The much-anticipated Diablo 4 from Blizzard shook up the rankings on Twitch over the weekend. In Germany’s Twitch, the specialist for Diablo 4, jessirocks, leaps from 59th place to number 1. In English-speaking Twitch, a channel stands out for its very specific methods of accumulating viewership on Twitch. The favorites Asmongold and Quin69 are being left behind.
Where does jessirocks usually lie?
The Austrian jessirocks ranks 59th among the most-watched German-speaking Twitch streamers with 2.8 million watched hours over the year.
Although he has relatively high average viewership, he was only on the air for 1,070 hours – others in his field streamed around 1,700 hours on Twitch in the last 365 days.
The Austrian specializes in Diablo 3. However, like many of his “Diablo 3” colleagues, he also shows games related to a new season such as UNDECEMBER, Path of Exile, Diablo Immortal, or Last Epoch.
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This is how he is doing now: In the last 3 days, jessirocks has shot past everyone and landed in 1st place on German Twitch. Even ahead of Papaplatte, Gronkh, and Elias97:
He was on air for 72 hours, keeping the stream running – If he isn’t streaming himself, others take over his channel. If no one is there, the stream just runs – even then, ten thousand people still watch.
Monday afternoon 16:17. 10,419 viewers during a break.
As a result, his average viewership is relatively low at night.
But at peak, 22,198 viewers were watching. Because he streamed for the full 72 hours, he lands in 1st place on German Twitch. With 860,000 watched hours, he is far ahead of Papaplatte (612,000 hours) and GRONKH (373,000).
The GameStar conducted a major interview with Jessirocks and his assessment of Diablo 4.
The image shows the most successful Twitch streamers from Germany in the last 3 days – as of 5.6., 16:00 – Source: Sullygnome)
Is anyone else benefiting from Diablo 4 in Germany? Yes, among the channels that are increasingly showcasing Diablo 4 on Twitch are:
How’s it going on English-speaking Twitch USA? The equivalent of jessirocks would actually be the hard-boiled New Zealander Quin69 in English-speaking Twitch. He is known for his passion for hack and slays, but also for a quirky style that repeatedly earns him bans like “That wasn’t misogynist, that was funny”.
However, Quin69 ranks only 3rd in Diablo 4 over the past 3 days, although he was on air for 45 out of 72 hours.
Although Asmongold has the most average viewers by far at 48,569 and also the most peak viewers for Diablo 4, he is only in 7th place because he has only streamed for 7 hours. Perhaps he was indeed upset with the Twitch boss for making fun of his hair.
The 7 most successful English-speaking streamers for Diablo 4 in the last 3 days.
Who is in 1st place? 1st place is held by the channel “Fextralife” – this has been critically discussed before.
Fextralife operates dedicated wiki pages for games with guides and integrates their Twitch channel everywhere: So if someone searches for English guides for Diablo 4, they often “unintentionally” watch Fextralife’s channel too.
This skews the numbers, but puts them in 1st place. The channel was also online for the full 72 hours.
Update 6.6., 11:23 AM: A reader pointed out to us that the Twitch stream from jessirocks is embedded on German guide pages for Diablo 4 and is running continuously – similar to fextralife.
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In Diablo, since the year 2000, there has been the “secret Cow Level,” a hidden, legendary place where the game was a bit crazier than usual. What about it in Diablo 4 ? Diablo head Rod Fergusson (Blizzard) explains why they consciously chose not to include it, at least at the release.
What is the secret Cow Level?
The “Cow Level” is a special secret place in Diablo 2 that could only be accessed indirectly. The first time the “Cow Level” was seen was on April 1, 1999, and it was thought to be an April Fool’s joke. But when Diablo 2 was released a year later, players actually found access to the place on July 4, 2000 (via blizzardwatch).
In that place, countless cows run around and a Cow King. Because there are especially many mobs in one spot, the secret Cow Level is ideal for characters who specialize in area damage, perfect for farming EXP and items.
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Boss says: Anyone with business sense would have brought pets and wings to Diablo 4
What does Diablo say about the Cow Level? In a lengthy video interview about Diablo 4, the head of Diablo, Rod Fergusson, spoke on the subject. He stated: They wanted to keep everything “down to earth” in Diablo 3, which is why they also forwent wings and pets, the two things that were particularly prominent in Diablo 3 and which definitely had to be included in Diablo 4 from a marketing perspective:
The interviewer asks: “What about cows, Rod? Are you a cow person? Let’s talk about cows.”
Fergusson first laughs and says: “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
He then explains: They wanted to keep everything in the new Diablo “down to earth.” Diablo 4 should feel “authentic” and do justice to the Gothic theme.
Therefore, they also forwent wings and pets, the two particularly successful elements in Diablo 3, which anyone with “a touch of business sense” would definitely have included in Diablo 4:
“But we didn’t want 30 people in the village on launch day walking around with angelic or demonic wings on their backs and a bunch of dogs, cats, or whatever. That would have broken the immersion.”
Diablo 4 has no Cow Level in Season 1, but maybe in later Seasons
For the same reason that they want to keep the game authentically dark, there is also no secret level in Diablo 4 that people might be searching for.
“But that doesn’t mean it won’t come in the future.”
These are two completely different things, Ferguson says with a smile, what one can do in Season 1 or what one can do in Season 21. We will see if this wisdom also applies to Diablo 4.
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In the American eSports scene for League of Legends, there are currently large protests. Riot Games has agreed to remove the requirement for Academy teams from professional squads. Consequently, the players protested. However, professional Yiliang “Doublelift“ Peng clarifies: He would rather play than let the league fall apart.
A point of contention between the teams and Riot Games was the Academy teams. These were supposed to train new talents in the second league; however, each team in the LCS previously had to field such a team. In Europe, this requirement no longer exists, but most teams have a second team of their own, like SK Gaming Prime in Germany or Vitality.Bee in France. This clause was also removed in Korea some time ago.
Riot Games therefore agreed to a request in May to lift the requirement, prompting 7 out of 10 teams to announce their withdrawal from the second league, with some wanting to dissolve their teams entirely. Over 70 jobs for players and coaches are at stake (via Twitter).
The LCS Player Association, which advocates for the rights of players, called for a strike, and the professional players followed suit. The start of the league has been postponed.
