Call of Duty: Pro talks about financial security in e-sports – “Of course I have insured my hands”

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

Scump is probably the most famous player of Call of Duty. In a podcast, he spoke about financial security and revealed that he had his hands insured.

Who is it about?

  • Seth “Scump” Abner (27) played the various titles of the franchise professionally.
  • In 2016, he won an award as “E-Sport Console Player of the Year”
  • He has won a total of $1.18 million in prize money with Call of Duty (via esportsearnings)
  • In 2017, he became the world champion in CoD: Infinite Warfare and won the CWL Championship 2017 with the OpTic Gaming team (via Liquipedia).
  • Scump has 1.38 million followers on Twitch and regularly streams in front of about 10,000 viewers
  • In January 2023, Scump announced that he was ending his career as a professional CoD player. Most recently, the 27-year-old played for Team Envy.

Why does Scump talk about his financial security? The eSports player was a guest on the 109th episode of “The OpTic Podcast” and talked there with H3CZ, the president of OpTic Gaming, as well as the players “Shotzzy” and “Huke” about health issues.

First, they discuss the benefits of soaking hands in ice-cold water. Then Scump says many CoD players don’t really pay attention to their physical health. Following that, they talk about manicures and pedicures, followed by financial security in case of injury.

You can listen to the podcast episode with Scump here. We have also included a timestamp a few minutes before the discussion about hand insurance.

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Episode 109 of The OpTic Podcast with Scump

Of course I insured my hands

What does Scump say about his financial security? While Scump and H3CZ admire each other’s fingernails, H3CZ refers to Scump’s hands as “multi-million-dollar hands” and says that now that Scump is retired, he can do what he wants with his hands.

Shortly thereafter, he gestures towards someone standing off-camera and says, “Can you make a note to make sure we insure the hands over there?” H3CZ gestures towards Shotzzy and Huke.

Shotzzy, who reacts in surprise to the OpTic president’s instruction, then asks Scump if he has insured his hands. Scump confidently affirms and advises the other players to do the same:

Of course I insured my hands. […] You should definitely get your hands insured. […] Hypothetically: What if you go down the stairs and miss a step? Bam, the wrist is done for. […] You can recover from it, but you’re out the whole year. How will you get paid? You know what I mean? […] That’s why you have to cover all your bases.

Besides gameplay from Scump, the CoD community on Twitch offers other specialties… Such as players in a rat costume.

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What about the health of eSports players? In recent years, the health of eSports players has become an increasingly important topic. Scump also discusses during the podcast episode the problems that arise when sitting in front of the PC for eight hours straight.

As early as 2020, the physical condition of eSports players was a topic when the LoL player Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao had to end his career for health reasons at the age of 23.

In September 2022, Twitch streamer Nickmercs drew attention with some comments regarding the physical health of CoD players. He mentioned that performing certain micro-movements and fine motor skills harms the body, and players of CoD Warzone would stop because the risk of injury is too high.

Former pro explains why streamers stop with CoD Warzone – The risk of injury is too high

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An ancient toy can only be obtained in WoW for 5 days

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For a few days, you can get a very special toy in World of Warcraft. But you need to hurry, because time is running out.

Over the years, quite a bit of toys have accumulated in World of Warcraft. What used to be a small, manageable collection of around 100 items has now grown to well over 800 items. Some of them are no longer available, very rarely found, or can only be obtained for impossible amounts of gold.

One of these toys can now be “grabbed for free”.

What kind of toy is it? The “Goblin Weather Machine” ensures that you always have perfect weather with you – at least if you are not particularly picky. Depending on its function, the toy makes a small weather effect appear above your character. This can be a thundercloud, clear sunshine, or snowfall.

WoW Goblin Weather Machine
The weather machine always brings the perfect weather. Unless you’re picky.

What do you have to do? To obtain the Goblin Weather Machine, you must connect your Battle.net account with your Twitch account. Once again, you have to consume a total of 4 hours of WoW content on Twitch within a specific time frame. Make sure to catch streamers who have “Twitch Drops” enabled. The action period is:

  • Start: February 1 at 19:00
  • End: February 6 at 8:59

As usual, you do not need to actively watch the streamer. If you are not interested in WoW streams on Twitch, you can simply let it run in the background and claim the reward for your Battle.net account after the 4 hours have passed.

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Where does the toy come from? Originally, the toy comes from the “Warcraft Trading Card Game,” which was discontinued several years ago. Back then, the weather machine was a special loot card. Currently, you can obtain the weather machine if you spend a lot of gold in the black market auction house and have a lot of luck.

The current method via Twitch Drops is probably the cheapest way to get this reward.

What do you think of this way of obtaining toys? A good, meaningful addition? Or does it devalue the rare items that only collectors have?

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CoD Warzone 2: Player achieves a devious DMZ ambush with special operator skin – Is this Pay2Win?

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A player successfully sets the perfect ambush in Call of Duty: Warzone DMZ. He believes that his operator skin played a crucial role. But there is a big catch: To get the skin, you have to buy a store bundle.

DMZ is the surprise success of CoD: MW2. The game mode, which is inspired by models like Escape from Tarkov or Hunt: Showdown, enjoys great popularity.

Just like in Warzone, you play here on the large map Al Mazrah. However, unlike in Battle Royale, the map does not shrink, so you can let loose as you like – just like MeinMMO author Dariusz Müller, who actually doesn’t care much for Battle Royale.

The goal of this game mode is to complete various missions and then successfully escape using a helicopter. You have to reassemble your equipment each time or find it during a round. You compete against AI and other players. A detailed summary of the game mode can be found here: DMZ – Everything Important at a Glance.

A player has now managed to eliminate 3 opponents all by himself as they tried to escape by helicopter. He believes that his operator skin played a significant role in this. The clip is causing a stir among players.

Did you know that you can unlock weapons for multiplayer and Warzone in DMZ mode? In the video, we explain how exactly that works:

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Thanks to an operator skin, a very special maneuver is successful

Which operator skin is it about? For the player ON1C, a ghillie suit was the key to success. He is firmly convinced that the extra camouflage allowed his opponents to overlook him.

But let’s take it step by step: ON1C was alone in the DMZ. This game mode is actually designed for teams of 3 players. If you enter the DMZ alone, the challenge is correspondingly greater.

ON1C made his way to an extraction point when he noticed an enemy team approaching with armored vehicles. Since there were no cover spots there, he did the next best thing: He lay down and trusted that his ghillie suit would provide him with enough camouflage.

In fact, he remained undiscovered and was able to wait for the perfect moment to strike. When the helicopter landed and his enemies thought they were safe, he took his position at the vehicle’s gunner seat and opened fire.

His enemies had no chance and fell one after the other. ON1C believes that his operator skin was the decisive factor. You can watch the whole scene here in his video:

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Pay2Win? Operator skins are repeatedly criticized

Is the ghillie suit OP? The fact is that a ghillie suit provides the best camouflage when you move in the corresponding environment. In fact, it is much more difficult to spot enemy players with a ghillie suit when they are hiding in bushes or tall grass.

However, a ghillie suit can also be hindering, as a large part of the current Warzone map Al Mazrah consists of desert and barren areas. Other parts of the map consist of urban areas ranging from small settlements and houses to a modern metropolis.

A ghillie suit looks out of place in these areas, after all, you stand out significantly from your environment. So we can reassure you, the ghillie suit is not a new “Roze skin”. But it can be very powerful with the right tactics.

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Is the ghillie suit Pay2Win? This question is a bit harder to answer. The community complains that the only way to obtain a ghillie suit is through the in-game shop.

There are several bundles available there, which include one of the coveted operator skins. A few months ago, there was also the possibility of obtaining a ghillie suit through a promo campaign. However, that promotion has since ended. Similarly, the Burger Town skin was traded for a lot of money on eBay.

Although you can only obtain the ghillie suit through the in-game shop, its usefulness is limited. Consequently, the fuss isn’t quite as big as it was back when the “Roze skin” was introduced.

Nonetheless, there is still hope that the developers will provide a way to obtain a ghillie suit without requiring players to spend extra money. Maybe it will happen as early as Season 2.

CoD MW2 & Warzone 2: Season 2 comes with a new Warzone map – Start, Content, Battle Pass

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Pokémon GO: Proto-Growling event finally brings back Rayquaza – With new attack

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In Pokémon GO the global Hoenn Tour is approaching, but before that, some legendary monsters from the region are returning in the event “Proto-Grollen” – including Rayquaza!

When does the event take place? The event “Proto-Grollen” starts on February 22, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time and runs until February 24, 2023, at 10:00 PM. It takes place from Wednesday to Friday before the global Hoenn Tour.

