The gaming YouTuber Ludwig Ahgren has announced that he will sell himself to a ‘stupid and terrible mobile game.’ With the money he receives from the sponsorship, he wants to compensate the victims of a fraud. Some fans of the Twitch streamer Sliker lent him a lot of money, which he then gambled away on sports betting.
This is Ludwig’s announcement: In a YouTube video on his channel Mogul Mail, the popular gaming YouTuber Ludwig Ahgren says:
You will likely see a sponsor message for a stupid mobile game on my channel next month. That’s all I have to do: a little sell-out, which I hope is okay for you. And I can make dozens of people’s lives better, which for me is a valuable trade. I don’t mind being harnessed to the cart of a terrible mobile game – unless they’re listening right now… in which case: Your mobile game is great!
Ludwig wants to pay back people who were defrauded by the Twitch streamer
Ludwig and the Twitch streamer xQc announced that they would pay back the people who had loaned Sliker money in good faith.
Ludwig speculates: xQc is doing this because he feels guilty, since he has made so much money with gambling. Or xQc might just be so rich that he doesn’t care.
Ahgren himself wants to help because it’s not a big deal for him to sell his good name if it means he can help so many people.
Ludwig explains the big scandal of the last 2 weeks. The segment discussing his donation starts at around 3:44:
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Now the “normal” version of the game is also starting.
Is there a preload? Yes, both on PC and consoles, you can already download FIFA 23 so that you can start as soon as the release begins.
Release time for FIFA 23 and Xbox trick with New Zealand
When can I play FIFA 23? The digital version of the FIFA 23 Standard Edition should be unlocked at 00:00 local time on the night from Thursday to Friday. From this point on, you can play if you have already downloaded the game.
What is the Xbox trick? On Xbox, there is a popular trick to push the release time forward a little bit.
To do this, you simply need to switch your Xbox to the New Zealand time zone.
Go to your Xbox settings
Select the settings for language and location
Change your location to “New Zealand”
The start in New Zealand at 00:00 corresponds to 13:00 here. In the past, even with the Ultimate Edition, you could enter the game earlier on Xbox this way. So it should be possible with the Standard Edition from September 29, 13:00.
On PlayStation, however, this approach is not advisable since you have to create a separate account, which you would also need to continue playing.
What’s new in FIFA 23? In FIFA 23, you can play various modes around football.
In Kick-Off, you simply play against friends or AI. There you can try out the new gameplay well.
There are also fun friendly modes like “Surprise Ball” or “Survival”
In Career Mode, you take over a club of your choice and lead it to the top of the world. This time you can also play as real coaches.
In Volta, you can play a somewhat freer version of street football. On weekends, there are also crazy mini-games.
Pro Clubs lets you play 11 against 11 online.
And in Ultimate Team, you try to build an increasingly stronger team and defeat online opponents. This mode is accompanied by new events throughout the year and offers various playstyles.
And Squad Battles reward you with rewards for matches against AI.
What else is new in FIFA 23? The gameplay has been adapted for FIFA 23, “Hypermotion 2” is supposed to double the number of animations. Particularly striking is, for example, the new power shot in FIFA 23:
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FIFA 23: Use the power shot correctly – This is how you score epic goals
Especially PC players may notice several changes this year because the PC version has received all the features that are available on next-gen consoles this year – unlike previous years. This is mainly about Hypermotion and the numerous new animations that are supposed to make the gaming experience more realistic. On the “old” consoles, this is currently missing.
In September, PlayStation Stars, Sony’s new loyalty program, launched in Japan. However, there is already criticism because some players are being preferentially treated by customer service.
What kind of program is this? PlayStation Stars is a loyalty program for PS4 and PS5. All members have the opportunity to earn loyalty points, which they can then spend in a catalog.
If you are a PS Plus subscriber, you also earn points when you purchase games from the PS Store. The program started at the end of September in Asia, and Europe and North America are expected to follow in October.
The program is divided into four levels. Members can advance from level 1 to level 4 by collecting 128 trophies and purchasing at least four games from the PlayStation Store. Completing campaigns and playing different games are also rewarded.
Criticism of PlayStation Stars for preferential treatment
Why is there criticism? PlayStation Stars is already available in Japan, and the first players there have expressed negative opinions about the system. As reported by the online magazine VideoGamesChronicle.com, “PlayStation Stars” members who have reached level 4 are treated with increased priority in the chat queue by Sony customer service. This revelation did not sit well with some players in Japan:
Akutarosu via Twitter: “Customer support must be equal. There are people who only like and play a few titles, and there are players who don’t have much money or time to spare.”
yossy_44 via Twitter: “I don’t think it’s a good idea to give priority to customer support. I bought a PS5 just for Final Fantasy 16 – is it okay if someone like that is postponed?”
yamatospirit via Twitter: “It cannot be that you receive unequal support.”
koshifurinyodo via Twitter: “They say the more you play, the more value you place on customer support, but the more you play, the less you use customer support. Something is not quite right there. They favor beginners who are new to the game.”
What do you think about the customer service prioritization for players who have reached level 4 in PlayStation Stars? Would you like it if people who play a lot and buy many games were favored by support, or do you think everyone should be treated equally? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments!
Are you loyal PlayStation customers and do you also hold a valid PlayStation Plus subscription? Then you can look forward to three new games again in October.
The cloud gaming service “Stadia” by Google is shutting down: The project will be closed in just a few months.
When is Stadia closing? Google will shut down its cloud gaming service “Stadia” on January 18, 2023. By then, the service should still be accessible. This was confirmed by Phil Harrison, Vice President and General Manager of the Stadia project, in a statement (via Google Blog).
What happens to my purchases? According to the statement, Google will refund all hardware purchases made through the Google Store. The same applies to all games and DLCs purchased through the Stadia Store.
The refunds are expected to be processed by mid-January 2023.
Until the deadline on January 18, 2023, players should still have access to their libraries to complete their games. Then Google Stadia will be shut down – just a little over three years after the launch on November 19, 2019.
“Did not find the support we expected”
Why is Stadia closing? In the statement, Harrison briefly addresses the reasons for the decision: “Although Stadia’s approach of streaming games to consumers was built on a strong technological foundation, it did not find the support among users that we expected, leading us to make the difficult decision to shut down our Stadia streaming service.”
With Stadia, players were supposed to be able to stream their games to all sorts of compatible smartphones, PCs, laptops, tablets, or TVs – based on a fast internet connection.
However, the system apparently never took off in the way Google had hoped.
Well-known gaming insider Jason Schreier reported in early 2021 that Google invested very large sums into the system and ports of popular games like Assassins Creed and The Division. On Twitter, Schreier emphasized this again regarding the current shutdown:
As Harrison explains in the statement, the technology behind Stadia has proven itself and would extend beyond gaming: “We see clear opportunities to apply this technology in other areas of Google such as YouTube, Google Play, and our augmented reality (AR) efforts – and also to provide it to our industry partners, which we believe represents the future of gaming.”
We want to stay true to gaming and continue to work on new tools and technologies to promote the field: “For the Stadia team, building and supporting Stadia has always been driven by the same passion for games that our players have. Many of the members of the Stadia team will continue this work in other areas of the company.”
