Since the new expansion for Guild Wars 2, End of Dragons, one of the new classes is absolutely dominant. Now a developer has spoken out and admitted a problem.
What class is this? The dominant class is the Engineer, specifically its new elite specialization, the Mechanist. This focuses, as the name suggests, on large mechs that can deal significant damage in combat.
Since the Mechanist can even achieve relatively high damage through simple presses of its auto attacks, it is a welcome choice for beginners in raids. This allows players to focus more on the bosses and mechanics.
But the Mechanist is also interesting for pros, as when mastered, the damage it can deal is hard to surpass.
Why is this a problem? The main goal of the developers of Guild Wars 2 is to make all classes roughly equal in endgame viability. Balancing has always been a bigger problem in MMORPGs, especially concerning group dynamics.
Just a few years ago, it was simply pointless to play in a group without a Mesmer. However, various patches and updates have greatly improved this in recent months. Many classes now have access to more buffs, and thus an endgame group is no longer so heavily reliant on certain classes.
However, the fact that the Mechanist is now so strong that theoretically, almost no other DPS class would need to be brought along annoys many fans of the game.
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At least one in five raid participants plays a Mechanist
What are the implications? In the PvE endgame of Guild Wars 2, the Mechanist is currently absolutely dominant – by a huge margin compared to all other classes. A reddit user has now published a statistic regarding how often the classes appear in raids, the most challenging PvE content in Guild Wars 2.
He states that in 32.76% of all raids, a Mechanist is present. This places it significantly ahead of the second most popular class, the Firebrand, which appears in 14.06% of raids.
After that, the numbers drop even further. The Virtuoso in third place appears in 9.49% of raids and the Harbinger in fourth place in 6%. Particularly hard hit is the Warrior specialization of the Banner, which is currently only present in 0.26% of raids.
Some comments under the post even go so far as to say that people would like to play another class but see little sense in doing so. The Mechanist is simply too strong, according to one fan (via reddit).
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Even the director responds: The post caused quite a stir in the reddit community of Guild Wars 2. In three days it received 1,200 upvotes and 641 comments, which is a very good value for the subreddit. The post gained so much traction that even game director Joshua Davis spoke out. He attempted to mitigate and calm the situation.
He wrote: “Internal data shows that the Mechanist is present in 20% of all raids, from August 23 until today, not in 32.76% as the creator states. I think this is also due to where the creator’s data comes from. Raid communities often only have self-generated data, if I understand correctly. Nevertheless, 20% is truly very high, I do not want to deny that. Changes are on the way.”
What exactly these changes will look like in detail, we do not know at this time. While the next balance patch in October will bring some changes, it will mainly focus on PvP, another patch in November 2022 is said to bring significant changes to the classes themselves (via GW2 Wiki).
What do you think about this? Do you play a Mechanist yourself? Have you also noticed an increase in this class in your raids? Or do you perhaps not mind that one class dominates the others? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
The hardcore MMORPG Mortal Online 2 by Star Vault AB is planning an upgrade from Unreal Engine 4 to 5. This will give developers more opportunities for graphically demanding design.
Mortal Online 2 was released in January 2022. Now it aims to become the first major MMORPG to utilize Unreal Engine 5 for development. After the upgrade, developers will have access to new tools to significantly improve the game’s visual aspects.
What does Unreal Engine 5 mean? It is the latest version of a game engine developed by Epic Games. Currently, some games are being developed with it that we are eagerly awaiting.
Two important features of Unreal Engine 5 (UE 5) are “Lumen” for sophisticated lighting in every scene, and “Nanite,” the geometry pipeline. Thanks to Nanite, developers can load high-resolution 3D models and textures into the engine.
Improved graphics and reduced loading times
With the lighting system “Lumen,” developers will soon be able to make the environment more detailed and ensure a more realistic representation. In their blog post on the topic, the developers show 2 screenshots comparing UE 4 and UE 5:
This is how it currently looks.This is how it will look with Unreal Engine 5.
Furthermore, “Nanite” gives developers the ability to use unlimited polygons for their models without affecting the MMORPG’s performance. As a result, you will be able to see many more details in the future.