“Proto-Grollen” will bring some altered spawns and the return of an old favorite: Rayquaza, one of the best attackers in Pokémon GO, is back in the raids.

What to expect from the event we show you here.

Rayquaza with a new attack, Mega-Latios and Latias in raids

This is the highlight of the event: With Rayquaza, you can secure a particularly popular and strong Pokémon during the event. You can challenge it in the 5-star raids during Proto-Grollen.

Additionally, it will receive a new attack: If you catch it in the event from a raid, it will know the Dragon Charge Attack “Broadside.” This deals 50 damage in trainer battles and reduces the opponent’s attack value. In gym battles and raids, it deals 35 damage.

Can Rayquaza be shiny? Yes, the shiny form of Rayquaza can also be caught with luck. It looks like this:

Pokemon-Go-Rayquaza

Latias and Latios in Mega-Raids: The Mega-forms of Latias and Latios will be available in Mega-Raids during the event. Both can also be caught as shiny with luck. However, one should not underestimate the difficulty of these raids.

Bonus during the event: You will receive double XP for evolutions during Proto-Grollen. In addition, the spawns during these days will be slightly altered and hint at Hoenn.

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Pokémon in the event “Proto-Grollen”

These are the spawns in the wild: Which monsters will appear in the wild we show you here. Possible shinies are marked with an asterisk*.

  • Geckarbor*
  • Flemmli*
  • Hydropi*
  • Waumpel*
  • Flurmel*
  • Camaub*
  • Schmerbe*
  • Reptain (rare)
  • Jungglut (rare)
  • Moorabbel (rare)
  • Absol* (rare)

Pokémon in raids:

  • Level 1: Geckarbor*, Flemmli*, Hydropi*
  • Level 3: Reptain, Jungglut, Moorabbel
  • Level 5: Rayquaza*
  • Mega-Raids: Mega-Latias*, Mega-Latios*

In addition, new field research tasks will be available during the event that should provide you with items to prepare for the global Hoenn Tour.

Additionally, a collector’s challenge will be introduced, bringing hyperballs and a rocket radar.

Team Rocket is already playing a role: Starting Wednesday, February 2, a new Rocket takeover begins. Among other things, Giovanni will switch his Pokémon to Crypto-Registeel.

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  1. Pokémon GO Live

15-year-old gets a robotic hand from a 3D printer that really works – “They have changed my life”

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A student in Tennessee has a broken hand, and his classmates are developing a prosthesis for him.

The student has the problem that his hand is not properly formed and he therefore cannot use the hand properly. He also explains himself that the situation and his hand are quite embarrassing for him.

We have embedded the CBS video here for you. Here you can take a look at the prosthetic hand and how it is used.

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Classmates Build a Functional Prosthesis Using a 3D Printer

In the first days of school, the 15-year-old did not want to show his malformed hand.

In the first days of school, I really felt like I had to hide my hand. As if no one would ever find out.

However, a teacher from the school’s engineering program found out and explained that they might be able to help him. So three classmates teamed up and developed a prosthesis for him. They relied on online material and a 3D printer.

With the prosthesis, the 15-year-old was able to catch a baseball with his right hand for the first time. He says about it:

“When I caught it for the first time, everyone went crazy, because it was the first time in 15 years that I had caught a ball with my hand. (…) They changed my life.”

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Many Users See Great Potential in 3D Printers

On reddit some explain that they see great potential in such 3D printers in the future. Because then you no longer have to spend $50,000 on prosthetics from medical companies that profit from the problems. One person writes: “If I were selling prosthetic hands for $60,000, I would be concerned.”

Other companies go a bit further and try to make your hands at least “less important”. One company proposed a mouse that you can control with your thoughts. And that’s just one of many crazy ideas that developers come up with to make gamers’ hobbies more enjoyable.

And even the large furniture company IKEA now offers hands in their range that can hold things for you but cannot replace:

IKEA presents new gaming furniture, including a stylish wooden hand for $20

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LoL: 26-Year-Old won the world championship with a brilliant partner – now attacking him sharply: “You transformed into Amumu”

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In 2019, the Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix won the World Championship in League of Legends against the Europeans from G2 in the final: The outstanding players of the tournament were midlaner Doinb and his brilliant jungle partner: Tian. In 2023, there seems to be really bad vibes between the legendary world champion duo.

Who are the two?

  • The South Korean Doinb (26) was the star of the 2019 World Championship. He was considered a “super carry”, could play anything in the midlane, and dominated the tournament. He played unconventionally, creatively, always finding a brilliant solution to every problem. Before the tournament, only experts knew his name; after the tournament, he looked like the new mega star in LoL.
  • The jungler Tian (22) is significantly younger than Doinb, he was his partner in the jungle: Depending on the situation, he either set up kills or delivered the finishing blow himself. Tian had such an outstanding Worlds, especially with Lee Sin, that he was voted MVP of the Worlds Finals.

It seemed that the two could usher in an era in LoL as a brilliant mid-jungle duo.

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What happened next? It remained at that one strong year. Doinb was voted MVP in China in 2021, but they could no longer win major titles.

Both still played for FunPlus Phoenix for 2 years after the 2019 World Championship victory, but it didn’t go well:

  • In 2020, they missed qualification for the Worlds
  • In 2021, they were eliminated in the group stage against DWG KIA, Cloud 9, and Rogue – a disgrace

The team fell apart. Before 2022, Doinb moved to LNG Esports, while Tian went to Top Esports.

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Tian unfollows Doinb on social media

What is the dispute now? Tian made headlines with a series of postings on social media on January 26:

  • He posted “I need no emotions” – at that time, his girlfriend had just hidden all posts on Weibo. Fans suspected something was brewing.
  • Eventually, Tian announced that he had broken up with his girlfriend after finding out that she had a relationship with a friend of Tian’s. She had kept this relationship from him, despite multiple inquiries.
  • The girlfriend then admitted to having hidden the relationship from Tian, stating he could be childish at times, but was essentially a “really good and loyal person”.

In the aftermath of this action, it seems Tian decided to tidy up his relationships and “unfollowed” several people on social media, including his former teammate Doinb and his wife Umi.

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That was the picture of the Worlds 2019: The wife of star midlaner Doinb cheers for her husband.

Doinb compares Tian to crying mummy Amumu

How did Doinb react now? The world champion midlaner was apparently upset that he was now on Tian’s blacklist. He had nothing to do with the situation.

Doinb wrote:

It’s hard to be the friend or teammate of a man when he puts you on the blacklist for no reason.

But Doinb was not finished yet. He decided on the ultimate punishment and compared Tian to the crying mummy Amumu:

If you don’t talk to anyone, you turn into Amumu. You can’t blame anyone for that; you should look for the fault in yourself. No one from the old “FunPlus Phoenix” team is still talking to him today.

Tian is said to be a terrible loser – responsible for ending Nuguri’s career

According to Doinb, Tian is a terrible loser and would attack the families of others after defeats in practice matches.

Furthermore, Doinb stated that Tian was responsible for the retirement of top laner Nuguri. Tian must apologize for this:

  • The highly talented top laner Nuguri only played one year for FunPlus Phoenix, still with Tian and Doinb.
  • In November 2021, he left FunPlus Phoenix and took a break.
  • In April 2022, Nuguri joined the team DWG Kia, with which he became world champion in 2020, but ended his career after 6 months at DWG KIA in November 2022.
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Comparing with “Amumu”, the emo mummy, is not particularly friendly.

How does Tian react? Being publicly admonished, Tian quickly backtracks. He said he had been impulsive and rude due to his personal relationship issues. He shouldn’t have disturbed anyone. That’s his din to take care of.

But he insists he had nothing to do with Nuguri’s retirement. He had never had a problem with him and had no bad conscience. He apparently doesn’t want to let that accusation stand.

Apparently, no one wants to be Amumu.

More about what Doinb and Tian had to endure back then:

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New survival MMO on Steam looks like the next big hit – But you don’t trust it

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The survival MMO “The Day Before” is one of the most anticipated games set to release for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X in the near future. However, after two delays in the release, doubts are growing. Even in the MeinMMO community.

Why is the game so highly anticipated?