The controversial streamer Corinna Kopf (26) became successful with Fortnite, but mainly shows gambling now. She blames “softened viewers” for the restrictions that Twitch wants to impose on gambling.
Who is Corinna Kopf? With over a million followers, Corinna Kopf is one of the bigger streamers on Twitch. She switched to Facebook Gaming in 2019 due to a temporary ban, but has been regularly streaming on Twitch again since March 2022.
On Twitch, she is mainly active in the gambling category “Slots” and ranked 6th among the most-watched streamers in this category in the last 30 days (via sullygnome, as of: 29.09.2022). Like many other streamers in this category, she had a deal with the online casino Stake.
After Twitch announced on September 21 tighter regulations for gambling streams that are set to take effect in mid-October, Kopf criticized the platform in a stream.
Before streamers were successful with gambling, these streamers were already prominent.
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Twitch: Who were actually the first successful streamers?
“Soon we won’t be allowed to do anything anymore”
This is how Corinna Kopf reacted to the restrictions: In a stream on September 21, Kopf criticized the new gambling regulations. She fears that soon all “unhealthy habits” could be banned.
She mainly holds society responsible for this.
Everyone is so softened nowadays. You are influenced every day to do so many things that are financially, physically, and mentally bad for you.
Corinna Kopf via Twitch
This is what Corinna Kopf fears: Soon, you won’t even be allowed to drink on stream, according to Kopf, because that promotes alcoholism. Smoking could also become a thing of the past.
This is a dangerous thing; soon one might not be allowed to do anything, fears Kopf. Instead of more restrictions, Kopf apparently prefers to rely on personal responsibility. The streamer says it should be the player’s decision whether they want to show gambling or talk about it on their channels.
From October 18, gambling on sites that do not have a license in the USA or another country with appropriate consumer protection will be banned. This includes Stake, which was even explicitly mentioned by Twitch (via Twitter).
What were the reactions? While Twitch received a lot of praise for its decision, the big gambling streamers reacted rather negatively. One of the biggest casino streamers, Tyler “Trainwreck” Niknam, sparked a huge scandal.
Corinna Kopf clashed with popular streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys. She was among the streamers who had called for a ban and thus came under the fire of Trainwreck and Corinna Kopf.
While Trainwreck claimed in a leaked call that Pokimane was “the most corrupt person on Twitch,” Kopf accused her of hypocrisy. In a tweet, she hinted that Pokimane had also shown gambling in a video.
Pokimane then offered Kopf a chance to join her team as an employee and maybe edit videos or something if she needed a new job.
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What’s next for Corinna Kopf? That is still unknown. She still shows gambling in her streams, which she titles “Gambling is Bad”. Besides Twitch, however, she also runs successful YouTube and Instagram accounts to which she can escape.
What do you think about it? Is everyone responsible for themselves, or should Twitch protect its viewers?
Also, the current biggest streamer in the world, former Overwatch pro Félix “Qc” Lengyel, received a lot of criticism for his gambling streams. He has now admitted that these streams were not okay – he just didn’t care.
In League of Legends the Worlds 2022 are coming up: The best players in the world are preparing for the World Championship in North America in the “Champion Queue”. This leads to some wild situations: The Canadian pro and Twitch streamer Philip “Philip” Zeng from FlyQuest wanted to grab Faker’s head: A kill he could tell his grandchildren about. But the unkillable demon king is simply from another world.
Riot Games has given pro players from all over the world special accounts with all champions beforehand: The pros are playing wildly against each other in the “Champion’s Queue”: The queue is only for pro players and high-ranked amateurs.
This leads to “normal pros” from the USA now facing the world stars from Asia, whom they usually admire from afar. The biggest star in LoL remains the three-time World Champion Faker.
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The Life of Faker – Why He is a Living Legend
“It’s Faker – I’m going to do it”
This was the situation: Philip is the top laner for Flyquest – a decent but not outstanding team from the USA. The 20-year-old also streams on Twitch.
The top laner was playing with Fiora and was already relatively low on HP; he actually wanted to teleport back to base from the bush on the top lane. Then he spotted a visibly battered Faker, the most famous player, coming to the top lane:
Philip excitedly says in chat to his buddy: “It’s Faker! I’m going to do it!”
His friend begs him: “No, please! Don’t do it, don’t do it.”
But Philip won’t be stopped, hiding in the bush.
His plan: The careless Faker just wants to quickly clear the minions; he can’t possibly know that he’s lurking in the bush, so he will ambush Faker from behind and take him out with a swift attack from the bush.
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What goes wrong? Faker uses just one ability of Azir, the ultimate, to clear the minions. He hits Philip, who is waiting in the bush for his moment and kills him in the process. He even nets an extra 150 bonus gold.
Philip can only laugh hysterically and yells: “This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening.”
How is the clip discussed? On reddit, the clip is discussed under the title: “When you try to outplay Faker” and fans are laughing their heads off at the clip:
One person says: “I would like to see Faker’s reaction to the kill”
Another says: “He knew you were there. Faker just wanted you to believe he was only trying to clear the wave. But in reality, it was just a pretext.”
Faker also has good and bad times in Solo Queue
What else is Faker doing in LoL right now? Faker is currently enjoying himself in LoL: Here he just steals a Baron from an opposing team.
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Overwatch 2 is about to start, the “successor” of Blizzard’s great hero shooter. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus was able to play the release version in advance and is enthusiastic – albeit with some reservations.
When Overwatch was released in 2016, I spent dozens of hours playing it. I have always been fond of shooters, but Overwatch struck a nerve like no other game before. Not even Team Fortress 2, which it is often compared to, was as much fun for me.
Then the years went by and Overwatch somehow became… slower. I don’t want to say boring. Even though we and other sites reported less on it, the game was still thriving.
Nevertheless, the hype faded over time. For me, as well as for others. The best players remained, and it became more stressful to adapt. Annoying combos like the infamous GOATS meta, Dive comps, and tanks in general became more popular.
It was no longer the game I had fallen in love with. No longer the fast-paced shooter where you could turn any situation into an opportunity. It became a positional war with short spikes of action. Not what I love in a shooter.
Then Overwatch 2 was announced, the sequel that was supposed to feature a cooperative mode as its unique selling point. Cool, I was happy about it, but not yet excited. Especially since everyone expected it to be a full-price title. Perhaps a bit lean.
Over time it became clear that Overwatch 2 was more of an update. Improved graphics, new maps and mechanics, and above all: Free2Play, at least the multiplayer part. Is this the salvation for the sequel? A clear “yes!” from my side, at least after the tests.
My play session together with Marylin Marx from GameStar and Jan Stahnke from the hardware team has been recorded. Check out our first round along with impressions:
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Wir spielen Overwatch 2
I never want to go back to Overwatch 1
I loved the beta. Overwatch finally felt as fun as I remembered. Sitting in voice chat with friends in the evening, winning or losing – it doesn’t matter, we have fun. Real, unadulterated fun, sprinkled with heated tryhard moments and deep frustration phases, which make the joy all the sweeter.
One – at least for me – inconspicuous change makes this possible: only 5 players play per team now. And more importantly: there is only one tank. Tanks were the big problem with Overwatch 1.