An ambitious new weather system is also coming to Mortal Online 2. This will be particularly interesting when players have arrived at the Magic School and can control the sky through elements.
Apart from graphical aspects, Star Vault wants to make gameplay more enjoyable. In the future, loading times are to be reduced, which would be a relief, for example, during fast travel.
When will the upgrade occur? Currently, there is no date for the improvement to UE 5. Star Vault only explains that they will keep at it and want to share more updates and screenshots in the future.
What do you think about the promised upgrade to Unreal Engine 5? Are you currently playing Mortal Online 2 and excited that your MMORPG will look even more beautiful soon? Or is the graphics with Unreal Engine 4 sufficient for you? How long do you think it will be before developers Star Vault release more information? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
The MMORPG Gloria Victis also recently improved its graphics:
In esports, during League of Legends, Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez, the CEO of G2 Esports, had a free pass to say whatever he thought. His success had justified this attitude over the years: Just like former Bayern Munich manager Uli Hoeneß, Ocelote mocked colleagues and rivals, made fun of the opposing fans, and never missed a quip. But now he has found his limit.
This is Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez: Ocelote is somewhat of a personification of success in LoL: The Spaniard was initially a mid-laner for SK Gaming. But already in 2013, he recognized the signs of the times and founded the esports team G2 Esports:
G2 Esports has been the champion in Europe 9 times
He questioned what other teams were doing all the time while he is having so much success with G2 Esports – Maybe they were celebrating, but what for? There was nothing to celebrate, they haven’t been successful enough
Fans celebrate the ambitious and biting CEO, no matter what he does
How did that go over? For years, this “bad boy” attitude worked excellently. It was viewed as a kind of “show”: His team, G2 Esports, was “cheeky and authentic”; they spoke without a filter. Ocelote was almost expected to make such remarks – openly mocking the competition.
He somehow managed to sell this as a strong brand. Despite such attacks, G2 was an extraordinarily strong brand, with companies like BMW or Mastercard eager to advertise with them.
Somehow, all of this was part of the Ocelote show. The Spaniard, the bad boy, was “too big to fail”; he got away with everything – you somehow knew: At heart, he was a cool guy who did everything for his team, a friend of the players, a boss on equal terms. Somehow a charming, cocky guy who didn’t really mean it all.
On September 17 at 11:21 PM, Ocelote said: He doesn’t let anyone tell him what to do.
Ocelote switches from “FU” to “Sorry” in 17 hours
This was now the limit: Ocelote crossed this limit with a video showing him partying with Andrew Tate: Someone who is considered a misogynist and against whom an investigation for human trafficking is ongoing.
The shitstorm came quickly and hard. But Ocelote still held on to his position: No one tells him how to celebrate, he posted on the evening of September 17.
But opinions changed: Even his own players, like Perkz, a sort of surrogate son, turned away from Ocelote. Outraged Twitter users alerted G2’s sponsors: Do you really want to work with someone who associates with such people who abuse women?
The own team G2 Esports made it clear the next day: The boss was suspended by the board for 8 weeks and waived his salary during that time. Ocelote allegedly agreed to this, it was said.
On September 18 at 4 PM, Ocelote sounds completely different.
This is how Ocelote presents himself now: It is truly an absurd spectacle: Just while the tweet “I don’t let anyone dictate with whom I celebrate” was pinned, Ocelote posted a message that sounds nothing like him.
He has “disappointed many fans”. Confusion arose about what he stands for: He always stands for absolute equality. He has learned from many mistakes:
I misjudged the situation, feel terrible about the discussions I created, will face it and accept all consequences.
Manager posts “He is not an ass” certificate from ex-wife
In the discussion, he posted what resembles a certificate that he is not a misogynistic ass, a statement from his ex-wife stating that he has never behaved misogynistically.
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What is the discussion? Currently, Ocelote cannot win anymore. Hardly anyone finds his apology good:
People who are outraged demand his resignation. He cannot have changed his entire personality within 17 hours, from “I won’t let anyone dictate to me” to “I’m sorry”.
The post seems inauthentic and sounds like empty PR talk, they say.
People who previously stood by his side now feel disappointed: The cancel culture has prevailed – now they are demanding everything from him. He now must constantly apologize for everything.