  • “The Day Before” fulfills a wish that many gamers who once played The Division have: create a game with that atmosphere and add zombies: then you have exactly what we love about “The Walking Dead”. Exactly this wish for a mix of “surviving in a post-apocalypse” and “taking down zombies” is what The Day Before should fulfill.
  • The genre of “survival MMOs” is chronically underrepresented, especially in the high-gloss area: while the genre is popular, there is no clearly dominant game. Games like DayZ, Rust, Conan Exiles, or ARK have all aged or have always been niche games for enthusiasts. People are craving fresh wind. This was evident in February 2021, when an indie game in the genre suddenly became huge on Steam.
  • Additionally, The Day Before looked fantastic in the first trailers.
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What’s the catch? The release of “The Day Before” was originally scheduled for June 2022 but has now been postponed to November 10, 2023.

From Steam, the title has completely disappeared, supposedly due to copyright issues – but some see this as an excuse from the developers. They claim they wanted to postpone the game anyway.

Also, the screenshots of the game seem to be very reminiscent of The Division.

And one wonders why a team and a publisher who have never previously developed anything approaching this caliber are now tasked with creating such a stylish new game.

However, the developers insist: Everything has its logic. They have been living for this game for 4 years. The fact that no one believes in them only motivates them more. They feel like underdogs in a 90s action movie.

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Only “18% of MeinMMO readers” believe that the team is really working on Day Before

How is this perceived by our readers? We wanted to know from MeinMMO readers whether they believe that the developers are truly working on “The Day Before” or if it is a scam.

5,918 readers responded:

  • Only 18% are sure that the team is indeed working on the game
  • 30% are convinced: It’s a scam
  • However, the majority, 33% says: “I’m not sure”
  • 19% indicate that they don’t care

Almost two-thirds of our readers (63%) are at least skeptical of “The Day Before”, with some already dismissing it.

Only about one in five MeinMMO readers who participated in the poll is convinced that the game is really being developed.

Many readers no longer trust trailers – Prefer to wait and see

What do readers say in the comments? What speaks most for the game, and what the developers have also argued: The team is currently not making any money with “The Day Before”, they are neither collecting donations nor is there a pre-sale. A scam would thus yield nothing.

Readers caution: The publisher could still benefit from the enormous pull of the game by drawing attention to its other games.

However, many other users state that they expect nothing great from the game, having been deceived too many times by great trailers promising fast action and a “super zombie” game that did not deliver at launch.

For some readers, the hype seems to have already worn off. MeinMMO reader Captnhero says:

“What excited me was the first gameplay teaser – it looked like Division with zombies. Unfortunately, the last gameplay trailer was the exact opposite.”

Some readers doubt that the game will truly release in November 2023. They fear that the developers might provide a new excuse and delay it again.

What’s behind it: In conclusion, it can be said that many MeinMMO readers are skeptical about the game but have not yet formed a final judgment.

At the moment, however, they see no need to commit and are waiting to see what happens.

If against all odds “The Day Before” generates a good vibe at release, many current reservations could be quickly forgotten.

If you are into survival games:

2023 will be an absolutely insane year for anyone who loves survival games – 5 strong titles are coming

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I have betrayed you in WoW and regret nothing

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Cortyn confesses. Because the MeinMMO demon has enriched itself at your expense in World of Warcraft – and feels like a stock swindler.

You surely know this in World of Warcraft. You just have a bit of “downtime” between visiting dungeons and completing world quests. You meet an acquaintance in Valdrakken and play the usual game: “Let’s just throw our toy box on the ground and spam all kinds of toys.”

Exactly this is what we did a few days ago and noticed that the tents like “Expedition Tent of the Dragonflight Expedition” behave somehow differently. Instead of just spawning “wild in the wilderness” as before, the tents appeared right above our characters and even lasted a whopping 15 minutes.

Since we are both role players, the implications were immediately clear to us: This opens up entirely new possibilities in role-playing, and every RP player within 3 realms will be licking their fingers to set up their own tent everywhere.

This realization from my everyday play in World of Warcraft then led to the article “Blizzard listens to role players – The best change in patch 10.0.5” on MeinMMO.

Here, the story could have actually ended. But it didn’t, because I know how “my RPers” tick, and this ignited my greed for gold a bit.

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Tents with long duration – a blessing for role players.

Greedy demon buys materials for 4,000 gold – sells tent for 57,000 gold

As fate would have it, my character is skilled in tailoring and was able to craft the nicest of the three tents, the “Expedition Tent of the Dragonflight Expedition”.

About 10 minutes later, I had bought the materials for 30 of the tents from the auction house and immediately listed the tents back.

I could tell you that the pure material costs for a single tent were around 4,000 gold pieces at that time, but I better keep that to myself. Otherwise, the following pictures might make some people gasp:

WoW Cash Tents

I felt like I was in a “Pump and Dump” scam

I was able to sell all of the tents for prices between 25,000 and 60,000 gold. You know the trick: “List a few items very expensively and others much cheaper, so that the cheaper one looks like a good deal.”

The tents sold like hotcakes. I even had to push in another 20 tents before other tailors entered the market and things started to calm down a bit.

I must admit, I felt a tiny bit like those stock fraudsters who hype a lot of people to buy a stock all at once, causing the price to skyrocket, and then sell.

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Do I feel bad? A bit, but it’s manageable. Because of course I spent most of the gold right away to buy myself some ridiculous toys for too much gold, which I will probably use exactly three times in the next few years, only to forget about them again.

Besides, I’m quite convinced that the role players will derive their benefits from the tents and will use them very, very often in the coming years.

With that said: Thanks to the players of Aldor. Thank you for your gold, have fun with the tents. And I hope you all have nice RP experiences with them while I enjoy a weekend with umbrella drinks in the most expensive bar in Valdrakken.

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Destiny 2: Cheat procedure reveals explosive details – it involves military contracts and espionage

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Cheats in Destiny 2 ruin the PvP for honest players. However, an ongoing lawsuit has revealed that even the cheaters are being deceived and spied on. We will tell you what sensitive data a hacker working for Bungie has discovered.

This is the cheat procedure in question: In June 2022, Bungie obtained a judgment in their favor amounting to 12.4 million euros due to copyright infringement against several defendants. They were involved in the development and provision of the Destiny 2 cheating software “Wallhax”.

At that time, the company Elite Boss Tech and its owner admitted that their software violates both the circumvention of technical measures against Bungie’s DMCA and applicable copyright law. However, this case was not yet settled, as the defendants had to hand over documents to Bungie that identified further parties involved.

As Torrentfreak reported, Bungie’s fight against cheaters has now extended across 4 continents and aims to rigorously bring all involved parties to court.

  • The chief Wallhax developer Patrick Schaufuss from Germany has already been charged.
  • Additionally, another Wallhax developer named Daniel Larsen based in Denmark.
  • With the default judgment, Anthony “Rulezzgame” Robinson from Germany and several defendants from the Netherlands, San Jose USA, Sichuan, Shanghai, Beijing, Denmark, and Portugal were also targeted because of the new documents.
Cheating tool “Wallhax” has reportedly spied on its users for years

If there was any doubt about Bungie’s unyielding determination against cheaters, a deluge of new lawsuits in recent days has cleared it up once and for all. Bungie’s top lawyer Don McGowan’s statement is stern: “Anyone who is foolish enough to voluntarily identify as a defendant and attack the Bungie community can expect serious consequences.”

Cheat software used hacks to spy on its users

Documents revealed highly sensitive details: The documents handed over by the cheat manufacturer “Wallhax” were transferred to Steven Gurtis by Bungie. He is an ethical hacker, expert in video game cheats, and works for “Unit 221B”. This is a company specializing in cybercrime and hacks. He is also a Destiny 2 player with over 2,200 hours of recorded gameplay time.

Gurtis was able to identify additional users of the cheats from the documents. He also found highly sensitive details in “only 20,868 entries” of the “Wallhax logging function” that cheat users should be made aware of sooner rather than later.

Other top shooters have also been suffering from hacks and cheats for years:

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Cheats are a security risk for players and PCs: From the data and documents that Unit 221B analyzed for Bungie, it is clear that the cheat software not only resulted in many kills for its users. It also meticulously recorded the PCs of the cheaters and was specifically designed to breach private data areas.

  • A log entry refers to a browser tab named “patientportal.mhsgenesis.health.mil login”, another is titled “MHS GENESIS Patient Portal – COVID-19 Results”.

In this regard, Steven Gurtis stated:

MHS Genesis is the patient portal for the United States Department of Defense. I believe these log entries represent the logging of browser windows containing MHS Genesis patient portal sessions, including health information. Based on this information, it appears that the Wallhax cheat software scanned the PCs of the active military or the Department of Defense and recorded data from them. Some of the logged processes are not standalone applications but are browser tabs that the user had open on their computer.

explains Steven Gurtis regarding his investigative findings (torrentfreak.com)

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From the text of the statement that has not been redacted, there is no indication that logging data from military personnel was an explicit goal of the cheats. However, it once again shows that one should never trust scammers.

