The best gaming PC under 1000 euros – The best configuration with AMD or Nvidia

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 4 minutes

Do you want to build a gaming PC under 1000 Euros? MeinMMO presents a gaming PC up to 1000 Euros and explains which components you should pay attention to when buying.

What kind of configuration? You want to get a new gaming system but want to stay under 1000 Euros for your gaming PC? MeinMMO presents an optimal configuration that allows you to achieve either triple-digit FPS values in Full HD or high double-digit FPS values in WQHD.

Depending on your choice of graphics card (AMD or Nvidia), you also have financial leeway for a few additional upgrades, which we will introduce at the end of the article.

How did we select? In our editorial team, we rely on years of experience in PC building and have selected the most sensible configuration for you.

However, please note that there are numerous manufacturers and variations for many products that we cannot consider. Whether you buy a graphics card from Sapphire or MSI: there are often differences in detail, such as a different cooling system or design. Performance is more or less identical.

Info: Our buying guide was first published in June 2023. We keep our buying guide up to date and regularly update it.

Gaming PC under 1000 Euros for Full HD and WQHD at a glance

The components at a glance (as of June 2023):

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with cooler
  • Graphics Card: RX 6700 XT or RTX 3070
  • Mainboard:  Asus Prime B450M-K II
  • SSD:  1 TB SSD Samsung 980 Pro
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR4-3200 (Corsair)
  • Power Supply: Corsair CV550, 80 PLUS, 550 Watt
  • Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500 (soundproofed)

Total price: 850 Euros (RX 6700 XT), 970 Euros (RTX 3070).

Gaming PC up to 1000 Euros: CPU, Graphics Card, RAM, and more

Which CPU? For the processor, we have chosen the Ryzen 5 5600. This is currently the best mid-range CPU from AMD, which reaches the same values as the X version with overclocking. It is slightly cheaper than Intel’s i5-12400F, which offers about the same performance.

If you prefer to buy Intel, the i5-12400F is also a very good choice, but it will require a different mainboard. A recommended choice would be the MSI PRO B660M-P.

The Ryzen 7 5800 X3D would currently be the best CPU for AM4, but it costs around 300 Euros and would exceed the budget limit. The same applies to the i5-13400F, which currently costs around 250 Euros.

Which graphics card? Currently, the best choice is the RX 6700 XT. It offers excellent performance for Full HD and WQHD with a bit of leeway for 4K. An alternative would be the RTX 3070, but it costs around 100 Euros more for similar performance. With the 12 GB video memory of the RX 6700 XT, you are better off than with the 8 GB of an RTX 4060 Ti.

For an RTX 4070, you quickly pay 600 Euros or more and it cannot compete with the price-performance ratio of the models mentioned here (6700 XT, RTX 3070).

A used RTX 3080 would also be an option if you can get it under 500 Euros. This would also give you long-term reserves for 4K gaming.

An English video that compares the RTX 3070 and RX 6700 XT is embedded here for you:

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RTX 3070 vs RX 6700 XT

Which mainboard? For a mainboard for an AMD processor, we would recommend the B450/B550 chipset. This offers more options than the entry-level range (A320, A420). Most B450 boards also provide enough space for future upgrades. For Intel, you’d be looking at B660 or H610 chipsets.

Which SSD? Currently, we would recommend 1 TB of system storage, as many games are requiring more and more storage. In principle, you can also add another inexpensive hard drive (HDD) with plenty of space.

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT Hellhound
The RX 6700 XT (here a model from PowerColor) is currently the best card for the mid-range along with the RTX 3070.

What memory should I choose? In 2023, 16 GB of DDR4 memory should be the absolute minimum. In some cases, 32 GB can also make sense, but 16 GB is still sufficient. With a mainboard that has 4 memory slots, you also have enough room for a later upgrade.

What power supply? 550 watts are completely sufficient for a combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600RX and 6700 XT or RTX 3070. However, you could also buy a power supply with 600 watts. This would give you additional leeway for a future upgrade.

What case? With the Pure Base 500 from “be quiet!” you get a case with plenty of space, good build quality, and soundproofing. Additionally, it offers enough room if you later want to install a larger graphics card or liquid cooling. The Pure Base 500 is available in both glass and metal versions.

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Where can I save more? In principle, you can look for a cheaper and simpler case. There are certainly some insider tips to be found, and you can save another 30 – 40 Euros. Good cases from Sharkoon or AeroCool are already available for around 50 Euros. You can also install a smaller SSD and save another 20 Euros this way.

Where could I spend more? If you choose the RX 6700 XT, you still have about 150 Euros left:

  • You could directly install 32 GB of RAM, which would cost an additional 40-60 Euros.
  • Another option would be a dedicated cooler for your CPU. The stock cooler of the Ryzen 5 5600 is already quite good, but for around 50 Euros, you can get significantly better coolers from “Noctua” or “be quiet!”.
  • Additionally, you could purchase another HDD for more storage to install your games. For a 1 TB HDD, you currently pay around 50 Euros.

Further recommendations for building a gaming PC can be found in the following article on MeinMMO:

What should one consider if they want a graphics card – Buy now or later?

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Voice actor from Diablo 4 does not know who he is dubbing and asks players for help – Hundreds respond

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A voice actor was invited to the studio for voice recordings to dub some lines for the English version of Diablo 4. However, he cannot find “himself” in the game and asks the fans for help. They are to assist him in rediscovering his role based on his spoken lines.

Who is the voice actor? Tony Rescigno has voiced barbarian spirits in Diablo 4. He has previously worked for Blizzard and was heard as “Norzo” in Diablo: Immortal.

Spoiler warning for Act 3: The following text contains content about a minor quest in the third act of Diablo 4. If you wish to experience the story unspoiled, you can catch up on the text at a later time.

What lines does he say in the game? The English-speaking voice actor is supposed to record the following lines (via reddit.com):

  • The forces of hell approach
  • We will never fail to the Prime Evils
  • Bul’Kathos grant me strength

The voice actor knew he would appear in the game at some point when barbarian spirits show up as foes. The spirits mistakenly think the player is a follower of the Great Evils and therefore attack him. The character must thus kill the spirits.

The trailer for the Barbarian class is available on MeinMMO:

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Diablo 4: Official Trailer of the Barbarian

Was the voice actor able to receive help? Indeed, the players were able to locate him. The voice actor appears during the story quest line in Act 3 (via youtube.com). There he voices the opposing barbarian spirits that attack the player in the sequence.

However, the voice actor has received not only help with his question but also many loving messages. Many users praise his great work in the comments and that he has become part of a game with which many players create beautiful memories:

Great work! And congratulations on bringing your signature to such a beautiful game.

Thank you for contributing to so many memories with your voice acting in Diablo that I will share with friends and family.

Man, this is awesome!! You sound fantastic!!