It’s not fun to shoot at shields made of energy, armor plates, and flesh that absorb all bullets while protecting the hardly hittable healers behind them with broad shoulders. Do you know the meme with the Heavy from Team Fortress 2 and the Medic? That’s exactly how it felt. Immortal muscle-bound brutes that you just can’t kill.
This is what it felt like to play against a Mercy or Ana with a tank:
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Overwatch 2 halves the number of tanks per team. This means DPS heroes have the chance to take out an opponent if they are positioned poorly or playing riskily. Snipers are a real danger, just as they should be.
And as support, you really have to watch where you stand. I have to know this because I mainly play healers like Brigitte and Mercy. Accordingly, I’m often the target for opponents. But it’s fun, I have to think again about how I play and I’m not just holding down the healing beam behind Reinhardt while sipping a latte with the other hand.
Overwatch 2 brings more of what made Overwatch 1 great
Exactly this action and strategic considerations existed back in Overwatch when no one knew that playing with 3 tanks and 3 healers was the best (and dullest) way to get through the game.
At its core, Overwatch 2 remains the same game I’ve known and played for 6 years. I don’t have to learn anything new, I know the characters, know what they do. I know most of the maps, the objectives, and strategies for victory.
In the preview test for journalists, I played intensively with colleagues for 2 hours and rediscovered why I love Overwatch. No matter which role, I was immediately into the game and had especially more action due to the reduced number of players.
It’s hard to put my finger on the things that make Overwatch 2 so much fun. Many details come together to form a cohesive whole and, as silly as it sounds, you discover them best when playing yourself. Watching or reading about it loses a lot.
“The poison that beautifully ‘t prickled in your belly button”
One thing has stuck in my mind that I want to record here as an anecdote. The humor, for which Blizzard has been known for more than 20 years, also livens up Overwatch 2.
Even in the first part, there are one or two funny lines. But the sequel has actually received new voice lines that just put you in a good mood. Fully voiced in German, as I prefer to play Overwatch in my native language.
The perhaps best example is Widowmaker, one of my “mains”. At one point she said out of nowhere: “The poison that beautifully ‘t prickled in your belly button.” The moment caught me so off guard that I didn’t pay attention and died from laughter. And to be honest, our opponent was really good:
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Overwatch 2: Widowmakers lustigster Spruch
Other characters have also received some new lines and dialogues. I will recite a conversation between the cyber-ninja Genji and his mentor Zenyatta:
Genshi: “Master, how do you maintain inner peace amidst all the battles?” Zenyatta: “I focus on my breathing.” Genji: “But… you don’t breathe, do you?” Zenyatta: “Exactly.”
It is these details that I love about Overwatch and Blizzard, and I hope to discover more of them when Overwatch 2 is released on October 4.
Not just roses and rainbows
However, this opinion should not be an exaltation for the new shooter, but rather an initial impression. This also includes listing things I did not like. Admittedly, they were few, but still clear.
On the one hand, there is the new battle pass. Blizzard is relying on a Free2Play system with battle passes that contain new heroes, skins, and more. I have nothing against battle passes in principle. However, I rarely complete them.
In the old system, I could unlock everything whenever I had enough time. Now setting time limits is not to my liking. My colleague Marylin Marx from GameStar calculated that it roughly takes 40 hours to complete a battle pass.
This is still reasonable. I would still wish for alternative paths. Simply buying all levels would cost around 140 to 160 euros (16,000 coins), depending on the premium bundles, if we haven’t miscalculated.
The second thing that still bothers me is hero balance. Some heroes received reworks or are new. Orisa and the new Junker Queen feel somewhat unbalanced at times. The community-predicted “too strong” Kiriko, on the other hand, seems somewhat too weak.
In the gameplay trailer, Junker Queen looks really cool – In the game, her anti-heal is incredibly annoying:
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Of course, we played only in a small circle and almost only against the same opponents. Accordingly, little can be said about balance, and we will see more after the release. Nevertheless, I had some major frustration moments.
I should mention that I played a preview version. Theoretically, everything can still change, but in practice, that usually never happens. If Overwatch 2 is released as I played it, I will be satisfied, even if I will occasionally get annoyed. For at least 40 hours of fun, it will definitely suffice – and I don’t have to pay anything for it. For now.
How the development will proceed in general remains to be seen. Because after Jeff Kaplan, another important employee has disappeared:
Have you ever seen the comments on social networks that continually claim a game is dead? Fortnite is frequently confronted with such statements and is now responding with a skin.
What is this skin about: The new skin in Fortnite is part of the “Checkered Past” pack. The character skin is black with accents of a checkerboard pattern. “Dead Game” is written on the front of the T-shirt.
The “Checkered Past” pack is supposed to cost €3.99. You can see how the skin looks and what is included in the following image:
Why is there this skin? Fortnite is called a dead game over and over again on social networks, especially on Twitter. If you’ve ever looked at the comments under a Fortnite post, it’s very likely you could have seen the phrase “Dead Game” somewhere.
When introducing the skin via Twitter, the official Fortnite account writes:
“*reads comments, *designs outfit, result: Checkered Past Pack.”
With this, Epic Games confirms that the skin is based on the “Dead Game” comments.
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Fortnite: Story trailer for Season 4 Chapter 3 shows how the map and characters are chromed
Why do players write “Dead Game”? Players repeatedly post the two words that declare Fortnite dead under the shooter’s Twitter posts. It’s not always a serious claim; it’s often made in jest. However, there rarely is a deeper reason or constructive criticism behind those comments.
Players often post the words without providing any evidence for the claim. You can also see this in the following examples, which can be found not only under official Fortnite posts:
“Fortnite is an L. It’s a dead game” (via Twitter)
“Dead Game” – As a comment on the announcement of the “Fortnite Discord Quests” (via Twitter)
“Dead game, we are playing Roblox now” (via Twitter)
“Dead Game” – As a comment on a YouTuber’s post (via Twitter)
Fortnite is certainly not an exception. It’s quite possible that you have read or heard similar comments about other games. It doesn’t matter if you play League of Legends, CS:GO, Rainbow Six: Siege, Apex Legends, or any other major game. Comments of this kind can appear anywhere.
Which of your favorite games have you read “Dead Game” about? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments!
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On Wednesday, October 5th, a new event will start in Pokémon GO that finally brings you a new evolution. However, trainers do not want to use it at all. We at MeinMMO will explain the reason for this.
What event is it? On October 5th, the “Stars of Evolution” event will begin. You will also have the chance to secure a Cosmovum for the first time.
Yet, despite the fact that the monster has been a topic in the Pokémon GO reddit community for weeks and the finds gave trainers hope, they actually do not want to secure the new monster anymore. We looked into why players now have concerns.
Update from October 5th: Starting today, you can secure a Cosmovum. However, trainers are reporting issues with evolving Cosmog.
Why some trainers do not want Cosmovum
Is this the reason? After many players eagerly awaited a release of Cosmovum and it is finally here, some prefer not to have the monster at all. The reason for this is the event announcement from Pokémon GO, which appeared on the game’s blog on September 28th.
This announcement stated that there will be Cosmovum in Pokémon GO for the first time, but you must evolve it using 25 candies from Cosmog. However, looking into the game, it quickly becomes clear that players have only been able to catch a single Cosmog so far.
