat Man weapon in the main game now!

Fallout 76 Achievements

  • Key to the Past: Complete "Key to the Past"

Twitch Clips

Big thanks to dialasaorbit for subscribing to my Twitch channel for the first time last night!

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was doing some random things over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!   

We had two issues with Xfinity yesterday at 4:41 PM Eastern and a 5:17 PM Eastern, the later of which saw the service go down for a period of time. The first one interfered with work, which was actually decent... even if the assignment sucks.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 workout featured Body Hook Combo, Weaving COmbo #1 and Double Combo #2 for 31 minutes. 

Kind of weird that the Nintendo Switch's Album / Screenshot posting feature was not working at all today.

Which school supply is king? The ruler.

What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman? Frostbite.

Song of the Day: Hot N Cold by Katy Perry!

Started work on the next commission request for a story based around Avatar the Last Airbender, believe I round enough info to make it do-able despite not having watched the show.

Not surprised the Phillies lost yesterday afternoon. and if they stay on a pattern of winning two out of every three games, they might make the playoffs, but again without Harper, it's highlight unlikely.

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For tonight's stream of Final Fantasy XIV, and hopefully it'll be issue free, and we might just to another round of Wondrous Tails like last week. We'll see.

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

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

From Horizon To The Armax Arena

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Mass Effect 3 saw a lot of what I wanted to do accomplished and more. First order of business was taking care of the Horizon mission which reveals Ceberus was using refugees for their science experiments and also rescue Miranda and her sister from their father. The Flare ability learned after doing the Omega DLC certainly helped made dealing groups of enemies a cake walk.

Then it was back to the Citadel to start up the Citadel DLC, which of course is The Clone Saga, which reveals there was another Commander Shepard running around. I love this mini-arc, because it brings Wrex back, and thus I basically make sure he's in every squad for the Casino, the Archives and the raid on the Normandy. 

Now instead of focusing on the party, we put time in the Armax Arena which has its own set of mini-missions in the simulator, and we tackled them all, which actually got my kill count to 2700 out of 5000. I also did some 'difficulty' adjusting to make sure two achievements were also picked up (Simulated Hero and The One and Only), which means once we throw the Party I will have all the achievements associated with the Citadel DLC, which is something I didn't do on the PC version of Mass Effect 3.

So next time we play Mass Effect 3 will be on Monday, which will feature all the majority of the crew interactions along with the Party... and then the raid on the Cerberus Base along with the battle on Earth. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

  • Well Connected: Send a warning across the galaxy.
  • Priority Target: Discover a plot against you.
  • High Society: Go undercover to follow a lead.
  • Team Player: Infiltrate an enemy stronghold with your crew.
  • Last Resort: Stop an out-of-control scheme before it's too late.
  • Simulated Hero: Score 9999 points in the combat simulator on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.
  • The One and Only: Defeat a group of Spectre-level opponents on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.
  • Technical Issues: Investigate a strange occurrence in the combat simulator.
  • King of the Castle: Win a prize at one of the arcade games.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Joliet4 who was playing World of Warcraft over on twitch.tv/joliet4

Internet service Xfinity did go down while I was working and was informed that the line technicians haven't found the cause of the problems yet, but I'm glad they are working on it.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #1, Left-Right Step Combo and Hook Combo #2 for 28  minutes.

I am not a fan of the assignment I got saddle with at work... have I said that? Of course I have.. and all I can do it complain about it...

Last night, The state of Wyoming basically proved with their Election Primary that their state is filled with people who are a clear and present danger to normal society. Anyone who voted for someone supporting Trump is a piece of garbage. 

What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean? Nothing, it just waved.

What did the fish say when it swam into the wall? "Dam!"

Song of the Day: Lithium by Nirvana

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For tonight's stream Fallout 76 is on tap as we'll continue roaming around getting various things done and working our way through the various stories.

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

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

More Mass Effect 3 Fun

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream was the first stream in a while where there were no issues, no frame drops and no partial disconnects! I didn't get an update from Xfinity yet to see what they discovered, but the next concern will be this afternoon with work! Of course I would get a call this morning from Xfinity asking about the service, but since I was not given any updated information regarding what I was told yesterday, I made sure to tell them I'm waiting for information from their Senior Tech.