  • On one hand, Bungie’s security measures were circumvented to ensure that cheat users continued to have access to Destiny 2 and could effortlessly achieve victories against other Guardians who are relying not on their own skills, but on the technology of the cheat software.
  • Furthermore, Wallhax served the purpose of efficiently intruding into the private data of its users and collecting as much valuable information as possible.

Whether and what the cheat manufacturer planned to do with this information is still unknown. But that is unlikely to offer much comfort to the users of the software.

What do you think of the investigations and the presented information? Would you have expected such “spying” on this scale in illegal cheat software? Or do you find it absolutely fair that cheat users have now been caught out? Feel free to leave us a comment.

According to Bungie’s lawyer, potential cheaters and haters have been tolerated for far too long. Therefore, Bungie is making many “strategic moves” to sue every approach and clue about cheaters in Destiny 2:

Destiny 2 has had enough of cheaters and fraudsters – Bungie’s lawyer explains what awaits “anyone who is foolish enough” now

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YouTuber posts a video in which he gives 1,000 people eyesight – But some reactions are not as planned

Lydia Lydia Reading time 3 minutes

Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson is an American YouTuber known for crazy stunts and charitable actions. He recently changed the lives of 1,000 people by providing them with an important surgery. However, some viewers are shocked that such a thing is even necessary.

What kind of YouTuber is he? MrBeast is mainly known for 2 types of videos:

This mix is well-received: in 2022, MrBeast surpassed the Swede PewDiePie as the most subscribed individual on YouTube. Now he is using his money again for good by paying for a life-changing surgery for 1,000 people – highlighting huge injustices in the process.

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Twitch: One of the most popular clips shows a super sweet scare moment

MrBeast “heals” 1,000 people

How has MrBeast helped people? The YouTuber teamed up with ophthalmologist and surgeon Jeff Levenson and the nonprofit SEE International, which offers free eye treatments to needy patients around the world.

A total of 1,000 people in the USA, as well as Jamaica, Honduras, Namibia, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, and Kenya were selected, who were restricted by cataracts and had no or only limited access to medical care.

Cataracts, also known as a cataract, is a clouding of the lens of the eye, which can significantly impair vision. Patients usually do not go completely blind: they can still perceive light, but their vision is severely blurred and “foggy”.
This lens clouding can, however, be treated with a procedure that takes only a few minutes: a small incision is made to remove the cloudy lens and replace it with an artificial lens.
The procedure is usually outpatient, and patients can go home after a short rest period (via Ober Scharrer Gruppe).

Within about 3 weeks, these 1,000 patients received the free surgery that restored their eyesight. Some recipients received additional gifts like cash or a brand new Tesla.

Can you see that? On Saturday, January 28, MrBeast will post an eight-minute video introducing the project and showing emotional before/after footage of the patients who can see clearly for the first time in many years. For some patients, who had suffered from lens clouding since birth, it was even the first time in their lives.

The video has already received 44 million views and 4.4 million likes. We have embedded it for you here:

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What are the reactions like? Initially, they are extremely positive. Many people are moved by the video and the joy of the patients. MrBeast is considered the greatest content creator for helping so many needy people, as stated in the comments on YouTube and Twitter.

This is finally an influencer using his wealth and influence for good. Some viewers are particularly impressed by the development MrBeast made over the years: he started with “funny videos in his backyard,” now he is changing people’s lives (via YouTube).

However, others find the video rather disturbing, as it highlights serious injustices in society.

Medical care behind a “paywall”

What is the criticism? A clip from political streamer Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker, who reacted to the video alongside YouTuber Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, perfectly illustrates the different viewpoints: while Valkyrae is deeply moved by the sight, Hasan explains that the video fills him with anger.

The YouTuber cannot initially understand that, asking what is wrong with him.

You see this video and say: “Aww, how sweet, how nice.” I watch this video and am full of anger. We have blocked access to a 10-minute procedure because we put a paywall in between and decided that some people just cannot have it.

HasanAbi

Access to medical care cannot depend on a “YouTube guy” deciding to create content out of people who are too poor to see. This is a deeply frustrating concept, says HasanAbi. We have embedded the clip for you here:

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MrBeast could set the wheels in motion

In fact, the surgeon involved in the eye surgeries explains that half of all blind people worldwide are individuals who only need a 10-minute procedure. This likely affects nearly 200 million people.

However, he hopes that the video by MrBeast will inspire others to advocate for eliminating unnecessary blindness.

If MrBeast can ignite a fire and if we can get government and private support for it, we can cure half of all blindness in the world. Without high costs and with an incredible gain in human productivity and potential.

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SEE International, the organization for which Levenson serves as medical director, also received a donation of $100,000 from MrBeast. This may be a first step to help many more people.

The response also shows that many people desire more social engagement from influencers.

An anime girl on Twitch and a biking YouTuber show that there are feel-good influencers despite all the scandals

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FIFA 23: Pro plays with top cards against a weak team – But something is definitely wrong there

Julian Schröder Julian Schröder Reading time 3 minutes

In FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, the YouTuber BorasLegend encountered a team that played completely differently than the cards suggested. Here you can find out what happened.

What kind of team did the pro encounter? The YouTuber and FIFA pro BorasLegend (via YouTube) came across an unusual team in a Division Rivals match. His opponent’s squad consisted mostly of bronze and silver cards that were anything but competitive.

For example, in the attack, there was the bronze card of Kyle Hudlin with an overall rating of 59, and behind him, in the attacking midfield, a silver card with a rating of 67.

But in addition to other silver and bronze cards, the player also had Mbappé (91) as well as Alexander-Arnold (87) and Cancelo (88) in the team. An extremely strange combination that makes no sense at first glance. But quickly, Boras found out that it didn’t matter what cards his opponent had set up.

You can take a look at the team here:

A really unusual team.

After the game started, BorasLegend quickly noticed that something was off with his opponents. His opponent’s players moved much faster, more agile, and with stronger dribbling than what is typical for weak bronze and silver cards.

It quickly became clear that it must be a cheater who apparently used a tool to boost the weak cards in his team. And looking closely at the cards reveals that the hacker simply took the physically largest players to gain the ultimate advantage.

Throughout the game, Boras noticed the following hacks:

  • The players always hit the green timed finish, without exception.
  • The players are incredibly fast and skilled in dribbling.
  • By the end of the game, all opponents still had full energy and had not used any stamina.
  • A silver card uses a 5-star trick, even though the card only has 3 stars in skill moves.

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Here’s how the match went: The YouTuber was frustrated by his opponent’s cheats but did not quit the game and tried everything to win the match. He even took a 1:0 lead. But just before the final whistle, he had to concede defeat when he conceded a dream goal from a bronze player from about 35 meters out. The player in question has a shot rating of 55.

You can watch the clip with the game scenes here:

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What can be done against cheaters in FIFA 23?

If you encounter a cheater in FIFA, it seems like you might just have bad luck. There’s not much you can do if the opponent has players whose stats far exceed those of your own team.

You can at most disable crossplay to avoid encountering PC players.

What do you think about this? Have you ever encountered cheaters in FIFA 23? Please feel free to share in the comments!

If you want to know how difficult it is to get the coveted TOTY cards, take a look here:

FIFA 23: Twitch streamer spends hundreds of euros on packs for the TOTY, showing the poor chances of top players

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Diablo 4: Many apparently make a mistake when buying the Collector’s Edition

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The different editions of Diablo 4 cause confusion among players even long after its release. There are frequent reports and complaints that not all editions contain the game – make sure you buy the right edition.

Diablo 4 is set to be released in early June 2023 and offers you 3 purchasable variants:

These editions include all of Diablo 4, some with extra content for the game. Then there is the “Collector’s Box”, which is sold in Germany under the name “Limited Collector’s Box for Diablo IV” – and this box does not contain the game Diablo 4.

We have already had articles about this on MeinMMO. However, since there are frequent reports that players are unclear that this box does not contain a game, here is our renewed call: Do not buy the wrong version of Diablo 4. Make sure that it contains a game.

Here you can find all info about Diablo 4. For some visual impressions, our video starts:

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<strong>Diablo 4 takes the best features from the predecessors – Here is what it looks like so far</strong>

What does the Collector’s Box offer? This is a collection of Diablo items aimed squarely at big fans of the franchise. Here is what is included:

  • Creation Candle – a double-sided electric candle featuring the images of Lilith and Inarius
  • Occult Mousepad
  • Fabric Map of Sanctuary
  • Horadrim Lapel Pin
  • Diablo IV Collector’s Edition Art Book – an art book with over 300 pages
  • Passepartout Art Prints (x2) – 47.09 cm x 27.40 cm

The current delivery date is indicated as June 30, with the note that the box may arrive earlier.