Many players do not want to part with it. While Cosmog itself is not particularly strong, some associate it with emotional value or want to keep it for a possible Living Dex. For this reason, evolution is not an option for many. The reddit user xmadison84 wrote the following in his post:
I really do not want to evolve my Cosmog next week. I just saw that we can evolve Cosmog to Cosmovum next week. Cosmog is one of my favorite Pokémon because of its design. The evolution would mean that it will no longer be available as Cosmog… maybe forever. Is there anyone who gives up their progress and skips this task? I do…
The user ZekromFPS is also disappointed that he will have to evolve his only Cosmog to progress in the task (via reddit.com): “I have a living Dex, so this will be painful because I do not want to give up the special research. I will evolve it if I have to, but I hope they give us at least one more sooner or later.”
How strong Cosmog and its evolutions are, you can learn in our related article:
Why don’t the trainers just wait? Trainers received their first and only Cosmog from the current special research “A cosmic companion”, which will continue in October. Some now have concerns that evolving Cosmog could be part of the research.
If this is the case, they cannot continue to complete it without giving up their precious Cosmog. While special researches are generally valid indefinitely and can therefore be completed in the future, they are thematically tied to current content, which can make it harder to complete the tasks at a later time.
Furthermore, Niantic has also provided another free research in the past two seasons if the special research was completed before the end of the season. Whether this will be the case in the Season of Light is still unknown.
What is a Living Dex? A Living Dex is a way some trainers collect their Pokémon. Instead of just registering the monsters in their Pokédex, they want to collect each one, including every single evolutionary stage, in their storage. The trainer ZhessZhess showed us his insane milestone for the full Living Luck Dex.
Is there hope for more Cosmog?
What does Niantic say about this? Basically, more Cosmog are expected to come into the game. If you read the event post from Niantic a bit more closely, it quickly becomes clear that there are plans for this. As Pokémon GO writes: “You should not hesitate to evolve your only Cosmog, as there are rumors that you may encounter more Cosmog in the distant future.”
But when this “distant future” will be, the post does not reveal. It is conceivable that Cosmog could come into the game outside of research during the Season of Light, for example in raids. These are just speculations.
Do these prospects reassure the players?
This vague prediction from the developers that more specimens will be found in the distant future is not enough for many players. They want to know beforehand when and how they will get new Cosmog before they evolve their only one.
Additionally, some had less luck when catching the first specimen and could only get a relatively weak one. For this reason, they would prefer to wait to evolve into a stronger Cosmog.
Cosmog and its evolutions Cosmovum, Solgaleo and Lunala (via pokemon.com)
These are their concerns: Yet especially in regard to other monsters that players have been waiting for a long time, they have concerns that it could also take ages for more Cosmog to arrive. You can read on reddit their own time perspectives on the term “in the distant future”:
onestworldproblem: “This is such a strange phrasing that a part of me thought that ‘distant future’ could mean that there will be a silly time travel event this season where we can catch a bunch of them. But I am probably an idiot and ‘distant future’ just means 5 years.”
hobbiehawk: “Distant future. Like the time it takes to get the Platinum Giovanni badge.”
Google_Goofy:cosplay: “Especially the ‘distant’ future does not sound promising. It sounds more like ‘we have no intention of releasing more, but we do not rule it out.'”
Lightning1999: “Distant future for Niantic… 2 years or 12 years?”
jesusunderline: “Do not worry, we will get another one at the GO Tour Alola in 2027.”
arizonajake: “Dear Niantic, nice try, but I still won’t evolve mine. Maybe I’ll evolve it at some point in the ‘distant future’.”
Are there trainers who want to evolve Cosmog? Yes, especially players who have already caught a strong Cosmog want to take the opportunity to evolve it to Cosmovum. The user jaydaygrad08 wrote on reddit: “Mine has 14/14/14. Time to grow up.”
Paraplueschi is also convinced that nothing in Pokémon GO disappears forever and that everything will come back eventually (via reddit.com). However, when this will happen, and whether Niantic will provide some clarity to trainers in the coming days, remains to be seen.
What is your opinion on the evolution of Cosmog? Do you want to keep the little legendary Pokémon until more specimens are available in the game? Or will you evolve it to Cosmovum next week? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers on this topic.
Unfortunately, the change to the transmog in WoW: Dragonflight was just a bug. But Blizzard hears the demand – and turns it into a feature.
A few days ago, we reported that there will be a pretty cool change to the transmog system in World of Warcraft. In Dragonflight, some sets can be collected much more easily. This caused enthusiasm among fans. However, it has now come to light: Oops, that was just a bug. But since it was well received, Blizzard is bringing the bug back in a modified form as a feature.
What bug are we talking about? In the beta of Dragonflight, some players noticed that certain factions sell entire sets of transmog gear. These so-called “ensembles” are items that you purchase and using them unlocks the entire set.
The special thing was: You could also unlock sets for armor types that you actually cannot wear. For instance, a mage could unlock the ensembles for leather or plate and add them to their collection. The mage could not use the transmog themselves (since they can only transmog cloth), but they could at least unlock them for other characters on the account.
What is Blizzard going to do with it now? Blizzard must have felt a bit pressured when the topic came up and was received so well. Because it was immediately seen as a “great feature” – even though it was probably just a bug. No one should be able to unlock transmogs of other armor types. However, Blizzard realizes that the bug was quite well received by the beta testers and explains further in the official WoW forum:
We recognize that players do not want to regrind the ability to unlock ensembles multiple times. But we also do not want to create the problem where a player accidentally buys the ensemble for the wrong armor type, uses it, and then finds out that they cannot use the armor they just unlocked. Therefore, in Dragonflight, the ability to unlock cosmetic glory rewards will be account-wide, so you can unlock the ensembles with an alternate character that uses the appropriate armor type.
In short: You will only need to farm reputation with a new faction once, and then you can unlock the ensembles with other characters.
More about WoW: Dragonflight can be found here on MeinMMO:
This is how the community reacts: Basically quite positively. Since the original bug functionality is essentially being maintained, most are satisfied. The only concern is that the ensembles may be unlocked with a currency that would have to be farmed painstakingly on the alternate character. A few voices from the comments at wowhead:
“We were happy about a bug, Blizzard fixes the bug and still finds something to satisfy what we hoped we would get? Fantastic.”
“Hopefully they do this retroactively for other factions.”
“As long as the required currency for purchasing is gold, that’s a good change.”
What do you think about the change? Good and reasonable to turn a bug into a feature? Or is it too easy to earn?
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The open beta for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has now ended, and many players are looking forward to the release. However, there are parts of the community that hope the developers will make improvements on certain aspects. In a statement, Infinity Ward has responded to the feedback from testers, but some players feel that it is not enough.
What do the developers say? Infinity Ward, the studio behind Modern Warfare 2, thanks all the testers who played the beta for the new shooter in recent weeks in a blog post.
They discuss several points on which there is still disagreement in the community. The developers appreciate the positive feedback regarding the third-person mode, ground war, and invasion modes, as well as the gunsmith. For other features, they aim to make further improvements.
