Fred Casden's World

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

What a weird night....

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of had a weird start as all of the sudden I started having frame drops and a connection issue, and I think it was caused by Steam near as I can tell. This did meant the plan the of starting off with Star Trek Online didn't exactly happen the way I wanted. But we did check out the one new mission... which is basically a glorified tutorial for the new Task Force Operation which takes place inside of the mirror version of V'Ger. The new 'episode' was solid as it advanced the plot, but Wil Weaton's performance as 'Emperor Wesley Crusher' left a lot to be desired. Did like how Admiral Leeta tried to save the day herself, and how the mirror counterpart of my character realized what 'Emperor Crusher' is doing is fucking nuts.

Of course now we're going to wait like probably 4 months for the next episodes, because historically, Star Trek Online has not had any new missions debut in October, November or December going back several years. Which forever compounds STO's problem of not having enough content to justify being heavily invested in it.

Anyway, we did play Capcom Arcade 2nd Stardium, and saw that the fighting games are getting the CAPSO bonus this week. After the stream, I did do what I aid I was going to do and grind out a bunch of CAPSO, currently sitting at 12,200,000... only need 98,000,000 more to get the Class 20 achievement, but I did knock out the Class 10 one. Also during the stream placed a couple of time trials for Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Vampire Savior, being in the top 20 and top 10 respectively

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Achievements

C Average: Reach Class 10: Jurist.

Also played Fall Guys, and managed to actually win an episode via being in a random squad. Did have a rough go of it on a number of things, in particular the Roll On race I had a lot of problems with. We were joined by PandaSweet for some fun as well, which is always a treat!

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Lunar_Princess who was play 'Test, Test' over at twitch.tv/Lunar_Princess! They have also worked out how to capture footage from their Nintendo 3DS, so that is something to look forward to on their stream!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #1, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for 34 minutes.

Work was absolute torture yesterday... because it started off incredibly well... but the last couple of hours just dragged. At least I hit my personal target goals for the day. But then I saw I'm basically being screwed today.

What did the buffalo say when his son left? Bison!

What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!

Song of the Day: Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss

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For tonight's stream, we're back to Fallout 76 to see what story arcs we can advance. Also as usual we may be joined by Iceman late in the stream..

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

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Murdered: Soul Suspect and the Salem Witch Trials

Good morning everyone,

Last night we wrapped up Murdered: Soul Suspect... and when it leaned in heavily in the direction of the Salem Witch Trials it certainly didn't pull anything back. Such as the use of Abigail Williams who was indeed indeed a real person who ran around accusing people of witch craft. That tie in was a bit much, but it does make the story work to various degrees and made for a satisfying conclusion.I did rather enjoy the twist that Ronan was one of the 'tools' used by Abigail with the revelation that she kills off those that she possess in the end, which explains why Ronan was killed at the very start.

We did use a guide to find all the collectables, and there were two that I missed fairly early into the game last week, including one in the flipping Apartment building at the very start. Still by the end of the game we did end up getting every achievement. So yay... a rare game that I 100% completed!

Now would I want to play through it again... eh, maybe if I want to have a 'horror' game for the fall down the road. Personally, I rather not deal with how much time I spent trying to figure out the best approach to taking out the demons... but by the end of the game, I did realize holding down Right Trigger on the Xbox controller meant Ronan could sprint which made some things a lot easier to deal with.

Murdered: Soul Suspect Achievements

Teleporter: Teleported for the first time
Ashland: Discovered what happened to Sophia
Collector 150: Collected 150 artifacts
The Heirloom: Uncovered The Heirloom ghost story
Eternal Flame: Uncovered the Eternal Flame ghost story
Man in the Box: Uncovered the Man in the Box ghost story
Lost Causes: Learned the fate of Rose and helped Iris escape the asylum
Terror on the Tracks: Uncovered The Terror on the Tracks ghost story
Wicked Tempers: Discovered links between the witch trials and the Bell Killer murders
Ghosts Never Die: Investigated the murder of Iris
Codex: Discovered the meaning of the supernatural graffiti
The Bell Killer's Story: Learned about the Bell Killer
Cassandra's Story: Learned about Cassandra's Life
The Witch Trials: Discovered information about the witch trials
Julia's Story: Learned about Julia's Life
Salem's History: Discovered Salem's history
Collector All: Collected all of the artifacts
Ashes to Ashes: Uncovered the Ashes to Ashes ghost story
Judgement: Discovered the Bell Killer's secrets
Tightening the Noose: Stopped Abigail and saved Rex and Joy\

Twitch Clips

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid following their stream of Wingspan! Also some news with Kal, they are changing their stream schedule to be Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays! You can catch them over on twitch.tv/kalenal!

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni as they were playing Magic: The Gathering and Halo Infinite over on twitch.tv/bestibunni!