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What do the game editions offer? With the Standard Edition, you receive Diablo 4 and items for other Diablo games and a mount for WoW.

If you want to play Diablo 4 a few days earlier, the Digital Deluxe Edition and the Ultimate Edition are the way to go. The two versions offer up to 4 days of early access. Additionally, you receive the Diablo 4 Battle Pass and other bonuses.

Which version will you get? Leave a comment on the topic.

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Trainers miss a discreet monster in Pokémon GO: “Crazy that it’s still missing”

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 3 minutes

Many players are also puzzled by the previous absence of Phione, Manaphy, and Arceus, as the release of the fourth generation was even longer ago.

However, it is conceivable that they will appear throughout the year – because if Niantic continues as before, we should see a Sinnoh tour in spring 2024 after the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn tours. And at least for the previous tours, the entire generation has been catchable.

However, this is currently just speculation. Which Pokémon do you want to see next in GO? Let us know in the comments!

Next up in Pokémon GO is the release of Crypto-Registeel. But is the Pokémon worth it? Here you can find the overview of Crypto-Registeel in Giovanni’s team at Pokémon GO.

In Pokémon GO there are now plenty of different Pokémon, but a whole bunch is still missing. Particularly one monster is puzzling trainers right now.

On January 7, 2023, trainers in Pokémon GO received a special announcement: Kecleon suddenly appeared after years of waiting and occupied PokéStops in its disguise.

With the ability to catch Kecleon now, Pokémon GO reached a new milestone: All monsters from the Hoenn region, namely from the third generation, are now available in the game.

The Hoenn Dex can thus be completed, fitting for the upcoming Hoenn Tour. However, this does not apply to the other regions from which monsters are still missing. And that is exactly what trainers are discussing right now.

Where are Mähikel and Chevrumm actually?

In the Pokémon GO subreddit, trainers are currently discussing an updated graphic that shows how many Pokémon are still missing in the game. We’ll embed it here for you:

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The graphic shows some “special” Pokémon. Among them are the mysterious Pokémon Phione and Manaphy from the Sinnoh region, just like the “Pokémon God” Arceus, which players have been speculating about for a long time.

Also missing are some Hisui forms from “Legends Arceus”, as well as the bug Pokémon Ignivor and Ramoth from the fifth generation.

Additionally, there are some exciting monsters from the Kalos region, such as the legendary Pokémon Zygarde and some other representatives. Also, 29 monsters from Alola, 76 from Galar, and 103 from Paldea.

However, players are currently particularly puzzled about one Pokémon in the Kalos overview: the goat Pokémon “Mähikel” and its evolution “Chevrumm”.

What kind of Pokémon are they? Mähikel and Chevrumm were introduced in the sixth generation and brought a special feature: They were rideable Pokémon, helping the player to get from point A to point B.

Otherwise, they are rather inconspicuous Pokémon. And precisely because of this, trainers are wondering why they are still on the list of missing Pokémon. After all, many, partly very strong or special Pokémon from the Kalos region can already be caught in GO.

  • “Guys, why the hell is Chevrumm still missing?” (via reddit).
  • “They probably forgot it exists” (via reddit).
  • “That Chevrumm was left out is very strange, considering how simple this Pokémon is. I wonder if it will be a gimmick Pokémon. It was the Pokémon that introduced the ride gimmick, but that doesn’t really mean anything in GO. Maybe your avatar can ride certain Pokémon if it’s set as a buddy and you walk,” speculates user “Bucen” (via reddit).
  • “A riding Pokémon that could reduce the egg hatching time if you have it as a buddy would be fun,” another user directly suggests (via reddit).
  • “Oh, a built-in incubator. That will never happen,” replies user Bucen (via reddit).
  • “I could see Mähikel and Chevrumm appearing in a spring event, but yes, it’s crazy that they weren’t in the original Kalos drop (via reddit).

When Mähikel and Chevrumm will come into the game is still completely open. Moreover, there are also other candidates. However, players are also puzzled about that in some cases. An example of this are Ignivor and the popular Ramoth, which players have been waiting for ages.

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Many players are also puzzled by the previous absence of Phione, Manaphy, and Arceus, as the release of the fourth generation was even longer ago.

However, it is conceivable that they will appear throughout the year – because if Niantic continues as before, we should see a Sinnoh tour in spring 2024 after the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn tours. And at least for the previous tours, the entire generation has been catchable.

However, this is currently just speculation. Which Pokémon do you want to see next in GO? Let us know in the comments!

Next up in Pokémon GO is the release of Crypto-Registeel. But is the Pokémon worth it? Here you can find the overview of Crypto-Registeel in Giovanni’s team at Pokémon GO.

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Ubisoft messed up The Division 2 – Now they are paying a high price for it

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 5 minutes

In March 2019, the MMO shooter The Division 2 launched with an outstandingly strong start. The title received 84% on Metacritic, and players were excited about the story and atmosphere of the loot shooter. In 2023, Ubisoft is in a crisis, and the game series The Division seems nearly dead after 3 years. “How could it go so wrong?” asks our author Schuhmann.

How well was The Division 2 received back then? The release of The Division 2 in March 2019 appeared to be a huge success for Ubisoft: the game was positively reviewed by the press at launch – fans also took a great liking to the game:

  • On Metacritic, the PC version received 84% – The Division 1 only stood at 79% at its release
  • The usually critical users of MeinMMO were impressed right from the release and rated Division 2 around 79%

It was particularly praised that there was so much content in the game at launch – the atmosphere was highlighted as particularly strong, especially the attention to detail of the open world received much acclaim.

Whereas the release of The Division in 2016 was plagued by bugs, glitches, and exploits, this time everything went smoothly for the most part.

The sales figures were not as outstandingly strong as in part 1

Did the game sell well? Not really:

The Division Heartland is currently the hope of the game series:

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The Division: Heartland shows more gameplay – This is the new free shooter in the Division universe

Development of The Division 2 was stopped very early

How is The Division 2 doing today? The Division 2 practically ran out in 2020 – Ubisoft halted work on The Division 2 after completing the expansion “Warlords of New York”; in February 2021 it was then announced – also surprising for the team – that they would indeed continue working on The Division 2.

But since 2020, there has been hardly anything happening in the franchise – the game has lost significant relevance.

The Division 2 only regained some relevance with the 2020 expansion, but since around October 2020, The Division 2 has barely mattered to most players, if one uses interest in the game measured by Google Trends as a benchmark:

the division 2 google interest trends 2023

Ubisoft blames 2023 “everlasting live games” for the crisis

How is Ubisoft doing today? Meanwhile, a crisis has broken out at Ubisoft. In a financial update on January 11, 2023, CEO Yves Guillemot said they were “disappointed with current performance.” There were poor sales figures, and some new projects were canceled (via inverse):

  • After a sexism scandal in 2020, it seems there are issues at Ubisoft – following the scandal, the chief strategist and creator of the Ubisoft formula was dismissed
  • The well-known Ubisoft formula “Open world with numerous collectibles, quests and mini-bosses that are gradually unlocked” seems to have finally worn out
  • As a reason for the lack of success in recent years, Ubisoft states that the gaming industry has focused on “mega-brands and everlasting live games”

According to Ubisoft’s logic, they lack a hit just as The Division should have been.

The Division 2 was considered a flop and the end of an era in 2019

Why was The Division 2 later discontinued? Although The Division 2 appeared to be a hit at launch, it was considered a financial flop in Ubisoft’s eyes and triggered a crisis in 2019.

The Division was thrown in the same pot as the even worse failed “Ghost Recon Breakpoint”. Both games had 3 similar problems, as the company analyzed:

  • They were sequels to live service titles that had been improved over years
  • Both games had new gameplay elements, but they were not well received
  • Both titles were also “too close” to their respective predecessors

This analysis of the failure of The Division 2 in October 2019 apparently led to the cessation of development on the title with the expansion “Warlords of New York,” which was then released in 2020.

The expansion received a perfunctory content supply, but it was clear: The Division 2 was no longer actively developed, but only prepared content that the company had on hand was released. Otherwise, the shooter was already in “maintenance mode” very early on.

Ubisoft apparently regretted this decision to stop development just a few months later, after the expansion sold well thanks to a trick with PS Plus – and they realized how urgently Ubisoft needed such a “live service title”.

