The special research “A Cosmic Companion” is now fully revealed during the Astral Eclipse in Pokémon GO. We show you all tasks and rewards from chapters 9 to 12.
What kind of research is this? The special research “A Cosmic Companion” has been running in Pokémon GO for several weeks now. New chapters with tasks and rewards are being released gradually. Now, with the start of the Astral Eclipse event, the final chapters are known.
Here we show you the overview of the grand finale of the research. Note: The Astral Eclipse event starts at 10:00 AM on November 23. From then on, you’ll find the new tasks.
A Cosmic Companion 9/12
Task
Reward
Evolve a Cosmovum
Encounter with Staryu
Stage reward: If you complete the task and collect the reward, you will also receive an encounter with Starmie, 2,000 XP, and 500 stardust.
Stage reward: If you complete these tasks and collect the respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Sunflora, 4,000 XP, and 1,000 stardust.
A Cosmic Companion 11/12
Task
Reward
Evolve 3 Pokémon
12 Himmih Berries
Walk 5 kilometers
Encounter with Staryu
Land 15 good curveball throws
10 Sanan Berries
Stage reward: If you complete these tasks and collect the respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Lunatone, 4,000 XP, and 1,000 stardust.
In GTA Online, the Heist Challenge for 2022 has started. We will show you what the goal is, why it’s worth it, and how much money you can currently make in Heists.
What kind of challenge is this? In the past weeks, various bonuses related to Heists have been launched in GTA Online. Everywhere, there have been lots of money and rewards for you. Until recently, even the valuable panther statue was guaranteed from the Cayo Perico Heist.
Now, the Heist event culminates in a huge challenge. How difficult it is and what lies behind it, we will explain to you here. We will also show you in which Heists you can currently earn more money.
The Heist Challenge 2022
This is the task: In 2020, there was already a similar Heist Challenge. In 7 days, you were to earn 100 billion GTA dollars in Heists. As a reward, shortly after, every participant received a gift car. The community even managed to collect 1 trillion GTA dollars.
Now, in 2022, the team wants even more from you. To be precise: Twice as much! You are to earn 2 trillion GTA dollars in Heists, and you have another week to do so. This is a community goal to which all participants contribute online.
How long do you have? Until November 30, you have time to contribute to the community goal. It doesn’t matter which Heist you play. If you’re after the money, then check out our overview of all Heists and their money rewards. But keep in mind, there are currently Heist bonuses that pay out double money on certain Heists. We will show you the overview in the next section.
Thanks to the money bonuses, the older Heists may become more attractive to you and tempt you to complete them once again. If you prefer to stay with the El Rubio Heist, then use our solo guide for the Cayo Perico Heist. This way, you’ll secure quick millions.
Have you already thought about which Heists you want to participate in the challenge?
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The release of Solgaleo and Lunala in Pokémon GO is coming soon. Since the Astral Eclipse event, you can evolve them. We show you all the contents of the event.
What kind of event is this? The event for the Astral Eclipse focuses on the stars. Finally, you can evolve Cosmovum and there are more bonuses for you.
In the overview, we show you everything you need to know about the new event.
Astral Eclipse – Start, Content, Bonuses, Shinies
When does it start? The event started on November 23 at 10:00 AM local time. It is active until Monday, November 28 at 8:00 PM local time.
New Pokémon: For the first time, you can obtain the sun circle Pokémon Solgaleo and the moon disc Pokémon Lunala.
If you evolve Cosmovum during the day, you will get Solgaleo
If you evolve Cosmovum at night, you will get Lunala
Here you see Cosmovum, Solgaleo and Lunala (from left to right)
Many trainers are now faced with the decision of which way they should evolve their only Cosmovum. We have analyzed it for you and show: Solgaleo or Lunala – Who should you choose?
Special Research: The Special Research “A Cosmic Companion” will be continued with the event and will receive further chapters. Here at MeinMMO, we will show you all the contents.
Ultra Beasts Arrival: On November 27 (Sunday), you can expect the special event Ultra Beasts Arrival. We have summarized all the details for you regarding the raid event.
Wild Pokémon: The following Pokémon appear more frequently in the wild: Alolan Rattata*, Alolan Sandshrew*, Clefairy*, Alolan Vulpix*, Staryu*, Hoothoot*, Sun Kern*, Lunatone*, Sunkern*, Somniam*, Woobat*, Lilminip, Munchlax* (Pokémon marked with a star * can be encountered as Shiny)
You can encounter Staryu* in special field research.
Special Sky: During the Astral Eclipse, you can discover the Nebula Sky in the game for the first time this season.
Raids: In the raids during the Astral Eclipse, you will encounter the following Pokémon:
Difficulty
Bosses
1
Drifloon* Jellicent (pink and blue) Lead* Heart*d*
3
Tentacruel Shardrago* Hisui-Washakwil*
5
Anego
Mega
Mega-Houndoom*
Collector Challenge: As a special incentive, there will be Collector Challenges during the event. You will receive Stardust for completing them!
Avatar Items: If you want to style your avatar to match the release of Solgaleo and Lunala, you have the opportunity with new clothing. During and after the event, you will find in the shop:
Lunala Wings
Solgaleo Mask
Lunala Pants
Solgaleo Shoes
Galaxy Socks
In the preview image, you can see how your characters could look with them:
With the arrival of the Ultra Beasts on Sunday, an additional mini-event awaits you during the Astral Event. The next few days could be really exciting again. Especially the Collector Challenge with the Stardust rewards sounds like it could be very beneficial.
Destiny 2 is a shooter that also has a lot to offer musically. For a long time, Bungie has entertained its Guardians not only with cool gunplay but also with emotional music. Now a developer has revealed another cool musical weapon secret that no Guardian has discovered since 2020. MeinMMO tells you what it is and lets you hear how it sounds.
Here’s why it’s worth listening closely: In Destiny 2, music is very different from most games. Bungie’s composers often try out new things musically with every DLC release.
Since 2014, music in the Destiny universe not only underlines what Guardians do in-game. It is also a very emotional melody of the entire story, in order to express particularly strong moments from Destiny’s history more compellingly.
The number of players who still have music from Destiny 1 and 2 in their personal playlists and listen to it repeatedly shows how well this resonates.
We can specifically recommend the following songs from Destiny’s history:
When Destiny 2 arrived in 2014, a melody that is still relevant today prepared the Guardians for the new era and their temporarily light-less existence.
For the raid “Deep Stone Crypt,” many were touched by the sad song “Lullaby” regarding the fate of the Exos.
In 2022, Bungie continued this captivating music tradition. At the start of the “The Witch Queen” DLC in February 2022, particularly the teaser song “Cruel World” by Phantogram garnered a lot of attention and created another Destiny earworm.