What are the parallels to Uli Hoeneß? The former manager of Bayern Munich was also an active player who switched to management early on. Like Ocelote, he led his team to great success.
Under the term “Department Attack”, he shaped the image of Bayern Munich for years: He spoke without filter, made clear statements and went head-on at anyone who stood in his way.
Similar to Ocelote, Hoeneß experienced his break at the peak of his fame: Hoeneß was sentenced to prison for tax evasion and has since presented himself much quieter and more considered. Ocelote doesn’t have to go to jail, but he has suffered a similar loss of reputation – like Hoeneß.
The times when Ocelote declared that all other teams in LoL were losers except him are probably over. Uli Hoeneß has also significantly restrained himself after his prison sentence.
Currently, the German YouTuber “HandOfBlood” has created a fictional character: an unbearable CEO of a LoL team who likes to compare himself with Uli Hoeneß. Perhaps he has based the character somewhat on Ocelote:
Overwatch 2 has lost another important developer. The Lead Hero Designer has left Blizzard.
This is one of those messages that Blizzard fans can only bear with great difficulty. Another well-known developer has left the company. Geoff Goodman is no longer part of Blizzard and thus no longer a member of the Overwatch team – and that just before the release of Overwatch 2.
What was Goodman’s role in the team? Goodman was involved from the very beginning of Overwatch, even before the game was created from the remnants of “Project Titan.” As the “Lead Hero Designer,” Goodman was responsible for the design of the heroes, including their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Large parts of the balancing fell to him, including the reworks of the two heroes Orisa and Doomfist, as well as the development of new heroes like Sojourn or Junker Queen.
Geoff Goodman was one of the more well-known faces of the team.
That the Lead Hero Designer leaves the team so shortly before the game’s release is, of course, a somewhat strange signal. However, the decision was likely made “earlier in the year,” as Blizzard revealed to the magazine PCGamer. Goodman was last seen for Blizzard in a group interview about Overwatch in June 2022.
Where Goodman will end up now is not yet known. Many former Blizzard developers now work for other studios or have even founded their own studios.
The newest hero in Overwatch 2, Kiriko, sparked a lot of discussions:
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This is what the community says: In the Overwatch subreddit, the departure of such an important person from the Overwatch team is being hotly debated. While many criticize that Blizzard is suffering from a “brain drain,” meaning that the creative minds are gradually disappearing, there are also some voices that welcome fresh ideas and new faces. After all, Blizzard has been shaken by several scandals in recent years, especially the major sexism scandal has caused many old fans to look more positively at new faces.
“The gut punches just keep coming, don’t they? I don’t know why I even try to look forward to Overwatch 2. The negative signs are all there and I just continue to hope that they’ll somehow surprise us… I guess I just miss the good days of Overwatch.”
“I really want to be excited. I feel like I would celebrate any positive news, no matter what. But it’s just been so long since there’s been any good news…”
“This seems so strange to me; so many people are saying that the departure of Jeff and Geoff is a terrible thing for the game, but not even a year ago, everyone was saying they just had no good ideas anymore? What is it now? Are they holding the company back and making bad decisions or is it so bad for the game that they leave?”
What do you think about it? Sad that such a long-time developer has disappeared from Blizzard? Or is it good that this might bring fresh air to the company?
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The Westphalian metalcore band Electric Callboy is known for its crazy videos. Now, they have hired the well-known streamer Kalle Koschinsky to play the lead role in their latest music video. And it embraces everything that makes the internet great. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus is thrilled.
Who is Kalle Koschinsky?
The streamer and musician is primarily known for his earlier work as the “sidekick” of HandOfBlood, but now he is a successful influencer himself.
What kind of video is this? “Arrow of Love” is one of the tracks from the new album “Tekkno,” which Electric Callboy released on September 16, 2022. In the corresponding video, Kalle plays the god of love, Cupid, but in a very modern version.
The theme of the song is actually quite straightforward: Love is for everyone and better than violence. We have embedded the music video here for you:
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I am a big metal fan anyway and I love the music of Electric Callboy (who are even better live). But what Kalle and the Callboys deliver here in the video simply forces me to celebrate along. Everything about the video is just completely insane.
