Destiny 2: Weekly Reset on 20.12. – Today starts the Exo-Mission “Operation: Seraph’s Shield”

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The Weekly Reset in Destiny 2 is eagerly awaited today, as it is expected to launch an Exotic mission. MeinMMO tells you what to expect this week.

What’s happening this week: As previously announced at the start of Season 19, the Exotic mission “Operation: Seraph’s Shield” is set to launch today in Destiny 2. To successfully complete this mission, Guardians must gain access to the safest facility in the solar system: a BrayTech orbital platform above the Last City. After that, it is necessary to break through various security levels each week to awaken Rasputin before it’s too late.

Some players also suspect that the mysterious objects that have appeared throughout the solar system are connected to this Exo mission. These include the yellow orbs that look like surveillance drones from Clovis Bray. After all, there are currently almost 50 of them. Additionally, there are the Häkke terminals in the Lost Sectors.

Today’s Weekly Reset could therefore reveal a cipher that sheds light on the mystery. Once Guardians penetrate deep enough into the facility, they will acquire the weapon “Revision Zero”.

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This is what the mysterious objects look like.

The key information on activities from December 20 to December 27.

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Vanguard: Dawn – The Trial

  • “Birthplace of Evil” in Savathun’s Throne World
    • The strike “Birthplace of Evil” is one of the new strikes introduced with the “The Witch Queen” expansion. It leads the Guardians into a city of darkness, where a cryptoglyph and a special “incubator” can be found where Savathûn’s worm was kept alive. The Guardians must now prevent the mockery from using these facilities again.

This week’s Nightfall weapon: As a reward for your run, you always receive a special Nightfall weapon. With the grenade launcher “Wendigo” and the scout rifle “Disunity,” Bungie has selected two Guardian favorites, which will later also be available in a master version during Season 19.

This week’s Nightfall weapon is the scout rifle “Disunity SR4”.

Playlist strikes have the following modifiers this week:

  • Arc Singe
  • Stasis Burn
  • Blackout
  • The Singe modifier accompanies you all week, while the others change daily.

Endgame: Raid Challenges and Dungeon Rotation

What’s happening in the raid “King’s Fall”:

In the current raid “King’s Fall,” you must face the fourth raid challenge to receive more loot.

  • In the challenge “Under Construction”, during a damage phase where you steal the aura of a witch, you are only allowed to stand on each platform once to generate the dimensional platforms of the runner. After each completed phase, this restriction is reset, and you can stand on each platform once again. If you stand on the same plate twice in one run, the challenge is considered failed.

You can expect the following raid requirements and challenges: 

  • In normal mode, completing a challenge gives you double loot.
  • Only the Grandmaster raid drops status-specific armor and master weapons.
  • You can also earn the new raid-exclusive exotic cosmetics in the Oryx style in the Grandmaster.

Additional legacy pinnacle rewards from the endgame:

  • Go into the raid “Deep Stone Crypt” to farm the new craftable weapons from the Deep Stone Crypt this week.
  • Play the dungeon “Prophecy” for additional pinnacle loot.

Crucible – This is the PvP playlist:

  • In PvP, the mode “Team Scorched” returns
    • In this mode, you can have fun with scorched weapons. But your opponents are aiming for the same goal. So watch out that your Guardian characters don’t get scorched.

Playlist bonus this week:

  • This week, bonus ranks are raining down in the Crucible.

Weekly Activities

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Season 19 brought the Mars back to the Guardians.

In Season 19, titled “Season of the Seraphim,” Guardians can expect various PvE activities again. These include:

  • The Heist Battlegrounds
  • The exotic mission “Operation: Seraph’s Shield”
  • And today, starting December 20, also the launch of the exotic weapon “Revision Zero”.

In addition to Season 19, the previous DLC seasons from “The Witch Queen” are still active until the next DLC-Lightfall. For example, you can take part in the weekly repeatable campaign mission and earn pinnacle loot there.

Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly Campaign Mission

  • “The Spirits”
    • The Guardians have discovered traces of a spirit indicating Sagira. Can the dead spirit of Osiris help uncover the mystery surrounding Savathun? But to reveal the memory, you first need to find it.

Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City

  • Petra Venj has this week’s 3rd Ascendant Challenge for you. You can find Petra and her quest offer at the location “Divalian Mists” in the Dreaming City. The city of the Awakened enters the second stage of corruption.

All sources for pinnacle loot in Season 19 of Destiny 2

Pinnacle loot moves you forward in Power level – so get it!

To know where you can effectively grab your pinnacle loot, we provide you with a quick overview of activities every week.

This is the new max level: In the new season of looters, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,590. This means the power level at the start of the new Season 19 has increased by +10 compared to the previous Season 18.

This pinnacle loot boosts your power level up to 1,590:

  • Top legacy raid “King’s Fall” (+2)
  • Top dungeon “Gate of the Warden” (+2)
  • Raid rotation this week: “Deep Stone Crypt” (+2) (farmable)
  • Legacy dungeon rotation “Prophecy” (+2)
  • Complete in the Nightfall: Trial with at least 100,000 points (+2)
  • Weekly Witch Queen campaign mission with at least 100,000 points (+2)
  • “The Ur-Source” on Grandmaster difficulty (+2)
  • Complete the activity “Preservation” in the raid pyramid of darkness (+2)
  • “Trials of Eternity”: Reach at least 250,000 points or more (+2)
  • Defeat Powerful Cabal in the exotic mission “Vox Obscura” (+2)
  • Complete 3 Heist Battlegrounds on “Legendary” difficulty (+2)
  • Complete 3 Gambit matches (+1)
  • Complete 3 Crucible matches (+1)
  • Complete 3 Vanguard operations strikes with matching focus (+1)
  • Hawthorne’s clan quest: Earn 5000 XP (+1)
  • Trials of Osiris, starting December 23 (+2)

Spinmetal Highlights in Eververse

Exotic Sparrow “Joy of the Dawn”

In Eververse, it remains wintry, and you can exchange your spinmetal for various dawn cosmetics. We are happy to tell you what exactly is available.

More spinmetal offers are:

  • Exotic multiplayer emote “Frosty Friend”
  • Exotic Sparrow “Joy of the Dawn”
  • Exotic ship “Silver Wing Kestrel”
  • Exotic ghost shell “Candy Shell”
  • Exotic weapon ornament “Cold Cheer” for the exotic weapon “Ager’s Scepter”
  • Legendary gesture “Ho Ho Hopeless”
  • Legendary gesture “Celebration Dance”
  • Legendary ghost projection “Giant Dove Projection”
  • Legendary teleport effect “Whistling Blizzard”
  • Rare emote “Belly Laugh”
  • Shader “Aniline Shock”

Not enough spinmetal? So many great items, but you’re already out of spinmetal? Then take a look at our tips on how to improve your spinmetal budget.

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The new action MMO Warlander starts its closed beta on Steam – Here’s how you can participate for free

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The action MMO Warlander mixes MOBA with hack & slash elements and will be released on January 24, 2023, on Steam. But before that, the developers are giving the free-to-play title a closed beta. MeinMMO tells you how you can participate.

When does the closed beta start? The closed beta for Warlander started today and is supposed to be playable until the release date on January 24. Until then, there will be a so-called happy hour every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday starting at 8:00 PM CET. During this time, you can play together with the developers!

However, please note that your progress in the closed beta is not permanent. With the official release, your progress will be reset so that all players can start at the same level. The developers are also working on a version of Warlander for the PS5 and Xbox.

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How can you participate in the closed beta? If you think of a complicated invitation process when you hear the words “closed beta”, we can reassure you. Because basically, anyone can participate in the test.