In this video, you can listen to the song again:
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Destiny 2 shows launch trailer for the new expansion Witch Queen
The sound of Destiny is loved by many and is often recognizable. This is why Guardians were surprised when another musical yet old secret from the Destiny universe was revealed.
What secret has become known now? On November 18, Bungie’s senior sound designer Juan Pablo Uribe announced via Twitter that a specific exotic weapon can play the music of a Destiny 2 DLC. He also added: “You will know it when you hear it.”
Via Twitter, senior sound designer Juan Pablo Uribe reveals the sound secret.
The weapon in question is specifically the 2020 released auto rifle “Fallen’s Image” in Season 11, which plays the well-known base melody from the DLC “Beyond Light”.
How can the sound be triggered? First, you need to be in possession of the weapon. Since the former exo quest is no longer available, you can conveniently acquire the auto rifle at the “Monument to Lost Lights” in the Tower.
When you fire a sustained beam from the exotic auto rifle “Fallen’s Image,” there is a 1 in 10 chance that you can hear the subtle additional melody from the shooting sound.
YouTuber Luckyy 10P wanted to know for sure, immediately made a video with a shooting test, and was surprised by what he heard. Those who listen closely can recognize the signature tones of the “Beyond Light” intro in the shooting progression of the weapon.
We recommend: First listen to this “Beyond Light” intro again, then it will definitely be easier to recognize the sound.
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Please listen closely to recognize the signature melody from “Beyond Light”.
Upon inquiry, Juan Pablo Uribe further explained that when this exo weapon was released a season before “Beyond Light” in July 2020, it was the first time that a musical DLC theme was secretly implemented in Destiny 2 as a teaser for what was to come.
Players will therefore no longer need to pay attention only to texts or hidden places to catch small teasers of the future. They will now also need to listen carefully if they want to find hidden references from Bungie.
What do you think about this musical secret? Would you have come up with it, or do you not listen closely to your weapons? Feel free to leave us your comment on this topic here on MeinMMO and tell us what your favorite Destiny song is.
The new melody secret was certainly a curious and unique surprise. However, in Destiny 2, there are many other secrets with which you can also show off in front of your fireteam:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 have banned advanced movement techniques like the “Slide-Cancel.” Since then, players have been looking for other techniques to gain an advantage. And with the G-Walk, they have discovered something crazy.
Update, November 23: There are now some videos with instructions. We have included one for you.
Sliding is less powerful than it was last year, Bunny-Hopping was also heavily nerfed in Modern Warfare 2. The latest generation of Call of Duty is supposed to bring only a few advantages when mastering certain movement techniques.
However, CoD MW2 and also Warzone 2 offer many actions that can be combined joyfully. If the transitions between these actions are somewhat sloppy from a technical standpoint, players often find ways to combine them.
So, in the CoD MW2 beta, there was indeed a technique to perform a Slide-Cancel. The gap was closed with the full release, but now a new move has emerged that is even stronger than the Slide-Cancel – the G-Walk.
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Movement technique scores with quick actions
What kind of technique is this? The G-Walk somehow combines crouching with jumping and sliding. The result resembles the movements of a gorilla. But see for yourself:
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Through the crazy jumps, quick and unexpected changes of direction can be made. Moreover, one moves faster than when running normally. Currently, it seems quite “OP” – that is, overpowered and too strong compared to normal movement.
How does the trick work? There are now some videos with instructions. We will embed a clip here that explains how it works on PC:
The developers have made it clear that advanced movement techniques are supposed to play a smaller role in the future. It remains to be seen how the responsible parties will react to the G-Walk – if the trick spreads, a nerf is also possible.
Write us your opinion in the comments – interesting trick or silly hopping around?
In Fortnite, several new soccer skins have been released. They are quite extensively customizable – and strikingly colorful.
What are these skins? Fortnite released the “Let Everyone Know” outfits in the shop on September 22 at 01:00 AM. This consists of ten skins with a clear soccer reference: There is the “Goalkeeper”, the “Free Kick Goddess”, the “Red Card Rude”, and some other examples – fitting for the currently ongoing Soccer World Cup.
The special thing is: The skins are highly customizable, even more than most common Fortnite skins. You can either choose one of several pre-made color styles, inspired by various nations – or you can freely decide how you want the skin to look.
These skins can be found in Fortnite
From individual parts of the tops, to scarves, pants, shoes, and gloves, you can color a lot of parts individually.
This allows for extremely colorful combinations – which also enables rainbow-colored Pride skins, as reported by the portal “Eurogamer“.
Fortnite releases soccer skins that are as colorful as players want
For the current World Cup in Qatar, there are currently no licensed skins in Fortnite, and the World Cup itself is not explicitly mentioned, reports Eurogamer. Instead, these particularly eye-catching skins have been released at the start of the World Cup, along with a whole series of soccer quests in Fortnite.
The skins can be designed in colorful ways
The skins have not been explicitly released as Pride skins, but the timing is noteworthy: Players could create particularly colorful characters in a soccer look in Fortnite while there are significant discussions about the topic of “rainbow” during the current World Cup in Qatar.
The rainbow and the World Cup: Regarding the ongoing World Cup in Qatar, there is a lot of criticism. This includes, among other things, Qatar’s legislation, which prohibits homosexuality. The rainbow colors are currently being used as a protest during the World Cup – especially in the form of clothing, which can be seen on visitors and also reporters.
Also, the so-called “One Love” captain’s armband, with a colorful heart on it, is causing discussions. Several European associations wanted to use this armband during the games as a symbol for diversity and tolerance, but the football world federation, FIFA, announced sports sanctions for wearing this armband during the games. Consequently, the associations of Germany, England, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Wales, and Switzerland announced that they would forego the armband (via kicker).
In Fortnite, there have already been various events, skins, and other cosmetics that explicitly highlighted the Pride theme (via epicgames.com). Especially the “Rainbow Royale” event has been very prominent.
For example, Epic hosted the “Rainbow Royale” event in September 2022 and called it the “perfect time to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community.” They mentioned that they wanted to “celebrate love, empathy, acceptance, and all the colors that make up the Fortnite community.”
Aside from the new skins, players in Fortnite are currently waiting for the end of Chapter 3, which is currently underway. The end of the current chapter has already been announced – the start of Chapter 4 in Fortnite is now also clear.
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A gaming chair prevented a man from North Rhine-Westphalia from receiving almost 30 kilos of his ceiling on his head.
A good gaming chair can save your health. They support important areas of your body, distribute the load, and encourage movement when you sit all day. Your back will thank you.