Check out the new features of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 in the video here:
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CoD Modern Warfare 2: Trailer shows multiplayer and Warzone 2.0 – New third-person perspective is included
What does the community say? Parts of the community are angry, some players feel ignored. They complain that while the developers promise to respond to feedback, they ultimately ignore it. They feel that the issues that bother them the most are not addressed by the developers.
A Reddit post (via Reddit.com) by user u/DigitalVeil926 has received 467 upvotes in no time and has been commented on over 300 times. The mood in the comments is predominantly negative.
User u/abkramer comments, for example, that the developers unfortunately do not care about the gameplay feedback from testers. They argue that a beta can save costs on paid testing while still providing enough bug reports and input on the user interface.
User u/akuakud criticizes that most people participating in a beta simply want to have fun. The majority are not interested in giving productive feedback.
User u/Gizmo210688 laments that the developers must surely notice when people repeatedly criticize the same issues. User u/purrc agrees, stating that it is crazy that the same things are criticized on both Reddit and Twitter.
The conflict runs along the lines between casual and hardcore players who are arguing over the general direction of the Call of Duty series. User u/BalizaDeCorsa1991 attempts to mediate. They believe that while hardcore players would enthusiastically provide feedback, they overall make up only a minority. Nevertheless, they hope that the developers will engage deeply with the feedback, regardless of its source.
Too loud, too quiet, too harsh?
These features are at the center of the dispute: Players criticize the audio design of MW2. Some sounds are too loud, others too quiet. Fans believe there is an imbalance here, as the footsteps of opponents are too quiet, while those of team members are too loud. The controversial streamer Dr. Disrespect often complains about the poor sound quality in Call of Duty.
Another point of contention are the lobbies and SBMM (skill-based matchmaking). Many players wish for these features to be removed. Currently, lobbies dissolve after a match.
For the next round, you will be paired with new random players in a lobby. Because the lobbies dissolve after each round, it would be nearly impossible to find players with whom you would like to play longer. Our colleague Maik Schneider agrees: One thing frustrates me about Call of Duty matchmaking.
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Fans appear so dissatisfied for this reason: It is quite normal for there to be criticism before a major release like CoD: Modern Warfare 2. However, the developers should really reflect on the fact that fans have been expressing the same requests for some time now.
Ultimately, this is also what many fans criticize: Infinity Ward sends out a lot of surveys and invites feedback on Reddit or Twitter. However, they seem to simply ignore feedback from long-time players.
Many fans also side with the developers. They had a lot of fun during the beta and are rather bored with the constant discussion around this or that feature. Such discussions occur with every release of Call of Duty, making it impossible to satisfy every single player.
What do you think about this? Do you miss a feature in Modern Warfare 2? Or can you hardly wait for the game to be finally released? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments!
Football defeats usually mean: Sad players, booing audience, critical commentators. The latter can now be influenced in FIFA 23. However, the outcome is also crazy.
The commentators in FIFA 23 accompany each match with sometimes more, sometimes less useful information. If your carefully built team plays well, it will be praised – if you play poorly, there will be critical remarks.
At least until now, you could only decide whether you wanted to turn the commentators completely off, on, or at least quieter. But now there’s a new setting.
What is this setting? If you dig through the audio settings in FIFA 23, you can find a new feature: “Disable Critical Commentary”.
Here you will find the setting
You set it to “on” – and all critical remarks from the FIFA 23 commentators are simply turned off. From then on, there will only be praise.
Those who have been pulled down by biting comments before but still would like a bit of commentary here are probably in the right place. But even if you haven’t cared about it before, it might be worth trying out the feature for a bit of fun.
Because what comes out of it is interesting, especially in embarrassing defeats.
FIFA 23 in praise mode is bizarre when you lose hard
When you score seven own goals in the “normal” mode, the commentators logically comment on it prominently: “Another goal against”, “This is not his day”, “very, very weak performance from them” – it goes in that direction.
The 1:7 is only referred to as cosmetic results – under the motto “that doesn’t change anything now”.
If you turn off the criticism, there is primarily one thing with 7 own goals: Silence. You might briefly think that the commentators have accidentally been completely turned off. Only during the 0:4 by my unlucky goalkeeper did Wolff Fuss let slip an “Oh, that’s unfortunate”. But that sounded more sympathetic than critical.
In that respect, the setting works.
However, it gets bizarre when you manage to score a goal again. When the striker scored the 1:7, the commentators nearly exploded with joy, shouting: “Phenomenal! Without words”.
That already feels a bit strange – imagine if someone had done that during the 1:7 between Brazil and Germany at the World Cup 2014.
But that was only the extreme case. What do you think of the feature? Cool addition or rather unnecessary feature? Let us know in the comments!
If you generally don’t want to hear commentators, you can simply turn them off completely in the audio settings of the game. Alternatively, you can also let the soundtrack of FIFA 23 play during gameplay this year.
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In the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online the next event starts today at 4 PM. This time the area of the Systren and the latest chapter High Isle are in the spotlight. MeinMMO reveals all the details about the event and how you can get all the rewards.
When does the “Heroes of High Isle” event start? On Thursday, September 29, at 4:00 PM CET the event begins. The event will end again on Tuesday, October 11, at 4:00 PM CET.
What exactly is the “Heroes of High Isle” event? Every year there is such an event corresponding to the chapter that has been released in that year. This year the “High Isle” chapter was released.
How you can participate in the High Isle event
First, get the introductory quest “The Island Journey”. You can obtain it either for free in the Crown Store under Quests or in the notice board. However, you can also get it at the tent of the Impresaria from Calonir.
You can receive Aspiring Loot Crates at the event in the High Isle area. Here’s how to get your loot:
Completing the introductory quest “Leading the Leaders” (one-time)
Dungeon bosses
World bosses
Bosses in the trial Sea of Sorrows
Treasure chests, value chests, Psijic portals, stolen goods & resources
Volcanic vents
Regular enemies
Stolen goods
Pocket theft
The leaders / bosses will be shown on your map with a skull icon. With these add-ons, you can also see where undiscovered bosses are located:
This reward is only available if you work together
There is once again a community challenge where you can receive particularly strong rewards. Every player who participates increases the number of rewards!
These rewards are available:
at 33 % – Paintings of the Oak Pact
at 66 % – “Plant Yourselves” action
at 100 % – Here you will receive several rewards:
Aspiring Loot Crate
Appleback Salamander as a companion (only with ESO Plus)
Additional secret reward, revealed during the “Legacy of the Bretons” autumn event stream!
What do I need to do to participate? You must complete the achievement “Pathfinder of High Isle” in ESO. First, you need the current chapter High Isle. Then you must go in-game to the area of High Isle and Amenos and discover all 6 landmark locations. You can identify them by the eye icon on your map or compass.
For all PC users: You can use add-ons like Map Pins or Destination as help to see the exact locations of the landmarks. This works with the right settings even if you have not discovered the locations yet.
