Graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia were long considered unaffordable. But now prices are dropping among manufacturers. This could really pay off for you if you’ve been waiting for an upgrade.
2 years after the release of the GeForce RTX 3080, you can buy the graphics card again at the suggested retail price (SRP).
Just last week, you could purchase graphics cards for very low prices at BestBuy. And now the manufacturer “Galax” has sold its RTX 3080 at the SRP. The graphics card was sold out in no time, which you could buy for 699.99 US dollars on Amazon.
Manufacturers are lowering selling prices – Soon also in Germany?
Is this also true for Germany? Not yet. The previous offers were only valid for the North American market, but here for various platforms including Amazon. In Germany, you also cannot buy a Galaxy graphics card. Due to disputes, the graphics cards from the Chinese manufacturer Galaxytech are known as KFA2 here.
This could also mean in the future that you might encounter such offers in Germany as well. So if you have been waiting a long time to upgrade your gaming PC, your patience might now pay off.
Because some manufacturers seem to be trying to clear their stock of old graphics cards and are therefore selling their graphics cards at SRP and sometimes even cheaper. So keep an eye out in the coming days and weeks if you don’t want to miss such an offer. For this, you might add certain graphics cards to a wish list on Amazon and enable notifications.
Not all cheap offers are safe: But not every great deal comes with a graphics card. Because scammers use this as an opportunity to trick you out of several hundred Euros. A user just experienced this when buying an RTX 3080:
At the IGN FanFest 2023, Blizzard showed new information and images for Diablo 4, including the first cutscene of the game. This tells a bit of the story of the action RPG and shows your own character.
What kind of scene is this? The intro cinematic of Diablo 4 shows your character riding a horse through a snow-covered mountainous landscape until he is surprised at night. He loses his horse and must seek shelter.
For nearly 4 minutes, a narrator tells you a bit more about the story of Diablo 4 and what it’s actually about. The hero finally fights his way to a cave to spend the night there. When he awakens, the scene ends and the game apparently begins.
In the scene, you see not a placeholder, but your own character. Diablo 4 offers an extensive character editor for each of the 5 starting classes of the game, unlike previous parts of Diablo.
According to lead designer Joe Shely, this kind of thing is supposed to happen more often in Diablo 4. Your character repeatedly appears in cutscenes, as is standard in modern RPGs.
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Diablo 4: This is what the first minutes of the game look like
Intro-Cinematic of Diablo 4 – Available for everyone starting in March
When can I play myself? The scene was first shown during the IGN FanFest on February 18, 2023. Shely also directly announced the start of the open beta on March 17 for pre-orders and a week later for everyone.
You can watch the opening scene yourself from then on, or at the latest when it releases on June 6. The beta includes the entire prologue with the first act, but it is limited to level 25. Some additional information about the game:
Overall, Diablo 4 is said to take 180 hours to reach maximum level – so it will take quite a while longer than what is possible in the beta. After that comes the actual endgame. However, we cannot yet say how many cutscenes will appear during this time.
What else you need to know about Diablo 4 can be found in our overview of the upcoming game:
In League of Legends there are regularly changing game modes. The developers from Riot Games have now introduced a new game mode. Look forward to: ‘Just kidding, it doesn’t have a codename’ – that’s what the mode is called at the moment.
What kind of new mode is this? In the new game mode of LoL, players will face each other in a 2-vs-2-vs-2-vs-2 format. Reddit user “Caffeine_and_Alcohol” described it as: “Like the normal bot lane but without jungle ganks” (via reddit).
League of Legends has changed massively recently. There are the preseason changes and adjustments from the last patch. The developers are aware of this and want to introduce a new game mode for LoL.
The idea for the mode was inspired by Teamfight Tactics (TFT). More specifically, it refers to the Double-Up mode. There, 2-man teams compete against each other and can exchange items and champions in between.
If you are interested in the characters from Arcane, we have summarized them for you here:
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LoL: We introduce the champions from Arcane in gameplay
‘Just kidding, it doesn’t have a codename’
This is how the mode is supposed to work: The developers of LoL have announced further content that could especially please pairs from the bot lane.
In the new mode, teams of 2 players will compete against other 2-player teams.
The mode mainly revolves around PvP content. For this, the following is planned:
players will quickly dive into battles,
they will be able to personalize their champions more than before, and
the waiting time after death and duration of games will be shortened.
This is to be achieved through the new mode. There, the heroes will compete against each other in various duels. In between, they will have the chance to upgrade their champions through items, levels, or augmentations. Those who lose too many duels will be kicked out of the lobby and can join a new round.
The augmentations are inspired by TFT and are supposed to make the champions even more versatile. For example, they propose a Sylas who uses the Lissandra W ability every 5 seconds or an Ekko with an attack range of 500 units.
This way, you can prove with your favorite partner how well you master your champions and which champion combinations yield the greatest synergy. Do you want to try Gragas and Yasuo? Or do you prefer to stick with the couple Xayah and Rakan?
How exactly the augmentations will look in the end, the developers cannot say yet because the mode is constantly evolving. But it will be an augmentation version that is specifically tailored to League of Legends.
What do you think of the new mode? Will you try it with your duo partner? Which champion combinations are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.
There has rarely been so much consensus among the players of Dead by Daylight. The new killer is under criticism – he is said to be boring, uninspired, and the low point of the game.
If there is one thing the community of Dead by Daylight can agree on, it is that they do not agree. Killers and survivors often have completely different views on how to improve the game and make it fairer. However, with the reveal of the latest killer “Skull Merchant”, there has been a widespread consensus in the community for a long time: The killer is trash.
At least there are several major points of criticism that are being discussed in forums and the game’s subreddit.
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Dead by Daylight: Tools of Torment Trailer
The killer looks like “Predator ordered from Wish”
A theory about the “Tools of Torment” chapter that has spread like wildfire in recent days is that Dead by Daylight actually tried to get the “Predator” license and that they actually wanted a female predator. When that failed, they quickly cobbled together their own killer who exhibits some parallels:
modern technology for monitoring and tracking in the form of drones
melee claws to secure the kill
As “proof” of this theory, many point to the “Behind the Scenes” video that was released shortly after the trailer:
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Here the developers talk about the latest killer and use the word “Predator” very often. It is also mentioned that the killer “only hunts the best of the best” and wants “the best trophies”. That would fit a predator – but not the “Skull Merchant”. Because this one primarily hunts individuals from the upper management of companies who do not want to sell their business.