Some users also jokingly say that they killed him just a few hours ago. Of course, that refers not to the actor himself, but to his role as a barbarian spirit.

The voice actor even thanks the fans with a small video message because the kind words have clearly touched him:

https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/142zl2n/voice_actor_character_update_bulkathos_lends_you/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

The messages mean a lot to him and he is happy about so much love for his work. He is himself an avid gamer and working as a voice actor is very important to him. At the end of the video, the voice actor once again showcases his character’s voice and calls out to the fans that Bul’Kathos may grant them his strength.

There is another voice actress in Diablo 4 that you hear daily on television: Diablo 4: Lilith has been presenting the most important news in Germany daily for 9 years, and no one has noticed

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Strong Armor in Diablo 4: 2 Values Matter and One You Should Avoid

Maik Schneider Maik Schneider Reading time 3 minutes

Find out here what equipment values you should pay attention to for your armor in Diablo 4, how much armor you need, and which value you should rather avoid.

The deeper you dive into Diablo 4, the more it resembles a math essay. This applies to many values, especially armor.

You can find the basics of armor calculation here on MeinMMO. You will also receive recommendations on which values you should focus on and why elemental resistances do not belong to that.

To be able to assess armor values well, you need to activate two important settings in Diablo 4. More on this in the short video:

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Diablo 4: Immediately activate these 2 settings, otherwise you will miss important equipment values

Diablo 4: Armor value in detail

How does the armor value work? The Diablo experts from the site Maxroll.gg have broken down which computational backgrounds are important for the armor value (in English via maxroll.gg). Here are some facts you can remember (applies to PvE content):

  • Armor reduces incoming physical damage by up to 85%
  • 50% of this reduction applies to elemental damage (cold, fire, lightning, poison, shadow)
  • Each point of “armor” gives you a percentage reduction in damage
  • These percentages decrease with increasing level – you need more armor
  • Armor progresses “linearly” with item power (example leg armor: power = armor)
  • If opponents are higher level than you, the damage reduction from armor decreases

How much armor do you need? The current data situation is still not optimal. However, there are already initial estimates and a picture from a developer stream helps with the calculations:

diablo 4 armor per level
Image from a developer stream – Source: maxroll.gg

The graphic shows how much percentage of incoming damage is reduced when you have 1 armor value. It is clearly visible how this value decreases with each increasing level.

To reach the maximum of 85%, you will therefore need a higher armor value with each level. The following examples are approximate values:

  • Level 20: 0.0525% per point
    • 2425 armor for 85%
  • Level 25: 0.042% per point
    • 2930 armor for 85%
  • Level 100: 0.011% per point
    • 7300 armor for 85%

These values, however, apply to opponents who are exactly at your level. In hell tide events or nightmare dungeons, opponents can hit you at level 150 – here the data situation is currently still unclear.

Your resistance to elemental damage is reduced by 50% in PvE. So you can only build up a maximum of 42.5% resistance to this type of damage via the normal armor value.

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Two values are the focus

Which values are important? You should keep an eye on two values:

  • Armor value
  • Damage reduction

The damage reduction value reduces incoming damage. Only on this reduced damage are the 85% damage resistance of your armor value calculated.

You can increase your armor value with skull jewels, the legendary “Aspect of Disobedience”, and there are percentage increases on your equipment pieces:

  • Leg armor
  • Head armor
  • Chest armor
  • Amulet

Damage reduction can be obtained from many sources: skills, aspects, equipment – keep an eye out for this value. There are not only normal reductions but also special values such as “damage reduction from bleeding enemies”.

However, this value does not accumulate, but multiplies. The following example:

  • Chest armor: 10% damage reduction
  • Leg armor: 10% damage reduction
  • Shoes: 10% damage reduction against injured enemies

The damage reduction from uninjured enemies is then 19%. The increase decreases with each additional reduction. Injured enemies cause 27.1% less damage in this example.

However, there are also situations where the percentages are added – when the corresponding damage reduction comes from the same source. This is the case, for example, with the wizard skill “Mana Shield”: Each time you use 100 mana, you gain 5% damage reduction for 5 seconds.

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You should neglect elemental resistances

Which value should be discarded? Resistances against elements. Values like “resistance against: shadow” or “resistance against all damage types” are less effective in comparison.

The calculation works very similarly to damage reduction, and the values are accordingly multiplied. However, elemental resistance is drastically reduced in Diablo 4 – always by at least 50%.

If you play at World Tier 3 or 4, it is even harsher. Elemental resistance is further reduced by 20% at Tier 3 and by 40% at Tier 4.

Since your normal armor value and the damage reduction value already reduce incoming elemental damage, focus on these values instead and avoid elemental resistances on your equipment.

More tips and all our guides to Diablo 4 can be found here on MeinMMO – Diablo 4 Guides: All Tips, Tricks, and Builds in Overview

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Zelda broke the star of Spider-Man in 1988 – A feature that you have known for years brought him joy in gaming

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The crisp difficulty of the early Zelda games was once too much for Spider-Man Chris Pine. But more than 30 years later, the 43-year-old discovers that gaming can also be fun – and is excited about an ancient feature.

Who is it about? The Californian actor Chris Pine made his film debut in 2004 in the comedy “The Princess Diaries 2”. More recently, he provided the voice for Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse.

During a press tour for his latest film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the 43-year-old spoke in March about his love-hate relationship with video games (via 3D Juegos).

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What relationship does the actor have with Zelda? As Chris Pine admits to People magazine, he was ruthlessly defeated by the early Zelda games: “I basically gave up video games in 1988 when I repeatedly failed at Zelda.”

He really wanted to be good at Zelda back then, the actor said. The failure traumatized him. After that, he didn’t touch any games for over 30 years. People magazine posted the clip on TikTok, and we have embedded it here:

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What game brought the twist now? Chris Pine reports that a few days before the interview, he played Mario Kart with some kids: That was incredibly fun.

A feature particularly excited the actor: The controllers vibrate nowadays! This capability was already given to the Nintendo 64 controller in 1997 with the Rumble Pak and has long been part of the gaming experience for many gamers, but Chris Pine had missed this milestone until now.

In fact, the 43-year-old had so much fun that he would have liked to continue playing. However, the kids eventually got bored.

Maybe Chris Pine can sit down with his Hollywood colleague Henry Cavill (Superman, The Witcher) and snag some game recommendations. After all, he is known to be a huge nerd – which not all his guests can relate to:

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Diablo 4: Expert risks Level 100 character to defeat boss – threatens to fail, flees after 24 minutes

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So far, several players have reached level 100 in Diablo 4. Wudijo has also succeeded and has faced the hardest boss in the game. This failed, and he had to abandon the fight before losing his character.

Update from June 9: It has happened: Wudijo was defeated on the second attempt.

Who is the expert? Wudijo is a German streamer and expert in Diablo, whose opinion many fans have appreciated for years. As for the tier list for the best classes and builds in Diablo, he is one of the experts on whose assessment it is based.