All you need to do is visit the official Discord of Warlander and become a member. Then send a direct message there to PLAION LIVE OPS#2022 and ask for a Steam key for the closed beta. If you receive a key, you must activate it in Steam. To do this, open the Steam client, click on “Games” and then on “Activate a product on Steam”.

In an earlier version of this post, it was stated that you could ask the Discord admins for access to the closed beta. We have corrected this error. Please refrain from sending access requests to the admins of the Warlander Discord and follow the steps we have outlined for you above.

You can watch a first impression of the gameplay of Warlander here in the teaser.

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PvP battles from MMORPGs in MOBA format

What kind of game is Warlander? Warlander is an action MMO in third-person perspective with a unique setting that combines classic medieval and fantasy elements with robots and powerful siege weapons.

In Warlander, you can enter battles as a warrior, cleric, or mage. These classes work as you would expect from classic MMORPGs:

  • Warrior – Specializes in melee combat, can tank or deal significant damage
  • Cleric – Specializes in support, can heal allied units or assist with buff spells
  • Wizard – Specializes in ranged combat, can cast powerful spells

For each of these classes, you can unlock abilities that allow you to fully customize the classes to your play style. The battles themselves resemble PvP skirmishes from MMORPGs like Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, or Warhammer Age of Reckoning.

How does the gameplay work? Warlander offers you two different game modes:

  • In conquest mode, you join one of two armies and then try to capture a fortress. A total of 80 players must use siege weapons, among other things, to bring down the fortress walls.
  • In the 5-army mode, a total of 100 players face each other in epic battles. The gameplay is more like a battle royal, as the army that remains at the end wins.

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The game principle promises multi-layered action, as you cannot neglect the strategic aspect. You must make tactical decisions and find the right time for your offensive. However, you can also win through defensive strategies and diplomacy; the decision is entirely up to you.

Are you interested in Warlander? Are you signing up for the closed beta? Have you perhaps already participated in one of the earlier tests and can share your experiences? Please leave us a comment!

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DOTA 2: Valve permanently bans 10 players, ending lucrative professional careers forever

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Valve has taken harsh action against 10 players of the MOBA DOTA 2 (Steam) on December 18, who are primarily from Russia: Their accounts have been permanently banned from all events organized by Valve. PGL has also joined the ban. This effectively ends the professional careers of these 10 players. This also affects 20-year-old players who had a long and potentially lucrative career ahead of them.

What kind of players are they? The 10 players are mostly Russian professionals from teams competing in DOTA 2.

The most well-known player who has now been permanently banned is Kamil “Koma” Biktimorv from Virtus Pro. He is only a 20-year-old professional, who recently transferred to Virtus Pro. In his career, he has earned 5,6000 $ with DOTA 2 so far. A professional career in DOTA 2 can last until the late 20s, and the winners of “The International” recently received about 1.8 million $ in prize money.

Koma’s ban thus blocks a potentially great future in e-sports and perhaps even the path to a fortune.

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Other players who have been banned include:

  • Aslan “Paradise” Vadilov, a 20-year-old Russian who plays for Felt
  • Sergey “[T]SA” Timchenko, a 25-year-old Russian who played for Luina Gaming
  • Daniel “illusion” Grzhevka, a 20-year-old Ukrainian who plays for Ancient Tribe
  • Viktor “SuperNova” Galichkin, a 24-year-old Russian who last played for HYDRA
  • Vladislav “chmabl” Khorokltsev, a 27-year-old Russian who played for LUNA Gaming
  • Yaroslav “Limitless” Parshin, a 24-year-old Russian who last competed for Alliance
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What does the ban mean for them? The players have been banned for life from all events organized by Valve. The PLG league has joined the ban.

This means that the 10 players are virtually never again able to play DOTA 2 professionally, as the two organizations host almost all tournaments in DOTA 2.

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What did the players do? The players were punished for sharing their accounts and pretending to be someone else.

They apparently helped teams through the open qualifiers by secretly playing for these teams while others lent them their accounts.

This made it possible for players to compete for multiple teams in the same competition.

How is this viewed? The site Dotesports believes that Valve’s early tough stance at the beginning of a season is a sign that they are tightening the reins and working more towards a fair playing field.

Normally, Valve is considered rather distant and only intervenes when a scandal is present.

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Destiny 2: New perk causes 636% more damage – kills almost every boss in 4 hits

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After the first weeks of leveling, the Guardians in Destiny 2 have started to create the first meta builds of Season 19. They have access to some new perks and weapons for this, such as the glaive “Judgment of Kelgorath.” With this powerful tool and a new perk, a Guardian has now created a mega build that probably makes every boss tremble.

What kind of build is this? The newly discovered build is a solar setup for Titans. The YouTuber Plunderthabooty developed it and combined his burning abilities, which provide him with high damage resistance, with the Season 19 glaive “Judgment of Kelgorath.”

The solar glaive “Judgment of Kelgorath” is new in Season 19 and can drop with the also new perk “Close to Melee.”

  • Close to Melee: Glaive projectile melee kills improve glaive melee damage. Glaive projectiles or melee damage extend the duration.
The new glaive from Season 19 “Judgment of Kelgorath”

Especially with glaives, the option for quick melee attacks has already proven to be very effective at the start of “The Witch Queen.” You could slice through small and mighty enemies in seconds. However, the new glaive from Season 19 perfects this with a few additional ability buffs many times over and now lets bosses melt away as well.

MeinMMO shows you what else you need besides the glaive with the new perk so that you can also get an indestructible Titan that takes down every opponent easily.

What do I need for the build? First of all, you need a solar Titan. You then equip this Titan with the new glaive of Season 19 “Judgment of Kelgorath” with the perk “Close to Melee.”

What is a “glaive”? The glaive is a new weapon class in Destiny 2 that was integrated into the game with the current expansion “The Witch Queen.” It is the only weapon that combines 4 combat options: projectile weapon, sword, shield, and spear. Additionally, the glaive has changed the way you can play Destiny 2 through its mix of offense and defense.
–        You can target a projectile from a distance to fire at your enemies.
–        Quick melee attacks can slice through small and mighty enemies in seconds.
–        With the shield, you can block almost everything, even annoying shots from snipers.
–        The combination of blocking and melee attack feels particularly strong.

Normally, Guardians would have to rely on luck for the perfect roll. But since the introduction of weapon crafting in Destiny 2, that’s different. Now you only need luck to get the plan for this weapon 5 times – no longer the right perks. After that, you can build the glaive in the Enclave weaponsmith on Mars as you need it.

Everything you need for the build at a glance.
  • Exotic Armor
    • Synthoceps – Solar arm guards. The “Biotic Enhancement” increases melee jump distance as well as super and melee damage while surrounded.

To further increase damage output, Plunderthabooty uses not only the new glaive but also the exotic heavy void shotgun “Tractor Cannon.”

  • Exotic Weapon/ Legendary Weapon
    • Legendary Solar Glaive from Season 19: “Judgment of Kelgorath”
    • Exotic Weapon: “Tractor Cannon”
      • The exotic weapon Tractor Cannon gives you a damage buff of 30% for 10 seconds. It knocks enemies back, suppresses their abilities, and makes them more vulnerable to all damage.

The rest is taken care of by your Titan solar abilities. These provide necessary healing when you are close to the enemies.

  • Focus: Solar Challenger
    • Hammer of Sol
  • Abilities:
    • Towering Barricade
    • Guided Float
    • Throwing Hammer
    • Healing Grenade
  • Aspects
    • Sol Invictus
    • Roaring Flames
  • Fragments
    • Ember of the Empyrean
    • Ember of Torches
    • Ember of Benevolence
    • Ember of Comfort
Weapons from the Season of the Seraphim – as well as the new glaive from Xivu Arath

How do you play the build? When playing, you need to be somewhat routine and try to maintain the “Radiant” buff of your Titan while you get kills with the glaive’s melee and projectiles.

