Baldur’s Gate 3: 8 items that are much more useful than you think

Many items end up at the Baldur’s Gate 3 merchant or are just left behind. However, some players have discovered that items like water bottles are not just dead weight but can actually be helpful.

If you don’t have a barbarian and a warrior with you, your inventory is likely to be bursting at the seams. While there are helpful tips to save inventory space, there is simply too much loot.

Even if most items have no further use, there are some items you should keep – if only in small quantities. Often, you can use such items to find creative solutions in Baldur’s Gate 3.

A player on Reddit has compiled a list of “trash” items that are actually quite useful. Many other users are now sharing their best gadget items, leaving some faces stunned.

MeinMMO has picked the best items from the collection and added some personal experiences.

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8 useful items and how to use them correctly

Water bottles: If you throw water on fire or acid, it will extinguish or wash away the spot. This way, you can save allies. Additionally, water washes the blood off characters so they don’t look like they’ve just stepped out of a butcher shop in cutscenes. Wizards can also electrify water, adding extra damage.

Disguise sets: With makeup, disguises, or the spell “Disguise Self,” you can deceive certain NPCs. For example, you can’t question a person you killed yourself using “Talk to the Dead” because they hate you. This can be done in disguised form.

Candles: If you place a candle on the ground, you can add fire damage to a weapon with the bonus action “Dipping” for free. This is especially useful in a melee group against opponents with physical resistance.

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Oil flasks: When thrown, oil creates an area where opponents can slip. Additionally, you can ignite oil to hit multiple opponents or lubricate gears – no joke. If your strength isn’t sufficient to move something, just throw oil on it.

Shovel: Pretty self-explanatory, as you find mounds of earth early in the game that you can dig up. What many might not know is that you can also dig “blindly” with the shovel. If your entire group fails a perception or survival roll, just dig where the check didn’t succeed. With a bit of luck, you might hit the right spot.

Bags: Bags not only help you organize your inventory, but you can also fill them with explosives like alchemist’s fire. If you throw the bag and ignite it, it will explode. Very useful against many opponents.

Metal bars (or anything heavy): Heavy items can be quite annoying to carry, but you can drop or throw them on someone. This way, you can deal massive damage with minimal effort. Some druids even use their own weight to literally crush opponents. Tip: with more strength, you can throw further and deal more damage.

Raspberries: Normally, storage supplies can only be consumed for a long rest. However, you can eat raspberries directly to heal. This saves the relatively rare healing potions. So always keep an eye out for bushes.

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Another tip: always take a look around your camp. Depending on where you camp, there may be a new spot where random items could be lying around. Check in crates or near bushes. At Shadowheart’s camp, there’s almost always a bundle of wormwood.

Do you know of any other items that absolutely should make it to this list? Leave us a comment!

You can find the best classes (and pack mules) in Baldur’s Gate 3 in our tier list:

Baldur’s Gate 3 classes tier list: the best classes & sub-classes 2023

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Fan asks if Starfield is ready now, boss replies: “Take a deep breath”

The release of Starfield is drawing closer and the first fans are slowly getting impatient. Now the Vice President of Bethesda has spoken.

On August 11, Pete Hines, Vice President and Sales Director of Bethesda Softworks, was asked by a user on Twitter about the status of the Next-Gen update for Fallout 4. Hines then replied that Starfield currently takes priority.

In the following conversation, a Starfield fan wanted to know when the role-playing game would be finished and when it would reach “Gold status”.

What did Hines respond? Hines responded briefly and succinctly and told the fan to take a deep breath: “Breathe deeply. I have a great team. We know what we are doing (via Twitter).”

If you haven’t seen the gameplay trailer for Starfield yet, you can catch up here:

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Only a few weeks until the release

What is the status of Starfield? The upcoming sci-fi role-playing game from Bethesda is about to be released on PC and Xbox Series X|S – the title will not be released for PS5.

The official release of Starfield is just a few weeks away, on September 06, 2023. Buyers of the Premium and Constellation Editions of Starfield can play as early as September 01.

On August 04, the preload of Starfield started on Steam and Xbox, but currently you can only download a few MB and not the full game. It is not known when exactly the actual preload starts and what detailed developmental status the game is currently in.

Starfield Q&A in August

What’s next? After the extensive Starfield showcase in June, a Q&A with the developers will take place on August 16, 2023, at 7:00 PM German time. There, questions about the game that fans could submit until August 11 will be answered.

If there are new exciting updates about the role-playing game, its development status, or the release during the Q&A, you will learn about it on MeinMMO.

If you want to read more about Starfield in the meantime, we have compiled a list of 10 interesting details:

10 interesting details you probably didn’t know about Starfield

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Captcha tests are supposed to expose bots: But bots solve them faster and better than we humans

UCLA professors (University of California) in Irvine have published research findings from a study that show bots can solve the annoying captcha tests on websites faster and better than we humans.

“I am not a robot.”

What is a captcha test? Captcha tests, the scourge of the internet, are known to anyone who regularly uses the internet and has to solve randomly generated image or character tasks before entering text in online forms. Ideally, the requirements posed are easy for us humans to solve and at the same time serve as a technical barrier against malicious bots trying to flood online services like forums, guestbooks, and email registration with their automated requests.

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The study: Human vs. Machine

How was it conducted? Gene Tsudik and his colleagues from UCLA conducted a study to find out how humans compare to bots when it comes to solving captcha tests as quickly and accurately as possible. They first analyzed the 200 most popular websites in the world, of which 120 use captcha tests.
Then, 1,000 people from their candidate pool of various ages, genders, locations, and education levels had to solve 10 captcha tasks each.

What results were achieved? In comparison with the bots, humans consistently achieved poorer results. While human participants could demonstrate an accuracy between 50 and 84 percent in a test with distorted text and took between 9 and 15 seconds to solve the tasks, the bots were 99.8% error-free and completed the tasks in less than a second.

A race between website operators and bot developers

These results partially question the usefulness of captcha tests and thus also put the programming effort behind it for website developers to the test.

In this cat-and-mouse game, the technical requirements are becoming increasingly sophisticated to keep bots away from online forms while simultaneously attempting to circumvent the protection. Algorithms are already being developed that try to identify and block the interactions of bots on websites in the background instead of continuing to rely on annoying tests that must be solved by humans.

What are your experiences with captcha tasks? Do you find them unnecessary or do you see them as a necessary means against spam from bots?

Bots are also a very big problem in games.

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Pokémon GO forces you to fight to level up – A trainer’s critique sparks discussion

To level up to 44 in Pokémon GO, you need to complete various tasks. However, one trainer is not happy about one of them at all. We will show you what that requirement is and how the community reacted to his complaint.

Which levels are involved? In Pokémon GO, you can not only catch and level up monsters, but also increase your trainer level. However, until the end of 2020, this was only possible up to trainer level 40. To reach this, you only needed one thing: a lot of experience points.

In December, this system was finally expanded and 50 was set as the new maximum level in the game. To achieve this, experience points alone were no longer enough, which is why Niantic additionally set tasks for each level-up that had to be completed beforehand.