That gaming chairs can also save lives is something you probably haven’t heard often. However, this is happening in North Rhine-Westphalia. MeinMMO tells the story.
Andrea B. contacted the manufacturer Recaro with an unusual story. According to him, his new gaming chair “Recaro Exo” saved his life – or at least prevented severe injuries.
B. wrote to the company:
Five weeks ago, a large ceiling panel in my office detached and fell on me during a video conference. Fortunately, the panel first hit the top edge of the chair […] shattered there and only bounced into small pieces on or next to me.
According to the man, the mentioned ceiling panel weighed about 30 kilos. If the massive panel had landed unbraked on the man’s head or neck, severe injuries could not have been ruled out.
Andrea B. goes even further: “This chair may have saved my life or spared me a long hospital stay.”
This is what it looked like in the office after the accident:
Andrea B. and the chair have come through the whole ordeal unscathed. However, the manufacturer sent B. a replacement chair due to minor damage to the seat.
Season 18 in Destiny 2 is entering the final stretch and brings the anticipated community event online tonight. MeinMMO tells you exactly what else is on the agenda after the weekly reset and what activities you can tackle.
Here’s what’s happening this week: The Guardians are being asked by Misraaks this week to take on the honorable task of helping the Fallen in the Eliksni neighborhood improve their living conditions.
While Spider has set up a cozy, small, and above all warm shop for his business, the rest of the Eliksni still live in places without walls, shelter, or warmth. Time to lend them a hand, Guardians.
If you’re not exhausted enough afterward, you can also face the current toughest Nightfall challenge in the strike “The Lightblade” this week.
The Nightfall strike “The Lightblade” is active.
The key information on activities from November 22 to 29.
Strike: Nightfall – The Trial by Fire
The Lightblade, Savathûn’s Throne World
The strike “The Lightblade” is currently considered an extremely difficult challenge and is quite tough at higher difficulty levels. Guardians travel to the deep swamps of the Throne World to obtain a relic that provides more clues on how Savathûn gained the light. You will face an Oryx-worthy foe who guards the temple where the relic is found.
This week’s Nightfall weapon: As a reward for your run, you will always receive a special Nightfall weapon.
This week, acquire the shotgun “The Pursuit of the Mind-Twister.”
Playlist strikes have the following modifiers this week:
Solar Ignition
Heavyweight
Iron
The ignition modifier accompanies you all week, while the others change daily.
In the current raid “King’s Fall,” you must face the final raid challenge to earn more loot.
In the challenge “Hands Off“, players are not allowed to kill the same Ogre and Knight more than once. So, you need to think carefully about what you want to kill, as no one in your team may defeat the same Light Eater Ogre and Light Eater Knight more than once.
This restriction applies throughout the encounter and also includes the two Ogres that spawn during the final battle. But despite these limitations, you must kill both the Ogre and the Knight quickly.
Here are the raid requirements and challenges awaiting you:
In Normal mode, completing a challenge gives you double loot.
The requirement for each encounter for Grandmasters is a power level of 1600 with champions.
Only from the Grandmaster raid can you receive 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:
Proceed carefully into the raid “Glass Chamber.”
Play the dungeon “Pit of Heresy” for additional pinnacle loot.
Defeat the boss in the dungeon “Pit of Heresy.”
Weekly Activities
In Season 18, Guardians can act as a pirate with their own crew and collect cryptic four-liners and complete the seasonal content. This includes:
Ketch Crash: Dive into this new 6-player activity in ship versus ship battles to prevent Eramis and her pirate gang from plunging the galaxy into chaos. There’s top loot available once a week on Grandmaster difficulty.
Expedition: Assemble treasure maps, search for treasures, and return to your ship while fending off enemy pirate crews.
Pirate Hideouts: Fight through weekly missions and loot powerful relics hidden in the hideouts of the pirate lords.
Even though the seasonal quest has been completed by most players, a prologue could still be waiting. Currently, Mithrax and Eido are investigating the mysterious artifacts of Nezarek. It’s quite possible that Bungie has a final story piece along with a community event in store.
Along with Season 18, the current DLC from “The Witch Queen” is also active and can be played. For example, in the weekly repeatable campaign mission. There’s also top loot to be earned there to reach the current max power level of 1580.
Savathûn’s Throne World – Weekly Campaign Mission
“The Trick”
In the campaign mission, you search the dark corners of Savathûn’s Throne World for another hint of how she stole the light based on a tip from Fynch.
Crucible – Here are the PvP playlists:
Private Match
Rumble
Control
Elimination
Glory Survival
Glory Survival: Freelance
Rift
“Trials of Osiris” starting November 26, including the return of the Freelance mode and “Zone Control”
Playlist bonus this week:
This week, the 14th Saint favors you with bonus Trials ranks in Trials.
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
Petra Venj is located at the top of the pavilion in the area “The Shore” in the Dreaming City. The curse cycle starts anew and curse week 1 is active. The 5th Ascendant Challenge is also active.
All sources for pinnacle loot in Season 18 of Destiny 2
So that you know where to effectively snag your pinnacle loot, we provide you each week with a quick overview of activities.
Take advantage of the last chances for pinnacle loot in this Season 18.
This is the new max level: In the new season of the Looters, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,580. This increases the power level at the start of the new Season 18 by +10 compared to the previous Season 17. All players receive the base power level of 1,350.
This pinnacle loot brings your power level up to 1,580:
Complete 3 Strike operations with appropriate focus (+1)
Hawthorne’s clan quest: Earn 5000 XP (+1)
Trials of Osiris (+2)
Here’s how to get free loot: For all new and old Guardians who want to play again in the future or after a break, Bungie has prepared the “Gift of the Thunder Gods” in Season 18.
You can pick up this loot chest for free in the H.E.L.M. after completing the “New Light” campaign. It brings you to a power level of up to 1540 or more – with Arc armor and weapons, as well as two exotic and ten legendary items. You can also collect these rewards for all your characters once.
Glint Dust Highlights in Eververse
If you want to complete your armor ornaments with the seasonal Fortnite sets in this Season 18, you should log in this week. You can purchase the last piece, the helmet, for 1600 Glint Dust per character and then have a complete set, provided you have purchased all the ornaments before.
For the Titan “Knightly Black Headgear”
For the Warlock “Painted Kitsune Hood”
For the Hunter “Eternal Revenge Helmet”
Secure the helmet of the Fortnite ornaments this week.