In a video lasting about 20 minutes, professional Doublelift has now commented on the situation. He started his career in 2011 with the CLG team and is still an active player in the LCS at the age of 29. Over the years, he has gone through various highs and lows in eSports and is estimated to be one of the highest-earning LoL players ever (via Esports.net).
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“Academy teams were a stupid idea”
What does Doublelift say about the situation? He starts by saying that the basic idea of the “forced” Academy teams is a stupid idea. The teams themselves know that they earn nothing from it. Sponsors don’t care about these teams, and fans won’t be gained this way. Therefore, many training teams are treated rather like stepchildren and function as backup teams rather than talent incubators.
This aligns with a statement from the LCS Player Association, which says that Riot Games gives the teams 3 million dollars every year to be better financially positioned. However, only a few teams actually invest this money into Academy teams and talent development (via Twitter).
However, Doublelift is also not satisfied with Riot Games’ new idea for the second league. The NA Challenger League is getting new teams and a new format, as well as a share of viewer revenue. But that is not enough to make the second league interesting.
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Doublelift voted for the strike but would break it for the Summer Split
What does Doublelift think about the strike? At a meeting of players with the LCS Player Association, the professional voted for the strike because he fundamentally supports the idea of talent development and having a second league.
He was even very surprised that all 50 professionals joined the strike.
However, he also says that he would not carry out the strike at the expense of the Summer Split and going to the Worlds:
I want to emphasize that I care, but if the options are to fight for the Academy teams or let the Summer Split of the LCS be canceled, then I will skip it [the strike].
How does he see the demands of the LCSPA? Later in the video, he discusses the 5 points that the Player Association sent to Riot Games in their questionnaire. However, he is not satisfied with most of the demands. He says they are either unreasonable or not the right way to get everyone to the table:
He would find a promotion system like in Valorant, where the worst teams in the LCS would have to face off against the best teams in the second league, great, but Doublelift does not believe there are enough good professionals in America for that.
He is also critical of the demands for minimum earnings and high salaries for players. He would rather see higher prize pools to reward the team that truly cares about the second league. High player salaries would simultaneously raise high expectations.
He welcomes the introduction of partnerships with affiliates.
He rejects the guaranteed player contracts for promotion to the LCS, which are demanded in the fourth point.
The last demand states that if 3 out of 5 players on a team in the second league want to continue working together but the organization does not, the players can claim the team’s spot if they wish. This is intended to prevent organizations from simply getting rid of entire teams. He sees this point as rather neutral.
Doublelift receives criticism but also support
How is the professional’s opinion received? Some well-known personalities criticize Doublelift for the video. He is said to undermine the demands of the Player Association, which also advocates for him.
There is criticism from Christian “IWDominate” Rivera, who himself was a professional in the LCS until the end of 2022, and Michael “Veteran” Archer, who played in the European LEC until the end of 2021.
However, many on Twitter and YouTube understand Doublelift’s decision. He is seen as a competitive player, and the league comes first for him. Additionally, he has good chances of going to the World Championship, which would be denied to him.
In Pokémon GO there is a huge Spotlight Hour today, June 6th. The focus is on 5 Pokémon simultaneously. We’ll show you everything about Shinies, start times, and the bonuses of the event.
What kind of event is this? Every Tuesday evening, a Spotlight Hour starts in Pokémon GO, highlighting a selected Pokémon. Niantic determines which Pokémon will be featured at the beginning of each month. This is accompanied by a bonus that affects XP, Stardust, or candies.
However, during today’s Spotlight Hour, not just one Pokémon is in focus, but rather five specimens. In line with the start of the Water Festival, these are Krabby, Kabuto, Krebscorps, Scampisto, and Krabbox. We will show you the details here.
Spotlight Hour on June 6th with Water Pokémon
When does it start? As you are already used to from the Spotlight Hours, it starts again today at 6:00 PM. The event is active for one hour and ends at 7:00 PM.
What bonuses are there? Almost everywhere in the wild, you will encounter Krabby, Kabuto, Krebscorps, Scampisto, and Krabbox. Normally, only one Pokémon is the focus during this type of event, but today there are five. If you want to increase your spawns, you can also light up some incense.
Which Shinys can you catch? The shiny forms of Krabby, Kabuto, Krebscorps, and Scampisto are active in Pokémon GO and can be caught by you. Only Krabbox’s shiny form is not yet activated, and you cannot catch it at the event.
Is the Spotlight Hour worth it today? The greatest potential of the Pokémon can be found with Kingler if you want to use it as a glass cannon in raids. Krebutak can also be quite useful. However, the evolutions of the other Pokémon are not particularly noteworthy.
However, one should not overlook the significant XP bonus. For trainers on the way to level 50, this could be a strong boost.
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With the Orb X from Cooler Master, there is surely one of the strangest gaming chairs on the market. With a price of $25,000, it is certainly one of the most expensive models.
Gaming chairs come in various sizes and designs. They aim to be either very comfortable or offer additional features, such as integrated monitors, sound systems, or other cool features.
The online magazine The Verge has now tried out the Orb X from Cooler Master at Computex 2023. This is a huge device that takes up the space of a small room. With a price of $25,000, you currently can’t buy a more expensive gaming chair.
What do you see? In the video, you can observe how the editor from “The Verge” gets into the chair and then controls the system with a remote. After she sits down in the chair, she lowers the top part of the chair with the remote. Here, a curved 34-inch monitor is mounted.
The Verge says it is quite a cool gadget, even if you look “like a sci-fi villain”. If that’s not enough for you, you can enjoy plenty of RGB lighting on the device. The chair is said to be “made for people who love gaming and hate everyone else.”
What should you consider if you really want the device? A gaming system is not included. So you will need to budget a few thousand euros for a powerful gaming PC on top of the $25,000 for the chair so that the chair is worthwhile.
Additionally, you should note that the item is not exactly light. Cooler Master itself states that the chair weighs 343.5 kg. This is not necessarily lightweight, and you won’t be able to place it in every apartment.
With dimensions of 1.881 m x 1.810 m x 2.088 m, the chair is not exactly small, and you should have enough space at home.