Finished the recent commission request for a story based around Trish Stratus being on RAW a few weeks ago, and got another commission request for a story to feature Tyson Kidd which I knocked out earlier this morning because I couldn't quite get to sleep. Good thing to, because I ended up getting another request for a follow up to the Spider-Man story I did recently.

Had one period where the internet went down yesterday and I reported it through Xfinity's customer service line, making it clear this has been a reoccurring problem. Luckily last night's stream didn't see any issues.

I am hoping Elgato release a patch update that will resolve the issues that were created with OBS version 28 and the Stream Deck, if I don't remember to reapply the quick fix it means the scene switches I've programmed will not work.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #2, Straight Combo #2 and Hip Shape Focus Combo for 28 minutes.

Since bot matches count towards progression, managed to bang out a couple of achievements in MultiVersus to progress towards getting as many as possible. I think the ones I'll have the toughest times with is playing in a formed party. Still the real quest is the battle pass. So logging in and trying to knock out the daily quests will help in that regard.

MultiVersus Achievements

Proving Yourself: Win 100 matchmade games
Watch Your Step: Get 10 Ringouts using your spike

What did the grape do when it got stomped on? It let out a little wine.

What's the best part about Switzerland? The flag is a big plus.

Song of the Day: Bad Guy by Billie Eilish.

For tonight's stream, we'll be checking out the new content in Star Trek Online... and almost guaranteed there are going to be bugs and glitches.

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

Monday, September 12, 2022

Various Notes And Things

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was pretty solid, we didn't quite get have many wins, and I certainly felt let down in some instances based on some of the things I saw... hell it got so bad in some cases I completely checked out of a few matches. I finished those matches but I certainly wasn't putting in a max effort. Did pick up one play of the game as Reinhardt. Other characters used were D.va, Symmetra, Moira, Brigitte and Orissa.

Did have to try and answer question for someone regarding purchasing Overwatch, as it's no longer separately on Blizzard Battle Net. Up until the conversion for Overwatch 2, if you pre-order its Watchpoint pack, you'll be able to start playing Overwatch and be able to start playing Overwatch 2 the day the conversion happens.

Twitch Clips

Thank to ciscvv2 for dropping a follow on my Twitch channel during last night's stream!

For the raid we dropped in on MommyBee as they were playing Disney Dreamlight Valley over on twitch.tv/mommybee!

Side Note: Last night's stream did not feature any interruptions, marking the first time since Wednesday I had an event free day when comes to dealing Xfinity.

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

Felt a bad headache coming on during last night's stream, and that normally is a slight warning that I have a small bout with a cold coming my way in the next few days. Joy.

Started working on the 3rd commission story request I've received in 3 days, and I'm totally not going to go for trying to keep folks in character with how they are portrayed currently on WWE programming. I did get like 66% of it written before I fell asleep last night.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured...

Both of my Fantasy Baseball Teams have made the playoffs in their respectively leagues, each as the number six seed.

Made sure to do the pre-patch install of the new content that is going live for Star Trek Online tomorrow night. I actually forgot that I said we'll be featuring the new stuff on Tuesday night's stream.

What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear.

What kind of dinosaur has the biggest vocabulary? The thesaurus!

Song of the Day: In the End by Linkin Park

Because of the fact that last Saturday's stream will probably not be viewable on YouTube until I edit out basically all of the music from the MultiVersus half of the stream, I went ahead and enabled streamer mode for that game so that will not be an issue going forward.

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For tonight's stream, we're going to try and finish Murdered: Soul Suspect!

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

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Thoughts on Gizmo and Morty in MultiVersus

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night we lead off with MultiVersus, and dedicated time to playing as the two new characters, Gizmo from Gremlins and Morty from Rick and Morty.

Gizmo is a support character, which makes him not exactly ideal for brawling, but a lot of his moves are cute and adorable, such as his side special involves him getting into a card and being able to run down enemy players. He also has charge normal that reference the Rambo moment from Gremlins 2.

Morty on the other hand is a brawler, and he has an up special that can result in eliminating people easily by lifting them towards the top of the screen, but also will effect himself and a teammate. He's great in close quarters and has some rewind gimmick that acts as a small health restore.

Of the two characters I like Gizmo a lot more than Morty, just because Gizmo is awesome.

Also had a match where I just dominated as Harley Quinn getting all four eliminations. In addition I learned that the bot matches count towards battle pass quest progression which is super useful.

Now we didn't spent the entire night playing MultiVersus, we switched to Fall Guys after the break and game super close to winning solo shows several times. Am I getting better at Fall Guys? Nope, I just happen to know how to cheese some things to almost always have a chance to advanced towards the final round.

MultiVersus Achievements

Run It Back: Accept 100 rematches

Twitch Clips

Big thank you to Iceman7667 for re-resubscribing to my Twitch channel for a 54th month!