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The major flaw of The Division 2: prioritized campaign over replayability

What was the problem with The Division 2? The shooter “The Division 2” had the problem of not being designed as a live service game at all. The development of The Division 2 began in 2016 when it was still uncertain how the market would shift.

The Division 2 placed much greater emphasis on the story campaign than The Division 1 had:

  • While The Division 1 received new game modes with DLCs that provided high replayability
  • The Division 2 actually only received self-contained expansions to the campaigns with its DLCs that did not offer significant replayability – it was merely a continuation of the very good campaign

As an example of how The Division 2 was not designed as an “everlasting live service game,” the puzzle missions in the DLCs can serve, the expeditions from the DLCs. They were supposed to be the highlight of the DLCs, but disappointed experienced players as they brought little variety.

Additionally, further problems arose in the endgame aspect of The Division 2: for instance, a flawed item system that constantly buried players with unnecessary drops and later had to be rescued with great effort.

The fact that by 2020 the “pandemic atmosphere” that characterized The Division 2 could also be experienced in a diluted form in everyday life was an additional problem.

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Ubisoft will be kicking themselves in 2023 for messing it up

Why is this so tragic? Ubisoft actually had exactly such a “mega-brand as an everlasting live service” game with The Division 1: exactly the type of game that is painfully missed in 2023 and that they look at enviously in other companies.

Moreover, they had an ideal foundation for such a game in 2018:

  • The Division 1 found a dedicated, small fan base after years where other studios, like Massive, did great work, had strong development, and functioning PvP
  • But The Division 2 moved away from being a “live service” game and focused mainly on a strong campaign. When players finished the campaign, The Division 2 revealed significant weaknesses: PvP was never particularly popular in The Division 2. The further development of the game can only be described as disappointing.

Whether they can recover from this misstep and the second mistake of ending development so early seems questionable now.

Due to the poor further development of The Division 2 and the fact that “pandemic” seems no longer an exciting topic in 2023 as it seemed in 2016, Ubisoft’s dream of “The Division” as a “mega-brand” seems to have faded, even though things looked so good just a few years ago:

The Division: There is bad news about the planned Netflix film with Jake Gyllenhaal

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Dead by Daylight makes the terror radius visible – A nerf for all killers?

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

The developers of Dead by Daylight are changing the terror radius. Actually a good thing for people with hearing problems – but probably a buff for all survivors.

In recent years, the developers of Dead by Daylight have taken more time to make meaningful improvements that benefit all players. They have also considered players with disabilities – such as hearing or vision impairment – so there have been more and more adjustments. In the future, however, a core mechanic of the game will be significantly easier to recognize: the terror radius. This could also be an advantage for all hearing players.

What are the developers planning? The terror radius is an important game element of Dead by Daylight and poses significant problems for players with hearing impairments. They can only rely on visual signals to find out how close the killer is.

Therefore, the developers want to implement an option to make the terror radius visually noticeable. What exactly this will look like is still unclear, but the most likely option seems to be an icon or a similar effect on the screen that becomes more intense the more one is affected by the terror radius.

Such an option will probably also be used by many players without hearing impairments to more accurately determine whether they are already within the terror radius.

What is the terror radius?
The terror radius, sometimes also called “heartbeat”, is an acoustic signal that survivors can hear. Not only can you hear the heartbeat, but also a specific piece of music from each killer. The closer the killer is to the survivor, the louder the heartbeat and the more intense the music becomes. This serves as an indicator of how close the killer is, even if you can’t see him.

Dead by Daylight is becoming more inclusive: In recent years, the developers have increasingly emphasized that Dead by Daylight should become more inclusive so that people with various impairments can enjoy the game. They have been working on various options concerning color blindness for a long time. The fact that the terror radius will also receive a visual representation in the future is just the next step to provide more enjoyment to hearing-impaired individuals in the eerie realms of the Entity.

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Terror radius – soon also visible for all survivors.

No more duplicate maps and better bots

However, the developers have many more plans that they want to introduce in the coming months. Some of the most interesting changes are:

Bots with more perks: Bots have been very well received; apparently, an average of 70,000 matches with bots are played every day. To make bots more usable and a more meaningful practice tool, they will soon receive customizable perk builds. Although bots will never be able to use all perks effectively, a bit more variety should ensure more realistic behavior and provide more training opportunities for aspiring killers.

Protection against duplicate maps: Getting into the same map consecutively is very annoying since Dead by Daylight actually offers a lot of variety. In the future, it will be impossible to see the same map twice in a row. Even in the subsequent matches, it will be less likely that you will revisit the same map. However, this can be manipulated with offerings so that you – at least in theory – can come to the same map every second time if you really want to.

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Faster distribution of blood points: You can never have enough blood points – or can you? When strong bonuses are active, you can easily reach the limit of 2,000,000 blood points. Since the waiting time for survivors is often very short, you have little time to spend them. Here, the developers want to improve things, particularly increasing the speed at which you can spend blood points. The entire process should be accelerated so that you can unlock what you want faster.

What do you think of the changes? A good thing if there are such options? Or is it a thin line between aids for players with limitations and overly strong buffs for survivors?

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ESO: Elsweyr Event – How to Get the Rewards for the Season of Dragons

MiezeMelli MiezeMelli Reading time 4 minutes

In the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online there are some in-game events. From January 26, 2023, to February 7, 2023, you can expect the Elsweyr event, the celebrations for the Season of the Dragon. MeinMMO reveals all the details about the event and how you can effectively earn rewards.

When are the celebrations for the Season of the Dragon? The event is currently taking place. It runs until February 7, 2023, at 4:00 PM CET.

What kind of event is this? This is an event for the Elsweyr chapter. Therefore, everything revolves around the areas of northern and southern Elsweyr. A special feature of these areas is the dragons that await you as powerful foes.

How to participate in the Elsweyr event

First of all, you need access to these DLCs: Elsweyr, Dragonhold, Wrathstone and Scalebreaker. They are included in the “ESO+” membership, which you can currently test for free. Until January 31, you can take advantage of the free ESO+ trial.

In the Crown Store, you will find the free starting quest “The Scourge of the Dragons.” Alternatively, you can get the quest by speaking to the NPC Samara near the event tent.

In this event, you can receive glorious and normal crates from Elsweyr. They contain several rewards for you. Here’s how to get your loot:

  • Complete the introductory quest “The Scourge of the Dragons” (once)
  • Complete daily and weekly quests
  • Dragons in the open world of northern and southern Elsweyr
  • Bosses in the dungeons:
    • Frostvault, Depths of Malatar (DLC Wrathstone)
    • Moongrave Temple City, Lair of Maarselok (DLC Scalebreaker)
  • Bosses in Sunspire (Raid)
  • Treasure chests, valuable crates & environmental containers (e.g. barrels or crates)
  • Collecting Psijik portals
  • Stealing loot
  • Collecting resources

These rewards are available at the Elsweyr event

Look forward to these rewards in the crates from Elsweyr:

  • green or blue sellable treasure from Elsweyr
  • green, blue or purple set item from the open world of Elsweyr
  • style materials from Elsweyr
  • treasure maps or discovery reports from Elsweyr
  • crafting style pages from Elsweyr

Special rewards of the Elsweyr event at a glance

ESO - Light Green Lily Petals Fragment
The light green lily petals are the first fragment for the new companion.
RewardsSource
Event tickets (1x)1. Daily quest
northern & southern Elsweyr
Sellable treasure from Elsweyr
(in green, blue or purple quality)		Glorious crate from Elsweyr
Normal crate from Elsweyr (chance)
Set item from the open world of Elsweyr
(in blue or purple quality)		Glorious crate from Elsweyr
Crafting style pages from Elsweyr:
Anequina
Pelletine
Dragonborn
Shields of Senchal
New Moon		Glorious crate from Elsweyr (chance)
Normal crate from Elsweyr (chance)
Costume style pages:
Armor of the Claw Dance Acolyte NEW		Glorious crate from Elsweyr (chance)
Normal crate from Elsweyr (chance)
Event ticket merchant (Impresaria)
Blossom of the Devoted Dancer (companion):
Light green lily petals (5 tickets)
Enchanted silver flute (5 tickets)
Mystical sheet music (5 tickets)		Event ticket merchant (Impresaria)
1st Fragment: Muse of Devotion (personality)
Flask with silver mist		Event ticket merchant (Impresaria)
Feathers (growing Indrik)Nenulaure (Indrik merchant)
Indrik berries:
Berries for the Dawnwood Indrik
Berries for the Spectral Indrik		Nenulaure (Indrik merchant)
Spring Indrik (companion)Nenulaure (Indrik merchant)
Haunting Indrik (companion)Nenulaure (Indrik merchant)

Additionally, both glorious and normal crates from Elsweyr can include the following items:

  • Style materials from Elsweyr
  • transmutation crystals
  • dragon blood, dragon slime, and dragon gall (alchemy)
  • dragon treasures
  • furnishing plans
  • treasure maps or discovery reports from Elsweyr

How to get as many rewards as possible before the event ends

The dragon hunt is particularly worthwhile since you not only get crates from the dragons in the open world of Elsweyr. Additionally, this area also offers valuable reagents for alchemy crafting.