Instead of using a bow and arrow, as one knows it from mythology, Kalle attacks people with guns, grenades, and explosives to ignite the spark of love. Wherever there is conflict, he ensures happiness according to the motto: “I’ll give you love, shove it right into your face.”
Not only does Kalle in his costume remind one of Rambo, but he also plays with the charm of Call of Duty. Even memes are spread throughout the entire video, such as the well-known “Distracted Boyfriend/Girlfriend” meme (minute 1:18) and “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions” (minute 1:56).
For me as a gamer and metal fan, this is the best mix I could wish for, and at the moment the song is on repeat.
“I only had 3 days to learn the song by heart”
Why is Kalle participating? Electric Callboy often collaborates with German figures from the internet. Kalle is a frequent partner of the band. For example, the song “Castrop X Spandau” was created as a collaboration, in which Kalle himself is elevated to one of the “Callboys”.
As MeinMMO reader BlauMoon explains, Kalle has even developed choreography for Electric Callboy several times. This may be one of the reasons for his appearances.
Kalle has appeared in Electric Callboy’s videos several times, but HandOfBlood has also been part of the productions. If you want to see him dancing in a disco outfit from the 80s, check out “Hypa Hypa“.
Hänno also provides good entertainment and quirky moments:
This is what Kalle says about the video: Kalle has had less to do with metal so far, but he enjoys working with Electric Callboy, as he says: “I like music with a catchy factor, and Electric Callboy does that well, in my opinion.”
As he explained in a livestream on September 21, he only had 3 days to learn the lyrics for “Arrow of Love” by heart. He considers it to be one of the best tracks from the new album.
If you find Electric Callboy a bit too intense, you might want to check out Saltatio Mortis. The German folk-rock band also has a close connection to gaming and the internet:
One of the most important interactions in Pokémon GO is spinning PokéStops. Now, a trainer has brought the game into reality in a very special way, exciting the reddit community. We at MeinMMO have looked into what he has developed.
What are PokéStops? The basic concept of Pokémon GO is to go outside and explore the surroundings while catching the little pocket monsters and fighting against them with other players.
The most interesting points in an area are marked by so-called PokéStops. These are blue and have a round photo disc at the top that can be spun. When you do this, you are rewarded with various items, research tasks, and gifts.
Additionally, a few more monsters often spawn at these points. Therefore, interacting with these stops is particularly important for Pokémon GO players. Now, a trainer has also brought this function into the real world and is exciting the community.
Looking at the current post by the reddit user RealCaptainSteel, one can quickly notice that he has been particularly captivated by the love for PokéStops in Pokémon GO. They are no longer just a part of his game but also a fixed component of his real life.
As RealCaptainSteel explains in his post on reddit, he and his partner have built their own stop in real life. He writes (via reddit.com): “We built a PokéStop that gives away real gifts!” Below is a video of the artwork.
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The two paid attention to every detail that makes up such a PokéStop in the game. Instead of spinning the photo disc, trainers can press a button here and receive a small gift, which has also been adapted to the look in Pokémon GO.
However, it doesn’t stop with this little gimmick, as RealCaptainSteel explains, there is also a little surprise hidden in the gift. In this case, it was a shiny Rattata that his partner crocheted for the C-Day. And stickers for Community Day with Rattata could also be found inside.
Can the PokéStop be visited? Yes, as RealCaptainSteel explains in the comments, the two Pokémon GO lovers want to try to make the self-built PokéStop accessible to other trainers during the monthly Community Days.
Interested parties can find them in the Canadian city of Kitchener on that day, about 100 km southwest of Toronto. For the Community Day with Shinx in October, they will therefore set up their PokéStop in the Waterloo Park of their town.
But their vision goes even further. One of their biggest goals is to tour North America with this stop and thus make it available to other trainers during C-Days.
Trainers are excited: “I really want to press the button”
Among the trainers in the reddit community, this self-built PokéStop is very well received. As of now (September 21, 2022, at 12:50), the post by RealCaptainSteel has already received more than 18,600 upvotes. And the excitement of the trainers is also evident in the comments. Many hope that they can eventually use the PokéStop themselves (via reddit.com):
FormerTerraformer: “Absolutely genius!”
seaglass_: “This is amazing!! I really want to press the button.”
nicknametrix: “When I clicked on this post, I didn’t expect it to be in my city. Cool thing!”