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However, it should be made clear: The whole thing with the predator is just a theory from the subreddit.
In an interview with the game director a few months ago, we asked a similar question and were told that the detailed work on a licensed killer would only begin once it was ensured that it would actually happen.
General criticism of the killer design
In general, the “Skull Merchant” is also under criticism for her entire design. It is frequently mentioned that she simply does not look threatening. Her gait, with the exaggerated hip sway, seems “silly” to many and more laughable than fearsome.
Many people also notice that most of her animations come from other killers. For instance, the “Destroyable Wall Destroy” animation is identical to that of Nemesis, among several other animations. Her face is, according to many opinions, a mix of Trickster and Yui before the rework:
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But her abilities are also under criticism. They are quite complex and the idea of monitoring the map is an exciting concept. However, the whole design is undermined by the fact that at the end of the day she is just an “M1 killer” – meaning one who is completely reliant on hitting survivors in close combat. The actual gameplay ultimately consists of just constantly chasing survivors, as is the case with many of the old killers. The actual threat posed by the drone abilities is negated.
Thus, @averyhyena3885 writes under the “Behind the Scenes” video:
“You have to be careful because she can see you anywhere on the map.”
But she is still an M1 killer without power in the chase. It doesn’t matter if she knows where all the survivors are because shecan’t do anything about it anyway.
There is also little understanding for her name in the game. Because although the “Skull Merchant” has a very extensive backstory, neither the story nor her character has anything to do with the name. She does use skulls for her drones, but the name seems inappropriate to many.
As usual, Dead by Daylight reveals more contents through data mining already on the test server. Among these are also cosmetic items that usually end up in the shop of the game.
While the community is pleased with some “lightly clothed” skins, the developers apparently went overboard. Because both survivors are lined up in swimwear, while the Skull Merchant gets a rather … peculiar appearance as well. You can get an impression of the leaked cosmetics in the subreddit of DbD.
The reactions to this are also largely negative. Babyback-the-Butcher writes:
Is any of this real? This whole chapter feels so surreal, my mind just cannot assess how real it is. How could all of this happen?
Even more devastating is the criticism from “idkdudejustkillme”:
This whole chapter feels like a joke, a literal prank. A bad joke. It’s like a bizarre dream from which I hope to wake up soon. It’s absolutely incomprehensible to me that the same team that created characters like Blight, Dredge, Deathslinger, Oni, and others could create such an uninspired, pitiful chapter. Zero effort in writing, visual design, sound design, originality, or perks.
All of this feels like it was cobbled together at the last minute. Then they publish it with skins where the characters are half-naked and expect the player base to just swallow it and spit out money. It’s just embarrassing. What the hell is going on?
However, it must also be mentioned that there are aspects of the next patch that are well received by the community. The modernization of the two “Red Forest” maps looks good and receives praise from all directions. “Only” the entirely new contents seem to be something only a small part of the fans can agree with.
Axolotls are a new creature in Minecraft Patch 1.17. We will tell you how to catch these water creatures and what they are useful for.
The “Caves & Cliffs” update did not bring the desired caves, but plenty of other content. One of them is the Axolotls. You can now find these cute creatures in the world of Minecraft. We will reveal how to catch the new animals and what benefits they have.
Update: The article originally comes from June 2021. We have updated it on 20.02.2023 for the Patch 1.19.
Where to find Axolotls? Axolotls can generally only occur in the “Lush Caves” and only as long as clay blocks are nearby.
What do Axolotls eat? Although Axolotls hunt all kinds of water creatures in the world, they can only be guided by feeding them tropical fish. The tropical fish must be in a bucket for this. You can find tropical fish mainly in warm ocean biomes and can transport them in a bucket.
How to breed Axolotls: Breeding Axolotls is quite challenging, as buckets with tropical fish cannot be stacked. To start breeding Axolotls, you need at least 2 buckets of tropical fish or more if you want to breed multiple Axolotls at the same time.
Axolotls are quite cute – but they can virtually wipe out your other water creatures.
Note that each Axolotl can only mate once every 5 minutes. Only after this cooldown period can the mating process be initiated again.
How to tame Axolotls? Axolotls cannot be tamed in the traditional sense. Unlike wolves, Axolotls can only be lured with food and thus guided – for example, to an aquarium where the animals are then “imprisoned” to breed.
You can lead Axolotls with a leash. Alternatively, you can also lure them with a tropical fish in a bucket, as this is their favorite food that is also used for breeding.
An Axolotl plays dead to regenerate health points.
What benefits do Axolotls have? The purely gameplay benefit of Axolotls is generally low. They mainly serve as a nice decorative element, but should be kept away from most other water creatures, as they will attack and kill them.
However, Axolotls can be used for hunting in water or when cleaning an ocean monument, as they also help in fighting drowned and guardians after being fed.
What colors do Axolotls have? Overall, there are 5 colors for Axolotls, but you will mostly see only 4 of them. The following colors are represented at about 25 % each:
leucistic (lucy)
brown (wild)
turquoise (cyan)
gold (gold)
The last color, blue, is extremely rare. It can appear in nature with a chance of 0.08 % or when two Axolotls are bred together (regardless of the color of the parents).
All 5 colors of Axolotls – the blue, rarest color is on the far left.
This is how Axolotls behave: Like most creatures in Minecraft, Axolotls have relatively complex behavior and respond to different stimuli. The following key points are particularly important:
Axolotls are generally neutral towards the player.
If the player helps an Axolotl to take down one of its prey, the Axolotl heals the “Mining Fatigue” and applies “Regeneration I” to the player.
Axolotls attack all other water creatures (exceptions: turtles, dolphins, and frogs). After a creature is taken down, the Axolotl pauses for 2 minutes before going hunting again.
Axolotls can play dead when attacked. They lie still for 10 seconds but heal themselves thanks to “Regeneration I” during this time. If an Axolotl plays dead, it is ignored by other creatures.
If Axolotls are released on land, they will try to reach the nearest water body, as they die on land after exactly 5 minutes. However, they survive if it is thundering or raining.