And some trainers are not happy about this at all. This includes the Reddit user 2020Hills, who complained in a post about a task for level 44. But in the community, he receives different reactions than he hoped for. We have summarized what they are below.

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Trainer complains: In the GO Battle League, you play rock, paper, scissors

What task is involved? To reach level 44, you must not only gather 11,000,000 XP, but also win against trainers in the Great, Ultra, and Master Leagues 30 times each, as well as play in the GO Battle League 20 times. However, the user 2020Hills is not happy about this at all.

So he writes in his post on Reddit: Isn’t this fun… this is a fun game, right? Man, I love the Pokémon GO Battle League and pray that I have a type advantage to have a chance at victory… I love tapping on my screen and getting frustrated about the quirks of the Battle League… especially the Master League battles.

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What is so bad about the quests? The reason for his frustration is the numerous battles he has to complete and win against other trainers. He is particularly annoyed by the persistent bugs of the GO Battle League and the overall implementation of this battle format.

And he is not fundamentally alone in this.

Moreover, players can use almost any monster in the Master League, with few exceptions, as the WP limit is open-ended there. This makes it especially difficult for newcomers to assemble the right team and bring the appropriate types into battle.

This is also criticized by 2020Hills, who writes the following in a comment under his post (via reddit.com):

The point is that in the GO Battle League at Master level, it is extremely important to have a type advantage in the first match and to be able to respond accordingly. In all other Pokémon formats, you plan your team based on who and where you fight, but in the GO Battle League, you play rock, paper, scissors.

writes 2020Hills via reddit.com

You can find a selection of strong monsters for the various leagues here.

Player finds: Those who want to reach level 50 should win battles in the Master League

Support from individual trainers: However, other players also seem to have their problems with these tasks. In the comments, you can find individual trainers who have also been struggling with this task for some time or are stuck on one of the other quests (via reddit.com):

  • Darrian96: I am already 10 million XP above the requirements for level 44 and I am still level 43, because I absolutely despise PvP in this game, which is why I will probably remain level 43 forever.
  • PsychologicalSet7596: I am at level 44 and have over 17 million of the required XP for leveling up. However, for me it is the Rocket bosses. At this point, I saw no reason to be motivated enough to level beyond 44, so I haven’t tried.
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Trainers want to help him: Many players see the tasks for leveling up less rigidly. While they are also not fans of the GO Battle League, they have let friends help them complete the tasks. Some explain in the comments that they didn’t complete the battles in the GO Battle League at all, but played directly in the respective league against a friend.

He let them win every time after a mutual agreement so that they could complete the task. As a result, they did not need to choose a suitable team for the GO Battle League and thus bypassed the type advantage criticized by 2020Hills. For this reason, some also directly offer their help and express their willingness to assist him in completing the tasks in this manner.

Others, on the other hand, find collecting the required XP or future tasks no less demanding, as can be read in the comments (via reddit.com):

  • PuzzleheadedEffort94: Just find a friend to fight with, and ask him to use 10 CP Pokémon. You’ll have it done in no time.
  • slayzorbeam: It seems much faster to win 40 Master League battles than to get 11 million XP.
  • Fragrant_University7: Wait until you see the requirements for level 45.

Trainer finds tasks just right: Trainer Rude-Reaction8213 even goes as far as to find it reasonable that someone who wants to reach level 50 should have played in the GO Battle League. He writes in the comments (via reddit.com): Those who want to reach level 50 should, in my opinion, have to win a few battles in the Master League. Do you disagree?

Are you also having difficulties completing the challenges for leveling up? If so, where are you currently stuck? And do you also believe that one must have done everything in the game on the way to level 50? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.

In Pokémon GO, the global GO Fest will take place soon. We will show you 8 rare monsters that everyone can catch at the GO Fest 2023.

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Gronkh is accused of being right-wing because he criticized a female streamer: „Twitch, is this actually okay?“

Erik “Gronkh” Range is considered somewhat like the “big brother” of German Twitch. Many find it absurd that the 46-year-old is supposed to be “right-wing.” But that’s exactly what he is being accused of, because he has expressed criticism towards Shurjoka.

What is this accusation about? In a stream of the Twitch streamer Dara, better known as “DerRadikaleDemokrat,” one of his moderators stated on August 14, 2023, that Gronkh is probably “quite right-wing.” This can be seen in how he would “incite” against the streamer Pia “Shurjoka” Scholz.

This statement was subsequently spread by Theo “Scurrows” Bottländer on Twitter, where it eventually reached Gronkh himself, who commented on it.

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Streamer reviews the boycott of Hogwarts Legacy

This is the background: On August 14, 2023, Twitch streamer Dara, better known as “DerRadikaleDemokrat,” spoke about the boycott of the “Harry Potter” game Hogwarts Legacy. The boycott was successful in the short term, as it created increased media attention.

In hindsight, according to the Twitch streamer, it could have been handled better.

He explains that the “woke, progressive, leftist internet bubble” would have attracted a lot of hatred in the long run. Instead of calling for a boycott, they could have used the hype around the game to raise awareness of issues like transphobia.

DerRadikaleDemokrat says his Twitch colleague Gronkh actually had a good proposal. Gronkh had indeed shown Hogwarts Legacy on his channel but wanted to collect donations for organizations that advocate for trans rights at the same time.

However, Gronkh completely abandoned the idea of showcasing the game after the question arose of whether J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, could simply not matter to him, which earned him a shitstorm on Twitter. This would likely result in “losing one of the biggest influencers on the platform forever,” says DerRadikaleDemokrat.

In this context, the moderator’s statement was made.

Gronkh made a statement regarding his “shitstorm”

What is meant by “incitement”? The moderator’s statement probably refers to a statement Gronkh made in early August. The Twitch streamer explained that he “let go” of the topic surrounding Shurjoka, who has faced intense criticism for months.

Gronkh, who generally wants to stay out of such disputes, expressed himself cautiously: He followed the topic with interest, but had to “only tear his hair out” on one side. Certain individuals, the 46-year-old said, he simply did not want to give a platform.

However, the Twitch streamer also makes it clear: At the beginning of the debate, lies about him were spread, but these only came from one side – that of Shurjoka.

Gronkh was particularly bothered by the portrayal that he didn’t actually have a “real shitstorm.”

Despite all the criticism, his fans and other content creators defended him at that time.

In his first livestream after the shitstorm, he was welcomed by his fans with €37,000 in subscriptions and broke a personal viewer record. Shurjoka herself expressed that she would also like to have such shitstorms in her own stream.

For Gronkh, it apparently came across as though the criticism directed at him was trivial since he was making money from it somehow. However, the criticism seemed to weigh heavily on him during this time; in his stream back then, he said he could hardly sleep.

An unedited version of the statement was posted by YouTuber Herr Newstime, which we have embedded here for you. It starts at 1:06.

https://youtu.be/5Q6Cflp6ZRE?t=66

How does Gronkh respond to the accusation? On Twitter, the 46-year-old shared a screenshot of the chat message “for amusement.” You just can’t make this up. He asks: “Twitch, is this actually okay?”

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Even now, Gronkh can count on the support of his fans and many of his colleagues from Twitch and YouTube. In the comments, they express their disbelief that he is supposed to be right-wing.