SeptemberBud: “So creative. Absolutely fantastic. Great job being a part of your local Pokémon community. You make the game so much more interesting for many people.”
forte_the_infamous: “I absolutely need the info on how to do this!! This is fantastic! I want this for my community!!”
As the demand for the self-built PokéStop is so high, the reddit user pgomav suggests that RealCaptainSteel should simply go into production so that there are such special stops in every country (via reddit.com). However, it would have to be ensured that design rights were observed on the part of Niantic.
Further suggestions from the community: But one thing that trainers still lack with this self-built PokéStop is Team GO Rocket. The grunts are known for taking over PokéStops in the game, stealing eggs and items from them, and causing a lot of trouble.
This should also be implemented at the real stop, as the reddit user faity5 suggested, while another user directly offers his help for the next Community Day in the comments (via reddit.com): “I will take my Rocket cosplay and head to take it over.”
The two creators of the PokéStop have already thought about this topic and want to incorporate it into future versions as well. However, RealCaptainSteel does not reveal how.
Are there further plans for the PokéStop? Yes, RealCaptainSteel and his partner have big plans, as the PokéStop is to be improved in the future. Currently, the stop needs to be manually stocked with a gift after each round. The two want to change this and find an automated solution.
And RealCaptainSteel also wants to integrate a color change through LEDs in the next version. This way, the purple cooldown, as in the game, could also be visually represented, as well as the takeover by Team GO Rocket. However, when that will happen remains to be seen.
How do you like the self-built PokéStop? Would you also like to visit it and secure one of the gifts? Or would you rather stay in the digital world? Let us know here on MeinMMO and exchange ideas with other trainers on this topic.
The Twitch star Zack, better known as “Asmongold”, is apparently shocked by accusations against his friend the streamer Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo. In a heated stream, he almost talks himself into trouble.
However, Mizkif quickly came under criticism himself. The gambling streamer Tyler “Trainwreck” Niknam accused him of covering up a friend’s sexual assault. He brought to light a case from 2021.
The streamer “CrazySlick”, a friend of Mizkif, allegedly stalked and inappropriately touched the streamer Adrianah Lee at a party – he insists that he only checked her pulse. Mizkif is said to have swept this under the rug at the time.
Asmongold is probably the biggest MMORPG streamer ever. You can see what else makes him unique in the video.
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Outburst in Stream
How does Asmongold come into play now? Asmongold and Mizkif are co-founders of the gaming organization One True King (OTK). In a now-unavailable stream, Asmongold had some clear words.
All of Asmongold’s wrath was initially directed at Slick himself. Asmongold called him a liar and a “creep” and even wished him dead – not in the game, but in real life. However, Mizkif also did not escape unscathed.
If Mizkif does not cut all contact with Slick, Asmongold said he would never speak to him again. This applies to anyone else associated with Slick as well.
As long as I don’t see any verifiable, undeniable evidence that Slick didn’t do it and wasn’t a creep – and I’m talking about real, court-certified documents – I will never speak to anyone I know who has anything to do with him again. I will literally never talk to them again.
Asmongold via Twitch
The issue apparently affected Asmongold quite a bit. He said he was “so damn angry” and didn’t care whether Slick was Mizkif’s friend. Slick had only used Mizkif, lied to him, and thus put Mizkif and Asmongold himself in this position.
Asmongold also admitted that he did not yet know how involved his colleague actually was, but he wanted to find out. Mizkif was very upset at the moment, so Asmongold wanted to give the situation some time. He would process all of this.
Suspension and Internal Investigations Against Mizkif
What’s next for OTK? The organization published a statement on Twitter on September 21. In it, they condemned sexual harassment, assault, and bigotry. OTK also stated that they had initiated an investigation by an independent legal organization.
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Mizkif has since been placed on leave and is stepping back from his commitments until the results of the investigation are available.
How does the community react? Fans of OTK seem to be divided. Some feel that the response isn’t far enough. They are calling for an immediate firing of Mizkif. Others hope that the investigation can be concluded quickly and that Mizkif will be exonerated (via Twitter).