Special rewards for the festivities at a glance
For exploring High Isle, you receive an Aspiring Loot Crate. Inside you will find the following rewards:
Unyielding’s Loot and Key of the Unyielding
Tel’Var stones
Style pages
Crafting writs
Riding lessons
Transmutation crystals
High-level gear for companions
Legendary jewelry for companions
Item sets from High Isle
Tuning Stations
Statue of the Aspiring Prince
Additionally, for every 1 daily or weekly quest from High Isle, you receive a Generosity of the League of the Steadfast. Inside you’ll find the following items:
Guaranteed chance of at least one of the following items:
Random crafting material
A treasure from High Isle
Style material for a High Isle crafting style
An item from the open world of High Isle
Gear for companions (Spark or Isobel must be your active companions)
Chance for the following:
Furniture from High Isle
Furniture plan from High Isle
Treasure map or find report from High Isle
Style pages from High Isle
Tradeable page of the new armor style of the Oak Pact
With the costume of the Daggerfall Paladin, you can attract some attention.
Feathers for the growing Indrik Berries for the Onyx Indrik Berries for the Moss Heart Indrik Ebenglow Indrik as a companion Seedling Indrik as a companion
Nenulauure (Indrik vendor)
You can get up to two event tokens per day. That means a total of up to 26 event tokens during the event.
How to get as many rewards as possible before the event ends
Complete the daily area quests with your friends: You can each accept only one daily quest. However, that doesn’t mean you can only do that one quest. You can share the daily quests among yourselves and thus do each available quest once a day. With this add-on, you can even see what you are still missing:
Trade items in your community, guild, and with friends: Don’t be disappointed if you loot one of the rewards twice. Your friends probably feel similar. Many of the rewards are not bound. So you can easily trade them among yourselves.
If necessary, you can look for missing rewards in the guild store: Don’t despair if the last reward just won’t drop or if you miss out on the event. There will be plenty of event rewards in guild stores. And that even after the event has ended.
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To get your event tokens, you must complete daily quests. For this, you must go to the area of High Isle and Amenos. In the capital Gonfalon, you can find the quest givers when you walk past the inn to the Ancient Anchor on the right.
Did you enjoy the guide to the new High Isle event? If you want to stay updated on which events are upcoming and what rewards there are, you should also check out our ESO event ticker. There, you will receive all news about the events.
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The start of WoW WotLK Classic was really bad on some servers. A forum post makes it clear how long the queue lasted for some players.
On the night of September 27, 2022, the release of WoW Wrath of the Lich King Classic took place. For us in Germany, the start shot was at midnight. In the USA, players could start depending on the location at 3:00 PM local time. Accordingly, the rush was great in the regions where people could play during the day.
We show you what experiences the players share about their starts.
Hours-long queues – Also in Germany?
A player writes: In the WoW forums, player Stonyj writes that he is still in the queue after a nap and still cannot play. He had probably chosen his sleep so that he could register in the queue beforehand and bridge the waiting time.
The user writes: “I got in line at 4:00 PM. Then I slept for 5 hours and I’m still in line for another two hours.” The post was made by the user on the launch day of WotLK Classic. “Holy Moly, what a long wait today,” he adds.
Other users agree and share similar experiences.
“Since I got off work, I’ve been in the queue. […]”
“That’s annoying. I joined the queue at a similar time and was able to get in around 9:30 PM.”
“I’ve been in the queue since 1:00 PM and now, 8 hours later, I’m still not in. The calculation shows that I still have 1.5 hours of waiting time before I can get in and play. Until then, I have to go offline and go to bed to be ready for work tomorrow. It will get better, but not anytime soon.”
“I joined the queue at 3:20 PM and then went to work. It’s now four minutes to 11:00 PM and I still have 40 minutes [in the queue] left.”
This is what it looks like when you get on the servers: Our WoW expert Benedict Grothaus couldn’t resist and directed to the servers right at launch. He logged in before the start and was able to wait at midnight along with hundreds of other players. Together, they all stood at the dock waiting for the boat that was to take them to Northrend. You can see how the huge group moved when the boat arrived and shortly thereafter docked in Northrend in the video:
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At the release of WotLK Classic, hundreds of players are squeezing onto a boat and I am right in the middle
Were the queues just as bad everywhere? No. From personal experiences and conversations with our fellow players, we know that only the popular servers had such huge queues. This was to be expected. The servers with a low population had little to no queues at all.
Terraria is statistically the best game on Steam. Although it only costs €10 one-time, it has been continuously developed for 11 years: After the “last update” in 2020, another patch that excites fans has finally come: Labor of Love went online yesterday, on September 28th.
Why is Terraria considered the best game on Steam? Terraria has achieved something that no game before has: It received 1 million reviews and maintained the best possible rating: “Overwhelmingly Positive.” Currently, it stands at 97% positive reviews (via twitter).
No game on Steam has achieved this before Terraria: It is an incredibly good game that only costs €10 once and has been excellently developed over the years.
What kind of game is it? It is an extremely complex 2D open-world game where you enjoy maximum freedom. Terraria offers a huge sandbox where you can explore, build, survive, or mine for ores: It can be played in singleplayer and multiplayer.
Some call it a “2D Minecraft,” but that’s not entirely accurate.
2 years after the end of the game, a big patch arrives
How is the game getting better now? The developers had actually officially concluded the development of Terraria with the patch “Journey’s End” in 2020.
However, now with “Labour of Love,” an update is coming that sounds like they just want to make fans happy:
A new “Zenith” world is being introduced: The developers call it the “Magnus Opus of the Terraria World Seeds.” The world is supposed to have unique features from all other Terraria worlds and also new, yet unknown features.
It is also said that the world is harder than all previous ones.
Additionally, many more “Quality of Life” improvements are being made: Players can create 3 different loadouts, and most items stack up to 9,999.
The combat system is also being revised.
There are also 300 new items, 25 new block and wall types, and many other changes.
The patch is now live, and you can read all the patch notes here (via forums.terraria).
Terraria is his life’s work: Andrew Spins.
What do people say about Terraria? In the comments on PC Gamer, a user says:
“The $10 I spent on Terraria when it came out was the best gaming investment I’ve ever made and probably ever will make.”
On Steam, a tester says: “This game is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s so much fun and has so much content, and it’s crazy that it only has 280 MB. How is that even possible? I love it.”
Terraria seems to be an example of the much-maligned model “Games as a Service” that brings people a lot of joy.
We once had a very nice story about Terraria on MeinMMO. Google had dared to confront the game’s lead:
Hollywood star Chloë Moretz is now playing Destiny 2. The passionate actress was looking for a new gaming challenge and was quickly convinced by Bungie’s space shooter. We will tell you what the community says about the famous Guardian, which class she playsand what her first impression was.
Who is Chloë Grace Moretz? Chloë is an American model and young actress who has already landed a few impressive film roles with her ambitious attitude. The 25-year-old is particularly fond of turbulent action films.
In 2010, she successfully played the notable role of “Mindy MaCready” aka “Hit-Girl” alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Nicolas Cage in “Kick-Ass”.
In 2012, she returned in the sequel, “Kick Ass 2”.
Further roles followed in “The Equalizer”, “The 5th Wave”, “Bad Neighbours 2” and others.
Besides acting and modeling, Chloë Moretz is also a passionate gamer. This is well known, especially through her own posts via Twitter.
When the CoD beta ended, she immediately asked her followers on Twitter for a new gaming challenge. It didn’t take long for her to receive a brief and questioning recommendation “Destiny 2?” from Guardian deRanged Shaman.