How you can also quickly reach level 100, you can see here:

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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100

The list is filling up

Who are the first to reach level 100 in Diablo? In hardcore mode, “cArn_” reached level 100 with his character and thus earned an inscription on the Lilith statue. According to cArn_, the grind was very exhausting.

“Rob2628” secured level 100 just 54 hours and 30 minutes after the release – but “only” in normal mode. He ended his run with the words “That was fun!”

Now Wudijo is joining in as well. He has reached level 100 solo, meaning without playing with friends, in hardcore mode.

With his level 100 huntress, Wudijo set out in his livestream, which has already lasted over 14 hours, as one of the first players to take on the hardest boss in Diablo 4 – Echo of Lilith.

However, there was a problem after the first phase.

Here you can watch the failed attempt:

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Cheating potion is not enough

What problem did he have? In the stream video you can see how Wudijo prepares for the fight. Previously, he consumed a potion that temporarily makes him immune and grants him a shield in a threatening situation.

As you can see in the clip by the symbols over his ability bar, the effect of the potion is wearing off. Before he loses his protection, he teleports back to the city after the first phase of the fight, which lasted about 24 minutes.

Once there, Wudijo says that the fight takes too long. His potion would not be enough for that. He needs at least two of them, but he cannot currently craft them.

Nevertheless, he laughs and says: “The fight is epic!”

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Why did he abandon the fight? In hardcore mode, you lose your character upon death. This is, of course, frustrating, especially considering the many hours of gameplay invested. If you don’t want to grind non-stop, you can spend several weeks on it and have to start over upon death.

After 18 hours, Wudijo ends his livestream and says: “We haven’t defeated Lilith yet. But we will.”

Wudijo put together his hunter build in just 5 minutes, but in the next attempt, he wants to think more about it, says the player. If you want to save yourself the contemplation, we have a build for you here:

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Zombie-MMO The Day Before says: “We will once again be the most desired game on Steam” – New trailer

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The zombie game “The Day Before” was once the most anticipated game on Steam, until a series of problems damaged the game’s reputation. After a delay in the release date, the game is set to launch on November 10. In June 2023, the team gives a new interview and shows a fighting spirit. But a new trailer primarily evokes one thing from observers: mockery.

This is the situation:

  • The Day Before suddenly appeared on Steam in 2021 as a game in development and seemed like a mix of “The Last of Us” and “The Division.” It appears that many players wished for something like “The Division, but with zombies.”
  • As the first trailers looked good and the game concept interested many, “The Day Before” became the most wished-for game on Steam, raising doubts about whether a relatively unknown team could truly deliver such a game.
  • Moreover, setbacks fueled the fans’ doubts: Release dates were postponed, The Day Before was thrown off Steam due to a copyright dispute over its name, and the trailers became weaker. Interest and enthusiasm turned into skepticism and mockery.
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This is what the team says now: In an interview with Well Played, the team from Fntastic appears combative:

They are confident about winning the dispute over the name, as they were the first with “The Day Before” in the video game sector. That must count for something:

We want to assure our community that our Steam page will be back soon. We will return to the top of Steam’s wish list.

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What kind of game is “The Day Before” supposed to be? The team says they are indeed orienting themselves towards “The Last of Us” and “The Division,” but they also draw a lot of inspiration from observing the environment and studying “human behavior.”

The game will be a “post-apocalyptic sandbox” with an open world. Players will explore a city with skyscrapers, “New Fortune City,” where they can buy houses and vehicles:

Even though our game primarily focuses on “player versus player” combat, it will also include quests centered around the restoration of society. In The Day Before, the fate of humanity truly lies in your hands.

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They have created various types of “infected” within the limits of reality. However, the focus is not solely on zombies, but on the players’ experience of navigating the world after its downfall.

The team’s goal is to provide the most thrilling survival experience of the year.

This is the new trailer for The Day Before from June 2023:

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The Day Before June 2023 Teaser Trailer

“They remove PvE and add sports cars – This will be legendary”

What are the reactions to the trailer? The new trailer showcases a sports car. The reactions on YouTube are mocking, as so much luxury doesn’t fit in the world:

  • “That looks just like the scene from “I Am Legend” when Will Smith drove the GT500.”
  • “I’m pretty sure the logistical decision during the apocalypse is to drive a Lambo.”

Furthermore, the fact that Fntastic downplays PvE in the interview is not well received on YouTube:

  • “Removed PvE and added sports cars – that seems set to become legendary.”

Overall, the steep decline of “The Day Before” is addressed. It is mentioned that the last exclusive trailer aired at IGN (so in the top league), now it is at Well Played (some leagues below). That is already more than strange.

But on the other hand, a user says: “I can’t even laugh about it right now. Diablo just came out.”

Indeed, many in the target audience of The Day Before seem to be enjoying other games right now, even after the rather weak recent videos about the game:

Long gameplay video of The Day Before gets a thumbs down from fans – “Best walking simulator I’ve ever seen”

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LoL: Coca-Cola does not understand gamers – Brings limited Coke that tastes like “XP points in League of Legends” … What?!

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The soda company Coca-Cola apparently wants to approach the target group “gamers”, but seems not to understand them. After an advertising campaign aimed at gamers in 2021, they are now trying with a special cola for League of Legends. However, even the limited cola for LoL seems clumsy.

This is Coca-Cola’s new idea:

  • Coca-Cola has teamed up with Riot Games and developed a limited cola based on League of Legends.
  • The cola is supposed to taste like “experience points”. The “Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar” will be launched in the USA, Canada, China, South Korea, Latin America and Africa. In the USA, Canada and Mexico there will also be a version with sugar.
  • Additionally, the drinks feature a QR code that leads to an Instagram filter, making you look like a LoL champion.
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What do they say about the drink? Coca-Cola says in a press release that the cola “offers fans and players the taste of experience points (+Xp) and celebrates the player’s journey”.

The statement from Riot is (somewhat helpless): “We are excited for the players to be able to taste the new flavor of +XP, a unique and tailored collaboration with Coca-Cola, a globally recognized brand loved by millions. They share many of the gaming-oriented values that we have at Riot, and we are proud to be the first gaming collaboration with Coca-Cola.”

Coca-Cola Ultimate is the 17th “Coca-Cola Creation”.

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85 % cola – 15 % something unexpected

And what does it taste like now? When asked directly by CNN how the cola tastes, a spokeswoman responds:

We will never really answer this question. It’s a “mystery flavor”. The taste profile is always, as we say, 85–90 % cola. And then it’s 10 to 15 % of something unexpected.

The taste is said to be “more interesting” than, for example, a vanilla coke. They want to test the “boundaries”.

We will probably have to wait until June 12th. Only then will the cola go on sale in the USA and Canada. The brave ones will surely provide the first reports.