If you are looking for more “strange” alternatives and either want to buy or check out another oddly-shaped chair, then take a look at the following list on MeinMMO. Here we present you with a series of bizarre gaming chairs:
Recently, Gameforge and the MMORPG Aion Classic faced DDoS attacks and released a statement on Friday. Gameforge suspects criminal intentions behind the attacks. What the publisher is doing about it, you can find out here.
What is Aion Classic? With Aion Classic, you can enjoy the MMORPG in the version 1.9 and the subsequent bug fixes. This allows you to play content up to level 50. This includes flying in the open world, several dungeons, rifts, and PvP mayhem in the Abyss. More information about the MMORPG can be found here.
Check out the trailer for the EU release of Aion Classic here.
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How was Aion Classic attacked? The servers of Aion Classic were hit by DDoS attacks in several waves. A DDoS attack refers to Distributed-Denial-of-Service, which means planned denial of service. DDoS is seen as a tool of cybercrime.
In doing so, usually infected computers (bots) in a so-called botnet are misused in advance to send requests to the MMORPG servers. This happens in such a high number and volume that the servers malfunction in processing, and could possibly provide access to additional data. In the worst case, the servers could collapse under the load.
In DDoS attacks, the requests from player clients can hardly be considered, which manifests in the connection issues reported by players (via Gameforge).
The exact motive currently seems unclear. Gameforge claims, however, that criminal activities are hidden behind it.
What is Gameforge doing against the DDoS attacks? Drestam, the community manager in Gameforge’s forum, explains what the publisher has done about it:
We have implemented protection mechanisms, have a dedicated security team, and continue to work with external partners as well as service providers.
Statement from Drestam, Community Manager – Forum for Aion (via Gameforge)
How exactly these protection measures work has not been explained by Gameforge. Essentially, it requires protection in the form of intermediary proxy software or proxy servers that filter requests and only allow legitimate requests through to the servers.
However, this requires a high bandwidth to process several tens of thousands (or more) requests (via security-insider.de).
For 6 € you can buy a Limited Research for the Water Festival Beach Week in Pokémon GO. In the overview, we show you all the tasks and rewards.
What kind of research is this? Every year, the Water Festival starts in Pokémon GO, bringing you content such as new Pokémon into the game. At this year’s event, you have the chance to purchase a Limited Research for just under 6 €. The research brings you a Surfer Pose, two Pokémon encounters, and some items like balls and berries.
With our overview of all tasks and rewards, you can easily decide whether purchasing the ticket is worth it for you or not.
Water Festival: Limited Research 1/2
Task
Reward
Catch 10 Water Pokémon
1,000 Stardust
Make 5 good throws
10 Poké Balls
Send 5 Pokémon
5 Great Balls
Use 5 berries to catch Pokémon
10 Razz Berries
Stage Reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive an additional 1,000 Stardust, an encounter with Scampisto, and 1,000 experience points.
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Water Festival: Limited Research 2/2
Task
Reward
Catch 15 Water Pokémon
1,000 Stardust
Make 5 excellent throws
15 Poké Balls
Send 10 Pokémon
10 Great Balls
Use 10 berries to catch Pokémon
5 Nanab Berries
Stage Reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive a Surfer Pose for your avatar and an encounter with Sankabuh.
In the avatar pose, your character pretends to surf on an invisible surfboard. He wobbles, holds his balance with his arms, and occasionally goes down on his knees.
Other bonuses for the event include changed raid bosses, Pokémon encounters with the event monsters in field research, and altered spawns in the wild. This is accompanied at the start by a global challenge that can unlock candy bonuses for you.
The Water Festival 2023 is just around the corner from Pokémon GO. Two new Pokémon will be activated, a global challenge will be launched for you, and a limited research task will be offered for sale. We will show you the details and bonuses here.
A sandcastle Pokémon is waiting for you this time along with its evolution at the water festival “Beach Week”.
Water Event – Start, Bonuses, Shinies, New Pokémon, and Research
When does it start? The Water Festival starts on June 6, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time. It is active until Monday, June 12, at 8:00 PM local time.
The new Pokémon: You can expect the Pokémon Sankabuh and its evolution Colossand as new Pokémon. Evolving into Colossand costs you 50 candies.
Sankabuh and Colossand
What bonus is there? Rain lure modules last twice as long.
The global challenge: During the event, trainers around the world will work together on a challenge. The goal is to land a total of 300 million nice throws. If the goal is reached, you will receive the following bonuses until the end of the event:
Additional candies for nice, great, and fantastic throws
Trainers from level 31 have an increased chance of getting XL candies when catching a Pokémon with nice, great, or fantastic throws
Limited research for €6: A ticket is available in the shop for about €6, with which you can unlock a limited research task for the event. If you complete the tasks in it, you can unlock a surfer pose for your avatar and additional encounters with event Pokémon.
Pokémon in the wild: During the event, you will encounter Tentacha*, Muschas*, Krabby*, Alola-Kokowei*, Seeper*, Sterndu*, Marill*, Wingull*, Wailmer*, Seemops*, Finneon*, Lithomith*, Quabbel*, and Scampisto* more often in the wild. With luck, you might encounter Mantax* and Robball. Pokémon marked with a star (*) can be found as Shiny with luck.
Pokémon in field research: Field researches you receive during the event can bring you the following Pokémon: Lapras with scarf*, Quabbel*, Bithora*, Scampisto*, and Sankabuh. Additionally, you can get Mega Energy for Turtok and Sumpex.
With Twitch Drops for Diablo 4, you can unlock cool items in the coming weeks. From now on, the first cosmetics can be earned. You can also unlock the mount Instinct through Twitch.
What are these drops? The livestreaming platform TwitchTV plays a significant role in the releases of many new games. Fans watch their favorite streamers explore new games. Game studios know this and reward you for watching their games in livestreams.
For Diablo 4, there are skins that you can unlock for free. Those who spend money and gift subscriptions can even earn a mount.