What does Mizkif say? The streamer has since released his own statement, in which he apologized to Adrianah and all victims of sexual harassment for his remarks. Sexual harassment can never be regarded as “small” regardless of the severity.
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The big leak about GTA 6 was received very negatively by a part of the gaming community and criticized for its poor appearance. Consequently, developers from indie and AAA games released videos showcasing their games in early development stages.
Among them were also screenshots and gameplay videos that had spread rapidly on the Internet. However, it was a very early version of the game that is still completely unfinished and looks accordingly.
Nevertheless, voices in the gaming community quickly surfaced claiming that the graphics of GTA 6 are obviously bad. Especially a tweet on the subject was shared a lot, went viral quickly, and also received a lot of attention from developers of various studios.
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“I know what I’m talking about because I’ve literally studied the subject. School of Informatics and Computing Game Development.”
In it, the Twitter user @Design4Mind317 claimed that graphics and lighting in games are completed first. Accordingly, GTA 6 has been in development for 4 years, and the final product would look just like the images and videos from the leak.
“Assets from Killzone were used because games in development don’t look finished”
This is what developers and journalists are saying: The viral post from @Design4Mind317 triggered a wave of reactions, criticizing him and those who agreed with him for their lack of knowledge. A whole group of developers who have worked on games like God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Sea of Thieves, and Cult of the Lamb opposed this.
The core message of their posts was that graphics are definitely not the first thing to be completed, and a playable build of a game does not mean that it is finished. Many of them therefore shared videos of the early builds of their own games in which:
Lighting is missing or is only extremely simple
Assets from other games were used as substitutes
The environment contains no details (no grass, buildings look like blocks)
Game characters are just gray dolls or consist of bright blocks, etc.
Here are some of the videos and screenshots that were shared in this context:
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The screenshot in the tweet shows the dreaded Thunderjaw from Horizon as a colorful, blocky toy dino, whose breakable body parts are color-coded. He is shot from a weapon that the studio Guerrilla Games borrowed from Killzone, one of their earlier games.
In another tweet, one of the most spectacular fight scenes in God of War is shown. In it, Kratos and Atreus fight against the god Baldur, but during development, everything looked very gray and colorless.
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Another tweet shows a comparison of an early build of Cult of the Lamb on the left side and the finished version on the right. The early build version lacks many assets and animations, and the textures are heavily simplified.
The message of all these videos is that one cannot judge a game based on leaks like GTA 6. They show the UI of the developer tools, partly use incorrect assets to test certain things, lack many features, etc.
Most gamers cannot relate to this because they are not familiar with the processes within game development and misinterpret what they see significantly.
“This is what Halo 4 looked like 9 months before gold status.”
In their tweets, the developers comment that their games often look “unfinished” even less than a year before the end of development. A leaked build, like that of GTA 6 showing a pre-alpha phase, is therefore far from being graphically finished.
What do you think of the comparisons between the development versions of major AAA games? What is your opinion on the leak of GTA 6? Tell us in the comments.
The SF MMORPG Star Citizen was first unveiled to the public in 2012. At that time, the project by gaming pioneer Chris Roberts raised $2.1 million in a Kickstarter campaign. Ten years later, it stands at $500,110,097, contributed by over 4 million people. At MeinMMO, we look at why the game is so extremely controversial and examine a typical discussion about Star Citizen on the German PC gaming site GameStar.
This is the situation:
Star Citizen is funded via crowdfunding: The money is used not only to create 2 games: the MMO Star Citizen and a single-player game Squadron 42. A massive infrastructure is also being built. Several studios across different continents and the technology to make all this possible.
On the German PC gaming site “GameStar”, articles about Star Citizen received the most comments years ago: However, the atmosphere was often hostile. Comments under the articles no longer exist on Gamestar. They are relocated to a forum.
11 Hours of Discussion at GameStar about Star Citizen
How the discussion is at GameStar: In the GameStar forum, you can see how the lines clash again (via gamestar):
The article was published at 1:30 PM
2 minutes earlier, at 1:28 PM, the forum post was already online
it took only 4 minutes before the discussion started
The comments were opened by a user without a profile picture, sharply at 1:32 PM with: “I have so much respect for this century fraud.”