Others are upset on Gronkh’s behalf. The streamer Gnu writes: This makes her really angry (via Twitter). Shurjoka herself seems unhappy about being dragged into this way: she responded with a “facepalm” meme.

And indeed, the impact of the statement is already visible: “Gronkh” and “Shurjoka” are currently trending on Twitter. The week had started so nicely for the Twitch streamer:

Gronkh receives 7,000 subscriptions on Twitch in a few minutes, destroying all functions with it

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Baldur’s Gate 3 has a cool weapon that is only useful when you are drunk

In Baldur’s Gate 3 there are hundreds of weapons. Some are very strong on their own, while others only come into play under special circumstances. One such weapon is the Punch-Drunk Bastard. It only becomes really fun when you are drunk.

What kind of weapon is this? This weapon is a large club that you can find in one of the side areas of Act 2. It has a rather weak base damage of 1d8. However, it scores points with a unique property called Tippler’s Rage.

  • This effect grants you an advantage on attack rolls when you are drunk.
  • Additionally, each attack creates an explosion that causes 1-4 lightning damage at a distance of 3 meters.

To get drunk, any alcohol you consume shortly before the fight begins works. The state lasts for two turns. You can also drink another bottle as a bonus action.

How strong is the weapon? Even in a drunken state, it doesn’t match the strong Ever-Glowing Blade from Act 1, but it is still quite usable overall.

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How to get the Punch-Drunk Bastard

Where can you find the weapon? You can find the weapon in Act 2 in The Waning Moon. This is a tavern in the city center near Moonrise Towers. However, to obtain it, you must win a drinking contest – a very fun and fitting endeavor.

The weapon is located in a back room, and when you approach it, you will be challenged by a monster. Although you can talk your way out of it with very good Charisma skills, you will very likely still have to fight.

It is advisable to wait a few rounds before attacking him and to carefully examine his properties.

Once you have won the fight, you can enter the back room by either searching the enemy’s pockets for the key or picking the lock. Besides the weapon, you will also find some useful alchemy components there.

If you are not only interested in curious weapons but builds in general, you should try out this assassin rogue. It shouldn’t actually work, but thanks to the special party compositions, it does:

My assassin rogue build is super strong, even though it should be useless

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One of the last German fan sites about WoW is closing: “You can’t live off these numbers”

Manacrew was originally intended to be a general website for MMORPGs, but soon after its official release, it focused almost exclusively on WoW. Now, the founder Andi has announced the end.

What kind of website was that? Manacrew was initially announced as a big MMORPG project without bullshit and with a lot of love. The centerpiece was supposed to be the website with all the important news and guides, which resembled more of a fansite than a news portal. It was meant to be complemented by a YouTube channel, livestreams, and a podcast.

The focus was on new titles like Ashes of Creation or Corepunk, which showed new gameplay at the beginning of the year, but also established games like WoW or New World were to be covered.

Behind the project was Andi, who previously ran Vanion.eu and now wanted to create something new. As early as 2021, he felt uncomfortable relying solely on WoW and wanted to be able to express his love for other MMORPGs as well. Overall, his passion for WoW had faded.

What has happened now? In a video, Andi announced the discontinuation of Manacrew. From now on, no articles will be published there, but it remains online for the time being with the current state. On the associated YouTube channel, all videos – except for the latest – have been set to Unlisted.

Here you can listen to what Andi has to say. We will also address the most important points in the article:

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Manacrew started off bumpy and remained erratic

How did the development go? Rather bumpy. The portal went online much later and with far fewer features than originally planned. The release was intended for early/mid 2022, but in the end, Andi could only release the website just before Dragonflight in November.

After that, Manacrew also primarily focused on WoW. There were daily news and all kinds of guides. Some MMORPGs like Ashes of Creation were still supplemented with news, but many other games were left out. Side projects like the podcast (latest episode on the Dragonflight release in December 2022) or the livestreams were discontinued.

In several video blogs, he explained over months the circumstances and hurdles he encountered over time.

Why is he stopping now? In the end, Manacrew had almost become a WoW site again, like Vanion.eu, from which Andi actually wanted to separate. In the video, he shows the numbers from his old site, which he had taken over after the death of Patrick Vanion Michalczak and Manacrew:

  • Around the release of Shadowlands, Vanion.eu peaked at over 200,000 page views in one day and remained very consistent above 50,000.
  • The successor site Manacrew peaked at just under 50,000 page views, but was much more erratic. On bad days, it even went below 18,000.
  • Additionally, Andi explains that the numbers on YouTube have also dropped significantly. Instead of over 100,000 views on raid guides, he now usually only generates between 10,000 and 40,000.

These numbers, however, are not enough to finance a full-time person. Thus, there is also no money to pay additional employees who would then provide articles on other MMORPGs. He also assumes that the numbers will not improve in the future.

Additionally, it is made worse by the fact that he himself hardly plays WoW anymore. In the video, it is said: “I’ll be honest, I haven’t logged in for two or two and a half months.”

What happens now? Andi wants to completely distance himself from WoW. He wants to play games again for fun. The YouTube channel will soon be filled with new videos that show his personal journey into the future. And cooking will play a role.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 promises “first serious patch”, has already revealed 1 new feature

Baldur’s Gate 3 was released on August 3 for PC (Steam, GOG). Since then, the developers have been rolling out numerous hotfixes to address bugs but are also working on the first major patch. Now, the Director of Publishing has already spoiled an upcoming feature.

When is the patch coming?

  • So far, there is no specific date for the first “serious patch,” as Larian refers to the upcoming update. Recently, the capacity for save files was increased.
  • In the community update from August 11, the developers promised that they are working on it. At the same time, there were a few interesting facts about the wizard Gale.
  • The exact contents are still unknown, but the Director of Publishing, Michael Douse, has already revealed what the team is currently working on.

What is this new feature? Douse spoke on Twitter with a fan about the possibility of visually customizing their character after it has already been created. This concerns custom characters, but also the “Dark Urge,” one of the origins.

So far, it is not possible to change a character’s appearance after the game has started. Players wish for an option like a mirror to adjust face and so on again. Something like this was also available in Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Since Baldur’s Gate 3 offers very extensive customization options, players spend a lot of time creating their character. Whether the customization feature will come with the first patch, however, is still unknown.

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“Let me browse through all inventories”

On Reddit, users are sharing what features they would like to see in the first major patch. At the top of the list: seeing the inventory of all characters as long as one is in the camp.

At the moment, it is only possible to select items from characters in your own party. However, if you want something from a currently inactive character, you have to swap first. This is unnecessarily cumbersome. Other wishes include:

  • an improvement of “non-lethal” damage – currently, it is weighted the same as murder
  • the spell “Mage Hand” as a real spell, not just as a one-time spell per short rest
  • improvements to the inventory, such as assigning bags for specific item types
  • more customization options, such as hats and boots as cosmetic items

Additionally, there are requests to improve the multiplayer mode. Currently, you can permanently destroy your friends’ save files when you join them. Here, players would like to have “hop-on-hop-off” features.