Twitch Drops from June 6, 2023 to June 12, 2023
What is available? The first drop round is related to weapon skins and content for Hunters and Necromancers:
For 3 hours of watching a Diablo 4 stream with drops, you get:
Weapon color variants for Throat Cutter of the Azure Hand (Dagger)
Weapon color variants for Heart Piercer of the Azure Hand (Sword)
For 6 hours of watching a Diablo 4 stream with drops, you get:
Back trophy Matron Seal Chest for Hunters
Back trophy Favor of the Ancestors for Necromancers
In the following graphic, you can already see how the content will look in Diablo 4:
How do you get the items? Depending on the item, you need to watch streamers who have activated these drops for Diablo 4 for 3 or 6 hours. Blizzard has released a huge list of all streamers participating. You can find the document as a PDF here at Blizzard on BattleNet.
You do not have to watch all the hours with the same streamer, but can split them over different channels.
Keep in mind that watching via Twitch apps on gaming consoles, Smart TVs, and other TV apps does not support drops. You must watch on PC or Mac or in the Twitch app on Android or iOS.
Once you have watched enough hours, you can claim the drops through your inventory menu on Twitch.
When does it start? On June 6 at 01:00 AM German time, the time window for the Twitch Drops began. You have until June 12 at 08:59 AM to watch the three or six hours of stream.
How does it work? With the “Support a Streamer” program, you can unlock the mount Instinct.
How does it work? To get the mount, you need to gift a total of two Twitch subscriptions to eligible streamers. It doesn’t matter what tier the subscriptions have; you can choose the lowest tier.
Once you have gifted two subscriptions, you will receive the sturdy mount Instinct as a reward.
When does it go live? Gifting subscriptions to eligible streamers has been counted since June 6 at 01:00 AM and will run until July 3 at 08:59 AM German time.
Today, Diablo 4 officially launches. MeinMMO accompanies the release with a live ticker and tells you everything you need to know about the launch, time, and more.
When can you play Diablo 4?
The release time is on the night of June 5 to June 6 at 01:00 AM German time. From then on, anyone who purchased Diablo 4 can play.
If you still need to download Diablo 4, you need roughly 90 GB of free space – or 50 if you don’t download the HD textures or play on PS4/Xbox One. Here you can find information about the system requirements for Diablo 4.
Meanwhile, there are small queues of about a minute if you want to log in. Additionally, players reporting the license issue claim to have lost all their progress from early access. However, it’s likely just a display error like before with Diablo 2.
It is likely the issue will be fixed soon.
01:15 AM
Also, a quarter of an hour after release, there are only a few problems. However, players on PS5 apparently struggle again with the same issue as during early access: no license found.
It appears there are also difficulties on other platforms. A restart should help.
01:00 AM
The servers are officially live and … there seem to be absolutely no problems. We logged into the game right on time at 1:00 AM. How is it going for you?
00:55 AM
Only 5 minutes left!
00:45 AM
Only a quarter of an hour left. What do you think, will there be queues, or will they push into the weekend?
00:30 AM
Half an hour left, and the servers are holding up. Currently, there are no login queues or lags. However, this could change abruptly at 1:00 AM.
00:00 AM
The clock is slowly approaching the release. In one hour, it starts. Those who can currently play through early access are at least not being kicked out of the game. We will keep you updated if that changes.
After early access, there were some responses and reactions from the devs and even from the boss himself. Rod Fergusson was asked among other things about the famous cow level and just smiled.
We’ve neatly collected our guides for you. All information on every gameplay element, class builds, and tips can be found here:
In Berlin, a large live event is taking place for the release, where Blizzard has set up a statue of Lilith and invited fans. We have someone from the community on-site:
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Diablo 4: The Live Event for the Release in Berlin – Younger Worship Lilith
Is there a chance of problems? Probably not. From June 2, pre-order customers can play and on release night, there were practically no server issues. Only players on PS5 could not log in due to a license error, which has since been fixed.
Many fans praised the release as the best in Blizzard’s history, and generally as the best release in recent times, especially since there are also very few bugs. Players are excited: after the botched PC releases of late, Diablo 4 is a refreshing change.
Today, the rush is expected to be even greater, which is why there may be queues. We will keep you updated live here.
A tip for the start: make it easy on yourself!
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When the servers go live at 01:00 AM, the entire game will be available to you without restrictions. You can play through the campaign and the entire endgame. Here are some fresh articles from MeinMMO about Diablo 4:
If you don’t know exactly what you want to play, you can find the tier list of the best classes in Diablo 4 on MeinMMO, as well as our level guides for each class:
So far, the response to Diablo 4 has been extremely positive. Despite minor critiques such as long running times in dungeons and between quests, the game is very well received and keeps players engaged. If you want to check out the world beforehand, you can find all important points on our interactive map:
The science fiction blockbuster Dune is getting a sequel titled Part Two in 2023. An initial trailer provides a glimpse into the new film and reminds a YouTuber of what made the first part so special.
A trailer gives us a first taste of Dune: Part Two, the continuation of the great science fiction story set on the desert planet. This prompted one of the biggest film YouTubers in Germany to take another look at Dune.
Marco Risch from the YouTube channel Nerdkultur highlights several facts in his video that are supposed to change the perception of the film forever:
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Then you will see DUNE with different eyes… – Nerd culture
Since 2015, Marco Risch has been uploading videos about news, reviews, analyses, and interviews about current movies, series, and video games. The YouTube channel Nerdkultur belongs to the Webedia network, of which MeinMMO is also a part. Especially “nerdy“ topics like Star Wars, Marvel, and DC are the focus of his channel.
What makes Dune so special
The YouTuber mentions that Dune was a very special project for director Denis Villeneuve and describes the years-long journey until he finally fulfilled his dream of making the film.
The composer of the film is Hans Zimmer, who even gave up a project with Christopher Nolan to work on Dune. He dedicated himself wholeheartedly to the composition of the film’s soundtrack, spending a week alone in the Utah desert for it.
The different fighting styles in the film were created by fight choreographer Roger Yuan, based on historical styles and assigned to the various factions in the film according to their characteristics.
In the end, the YouTuber speculates about whether there will be a third part of the film series and believes that the chances for it are not too bad.
Many people fear that AI like ChatGPT could take their jobs. A report says that in May 2023, many people lost their jobs due to AI. MeinMMO breaks down what it’s about.
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Where does the report come from? The company Challenger, Gray & Christmas is a so-called outplacement firm. Outplacement refers to career counseling for professional reorientation. When a company lays off many employees, an outplacement firm helps the dismissed individuals.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas collects data every month on how many people were laid off and breaks down the reasons behind it. In the current report for May 2023, AI also played a significant role.