Shortly after, at 1:40 PM, veteran MrNobdody82 joined him: “For me, it’s only vaporware now. I believed in it back in 2013, but not at all now. Shame about the 230 euros back then.”
At 1:44 PM, the first supporter, Masterflo3004, speaks up: He is looking forward to ‘Entity streaming’ and says: The financial milestone is already big, but he finds the ‘technical milestones’ more important.
At 1:57 PM, pragmatic user BSchäfer chimes in: “I check in every 6-8 weeks, play 15-20 hours and then leave it again. I like it.”
The first argument arises around 2:14 PM: HorstHermann asks: “Where the money flows everywhere” – the current state of development does not match the funds used.
7 minutes later, chuech contradicts: “Look at the business figures. It states where every dollar flows, currently all into development.”
“More fun with Star Citizen than with any other game”
Around 2:39 PM, ATix says that for him Star Citizen is still a dream. But he is also willing to invest in this dream. So far, it has been worth every cent to him – he enjoys the community and the hype that Star Citizen brings him.
At 3:28 PM, user johnnyD gripes: That’s a “sunk cost fallacy” – He means: Whoever invested in Star Citizen has already lost so much money that he now has to hope that it turns out well. No one wants to justify to themselves how much money they have wasted.
Star Citizen is a game of superlatives with great Hollywood actors.
The ban has therefore been planned for some time, but is only now being truly enforced. According to current information, Afghan providers must now enforce the blockade.
By using VPN services, it should still be possible to circumvent the bans and use both PUBG and TikTok unhindered.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
The ban has therefore been planned for some time, but is only now being truly enforced. According to current information, Afghan providers must now enforce the blockade.
By using VPN services, it should still be possible to circumvent the bans and use both PUBG and TikTok unhindered.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
The ban has therefore been planned for some time, but is only now being truly enforced. According to current information, Afghan providers must now enforce the blockade.
By using VPN services, it should still be possible to circumvent the bans and use both PUBG and TikTok unhindered.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
The radical Islamic Taliban currently rule Afghanistan. As a governing power, the terrorist organization now wants to introduce new regulations, including bans on video games such as PUBG, but under partially bizarre reasons.
Which group is it about? The Taliban have been operating for many years, primarily in and around Afghanistan, where they were in power from 1996 to 2001. The group consists of radical Islamic followers who want to impose Sharia law.
After a long war in Afghanistan, the Taliban were able to seize power again in August 2021. As a result, they allegedly executed over 100 employees of the former government extrajudicially, as reported by Spiegel.
The Taliban are also said to have been responsible for various atrocities, including beheadings, sometimes on camera. Now the group is passing new laws in Afghanistan and is banning the popular shooter PUBG among other things.
Why is PUBG being banned? According to the South Asia Index, on Twitter, one of the reasons for the ban is the “promotion of violence” in PUBG. The game was previously particularly popular in its mobile variant in Afghanistan.
According to PC Gamer, at times over 100,000 young Afghans have played the mobile shooter simultaneously. As the news agency The Khaama Press explains, internet and telecommunications service providers now have 90 days to implement the bans.
The PC version of PUBG recently received a new feature that allows players to craft skins:
Banning of PUBG and TikTok has been planned for months
Further reasons for the ban, according to Taliban spokesman Inamullah Semangani, are that the two apps “seduce the younger generation” and “waste people’s time,” as he explained in a news broadcast (via Bloomberg). Semangani himself wrote on Twitter:
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is obliged to block the game PUBG and the app called TikTok, which leads the youth down the wrong path. In the same manner, channels that offer immoral materials and programs should be avoided as much as possible.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
The ban has therefore been planned for some time, but is only now being truly enforced. According to current information, Afghan providers must now enforce the blockade.
By using VPN services, it should still be possible to circumvent the bans and use both PUBG and TikTok unhindered.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
The ban has therefore been planned for some time, but is only now being truly enforced. According to current information, Afghan providers must now enforce the blockade.
By using VPN services, it should still be possible to circumvent the bans and use both PUBG and TikTok unhindered.