In the first step, you need to deal a projectile melee kill with your legendary solar glaive. With the perk “Close to Melee,” the glaive melee damage is directly increased by 30%.

By glaive projectiles or glaive melee damage, you now extend the duration of this damage buff. In combination with the Titan’s solar abilities, namely his aspects and fragments, you can then also increase the total damage with the solar glaive to an incredible level. This works through “Radiant” as this further increases the damage. So you have between 8 and 12 seconds time after a kill to remain “Radiant.”

If you then also use the Tractor Cannon, you stack another 30%. However, there is also the option for another player to equip this weapon if you are in a team.

This is your life insurance in the build: “Restoration” serves as solid life insurance for you. It is triggered by solar spots and can also be extended by solar weapons or ability kills. If it gets tight, the healing grenade will ultimately save you, which you just need to throw at your feet.

If you manage to stack the buffs to the optimum, it is then no longer a problem to deal a whopping 82,000 damage per glaive hit. With this damage output, almost every boss is completely destroyed with 3 to 4 hits.

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Our recommendation: Definitely give it a try. Such a high damage output could quickly end up on Bungie’s balancing list.

What do you think about the build? Does it sound interesting for a try? Or are you not a glaive player and prefer to rely on other weapons? Feel free to let us know in the comments what your top build of Season 19 is right now.

In the coming year 2023, a well-known name will leave the Destiny 2 community and set off for new shores. Thus, players have said goodbye to dmg04, Bungie’s senior community manager:

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Lost Ark brings the hardest raid in MMORPG, fans fail even before – “We reject people because of their outfits”

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With the big December update, the notorious Brelshaza raid also made its way into our version of Lost Ark. It is the hardest raid in the game and poses a tricky challenge for players, as long as they are allowed to participate.

What kind of raid is this? Since December 14, the December update has arrived in Lost Ark, bringing many quality of life adjustments and the new class of Summoner, as well as the new Legion Raid Brelshaza.

Known in Korea as Abrelshud, the commander of the Phantom Legion is regarded as the toughest raid in the MMORPG, and the veterans from other versions have already demanded numerous nerfs for the tough raid boss, which is divided into 6 different phases.

It not only demands nearly perfect gameplay from each individual participant but also precisely coordinated group actions and mechanical sensitivity, as well as a high understanding of Lost Ark itself.

It all sounds quite difficult, but those who still decide to challenge Brelshaza face, according to some fans, an even greater challenge – finding teammates.

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“Other players are the hardest gate”

Where do fans see the problem? On Reddit and in the forum, more and more discussions on this topic are arising. Especially DPS players are complaining and reporting that they sometimes had to search for over 5 hours for a group willing to take them into the raid.

Because some requirements for teammates are set extremely high by the groups. And it doesn’t stop at the gear score. In addition to perfect engravings and jewels, complete set bonuses at level 2 are also expected.

These are only available if you have farmed the previous raid boss long enough. Even if you have all of that, it is still dependent on luck. If you play a too unpopular class, you have poor chances.

Your chances are equally poor if you play a too popular class because there are simply too many people who are better than you. Oh, and of course, you should already have the achievement of having killed the boss once to get into the popular re-clear groups. Therefore, many fans without a fixed raid group are currently frustrated.

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What are people saying? Of course, we also want to take this opportunity to let the fans of Lost Ark have their say:

  • Cursedwithboredom says (via reddit): “We also reject people because of their outfits. If you can’t manage to coordinate your outfit, you won’t have coordination in a raid mechanic either.”
  • H4LF4D writes (via reddit): “Lost Ark is so far the MMO that welcomes me the least of all. The lack of so many supports doesn’t help as long as I don’t play support myself, but I just don’t like Bard and Paladin.”
  • Ok-Marionberry says (via reddit): “Other players are the hardest gate [in Brelshaza]”

Have you fought against Brelshaza yourself? Or did you try and couldn’t find a group? Do you recognize this problem from other MMORPGs, and is it really worse in Lost Ark? Feel free to write it in the comments here on MeinMMO.

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Pokémon GO: Community Day in January 2023 with Igamaro and bonuses included

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The Community Day in January 2023 at Pokémon GO is now known with all details. See here which Pokémon is in focus and what bonuses are accompanying it.

What information is new? In Pokémon GO, the date for the C-Day in January 2023 was already announced in November. It is now also clear what bonuses you can expect during the event and which Pokémon will be in focus.

What kind of event is this? A Community Day in Pokémon GO works in such a way that one Pokémon is in focus and is accompanied by bonuses. Together the whole thing is then active for a few hours on one day during the weekend each month.

Community Day in January 2023 – Start, Bonuses, Raids and Shinies

When does the C-Day in January take place? On Saturday, January 7, 2023, from 2 PM to 5 PM local time.

Which Pokémon is in focus? The focus of the event is Igamaro. It belongs to the Grass type and comes from the sixth generation of games. Its evolutions are Igastarnish and Brigaron.

Which attack? The exclusive attack for the C-Day in January 2023 is “Flora-Statue” of the Grass type. It deals 100 damage in trainer battles and 100 damage in gym and raid battles. If you evolve Igastarnish during the event or up to five hours after, then Brigaron will learn the charged attack “Flora-Statue”.

However, it is still not among the strongest attackers in Pokémon GO:

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What bonuses are there?

  • Double catch candies
  • Twice the chance of XL candies when catching Pokémon for trainers level 31 and above
  • Eggs placed in an egg incubator during the event will hatch four times faster.
  • Activated lures during the event will last for three hours.
  • Incense activated during the event will last for three hours.
  • Activated smoke during the event (except for daily adventure smoke) will last for three hours.
  • Take some snapshots during the Community Day – a surprise may await you!
  • An additional special trade (i.e., maximum of two per day)*
  • During the event, trading costs 50% less stardust.*
  • (The bonuses for the additional special trade and the 50% trade cost reduction are active from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM local time. The other bonuses are active from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM)

Special research: For a price of about 1 €, you can buy a ticket for a special research again. It is called “Stately Spikes”.

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Bonus raid battles: On the event day, after the C-Day, from 5 PM to 10 PM, special raid battles take place. The level 4 raids will bring you battles against Igastarnish.

If you defeat the Pokémon in raids, wild Igamaro will spawn near the defeated gym for 30 minutes. The raids can only be fought with raid passes and premium raid passes. You cannot join the raid battles with remote raid passes.

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Twitch streamer Trymacs wants to amuse himself at the expense of others – But suddenly it’s about him

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So-called reactions have become a fixed part of the repertoire of many content creators – for example, Twitch streamer Max “Trymacs” Stemmler (28) keeps reacting to videos of others. But this time, it backfired: In a video that Trymacs wanted to react to, it suddenly turned out to be about him.

What was that for a video? Trymacs reacted to a video of the meeting of three controversial content creators: The YouTuber ApoRed has recently been making headlines mainly with his finances – he interviewed together with his buddy Leon Machère the influencer Raffaela Raab.

Raffaela Raab publishes mainly content on animal rights under the name “The Militant Vegan”. Many perceive her views and behavior as exaggerated and radical.

All three individuals are well-known figures in the YouTube scene and are controversial characters.

Trymacs apparently expected good entertainment and content for his own channel from the meeting of these personalities. He had already reacted to a previous part of the conversation, and this video again promised one thing: a lot of secondhand embarrassment.