Otherwise, here’s what’s available in Tess Eververse’s sale:
Exotic Ship “Aoki/Faas Sl-65”
Exotic Ship “Heliotropium”
Exotic Sparrow “Drive Force”
Exotic Weapon Ornament “The End of an Era” for the Hand Cannon “The Last Word”
Exotic Emote “Scrub the Deck”
Exotic Emote “Captivating Thoughts”
Legendary Emote “No Net”
Shader “Polished Seastone”
Ghost Projection “Lantern Projection”
Not enough Glint Dust? So many great items, but you already have a Glint Dust shortage? Then check out our tips on how to improve your Glint Dust budget.
Will you check out the community event and support the Eliksni, or will you try to turn off the light of the Lightblade? Then feel free to leave us a comment with your strategy.
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Since DMZ is the first mode of its kind in a Call of Duty game, acclimating to the gameplay can indeed be challenging. To ensure you don’t start your first rounds completely unprepared, we have compiled 10 tips to make the beginning a little easier, especially for newcomers.
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1. Do Faction Missions
Before you start your first round in the DMZ mode, you should familiarize yourself with the faction missions. You can view these in the main menu of the mode and activate or deactivate specific contracts. By completing a faction mission, you earn XP and make progress with the individual factions.
At the beginning, you can only complete missions for the “Legion” faction. After completing 4 contracts, the “White Lotus” faction follows. Once you have completed all Level 2 missions for Legion and White Lotus, you unlock “Black Mous”.
After you complete all Level 3 contracts from all three factions, you get a second slot for an insured weapon. If you then also complete all Level 5 contracts from the three factions, you even get a third slot for insured weapons.
What is an insured weapon? If you die in DMZ mode, you will lose your inventory and the weapon you carry is gone. An exception is the insured weapon, which can also be customized at the gunsmith and equipped with attachments.
If you die with an insured weapon, it has a cooldown of several hours afterward. A second or third slot for an insured weapon is therefore beneficial because you can still carry personalized weapons during the cooldown.
2. Loot Purposefully, You Are Not a Vacuum Cleaner
In DMZ, you can collect a lot of loot. This includes weapons, armor vests, and items that are relevant for missions. But there is also a lot of loot that you cannot use when it is not needed.
Focus on collecting things that you really need. Gather items like canisters, bandages, or stims when they are required for a mission. It may also be wise to pick up valuables to earn money. But don’t waste your limited storage space.
To loot purposefully, you should explore specific locations. Do you need canisters for a mission? Then check at a gas station. Are you looking for gear and weapons? Be sure to search ammunition depots! They are a good source for standard gear.
Bonus Tip: Head to the train that travels across the map. Another promising location is the Al Malik Airport. Both provide rare loot crates and good weapons.
3. Coordinate Faction Missions with Your Teammates
Completing faction missions is an important part of DMZ. To fulfill the various contracts as effectively as possible, you should coordinate with your teammates on which mission you are actively pursuing.
If all three members of your squad complete the same mission, you will earn progress together. For example, if the task is to collect 7 canisters, all three must extract a total of 7 canisters.
However, if you do not have the mission active at the same time and your friends complete it days later, you will earn points independently. Instead of extracting seven canisters for all members only once, you may have to collect seven canisters three times in the worst case due to a lack of communication.
4. Reliable Method to Get Armor Plates
For seasoned shooter veterans, this is probably no surprise, but you should shoot NPCs in the head.
If you eliminate an armored NPC by shooting them in the torso, with grenades or similar methods, you destroy their armor and cannot loot it. If you shoot them in the head instead, they drop an armor plate.
Armor plates are also tremendously important in DMZ mode, as without them you are an easy target.
5. Regularly Use the UAV Tower
The UAV Tower is a large radio tower that you must activate during one of the first Legion missions. When activated, the tower scans a certain area around it for enemies. Both enemy NPCs and players are displayed on your mini-map.
The displayed symbols also give you an indication of whether the revealed enemy is an NPC or a player.
NPCs are represented by a diamond with a red outline and no fill.
Players are represented by a diamond with red fill.
6. Extract Weapons You Haven’t Unlocked Yet
If you want to carry a specific rifle as an insured weapon, you need to unlock it first. However, this can be done not only by reaching a certain level.
If you extract with a weapon or piece of equipment you do not yet have, you unlock it by fleeing from Al Mazrah.
This also applies to weapons and equipment your friends drop for you. Simply pick them up and get into the helicopter that extracts you from the area.
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CoD Warzone 2: Assault Rifle M13B unlock in DMZ mode – Here’s how to get it
7. Do Not Leave the Match After You Die
In shooters, dying can be quite frustrating, but no matter how annoyed you are, you should not leave a match in DMZ mode early. If your teammates are still alive, the round can still be worth it for you even if you are already out.
Your gear and weapons are gone after death, that is clear, but the missions continue.
If your teammates complete a faction mission or extract items that are relevant for progressing a mission, you will receive the progress even if you did not extract.
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8. You Can Reduce the Cooldown of the Insured Weapon
If you lose an insured weapon, you will get it back after several hours of cooldown. However, this also means that you cannot use your insured weapon for a certain period.
However, it is possible to reduce the cooldown of your insured weapon by extracting money and valuables. The higher the value, the stronger the reduction of the cooldown.
Bonus Tip: Look out for trash cans marked as “Dead Drop”. There, you can place money, loot, and valuables during the ongoing round and thereby also reduce the cooldown of your insured weapon. This way, you save yourself the risk of losing money, etc., just before extraction.
9. Vehicles Are a Killing Machine
Some enemies are quite difficult to crack in DMZ mode, even if they are “only” NPCs. Particularly well-armored enemies like the Juggernaut or the Chemist in the contaminated zone can withstand several shots.
You will have it much easier if you run them over with a vehicle. You don’t even have to go particularly fast because vehicles always kill with just one hit.
10. Hostage Rescue Provides an Additional Extraction Point
As the round slowly approaches its end and you have your pockets full of loot, there is nothing more stressful than squads with enemy players near your chosen extraction point.
Fortunately, a map task provides relief. When you activate the “Hostage Rescue” task, you must – as the name suggests – rescue a hostage. This is often located in a building guarded by armored NPCs.
If you take out the NPCs and grab the hostage, you need to bring them to a designated location. At that location awaits a helicopter that is supposed to evacuate the hostage. A helicopter that only you can see on the map and that will extract both the hostage and you. So just get in with the hostage and safely escape from Al Mazrah.
However, keep in mind that the player who carries the hostage can only carry sidearms.
The DMZ mode of Warzone 2 is not only an extraction shooter, but it is also the only way to get the new assault rifle M13B. How you obtain the rifle can be found out on MeinMMO.