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This is how to prevent Axolotls from despawning: Like most passive mobs in Minecraft, Axolotls can despawn after a while. This can be prevented by picking up Axolotls with a bucket and then releasing them back into the world. Then the Axolotl counts as “player-generated” and stays indefinitely in the world (or until the creature dies).
Alternatively, you can also name Axolotls with a name tag, as this also prevents the automatic despawn – just like with all compatible creatures.
Do you have any questions about Axolotls? Have you caught a few of these strangely cute creatures yet?
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The medieval MMORPG Gloria Victis has been available on Steam since June 2016, and it has been in Early Access since then. Recently, it celebrated its full release, and the player numbers have increased. However, players are expressing plenty of criticism.
During Early Access, the MMORPG usually recorded between 400 and 600 players per day. Since the full release, it has reached nearly 3400 – so the number is 8 times higher (via SteamDB).
Realistic battles in the medieval times
What kind of game is this? Gloria Victis is a medieval MMORPG with sandbox elements developed by Black Eye Games. PvP plays an important role. You besiege and conquer castles while engaging in battles with other players. The MMORPG also offers PvE content – including group quests and raids.
You do not play a fixed class, but level up your skills and can choose an individual playstyle. The combat system is action-packed, requiring you to aim yourself.
There are 3 nations, from which you select one to join. You are constantly fighting against the other two nations, as PvP is possible everywhere. In most areas, you do not lose items when you die, but in some locations, you drop one equipment piece per death.
Additionally, the MMORPG offers a diverse crafting system.
Gloria Victis aims to be as realistic as possible, as indicated in its description on Steam. Graphically, this is only conditionally possible for the small indie development team from Poland. Nevertheless, the MMORPG received a graphics update in 2022.
Here you can see the trailer for the MMORPG:
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MMORPG Gloria Victis – Gameplay Trailer
What monetization model does the game use? Gloria Victis is Buy2Play and currently costs 19.99 euros, just as it did in Early Access. Additionally, there is a shop offering cosmetic items and account expansions such as additional character slots or name changes. The MMORPG avoids Pay2Win.
Now only 61% positive rated – What annoys players on Steam?
Throughout its time, Gloria Victis received 70% positive reviews, earning the “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam. However, in the last 30 days, the reviews have worsened, so it currently stands at only 61%, receiving an “Mixed” rating.
We summarize some of the voices in the Steam reviews for you, both positive and negative:
Carnifex writes after 75 hours of gameplay: “Mount & Blade combat system with a map in Elder Scrolls Online Cyrodiil style. Very cool PvP MMO”.
GC- writes after 4,238 hours of gameplay: “Gloria Victis is the only game I know that the developers have continuously broken more and more […] The game worked technically flawlessly during Early Access. Since the release, it crashes and servers are overloaded. Only frustration at the moment”.
Skynyrd_Dsg writes after 148 hours of gameplay: “I am new to the game and have had a good time so far. I have found a few bugs that were fixed immediately. The game runs great, and PvP is fun”.
Motives writes after 59 hours of gameplay: “The core gameplay and combat system are great. 90% of the rest of the game doesn’t work.”.
As negative points, they mention the following problems:
It is not a real sandbox game
The combat system is said to be so bad that one has to learn to deal with its errors.
Gloria Victis heavily depends on player numbers. If no one is online, nothing happens.
No roadmap during the beta, poor communication of the developers with their player base
As positive feedback, they first mention the atmosphere of Gloria Victis, which they find successful for an indie team. Since, according to them, most indie fans do not value extremely good graphics, everything here is okay.
They also find the onboarding good, as one can catch up to other players without much grind. Only solo players they saw struggling when it comes to becoming really strong later on.
Whoever has settled into Gloria Victis, however, must stay committed according to the fan. It is not a game that you log into only occasionally for events or to play with friends.
Have you ever tried Gloria Victis or do you plan to now that the full version is finally here? What do you particularly like about the MMORPG? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
The global Hoenn Tour in Pokémon GO is the big event to conclude February. You can start preparing for it right now.
This is the global Hoenn Tour: This weekend, the local Hoenn Tour in Las Vegas is taking place, but next weekend the rest of the world will join in.
The global Hoenn Tour takes place on February 25 and 26, 2023, and features content related to the Pokémon of Generation 3, the Proto Forms of Kyogre and Groudon, a special research task, and more.
Now there is just under a week left until the event starts. How can you prepare? We are gathering some tips.
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Tips for preparing for the global Hoenn Tour in Pokémon GO
1. Complete “Proto-Grollen” research, choose Ruby or Sapphire
In advance of the Hoenn Tour, the special research “Proto-Grollen” starts, which you can currently access in the game. At the end of it, you will receive a ticket for the event bonuses of the Hoenn Tour.
Additionally, you will need to choose a team at the end – Ruby or Sapphire. This especially affects the fact that during the global Hoenn Tour, you will complete research tasks for your teams and thus influence spawns and the raid distribution of Groudon and Kyogre.
One of the highlights of the Hoenn Tour is the Proto Forms of Kyogre and Groudon. Both will be available during the global Hoenn Tour in so-called “Proto Raids”.
However, from those you only get the base forms of the two, plus “Proto Energy” needed to perform the Proto-Morph. Therefore, you should complete enough raids to gather sufficient energy while Kyogre and Groudon are available that weekend – because who knows when they will return again.
Note: As part of the “Proto-Grollen” event before the global Hoenn Tour, Rayquaza also returns – another very exciting raid boss. It’s worth it to do a raid here as well.
3. Prepare your raid teams
The raid bosses for the Hoenn Tour are already known. Focus on Pokémon of the following types, and prepare corresponding teams:
4. Make space – in your collection and for event eggs
In your collection: If you plan to go on a hunt for missing Pokémon from Generation 3 during the Hoenn Tour weekend, you should clear space in your Pokémon collection beforehand. Send away Pokémon you no longer need so you don’t waste time sorting during the weekend.
For example, use the “filter function” to quickly identify weaker Pokémon by entering the search terms “0*, 1*, 2*” in the overview. This will display all Pokémon that do not have at least three stars.
For the eggs: During the Hoenn Tour, the regional Pokémon from Generation 3 will be available in 10 km eggs, where you also have the chance of finding a Shiny.