Towards the end of the game, in Act 3, some bugs should also be present that urgently need fixing and diminish the fun of the game right at the end. However, at the moment, relatively few players are affected by this. Some simply finish the game earlier:

Player finds secret ending in Baldur’s Gate 3, has to sacrifice the most popular character, but at least it’s fast

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ZDF reports on CS:GO tournament in Cologne, annoys gamers: “A ridiculous coverage”

The ZDF has not exactly distinguished itself with a new contribution to the “IEM Cologne 2023” tournament of CS:GO. The contribution seemed to many viewers like a mockery of the event and fans are responding with confusion.

What is presented in the report? The ZDF reports on what it is like to play the gaming classic “Counter-Strike” for a prize pool over four days. In doing so, the ZDF reporter portrays the e-sports athletes from the shooter as heroes of a “new digital world”, “which is still foreign to many.”

Some viewers have also noticed that the reporter uses a sarcastic tone at times and asks whether slaughtering, bombing, and dying would be fun.

  • You can watch the segment, which lasts about two and a half minutes, in full length in the ZDF media library.

In response to a fan’s comment that CS:GO has a lot to do with communication and team sports, the reporter does not delve further. Instead, he shifts to the topic of “merchandise” and explained that jerseys cost over 75 euros.

Furthermore, he highlights the following points, which are perceived as mocking by viewers:

  • Fans wait several hours to enter the arena to “watch others play computer games”
  • The avatars remain dead after the round; the players have nothing to fear except for a painful wrist.

At the tournament, there was also Counter-Strike 2 to play in advance. What it is about, you can see in the following video:

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What are the reactions to the contribution? In social media, predominantly negative comments can be found regarding the ZDF contribution. Many players find the reporting “ridiculous” and express that they feel sad and angry about this contribution.

Some suspect the age of the reporter as the cause for the “negative mood” in the report. The reporter is 60 years old (via gameswirtschaft.de) and accordingly does not belong to the target audience of the event. A younger reporter might not have referred to CS:GO as a “foreign world for many.”

A user even offers himself to the ZDF as a reporter. He claims to know more about e-sports and would therefore like to create such reports himself.

To give you an impression of the mood on social media, we have selected some quotes:

  • mardy505: “How negative, condescending, and biased does ZDF report on e-sports?! That makes one so angry and sad.”
  • dat_olen: “There’s slaughtering, bombing, dying… Sorry ZDF, but that’s just a ridiculous report.”
  • Maggse: “It’s 2023 and the public broadcaster still can’t report reasonably about e-sports, a disgrace. The whole contribution serves only one purpose, to create as much negative sentiment against something that they don’t understand.”

Some users also feel reminded of the killer video game debate. The discussion revolved around whether video games would promote the willingness to use violence among children and youth. A study found that video games neither make children stupid nor violent but the opposite.

Moreover, many fans notice that the mentioned aspects also apply to football (via twitter.com). In football, for example, there are also jerseys to buy and the sport fills entire stadiums with athletes chasing a ball.

And yet, football is not reported on as if it were something strange. And CS:GO has been around since 2012. It has thus established itself.

CS:GO indeed still encounters misunderstanding among some due to its affiliation with the shooter genre. Already at the beginning of the year, a journalist reignited the killer video game debate: Journalist resurrects the killer video game debate in 2023: “Young men sit in front of these games and hunt others.”

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Player finds secret ending in Baldur’s Gate 3, has to sacrifice the most popular character, but at least it’s fast

Baldur’s Gate 3 has only recently been playable on PC, but the first players have already discovered speedrun techniques. They finish the game in 10 minutes using certain game mechanics – as well as a secret and rather tragic ending.

What kind of ending is it?

Spoiler Alert! Since this is about the ending of Baldur’s Gate 3, spoilers are obviously unavoidable. Nonetheless, we will try to reveal as little about the story as possible and focus on what’s important.

This is how the secret ending works: Gale is the key character for the ending. This is due to his special circumstance: there is a magical bomb implanted in his chest, which is the reason for his hunger for magical items.

At the beginning of Act 2, Gale has the option to talk to the “Maker” of the bomb and plan its use. When he first encounters the 3 adversaries and “the Absolute”, he can detonate it.

If he does that, Gale sacrifices himself but also takes out all the villains at once. The power of the bomb is enough to completely eradicate the power of the adversaries.

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With jumps and a strong mage to the speedrun

This secret ending is now being used by speedrunners to create the fastest runs possible. This might be one of the reasons why Gale is the most popular origin character.

YouTuber Mae holds the current record with his run of 10:03 minutes. He not only uses the secret ending but also makes full use of some game mechanics. You can see the entire run here:

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For instance, Mae builds Gale as much as possible to increase his jump range. With the “Jump” spell, he triples the distance for jumps and hops through the world.

In the end, he uses a protective spell from Shadowheart that allows him to move faster through Act 2 to the Moonlight Towers, where he jumps directly to the end through a hole in the wall. Half-naked and with the bomb in his chest, he then faces the enemies.

This is not actually a “good” ending. The parasites that are implanted in you at the beginning are kept in check by the Absolute – or more precisely, by the control of the Three.

If this control is gone, either all deployed larvae hatch or their hosts die in other ways. Strictly speaking, that would probably be the lesser evil, since the return of the Illithid Empire is temporarily prevented.

It is to be expected that in the coming time, more speedrunners will refine the technique or even find better, faster ways to the end. Perhaps with a bit less cruelty.

Jumping is by the way not the only helpful ability that everyone masters:

Baldur’s Gate 3: 2 abilities that everyone can master and they can take out enemies instantly – That’s what makes them so good and how you use them

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No player was worse in FIFA: This is the card with the lowest rating in the history of Ultimate Team

In the history of FIFA Ultimate Team, there have been countless different cards with a variety of ratings. The players with an incredibly high overall rating are the ones that are most memorable.

At the end of the FIFA series and before the launch of EA Sports FC 24, we are turning the tables today and looking at the card with the lowest rating ever. For this, we need to go back a few years, to the early days of Ultimate Team.

In FIFA 10, when the Ultimate Team mode was just getting started, a card was released that set new standards. No one should ever be that bad again.

FIFA 10: The worst card in FIFA Ultimate Team goes to …

Ian Baraclough: Remember this name, because this player will go down in the history of FIFA Ultimate Team. The former professional and later manager received a striker card in FIFA 10 with an astonishing rating of “25”! The recipient of the worst card played for several English clubs during his career, his last position as a player at Scunthorpe United was also his first coaching job.

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Remarkably: Despite a shooting stat of 88, Baraclough managed to achieve an overall rating of only 25. This made the card even more bizarre.

Why was the card so bad? The Northern Irish striker, with his strong shot, only received a miserable “11” in all other stats according to EA. If you wanted to play with this iconic card, the only tactic was to pass the ball to Baraclough so that he only had to shoot at the goal.

How did Baraclough get his card? Various myths surround the origin of the cards. One story suggests that while acting as a coach at Scunthorpe United, he spectacularly volleyed a ball from the coach’s bench at midfield into the goal.

However, there is no video footage of his sensational goal.

What could really be behind the rating of the card?

It’s possible that EA played a prank with Ian Baraclough’s card.