In 3,900 jobs, AI is cited as the reason for termination
What do the numbers look like specifically? The published report states that in May 2023 around 80,000 were laid off. Compared to April, that is 20% more. Of these layoffs, 3,900 (about 5%) were due to artificial intelligence. Thus, AI takes the 7th position that employers cited as a reason.
In the tech sector, there are repeated reports of individuals being fired due to AI (via cbsnews.com):
The Washington Post reported on two copywriters who lost their livelihood because their employers decided that ChatGPT could do the work cheaper.
Media companies like CNET have already laid off reporters because they used AI to write articles that later had to be corrected for plagiarism.
A counseling center used a chatbot for eating disorders to replace human employees who had unionized. After the bot gave problematic tips to people, it had to be shut down.
Such numbers and reports fuel the fears of people who are anxious and worried about developments in the AI field. Some already fear the death of art due to AI works or see their jobs at risk.
Are there safe jobs? The head of ChatGPT recently revealed which professions a AI cannot replace. In total, he came up with 34 professions that are safe from artificial intelligence. In addition to bus drivers and hairdressers, there are also some other, less known jobs:
The 31-year-old content creator Edwin “Castro1021” Castro is dedicated to the football simulation FIFA on Twitch and YouTube. In March, he founded his own team in 7-a-side football. However, the team’s first major tournament ended quickly after an alleged racist incident.
What kind of team is this? Edwin “Castro1021” is one of the biggest FIFA streamers in the world (via sullygnome). At the end of March 2023, he announced that he wanted to participate with his own team in The Soccer Tournament. The TST is a 7-a-side tournament with a prize pool of 1 million US dollars for the winner.
For the streamer, it was “like FIFA in real life” – just probably with fewer packs. However, in the game, it is quite rare that one is eliminated from a tournament due to a player’s misconduct.
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Opponent reportedly leaves the field after racist incident
What was the incident? After a disappointing 3–1 in the opening match, Dallas United faced West Ham United F.C. on June 1.
Castro’s team was in the lead when there was a longer interruption, after which West Ham left the field together and the match was abandoned. The trigger was allegedly a racist insult by a player from Dallas United against an opposing player.
It is unclear what exactly was said, however, the Daily Mail reports that a Black West Ham player was insulted with the N-word. In a video, Anton Ferdinand from West Ham appears to be telling the referee that he wants to set a precedent.
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The official Twitter account of the TST soon released a statement stating that they had conducted an investigation into the last moments of the game and found that Dallas United had violated the code of conduct.
Furthermore, they spoke with the responsible parties from both clubs and agreed that the best solution would be for Dallas United to withdraw from the tournament: “All parties involved agree that they want to send a signal against racist discrimination.”
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Castro has not yet commented on his team’s elimination. Through the club’s Twitter account, they announced that an internal investigation had been initiated and a statement would be released in the near future (via Twitter).
In April, Castro himself was banned from Twitch after he claimed that Dallas United was better than Manchester City. However, the real reason for the ban is said to have been different. Although the Twitch channel is back online now, the streamer has not broadcast since his unbanning stream.
Milla Jovovich plays the character Alice in the lead role. However, the well-known actress almost left the project: because of co-star Michelle Rodriguez and the accompanying script changes.
This year, a remake of Resident Evil 4 was released. Here you can see a trailer for the game:
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Resident Evil 4 Trailer
“So Paul came over that evening, and we really sat there for three hours going through the script page by page”
In an interview with Inverse, Milla Jovovich explained why she almost threw in the towel on the Resident Evil project:
I almost left the film. I was filming something else, and Paul had cast Michelle Rodriguez for the role of Rain. She had just come off Girlfight, and there was an Oscar buzz. She was very new at that time, and I had already been in the business for four years.
So Paul rewrote the script for her. This made my character essentially ‘the girl’ and Rain was ‘the guy’. She got all of my big action scenes, and she became like Alice. And then Alice became this sidekick.
Jovovich received the revised script only when she wanted to travel from Canada to Germany for a project. She read the new version on the plane and was very angry when she landed in Berlin.
Upon arriving at the hotel, she told director and screenwriter Paul Anderson that they needed to have a big discussion.
The actress continues, “So Paul came over that evening, and we really sat there for three hours going through the script page by page. He said: ‘What do you think? Not much has changed?’
So I said: ‘Okay, why don’t we start with page one?’ I pointed out every time I felt that my great scenes were taken away.” After that, Jovovich ultimately took on the lead role in the successful film series.
According to the actress, this was also the moment when their relationship began. Jovovich and Anderson have been married since 2009 and have three children.
A German streamer leveled his character in Diablo 4 for three days and then deleted it within minutes due to a mistake.
Who is it about?
Bonjwa is a German Twitch channel where a team of various streamers creates content
The channel has over 228,000 followers on Twitch. The streamers of the channel showcase the “Just Chatting” category and various games, including WoW, Elden Ring, Dark and Darker, and the recently released Diablo 4.
On average, Bonjwa has over 4,000 viewers
One of Bonjwa’s streamers is Niklas “Honor” Behrens. Honor often plays strategy games on stream and is also one of the founders of the channel.
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Diablo 4: Immediately activate these 2 settings, otherwise you will miss important equipment values
Why did he waste his time? On June 2, the Early Access of Diablo 4 started – pre-order customers could play before the official Diablo 4 release on June 6. This includes Honor and the Bonjwa team.
Honor wanted to play the highly anticipated action RPG with a hardcore character. A death means the end of the character. Whoever dies loses everything and has to start over. Players set the corresponding settings during character creation.
However, the Bonjwa streamer must have made a mistake during character creation and mode selection – instead of hardcore, he played softcore and since his character did not die at any point, the mistake went unnoticed for days.
Overall, Honor grinded for three days, so the entire Early Access weekend (via Twitter). When the streamer noticed the mistake, his Barbarian Heidi was already level 47.
How did the streamer react? Honor understandably reacted in shock to the mistake and was deeply frustrated. At first, he wondered how this could have happened and was appalled that it was only noticed now.