The World Cup 2022 in Qatar has begun. Both bookmakers and artificial intelligences are trying to predict the winner. According to AI Opta-Analyst, 3 teams in particular have the greatest chance of winning the title. This prediction roughly matches what EA found out with FIFA 23.
What does the AI say? The highest chances are likely:
Brazil – 16.3 %
Argentina – 13.1 %
France – 12 %
Behind them, Spain (8.9 %), England (8.8 %), Germany (7.7 %), and the Netherlands (6.6 %) follow at a distance. The teams with the least chance of winning the World Cup are considered to be Iran, Ghana, and Australia with 0.1 %, as well as Saudi Arabia and Costa Rica, which even have a 0 % probability (via Twitter).
The interesting thing about the AI is that it specializes in data around sports events such as soccer, basketball, and American football. It has a large database that can be accessed to make this prediction.
However, there is no guarantee, as not only statistics come into play at a World Cup, but many other factors such as current form, team morale, and injuries.
France takes third place, keeping the top 3 identical to what the AI predicted. Only the first and second places have switched. By the way, Germany got knocked out by Brazil in the quarter-finals with a score of 0:3 in FIFA.
A French colleague from Jeuxvideo also simulated the World Cup multiple times. There, Argentina, Brazil, France, and Spain won the most titles. However, England managed to sneak in a win:
What do the bookmakers say? Looking at common betting odds, Brazil and Argentina are usually at the top regarding the World Championship title. They are followed in varying orders by England, France, Spain, and Germany.
MeinMMO reveals another card from the new Hearthstone expansion “March of the Lich King” – and the Hunter card “Scourgecaller” packs a punch.
The latest expansion “March of the Lich King” will be released in Hearthstone soon. With the new class “Death Knight,” there are even more cards this time – a whopping 145 new cards will be in the upcoming set. The cards are being revealed piece by piece, and MeinMMO is also showcasing some cards.
The “Scourgecaller” really has a lot to offer.
The Scourgecaller – a powerful hero ability in a compact form
The Scourgecaller is an epic minion for Hunters, bringing a 2 / 2 body for 2 mana to the board as an Undead (a new minion type). Its battlecry ensures it can still be quite useful later in the game, as it states:
Creates its own Zombie.
What is a Zombie? Anyone who has played “Knights of the Frozen Throne” will remember zombies, as the undead variant of Rexxar, “Deathstalker Rexxar,” could assemble them as a hero ability.
When you create a Zombie, you get to choose from three different beasts twice. You must pick one from each case. The two chosen beasts then merge into your “Zombie.” This means:
Their mana costs are added
Their stats are added
Their effects like battlecry, deathrattle, windfury, or similar are added
After that, you get the Zombie in your hand and can play it.
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New in “March of the Lich King” is that zombies not only count as beasts but also as undead. This provides them with new synergy effects and allows them to interact with other cards that further boost beasts or undead.
More about Hearthstone can be found here on MeinMMO:
The Scourgecaller is likely to prove to be a solid “all-around” card that finds a place in many Hunter decks. Because whether you want to have a slightly weaker Zombie early on, or a larger creature with higher mana costs and stronger effects later, the Scourgecaller is quite versatile. Unlike many other cards, it is useful in both early and late game.
What do you think of the Scourgecaller? A worthwhile addition to your decks? Or will you hardly use the card?
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You are looking for tips on Black Friday on Amazon? MeinMMO has a few recommendations for you that cost no more than 30 euros.
On Black Friday, thousands of offers for gamers are available. It’s easy to lose track of which deals are good and which ones are actually worth it.
MeinMMO has selected a few recommendations for you that could be worth your while if you don’t want to spend more than 30 euros.
Memory card for mobile phone or Nintendo Switch
What does that bring me? If you regularly buy games in the Nintendo eShop for your Switch, eventually you will have a full internal memory. In this case, a memory card is worthwhile, which you can easily insert into the Switch. Afterwards, you can use the card for games, save data, or screenshots.
What does it cost? Currently, you pay a little less than 20 euros for different memory cards. At Samsung, you can get 256 GB of storage for 19.99 euros, while at SanDisk you pay 13.99 euros for 128 GB.
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What does that bring me? Some manufacturers offer power strips with surge protection. This protection secures your connected hardware against sudden surges, such as from lightning strikes nearby.
What does it cost? Currently, you pay between 20 and 30 euros for such power strips thanks to Black Friday deals. From the renowned manufacturer Brennenstuhl, you can get an 8-socket strip for 28.89 euros instead of 33.98 euros.
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Lightweight gaming mouse for shooters
What does that bring me? The Pulsefire Haste from HyperX is a gaming mouse that weighs only 61 grams. The mouse is well-made and offers excellent tactility. It can even be adjusted with optional griptape. The main disadvantage is the unfinished software.
What does it cost? For the wired Pulsefire Haste, you currently pay 29.99 euros instead of 59.99 euros. Thus, it is a real insider tip if you are looking for a lightweight and high-quality gaming mouse. The wireless variant currently still costs 59.99 euros instead of 99.99 euros.
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More tips and recommendations for Black Friday: Are you looking for more recommendations for Black Friday on Amazon and more? Here we present the best recommendations for the PS5. If you want to set up your setup appropriately, you can find a handful of ideas here:
In Pokémon GO today, on November 22, the Spotlight Hour starts with Lilminip. We show you everything about the bonuses, shinies, and times of the event here.
What kind of event is this? On Tuesday evenings, Pokémon GO has a fixed schedule for Spotlight Hours. At the beginning of a month, Niantic announces which Pokémon will be the focus during these hours. For 60 minutes, you will find them particularly frequently in the wild at the scheduled times. There will also be a bonus.
Today, Lilminip is in the spotlight and is accompanied by a candy bonus. We show you all the details in our overview and explain who will benefit from the event today.
Spotlight Hour on November 22 – Start, Bonuses, Shiny
When does it start? As you know from these events, today’s Spotlight Hour starts at 6:00 PM local time. It will be active for one hour and ends at 7:00 PM.
What bonuses are available? During the event, you will encounter Lilminip almost everywhere in the wild. If you want, you can activate incense to attract even more Pokémon of this type.
The event is accompanied by a bonus. For sending Pokémon, you will receive double the amount of candy.
Another Spotlight Hour is expected after Lilminip still in November:
Is today’s Spotlight Hour worth it? Neither Lilminip nor its evolution Dressella are interesting attackers in the game. It is advisable to use the Spotlight Hour to tidy up your collection. Because when sending Pokémon, you receive twice as many candies as usual.
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With the weapon tuning, a new feature has come to Call of Duty that allows unprecedented control over the characteristics of your weapons. However, you should not just blindly set the sliders to maximum – it could even make your weapons worse instead of better.