To obtain the event ticket, you must complete a daily area quest in Elsweyr. Remember that you cannot carry more than 12 tickets at the same time.

Complete daily quests in Elsweyr with multiple characters

In the city of Krempen in northern Elsweyr, you can receive 3 daily quests. Head south from the wayshrine and speak with NPCs Ri’hirr, Nisuzi, and the Warmaster Tanerline.

In the city of Senchal in southern Elsweyr, you can take on two more quests. In the marketplace, south of the wayshrine, you will find the quest givers Guybert Flaubert and Bruccius Baenius.

You can accept the daily quests with each of your characters.

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Complete the quests in Elsweyr with your friends

Doing quests together with friends is not only more fun, but you can also trade items. This way, you can support each other in collecting all the rewards. Additionally, you can share daily quests with your group.

Trade items in your community or guild

You will surely receive some items multiple times. But that’s okay because many of the rewards are tradable. This way, you can trade your rewards with other players.

Look for items in guild stores

If you are missing any rewards, you can also browse through the guild stores.

The contents for this year have just been announced. Have you checked out the big announcement or are you still in the dark about what to expect? We have summarized for you what the upcoming chapter Necrom and the contents of 2023 have in store for you.

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Better than the game: The Last of Us – Episode 3 – It’s about love, not labels

Leya Jankowski Leya Jankowski Reading time 5 minutes

The series of The Last of Us is better than the source material in the third episode. The story of Bill and Frank is poetry that breaks your hearts with painful beauty.

Warning! The text contains spoilers for episode 3 and the game.

I have never agreed to an interview faster than when I received the offer to speak with Peter Hoar. He is the director of the third episode of The Last of Us. For me, this episode is one of the best I have ever seen in a series.

This episode tells its own story and distances itself from its source, furthering it. It is dedicated to Bill and Frank, two characters in the game who play a relatively small role there. Here, the series even takes the step of largely ignoring the main characters to tell us something that the game could not. The episode confirms something that fans of the games have speculated about for over 10 years.

Bill loves Frank.

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Love created from nothing

We only know Frank as a corpse hanging from the ceiling in the game. Ellie finds a farewell letter in which Frank hurls insults at Bill.

In the game, we need Bill to get to a running car. Bill is a bitter, cynical man who would be labeled a “Prepper.” These are people who intentionally prepare for a catastrophe and make it their life’s work. Bill is a tinkerer and has developed elaborate systems to keep strangers and infected people at bay. Joel is one of the few exceptions of people he trusts. At least a little.

As a player, I only find out that Bill is gay after I say goodbye to him and continue my journey with his car.

What I loved about my episode from the moment I read the script: I knew Bill. I knew who he is and what role he plays in the game. But his story is only understood in retrospective. You only understand it when Joel and Ellie drive away and Ellie finds the stack of [gay] porn under the seat. Our story elaborates on just that.

Peter Hoar

That Frank and Bill were in a relationship is strongly hinted at in the game. The question for all these years was:

Was Frank’s hatred for Bill really so great that it led to the horrible letter, or did he try to protect Bill’s feelings and thus formulated the letter so harshly?

The series finds an answer that makes the story of the two so much better than in the game. Bill and Frank feel a deep love for each other that almost makes one forget that humanity is disintegrating around them. Everything feels so real around the two of them. Anyone who lives or has lived in a relationship can relate to the small moments of the two characters: the first sex, their arguments, how love slowly finds its way into Bill’s heart.

I believe Nick Offerman as Bill and Murray Bartlett as Frank everything. Every loving glance, the exasperated eye roll, the fear of losing his love.

To achieve this level of authenticity, the right actors are needed. Nick Offerman is perfect for the role of Bill in many ways. Peter Hoar names him as one of the decisive factors why Bill and Frank’s relationship feels so real to us.

I don’t know if Nick ever played a romantic character. He was a bit nervous to take this step. So there were times when Murray [the actor for Frank] really had to show Nick how to approach such a role. Lying in bed right next to Murray Bartlett, which is a great opportunity by the way, Nick naturally said beforehand: I have never done anything like this before.

Some of that genuine nervousness made it authentically into the series. And Murray was so gentle and kind in that. We also created the right atmosphere for the two. We had the set, this huge city built just for us. A lot of what we shot was just two people. Two people in a tiny space talking to each other.

Peter Hoar

Nick Offerman is mainly known for his role as Ron Swanson in “Parks & Recreation – The Parks Department.” There he plays a very masculine man who loves wood and meat and avoids close contact with other people like the plague.

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Bill would not identify as gay

For several years now, there has been a discussion about whether gay roles should not only be played by gay actors. Offerman himself is heterosexual and married to actress Megan Mullally.

We thought long and hard about how Bill would identify. I believe Bill would not identify as gay. He is in a world where he has not allowed all these things. If you want to label him, Bill might as well have been asexual his entire life until that moment.

He feels love and it feels right. It just happens to him with Frank. It is a beautiful story about finding the true love of your life, regardless of who they are and where they come from. With this perspective, Nick is perfect.

Peter Hoar

That’s what makes the episode so strong. In the end, it doesn’t matter who eats strawberries together for the first time in 20 years in the sunset. Does it matter who cares for the love of their life in old age and illness? It is not important who decides to greet death as a friend and leave with that love.

In the end, what matters is that two people loved each other in a devastated world. This is how the episode captures the core essence of The Last of Us. It has always been about love and how it thrives in the apocalypse.

The thing with the window at the end…

When the camera glides through Frank and Bill’s bedroom at the end and holds on the window, melancholy grips me so tightly. I instantly think I recognize the window from the game’s title screen, and if you have the same feeling, you are absolutely right.

There was a point where Craig [the co-writer] wanted every episode to have the motif [of the window]. He imagined something like clicking on the window on HBO Max like in the game, and then the episode starts.

But we thought that our story is so different that it would have felt strange to start with the window. We then suggested doing it the way we did, and he loved it. It is so beautiful to bring the story back to Bill and Frank with the picture on the wall and the flowers that Frank would have placed there.

Peter Hoar
The image shows a screenshot from the title screen of The Last of Us. A window is visible.
The window on the title screen of The Last of Us has its own magic.

I don’t know how you feel. But I’ve decided that this is now the canon. The next time I play the first part of the game again and the familiar window greets me, I will think of Bill and Frank.

And I will think of love in a shattered world.

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Audio expert criticizes gaming headphones on YouTube – “I have heard many, all are terrible”

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 4 minutes

A well-known audio expert states in a video that there are no gaming headphones. Gamers should buy something they like, as they can use any type of headphone while gaming. Furthermore, he expresses his dissatisfaction with tested products from Corsair, Logitech, and Razer.

Who is it about? Crinacle is an audio expert who mainly discusses headphones and IEMs on his YouTube channel of the same name. He also runs his own website, where he maintains detailed lists of reviews of various headphones.

In total, the YouTuber has tested several hundred headphones and describes himself as “audiophile.” Therefore, he places great value on the sound quality of tones and engages intensively with the sound of headphones.

He is also highly regarded among other audio experts and technology YouTubers and has appeared on the “BadSeed Tech” channel (via YouTube).

What is this video about? In a video that Crinacle uploaded to YouTube in September 2021 and recently re-released on his new channel, the audio expert talks about gaming headphones.

He addresses the key aspects of gaming headphones and his experiences.

If you want to see the video by the audio expert, we embed it here:

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“There is no such thing as gaming headphones”

What does the audio expert say in the video? The video is titled “The Best Gaming Headphones Don’t Matter,” and this approach is pursued in the following almost 19 minutes.

Right at the beginning of the video, Crinacle asserts that there are no gaming headphones and that gamers can use any headphones for gaming.

There is no such thing as a gaming headphone. […] You can use any headphone for playing.