Depending on how you want to play, you should prepare a number of items or at least not spend them beforehand. The most important items:
Raid passes for the battles against the Proto Forms
Revives and potions to restore your battle teams
Golden Razz Berries for catching the raid bosses
Silver Pineapple Berries for easier catching and for extra candies
Pineapple Berries for extra candies
Incense, if you’re out and want to catch Pokémon
Lures if you are playing at a stationary location
Balls: It’s best to save plenty of Ultra Balls if you want to catch many Pokémon
6. Take advantage of the Proto-Grollen event
In advance of the Hoenn Tour, there will be field research tasks during the Proto-Grollen event that will help you prepare for the tour weekend. It is still unclear what this will involve – but it should at least be kept in mind.
Not only in the game itself but also outside, you can take a few precautions.
7. Plan your tour – If in doubt, in the city
Do you live in the countryside or in an area without many stops? Then you should consider whether a trip to the city for the Hoenn Tour is worthwhile for you. Because if you want to participate in several raids on-site to secure the Proto Forms, it is advantageous to have numerous gyms in the vicinity.
Moreover, the Proto Forms may be hard to defeat, similar to Mega Raids. If you play in a location where more groups are active, they can help you complete raids more successfully and efficiently.
8. Charge your gadgets
If you plan to be out all day, you should pay attention to your batteries – in your smartphone, but also with gadgets like the GO Plus and similar.
Especially a charged power bank can be very valuable during the event, if you plan longer trips. Then you won’t risk your battery giving out during the GO Tour.
9. Coordinate with others for raids
If you know other Pokémon GO friends or groups, it’s best to coordinate early whether you want to do a few rounds together. The raids with Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon will be difficult to master – support can be helpful.
10. Come back here for the event
MeinMMO will cover the global Hoenn Tour with a ticker during the event weekend. Check back here throughout the week for updates – if there’s anything new regarding the Hoenn Tour, we will keep you informed at MeinMMO.
Do you have any other tips for preparation? Tell us in the comments!
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A billionaire is under house arrest: American authorities accuse Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, of systematic fraud and money laundering. He is currently awaiting his trial. However, because he does not follow the rules, the court now threatens to revoke some of his privileges: They might even take away his beloved League of Legends (LoL).
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried? SBF was once considered a star of the crypto scene. In 2019, he founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX together with a college friend. The company quickly became a huge success. Within a few years, FTX secured billions in investments and SBF made a fortune. Over the past few years, the company grew to become one of the largest trading and investment platforms in the cryptocurrency sector.
Through sponsorships, SBF made his company known to a wide audience:
For example, the company secured naming rights to an NBA basketball stadium in Miami.
They also appeared as a sponsor for Mercedes in Formula 1.
Furthermore, FTX was active in the esports sector. In June 2021, they signed a sponsorship deal with TSM (Team SoloMid), a renowned US team in League of Legends.
In November 2022, the company ran into liquidity issues. FTX filed for bankruptcy after a takeover offer from another cryptocurrency exchange was withdrawn. Many private investors lost their money, and SBF is accused of defrauding his customers and investors.
If Sam Bankman-Fried is caught watching this trailer, he could face a lot of trouble. But don’t worry, because you have nothing to fear!
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Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story – Official Launch Trailer
The court threatens to limit internet access because he does not follow the rules
What crimes is he accused of? American authorities have charged Bankman-Fried with 8 serious offenses. The indictment mentions “wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering.”
In our legal system, these accusations roughly correspond to telecommunications fraud, conspiracy to commit telecommunications fraud, and securities fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit securities fraud and money laundering.
Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years in prison if the court convicts him on all counts. However, SBF pleaded “not guilty” at a preliminary hearing, so a major trial will soon take place.
What has the court ordered? Until the trial begins, he is free on bail and under house arrest. He is currently serving this house arrest at his parents’ home.
However, he does not live in poor conditions at home. His parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, live in a multimillion-dollar estate in Palo Alto, California (via Insider). He has to wear an ankle monitor, and his communication options are restricted.
Sam Bankman-Fried is only allowed to use his phone and computer to communicate with his lawyers.
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After Bankman-Fried was caught using a VPN client to secretly watch the Superbowl, authorities are now threatening to further limit his access to electronic devices.
To verify whether he follows the judge’s orders, authorities are demanding to electronically monitor his devices. Sam Bankman-Fried would then only be allowed to access his Gmail account, Zoom, and SMS. He may use these means to communicate with his lawyers.
Authorities want to prevent SBF from contacting witnesses at all costs. Therefore, he is also not allowed to play LoL anymore, as the chat in the MOBA could theoretically be used to influence witnesses and compromise the trial.
These restrictions are likely to be unwelcome for SBF. The “League of Legends” enthusiast will have to forgo his favorite game in the future. The capitalism-critical US site Kotaku already quips: SBF needs to find another way to relax. Maybe his parents could buy him a Nintendo Switch. It runs online so poorly that the court might turn a blind eye.
To avoid further trouble with the courts, SBF should rather play single-player games in the future. If he is convicted, he will have to find a new hobby in prison anyway.
The German Twitch streamer Trymacs has only spent 3 hours in Hogwarts Legacy and stumbled upon a dialogue that he simply couldn’t handle. It was about “crossed wands.”
How is Hogwarts Legacy performing on German Twitch?
Hogwarts Legacy has been the number one on German Twitch for 2 weeks. It has accumulated double the viewing hours of League of Legends.
Trymacs, who is known for never finding a hype train that he wouldn’t jump on, streamed Hogwarts Legacy for only 3 hours on Twitch but already ranked 19th among German streamers.
Gronkh, who has caused so much trouble, has yet to show a second of Hogwarts Legacy on Twitch:
“Doesn’t that have to stand out to someone? It’s getting more and more ambiguous!”
What scene got to Trymacs? Trymacs listens on Twitch to a dialogue between 2 wizards: His player character speaks with “Lucan Brattleby,” who explains to him how the “Dueling Club of the Crossed Wands” works.
At that point, Trymacs starts to grin as his character asks: “How does it work with the crossed wands?”
In the chat, the Ghostbusters quote “Never cross the streams” is immediately referenced.
When the student explains: “Whoever is still standing at the end wins,” Trymacs is ultimately convinced that there are double entendres here referring to homosexual intercourse being hidden.
When he says, “Next time, you bring a partner or you do it alone,” Trymacs pleads into the camera: “Who wrote that? Doesn’t that have to stand out to someone? It’s getting more and more ambiguous!”