She promptly replied to him that she had just downloaded Bungie’s space shooter. Obviously, something about Destiny 2 made Chloë’s gamer heart beat faster quite quickly. However, she has not yet revealed exactly what that is.
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Guardians are already joking: That’s it for the film career
Guardians from Destiny 2 know exactly what the actress can expect – fun, but also a lot of grind that will cost a lot of time.
Many in the community congratulated her on her choice. Additionally, the “Kick Ass” star has already received the first offers for questing together and invitations for various activities. Other Guardians joked with her.
Player Monroe Jigsaw predicted for her on Twitter: “Ohhhhh, this will be the best and worst decision you ever made in your whole life. Welcome to the madhouse!”
AwwwwD is excited and “can’t wait until you play nothing but Destiny, but at the same time hate the game”.
And Crizy knows that one can sink many hours into Destiny 2 quickly. Therefore, he can imagine: “When she enters this universe, she will never have time to participate in a new movie again!”
And indeed, that was something that Chloë recognized shortly afterwards. The newly minted Guardian posted, having familiarized herself with the space shooter a little, laughing on Twitter: “You weren’t joking … Destiny is very demanding (consuming)”.
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She is certainly not wrong. Without a guide, it is indeed challenging in Destiny 2 to understand which quest sequence is the correct one.
Especially which content corresponds to which expansion and how the gameplay flows can quickly confuse new players. Therefore, Destiny 2 remains a game in 2022 that, despite many improvements, you shouldn’t explore alone at the beginning.
However, while every other player has to painstakingly seek connection or help through videos and LFG, the actress has already received a lot of tips, enthusiastic clan invitations, and fireteam applications online.
Even content creators smell their opportunity: She is not only receiving offers from players. There are also invitations and tips from well-known Destiny 2 content creators, such as Datto, KackisHD, or Frostbold, which have already come in. The streamers are apparently sensing their opportunity to perhaps have the famous actress in one of their Destiny livestreams someday.
The applications were quite impressive:
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Frostbolt would love to have a sweaty Trials match with Chloe.
You can assume that Chloë will keep her followers updated via her Twitter account about what she is doing in the Destiny universe and especially, how she finds these experiences. Just as she has done with her other games so far.
Not the only celebrity Guardian in Destiny 2: By the way, Chloë Moretz is not the only celebrity moving around in the Destiny universe.
TheXbox chief Phil Spencer has also spent a lot of time with Destiny.
Similarly, Lance Reddick, the voice of Zavala and star of series like Fringe, The Blacklist, or the successful John Wick, chapter 2 and 3.
Zach Braff, aka JD from Scrubs, shares the Destiny passion with his nephew.
Which Destiny class did Chloë favor? Before she entered the Destiny universe, the “Kick Ass” star still had to choose her character class. It was either a powerful Titan or a sprightly Hunter?
What do you think? Would you like to play a round with Chloë or would you prefer to see her in a stream with the Destiny content creators? Or perhaps you think the actress will soon throw in the towel anyway. So feel free to share your opinion with the community in the comments.
If the “Kick Ass” star remains faithful to the Destiny universe, then she will also soon have to do without this popular third-party app because Bungie wanted to ban cheaters:
For trainers in Pokémon GO, it’s all about the little pocket monsters. But how would you actually look as a Pokémon? A new AI makes this possible now. Our MeinMMO author Franzi has tried the AI for you and shows you the results.
Which program is it about? Those who want to dive into the world of Pokémon could previously do so primarily through the anime or through the main series games, the trading cards, as well as with the help of Pokémon GO.
A new artificial intelligence (AI) now allows trainers to dream of becoming a Pokémon themselves and creates a suitable graphic for that. We will show you how it works and what graphics I created.
How to Become a Pokémon
The creative minds at Replicate have developed a tool called “Text-to-Pokemon” that has the ability to create graphics from texts. To be precise, these are not just any graphics, but hilarious images that directly remind one of Pokémon. And the best part is: everyone can be part of it.
How does the AI work? Creating such a graphic is incredibly simple. If you want to see yourself as a Pokémon, you need to proceed as follows:
Open the Text-to-Pokemon website. There, you can first take a look at how the tool is set up and discover initial graphics.
Scroll down the page to under the input mask and click on “Sign in with GitHub”.
Now you have the option to register for free or log in if you already have an account there.
Once you’ve done that, you will be redirected back to the input mask that was previously grayed out.
There, you can now enter any texts and determine various parameters.
Then you confirm your input with the “Submit” button.
After that, you will see the progress of your image on the right side. Once it’s 100% loaded, the graphic will be displayed to you.
You can then download it using the “Download” button.
This is how you can generate your graphic (via replicate.com)
What Do Our Pokémon Graphics Look Like?
I had to try this tool on behalf of all Pokémon fans and generated graphics for the most important terms surrounding Pokémon GO. Of course, our team from MeinMMO had to be part of it as well. Here are the results:
NianticAsh KetchumProfessor WillowTeam GO RocketGiovanniBlancheCandelaSparkPokeMinersTheSilphRoadSpieletrendMeinMMOFranzi KorittkeMax HandwerkPatrick Freese
Especially the graphics of Giovanni, Blanche, and Candela are, in my opinion, very accurately depicted. Even without a closer description, one could suspect who it is.
And the red and blue color of Pokémon-Ash’s body actually reminds of his clothing in the anime. Professor Willow, on the other hand, looks a bit angry, which we are not used to from him in this way.
For one graphic or another, you need to know what was entered, as it may not be directly recognizable at first glance. But the images are definitely ready for the Pokémon world. Now we just need the fitting names.
Personal conclusion: In my opinion, the AI is really great. The images are funny and provide a cool distraction. I could have spent hours creating new Pokémon graphics. So if you’ve always wanted to know how you or your friends would look as Pokémon, you should definitely try the tool yourself.
What do you think of the created graphics? Will you create one for yourself? Or do you find it just totally pointless? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
Some of the biggest German Twitch streamers will be attending the Wok WM from ProSieben: foremost MontanaBlack: In a Twitch stream, he hinted at the participation months ago, but ironically. He said: He has no interest in it at all. Especially not with a ‘Ballermann loser’ like Knossi. Besides the two, Trymacs and Unsympathisch.TV will also be in the Wok.
What is the Wok WM? It was a show initiated by Stefan Raab, which Pro7 then held 13 times. It ran from 2003 to 2015.
Basically, it’s like luging, just with a wok: a device usually used for cooking.
More or less prominent individuals would luge down the track in the wok. For the overly ambitious Stefan Raab, it was another opportunity to compete with his rival Joey Kelly. In the end, however, the professional luger Georg Hackl typically won.
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Unsympathisch.TV – he became known through comedy videos
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Career and Life of MontanaBlack in 2 Minutes: What Makes Him Unique?
MontanaBlack: “If I go, I’m going with cool people – Not with you”
This is now the gag: The streamers knew months ago that they would participate in the Wok WM, but kept it secret for a long time.
Already two months ago, MontanaBlack and Knossi talked about it in a Twitch stream.