However, you should not carelessly move the sliders around – as it can have unforeseen consequences and even degrade your weapons.
Warzone expert “TrueGameData” has taken a closer look at the tuning (via YouTube) and discovered some interesting facts that we summarize here for you.
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3 important facts about weapon tuning
1. Fact: Full tuning is not necessarily better: When you choose an attachment for tuning, you will see a spider chart of values. The highlighted values at the edge are influenced by the selected attachment.
You should really look closely at how the chart alters when you adjust a tuning value. Often the values are worse when you go all the way to the edge – check where the “sweet spot” is, i.e. the points at which you receive the best values.
We wanted to test this and already discovered with the first randomly selected attachment that the maximum value does not represent the optimal value:
Optimal tuning “Weight”Full tuning “Weight”
With the “Tempus Hightower 20” barrel of the M4, which is particularly interesting in Warzone, you unnecessarily lose “movement speed while aiming” when you set the slider to maximum.
If you use “0.50 lb” instead of just “0.30 lb”, you will gain a bit more mobility without disadvantages in recoil.
2. Fact: Tuning reveals hidden values: When tuning, you will always see 4 values and 2 of them you balance against each other.
Check with each tuning which values you are adjusting against each other. Often it is not even the values listed as pros and cons for the attachment.
Let’s stick with the example “Tempus Hightower 20”. Here there is a note about decreasing “movement speed” among the disadvantages. However, if you then turn the left “Weight” slider towards “Recoil Stability”, you are reducing the “aiming movement speed”.
This way, tuning shows more precisely which values are affected by the respective attachments, even if they do not appear in the list of pros and cons.
3. Fact: Values are calculated linearly – and somehow not: You should know that the attachment values in CoD MW2 and Warzone 2 are calculated linearly and independently from the base values.
This means: If a grip reduces your aim time by 20 milliseconds, it doesn’t matter what the base value is. Whether the weapon takes 500 or 250 milliseconds to aim – the grip always reduces the time by 20 milliseconds.
However, with tuning, all of this becomes a bit muddled – also pay attention to the spider chart here. Sometimes values increase together, while sometimes the lines shift independently of each other.
What’s important is: Keep a close eye on the diagram during tuning. It gives you valuable information about what you are changing on your weapon. This way, you ensure that you improve your setups and do not ruin them.
You can check out the complete analysis including insights into the proof calculations in TrueGameData’s English video:
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If you build a setup or try one from the internet, take a minute with the tuning and do not adopt the tuning recommendations without seeing them. You can often squeeze out more from your weapons if you do it right.
Let us know about your experiences with weapon tuning. Do you have any tips on the topic? Leave a comment.
If you want to collect a few cool templates in World of Warcraft as a Caller, you might be in for a nasty surprise. Because at least one boss is not pleased with your presence.
Which boss is it? Nefarian is the final boss in the Blackwing Lair, a raid for 40 players from Classic. The raid was released with patch 1.6 in July 2005. The black dragon is a direct descendant of the former Earth Warder Neltharion – also known as Deathwing.
Players discovered in early tests that Nefarian has gained new abilities. Now, however, the Dracthyr Callers are playable for everyone who owns Dragonflight, and you can see for yourself what the black dragon does to you.
What does Nefarian do with the Callers? In the fight against Neltharion, he has a special taunt for Callers. He insults you: “Caller, nothing but pitiful whelps. No wonder my father aborted your experiment.”
You also receive the debuff: “Pitiful Whelp,” which reduces damage dealt and healing by “99.9 (repeating, of course) %”. The debuff lasts for a few seconds and transforms you into a dragon whelp for its duration. What that looks like is shown in a short clip on Twitter.
If you enter the Blackwing Lair as a Caller, you can defeat almost all enemies there with one spell or strike, including bosses and even Nefarian. If you want to see for yourself how you are transformed, be careful not to kill the boss too early, but wait a bit.
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Dracthyr as “failed experiments” of Deathwing
Why does Nefarian do this? Nefarian has a special ability for each class, which he only casts when that class is present in the raid and affects the respective class. Despite his age, the boss received new abilities every time a new class entered the game:
Death Knight: the entire raid is pulled in by “Death Grip”
Monk: Monks roll uncontrollably around
Demon Hunter: everything turns black, because Demon Hunters are “blind” – only the UI remains visible
Accordingly, there is also a new ability for Callers. However, there is historically more behind this. After all, the Dracthyr are guardians created by Neltharion.
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Some players note that the situation and Nefarian’s comments are quite ironic. Because the black dragon himself tries in his lair to achieve what Neltharion has already accomplished with the Callers: to unite the power of all dragonflights in one being.
Although Nefarian’s ambitions are also significantly larger because he wanted to create “real dragons” and not just Dracthyr, he remained unsuccessful – and is easily defeated by the “pitiful whelps”.
Dragonflight is set to release on November 29, bringing new dangers like the ancient dragon lady Raszageth, who serves as the boss for the first raid. In our hub, you will find all the important information about the expansion:
On December 6, Dwarf Fortress will be released on Steam. The fantasy simulation gives players maximum freedom: it is a deep and complex sandbox. The dwarf simulation has been in development as an indie game since 2002. In 2008, the legend of the “mermaid farm” emerged, one of the most cruel and worst ideas on how to exploit game mechanics. What it is about and how the idea originated, we explain on MeinMMO.
Why is this story so legendary? The story shows how deeply the game “Dwarf Fortress” simulates the world with its countless rules.
The story also shows how ruthless players can be in seeking their advantage in the world.
This is the goal: In an early version of Dwarf Fortress, around 2008, the bones of mermaids and their male counterparts were extremely valuable.
So players discussed in a forum thread: How can we get to the bones of mermaids as effectively as possible? (via bay12forums)
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The idea of the “mermaid farm” became worse throughout the discussion
How did the idea develop? The original idea was to create a cave near the sea, lure in mermaids, drain the water from the cave, let the merfolk suffocate in the air, and then grab their bones.
But that seemed a bit cumbersome: Catching extra mermaids was exhausting. Why not breed them? Well, the objection was that it would take so long for baby mermaids to grow up.
On the other hand, why wait? Why not just kill the babies and sell their bones?
But there was the problem that dwarves refuse to dissect the bodies of beings that have a consciousness, and mermaids indeed have a consciousness in Dwarf Fortress.
Therefore, the idea arose to catapult the babies against a wall, so that the dwarves would only have to collect the bones of the exploded mermaid babies.
The idea was so repulsive to the developer that he massively reduced the value of the bones
What was the outcome? The idea of a farm where mermaids are bred, killed as babies, and their bones sold became so terrible that even the developers intervened.