This also went the other way: Some players have their fun with EA Sports, as we reported in our article from 2020.

A similar incident happened in German football. For example, the equipment manager of Erzgebirge Aue received a bronze player card in FIFA 18 that was rated better than some professionals at Erzgebirge Aue (via derwesten.de).

Ian Baraclough’s career was certainly not harmed by the whole affair. In the meantime, the Northern Irishman even had the chance to coach his own national team. However, all FIFA players will remember him more for his dubious card.

We are curious if the FIFA successor FC 24 will also provide us with some stories of this kind. Some changes in Ultimate Team have already sparked plenty of discussion ahead of FC 24.

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Diablo 4: Patch 1.1.2 is coming today – At what time and what does it contain?

Today Patch 1.1.2 of Diablo 4 is available for download. We will show you what we know so far and what content and changes await you.

What does Patch 1.1.2 bring? The update focuses on fixing bugs that occur in quests, events, and classes. There are also gameplay updates for you.

Here we present the highlights of the patch notes.

Contents of Patch 1.1.2 and Release Time

What time does the update come out? There is currently no fixed release time for the update. Historically, patch downloads start around 7:00 PM German time. We also expect this today. Today’s date has been confirmed for the patch.

Patch 1.1.1 with hidden changes was released just a few days ago.

Will there be a server downtime? This is currently unclear and has not yet been confirmed by Blizzard. It is possible that the game will be unavailable for a few hours. As soon as we know more, we will update the article.

What’s inside? There are two gameplay updates for you.

  • If you activate Evil Hearts in the world, you will no longer have to wait 5 seconds for an Evil Monster to appear, but only 2 seconds.
  • You are now in the trading channel by default. If you do not want this, you can disable it in the game settings.

There are also bug fixes for dungeons and events. After the patch, it should no longer be possible to replay Nightmare Dungeons by making another group member the leader. Additionally, the event “the gathered legions” should now progress correctly when defeating enemies nearby.

For the Druid, some broken abilities have been fixed. For example, boulders cast with the aspect of the metamorphic stone should also deal more than 100% damage.

The quest “Wrath against Fate” should now also run correctly.

For players who have experienced stuttering in the game, the patch may also provide assistance. The team states that “multiple stability and performance improvements” have been made.

You can find the complete patch notes for Update 1.1.2 of Diablo 4 here

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Pokémon GO starts Saturday “Toxic Swamp” with new Shiny and free research

The next event for Pokémon GO has now been officially revealed. While the GO Fest is taking place in New York City, trainers around the world will also have an event. We will show you the details about “Toxic Swamp”.

What kind of event is this? The GO Fest in New York City runs from August 18 to August 20 in the USA. The event “Toxic Swamp” brings a part of the New York event to the whole world.

When does it take place? The event featuring dragon and poison Pokémon runs from August 19 at 10:00 AM to August 22 at 8:00 PM local time.

Toxic Swamp: Wild Pokémon, bonuses, raids, and research

What bonuses are there?

  • Double candies for catching Pokémon
  • Balloons with Team GO Rocket appear more often
  • One additional free raid pass per day for spinning gyms
  • New shiny: Algitt

Wild Pokémon: Zubat*, Bluzuk*, Tentacha*, Dratini*, Gehweiher*, Schluppuck*, Pionskora*, Milza*, Algitt*, Balgoras* and eF-eM* (Pokémon marked with an asterisk* can be caught as shiny).

Pokémon GO Toxic Swamp Wilderness Spawns

Raids: In level-1 raids you will encounter Sleima*, Alola-Sleima*, Hisui-Baldorfish and Hisui-Sniebel. In level-3 raids, you can expect Galar-Smogmog*, Shardrago* and Tortunator*.

Crypto raids are also part of the event. In level-1 crypto raids, you will find Crypto-Zubat, -Hunduster and -Dusselgurr. In level-3 crypto raids, you can find Crypto-Nidoran♀*, -Onix and -Sniebel*.

Field research: If you complete field research tasks obtained during the event, you can encounter Sleima*, Dratini*, Knacklion*, Algitt*, eF-eM* and Garstella.

Timed research: A free timed research will be available to all players at the start of the event. The tasks will revolve around raid battles. If you complete the tasks, you will receive encounters with poison and dragon Pokémon (including Miniras). The time for completing the research ends with the end of the event.

We will show you all further events in August 2023 for Pokémon GO in the overview.

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Blizzard disables trading in Diablo 4 due to something that already destroyed Diablo 2

You cannot trade with other players in Diablo 4 right now while Blizzard fixes a dupe exploit. The problem of too much gold has already led to a completely destroyed economy in previous versions.

How long is trading disabled?

What’s the problem? It’s about duplicating gold. Some players have discovered an exploit that allows them to multiply their gold without much effort. This has led to items being traded for several billion.

“Normal” players generally cannot afford such sums or only with a lot of grinding. The best items on the market are therefore not realistically accessible to them. Trading is more limited than in Diablo 2, but it is still a part of the game.

Problems with gold dupes have existed before. In Diablo 2, the exploits were so severe that players eventually established rare items as new currency. Blizzard reacted too late back then, which now seems to be avoided.

The studio reminds that any account that uses such exploits will be punished.

Gold is also quite important to buy strong items from merchants:

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Diablo 4: Merchants are more useful than you think

“Can you fix the exploit from the occultist now?”

While there is at least some approval on Reddit, many users there respond rather cynically. They recall the absurd prices of the occultist and ask: please fix the exploit where I pay huge amounts and get nothing in return.

Other players wonder where trading in Diablo 4 is even relevant. They joke that certain combinations of the over 200 affixes on items must surely be strong enough to justify a few billion gold.

In Discord, trading is actually thriving. There, the gold exploit has apparently spread quickly, which is why Blizzard is now reacting a few days later. Even that is still too slow for some users.

Blizzard is currently having a tough time with the fans in Diablo 4 anyway. Even though the developers are making genuine efforts to rectify problems and improve the game, there are always setbacks that no one really understands:

Developers themselves play Diablo 4, face problems on the lowest difficulty: ‘That explains a lot’

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New ARD documentary shows German Twitch streamers between self-exploitation and self-actualization

A new documentation from ARD deals with German Twitch and accompanies streamers at different points in their careers for several months. DoktorFroid, a group led by YouTuber LeFloid, plans to professionalize on Twitch. Shurjoka (25) wins the award for German Gamer of the Year, but becomes embroiled in a boycott over Hogwarts Legacy. A young Berliner begins a career as a full-time streamer.

When can you watch the documentary? The one-hour documentary “OFF-CAM: How German Twitch Stars Tick” will air starting Tuesday, August 15th, on the ARD Mediathek.

We from MeinMMO have been able to see the documentary in advance.

Update August 15, 9:01 AM: You can watch the documentary at this link to the ARD Mediathek .

Twitch like television

How DoktorFroid is portrayed: The group around LeFloid has just established a new headquarters for €250,000 and wants to make “Twitch like television,” but with direct feedback through the chat.

The topic of this part of the ARD documentary is primarily how to balance the engaging job of being an influencer with family and private life and how to work professionally with people whom one considers friends.