He then talks about the characteristic criteria that a headphone should have to be suitable for gaming and why the so-called “gaming headphones” are actually poor. He then mentions three aspects that gamers want in a gaming headphone:

  • a competitive advantage in gaming
  • an immersive experience
  • a microphone
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What is the problem with gaming headphones? According to Crinacle, the problem with gaming headphones is that the competitive advantage and immersive experience exclude each other, as a headphone with increased bass negatively affects the clear reproduction of gunshots and footsteps.

Generally, you want a headphone that sounds neutral to bright, has a wide soundstage, and offers precise imaging to be competitive. […]

And when it comes to immersiveness, anything is possible. It’s not like you need a special headphone to enjoy a movie or a video game or whatever. Some of you might feel like you want to be in a Michael Bay movie. […] Then you need a headphone with bass enhancement.

If you buy a headphone with bass enhancement, it’s not necessarily a competitive advantage. Because for a headphone to be competitive, it needs to reproduce shots and footsteps much more clearly, which is in direct contrast to an immersive-sounding headphone.

In a text on crinacle.com, he goes into more detail on this topic.

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Buy headphones and microphone separately

What about a microphone? Although Crinacle makes it clear in his video that he mainly deals with headphones and that one should consult other experts for microphones, he still hints in a direction: one should buy the microphone and headphones separately.

According to Crinacle, better quality can be achieved if you buy headphones that you like and also acquire an external microphone: “You can buy the best microphone and you can buy the best headphone. If you buy a gaming headphone, you get poor versions of both.”

One type of microphone that Crinacle mentions are clip-on/lavalier microphones. He says they cost around 10 to 20 euros and can be attached to clothing or headphones without a microphone.

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“I’ve heard many, all are terrible.”

How does the expert rate his experiences with gaming headphones: During the video, Crinacle also discusses his experiences with gaming headphones. He states that while they are somewhat limited, he has heard many products from Corsair, Logitech, and Razer, all of which were not good. His opinion on four headsets from Razer is shown in a separate video (via YouTube)

My experience with gaming headsets is limited, but I’ve heard a lot. I’ve heard stuff from Corsair, I’ve heard a lot of stuff from Logitech, I’ve heard some stuff from Razer. All are terrible.

He then lists a few gaming headphones that were “okay.” He names the popular HyperX Cloud 2 among gamers, the Cooler Master 751, and the Astro A40.

However, he concludes the video by recommending a handful of headphones that he believes are suitable for gaming. Among them are especially the inexpensive yet oddly looking KOSS KSC75.

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On his website, you can sort the IEMs and in-ear headphones based on the price-performance ratio. Very high on the list, you will see the “Moondrop Aria,” which shooter expert Marko Jevtic is enthusiastic about.

What does this mean for gaming headphones now? Ultimately, Crinacle says that nobody has to listen to him. After all, he is just “a guy on the internet.” Furthermore, he emphasizes that it is up to everyone what they buy and what hardware they use. He himself can understand that it is easier to buy a gaming headphone with a microphone than to acquire both separately.

In general, it would probably be sensible if it were clear when purchasing a headphone whether it is supposed to offer immersiveness or allow me to hear footsteps in shooters. A “bass-boosted” headphone that advertises with scenes from a shooter and the acoustic locating of enemies just creates a false impression.

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New MMORPG convinces with beautiful trailer and big promises – But that makes one skeptical

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

The Quinfall is a new MMORPG that presented itself in a beautiful video on January 29th. It promises shipping, breeding your own mounts, housing, and many freedoms. The trailer looks strong, but much sounds too ambitious for an indie studio.

What kind of game is this? The Quinfall sounds like an MMORPG that many players would really want:

  • The combat system relies on you truly targeting enemies and dodging attacks in time. The attacks and skills already feel very powerful in the alpha.
  • It features a dynamic weather and seasons system that should affect flora and fauna. Similar to Throne and Liberty, there will be areas on the maps that can only be accessed in the right weather.
  • Players should be able to become owners of taverns and shops and hire other players for work there or on their own farms.
  • A card game is showcased to pass the time in taverns.
  • There will be elements for breeding usable and mountable animals.
  • In housing, you should build freely and place over 100 different decorations.
  • You should be able to build your own ships and explore the sea with them. Pirates, other players, as well as huge sea monsters like a Kraken await you there.
  • For PvE fans, there will be dungeons and huge boss fights with at least 50 players.
  • There are fortresses in the game that can be fought over, which likely make up the PvP component.
  • The game world is set in the medieval period, but there are also airships and a railway to travel faster.

The first alpha trailer already shows many of these elements and looks really good. According to the developers, only real in-game scenes were used, although sometimes the camera position was adjusted.

Here you can watch the video:

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The Quinfall comes almost out of nowhere

What raises eyebrows? So far, not much has been heard about the MMORPG. In March 2022, the website was launched, but until January 28th, it contained no real information. There was only a “Coming Soon” message and a short trailer to see. Occasionally, images of landscapes were also shared on social media.

The company behind The Quinfall is called Vawraek Technology and was founded in 2021. According to LinkedIn, there are currently 5 employees working at the Turkish studio.

However, a lot seems to have happened in the almost two years since the founding, at least if you believe the latest trailer. Many of the presented contents already appear quite finished, and a beta is promised to start “soon.” The graphics also look damned good for such a small studio.

However, looking at the recent past raises skepticism:

This raises skepticism, especially when the developers themselves say they want to create a “metaworld on an unprecedented scale.”

However, it is positive that they have not started a crowdfunding campaign so far and are likely to invite to the beta via email without charging for access. They seem to be able to initially finance themselves.

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What do we know about the monetization of The Quinfall? Nothing yet. However, most MMORPGs from Turkey have so far relied on a free-to-play model with a shop.

In general, some information is still missing, such as on PvP in the open world or possible classes or weapons in the game.

When will we learn more? You can already register for a closed beta on the official website (via Quinfall). However, it is not known when it will start.

What do you think of The Quinfall? Does the concept and the trailer appeal to you? And do you believe that an indie MMORPG can really implement all these elements?

However, anyone who does not want to wait for the release of The Quinfall can look forward to at least 7 new MMORPGs in 2023:

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Valorant: 14-year-old student is the youngest player to ever reach Rank 1 Radiant

Marius Mach Marius Mach Reading time 2 minutes

14-year-old DarXcioo has set a record in Valorant. He is the youngest player to reach rank 1 Radiant in the popular shooter by Riot Games.

DarXcioo achieved the world’s highest rank in Valorant on January 26, 2023. Even taking his young age into account, this is an incredible achievement! The shooter from Riot Games is considered a very competitive game, and the competition is extremely high.

DarXcioo has only been playing Valorant at the highest level for about 3 years. He first broke into the top ranks and achieved a placement with the rank Radiant. The achievement becomes even more remarkable when considering that the young talent is still attending school.

The young age is not always without problems: Just recently, an 11-year-old boy from Brazil was banned on Twitch for streaming Valorant.

Who is DarXcioo? Aside from having a great affinity for Valorant and wanting to become a pro later, not much is known about DarXcioo. However, his social media profiles suggest that he comes from France, or at least speaks French.

If you want to watch DarXcioo shake up the ranked scene in Valorant, you can do so on Twitch. On his Twitch channel, DarXcioo regularly streams gameplay of Valorant. His channel now has nearly 25,000 followers. However, don’t expect him to stream around the clock; after all, he still has to do his homework.

In addition to Twitch, he is also active on Twitter and YouTube. However, on his YouTube channel, there are only 2 videos with just over 3000 views each, and he has a total of only 453 subscribers on the platform. Once word spreads that he is the number 1 in the world in Valorant, many more followers are likely to join.

In a few years, we will surely be able to admire DarXcioo’s skills at a tournament as well. Watch the trailer for the biggest tournament in Valorant here:

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Which agents does DarXcioo like to play the most? In the current season, DarXcioo prefers to play agents Raze, Jett, and Killjoy. With each of these agents, he has nearly 18 hours of playtime with a win rate of 53.1% as Raze, 48.5% as Killjoy, and an impressive 61.8% as Jett.

His other statistics are also impressive! With the assault rifle Vandal, DarXcioo is particularly accurate, having already achieved over 2,200 kills with this weapon!

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What is next for DarXcioo’s career? Currently, he is not contracted with any professional team or e-sports organization. However, due to his remarkable performances, he has likely caught the attention of talent scouts. Perhaps even Disguised Toast, the Twitch streamer has indeed founded his own professional team.

If he is able to maintain his high level, nothing should stand in the way of a great career in the professional scene of Valorant. He is also likely to take off on Twitch; after all, at just 14 years old, he has already laid the groundwork for that.

We are certainly excited to see how this extraordinary talent’s career unfolds and are sure that we will see him back on the big stage in a few years.

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