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The “Trymacs Mode” as a marketing strategy

How did Trymacs get pulled in? While ApoRed, Leon Machère, and The Militant Vegan were eating vegan burgers together, they talked about the online presence of the animal rights activist.

The vegan admitted that behind her seemingly radical behavior is indeed a concept. She thought about how to best help the animals and made use of her marketing experience.

ApoRed commented on the explanation by saying that the vegan has “activated the Trymacs”. Upon hearing his name mentioned, Trymacs immediately perked up. The Twitch streamer did not understand what this statement was supposed to mean – or why it suddenly was about him.

Trymacs is not a “real rabbit” like ApoRed

What does “activating the Trymacs” mean? ApoRed explains that Trymacs poses as “lost”, meaning he acts more clueless than he actually is. The YouTuber further explains that Trymacs is simply not a “real rabbit” like himself and without cameras, he is probably very different than how he appears.

All Trymacs can think of is: “Oh, shit.”

A so-called streamer persona is not unusual and is an important part of some people’s brand. Think of Dr. Disrespect, who only appears on stream with a wig and sunglasses. Or the WoW streamer Asmongold, whose own persona became too much for him.

However, Trymacs wants nothing to do with it; he insists on being authentic.

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How does Trymacs react? He is initially completely stunned. Especially from ApoRed, Trymacs apparently does not want to be accused of something like that: “The real rabbit? Everything he said on camera, his entire videos, everything was a lie!”

Moreover, according to Trymacs, he cannot pretend that much. After all, he has been live for 1,800 hours this year, films an additional one and a half hours of podcast, and appears in other videos as well; how is he supposed to manage to constantly put on an act.

Trymacs describes himself as a “YouTuber/Streamer without skill” and has already created content from being pulled along in the shooter Valorant by his friends. And yes, even these lack of skills are supposed to be authentic:

That I’m shit at games, when I die from fall damage in Fortnite and Minecraft – yes, that is so.

You can watch the entire reaction of Trymacs here. From 31:34, it is about the Twitch streamer.

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One of the projects that keeps Twitch streamer Trymacs too busy to put on an act is his football event on Joyn. However, after entertainer Stefan Raab threatened a fine of over €500,000, the show cannot take place as planned.

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Twitch streamer has to give up his wife and best friend – “Bad things chase me like the plague”

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Clearly struggling for composure, Tectone urges his viewers not to defend their favorite creators or attack people who share their stories. That helps no one, Tectone says.

I know what it feels like when you share your story online – or with your family – and people don’t want to believe you. It takes a lot of courage to share these things. And just because someone waits for a while doesn’t mean it’s not true. It also doesn’t mean it is true, but we shouldn’t shame anyone for sharing their story.

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OTK is Tectone’s only silver lining

Tectone explained that he did not plan the emotional stream like that. He didn’t realize how much the situation was affecting him; in the morning he felt fine. Only when he started talking about it did the emotions come to the surface.

There’s a lot of shit happening in my life right now. First my wife, then my best friend – I just hope nothing happens to my cats. I mean, I know people say “The stories of Tectone can’t be true”, but these bad things just haunt me like the plague.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

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The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

Clearly struggling for composure, Tectone urges his viewers not to defend their favorite creators or attack people who share their stories. That helps no one, Tectone says.

I know what it feels like when you share your story online – or with your family – and people don’t want to believe you. It takes a lot of courage to share these things. And just because someone waits for a while doesn’t mean it’s not true. It also doesn’t mean it is true, but we shouldn’t shame anyone for sharing their story.

OTK is Tectone’s only silver lining

Tectone explained that he did not plan the emotional stream like that. He didn’t realize how much the situation was affecting him; in the morning he felt fine. Only when he started talking about it did the emotions come to the surface.

There’s a lot of shit happening in my life right now. First my wife, then my best friend – I just hope nothing happens to my cats. I mean, I know people say “The stories of Tectone can’t be true”, but these bad things just haunt me like the plague.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

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The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

Clearly struggling for composure, Tectone urges his viewers not to defend their favorite creators or attack people who share their stories. That helps no one, Tectone says.

I know what it feels like when you share your story online – or with your family – and people don’t want to believe you. It takes a lot of courage to share these things. And just because someone waits for a while doesn’t mean it’s not true. It also doesn’t mean it is true, but we shouldn’t shame anyone for sharing their story.

OTK is Tectone’s only silver lining

Tectone explained that he did not plan the emotional stream like that. He didn’t realize how much the situation was affecting him; in the morning he felt fine. Only when he started talking about it did the emotions come to the surface.

There’s a lot of shit happening in my life right now. First my wife, then my best friend – I just hope nothing happens to my cats. I mean, I know people say “The stories of Tectone can’t be true”, but these bad things just haunt me like the plague.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

More Twitch news on MeinMMO:

The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

The Twitch streamer Tectone is going through a tough time: On December 15, he announced his separation from his wife, and on the same day, allegations against his best friend Rich Campbell were also made public. In a stream, Tectone spoke about the events and was overwhelmed by emotion.

Content Warning: This article addresses the topic of sexual assault. These topics can trigger negative reactions in some people. Please be mindful if this is the case for you.

What is the situation with Tectone? The Twitch streamer Tectone announced the end of his 10-year relationship with the V-Tuber Fream on December 15. Tectone wrote on Twitter: “I lost her” and linked a longer TwitLonger post in which he explained everything.

The couple initially wanted to take a temporary break from their relationship, but now they made the separation final. Tectone stated that he did not want to take a break, contrary to rumors – he needs the love and support of his community now more than ever.

Moreover, Tectone thanked his organization One True King (OTK): it is the best thing that ever happened to him. OTK was founded in 2020 by 5 MMO nerds around the WoW streamer Asmongold, and Tectone became the 9th member in November 2021.

However, 2 founding members of the organization are currently missing: Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo was suspended indefinitely in September. An internal investigation is ongoing against him for allegedly covering up sexual harassment by a friend streamer.

On December 15, the same day Tectone announced his separation, Twitch streamer Azalia Lexi publicly made allegations against the next OTK founder, Rich Campbell. For Tectone, who was close friends with Rich Campbell, this evidently became too much at once.

In a stream on December 18, Tectone spoke about the current situation and became extremely emotional.

Tectone breaks down in tears during the stream

What kind of stream was that? On December 18, Tectone started a stream lasting nearly 3 1/2 hours, in which he wanted to address “everything that has happened” and talk about “the future of the channel.” The latter refers to his podcast “Noodle Shop.”

What did Tectone have to say? The streamer confirmed once again the end of his marriage. Tectone emphasized that he and Fream had separated amicably and still had a lot of friendship for each other – however, she kept 3 of their shared cats.

Then Tectone talked about the allegations against his best friend Rich Campbell, who had been like a brother to him. He was overwhelmed by his emotions. However, it is not about defending his friend, on the contrary.

Why do the allegations affect Tectone so deeply? Tectone explains that in his past he has been the victim of sexual violence multiple times. The fact that his best friend could have done to another person what he has experienced himself seems to weigh heavily on Tectone.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

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The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

Clearly struggling for composure, Tectone urges his viewers not to defend their favorite creators or attack people who share their stories. That helps no one, Tectone says.

I know what it feels like when you share your story online – or with your family – and people don’t want to believe you. It takes a lot of courage to share these things. And just because someone waits for a while doesn’t mean it’s not true. It also doesn’t mean it is true, but we shouldn’t shame anyone for sharing their story.

OTK is Tectone’s only silver lining

Tectone explained that he did not plan the emotional stream like that. He didn’t realize how much the situation was affecting him; in the morning he felt fine. Only when he started talking about it did the emotions come to the surface.