For the raid last night we dropped in on Kalenal as they were having a long stream of Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal!

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

Also learned this that some of the music original to MultiVersus is blocked world wide, so I may have to go back into the YouTube archive version of last night's stream to mute a lot of it.

Note: We had one internet issue during the stream that was bad enough to not only stream got partially disrupted, but also I got kicked from a match in MultiVersus.. At least the stream wasn't split into multiple parts like Friday's was.

Finished the commission request for WWE story featuring Roman Reigns... I may have made him a one-note character... but then again, everything about Roman has been one-note ever since the Shield debuted nearly 10 year ago. Oh shit... just realize the WWE is probably going to make November 12th a big deal with the focus on Roman, which will lead to a feud with Seth Rollins who was also a member of the Shield.

That said, got another commission request for another WWE short story based around Trish Stratus being on RAW a few weeks ago

What do you call Batman if he skips church? Christian Bale!

I used to hate body hair, but then it grew on me.

Song of the Day: Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys

It's the start of a new week so let's recap all the stuff we played over the last seven day which was: Overwatch, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, The Quarry, MutliVersus and Fall Guys!

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For tonight's stream we're playing Overwatch as we count down towards the switch to Overwatch 2 in October!

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

Saturday, September 10, 2022

A Troublesome Start To The Quarry Thanks To Xfinity

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of The Quarry got off to a real bad start, as we ended up having two stream interruptions that reset the broadcast thanks to Xfinity. There was an upstream power level at 55.8... and funny enough, these issues occurred between 7 PM and 7:30 PM... exactly as Thursday night. Of course there were 2 times during the afternoon that saw the internet fully going down.

As far the Quarry goes, we had a rough moment after the Prologue where we were stuck on a loading screen for quite a while. Apparently that is an issue that goes back to the original release of the game regardless of which console people were using. That said, unlike Until Dawn, the majority of the cast is actually likeable... outside of Jacob.who comes across as super unlikable. There is also the issue with the faces of the characters where the motion capture worked too well because a lot of the expressions the characters makes just look creepy.

Now we did cover all the way through to the end of Chapter 5, and so far I've kept everyone alive once things went crazy.. I will admit I admit I adjust the controls to be a little fairer to me because I remember some of the gimmicks from Until Dawn just didn't make sense on how they were executed. On the other hand, I do find the writing and overall dynamic of characters of Emma, Kaitlyn, Dylan and Ryan to be rather solid, with Abigail and Nick being 2nd tier.

Also... have to comment on the aspect ratio... apparently it's for a 21:9 monitor and TVs... and there is no way to change that... which makes screen shots and stuff rather awkward. Why did the developers do that makes no sense.And if the screenshots look dark as hell... well the game is also very dark based on default settings.

The Quarry (PS4) Trophies

What's This?: Collected first clue
Forewarned is Forearmed: Got a Tarot reading
Prologue: Completed Prologue
The Truth is Out There: Collected first piece of evidence
Chapter 1: Completed Chapter 1
It's All Coming Together: Found a matching clue
Chapter 2: Completed Chapter 2
Nick of Time: Successfully took the fastest route to Nick
Chapter 3: Completed Chapter 3
Reactionist: Activated 15 Interrupts
Chapter 4: Completed Chapter 4
Just a Flesh Wound: Saved a friend from infection

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Glorifiedthief who was playing AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative over at twitch.tv/Glorifiedthief!

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

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise States For Week of 9/4 to 9/10/22

Punches Thrown:8207
Estimated Calories Burned:3394.32 kcal
Evan's Champion Progress:62% (31 out of 50 Hours)
King EX Fight Progress: 96%
Fitness Boxing 2 Consecutive Days: 638
Fitness Boxing 1 & 2 Consecutive Days: 796

How did the hipster burn his mouth? He sipped his coffee before it was cool
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What did the over-excited gardener do when spring came? She wet her plants.

Song of the Day:Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

By the way, in case you can't tell... the Song of the Days in my blogs have all been the solutions to the daily Heardle puzzles over at heardle.app.

Finished the commission request for a story based around the PlayStation 4 Spider-Man game. Basically had to rework an early scene to make it work because I have not (yet) played that game. It's on the list of things to do. Also may be getting another commission request to do something based around WWE 2K20. Haven't confirmed that yet. But in the mean time, another commission request came for a standard WWE story

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For tonight's stream we're more than likely are going to open with MultiVersus, and we're probably will mess around with Fall Guys and deal with other things.

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

Friday, September 9, 2022

So H.P. Was In FFXIV...

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV saw the first 30 minutes end up being cut due to internet issues, more on that down below... but it was inconsequential, as i was focused on Side Quest in and around Foundation... and ended up finding the Scholasticate quest line, which is basically Final Fantasy XIV's way of using characters from Harry Potter without dealing with any licensing issues.