Frontman LeFloid is on his phone for 12 hours a day and is teased by his colleagues for never being able to switch off. Because he now has 3 children, LeFloid has put on muscles, takes care of his health, and trains like crazy. He hardly puts his phone down. His life with the phone wraps him in a “permanent cotton wool fog,” explains the 35-year-old. He has to swipe here, click there, and inquire here. The entire life and work life takes place on the phone.

At one point, one of his partners asks him if that’s the reason why LeFloid finds it so hard to take a vacation because his phone is quiet then.

LeFloid reacts with disbelief, questioning what that even means. His phone is never quiet.

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Trains 6 times a week: LeFloid.

His partner Olli focuses on setting up the cameras correctly: He talks about the need to find a balance on Twitch, while everything is becoming increasingly professional. He is also seen at home with his wife, who is currently completing a 7-day stream on Twitch. Even everyday life requires a lot of coordination and planning.

The third member of the group, Paul, is responsible for finances in the team. He has brought his partner, Freiraumreh, along to work. The two co-host a big show for Twitch: This show “Exactly Like This!” also revolves around the segment about DoktorFroid. Twitch like television, with star guests, a budget, and always one more camera perspective.

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Whether on Madeira or at the mixing console – These are 5 of the biggest German Twitch streamers

This is the key scene: In one of the most beautiful scenes of the documentary, the three grill with their families in the countryside: Olli has a sausage in hand and explains how great and idyllic he finds it all. Next to him, LeFloid almost mechanically reaches for his phone and stares at it as if hypnotized.

Olli just looks at him, points a finger at him, and starts laughing. LeFloid looks up and asks, “What? – I just …” – Olli laughs and says, “Everyone in their own way.”

The streamers know each other, are aware of each other’s weaknesses and strengths, and have apparently learned over the years to deal with them.

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12 hours a day on the phone, even in the countryside.

Twitch as a means in the fight against the patriarchy

This is how Shurjoka is portrayed: The 25-year-old streamer Shurjoka starts the documentary with a victory: She wins the German Computer Game Award as Gamer of the Year.  However, her part of the documentary also has the largest external conflict.

Next, you see how Germany’s largest Twitch streamer, MontanaBlack, explains that he can’t deal with her opinion and her toxic manner.

Shurjoka has also professionalized herself: She employs 2 staff members and has a partner, Freiraumreh, who encourages her to pay more attention to her mental health. Shurjoka has engaged in a conflict over the Harry Potter game “Hogwarts Legacy,” calling for a boycott of the game due to the transphobic statements of the author J.K. Rowling and is now receiving a lot of hate messages that affect her more than she might want to admit.

She is told to delete her account, and she is accused of having a psychosis. There are also threats of violence and rape fantasies. How should one deal with this? Freiraumreh is for “taking a break, making a pause”; it does not help the queer community if Shurjoka breaks down. But the streamer just helplessly laughs: That she prioritizes her mission over her own mental health is, of course, self-evident. She is surprised that this is even a topic for discussion.

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Serious talks about mental health at Shurjoka.

The documentary gives Shurjoka plenty of space to present her own position, and she uses that space to present herself as someone fighting for good, without taking care of herself:

  • She advocates for marginalized groups, even if it harms her own career.
  • A manager from another agency advised her that she could earn much more money if she stopped doing that. But she just can’t do it differently.
  • She wants to be the person she needed at 16.

But you can see how much the constant conflict affects her over time, while the ARD cameras follow her. She can’t find any distance on this topic, she says. It simply hits too close to home.

The documentary fluctuates between intimate moments showing Shurjoka in the woods with her dogs, where she talks about her depression and bipolar personality, and lively live-stream scenes, where the assistant jumps onto the stage in a plastic dinosaur costume and elicits laughs.

This part of the documentary also shows: Twitch is no longer “a young woman with a microphone alone in her room,” but rather an office and staff, albeit still two or three levels less sterile and professional than DoktorFroid in their €10,000 rent per month studio.

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In the woods, Shurjoka has no phone reception, so she can switch off.

“Tell us something we didn’t expect, Cis-Hetero-Man”

This is the key scene of her part: In one scene of the documentary, it becomes clear why Shurjoka polarizes so strongly.

The 25-year-old reacts to the YouTuber “Der Dunkle Parabelritter,” who explains why the boycott of Hogwarts Legacy is doomed to fail: Just because an author expresses an opinion online about a subject that most have nothing to do with, a large part of the public is not willing to forgo a game that is also part of their childhood. He finds the call to boycott irrelevant.

Shurjoka shakes her head in disbelief and says: “Tell us something we didn’t expect, Cis-Hetero-Man.”

At the end of her part of the documentary, it is shown that Shurjoka experienced another shitstorm after the filming ended.

Twitch, when you want to live from it, but can’t

This is the part with Bdarf: Bdarf is a Twitch streamer from Berlin who actually wants to build a career but has decided to go all-in and stream full-time.

He doesn’t seem to see many other options for himself and his life right now: He doesn’t want to go back to his old job in construction. Selling drugs to finance his party life in Berlin is also not an option for him. So it’s Twitch.

He sets a goal of earning €800 monthly on Twitch. By the end of the documentary, it’s €200. The former installer painfully realizes that effort and willpower do not lead to immediate success on Twitch. However, he wants to keep going: Only those who take risks win.

Although his environment supports the idea of trying Twitch, probably no one really believes in his success. Even the streamer himself often implies that he is facing an impossible task. Because he has neither the contacts nor the unfair advantage to make it big enough for Twitch to truly be a viable livelihood.

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Bdarf is supported by his girlfriend Judy, an educator.

This is the key scene of his part: At an event in Leipzig , he meets the big Twitch streamer Tanzverbot and has to gather all his courage to speak to him. He starts with “Do you remember me?” and receives a “Unfortunately not” in return. Ultimately, Tanzverbot does remember a scene from long ago, hugs him, and gives him a subscription.

Bdarf knows how the game works. Tanzverbot could push him, give him a raid or a shoutout on Twitch, the boost he desperately needs. But ultimately, the meeting will remain without consequence.

Significantly, both streamers are accompanied by their girlfriends at the event, both of whom just stand silently by and listen without saying a word.

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Fortunately, Tanzverbot recognizes him again.

ARD documentary shows how diverse and unfair Twitch is

Is the documentary worth it? Yes, it is worth it, as long as you do not expect groundbreaking new insights.

The documentary provides a brief overview of how the German Twitch works “behind the scenes”. However, the authors have taken on quite a lot by accompanying three such different projects; less could have been more.

DoktorFroid and Shurjoka are also unique projects and cannot represent the “typical Twitch” very well:

  • DoktorFroid is actually not an original Twitch group, but a successful YouTuber who has sought partners to “also” do Twitch.
  • Shurjoka occupies a special role on Twitch. Due to the focus on activism and how drastically she polarizes, there is hardly anything comparable internationally.

In both cases, the documentary lacks the backstory of how they became so big to finance their own spaces and staff.

The authors of the documentary let the streamers tell their own stories and only hint at the breaks and problems in the narrative. Especially in Bdarf’s case, one would wish that someone had explained how difficult it is to make a living with Twitch before he went “all in.”