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Hogwarts Legacy presents the officially best trailer of gamescom – Has over 600,000 views on YouTube
What does he mean by that? “Crossing swords” is according to Urban Dictionary a euphemism for a man accidentally touching another’s penis during a sexual act with multiple partners.
References to this supposed “rule among men” are the two phrases: “Never cross the streams” and “Never cross swords.”
Trymacs and his chat probably have 3 famous scenes from pop culture in mind:
Once “Ghostbusters”: Never cross the streams. That is a strict prohibition that is circumvented to defeat the final boss of the first film, the Marshmallow Man (via YouTube)
Spaceballs, where there is a lightsaber duel between Lord Helmet and Lone Starr and the swords not only cross but even get tangled (via youtube)
And “How I Met Your Mother”, where Barney warns against the “devil’s threesome” (2 men, 1 woman): Bros must never make eye contact during a devil’s threesome (via youtube)
Once you realize that “crossing wands” is a sexual innuendo, it seems you can’t escape it and only see more references to homosexual intercourse.
The new game “Wild Hearts” from Electronic Arts received 78% on Metacritic for the PC version, but on Steam, the reviews drop to 41%. One user sums up the criticism: “The price is higher than the FPS” that Wild Hearts achieves.
What does the press say about the game? On Metacritic, Wild Hearts has 78% for the PC version – the user score is even significantly higher at 86%:
It is described by the press as a “fantastic video game with flair and personality” (God is a geek).
GameRant refers to it as a “wonderful new brand in the hunter genre that can stand up to Monster Hunter.”
GameStar gives it 78% and states: “A skilled monster hunter clone that impresses with fresh ideas, but suffers in terms of technology.” However, the tester issues a technical warning for the PC version. He criticizes a “clumsy console port” that refuses to scale with PC hardware.
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Wild Hearts: Everything about the new hunting game in 3 minutes
2600 negative reviews – Even players who like it are disappointed
How are the reviews on Steam? Disastrous. Only 41% rate Wild Hearts positively. 2612 reviews are currently speaking negatively about the game.
The main point of criticism repeatedly voiced is the poor performance, even from people who actually like the game:
Mani writes after 2 hours: “Guys, guys: It’s about too much money in the industry to send a game out like this.”
Phoenix writes after 12 hours: “Wild Hearts is fantastic when it runs. But my god: Multiplayer runs really badly in 9 out of 10 cases due to the connection. There are constant sound bugs, the graphics just pop out, and the frame rate is always in the basement.”
Spqkii writes in a positive comment: “In Germany, we say: Brother, actually a pretty awesome game, but the price is higher than the FPS in the game.”
Also on MeinMMO, the game is rated very critically with 43% by user reviews.
The 29-year-old Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is one of the most successful streamers on Twitch. In an interview, she shares her pragmatic view on the streaming platform. It is an “advertising space that pays her when she puts ads on it.” She uses the platform as a “funnel” to lure customers who see her on Twitch to her OnlyFans page.
Where do the statements come from? Amouranth has given an interview with Jake Lucky, who mainly uses Twitter as a platform.
This is what Amouranth says about how much money she makes:
Amouranth earns about $100,000 a month from subs and ads on Twitch
With her OnlyFans page, she makes about $1.5 million a month
In addition, she has income from other businesses, such as gas stations, in the range of $85,000 – these are especially important for her from a tax perspective
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Twitch as a “funnel” to guide fans to OnlyFans
This is how she sees Twitch: The streamer is then asked in the conversation why she still streams on Twitch when she makes so much more money on OnlyFans. Is she on Twitch out of pure “joy”?
But joy has little to do with it, Amouranth explains. While she does enjoy streaming “somehow,” the reasons lie elsewhere:
Twitch is a billboard – that pays me to put ads on it. It is a funnel. Other social media sometimes just distribute shadow bans for sexy content. Your reach is really destroyed on every other platform – except on Twitch.
Twitch is also the platform with the highest “conversion rate” – the platform that can drive the highest percentage of users to OnlyFans.
After Hottub and ASMR meta, Amouranth now plays the “funnel meta”
What is behind it? Amouranth has a clear business model:
She appears sexually provocative but still relatively tame on platforms like Twitter, Instagram, or Twitch – this content is free
Those who see this and want “more explicit” pictures of her, she lures to the OnlyFans platform, where her content costs money
Twitch is the most attractive advertising platform for her: on the one hand, she is paid for her content there, and on the other hand, there is no filter that limits her reach.
After Amouranth had her breakthrough with the “Hot-Tub” meta and then used the ASMR meta to grow, she apparently has now fully played through Twitch with the “funnel” meta.
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The business model that Amouranth uses by abusing Twitch as “advertising space for another platform” has apparently never been anticipated by Twitch. It is unclear whether Twitch will do something about it or let it go.
As openly as Amouranth talks about her strategy, she seems to have no fear of consequences.
For formally, Amouranth apparently does not violate any rules as long as she does her “18+” things on another platform and only uses Twitch as a funnel to lure viewers there.
However, with this “funnel” meta, some other streamers and also viewers have large problems.
As early as 2021, the German streamer MontanaBlack demanded that Twitch must intervene:
The GOG.com site is giving away only a few hours of the German simulation games Biing 1 and 2 (PC). Our author Schuhmann says: These are great German simulations with deep mechanics and challenging gameplay, but one has to deal with the many breasts and the humor that the developer throws at you. Both games are NSFW (not safe for work), rated “From 16” by the USK – so nothing to be played in public.
How to get the games? The site GOG.com is giving away Biing 1. The offer lasts until Monday, February 20, at 3 PM German time.
Being given away is “Biing!: Sex, Intrigue and Scandals”
When you download the game, it also includes as an “Extra” “Biing! 2: Sun, Beach and Hot Nights [DE]”.
Time is running out.
Biing!: Satirical Hospital Simulation from Hanover
What kind of game is Biing!? It is an erotic and satirical hospital simulation from 1995.
The game has a crude humor: all doctors are incompetent quacks who only want to play golf, all nurses are lewd, and warehouse staff are generally drunk.
The player clicks through various static screens, hires staff, sends people to training courses, and hires goons who lie in wait for unsuspecting passersby at the clinic entrance with a baseball bat to ensure the emergency room is well attended.