After his streaming colleague Matteo “Mental” Ricciardi suggested it was the most extreme thing that had ever happened at Bonjwa, Honor replied: “This is the biggest fail of my life”
You can see the streamer’s reaction herein a clip on Twitch:
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How is the streamer playing now? Honor has created a new character with which he starts over and wants to really play hardcore this time.
Already a few minutes after realizing that he had been playing a softcore character for days and wasted his time, Honor deleted the old character: “I’m deleting the character now. What should I do with a softcore character? I don’t want softcore. What should I do with that trash? It doesn’t count, it’s invalid. […] I’m not playing a softcore character.”
With the new character, however, Honor could progress faster, believes his streaming partner Mental, as he already knows his build and the bosses.
Honor is not the only Diablo player who made a critical mistake and wasted a lot of time:
The gaming clan “FaZe” is the largest e-sports organization in the world in terms of social media presence. But last week, there was a public clash within the clan. With Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”, “Greenhouse Academy”), a new member has been invited, but the long-standing shooter players of the team believe that the actress does not fit into the clan at all, even though she is successful playing Valorant on Twitch.
What kind of clan is that?
The FaZe clan has always been focused on social media rather than e-sports. The clan originated in 2010 when it uploaded trickshot videos on YouTube.
Over the past 13 years, the clan has steadily grown thanks to its star YouTubers, mostly shooter players, and has entered more and more e-sports titles like CS:GO, FIFA, Fortnite, or PUBG.
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Actress shows Valorant on Twitch, joins the FaZe clan
Who is the new member? A new member of the FaZe clan is the actress Grace Van Dien. She is 26, starred in the Netflix series “Greenhouse Academy” and in “The Village”; she was also seen in Season 4 of Stranger Things.
As “FlueFille,” the actress has been active on Twitch since May 2021, playing Valorant, 180 hours last year, and has about 1,700 viewers on average.
In March 2023, she decided to focus more on her streaming career, joining the FaZe clan on May 25, 2023.
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Where is the dispute? The long-standing shooter influencers of FaZe publicly shot against her joining and criticized their own clan.
The FaZe clan only posted “friendly” tweets on Twitter on May 26 from people like Twitch streamer Pokimane, YouTuber Valkyrae, strategist Disgusied Toast, or Valorant boss Tarik.
But beneath the tweet, FaZe Rain (27) complained: “Oh, so you picked them.”
As Kotaku points out, among others, Censor, Banks, and Adapt have negatively commented about the actress. The consensus is:
Her joining the FaZe clan has nothing to do with her performance in gaming
FaZe only recruited her to benefit from her Hollywood popularity surrounding Stranger Things
It is no longer “the FaZe of earlier times”
Even the “FaZe of earlier times” has repeatedly made negative headlines:
Where did the dispute really begin? When the FaZe clan published a statement on June 1 saying that they stand behind Grace Van Dien, one of the shooter players, FaZe Rain, wrote under the clan’s tweet: “Ratio, shut your dumb mouth, Cbass.”
A ratio serves to indicate “displeasure” with a tweet.
The dispute appears to be a continuation of problems that Rain has long had with the clan’s “Social Media Director”, CBass. On May 2, 2023, Rain threatened to leave the FaZe clan if they would not publicly oust Cbass (via dexert).
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FaZe Banks also wrote that the “guys had lost their way.”
Dispute escalates until the actress cries
How did the dispute escalate? FaZe Rain apparently had the most problems with Van Dien. He said that the 26-year-old “is an innocent girl” who surely doesn’t even know what it’s all about. She is probably still playing with Barbies.
Van Dien, on the other hand, said in a video that Rain was known for his trick shots in the past, but she mainly knew him because of his drug problems, as he once overdosed while streaming.
Ultimately, they agreed to meet for a personal conversation.
This is FaZe Rain. He has 5.3 million subscribers on YouTube.
“Are you getting emotional?” – Clarifying conversation escalates
The conversation went completely wrong. The two confronted each other during the meeting:
Van Dien did apologize for the overdose comment, but confronted Rain about his sexist remarks
Rain accused her of being unable to handle a comment. Apparently, she lacks self-confidence. Why does it even interest her what he says about her? He understands her, but he is just being honest. After all, she has also shot against him.
The conversation grew increasingly heated. Van Dien told Rain that she didn’t like him; he is a terrible person. Rain calmly countered: That’s okay with him.
At one point, when Rain noticed that she was getting teary-eyed, he asked her if she was about to cry – the streamer then broke off the conversation.
At the end of the meeting, Van Dien left the room sobbing and visibly upset, saying as she left that if a video of the conversation was published, she would leave the FaZe clan.
The video was criticized on Twitter for its sexism:
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Rain uploaded the video of the meeting on May 30 (via youtube).
The actress later set her Twitter account to private. The channel is now public again, but the actress has deleted all references to her membership in the FaZe clan.
FaZe, on the other hand, has transitioned on Twitter to enthusiastically celebrating their championship in Halo.
That was probably a lose-lose situation for all parties involved.
FaZe Rain has long been at odds with his clan. People have been very concerned about him due to his past with drugs. At one point, he was even thrown out of the clan house:
The best counters, runes, and the best build for Ahri in patch 13.11 in League of Legends. In our overview, we show you the most important information at a glance.
In our Ahri guide, we show you everything you need to know about the champion in matches in the Rift of Summoners. In the quick overview, we go over which runes are important for which playstyle, who you counter with Ahri, and who your most dangerous opponents are.
We also show you the strongest build including skill order so that you are well prepared.
Ahri Counters – Who is strong against her, who does she defeat?
Counters against Ahri:
Swain
Neeko
Talon
Who is Ahri strong against?
Yone
Akali
K’Sante
Runes for Ahri
Which skill build is good?
The most popular choice of runes can be found below (via LeagueOfGraphs.com). With Ahri, you can easily trigger Electrocute and have significantly shorter cooldowns on your ultimate with Ultimate Hunter and Transcendence.
Ahri Build in Patch 13.11
Skill order: R>Q>W>E You start the game with a point in your W ability, but then prioritize your Q. At level 2, you put a point into it, and at level 3, you give a point to your E, then you maximize the Q as this is your main damage tool.