There’s a lot of shit happening in my life right now. First my wife, then my best friend – I just hope nothing happens to my cats. I mean, I know people say “The stories of Tectone can’t be true”, but these bad things just haunt me like the plague.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

More Twitch news on MeinMMO:

The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

Clearly struggling for composure, Tectone urges his viewers not to defend their favorite creators or attack people who share their stories. That helps no one, Tectone says.

I know what it feels like when you share your story online – or with your family – and people don’t want to believe you. It takes a lot of courage to share these things. And just because someone waits for a while doesn’t mean it’s not true. It also doesn’t mean it is true, but we shouldn’t shame anyone for sharing their story.

OTK is Tectone’s only silver lining

Tectone explained that he did not plan the emotional stream like that. He didn’t realize how much the situation was affecting him; in the morning he felt fine. Only when he started talking about it did the emotions come to the surface.

There’s a lot of shit happening in my life right now. First my wife, then my best friend – I just hope nothing happens to my cats. I mean, I know people say “The stories of Tectone can’t be true”, but these bad things just haunt me like the plague.

Nevertheless, Tectone is very proud of how OTK has handled the situation: they reacted very quickly and well. The streamer again thanked his organization, as it is currently one of the few positive things in his life.

More Twitch news on MeinMMO:

The future of the “Noodle Shop” podcast is still uncertain: Tectone explains that he wants to do everything possible to prevent episodes already filmed with Rich Campbell from airing. Nevertheless, Tectone wants to continue the podcast with OTK member Emiru, but he does not yet know if that is possible.

Twitch star Asmongold is furious, wants to cut contact with close colleagues and starts an internal investigation

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A shooter in the style of Rick & Morty takes over the Xbox Game Pass – Is this good or bad?

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On December 13, the shooter High on Life was released on PC and Xbox. Just a few days later, it became the most popular game on Xbox Game Pass. That’s good for the game – but not so much for the Game Pass.

What kind of shooter is this? High on Life was first presented at the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase and was one of the highlights of gamescom 2022. The completely wacky shooter comes from one of the creators of the crazy adult cartoon Rick & Morty: Justin Roiland, the voice of Rick and Morty.

High on Life strikes the same chord as the cartoon, even though they have nothing to do with each other: Aliens are invading Earth and using humans as drugs. You play as a bounty hunter who hunts these aliens with sentient weapons.

The shooter is a mix of action-adventure and Metroidvania, where you blast your way through various levels, defeat bosses, and collect upgrades for yourself and your various weapon friends.

Our colleague Sascha Penzhorn from GameStar has already tested High on Life and says: He loves the shooter but cannot recommend it at all

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The release trailer for High on Life

High on Life beats Minecraft in Game Pass – Is it lacking hits?

The start is this good: High on Life had to deal with issues at launch, which were already resolved with the first hotfix a few days later. Accordingly, the ratings are mixed:

  • On Metacritic, High on Life has a score of 67 and a user score of 7.8 in the PC version.
  • The official Xbox site shows 3 out of 5 stars.
  • On Steam, High on Life is doing well with a proud 90% positive reviews.

In fact, the shooter is quite popular. Since day 1, it has been playable with a subscription in Xbox Game Pass and has risen to the top of the most popular games, even surpassing Minecraft. The Vice President of Xbox Games tweeted about this success:

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High on Life is now above top titles and long-running hits like LEGO Star Wars, Minecraft, and Forza Horizon 5. However, it’s hard to say how many players the shooter actually has, as insights are lacking within Game Pass.

Isn’t that a success? Definitely for the game. But for Xbox and the Game Pass, this could be a potentially negative sign, as US site Kotaku points out. Because High on Life is a new IP and not a big AAA game.

In 2022, Xbox is missing big releases of its own production, such as Age of Empires 4 or Halo: Infinite from the previous year. Next to such heavyweights, High on Life would likely have gone unnoticed.

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Unlike Sony, which alone has God of War: Ragnarök and Nintendo with the new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Microsoft and Xbox are missing the big blockbusters this year.

That might be one of the reasons why Microsoft is currently trying to buy Activision Blizzard. The upcoming action-RPG Diablo 4 is expected to definitely be released on Game Pass but would still be an external production.

The purchase is still being reviewed, but currently, there are significant complications. Competitor Sony has repeatedly filed complaints, until finally a lawsuit came that has put the procedure on hold:

US authority sues against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard – Because they allegedly lied about Bethesda

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Dead by Daylight is getting better for solo players, bringing significant improvements for survivors

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For solo players, Dead by Daylight is merciless. Therefore, the developers now have plans to improve this – there is much more information about the whole team.

The horror game Dead by Daylight is most fun when played in a group. However, this is not always possible, so many survivors have to queue solo and end up getting “screwed” in the matches. Clearly, solo survivors have much less information than a team communicating on Discord. But that is about to change soon.

Through Twitter, the Dead by Daylight account has shown a new image that apparently comes from the development of the next major patch. In the image, “Secret Agent Dwelf” – the “Christmas Elf” variant of Dwight – shows a picture that is supposedly “Classified”, meaning strictly confidential.

What does the image show? The small details in the image are important. Because in the display of survivors on the left sidebar, there is now much new information accessible to the other survivors. This way, it will be possible to see what individual survivors are currently doing and how they are contributing to the success of the team.

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From the image displayed, one can see:

  • Vittorio is working on the totem
  • Jeff is being chased by the killer
  • Adam is searching a chest
  • Zarina is at the generator and repairing

This information will be permanently accessible to survivors – it is indicated by a small symbol next to the character. The killer does not see this information (logically).

More about Dead by Daylight can be found here:

This is how the community reacts: Most reactions to this announcement are quite positive. Because the “solo queue”, meaning signing up as a survivor without a group, is generally regarded as the worst experience in Dead by Daylight.

This is mainly because survivors in a group (“SWF” – “Survive with Friends”) have a massive advantage in communication. They can constantly discuss where the killer is, where there are still pallets, and how far the repairs of the generators have progressed.

Additionally, “solo survivors” can rely less on being rescued by their teammates. Clearly, one tends to leave a “stranger” behind rather than good friends.

What do you think of these changes? Good, sensible innovations to improve the survivors’ everyday life? Or is that too much and makes life harder for the killers?

We recently had an interview with the DbD chief, and he said: ‘We were quite naive’

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Gamer wants to buy the RTX 4090, the fastest graphics card from Nvidia – instead gets a job offer

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A gamer wanted to buy a GeForce RTX 4090, currently the fastest graphics card on the market. Instead, he receives a job offer that he can’t refuse. He shares the entire story with the community.

For many gamers, building their own PC in their free time is a hobby. For many, this is the alternative when they do not want to buy a pre-built PC.

The purchase of a graphics card has now led a gamer to a job. The seller of the hardware was simultaneously the head of a company.

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Gamer wants to pick up a used graphics card, instead receives a job offer

What happened to the user? A gamer wanted to upgrade his system and discovered an offer for an RTX 4090. The price was 2,800 Canadian US dollars (CAD), which is about 1,700 euros. In comparison, you pay around 2,000 euros in Germany for a new RTX 4090 (via geizhals.de).

When he wanted to pick up the graphics card, he was led into an office. Finally, he stood in front of the managing director, where he could pick up the model. He was offered not only the GPU but also a job. The user writes on reddit:

When I wanted to pick up [the GPU], the address was an office. I assumed it was an employee who would just meet me in the hallway and sell it to me, but when I went to the reception and asked for the seller, she said: “Do you have an appointment?” I explained the situation to her and she referred me to his office, where it turned out that he was the managing director! It’s a small/medium-sized company that operates esports consulting, and he mentioned that he needs someone to build PCs!