It is said that one of the two brothers who develop Dwarf Fortress, Tarn “Toady” Adams, found the idea so awful that in the next patch, he completely lowered the value of mermaid bones. Since then, the exotic bones are only worth as much as ordinary cow bones.
Whether the “genocide mermaid farm” was ever built is unknown.
In any case, it seems this was the point at which even the hardened developers said: “No, at some point it’s enough. We won’t allow this anymore.”
The game “Postal 3” by the developer studio “Running with Scissors” was removed from Steam. The developer studio posted on Twitter expressing relief that no one will be able to purchase their game anymore. The players are also glad about this.
Which game is it about? Postal 3 is part of a game series by “Running with Scissors”. The studio is known for its violent and satirical shooter games, which have already caused controversies.
Postal 2 was even banned in 2004 in New Zealand by the “Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC)” on the grounds that: “The game is designed and has the capacity for the player to test how much violence and humiliation he or she can inflict on people” (via eurogamer & gamespot).
Developer studio expresses happiness over the removal of the game
What did the developer studio say about the removal of Postal 3? The developer studio Running With Scissors posted on November 21, 2022, on Twitter a statement commenting on the removal of Postal 3 from Steam:
“Due to the DRM issues of Postal 3 and the general crappiness of the game itself, the game will officially no longer be sold on Steam.
We had no control over the site, so we couldn’t make it free before the DRM problems started.
At least people won’t be able to buy this crap anymore!”
Here you can see the Twitter post:
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DRM is the abbreviation for “Digital Rights Management” and regulates legal access to digital content. This includes technology that determines what users can do with a product and prevents the creation of copies.
Why are the developers happy about the removal of Postal 3? The game was released by Akella, another game company, and not by Running with Scissors itself, which is why the studio distanced itself from Postal 3 earlier.
In an FAQ about Postal 2, a developer explained: “It was licensed to a Russian publisher and developer who was supposed to produce the game according to our design, with a much larger team and budget than we had for POSTAL 2.
Even considering these facts, it didn’t work out very well. It was a mistake that we won’t repeat” (via Steam).
Developers and players agree and celebrate
How is the community reacting to the post? Both on Twitter and on reddit, many players express positive feelings about the game being removed from Steam. Users write under the Twitter post such as:
@zekk_17: “Finally, evil is defeated!”
@spacetrainbaby: “I don’t think anyone wants to buy Postal 3 in the future”
@SpaceBunnn: “Postal 3 is the only game that gets your PC to think it’s a virus.”
How did Postal 3 perform in player ratings? In the screenshot from the developers’ Twitter post, it shows that the game performed predominantly poorly. The Steam page itself can no longer be accessed, so the reviews there are no longer traceable.
However, the game also performs poorly on the review website metacritic, with a Metascore of 24 and a User Score of 3.2 (as of November 22, 2022). Players criticize mainly technical issues, as well as the overall gameplay of Postal 3.
Two other titles from the series “Postal: Brain Damaged” and “Postal 4: No Regerts”, as well as their expansions, are still available on Steam.
Destiny 2 announced a comprehensive overhaul of the ranking system in PvP for Season 19 last week. This was long overdue – but skepticism remains high regarding whether the new system will revitalize the Crucible. MeinMMO tells you everything you need to know about the new systemand where there will still be problems.
What has Bungie planned for Season 19 in PvP? As Destiny 2 announced last week, there will be a new ranking system for PvP starting in Season 19. The old glory system will thus be replaced by the new “Competitive Division” ranking, which is intended to lead to fairer matches where you can measure and improve your skills.
The division will thus be the first real ranking system in Destiny 2, incorporating everything that has already proven successful in other shooters.
There will be promotion and demotion matches, allowing you to position yourself within the new seven divisions, divided into Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Adept, and Ascendant.
The new ranking system starts in Season 19.
How does the new ranking system work? To determine your exact rank, Destiny 2 will use a total of 4 different scoring criteria starting in Season 19:
1. The match outcome, whether players win or lose a match.
2. Inflation/Deflation, to assess how far players are above or below their division compared to their skills.
3. Player performance: How well Guardians have performed from game to game.
4. The skill delta between players and lobbies. Ultimately, this assesses how your skill compares to all other players in Destiny 2.
In the first season, the highest rank you can achieve is Gold III. In future seasons, players will then be placed closer to their previous competitive class. Those who do not play will lose their division ranking as well.
PvP in Destiny 2 will be quite tough for the best Guardians: If you have managed to reach the rank of Gold III, it is expected that you will play against Gold I, II, III, IV, and probably Silver I and Silver II players for further promotions. The Crucible will become increasingly difficult and demanding for you. Farming less qualified players will likely be a thing of the past.
This new ranking seems to be exactly what players have been wishing for a long time. Guardians who manage to climb the ranks of Platinum, Adept, or Ascendant can become the best Crucible players in Destiny 2 and bask in glory.
The new ranking is intended to show everyone where they stand in the hierarchy of PvP players in Destiny 2. Better than a KDA, which is your kills, deaths, and assists, the pure win percentage, or a third-party Elo ranking ever could.
2 problems the new ranking will not solve
Players criticize 2 major points about the upcoming PvP changes in Season 19.
However, the new ranking system lacks better rewards and new maps. Aside from the returning weapon “Rose”, you can generally only earn “bragging rights” and that only with little variety in locations.
Bungie has deliberately not implemented the two other major wishes of the Guardians: that there needs to be something to hunt in PvP again and more variety.
Regarding rewards, two compelling reasons were given to players:
First, many players feel pressured by PvP when they are required to play tons of PvP matches. Therefore, Bungie will not add unique farmable rewards, except for those you can get anywhere in the Crucible.
Second, they have become very cautious about awarding high-performance rewards for reaching higher divisions. Divisions are closely tied to skill. This means some division ranks will be completely unattainable for some players, no matter how hard they try or how much they play.
However, some players feel that these justifications do not target those players who primarily hang out in PvP in Destiny 2 and miss the actual target audience. This seems to cater more to casual players than to true PvP fans.
The “thrill of competition” is supposed to motivate you
Thus, the rewards for reaching a higher division will initially be limited to receiving so-called “efficiency bonuses”. This could be a higher multiplier for all Crucible ranks. But primarily, your reward is solely the positioning of where your Guardian stands in the hierarchy of PvP players in Destiny 2.
Additionally, only the “Rose”, an old player favorite and hand cannon hybrid, will keep you coming back to PvP each week. It will have a fire rate of 140 but will allow you to act like a 150.
The perk list consists of popular consistency perks that are meant to highlight 3v3 gameplay.