Also with Shurjoka, who experiences a lot of backlash, one would wish for a more critical voice than Freiraumreh, who advises her to take more care of herself.

Ultimately, the documentary shows how diverse yet unfair Twitch is: Because the solo streamer without money, contacts, and reach competes with individuals and companies that have been in the business for years for the same audience and the same “placements”, i.e., advertising deals.

The streamer Shurjoka has, in recent months, involuntarily become a topic on Twitch:

MontanaBlack shows that he has already earned €10,000 by finding a Twitch streamer annoying while eating.

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Pokémon: Trainer celebrates his world championship debut, is directly the first German to reach the final

A German player impressed at the Pokémon World Championship 2023 with his outstanding performance and fought his way to the finals.

What kind of tournament was it? The Pokémon World Championships took place in 2023 in Japan. In addition to Pokémon GO and the Trading Card Game (TCG), there was of course the VGC World Championship, where the best players of Scarlet and Violet competed against each other.

In the VGC format, trainers participate in double battles, sending out two Pokémon onto the field simultaneously. They have a total of four out of their six Pokémon available for the battle. The trainer wins the final by winning two out of three duels.

The final of the VGC World Championship took place on Sunday, August 13, 2023, and was streamed live on Twitch and YouTube.

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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet – The Treasure of Zone Zero in the Trailer

Kelsch is the first German in the World Championship Final

Who is it about? Michael Kelsch alias “MichaelderBeste” is a German Pokémon trainer who successfully qualified for this year’s Pokémon World Championships.

He paved his way to the Pokémon World Championship at three regional tournaments in Europe. In Bochum, he achieved a strong eighth place, in Utrecht, he was among the top 32 players, and in Malmö, he made it into the top 64.

For Kelsch, it was his first participation in a Pokémon World Championship. Although he started watching the championships every year five years ago, he had never had the chance to participate in the tournament himself until now.

However, the lack of World Championship experience did not stop Kelsch from sending one trainer after another home and making his way to the finals – an achievement no German Pokémon player had ever accomplished before him.

How did the final go for Kelsch? Kelsch lost the World Championship final against the Japanese player Shohei Kimura, who would ultimately claim the championship victory in his home country. Kimura won the encounter with 2:0.

Which Pokémon did Kelsch use? Among his six Pokémon, Kelsch chose the giraffe Pokémon “Farigiraf”, the three legendaries “Wulaosu”, “Baojian”, and “Heatran”, the ghost dragon “Katapuldra”, and the drumming gorilla “Gortrom”.

In Match 1 against Kimura, Kelsch used Farigiraf, Katapuldra, Gortrom, and Baojian. However, in Match 2, he opted out of the plant gorilla Gortrom and instead used Wulaosu.

Apparent problems were caused by the opponent’s Hutsassa, as the plant poison monster repeatedly put Kelsch’s Pokémon to sleep with the move “Spore”.

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Pokémon GO: Spotlight Hour today with Velursi and XP bonus – Is it worth it?

Today, on August 15, the Spotlight Hour featuring Velursi begins in Pokémon GO. We show you everything about the bonuses and shinies of the event in the overview and explain whether the Pokémon is worth it.

What is a Spotlight Hour? Every Tuesday, an event of this kind takes place in Pokémon GO. A Pokémon is in focus along with a bonus for one hour. The Pokémon and whether you will receive more XP, Stardust, or Candies at a certain time is determined by the Niantic team at the beginning of the month.

In today’s event, you will encounter Velursi. The Pokémon belongs to the types Normal and Fighting and is from the seventh generation of games. Its evolution is Kosturso.

Spotlight Hour on August 15 – Start, Shiny, Bonuses

When does the event start? As you may know from previous Spotlight Hours, the event starts today at 6:00 PM. An hour later, it ends at 7:00 PM.

What bonuses are available? During the event, you will almost everywhere in the wild encounter Velursi. If you want, you can light a lure to attract additional specimens.

You will also receive double experience points for catching Pokémon. This counts for all types of Pokémon you catch during the event time.

The Spotlight Hour with Velursi is the third RL hour in August. Two more will follow:

Is there a shiny version of Velursi? Yes, you can catch the shiny version of Velursi in Pokémon GO. With a bit of luck, you may encounter a shiny during today’s event. But keep in mind that the chances have not been increased.

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Velursi and Kosturso compared with Shiny Velursi and Shiny Kosturso

Is the Spotlight Hour today worth it? In trainer battles in PvP, Kosturso performs in the middle range. It is an “okay” attacker, but there are many stronger alternatives. As a raid attacker, you can confidently ignore the Pokémon.

Therefore, the Spotlight Hour today is especially worth it for you if you are still on the way to level 50 and collecting experience points.

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If Monk was too harmless, you can watch a dark crime series for free on Amazon

The British crime series “Hautnah – Die Methode Hill” can be watched for free on Amazon through Freevee. All 6 seasons are available on the platform.

What kind of series is this? Hautnah – Die Methode Hill (Original title: Wire in the Blood) is a crime and thriller series from the United Kingdom. It consists of 6 seasons and aired between 2002 and 2008.

In contrast to other crime series like Monk or Sherlock, “Hautnah – Die Methode Hill” is still a fair amount darker and deals with the depths of the human psyche in an intense way.

Here you can see a German trailer for Hautnah: Die Methode Hill:

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What is Hautnah – Die Methode Hill about? Mysterious murder cases shake the idyllic town of Bradford in Northern England.

Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan brings in psychologist and profiler Dr. Tony Hill for the investigative work.

Because he can extraordinarily well empathize with the psyche of the perpetrators, enabling him to gradually trace the backgrounds of the crime.

How can you watch the series for free? Through Freevee, a video platform from Amazon, you can stream Hautnah – Die Methode Hill for free. However, you should expect advertising.

You can directly access the Freevee Amazon page for Hautnah – Die Methode Hill via this link.

If you already use the Amazon Prime Video app, you can also simply access the series for free through it.

How is the series rated by viewers? The crime series has an average user rating of 8.3 stars from 8,996 votes on IMDb. Thus, it performs very well.

Many viewers praise the gripping story of the series, which surprises with plot twists and stimulates thought with an intelligent storyline.

Additionally, the actors, especially the investigative team, are praised for their performance. They portray complex characters who undergo credible development throughout the series.

Here with our colleagues from Moviepilot you can find a Top 7 of the neurotic series investigators, including Dr. Anthony Hill from Hautnah – Die Methode Hill.

What is Freevee? Freevee is a streaming service from Amazon that is financed through advertising. Therefore, users can watch series and movies completely for free – but must accept advertising interruptions.

You do not need an Amazon Prime subscription to use the Freevee offering.

If you like dark crime series, you should check out this list:

5 strong Nordic crime series for a dark TV evening

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Pokémon GO: Events in August 2023 – All Dates and Bonuses

All events in August 2023 in Pokémon GO at a glance. We at MeinMMO show you all the dates and known details and also tell you which ones are most worth it.

Which events are we talking about? Every month, Pokémon GO hosts various events where you can look forward to special spawns and bonuses. You can also expect plenty of these in August. What Niantic has planned exactly and which dates you should not miss, we have summarized for you below.