A few weeks later, I am now working there on weekends and building custom systems for him. I never thought I would get a job this way.

How real is this? In another post, he posted an excerpt from his employment contract to substantiate his story. A moderator has since deleted the image for security reasons. But overall, it seems quite credible.

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Not everyone has such great luck when buying a graphics card

What is the current situation? Used models often represent an interesting alternative, as this way you can save a lot of money. Because not everyone is willing to pay thousands of euros on eBay for an RTX 3080.

But many gamers are currently hesitant about such offers, because miners are flooding the market with大量廉价的卡. And some now fear that mining cryptocurrencies may negatively affect the performance of the GPU afterward.

For instance, a user seized an allegedly great deal and bought an RTX 3080, but the joy did not last long. Because the purchased hardware caused some problems that earlier mining had caused:

Bargain hunter buys graphics card RTX 3080 at half price – But the joy quickly fades

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2 of the new dungeons in WoW Dragonflight are nearly unplayable – Blizzard nerfs 7 right away

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Blizzard nerfs 7 of the 8 Mythic Keystone dungeons from Season 1 of WoW Dragonflight. After the first week, some of them were simply too hard for players. However, Blizzard is not ready to make too many changes yet.

Which dungeons are affected? The Ruby Life Pools and the Algeth’ar Academy were the absolute horror scenarios for many players in the first week of Season 1 in WoW Dragonflight. The dungeons often require hundreds of deaths and several hours to complete.

The combination of the current affixes of the week and the abilities that enemies and bosses bring makes the dungeons virtually unplayable at higher levels. Especially spellcasting classes literally find themselves unable to cast because they are constantly interrupted.

Now Blizzard is coming with a nerf that is set to hit these two dungeons and 5 more. The changes will go live with the next weekly reset on December 21 in Europe.

What will be nerfed now: In the Academy, the feared “Tree Boss” will be weaker, the Overgrown Ancient. Its add “Ancient Branch” will have 40% less health. Additionally, some enemies will deal less damage.

The Ruby Life Pools will receive significantly more adjustments:

  • Flammlinge will no longer cast Burning Touch
  • the two dragons Thunderjaw and Firemaw can be spotted from further away and their “Breath” abilities will now be cast for one second longer (3 seconds)
  • Fire Dancers will now channel their dance for 6 seconds (previously 4)
  • the periodic damage from Living Bomb will be reduced by 40%
  • the storm from Storm Channelers will deal 20% less damage and affect players for 20% shorter duration
  • Kokia Firehoof and her add as well as Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormstrider will have less health, and Kyrakka’s Flame Breath will only hit 3 targets now (previously 5)

Additionally, there will be some nerfs for the attack of Nokhud, the Hall of Valor, the Court of Stars, the Temple of the Jade Serpent and the Azure Vault. You can find all changes in the official WoW forum.

You can learn about the most important changes in Season 1 of Dragonflight in our overview here. The trailer summarizes the new features in Dragonflight:

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“We don’t want to change too much”

The developers explained that they don’t want to change too much initially, since players need to get used to the new season, the affixes, and dungeons. However, the current problems in the dungeons are significant enough for a nerf.

The community is responding positively to the changes. It is welcomed that the enemies in the Nokhud attack will no longer be so annoying. Especially at the graveyard it was horrific to face certain groups (via reddit).

Healers also have reason to be happy. The dungeons were particularly exhausting for them because they had to heal the enormous damage, but couldn’t do so due to being constantly interrupted. With the planned changes, their job should become a bit easier again.

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Blizzard has also already announced strong buffs for 7 classes. These will also be implemented with the maintenance on December 21. Some bosses should then be easier to master, at least for the respective classes.

The raid is also getting adjustments, particularly in Mythic mode. Here, the best guilds in the world are currently racing for the World First kill on the final boss Raszageth. Especially the two top guilds Echo and Team Liquid are making the race exciting:

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LoL: Legendary Russian player (29) wants to support family, signs with small team – is now desperate

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In League of Legends, the 29-year-old Russian Danil “Diamondprox” Reshetnikov is considered a veteran; he participated in World Championships 4 times, the first time in 2012. In May 2022, he wanted to support his family with LoL and signed with a Norwegian team. Half a year later, however, it seems that the Russian has lost faith in e-sports.

Who is Diamondprox?

  • The now 29-year-old Russian comes from St. Petersburg and was already a big name in the first seasons of League of Legends, more than 10 years ago: In 2011, he made a name for himself as a jungler for “Team Empire,” whose core later celebrated great successes in Europe as Moscow Five and Gambit Gaming.
  • He played as a jungler and shone on champs like Lee Sin, Nasus, or Volibear. The Russian was regarded as someone who could establish champs as good jungle picks on his own in the early seasons, even if the champions were considered weak.
  • Between 2012 and 2018, Diamondprox participated in World Championships 4 times: 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2018. However, he did not achieve major international successes. His prize money from 10 years of LoL is estimated at $157,850 (via esportearnings).
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This is the team he has now joined: In 2022, Diamondprox, at 29, had surely reached the end of his career: He signed with the Norwegian “BiFrost” in May 2022 and was set to compete in the regional league NLC, where teams from Scandinavia and Great Britain play against each other.

He says he made it clear to the team that he was playing for the “absolute minimum to support his family”.

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“Contracts in this business are like toilet paper that bosses use to wipe their behinds”

What went wrong? In a post on Twitlonger, the Russian explains that he was never paid for his more than 1,000 hours of work for the club.

The team had kept him waiting for months, with statements about how hard it was to get him money in Russia – due to the sanctions. When a way was found in November to send him money, it was said that it just wasn’t the right time, waiting for sponsor funds.

Now the CEO of the team has resigned, and the money still hasn’t arrived. Instead, he received an email stating that the team is likely facing bankruptcy.

He says:

So essentially, they made a fool of me for months, wasted my time, made me go into debt because bills were piling up instead of me looking for new opportunities to earn money. […]

The whole situation has been stressing me out for months, and I am afraid to look for another LoL team. Especially because my best friend in e-sports, Edward, was also badly cheated.

No one cares what we signed; contracts in this business are like toilet paper and the owner of a team can wipe their ass with it […]

By my calculations, I have given BiFrost more than 1,000 hours of my labor, plus the time I trained for the Aurora Cup. I don’t know if I ever want to work that hard again, working more than 12 hours a day every day and then getting ZERO money while betraying my family by not supporting them better.

I hope there is such a thing as karma in this world and that it will hit them hard when it strikes.

What’s behind it: This is a phenomenon that keeps reoccurring. E-sports seems to be a hype for some investors, “the next big thing” that can be profitable. But only the top teams are really successful – for many others, it’s a subsidized business because hardly any revenue comes in.

In September 2022, a Berlin team withdrew, the boss referred to the team as “a black hole that consumed thousands of euros”

Some teams from the second or third tier in e-sports therefore have enormous financial problems; the owners pump ten or hundreds of thousands of euros into it, eventually the money runs out, and the players ultimately bear the consequences.

There are often stories of players not being paid or players training and living under conditions that are life-threatening:

Pro player from CS:GO dies at 19 – team must now pay €72,000 to his family

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Final Fantasy XIV will soon demolish your house if you haven’t visited for too long

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If you do not visit your house in Final Fantasy XIV for too long, you risk losing it. The developers at Square Enix will soon re-enable the process of demolishing unused properties.

With patch 6.3, what Square Enix had discontinued with the Endwalker expansion will return: If a house receives no visits for too long, it will be automatically demolished.