Then Knossi asked his friend MontanaBlack how it would be if they went to the Wok WM. However, MontanaBlack completely denied it, although he stumbled at the beginning and almost let the cat out of the bag.
“How will the Wok WM be for us? – Oh, right. If we – ah, no. I imagine that to be crap. So if I go, I would go with cool people, not with you. […] With you, the show is over, brother. You’re no longer in the hype. You’ve become a Ballermann loser.”
MontanaBlack to Knossi
The names of Trymacs and Unsympathisch.tv are also mentioned. Apparently, Knossi and MontanaBlack were already having fun knowing something that was only supposed to come to light months later.
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There is an interesting interaction between TV and Twitch. Knossi has managed to celebrate great successes on Twitch with TV-like events in recent years. Conversely, it seems that TV is trying to reach a younger generation by being close to Twitch. However, this has not really succeeded yet:
More and more professional players are playing Varus in the mid lane. After Frederik “NoWay” Hinteregger showcased the pick in the bot lane weeks ago, the champion is a secret tip for the League of Legends Solo Queue. He can be played in two different ways, depending on the opponent team composition.
What makes Varus so strong? Varus has been played in the mid lane from time to time and has often been among the meta picks in the past. However, the current meta revolves mainly around common mages like Viktor, Taliyah, and Sylas.
And this is where Varus comes into focus. He deals incredibly high damage with his Q and W combination. Here you can see a clip of Cho’Gath, who takes almost 5900 health in a few seconds of damage:
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AP Varus can deal massive damage through combinations with his W ability and completely destroy opponents.
It suffices for the opponent to have taken 3 stacks of his W ability beforehand, which can then be activated by the other abilities. The main damage comes from the combination of Q and W abilities and is very painful for the opponent.
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What should you consider while playing? Depending on the opponents, Varus can be played in different ways. There’s the full AP Varus, which focuses on ability power. This build focuses on the combination between the Q ability and the stacks of the W ability to kill opponents from a distance.
The alternative focuses on dealing additional damage with each auto attack. In this build, you work a lot with attack speed and must pay special attention to how you position yourself on the map and move in fights.
Here we will briefly outline the two variants. Feel free to be inspired by the builds and experiment further to find out what works best. If you’re not sure yet, use the practice tool in LoL so that the ranked games are not seen as lost right from the start.
The right runes and items for your Varus build in LoL
The Full-AP Varus:
Your runes in the inspiration tree are: First Strike > Magical Footwear > Futures Market > Cosmic Insight
In the second tree, you can experiment. However, bone plating and lifesaver have proven to be effective so you can endure more and take control of the lane
The most important items are: Doran’s Blade > Nashor’s Tooth > Riftmaker > Rabadon’s Deathcap
The playstyle focuses on hitting with your ultimate ability or getting 3 stacks on the opponent before you shoot him with an arrow
The Attack Speed Varus:
For the attack speed build, the runes are: lethal tempo > triumph > legend: zeal > cutting down
In the second tree, it is essential that you take the runes cosmic insight and magical footwear. This provides Varus with additional cooldown reduction and more movement speed
The most important items consist of: Doran’s Blade > Infinity Edge > Blade of the Ruined King > Guinsoo’s Rageblade
In case the opponent team has a lot of ability power damage, buy the end of wisdom after the Infinity Edge
The important thing about this build is to stay in constant movement to avoid being caught off guard
Here you have a fight at the dragon, showing how effective Varus can be:
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caPs showcases his Varus Midlane in the LEC and the casters are shocked
By the way, we tried the attack speed build for you. The game was played at Bronze-Silver Elo:
Test game of the Varus build
Who else plays Varus? The mid laner of G2, Rasmus “caPs” Borregaard Winther, plays off-meta champions from time to time in the Solo Queue. In his streams, he plays champions like Shaco or Zac mid lane.
After NoWay played Varus mid lane, caPs adopted the pick and played it himself with success. It went so far that the mid laner of G2 played the pick in the LEC and this pick helped his team to victory.
Who is NoWay anyway? Frederik „NoWay“ Hinteregger (30) plays in the mid lane for No Need Orga (NNO) – he himself is the second largest German Twitch streamer ever. NoWay is now significantly larger than MontanaBlack.
So far, Varus’s pick rate doesn’t promise much. The win rate of Varus is currently still 49.35% (via op.gg). After G2’s strategy was published and Twitch streamer NoWay showcased the pick as a trendsetter, we can only wait and see when the nerf on Varus comes, as some Reddit posts already suggest.
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Just before the best quest in Wrath of the Lich King Classic , Blizzard explicitly warns. Those who can should skip an important piece of Warcraft history.
The launch of Wrath of the Lich King Classic went relatively smoothly, but there are some annoying problems. Long wait times on some realms spoil the fun, and now there’s this: The popular quest line “Battle for Undercity” is full of bugs and cannot be completed in many cases.
Worse still: Your character could get stuck in a phase where it simply cannot proceed. Hence, the appeal from Blizzard: Please do not attempt to complete this quest!
What kind of quest line is this? The “Battle for Undercity” is one of the major historical highlights in World of Warcraft. Sometimes also called the “Wrathgate” quest line, it involves a significant conflict between Horde and Alliance as well as a drastic crime by the Forsaken.
In the fight against Arthas and the undead Scourge, there is a joint assault by the Horde and Alliance on the Icecrown Citadel. However, the Forsaken apothecaries betray all sides and unleash plague upon the Alliance, Horde, and the Scourge. There are numerous deaths on all sides, including heroes like young Saurfang or Bolvar Fordragon.
Sylvanas denies any involvement in the betrayal by the apothecaries and shifts the blame to the dreadlord Varimathras and a solo act by apothecary Putress. The Horde and Alliance then march into battle to conquer Undercity, which is currently in the hands of the apothecaries. This very scenario is available to play there.
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WOW WotLK Classic: Die Pforte des Zorns
What is the problem with the quest? It is apparently not a single problem, but several. Most often, it seems that the scenario “The Battle for Undercity” simply does not proceed past a certain point. There is no way to complete the quest, and players are stuck in this phase.
While Alliance players can only unsatisfiedly abandon the quest and leave the scenario, the consequences can be more severe for Horde players. According to Blizzard, it is particularly problematic for the Horde, as “this quest step puts characters in a phase they cannot escape from, which also affects vendors and trainers in Undercity and Orgrimmar.”
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When will there be a permanent solution?? That is still unclear. Blizzard is already working on a short-term fix, which is only a temporary workaround. Within the next day, characters should have the option to simply skip the event in Undercity. At the same time, it should be ensured that everyone who skips the quest can catch up on it later.
It breaks our hearts to ask our players to skip this iconic content, and we will do everything we can to implement a comprehensive solution as quickly as possible to provide a more reliable player experience for those playing this quest for the first time, and to give players who were forced to skip it a way to catch up on it. But we cannot currently estimate when we will be able to offer a complete fix.
Blizzard’s main goal is, of course, to make the event error-free. However, that may still take a while and will probably “not happen in the next few days.” There are many problems coming together, and their resolution has likely been worsened by the increased number of characters per realm.
Those looking forward to the legendary “Battle for Undercity” quest line should be a bit more patient – or take the risk of spending a very, very long time in Undercity.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