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“If it tastes like LoL, it must taste salty”

What is the problem? As Forbes notes, it is already bold to advertise with “tastes like experience points in LoL”. That is not only something that does not exist in the real world, even in the game, experience points have no form, but are an abstract concept.

In our editorial office, colleague Maik Schneider asked, in response to the hint that it tastes like LoL: “So it tastes salty?”

Perhaps the tears of the players are the secret ingredient.

What’s behind it: Coca-Cola seems to be struggling to connect with gamers again. Competitors like G-Fuel have a stronger gaming connection – although there are issues there as well.

The idea that gamers specifically long for “the taste of experience points in LoL” seems to completely miss the mark with gamers. This is a category that probably no one thinks of.

Even Riot Games’ reasoning that with “Coca-Cola” they share the same player-focused values seems to be completely meaningless marketing talk.

What experiences has Coca-Cola already had with gamers? Two years ago, Coca-Cola launched an advertising campaign aimed at gamers, which, however, seemed clumsy:

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Diablo 4: Barbar finds unique gloves – “It’s like I have my own slot machine”

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The new game by Blizzard, Diablo 4, has just been released and the first players are finding special items. A Barbarian has discovered the “Fists of Fate,” a unique item that challenges fate in Diablo 4? The player compares it to a slot machine.

What kind of item is this?

  • In the Diablo series, there have always been “unique items,” which had special names and provided effects that actually break the rules of the game: The Stone of Jordan is a well-known example.
  • While normal items provide various bonuses depending on “prefix” or “affix,” unique items are fixed in their values. Special builds are often created around them that enhance the uniqueness of the items.
  • Diablo 4 now also offers these “special items”: According to initial lists on the internet (via windowscentral), there are supposed to be 14 general items that can equip multiple classes, and an additional 8 to 9 items specifically made for one class. We have explained how you can get the unique items here on MeinMMO.
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Gloves turn every hit into a gamble

A Barbarian has now found these gloves: A Barbarian found the “Fists of Fate” and proudly displays them on reddit.

He says:

Has anyone else found these bad boys? It’s like playing on my own slot machine when Frenzy is active with every hit. With each hit, I wonder: Am I hitting for 1 or for 30,000? Hit and find out.

Because the hits of the player wearing the gloves deal between 1 to 280% of their normal damage. So the Barbarian can either hit extremely hard or like a fly, it all depends on fate.

The inscription on the gloves, the flavor text, confirms this: “Will you let fear deceive you, or will you risk everything to find insight? Ultimately, fate is just a coin with which we pay for life – Zurke.”

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Gloves celebrate luck in Diablo 4

This is what the gloves can do: The gloves have another mechanic that activates on the “Lucky Hit” (lucky hit). The Barbarian has a 50% chance for such a lucky hit. When a lucky hit occurs, it triggers a specific effect from the gloves, which again occurs with a certain probability.

It’s kind of like a double coin toss:

  • The first toss decides if a lucky hit occurs at all
  • If the first toss is successful, the second toss decides what specific effect occurs – enemies can be stunned or paralyzed. The Barbarian can heal himself or restore his primary resource.
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How is this being discussed? In the comments, Diablo fans mainly talk about luck and the law of series. Players say that despite a 50% chance to make enemies more vulnerable, they made 9 hits in a row without the effect occurring.

Experienced Diablo players are already seeing ways to combine the gloves with other items to increase hit speed or improve chances.

Diablo was invented over 20 years ago as “Ultima meets slot machine”

This is the background: In any case, the item seems to fit well with Diablo. The developers of Diablo 1 viewed Diablo as a kind of “gambling machine,” where you pull the lever and either get loot or not.

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The creator of Diablo, David Brevik, said:

  • back then, RPGs like Ultima or Might and Magic focused heavily on story and characters
  • in Diablo, it was supposed to be about loot. Brevik said: “Let’s skip all the crap and get straight to killing and looting”

When you killed a monster in Diablo, it should feel like pulling the lever of a slot machine and either getting nothing or a win. Every time a powerful item dropped, it felt like hitting the jackpot.

In earlier Diablo games, players set themselves the task of finding “all uniques” in the game. This is called “the Holy Grail”:

Twitch streamer goes all out – plays Diablo 2 for 4 years to find the Holy Grail

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Streamer says he lost more money in one night of gambling than most of us earn in a lifetime

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Streamer Tyler “TrainwrecksTV” Niknam was known for gambling on Twitch. After his chosen casino was banned there, he made Kick his new streaming home. Now he has revealed how much he lost in one night of gambling – and he even seems proud of it.

On June 7, TrainwrecksTV addressed his biggest gambling night in a stream of his colleague Adin Ross. According to Trainwrecks, Adin Ross was wrongfully banned on Twitch.

Here you can see Twitch bans that caused a stir:

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The 5 biggest Twitch bans that caused a lot of commotion

When asked what the largest amount was that he lost in a gambling night, TrainwrecksTV said:

On one day it was, I believe, 24.9 million US dollars. I understand that many haters or many, you know, insecure, spiteful, jealous streamers will think this is fake, but if they knew my deal.

There is not a single streamer, no one, not even MrBeast himself, who would have made the deal as transparently and authentically as I did. No one would do that.

There were no safety measures, it was gambling, it was authentic. […] That was “crazy shit.”

TrainwrecksTV in clip

By “the deal” he apparently refers to a highly lucrative agreement with Stake, which Trainwreck disclosed in October 2022: the online casino was said to have paid him $750,000 a day, apparently he received the money to gamble in the casino in front of thousands of viewers on Twitch.

What does he mean by the MrBeast comparison? MrBeast is known for his extravagant projects and his actions for charitable causes. However, TrainwrecksTV openly talking about his gambling has little to do with this topic.

Trainwreck just wants to emphasize how transparent he is with his winnings and losses.

The video in which TrainwrecksTV comments on the enormous amount of money he has lost triggered numerous reactions on the popular LivestreamFail subreddit.

How does the community react? EbolaMan123 writes: “That’s more money than I will see in my entire life.”

Locke10815 comments: “More money than probably over 98% of people will see in their entire lives,” and jokes: “I’m really sorry for him. Is there a GoFundMe page (a page for fundraising) for him?”

Schmarsten1306 writes: “He’s just promoting Stake by depositing money into his own gambling account to advertise for Stake. What a fool.”

Stake is an online casino where various casino games are offered. The casino itself, the streamers who aggressively promote it, and the platform Kick associated with Stake are all viewed very critically from the outside.

At the same time, Stake was one of the platforms that Twitch explicitly named in September 2022 as examples of banned sites.

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Diablo 4: The 1st player to reach level 100 in hardcore mode dies in the most annoying way – loses everything

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A few days ago, the Twitch streamer cArn_ reached Level 100 in Hardcore mode of Diablo 4. Now he has lost his character and numerous hours of gameplay due to a disconnect and has to start over.