This process was active until December 2021. “After careful consideration”, Square Enix will soon re-enable the demolition of unused properties. This is meant to create more space for other players, who want to purchase a property.

After 30 days, you will receive an email, then you must act quickly

If you are away for 30 days, your property is at risk. You will receive a notification via email and in the game under “Timers” it will be displayed in red that your house will soon be demolished if you do not visit it.

If you then return, everything is okay. For free company houses, it is sufficient for one member to visit the property; it does not have to be the leader.

When do the days start counting? The 30-day timer begins as soon as patch 6.3 comes to the MMORPG. At least for players who have visited their house in the last year, when the timer was switched off.

If you or your free company have not visited the property during this time, the timer continues where it left off on December 5, 2021. So, there may be very little time left to save the house.

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When is the patch coming? Update 6.3 is expected to arrive in Final Fantasy XIV in early January. The developers have not yet announced a specific date.

What do you think about the process? Are you glad that more properties will soon be available for purchase? Or are you now afraid of losing your house if you do not log in for 30 days, for whatever reason? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments here on MeinMMO!

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MMORPG player kills own hero 300 times, falls from level 200 to 6 – achieves success that no one has obtained for 10 years

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 2 minutes

In the German MMORPG Tibia, there exists an extremely rare and secret achievement: To achieve it, one must discover that a harmless innkeeper is actually a vampire. For 10 years, no one had managed to earn this rare achievement until a player recently went to great lengths to obtain it.

What kind of achievement is this? The achievement is one of the rarest and most mysterious in the history of the German MMORPG Tibia, which has been developed in Regensburg for over 25 years. The achievement is called “His True Face”.

During a quest, players visit the innkeeper Armenius. At a specific quest step, there is a tiny chance that Armenius will teleport the player to his cellar and reveal himself as a vampire. If a player experiences this, they earn the achievement “His true face”.

As reported by a Polish MMORPG site, no one had been able to obtain this achievement for 10 years (via mmorpg.org).

There is no clear method known for how to obtain the achievement: People visit this innkeeper “every day”, hoping he might finally attack them as a vampire. It is also said that the highest chance of seeing the vampire occurs during a quest step that sends you to Marenius.

In any case, the achievement is highly sought after. Therefore, players experiment with ways to obtain it. One player recently resorted to extreme methods to secure the achievement.

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A player kills himself so often that his level is low enough

How did a player manage to obtain it? A wizard named “Ia Goh” set out to obtain the achievement: For this, the player, who was over level 200, let himself be killed more than 300 times starting December 14, as evident from his character log (via tibia).

Because in Tibia you lose experience and can also lose levels when you die, he fell from over level 200 to level 6 during this suicide marathon. Every 30 seconds during that time, he lost additional levels.

As the Polish MMORPG site reports, during this “delevel marathon”, he was ultimately able to return to the starting location 34 times to repeatedly complete the quest chain where he had the chance of being attacked by Armenius.

After 4 days, on December 18 at 12:57 PM, he finally managed to get killed by Aremenius and obtain the coveted, secret achievement.

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Tibia comes from a time when MMORPGs still had secrets

What is special about the achievement? Tibia comes from a time before MMORPGs were standardized and decoded: It was developed by students in Regensburg and does not follow any “textbook”: Back then, there was simply nothing, and the creators of the game had to figure things out themselves about how MMORPGs work and function.

Because of this, extremely mysterious and unique things are possible in the MMORPG, which give off a mythical flair.

The developers are still careful today not to reveal too much about such secrets, allowing players to discover them for themselves.

This leads to such “secret achievements” being hunted and deciphered by players on their own, resulting in strange methods and great stories.

In MMORPGs before WoW, there were still big secrets:

Guild awakens 22-year-old dragon in an MMORPG – Turns the whole server against itself

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Player shows how the perfect gaming PC for Diablo 4 could look – The community is thrilled

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes

A gamer shows an impressive gaming PC that could be perfect for the release of Diablo 4. The community is quite impressed.

The PC case protects sensitive hardware from damage. But who says a case can’t be as impressive as the hardware inside?

A user has now shown an image of an impressive gaming PC, but there is (still) a catch.

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The hell PC is generated by an AI

What kind of system is this? A user posted a picture of a gaming PC on reddit. The front panel of the system and its colors strongly resemble the action RPG Diablo, of which the fourth part of the main series will be released on June 6, 2023.

In another post the thread starter explains, however, that it is not a “real” system but rather an AI-generated image. The system can probably be recreated with a 3D printer. He writes about it:

And yes, it is an AI-generated image with MidJourney. As a designer, I find AI extremely frightening and exciting at the same time. AI has the advantage of approaching things with less bias and not being constrained by creative fatigue.

As some of you have already said, this build is probably possible with 3D printing and the right plastic and LED connections, and the AI provides a great creative template!

What is Midjourney anyway? Midjourney is an independent research laboratory that creates proprietary software for artificial intelligence that generates images from text descriptions. This means you write a sentence or several words, and the AI generates an image from that. Midjourney took Twitter by storm and amazed viewers.

However, especially artists reject the AI Midjourney after it won an art competition. Because artists and other users see such an AI as a threat to their creative professions.

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Manufacturer shows sleek case, gamers are thrilled: “Great design! Goes directly onto my wishlist”

Community is impressed: “The PC crashes as soon as the temperatures are too low”

How does the community react? Users under the post discussed eagerly about the image. Many find the case quite impressive and demand that the user should now also recreate the system that way.

Some explain that such AI images can also help in searching for ideas for the next, future gaming PC. After all, such images would inspire and help to think outside one’s own limits.

If you are interested in more hardware:

If you are still looking for more inspiration for a future build or ideas for a new gaming PC, then take a look at the following cases. Here we show you how impressive some gaming systems can look. And all systems can theoretically be recreated if you take the time:

7 stylish PC cases that will definitely make you envious

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Popular MMORPG receives a new skill for the first time in 10 years because 150,000 fans want it

Mark Sellner Mark Sellner Reading time 3 minutes

Oldschool RuneScape is, as the name suggests, really old school. The game is generally at the state of RuneScape from 2007 and was released in early 2013 to revive the old times. But now a completely new skill is coming to the MMORPG for the first time in 10 years.

Why is a new skill so special? RuneScape is a true MMORPG classic. The game was originally released in January 2001 and has been very successful to this day. Currently, there are two versions of the MMORPG, the “regular” RuneScape and the Oldschool RuneScape that was released in 2013.

Oldschool RuneScape is at the state of the game from August 2007, which many fans are very satisfied with, as the game has regularly appeared in all relevant MMORPG top lists.

Although there have been continuous improvements implemented over time, none were a new skill in all the time of Oldschool RuneScape. That is supposed to change now because that’s what the community wants.

How did this come about? After the desire for a new skill arose more frequently in the community, the developers initiated a voting process. 191,000 fans participated in this vote. A full 80.9% were in favor of the new skill.

All without knowing what kind of ability it is supposed to be. Because the developers want to decide this together with the community in the next step.

During the year 2023, the skill is supposed to be implemented in Oldschool RuneScape, a full 10 years after the launch of the MMORPG.

Oldschool RuneScape is also one of our 5 old MMORPGs that are still actively played:

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The new skill is being developed together with the players

How is the new skill created? What exactly it will be like is currently still unclear. However, the developers are building the skill in a complex development phase together with the community. How this works in detail is explained by Community Manager Ayiza in a video (via YouTube).

According to this, there should be further surveys in the next phase regarding what kind of skill players actually want in the game and in which direction development should go. Then they want to pitch several different skills and let the players vote and discuss again.