As the game progresses, the player opens hospital rooms, an intensive care unit, operating rooms, and a pathology department, just in case something goes wrong. Especially serious and lucrative cases can be brought in by the player through fast ambulance races.
From today’s perspective, Biing is a kind of text adventure: it is little graphically represented, the actual action of the game takes place in texts, when you have to choose how the doctor treats a patient. The raucous action in the ambulance races also only happens in the text; you don’t really see anything.
German Simulation Gems from the 90s with … Unique Humor
And is it a good game? Yes, it is indeed. Biing! received ratings in the vicinity of 85-90% back then.
Behind the silly and surely outdated facade lies a challenging and hard simulation. It is necessary to:
Train employees to the extent that they can work independently
Manage finances so that rented buildings and plots can be purchased to reduce fixed costs
Deal with spontaneous employee absences by rearranging shift plans and employing substitutes.
Those who think they can just click through Biing and have fun will experience a rude awakening. The game is difficult. It is mainly about surviving the tough initial weeks. It is actually only possible to get through the first days with a beginner’s guide (via biing-fansite.de).
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Studio Shot at Biing 2 Against German Game Press Due to Bad Reviews
And what about Biing 2? Biing 2 is from 1999: Here the player runs a holiday resort. This is also a very deep simulation, with an even stronger focus on eroticism.
How did the series end? Biing 2 had many technical problems at launch and received negative reviews between 27 and 65%. The company felt unjustly rated so poorly at the time and urged fans of the game to complain to the publishers of the German PC magazines.
It was said that the magazines had tested the game too briefly. Biing 2 was supposed to become fun only after a few days (via archive.org).
The company feared that the negative reviews could threaten the existence of the studio, and indeed Reline Software disappeared in 2002.
Biing – A Piece of German Gaming History
Is the game still relevant today? More than 20 years after the end of Reline Software, there is still a small German community that regularly talks about Biing and longs for the old days.
Here, Biing is considered an underrated masterpiece, and in many comments, one can sense the nostalgia for one’s youth.
Even today, legends circulate in the community about the failure of Biing 2. On fan sites, it is often told (via forumromanum), that PC Games journalist Petra Fröhlich (then still Petra Maueröder) killed the series. She is said to be somehow responsible for there being no Biing 3.
Others say: That’s not how it was. All magazines rated Biing 2 poorly at the time. It simply wasn’t a good game at release. Only later updates made Biing 2 playable and good.
What about the people behind the game? The game comes from the studio “Reline Software” from Hanover. The leading minds behind the game were Holger Gehrmann and Olaf Patzhauer:
Gehrmann died in 2008 at the age of only 39 due to a fall from a high-rise building.
Olaf Patzhauer died in 2011 of heart problems. Patzhauer continued to post in a fan forum about Biing until his death. There was always talk of an improved anime version of Biing 2 that he sent by email to the biggest fans of the game.
From a similar time as Biing, but with a completely different approach, comes the simulation Dwarf Fortress:
MeinMMO reader alf told us in a comment about his gaming friendship in the MMORPG Lineage 2, which remains beyond death.
As part of our “Find Your Next Game: Love Edition” week, we received a comment from our reader alf under an article, who told a touching story about a gaming friendship. We don’t want to withhold this story from you.
“In my clan, there were 3 friends who also knew each other in real life”
alf tells us: I started with Lineage 2 in 2003 on a so-called “free server”. The server was called Noobwars, a Greek L2 server. There were 2 factions: Greeks and Bulgarians, a few Germans and a few Spaniards. All together maybe around 500 players.
Each side formed their own clans, and the people spread out. We ended up in a Greek clan. We could speak a little English, just enough to have conversations and piece together what the other was saying.
In my clan, there were 3 friends who also knew each other in real life. Their names were Steris, Kologeros, and Papoukas, 3 dwarves. One was a crafter, the other two were spoilers. We always made jokes about these characters because the dwarves in L2 really looked like dwarves. Short, chubby, with a huge long beard and a big red nose.
We started spending time with them and got to know these 3 Greeks better and better. After several months, we found out that Kologros and Steris were brothers, and Papoukas was a neighbor boy of the two.
After a few more weeks, we discovered that Steris was sick. He had leukemia. We weren’t sure what to do or how to behave. But we agreed that we wanted to visit him in his hospital in Greece.
“We were there for about 4 hours, then we had to leave”
So we went to Darmstadt on Friday. My sister was living in Grube Messel at the time. Then Saturday morning to the airport in Frankfurt and off to Greece. When we landed in Athens, we called Kologeros, who came to pick us up and brought us to our hotel.
From there, we went to Steris’s hospital. It was strange because it was absolutely not like in Germany. The smell was different. You know the hospital smell? That discomfort in your nose from all the sterile stuff? That was not there.
Steris was not alone in the room. He was in a “shared room” with 6 other people. I only knew it from Germany that there were always 2 or sometimes 3 in a room, but 6? That was strange.
In the middle stood a large table with chairs, there was a couch, a huge TV, a “kitchen,” if you can call it that, where they had a microwave, coffee machine, and so on. We were there for about 4 hours, then we had to leave. But we had a lot of fun there with Steris, Kolo, and Papou. Steris’s parents were also there, and we were glad that his mother could speak German. Without her, we would have been helplessly lost.
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“So far, this is my best experience in gaming that I have had”
We continued to play on Noobwars and in the same guild as Kolo, Steris, and Papou. After the summer, we noticed that Steris logged in less and less. And one day not at all. His brother, Kologeros, didn’t log in either, and Papou only at night.
We asked what was wrong, but we knew what was happening. Steris died at the age of 23 from leukemia on August 16, 2004. We flew to Greece again for the funeral. Since then, we meet Kolo and Papou every 2 or 3 years in Germany.
Kologeros now lives here, and Papoukas studied at the university in Darmstadt at that time. Both bought the server on which Steris’s characters are located. They continued to run it privately for us 5. And every year on Steris’s death anniversary, we log in, sit in Giran with his characters and chat, telling each other what has happened, what we are doing and have done.
Of course, now via TeamSpeak and we don’t drink “beer” in-game anymore, but real beer. But even today we keep in touch, call each other now and then, meet, and log into the server that is in Kologeros’s basement.