Additionally, there will be randomly rolled grips instead of an origin trait.
The “Rose” has a long history of being first corrupted and then redeemed.
How do you get the hand cannon “Rose”?
When you complete the “Competitive Division” intro quest (once per character), you will receive the weapon with the perk selection that Rose originally had.
After that, just play Competitive Division and earn one throw per week and per character.
More rewards and maps not until 2023: Only after the Lightfall DLC does Bungie want to introduce cosmetics as rewards. However, there are no concrete plans yet. But even that will likely not do justice to the focus on good loot in Destiny 2.
Another significant reward, the drop of the “Mida Multi-Tool” catalyst, will also become a rare drop from the glory prestige playlist from Season 19, after every victory in any Crucible playlist.
New maps are still scarce
While two more maps from the past are supposed to return to Destiny 2 in the coming year, only one brand new map will be added beyond that. However, it remains unclear when exactly this will happen. Bungie mentioned the timeframe for release as “in the year of Lightfall”.
The chronic “map shortage” does not only affect PvP. Players in Gambit are also yearning for more variety. Paul Tassi from Forbes thus suspects that the link to the career page in the “This Week at Bungie” blog is a clear indication that this part of Bungie is currently severely understaffed.
Moreover, he believes that all meta adjustments and balance patches cannot replace new maps in the long run. And as it looks, this will remain the case for another year, which will not be good news for any PvP player.
When does the new PvP ranking system start? The new ranking system will come into play already in Season 19, on December 6 at 6 PM.
To activate your division for the first time, you must complete a quest from Lord Shaxx once for each character account. This is available to New Light players once they have unlocked the Crucible. However, experienced players can immediately pick up and complete the quest.
What do you think of the new ranking system? Does it have the potential to bring fresh wind to the PvP community and boost your motivation?
If you want to know more about the upcoming changes to PvP in Season 19, here’s a summary:
The former Overwatch pro Félix “xQc” Lengyel is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch. In September, he announced his split from the streamer Sammy aka “Adeptthebest”, and since then he has been followed by rumors and speculation. Videos about his relationships have gone viral on TikTok, which are so absurd that even the talkative xQc was left speechless.
What split is being talked about? From 2021 to September 2022, xQc and the streamer Adept were a couple. Then he made their separation public, despite her requesting privacy. This led to a huge argument during a live stream.
Meanwhile, Adept and xQc seem to have reconciled, but the rumor mill keeps churning with new information: it is said that Adept still lives in xQc’s old house, his expensive luxury car is registered in her name, and he also had to cancel his credit cards.
But although xQc appears annoyed by the constant rumors, he cannot help but respond to the latest videos and memes regarding his breakup.
TikTok user claims xQc has been taken advantage of and cheated on
What were those videos? In a stream on November 19, xQc came across a viral TikTok video with over 1.3 million views. In the video, the TikToker xmukitty analyzed the breakup of xQc and Adept and explained: they had no prenup, which is why Adept now has a claim to xQc’s property (via Twitch).
Men could learn a lot from the situation, the video states. Adept took the house, the car, and all his food after the breakup; only his cat was allowed to stay with xQc. The TikToker warns: “Be careful as a hard-working man or woman when you enter a relationship. Because they can take everything from you.”
Minutes later, xQc discovered another video from the same TikTok user. In it, she explained that the streamer Nyyxxii, with whom he had a brief relationship in early November, cheated on him. The video referred to a kiss between Nyyxxii and another woman, but xQc had a completely different view of the situation.
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How did xQc react? The streamer was initially taken aback. Apparently, he was completely dumbfounded by what he learned about his own relationship. “What the hell am I even watching?” he exclaimed. “How can this even be?”
xQc could not comprehend the success of the video: “It has 150k likes, how the hell is that – is this a joke?”
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The second video seemed to take the rest out of xQc. “The internet has gone too far. It’s time to step back,” the streamer demanded.
Better to appear spineless than risk trouble
This is what xQc says about the situation: The streamer explained that there are simply certain things he cannot talk about publicly.
I don’t want to burn everything to the ground. It’s just not worth it. If the only negative is that I look spineless, then that’s fine, I can live with that.
So xQc apparently prefers that jokes about his relationships are made at his expense than to be the villain. Perhaps he also doesn’t want to jeopardize the shaky peace between him and Adept.
At least one positive thing xQc could take from the videos on TikTok. When the account holder stated that xQc was her absolute favorite streamer, he couldn’t help but crack a proud grin.
When xQc is not dealing with relationship stress, he has to justify why he doesn’t pay his moderators on Twitch:
Call of Duty releases a new premium game every year and is under constant pressure for optimization – even Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 offer many new mechanics and aim to create a new gaming experience. However, a blue dot has been causing discontent among players for the past 3 years.
What is this blue dot about? It represents the marking for allied players. Each team member has this dot above their head, quickly indicating “ah, there’s a buddy in the picture”.
Actually very helpful – although with CoD MW2 the factions are back in the game, the operators do look quite similar at times.
However, these dots are also visible through walls and often cause confusion, and in the worst case, chaos. On smaller maps, this can frequently lead to confusing friends with enemies.
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Why is this such a problem? It happens far too often that the dots are exactly above an enemy. The dot actually belongs to a friend who is lingering somewhere on the map behind the enemy.
A quick glance at the character reveals: “Whoa, a blue dot – that must be a friend”. However, our brain plays tricks on us; it actually is an enemy. A clip on Reddit shows the problem very clearly:
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The marking system for allies has been confusing brains for almost 3 years now. The thread collected almost 3,500 upvotes and over 400 comments within 20 hours of its creation (as of 22.11.22 / 10:30 AM).
In the thread, players are also looking for solutions. There are quite a few who suggest completely removing the blue dots from the game. However, players of the hardcore modes speak up – they need the dots to differentiate between friends and foes.
A popular suggestion brings “X-Ray Outlines” into the game. User Unknown_757 writes: “They should outline teammates with some sort of X-ray vision. That way, you’d know how far away they are and also recognize enemies”.
However, some commentators are concerned that this would also disrupt the atmosphere and immersion.
Black Ops 3 (CoD from 2015) used glowing LED signals on enemy bodies – similar to the reflective spoke signals that help cars recognize bicycles better. This made hiding in bushes or other similar foliage significantly more difficult.
Call of Duty, meanwhile, is trying a technological approach. They are playing with the users’ perception, letting certain areas render better to signal the brain – “there is something important here”.
Perhaps the blue dot will soon no longer be needed. Until then, it continues to provide perfect enemy camouflage. If you’re not in hardcore mode, trust the tip from user GreyJedi56: “I just shoot at everyone”.