Anyone who has ever played a hardcore mode in games knows how much time, sweat, and effort you invest in your characters. With one death, you lose everything, because there is no respawn in that mode.

This is something cArn_ has now also experienced. He was the first hardcore player, who secured a place in the coveted ranking. And due to a bug, he lost his Level 100 Barbarian.

Here you can see how you can get your characters to Level 100 as well:

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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100

A disconnect and everything is gone

How did he die? Actually, he didn’t “really” die, as you would suspect in a hardcore game. He didn’t die due to a tough boss fight or from being overwhelmed by many individual enemies or by the feared Butcher.

In a clip from his livestream on June 6, you can see how cArn_ is carving through hordes of enemies with his Barbarian. Suddenly, his character behaves strangely, it jerks, lags, and does not respond to key commands. The screen freezes and then turns black. cArn_ reacts with: “Hello? Are you joking?”

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In the stream video, you can see that he couldn’t log in for minutes. In the following video, character creation appears. It quickly becomes clear: cArn_ has no available characters left and must create a new one to continue playing.

On realizing that he has to start over, he reacts with exclamations of “What the hell?” He then creates a new character, initially a Barbarian, but later a Hunter.

The official Diablo account congratulates him. But the death of his character is also mentioned:

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“Congratulations, Carndarak. The first to reach Level 100 in Hardcore mode. The first to be engraved in the history of Diablo,” writes the Diablo account.

At least cArn_ was able to secure one of the popular engraving spots on the Lilith statue.

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15 Crazy FunFacts about our Favorite Consoles

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Here you will find 15 fun and interesting facts about the consoles from PlayStation and Nintendo. And why someone owns 2,700 versions of a single game.

For over 50 years, video game consoles have existed and over time, the most bizarre stories have accumulated. Did you know that Nintendo owns the rights to two porn films and that someone renamed themselves to ‘PlayStation 2’?

We have summarized 15 fun and interesting facts about PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox in 3 short videos.

7 Fun Facts about PlayStation

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Netflix could already be watched on the PS2 – 7 quirky facts about the PlayStation

Sony quickly established itself as a major competitor to Nintendo with its first PlayStation – at that time, Nintendo was very strong with its consoles.

From a technological perspective, Sony was particularly ahead. Who would have thought, for example, that Netflix could already be used on the PlayStation 2? We have picked out this and 6 more stories for you and present them in a video.

7 Fun Facts about Nintendo

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There are noodles from Nintendo – 7 quirky facts you didn’t know about the company behind Super Mario

The Nintendo brand has existed long before most of us were born. During this time, the company not only tried to sell video games but also took completely different paths.

7 interesting and entertaining stories about Nintendo can be found in our overview video.

He bought the same Xbox game 2,700 times and wants more

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An old Xbox game could only be bought for 36 days – A pro wrestler has over 2,700 copies of it and wants more

The desire to collect is shared by many of us, but owning the same thing thousands of times is quite special.

But this is exactly what fascinates a professional wrestler from America. He has made it his mission to own as many copies of a limited Xbox game as possible. What game it is and why he does this, we have summarized in a video for you.

More video game facts are available in the following video: 7 Facts about LoL that only true veterans know

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Blizzard just locked the hardest challenge in Diablo 4

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At the very end, long after the campaign, the “true final boss” of Diablo 4 awaits you. Or would, but Blizzard has deactivated him at the moment.

What kind of challenge is this?

  • Blizzard has already revealed that there is a tough final boss waiting at the very end of Diablo 4.
  • This boss is designed for level 100, and you will only see him at World Tier 4 (Torment) in a special dungeon called the “Pinnacle Challenge.”
  • For the moment, however, the fight is not available. Blizzard is working on an issue.

Update, June 8: The Pinnacle Challenge has been adjusted with a hotfix and is available again.

Update, June 9: Additionally, the expert Wudijo attempted the challenge for the second time and this time was defeated – 150 hours of gameplay gone.

Spoiler Warning: If you want to read more about the boss, you will likely learn the end of the story campaign. We discuss the boss here in detail in the article. If you want to back out now, here is an exciting alternative:

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What makes the boss so hard? You fight against the echo of Lilith in the challenge, who returns as the “Incarnation of Hatred” after her defeat in Act 6 – with significantly more life and new abilities.

Over several phases, you will have to fight her and some minions, using mechanics similar to a boss from an MMORPG. She keeps disappearing and covering the entire platform with abilities that you must evade.

The fight requires you to find an optimal balance between offense and defense in your build while also being mobile enough to evade. One of the best players in the world, Wudijo, has already tried against the boss at level 80, but was defeated multiple times after over an hour (via YouTube).

Although the first players are already at level 100, even in hardcore mode, currently no one can face the echo of Lilith. Because the challenge is locked.

You can find the best classes and builds in our Tier List for Diablo 4 if you want to try it yourself. Here are tips for leveling faster:

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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100

Blizzard locks “Pinnacle Boss” due to loot issues

In the official forum, community manager Adam Fletcher writes that the team is currently working on fixing a few items related to this boss fight. This was on June 6, the official release of Diablo 4.

How long it will take or which items are specifically involved, Fletcher does not say. However, a helmet should be obtainable from the Lilith echo, which will be the best item for almost all classes. Whether there are other loot sources for this is not confirmed so far.

The team will provide an update as soon as they know more. However, the majority of players probably won’t even be close to the challenge yet. Leveling to level 100 will take several days for the average player, even though some elite players are already complaining that there is too little to do:

Diablo 4: “My diapers are all gone” – Players waited 11 years for Blizzard’s new game, overdoing it at release

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Destiny 2: Those who use a diving secret in Season 21 can harvest Tier-7 loot

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A new secret in Season 21 of Destiny 2 offers the option for better loot in the seasonal activity “Dives”. However, this is only for players who know how to dive deep and activate the mini-event. MeinMMO has the necessary insider knowledge for you.

What secret has been discovered? Every season in Destiny 2 brings not only new loot but also small secrets that you might not discover immediately and are not explained directly. This is also the case in the seasonal activity of Season 21 called “Dives”.

  • In the “Dives” of the weekly mission, the Guardians dive deeper into the ocean of Titan to collect energy. This energy is needed by Sloane to communicate with the mysterious underwater being Ahsa.

Here, you dive to depths of 1000 m and 2750 m. But only Guardians who know how to dive properly to 5000 m gain access to better loot and a higher chance of Depths weapons.

To find this secret, you simply need to pay attention to your surroundings. MeinMMO will tell you exactly what to look out for, what difficulties there are, and how you can improve the loot from Tier-1 to Tier-7. So, look for loot with significantly improved stats.

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Destiny 2: New dungeon “Ghosts of the Deep” from Season 21 brings the Ghoul into play

Whoever calls the darkness gets better loot

Here’s how to get the extra loot box in Dives: The new secret requires all three players to interact with a sphere that looks like Toland and thereby “call the darkness”. This triggers a unique and challenging mini-event in the activity.