Even today, almost 20 years later, we are friends, our families know each other, visit each other. 5 friends, who actually used to be 6. We are still 6.
So far, this is my best experience I have had in gaming.
We thank alf sincerely for allowing us to publish his beautiful story on our website. If you have experienced something special in-game or know someone who has, send us a message at [email protected].
This week focused on some new MMORPGs that have shown gameplay or revealed details about the release date. Additionally, Guild Wars 2 will be changing its entire release plan, and WoW has nerfed the latest raid.
Anyone currently playing an MMORPG from Gamigo on Steam – such as Rift or Trove – must connect their Steam account with the Glyph account. This is said to supposedly enhance the “gaming experience” (via Steam).
Embers Adrift, the old school PvE MMORPG, has announced a new zone with new enemies and a dice mini-game (via Embers Adrift).
Old School RuneScape has introduced a new feature. You can now change the size of skill icons (via Old School RuneScape).
Lord of the Rings Online brings a stone wall that became a meme in the game, now as a housing item (via MassivelyOP).
Wild Terra 2 has released a new patch with new quests, daily tasks, and combat adjustments (via Steam).
With Fantasy World Souls, a new J-MMORPG has launched on Steam. However, it features an old-school graphic style (via Steam).
The Embracer Group (Neverwinter, Star Trek Online) has stated that it is working on 5 new Lord of the Rings games. Gollum and the survival game Return to Moria are already known. What the other 3 titles will be is unknown, but they have some MMOs as well as mobile games in their portfolio (via MassivelyOP).
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week that you would like to share? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Please feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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At the end of Season 27 in Diablo 3 we look at the leaderboards to see which class performs best and who is at the bottom. We rank all 7 classes.
What is going on with Diablo 3? Today, on February 19, the current Season 27 ends. Season 27 started at the end of August and has been active since – the chapter has therefore been playable for a relatively long time. Seasons usually last about three months, but tend to go longer. Due to the extended time, players have been able to grind even more Paragon levels and thus become even stronger.
We take a look at the leaderboards and show who is currently leading the field by a wide margin.
Season 27 Ranking of All Classes
How did we check? We read the season times from the official Diablo 3 website. We only look at the seasonal Greater Rifts in Softcore and for single players on the European servers. The times come from the “Overall” category, so not with specific sets.
It is quite possible that the ranks will change in the coming days if Blizzard kicks out bots or cheaters. The following status is from February 19 at 11:40 AM.
What builds are being played? In the list, we have linked the hero profile for each of you, with which the record was set. It is not guaranteed whether the builds with which the times were set are still in place. By looking at the hero profile, you get an insight into which abilities and items the characters are currently equipped with.
What stands out? Monks are by far the “winners” of Season 27. With their speedruns, they leave other fast classes like Wizards behind by several minutes. Crusaders remain, as already seen from the previous season, far behind in solo play.
However, in the upcoming Patch 2.7.5, there will be some balance changes that will likely have a significant impact on the leaderboards. Especially the buff for Demon Hunters is being discussed in the community.
During the IGN Fan Fest, the Production Director of Redfall, Ben Horne, shared more details about the new loot shooter. In the interview, the focus was on the co-op experience, the loot, and especially on how you can actually take down the enemies.
At its core, Redfall is a co-op loot shooter. Initially, the game was often compared to Left4Dead, but it is actually meant to be more like Far Cry, the developers say. You explore an open world, defeat enemies, and collect better weapons.
Redfall will be released on May 2 for PC and Xbox Series X|S.
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This is what the chief says now: In the interview with IGN, Production Director Ben Horne talks about how exactly the core gameplay of Redfall works, that is: shooting. Redfall will feature a lot of weapons, like any decent loot shooter.
However, these weapons are said to be only somewhat useful. Horne says: ‘In Redfall, vampires cannot be killed just by bullets. You need something special.’ This includes weapons like flare guns, stake throwers, and UV lights.
However, firearms are not useless, as seen in the provided gameplay. They can still kill smaller enemies and at least make vampires vulnerable.
Horne explains that the system is designed for every player in the world to search for exactly the weapon that suits their playstyle and that they want. You can choose to play ‘All Guns Blazing’ or more cautiously and stealthily. Weapons have various rarity grades with special effects and properties.
The extended gameplay of the game is embedded here for you:
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Another interesting point in the interview is Redfall’s co-op mode. You can play alone – without AI support – or in a team of up to 4 hunters, but you are not “bound” to each other, as is often the case in such games.
Instead, you can split up freely in the open world. While one player is fighting vampires, the others can search houses and solve puzzles. However, if you decide to stay together, you will receive a strength buff.
Redfall is one of the most promising shooters we expect in 2023. Here you will find an overview of the new releases in the genre:
In Pokémon GO the Hoenn Tour is currently running for trainers who are on site in Las Vegas. A special research with Jirachi has been unlocked. Even the first section of the special research gives a hint of how tough the work on it will be.
What kind of research is this? One of the major highlights of the Hoenn Tour 2023 is the encounter with Shiny Jirachi. However, it seems that this will be a very lengthy research, considering the current Hoenn Tour event from Las Vegas. Players on site have the first opportunity to catch Shiny Jirachi. For us, that will be happening next week.
The research from Las Vegas has fewer steps compared to the Global research before encountering Shiny Jirachi. However, the base should be similar. Players have now shared the first 3 tasks. This gives us a rough outlook on what we can expect at the global event of the Hoenn Tour.
Masterwork Research: Wish Fulfilled 1/6
Task
Reward
Catch 385 Pokémon that were first discovered in the Kanto region
385 XP
Catch 385 Pokémon that were first discovered in the Johto region
385 XP
Catch 385 Pokémon that were first discovered in the Hoenn region
385 XP
Earn the golden Hoenn medal
30 Ultra Balls
Stage Reward: Those who complete all 4 tasks and claim the respective rewards will additionally receive 10 Kyogre Candy, 10 Groudon Candy, and 10 Rayquaza Candy.
Further steps are not yet known, as trainers must first work on catching as many Pokémon from the different regions. There will be a total of 6 steps with multiple tasks in this research for trainers playing on site in Las Vegas.
How are the trainers reacting? On reddit, the topic is being heavily commented. User leemifsud writes “These research tasks that take months are among my favorite parts of the game.” Other trainers agree and explain that they enjoy working on these big tasks.