Anyway, during the stream of Mass Effect 3 last night we covered everything related to the Quarians and the Geth... and thankfully I did not screw up during my play through of Mass Effect 2 to make neither side was sacrificed. We also knocked out the final two N7 missions to get its related achievement, and also tackled the Thessia mission, making sure to bring Javik along in order to have him take the piss out of everything Liara says by pointing out the Protheans involvement in the ascension of the Asari.  Not to mention, completed the checklist for all the searchable items around the galaxy.

With all that done, it sets up tonight's stream quite perfectly, with the mission to Horizon and Sanctuary to save Miranda and her sister, not to mention deal with what Cerberus is up too... plus also start the Clone Saga portion of the Citadel DLC, which will be a lot of fun.

On a side note, I swapped out slam for flare, which is an option after doing Omega... and I thought it was bad ass with Aria used it, but leveling it up for it to do extreme damage is such a sight to see! Wonder if it's available in the multiplayer side of the game? Speaking of which, the road to 5000 kills currently stands at 2147.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

  • Party Crasher: Sabotage a dreadnought.
  • Saboteur: Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
  • Hard Target: Call down an orbital strike.
  • Last Witness: Extract ancient technology.
  • Tour of Duty: Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.

Twitch Clips

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid following their stream of Stardew Valley! 

For the raid we dropped in on sannafierce who was playing God of War over at twitch.tv/sannafierce!   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #2, Body Straight Combo and Body Uppercut Combo for 31 minutes

Seeing how the Phillies struggled against the Mets, I was expecting them to lose to the Reds last night... I was surprised they won.

Song of the Day: Laid by James!

What sound does a nut make when it sneezes? Cashew!

Did you hear about the satellites' wedding? The ceremony was OK, but the reception was terrific.

Saw the assignment I'm on for my day gig... and I'm already dreading it. It's nice to know I'm being sabotaged from being productive... and frustrating as fuck.

FnDanteSavage was streaming this morning, and he's looking to get back into things with occasional morning streams over at twitch.tv/fndantesavage! Today he was messing around with Agents of Mayhem!

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, and as detailed earlier, we're heading right for Horizon!

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

Monday, August 15, 2022

Mystery Heroes and A Mostly Stable Stream

Good afternoon everyone, 

So update on the Xfinity situation, the Senior Tech gave me an update that they were able to capture a system issues on the outside and they contacted a maintenance supervisor to send out a line tech, I was waiting for an update, but the tool they were using to monitor my connection was under maintenance so he could not see any logs from the tech to get an idea of what was done. I logged into the catway to see a number of things about the eRouter being administrativley disabled then enabled as Dual Stack, plus Missing Required Options 82 and 24. At least I'm being kept up to date on this.

Now last night's stream did see one instance of the stream being held up, and several minor instances of frame drops of Overwatch itself indicating a weak connection at times. That said, we had fun, we played a mix of Quick Play and Mystery Heroes. We were joined by PandaSweet for a good portion of the night which is always a treat! I picked up two plays of the game as Dva using her new skin. Other characters used were Moira, Mei, Torb and several others.

On a side note, a bit disappointed that this turn of the ReMix event does not give us any PVE options like the first two volumes of the ReMix. What we'll see on Sundays are Winter Brawls and different Lunar Jump variants on some match types.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke who was playing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi over at twitch.tv/flint_locke! Flint is a very talented singer and does some Dungeons & Dragon streams every now and then.  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Defensive Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Finished the commission request for a WWE story yesterday afternoon, and got another one based around Avatar The Last Airbender. I'm not too familiar with that show, in fact I've only ever played the Legend of Korra video game a couple of years ago! So some research will be involved!. 

What did the left butt cheek say to the right butt cheek? "You crack me up!"

What do you call someone who points out the obvious? Someone who points out the obvious. 

Song of the Day: Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John! 

My main Fantasy Baseball team that I have been directly trying to keep tabs on is sitting in 4th place in the its league, while my secondary team is sitting in 3rd. If all goes right, both teams could hit the playoffs. 

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For tonight's stream we're playing Mass Effect 3, with the focus being on the Quarian and Geth part of the story, which should be pretty straight forward! Also last night I put in quite a bit of time playing the Multiplayer mode, getting a Volus and Turian to level 20... and I learned the hard way that Turians can't roll. I'm only 1700 kills to the Veteran achievement, which we should put a fair dent into tonight... maybe... hopefully lol/

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

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