The sphere can always be found in fixed locations. So, if you know where to run, you can activate the event quickly. It is usually easy to recognize once you know what you’re looking for.

Toland is easy to recognize once you know what to look for

Every time you reach the next depth, you need to activate the sphere again. If successful, the strength of the challenge increases steadily.

  • What you need to do exactly is random.
  • Sometimes it’s about standing in glowing pools to cleanse them
  • Or several Degraded-Fester spheres or domes appear that you need to eliminate quickly.

After that, the new challenge just needs to be mastered. It usually consists of killing a bunch of enemies and surviving all waves before the timer runs out. The deeper you dive, the harder and tougher the enemies become.

Such secret events happen repeatedly in Destiny 2 – for example on Neomuna:

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What loot do you get for this? Without the interaction with the darkness by every Guardian, there is only a normal Tier-1 chest at the end of the activity.

However, for completing the special mini-event, all Guardians are rewarded with more and better loot. Then a second chest drops at the end of the dive.

  • It is possible to maximize loot chests to Tier-7 – if you master everything.
  • You also get an increased chance for weapons with Depths vision.
  • Additionally, there is a large amount of reputation rank, over 500, for the sonar station, and fishing lures are also in abundant quantities.
  • Materials drop as well, such as enhancement prisms or ascendant shards
What does the term Tier-1 or Tier-7 loot mean in Destiny?

Loot that drops for you in the game is classified in Destiny 2 by its rarity level. Tier-1 loot is the most common and easiest loot you can receive. Tier-7 loot drops generally have higher stats that can improve your abilities in the game. They usually drop only in special endgame activities, such as raids or Trials of Osiris.

Players have also confirmed on the Destiny Reddit that the extra chest dropped exotic armor for them.

Additionally, speculation occurs on Reddit that if the maximum dive depth in Season 21 is reached, this additional chest could drop the last remaining exotic weapon in the “Season of Depths”.

The mini-event has 2 major problems

Whoever succeeds and calls the darkness can dive up to 5000 m deep

With player search, it rarely works: The biggest difficulty of the mini-event is getting every player to interact with the sphere – otherwise, the chest won’t be activated.

Especially for Guardians who complete their dives using player search, this is a huge problem. Their teammates are often clueless and know nothing about the extra loot. And since the sphere doesn’t shout: “Interact with me for free extra loot,” many Guardians miss the opportunity.

As astorj writes on the Destiny Reddit: “Honestly, I’ve given up trying to get my teammates to understand that there’s a damn sphere. […]”

How absurd it is for the “informed” has been humorously captured by Destiny 2 player SpaceMagicgo in a humorous video on Reddit:

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Hello? Doesn’t anyone want Tier-7 loot?

Players wish for a ping system: So it’s not that easy to get a random team to activate the option for more loot.

There is a chat system in Destiny 2 to communicate, but whether or not to activate it is up to each player. Additionally, it is usually disabled by default on consoles.

Basically, it’s a pure gamble if you don’t play the activity in a fixed fireteam without player search and try to activate the mini-event.

The solution would be a ping system for Destiny 2. Most competitive FPS games like Apex Legends, Overwatch 2, and Warzone 2 all have context-based ping options.

Here the integrated LFG system is missing: Of course, a ping system would be nice, but it seems much more likely that the diving activity is heavily linked to the presence of the announced but not yet integrated internal LFG system. This was supposed to be active already, but Bungie postponed it to the last seasons of the Lightfall DLC.

Additionally, the second problem is that it’s not always possible to master all challenges, as it is crucial to work with a coordinated team as the difficulty increases.

Just casually hopping through isn’t possible anymore and thus time runs out while players revive each other. As so often, communication is the key to success.

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So don’t be discouraged by the challenge and dive deeper to reach the Tier-7 chest. Feel free to share this knowledge, as the more players know about the sphere, the higher the chances for everyone that the event is activated in each dive.

Have you already been among the initiated and knew about the sphere and the extra loot option? Or are you facing the same problem that you can’t get your random teammates to activate the mini-event? And what is the highest reward tier in the dive that you have reached so far? Feel free to let us know in the comments.

If you are still looking for a good story for your Destiny Discord, you will find it here, as an ugly exotic has made itself unforgettable with an Iron Banner bug:

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The 1st season of Rings of Power on Amazon received mixed reviews – Was more expensive than one of the best series on Netflix overall

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That some series productions require an enormous budget has been shown by titles like Stranger Things and WandaVision. With nearly 500 million dollars, the Lord of the Rings prequel “The Rings of Power” overshadows everything else and is more expensive than all “The Witcher“–seasons combined.

The first season of “The Rings of Power”, the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings prequel on Amazon, has left viewers with mixed reactions.

However, regardless of opinions about the content of the series, it is clear that it sets new standards in terms of production costs. In fact, the budget for the first season of “The Rings of Power” exceeds the total costs of one of the most popular series in recent years on Netflix.

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Lord of the Rings – The Rings of Power: The official trailer for the series

Why is the Lord of the Rings prequel so expensive? For the rights alone, around 250 million dollars, or approximately 235 million euros at the current exchange rate, had to be paid. According to Amazon Studios head Jennifer Sake, Amazon is building an infrastructure that will support the entire “The Rings of Power” series.

In total, the costs amount to around 465 million dollars, making it higher than the total costs for all three Lord of the Rings adaptations – which were around 281 million dollars.

Other series productions have also been quite expensive; this one cost about half as much as The Rings of Power, but was canceled after just one season. And many have never even heard of it.

Compared to “The Rings of Power”, “The Witcher” is almost a bargain

How expensive has The Witcher been in comparison? Compared to the Lord of the Rings prequel, it is clear that The Witcher does not come close to the enormous production costs. The first season of The Witcher cost around 92 million dollars, while the second season cost about 176 million dollars.

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The miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin has a cost of around 50 million dollars (via 3DJuegos). This means that Netflix has so far invested about 318 million dollars into the The Witcher franchise.

Netflix had hoped for more. As our colleagues from 3DJuegos report, the subscription service’s plan was to make The Witcher its biggest franchise.

Initially, this worked well – within the first four weeks, 76 million households watched the first season of the series about the monster hunter Geralt.

However, Netflix then distanced itself from the community, as evidenced by the YouTube comments on the new trailer.

Fans blame Netflix for the recasting of the lead role

How are fans reacting to the trailer? That the role of the monster hunter is being recast and that we will see Henry Cavill as Geralt one last time in the third season has caused displeasure among many fans.

User Agniva Chakraborty writes under the YouTube video: “No one could have played Geralt better. Thank you for that, Henry Cavill. We will miss you.” and receives over 1000 likes.