Your summoner spells are either Flash and Ignite or Flash and Teleport. Depending on the opponent (-team), it can also be beneficial to take Barrier.
Mythic: Here you have several options: Often Everfrost is built, Luden’s Tempest or Liandry’s are also valid options. When choosing your Mythic, consider your own team as well as your opponents and decide accordingly.
In most cases, you want to take the Sorcerer’s Boots here. However, if you want even shorter cooldowns, feel free to opt for the Ionian Boots of Lucidity.
Shadowflame: You want to kill opponents quickly, and this item helps you with that.
Zhonya’s Hourglass: As Ahri, you often initiate fights, but once your ultimate has expired (or you’ve used all activations), having an emergency button is never wrong.
Your last items change depending on your opponent team: Morellonomicon if you’re fighting a lot of healing, Void Staff if the enemy team is very tanky, or Banshee’s Veil if you need to deal with a lot of crowd control.
3 Quick Tips for Ahri
Ahri is not a typical assassin. Your damage is often not enough to “one shot” a target. Instead, you initiate fights and can deal damage “over time” thanks to your ultimate.
Remember that your W deals double damage to minions that have low (20%) health. So use it for farming!
Even though your E is great for initiating fights, sometimes it’s worth holding onto it to catch fleeing enemies or to wait for an opponent to use an important ultimate in order to interrupt it (like Miss Fortune).
As Ahri, you can quickly defeat minions with your Q and W, and then assist on other lanes. A well-placed E-Charm often guarantees a kill, so feel free to take the initiative and don’t just stay on your lane.
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If you have some knowledge of the MMORPG world, you know that Black Desert is primarily known for its grinding, alongside its combat system and beautiful graphics. However, the new expansion Land of the Morning Light aims to change that. Our author Mark Sellner has already had a chance to play it and reports on how this is achieved.
What’s new in Land of the Morning Light? Land of the Morning Light is the new expansion for the MMORPG Black Desert. It will be released on June 14 and brings the eponymous area into the game world of the MMO.
In this brief overview, you can look forward to the following new features:
A completely new region with new enemy types
2 new houses and many new furniture items for housing
A new ship
A new mini-game for the life skills
New endgame gear
Challenging boss fights in the new “Boss Blitz” mode
I had the chance to test all of this, and I can already tell you: it’s going to be really good. But let me also tell you why.
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BDO Online: Land of the Morning Light – Trailer
The story is a major highlight in the new expansion
How did I play? At an event in Amsterdam, along with 9 other European colleagues and the developers themselves, I had three full hours to get a taste of Land of the Morning Light.
There were no limitations. The entire expansion was open to me, and I could do whatever I felt like. I was provided with a character that, according to the developers, “had about the best gear currently available.” I chose a Drakania and off I went.
By the way, you don’t need an endgame character to play the new expansion. On the contrary, Land of the Morning Light is a completely new starting area, provided you own it. So you can start right into the expansion with a fresh character if you wish.
Who is writing here? Mark Sellner is an MMORPG author at MeinMMO and has spent several thousand hours in various genre representatives. However, he has put less than a hundred hours into Black Desert Online, which is why he wants to present you with a fresh perspective on the expansion, informed by expertise in the genre itself.
What did I play? Being nearly overwhelmed by the total freedom, I wanted to get as comprehensive an overview as possible and make my three hours as efficient as possible. After following the main story of Land of the Morning Light to the first city, I decided to explore one of the 8 stories extensively.
I was free to choose which of the stories I wanted to tackle first. The developers assured me that all of them work independently, but they are also interconnected. Ultimately, they tell you more about each of the eight bosses you can take on.
In the storybook, you can choose which story you want to play.
How good are the stories? At this point, I obviously don’t want to spoil anything, but I can tell you that the story I played absolutely surprised me. While it initially seemed rather slow and predictable, it caught me off guard with exciting twists, strong characters, and relevant decisions.
Some decisions you have to make will even determine how the quest continues and what your next task will be. These are made uniquely for your character and cannot be changed. This increases replay value with a different character.
Since I wanted to take my time, follow the dialogues, and actually experience the story, I spent about 1.5 hours on one of the 8 storylines. Besides these, there is also a main storyline in Land of the Morning Light, which you can follow as well.
In Nampo, your journey begins in Land of the Morning Light.
Extremely tough bosses in a race against time
How do the bosses work? After my story outing, I spent all my remaining time on the bosses. You can select and start them directly from the menu, as long as you are near the corresponding quest.
Eight different bosses await you, each in 10 different difficulty levels. You will fight the tough opponents alone in an instanced area. The quicker you can take down the nasty foes, the better. This way, you automatically enter a leaderboard that is divided by difficulty level, boss, and your class.
Although you fight alone in your own area, you do not use up your fever here, which is your hour a day that you can slip into your own farming spots. Instead, the bosses are limited in number. You can kill a total of 5 bosses per week per account.
You can gather certain “orbs” through various tasks in the expansion, which give you an advantage against each of the bosses and are relevant for the remaining 90% of your damage. Thus, players starting in Land of the Morning Light and veteran players with years of experience can play on a closely matching level and have similar chances for the top spots on the leaderboards.
How do the difficulty levels work? As already mentioned, each of the bosses comes in a total of 10 different levels. The first 5 simply increase the bosses’ stats and can be played from the very start.
However, levels 6 to 10 introduce new mechanics to the boss fights and are not immediately unlocked. The unlocking process works a bit oddly, but I will try to explain it to you in a short sentence.
Let’s say you are at difficulty level 6, then either you or another player of the same class as yourself playing on the same server must complete difficulty level 6 to unlock level 7. The 7th level is then unlocked for all players of the same class on the same server.
This also means that while the 5 weekly kills are counted across the account, the unlocked difficulty levels function per character.
Many of the bosses are inspired by Korean legends.
Bosses require skill and mechanics
How difficult are the bosses really? During my play session, I fought against a total of 5 bosses. It stands out that all of them bring their own setting and a fitting atmosphere.
They also require you to adapt quickly and learn their attack patterns and mechanics, or they will wipe the floor with you in no time. The difficulty levels scale upwards very quickly and present problems earlier than I initially thought.