Thus user Redshift-713 demands: “We need these difficult tasks back. The special researches starting from level 40 were great.”
Others are curious about the rest of the research: “If this is just 1/6, then I’m afraid to find out what the other tasks look like,” writes cccaaatttssssss.
What do you think about the research? Do you think it’s good that Niantic brings such tasks that require longer effort, or do you prefer to quickly complete a special research?
Hauke Gerdes became known as a game master for tabletop role-playing sessions at Rocket Beans and as the creator of his own fantasy worlds. Now he brings one of these worlds as a survival MMO to Steam for gamers: Coreborn.
What kind of game is this? “Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore” takes place in the fantastic world of Tormentosia, where various peoples are in a continuous conflict. However, Sogoth, an alien villain, ensures that they must unite.
To protect themselves, the peoples have created a “Core” that shields the inner world. Everything around it, however, is still dangerous, as Sogoth’s minions lurk there. You play as a resident of Tormentosia and are tasked with making the world habitable again.
This works in a seemingly Valheim-like survival game with classic gameplay elements from survival games and MMOs, such as:
the city of Coreheim as a player hub to make new friends
building your own home or even village in the world with an appropriate building system
a combat system where the 6 different peoples bring different advantages
enemies that threaten you and from whom you can get strong loot
a profession system in which you can continuously improve your profession
hunger, poison, and cold as survival aspects
Additionally, Coreborn will run on Unreal Engine 5, but it offers a playful comic graphic with some quirky characters.
You can see the first gameplay trailer for the game here:
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Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore – The Gameplay Trailer
When and where can I play Coreborn? Coreborn is set to be released according to the official Discord for PC, consoles, and mobile with crossplay.
However, when exactly Coreborn will be released, we do not yet know. It is said: “We are aiming for 2023/2024.”
There is no information yet on the pricing model, but according to the Steam page, there will be “in-game purchases.” The first test is already set for March 2-5 on Steam. You can already register directly on the Steam page for the test.
What is Ultracore anyway? Behind the game is the world of “Ultracore”, which Hauke Gerdes designed. Hauke previously worked as a community manager for the German gaming channel Rocket Beans TV and was instrumental in establishing the tabletop format “Tough Types, Sharp Pencils” there.
In doing so, he created the worlds T.E.A.R.S., B.E.A.R.D.S., and Ultracore.
The creation of the world of Ultracore took place in a multi-part series of broadcasts in a tabletop session at Rocket Beans, in which Hauke serves as the game master.
Ultracore is based on the open-source rules system “How to be a Hero”. The idea of the world is that different peoples cooperate to create and maintain the eponymous “Ultracore”.
There is also a story trailer for Coreborn that explains the world in more detail:
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Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore – The Story Trailer
MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski says goodbye to the MeinMMO podcast in its current form. The feed will be permanently shut down. But the podcast finds a new home and a new beginning.
It is difficult for me to write this, as this project has brought us much joy in the editorial team. Although we were able to reach a few thousand of you with the podcast, it ultimately wasn’t enough to make it profitable for MeinMMO.
For a long time, I discussed with our podcast manager Michael Graf what to do with the podcast. We agree that there is still strong potential here to provide you with exciting stories from the gaming world.
That’s why we decided to give the podcast a new home. You can find out the details in our farewell episode:
As sad as I find it to shut down this feed, I am even more excited about the future. We have decided to continue existing in the GameStar feed. You will hear the details in the embedded podcast.
The beginning features an interview that you could already see here on MeinMMO in video form. Now you can also enjoy it as a pure audio experience at GameStar:
We from MeinMMO will be showing up more often with our colleagues, which is why I recommend following the GameStar feed at this point. From our survey, we know that most of you are already doing that.
We will also focus even more on new video formats to expand our offerings here. More of your feedback that you have given us about the podcast will be incorporated here.
Pokémon GO is hosting the Hoenn Tour in Las Vegas this weekend. However, the first day of the event has received a lot of criticism, as players faced issues.
What’s happening in Las Vegas? Yesterday, on February 18, 2023, the first day of the Hoenn Tour took place at “Sunset Park” in Las Vegas. For this event, a ticket had to be purchased and one had to be present on-site to utilize the bonuses.
The event is sold out, and today, on February 19, the second day will begin.
However, the first day apparently did not go as players had hoped: The event started on Saturday at 10:00 AM local time, which is 7:00 PM German time. Already then, the first complaints arose.
Trainers frustrated about Day 1 in Las Vegas – Niantic responds
This is what trainers report: In the subreddits for Pokémon GO and on Twitter, trainers shared their experiences from the event. The main problem: There were apparently severe log-in issues and lags.
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Players were repeatedly unable to log in to the game to participate in the event, or the connection was interrupted. Other trainers reported being kicked out of or unable to join raids against Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon.
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Throughout the event period, trainers reported severe connection issues – which caused frustration among players. Especially those who had traveled to Las Vegas specifically to participate in the event, booked hotels, and similar arrangements (via reddit).
How does Niantic respond to the issues?
Through the official Pokémon GO account on Twitter, developer Niantic addressed the situation. The Pokémon GO team apologized for the problems and tried to explain how they happened. It seems that some trainers without tickets showed up, which was not expected:
“An additional 17,000 trainers without tickets came to the park, causing connection issues throughout the day,” the statement read: “This led to trainers experiencing interruptions in connection to raids, being unable to log in, and other gameplay issues.”
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“We ask trainers without a ticket for Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn – Las Vegas not to come to the park tomorrow, to ensure a smooth event for Sunday ticket holders and trainers who have the Sunday extra day add-on.”
Additionally, the Pokémon GO team stated in a blog post (via pokemongolive.com) that the Saturday event would be extended by three more hours and expanded to the rest of the city. It will then run until 10:00 PM local time and bonuses will also be unlocked across the rest of Las Vegas. Furthermore, trainers should receive three free raid passes and three free remote raid passes.
In the initial reactions (via Twitter), trainers have also expressed critical views on these adjustments, stating that this is not sufficient as compensation. Some suggest, for example, a replacement event as compensation.
At least in the past, there have been examples where such replacement events were held. However, so far nothing has been announced in this regard.
It remains to be seen how the second event day in Las Vegas will unfold. This will again start at 10:00 AM local time, which is 7:00 PM German time.