“Respect your actors, respect the source, respect your audience. Thank you, Henry, you spoke for all of us.” writes Allstar Snave. This presumably refers to Henry Cavill wanting to stay true to the original story as a fan of The Witcher games.

And over 16,000 YouTube users agree with the comment by liking it.

In recent years, several great TV series based on video games have been released alongside The Witcher. In a survey, you decided which of them are the best.

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„Across the Spider-Verse“ excites in cinemas, now the community hopes for a „The Last of Us“ star in the next Spider-Man film

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The superhero hit “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is currently in theaters. For the sequel to the Spider-Man film, the community hopes for a familiar face from the HBO series “The Last of Us”.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is currently taking over theaters and even overtook the DC blockbuster “The Dark Knight” as the best superhero film of all time. It is the sequel to “Spider-Man: A New Universe”.

The next film in the Spider-Man saga will be titled “Beyond the Spider-Verse” and will hit theaters in 2024.

A Hollywood actor and the community wish for a certain new addition for the third part, known as Din Djarin from the Disney series “The Mandalorian” or in the role of Joel Miller in the “The Last of Us” series from HBO: Pedro Pascal.

Here you can see a trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse:

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“He should be a Spider-Person, a quirky, old Spider-Person”

The fans’ wish for actor Pedro Pascal to get a Spider-Verse role was sparked by an interview.

In an interview with GQ Magazine, actor Oscar Isaac, who voices the character Miguel O’Hara in Across the Spider-Verse, was asked whom he would like to have in the next film:

“I don’t know. They [the filmmakers] are so brilliant at finding the right person for the right role, but maybe Pedro Pascal. Let’s find something for him. He should be a Spider-Person, a quirky, old Spider-Person” (via gq-magazine.com).

Following this, the character designer of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Kris Anka, spoke on Twitter and commented: “I’m sure I can create something”.

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How does the community react to this? In the Twitter comments, many users express their enthusiasm about the idea of Pedro Pascal getting a Spider role. Some directly suggest characters that the actor could take on under Anka’s post:

  • ArturArouk: “Pedro Pascal as Superior Spider-Man would be a dream.”
  • Q_Review: “Listen to me. Uncle Ben as Spider-Man. In the comics, it happened – a universe where Peter died and Uncle Ben became Spider-Man.”
  • phatjake: “Spider-Mandalorian…the simplest solution.”

Several times in the comments, Spider-Uncle Ben is suggested by Twitter users and seems to be the role where fans are most likely to see Pedro Pascal.

However, there is still no official information on whether Pedro Pascal will indeed have a role in the upcoming Spider-Man film.

Not only Spider-Man but also Bowser is taking over the cinemas: A Disney princess is currently the top earner among animated characters – but the evil Bowser is catching up

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Diablo 4: „My diapers are all“ – players have waited 11 years for Blizzard’s new game, overdoing it at release

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Some players finished with Diablo 4 before most could even play and are now complaining that there is not enough to do. This has led to mockery from the “normies”, who find the doomsday sermons amusing.

Why are people grinding so hard?

  • Diablo 4 is the first new Diablo in the main series in 11 years. Diablo 3 was released in 2012, Diablo Immortal is a mobile spin-off.
  • Accordingly, the new installment is very popular. It is even the fastest-selling game in Blizzard’s history (via Twitter).
  • Because millions of fans have been waiting for Diablo 4, they have been playing intensely since early access, and some have even practically completed everything.

This is the reaction: On Reddit, in forums, and other social media, players share their opinions and impressions of Diablo 4. However, especially on Reddit, there are always players complaining about the state of the game.

Their criticism: there is too little to do, one can only grind and nothing else, and the game has numerous issues overall. The biggest points of criticism include (via GameStar):

  • missing quality-of-life content such as a bag for gems, loot filters, and customization
  • flaws in the UI, such as the lack of ability to disable player names
  • the obligation to repeat tasks with secondary characters

Although the endgame offers plenty of content, these core gamers focus on content that provides them with the best rewards in the shortest amount of time. Instead of experiencing the entire game, they optimize everything in every spot.

Exactly this is causing resistance from people who just want to play “normally” and are annoyed by the “small minority” of complaining elite players.

In our expert review, Diablo 4 is received extremely well:

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How good will Diablo 4 be? The expert’s conclusion after the test

“Don’t you want the game you haven’t played to get better?”

This is how the “normies” react: In a huge thread on Reddit, a player created a satire post. There, he takes on the position of one of these core gamers who has played dozens of hours since early access and now thinks the game is dumb.

By wearing diapers and putting meth instead of milk in his coffee, he was able to play 24/7 and now has the opportunity to complain extensively. It can’t be that Diablo 4 isn’t exactly like Diablo 1 and at the same time something completely new and different.

Others agree, saying: “Why couldn’t this just be a reskin for Diablo 3?” The game in which they sank 12,500 hours, 12,000 of which they spent merely complaining. There’s even a completely separate thread about this.

The topic, framed this way, brings laughs and shows that a large majority of people just want to play first. What to complain about after 100 hours will be seen then. Until then, Blizzard will likely continue to deliver.

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Is all of this nonsense? No, there is indeed legitimate criticism that is well-received in the community. The user WuluChief13, for instance, writes: “The no-lifers have a point. […] ARPGs are repetitive, but too many problems come together in Diablo 4’s endgame that make it boring-repetitive, not fun-repetitive.”

The discussions initiated by such elite players are good for considerations. Because the likelihood is high that casuals will eventually encounter these problems if they haven’t been resolved by then. And blind defenders who immediately block any criticism are just as annoying.

While the two extremes usually attract more attention, there is certainly constructive criticism in between on Reddit and co. And Blizzard has been working almost daily on hotfixes and patches since early access.

Whether the community will ever agree is still open. The discussion has been ongoing for weeks:

Diablo 4 fans are annoyed with people who only complain: ‘Then just play Diablo 2’

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Pokémon GO apologizes for the poor Shiny chances and brings a replacement event

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Because your chances of Shinys with legendary Pokémon were too poor, there will soon be compensation from Niantic. We will show you what the team from Pokémon GO has to say about it.

What was wrong with the Shiny chances? A few days ago, trainers in Pokémon GO noticed that there were unannounced changes in the game. A Japanese website collected data from some players and found that the Shiny chances in remote raids apparently deteriorated.

This realization quickly spread throughout the community, and trainers were really angry. First, remote raids became more expensive, and now they are also worse? In the meantime, developer Niantic responded with a message to the players.

Apology and compensation from Niantic

This is what Niantic says: On the morning of June 7, Niantic’s support account reached out to players on Twitter. They mentioned technical problems that were responsible for the poor Shiny chances.

Trainers, we have fixed a technical problem that affected the shiny appearance rate of Selfe, Vesprit, and Tobutz in remote raids. We apologize for this and will soon publish details of a special raid event on the Pokémon GO blog.