I could still handle the first level bosses reasonably well by the 2nd or 3rd attempt. Most of them have wipe mechanics that you must understand first, or you will quickly find yourself stuck at level 1. But once you understand them, there is hardly a challenge in level 1.
Land of the Morning Light is also the home of the last two classes Maegu and Woosa.
But that changes quickly. At level 3, I could only defeat 3 of the 5 bosses, and at level 5, I couldn’t defeat any. I would like to mention again that, although I had no orbs collected, I had an absolute endgame character that was practically equipped for every challenge in Black Desert.
In level 5, every move must be precise: Nevertheless, the bosses were already brutal at level 5. Here, I had to not only understand and play the mechanics but also memorize the normal attack patterns. If I didn’t dodge before the boss got me, those nasty critters knocked me back to reality with just one or two hits.
One of the present developers told me that he is stuck on level 7 privately and can’t seem to progress further. The bosses are indeed tough and require learning.
But the reward is new endgame gear and other rewards that slightly differ depending on the boss. Plus, there is a lot of fun to be had in the challenging battles that you shouldn’t miss out on. However, you should bring some tolerance for frustration.
Conclusion
After three hours of Land of the Morning Light, I really wanted to stop hardly at all, even as quite a “Black Desert” newcomer. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of the Korean setting, the story managed to completely captivate me.
Beyond the successful story, bosses await me that I couldn’t seem to get enough of. The level 5 bosses already evoked a kind of Dark Souls vibe in me, true to the motto: “I can do this, just one more try, please!” But then, the three hours were already over.
Land of the Morning Light feels like a well-executed expansion after three hours, capable of exciting both veterans and newcomers. I already look forward to the release on June 14 and can’t wait to experience the remaining 7 storylines and at least tackle one of the bosses on level 6.
Mark Sellner MMORPG expert at MeinMMO
What do you think about it? Do you think the same way I do, or do you disagree with what you read there? Are you a veteran and annoyed that your equipment is less “valuable”? Or are you looking forward as a newcomer to show the veterans who’s in charge without eternal grinding? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
Community Manager Kaivax announced class adjustments in a post mid-week on the Blizzard forum for World of Warcraft. See here what changes will be made for your class this week.
What changes are these? According to Community Manager Kaivax, the team behind WoW: Dragonflight has now had the opportunity to review the classes throughout Season 2. Based on data from the raids, Blizzard has now decided to make corresponding damage changes to the classes (via Blizzard), and this will take place on June 6, 2023. In the meantime, Blizzard has apparently also penalized communities that offered unauthorized services.
Check out everything you need to know about WoW here.
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Everything you need to know about the MMORPG World of Warcraft – in 3 minutes
The following changes have now been made by Blizzard:
Death Knight
The damage abilities of the Blood Death Knight have been increased by 8%.
Druid
The Feral Druid’s chance of resetting the Predator’s Shadow has been reduced by 15% with the Aberrus (2) set bonus. The Aberrus (4) set bonus increases agility by 8% instead of 5%.
Caller
The Preservation Caller receives a buff to its Disintegration. This now deals 15% more damage.
Hunter
The Hunter receives a damage buff of 5% on all its abilities and its pet’s abilities towards Beast Mastery.
Mage
Fire Mages receive 5% more damage on Pyroblast, but not in PvP. Other abilities such as Fire Blast, Fireball, Phoenix Flames, and Conflagrate deal 10% more damage.
Monk
The Brewmaster Monk receives 3% more damage on all abilities. Rising Sun Kick deals 10% more damage. Blackout Kick deals 30% more damage and Tiger Palm now deals 30% more damage. The Mistweaver Monk, meanwhile, has its healing power increased by 3% on all abilities.
Rogue
The Assassination Rogue can look forward to a 5% damage increase on all abilities.
Warlock
The cooldown of Curse of Weakness is now 60 instead of 30 seconds. The Teachings of the Satyrs reduce the cooldown of Curse of Weakness by 15 instead of 10 seconds.
Warrior
The Arms Warrior receives 4% more damage on all abilities. Fatal Strike now deals 15% more damage while Deep Wounds and Rend deal 5% more periodic damage.
The Protection Warrior receives 8% more damage on all abilities and 10% more damage on the automated attack. However, Spell Reflection now has a duration of 30 instead of 20 seconds. Finally, Thunderlord now reduces the remaining cooldown of Demoralizing Roar by 1.5 seconds for each enemy hit by Thunder Clap, up to a maximum of 4.5 seconds.
Most of these classes and specializations are currently quite weak or even at the bottom of the list in the latest raid Aberrus according to logs. You can find details in the DPS ranking for World of Warcraft.
The Pokémon GO Fest 2023 is approaching, but many details are still missing. However, a mysterious Pokémon seems to be clear now.
In Pokémon GO, the new season Hidden Gems started in June. Part of this season will also be the GO Fest 2023, which takes place in August.
Some bonuses and contents of GO Fest 2023 are already known, but there are still big question marks about whether and which special event Pokémon will play a role at the event.
One of these question marks seems to be clarified: After several hints around the GO Fest and the current season had hinted at the mysterious Pokémon Diancie, Pokémon GO has now apparently prematurely revealed the monster on its own website.
The hint has since been deleted and was probably not available in all languages, but trainers shared a screenshot from the French website, where Diancie is announced for GO Fest 2023:
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This is Diancie: Diancie is one of the Mysterious Pokémon, like Mew or Celebi. It belongs to the types Rock and Fairy and has existed since the sixth generation of games. In the story of Pokémon, it is considered a mutation of the monster Rocara, which is supposed to appear in the new season Hidden Gems.
The special thing about Diancie: The Mysterious Pokémon can rely on a Mega Evolution. And even if the stats are not entirely certain yet: Overall, Mega-Diancie has the potential to become the best Rock attacker in the game. It would definitely be among the best attackers in Pokémon GO of this type.
Accordingly, Mega-Diancie should be an exciting release if it should appear at GO Fest.
Even in the season trailer, the GO Fest is already teased:
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Pokémon GO shows the new season ‘Hidden Gems’ in the trailer
Is there more to come for GO Fest? How this year’s GO Fest will unfold is currently still completely open. So far, the dates of the global as well as the three live events on-site are known. It remains to be seen which contents will ultimately be available at the events.