In August, the season Hidden Gems is also still running. You can find an insight into this in the following video:

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Pokémon GO shows the new season ‘Hidden Gems’ in the trailer

Update from August 15: We have linked the content of the event Toxic Swamp for you in the overview.

All events in August 2023 at a glance

What events are there in August? In the coming weeks, there is a lot to look forward to in Pokémon GO. You can once again look forward to plenty of spotlight and raid hours. In addition to the monthly community day, August puts particular focus on the big GO Fest with its live events and a global event weekend.

Moreover, one or two themed events are also planned. And special monthly bonuses will also be available in August. Below we have summarized all known dates and bonuses for you (via twitter.com). 

However, for some of them, there is still no further information available. As soon as this follows, we will update the article for you accordingly.

DateEvent
entire AugustResearch breakthrough in August
with Zobiris*, Tanhel*, Ohrdoch*, Coiffwaff*, Viscora or eF-eM*
July 25 to August 045-star raids with Regidrago
July 25 to August 04Mega raids with Mega-Despotar*
August 01Spotlight hour with Vulpix* + evolution XP
August 02Raid hour with Regidrago
August 04 to August 165-star raids with Cresselia*
August 04 to August 16Mega raids with Mega-Garados*
August 04 to August 06Pokémon GO Fest live events in London and Osaka
August 05 to August 08Glittering Garden
August 08Spotlight hour with Paras* + catch stardust
August 09Raid hour with Cresselia*
August 11 to August 15Pokémon World Championships 2023
August 13Community Day in August with Froxy
August 15 Spotlight hour with Velursi + catch XP
August 16 to August 235-star raids with Xerneas*
(known move “Geokontrolle”) &
5-star raids with Yveltal*
(known move “Unheilschwingen”)
August 16 to August 23Mega raids with Mega-Brutalanda*
August 16Raid hour with Xerneas*
(known move “Geokontrolle”)
August 18 to August 20Pokémon GO Fest live event in New York
August 19 to August 22 Toxic Swamp
August 22Spotlight hour with Bluzuk* + catch candies
August 23 to August 26Proto raids with Proto-Kyogre* & Proto-Groudon*
August 23Raid hour with Proto-Kyogre*
August 24Raid hour with Proto-Groudon*
August 26 to August 27Pokémon GO Fest 2023 Global
August 27Raid hour with Proto-Kyogre* & Proto-Groudon*
(10:00 AM to 11:00 AM local time)
August 27Mega raids with Mega-Rayquaza*
August 27 to September 015-star raids with Xerneas*
(known move “Geokontrolle”) &
5-star raids with Yveltal*
(known move “Unheilschwingen”)
August 27 to September 01Mega raids with Mega-Brutalanda*
August 29Spotlight hour with Tentacha* + sending candies
August 30Raid hour with Yveltal*
(known move “Unheilschwingen”)

Special bonuses for August: In addition to the numerous events, you can also look forward to special bonuses in August. The following will be active in the game from August 01, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time until September 01, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time:

  • increased rewards for a catch series of 7 days
    • 20,000 XP
    • 10,000 stardust
  • increased rewards for a 7-day PokéStop spin series
    • 20,000 XP

Which events are particularly worth it in August 2023?

These events you should not miss: In August, there are plenty of dates available for you. The following can be particularly worthwhile for you:

  • Spotlight hour with Paras (August 08): If you want to farm a lot of stardust, you should not miss the spotlight hour with Paras. The monster is one of the 22 monsters in the game that give you more stardust when catching. In addition, there’s the catch bonus that comes with the short event, which gives you extra double stardust.
  • Proto raids with Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon (August 23 to August 26): Even before the start of GO Fest, the two proto monsters will return to raids. The best opportunity to secure a strong specimen and collect proto energy. Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon are among the best attackers of their type.
  • GO Fest 2023 (August 26 and 27): One of the highlights of the year will be the global GO Fest. You can look forward to plenty of spawns and bonuses again. If you have a ticket, you can look forward to the mysterious Pokémon Diancie among other things.
  • Mega raids with Mega-Rayquaza (August 27): On the second day of GO Fest, Mega-Rayquaza finally celebrates its worldwide debut in the game. You should definitely not miss that and catch the mighty attacker.

What do you think of the planned events in August? Which ones do you not want to miss? And what content are you hoping for in September? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.

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LoL: 2 teams are 12 minutes into the decisive match for World Cup qualification, when a serious mistake occurs

On August 13, there was a really strange moment in the E-Sports of League of Legends: the final 5th match in a series for qualification to the Worlds 2023 had to be canceled and restarted. A serious mistake was noticed, which could only be resolved by restarting the match.

What kind of match was it? It was the playoff semi-final in the lower bracket of the US league LCS. The winner secured 3rd place and thus a ticket to the Worlds 2023. The loser had to earn their ticket in a duel with an LEC team:

  • Team Liquid had won the first 2 games of the series.
  • However, the Golden Guardians then struck back and won games 3 and 4. A “Reverse Sweep” was in the air. It came to the decisive match 5.
  • The irony: Although both teams are nominally “US teams”, they play with 3 South Koreans and only 2 North Americans.
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League decides “invalid” and “restart” after 12 minutes

What was the problem? About 12 minutes into the game, the match had to be canceled and restarted. The supporter Huhi of the Golden Guardians was suffering from a game-breaking bug, as determined by the LCS.

Due to the bug, Huhi permanently had the Summoner ability “Teleport” instead of the selected ability “Flash”, which is considered essential for survival in LoL.

The LCS determined: due to the incorrect summoner play, the Golden Guardians had incurred a significant disadvantage. The situation also could not be resolved by a Chronobreak, meaning resetting the match within the game.

Therefore, the officials ordered a “remake” of the game.

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Team loses momentum after the break and then the match

How did it end? There was a 40-minute break before the match resumed. The Golden Guardians lost the final match and there was ultimately no reverse sweep that had been in the air beforehand.

Decisively contributing to Team Liquid’s victory was a pentakill by their jungler Pyosik. It was the first pentakill by a jungler in LCS history:

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The South Korean Pyosik, who surprisingly won the Worlds 2022 with team DRX, is the first world champion who has qualified for the Worlds 2023 with the victory of Team Liquid.

Following the match, it was discussed that the bug and the long interruption may have caused the Golden Guardians to lose their momentum and allowed Team Liquid to get back into the game.

The Golden Guardians must enter a duel with an LEC team to still qualify for the Worlds. It is critically discussed that the fourth-placed US team now has a month longer to prepare for the duel than the fourth-placed EU team: because the league final is still being played in Europe (via reddit).

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How is this being discussed? With much mockery. One often reads: “Small Indie Company – can’t fix their bugs,” while Riot is one of the largest gaming companies in the world.

Such errors in the game undermine the integrity of e-sports. Unfortunately, they occur repeatedly. However, at such a crucial moment, they are thankfully rare.

During the MSI 2022, there were already serious technical problems:

LoL: Mess at the MSI tournament – Riot takes away 3 victories from a team, RNG must repeat all games

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