Source: Niantic Support on Twitter

As an apology for the players who fought these bosses through remote raids, the team has also thought of something. In a follow-up tweet, it says:

“Affected trainers will also receive a remote raid pass for every raid they participated in during that period. Additionally, they will receive an extra [remote raid pass] that will be directly assigned to their Pokémon GO account.”

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When exactly the replacement event will take place is still unclear at this time. However, we know from past apology events that they have always occurred quite promptly.

Were you also affected by these raid problems, and did you notice them while raiding, or were you not involved in the new raids at all? Please share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange thoughts with other trainers.

You can find an overview of all events in June 2023 here

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While you are waiting for ‘Barbie’, you can see Margot Robbie in one of her most iconic roles on Netflix

Marie Friske Marie Friske Reading time 2 minutes

With “Barbie,” a new movie featuring Margot Robbie will hit theaters this summer. If you want to pass the time until then, you can watch the actress on Netflix in one of her most famous roles.

Margot Robbie is an Australian actress who is currently in high demand in Hollywood. Some of her well-known films include “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) and “Tonya” (2017).

However, many fans celebrate her mainly as the supervillain Harley Quinn. The character comes from the DC Universe. In the comics, she started as a former psychiatrist who became the companion and love interest of the Joker.

Here you can see a trailer for Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn:

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Harley Quinn as a strong protagonist

Margot Robbie made her first appearance as Harley Quinn in the antihero film “Suicide Squad” (2016). However, there were discussions in the community about how the character was portrayed.

Critics argued that the filmmakers had merely overlooked Harley Quinn’s tragic background – instead, they had sexualized her in a crude manner. The colleagues from Moviepilot even stated, the film did not deserve the hype around Harley Quinn.

However, with Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn, the character received a sort of remake under the direction of Cathy Yan. The antiheroine emerges from her breakup with the Joker as a self-determined main character who now experiences her own adventure and shows more nuanced facets of herself.

You can currently watch Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn (2020) on Netflix.

What is Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn about? After breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn finds a new group of superheroes to join. Together with Black Canary, Huntress, and The Question, they fight against the villain Black Mask.

When will Margot Robbie’s new movie be released? Barbie will premiere in German theaters on July 20, 2023. Alongside Margot Robbie in the lead role, Ryan Gosling will appear as Ken. In the film, the doll is banished from her homeland and subsequently enters the real world.

Currently, a film about a popular Marvel hero is also in theaters, which even surpassed Batman: “The Dark Knight” has been dethroned as the best superhero movie of all time – moviegoers around the world celebrate the new king

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Twitch introduces new rules – But streamers react so angrily that Twitch backs down and didn’t mean it that way

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On June 6, Twitch unexpectedly announced new regulations for sponsored content on the platform. This did not sit well with many streamers who saw their sponsor deals at risk. After heavy criticism, Twitch quickly backtracked that same evening, stating that they may have expressed themselves incorrectly.

What are these new rules? On June 6, Twitch published new guidelines for sponsored content. With these guidelines, streamers would be prohibited from including “burned-in” ads in the form of videos, banners, or audio advertisements directly in their streams.

Moreover, logos displayed should only occupy a maximum of 3% of the screen space. The reactions from streamers were predominantly negative; they viewed the changes as an attack on their deals with advertising partners.

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MMORPG clique around Asmongold threatened to leave Twitch

How did the situation develop? The changes became known on the evening of June 6 our time and spread quickly via Twitter and Reddit. Numerous content creators expressed their displeasure, including larger streamers.

Asmongold, who has criticized Twitch regarding advertising in the past, even called for a boycott. Alternatively, he suggested that streamers consider switching to another platform, he wrote via Twitter.

One True King (OTK), Asmongold’s streaming organization, took exactly this path and threatened to leave the platform if the changes went through. In a tweet by co-founder Tips Out, he calls the new regulations a direct attack on their business and their work.

Mizkif, another co-founder of the organization, stated that they would likely move to YouTube or one of the newer platforms Rumble or Kick.

He also made a grim forecast for future events on Twitch: they would simply become too expensive without ad placements and could no longer take place. As a consequence, he advised all streamers to leave the platform.

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All just a misunderstanding?

What does Twitch say? In a post that Twitch published via Twitter on June 6, it states that the changes were too broadly defined. This led to confusion and frustration, for which they want to apologize. The beginning of the thread has been embedded here:

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What does Twitch actually say is behind the changes? Twitch explains that they did not intend to restrict direct partnerships between streamers and sponsors with the changes. Rather, the goal of the new regulations was third parties selling directly integrated ads.

Apparently, Twitch expressed itself clumsily in formulating the new guidelines, so the explanation goes. They will rewrite the rules to make them clearer.

However, many users do not accept this explanation from the platform: it had all seemed quite clear, they even illustrated the changes specifically. Some fear that although Twitch is backtracking due to negative reactions, it will still implement the changes – just phrased more nicely (via Twitter).

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Asmongold himself is streaming again on his second account Zackrawrr after a brief return to his main channel. Although in the past, he had flirted with how much money he would cost Twitch by going live on his non-monetized channel, this time it is not a protest against the platform:

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New horror game launches with 89% on Steam – briefly gives away its predecessor

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

On June 6, a new horror game was released and impresses on Steam with 89% positive reviews right away. Its predecessor is available for free for a short time.

Which game is it? Amnesia is a horror game series created by Frictional Games, with each installment featuring different storylines.

The newest part of the series, Amnesia: The Bunker, was released on June 6. Just one day after the release, the game has nearly 500 reviews and 89% positive ratings on Steam.

As the name suggests, in Amnesia: The Bunker, you find yourself in an old World War bunker trying to survive despite various dangers. Unlike in other Amnesia installments, however, this time you have the option to craft tools and use weapons to defend yourself against the impending horror.

Here you can see the launch trailer for Amnesia: The Bunker:

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Amnesia: The Bunker shows the eerie game world in the launch trailer

In addition to the main games of the series developed by Frictional Games, The Dark Descent and Rebirth, there is “Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs,” developed by “The Chinese Room” and published by Frictional Games.

Which predecessor is currently available for free? You can currently get Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, the indirect predecessor of Amnesia: The Bunker, for free.

The game is being given away until June 9 on gog.com. Additionally, The Dark Descent is on sale for 2.99 euros and Rebirth for 5.79 euros.

gog is a distribution platform like Steam, offering games and movies. The platform is operated by the Polish game developer and publisher CD Projekt, also known for the games “The Witcher 3” and “Cyberpunk 2077.”

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What makes Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs special? In gameplay, A Machine For Pigs puts you in the first-person perspective. You must navigate the game without weapons, just like in The Dark Descent, which means you have no means to defend against potential enemies.

This leaves you with only hiding and running away. This is intended to create a feeling of helplessness, preventing potential enemy confrontations. If danger lurks around the corner, caution is advised. Because if you get caught, it’s game over.

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