In the next step, a skill will then be selected, which will subsequently be refined and the community should vote on it again. Only then do the developers want to finalize their decision on the selected skill and bring it into the game in a beta phase.

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What does the community say? In a thread on reddit, the topic is naturally being hotly discussed, so we want to give some fans a chance to speak (via reddit):

  • BoogieTheHedgehog writes: ‘The result is incredibly good, even higher than the 78% they were expecting. The big question is whether they will ever find anything that all yes-voters can agree on.’
  • Ploki122 says: ‘By the way, this is the voting with the most participants ever. In general, only two votes have received over 100,000 votes, and the new skill is even bigger than the Ironman mode.’
  • philly4yaa is excited: ‘Bingo! This is a great result from the community. Finally, we are getting a new skill!’

Are you currently playing RuneScape and have an opinion on the topic? Are you perhaps affected and want to participate in the survey for the new skill? Or did you maybe say no to the skill? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.

A fan in RuneScape took 8 years and almost 40,000 hours of gameplay for a crazy achievement, which is almost nullified by the new skill.

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Pokemon GO: Spotlight Hour today with Arktip and more candies

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO the Spotlight Hour with Arktip starts today, December 20. We will show you everything about the bonuses, Shinys, and the times of the event.

What kind of event is this? Today, the second-to-last Spotlight Hour in 2022 for Pokémon GO starts. During this event, a single Pokémon is in focus and appears almost everywhere in the wild. At the beginning of the month, the developers from Niantic already revealed which Pokémon and bonuses to expect.

In line with the events, there is a bonus that rewards you with Stardust, XP, or more candy. We will show you everything you need to know about the Spotlight Hour with Arktip here in the overview.

Spotlight Hour on December 20 – Start, Bonuses, Shiny

When does it start? The Spotlight Hour starts at 6:00 PM and lasts for 60 minutes. Around 7:00 PM, the spawns should normalize again and the bonus will be turned off.

What bonuses are there? You will encounter Arktip almost everywhere in the wild. The Pokémon comes from the sixth generation of games and is an Ice type. It can evolve into Arktilas.

You will receive double the amount of candy for catching Pokémon. Keep in mind that this applies not only to catches of Arktip but to all Pokémon caught during the event.

In the next Spotlight Hour, you can expect Petznief:

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Can you catch Shiny Arktip? Yes, but only for a short time. The event “Winter Holidays 2022 Part 1” unlocked the Shiny version of Arktip.

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Comparison: Left is the normal Arktip, right is the Shiny version

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Is it worth it to attend the Spotlight Hour today? As an attacker, Arktip is not particularly strong. Its evolution Arktilas is at least in PvE in the midfield, but there are many stronger alternatives. In PvP, it ranks in the lower midfield of the Super and Hyper League, and it’s slightly better in the Master League. It will not be a must-attend event for you.

Keep in mind that there will be a raid day with Hisui-Arktilas on December 24. All events in December 2022 can be found here.

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Hearthstone gives you 10 card packs – You just have to log in

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

Hearthstone is trying to appeal to new and old players. In line with the Christmas event, there are plenty of free card packs.

In Hearthstone, the expansion “March of the Lich King” was released just a few days ago, and Death Knights are dominating the battlefields – whether in ranked mode or in the arena. At the same time, the Christmas festivities offers are starting. In addition to some nice offers in the shop, there are also many free card packs that you can collect with just a few clicks. We’ll tell you what’s inside and how to get the free cards.

What is free? All players can get 10 card packs for free. The packs come from these expansions:

  • 2x Forged in the Barrens
  • 2x United in Stormwind
  • 2x Split in Alterac Valley
  • 2x Voyage to the Sunken City
  • 2x Murder at Castle Nathria
Hearthstone Card Pack Gift
10 packs for free – you just need to pick them up from the shop.

How to get the card packs? To get the card packs, you need to start Hearthstone and then go to the shop page. There, you have to scroll down past the various offers almost to the very bottom and you can claim the gift package.

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New accounts get even more: Those who have not yet started with Hearthstone receive even bigger incentives. Blizzard grants additional 50 card packs to complete newcomers who created their account after December 13, 2022. To do this, you need to complete the tutorial and then receive 10 card packs each from the last 5 standard expansions. So, if you’re looking for players over the holidays, it might be worth bringing a few friends into the game – they will have a pleasant start right away.

Are you currently playing Hearthstone? How do you like the new Death Knight class?

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Epic has to pay a fine of 259 million euros because Fortnite allegedly violates children’s privacy

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 3 minutes

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. federal agency for trade, Fortnite developer Epic Games must pay a fine of 259 million euros for allegedly violating children’s privacy with the battle royale shooter. Additionally, Epic Games must pay 232 million euros in refunds to players for the use of “dark patterns.”

What kind of fine is this? Epic Games is facing a record fine of 275 million USD (equivalent to 259 million euros). According to the agency, this is the highest fine ever imposed for violating an FTC rule.

Why does Epic Games have to pay this fine? The FTC has determined that the developer studio violated children’s privacy with the game Fortnite. An official statement reads:

The FTC lawsuit against Epic includes two separate, record-setting settlements. Under a federal court order requested by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC, Epic will pay a fine of 275 million USD for violating the COPPA rule – the highest penalty ever imposed for a violation of an FTC rule.

The Federal Trade Commission via ftc.gov

Furthermore, according to the FTC statement, Epic Games is required to implement privacy settings for children and adolescents that ensure voice and text communication is turned off by default.

What rule did Epic Games violate? The FTC’s accusation against Epic Games is a “violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule” by failing to notify parents and obtain consent. The FTC states:

The FTC claimed that Epic knew that many children played Fortnite – as surveys of Fortnite users, licensing and marketing of Fortnite toys and merchandise, player support, and other communications from the company showed – and Epic collected personal data from children without obtaining verifiable parental consent first.

The Federal Trade Commission via ftc.gov

Fortnite’s default settings harm children and adolescents

The FTC statement also mentions that Epic imposes unreasonable hurdles on parents requesting the deletion of their children’s personal data.

Another violation of Fortnite regarding children’s privacy according to the FTC is: “The default settings harm children and adolescents:”

According to the FTC, the default setting for text and voice chat in Fortnite harmed children and adolescents as they were matched with strangers to play the battle royale shooter together.

The damage caused to children and adolescents while playing Fortnite is described by the FTC as follows:

Children and adolescents were bullied, threatened, harassed, and exposed to dangerous and psychologically traumatizing topics such as suicide while playing Fortnite.

The Federal Trade Commission via ftc.gov

FTC forces Epic Games to pay $245 million in refunds to players

What kind of refunds are these? In addition to the fine imposed on Epic Games for violating children’s privacy, the FTC report states that Epic Games must pay 245 million dollars (equivalent to 231 million euros) in refunds to players.

The FTC directs Epic Games to compensate consumers for the use of “dark patterns” as well as its billing practices. Here are the three accusations the FTC made against Epic:

  • Epic Games used dark patterns to lure users into making purchases
  • Epic Games charged account holders unauthorized fees
  • Epic Games blocked users from accessing purchased content

With the so-called “dark patterns,” Epic Games allegedly employed design patterns in Fortnite to entice players into unwanted in-game purchases. The “inconsistent and confusing button configuration” reportedly caused players to incur unwanted costs by pressing a single button.

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Moreover, account holders are said to have been charged unauthorized fees, as until 2018 children and other users could purchase cosmetic content and battle passes simply by pressing buttons, without requiring verification from the account holder or parents.

Additionally, Epic Games is alleged to have blocked the accounts of players who disputed unauthorized charges with their credit card companies. As a result, those affected lost access to their purchased content.

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