The Scholasticate quest line is actually a spin off of the first Hildebrand story featuring Briardien who was basically Hildy's foil, plus the quest line s used to add a lot of lore to Ishgardian society and the role of the church. But let's be honest, even as someone who is not big on Harry Potter I was able to pick up on who was who based on tropes and appearances. I did find the over all story to be interesting, but there were some plodding moments. Of course with it being story driven with no action, it did make for a dull experience for those watching.

So to close things out we ended up doing one raid, the Eight Circle one... and I died twice... once by not realizing what was happening and the other because i panicked and ran the wrong way.

Also finally reached the point where I have the Leonheart attire to use as a glam set... need to figure out how to hide the choker from my gear though.

Twitch Clips

Big thanks to Kalenal who was doing a special Prog-Raid stream of Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal!

For the raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was also playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/oldish22!

I did experience the internet going down during work last night, and of course a lot of folks saw my stream last night struggle to stay connected from 7 PM to 730 PM. I did get a call from a senior tech who is now trying to spin it back to 'it's my ethernet network card' or one of the two Xbox consoles causing the problems. Now we didn't have any issues of note since Sunday and I wrote down every single time there was a major lack / service disruption. Now the only other thing he can think of is to replace the drop line that goes from the tap on the telephone pole to the splitter that separate internet and cable.

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

Why couldn't the pirate sit down? His booty got stolen!

Why was the broom late for a meeting? It overswept.

Song of the Day: Bad Day by Daniel Powter

Phillies lost last night and I'm not surprised... considering how they have been increasingly inept in recent days

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Good thing I logged into my PS4 last night to do the system update. Rally should get into the habit of checking that after Thursday night streams. And only reason I did was to install the game which we're playing tonight

For tonight's stream, we're going to start up The Quarry on the PlayStation 4. From what I understand a single play through of the story takes about 10 hours, so I'm looking for the stream to be about 4.5 to 5 hours long.

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

Thursday, September 8, 2022

So Much Progress In Fallout 76

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 was kind of all over the place in terms of what I was doing, but there was progress made in the Steel Dawn story arc (Where you pick a side after a long quest of dealing with an A.I. that unleashes all sorts of scorched creatures... including a Mothman), as well as making some headway as it relates to exploring the South East part of the map and progress on the Astronaut Companion story. The only thing I didn't do was really push forward on the main story quest.

Ammo continues to be a concerned, but I did look up the ideal of having the ammo-smith perk and it's corresponding Level 50 Super Perk to craft more when I have the resources. So hopefully I'll be able to keep myself fully stocked.

Big thanks to Iceman for being apart of the fun, it's been a while since he was in the main world, so we're going to have to work on getting his quests done.

Fallout 76 Achievements

Never Go it Alone!: Join 20 Teams

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on BestiBunni over at twitch.tv/bestibunni! They were playing Magic: The Gathering!

Last night's stream saw no issues, not even frame drops, so that's good... maybe everything truly has been fixed by Xfinity. Speaking of which I got Xfinity's second rebuttal to the FCC regarding the issues I had, and once again the person handling the case included wrong information as it wasn't they who reached out to me last Thursday, it was another one of their colleagues.

From what I'm seeing, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix is the best game in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium to grind for CAPSO,... I pretty much went through that game and perfected every round of all eight matches to get the maximum score. From what I can tell but using the re-load rewinding 45 times will get the maximum CAPSO score. Which means

Really need to just sit down a write out the back-half of the commissioned fic based on the Spider-Man PS4 game... I have the intro and set up done.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout a 28 minuet workout with Left-Right Step Combo, Hook Combo #2 and Beginner Combo #1. Today we fulfilled the requirements for the Laura's Champion EX Achievement, so now our focus will be on Evan.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

Laura's Champion: Trained with Laura for over 50 hours
Evan's Champion: 60% Completed (30 out of 50 hours)
King EX Fighter: 96% of EX Achievement Acquired.

Never trust a bucket's theories. They just don't hold water.

What's the difference between Prince William and a tennis ball? One is heir to the throne and one is thrown in the air.

What's the derivative of Amazon? Amazon Prime.

Song of the Day: H.O.L.Y. by Florida Georgia Line.

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For tonight's stream, Final Fantasy XIV is on deck, we'll see about cleaning up more side quests, maybe do some raids and stuff, we'll see.

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

Fred Casden's World

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

What a weird night....

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Murdered: Soul Suspect and the Salem Witch Trials

Monday, September 12, 2022

Various Notes And Things

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Thoughts on Gizmo and Morty in MultiVersus

Saturday, September 10, 2022

A Troublesome Start To The Quarry Thanks To Xfinity

Friday, September 9, 2022

So H.P. Was In FFXIV...

Thursday, September 8, 2022

So Much Progress In Fallout 76

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