Also, PUBG creator KRAFTON is unlikely to be satisfied with the ban. The publisher has already considered how to circumvent the ban in the case of India:
With Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2, the shooter series receives many new features. Besides the new map Al Mazrah, the revamped gunsmith, or the new mode DMZ, a rather inconspicuous feature could become the real highlight: the Proximity Chat.
What is the Proximity Chat? It is a special form of voice chat that is firmly integrated into the game. Theoretically, you no longer need to use third-party software such as Teamspeak or Discord to communicate in Warzone.
The special thing about the Proximity Chat is that it scales dynamically with your character. This means that the voice chat becomes louder or quieter depending on how far away you are from your teammates. But beware, the Proximity Chat does not only work between team members – your opponents can hear you too.
For more information about Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2, you can find it in this video:
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This form of communication mimics real life. In real life, you also don’t understand each other quite as well when you’re not close together. Ideally, such a feature can make the gaming experience even more immersive. You get a better sense of distances and your surroundings.
What makes this feature so special?
Even in Modern Warfare 2019, there was a possibility to communicate via voice in the game. However, this form of communication was always limited to your own team; you could only hear your opponents’ words in the lobby or during the kill cam.
In Modern Warfare 2, this fundamentally changes. So if you’ve always wanted to throw out a few remarks while storming an enemy position, you will soon have the chance to do so.
Who is this feature intended for? The Proximity Chat is likely of particular interest to players who like to play with random teammates in Warzone. This feature significantly simplifies communication. If you have access to the Beta, you can try out the feature yourself.
However, if you often play with a fixed team, you probably already use programs such as Discord. But even then, you can use the new feature to have a bit of fun.
Proximity Chat has great potential – but also raises concerns
When the first streamers and content creators discovered that Proximity Chat was included in MW2 during the Modern Warfare Next event, the hype was enormous.
No wonder, as human interaction always leads to exciting or funny moments. You can already imagine how opponents will react when a player suddenly takes down an entire team.
You can see what Proximity Chat looks like in action here with streamer Myth:
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But some fans are also worried. As you can see in the video, your opponents are able to overhear your communication. While discussing your strategy with your team, enemies could overhear it and prepare optimally for your push.
It could get tricky for you if you forget that you have activated the feature. It could quickly happen that background noise reveals your position. So be particularly careful when the TV is on in the background. The same applies if you like to munch on snacks while gaming. A reach into the crinkly chip bag could be responsible for your next visit to the Gulag.
There are also concerns among streamers: Some fear that stream snipers will try to exploit the new feature. Just imagine them following streamers and playing music that is copyrighted – or saying things that violate the terms of service of the streaming platforms. Similar things have already happened in PUBG or H1Z1, both battle royale games that feature a proximity chat.
But here is the good news: If you don’t want to use the new feature, you can easily deactivate it in the options.
Now you are asked: Are you excited about the new feature? Or will you deactivate the option right from the start? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
Artificial intelligences are now also creating entire games. The first of its kind is “This Girl Does Not Exist” – and it raises some questions.
Just a while ago we reported that artificial intelligences (AI) are currently experiencing a huge boom because they can suddenly create quite impressive images.
One no longer has to do anything more than feed the AI “Midjourney” with a few keywords and wait a bit while the AI creates images that are sometimes so impressive that they even win art competitions. At first glance, it is no longer recognizable for most whether the image was created by a human or an AI.
But now the first games are also emerging, the content of which was completely created by AI: This Girl Does Not Exist.
What kind of game is this? “This Girl Does Not Exist” is a puzzle game – in the truest sense of the word. Although the game is also marketed as a “dating game”, anyone who has ever played a visual novel might feel mildly insulted by this description.
The catch with “This Girl Does Not Exist”: It is almost entirely created by artificial intelligence. All graphical details, such as the images of the women that were disassembled into puzzles, as well as the few voice-over lines and the story, were created with artificial intelligence.
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How does the game play? “This Girl Does Not Exist” is not a great success so far. With only one review – and that is negative – the game is certainly not a blockbuster. It is fairly simple, offers only a few puzzles and 25 unlockable images.
However, it is not supposed to be a big gameplay monster, but simply a showcase of what artificial intelligence can create right now. Because both the images themselves as well as the “story” and the voice-over were created by artificial intelligence.
Developers stick to the concept: The developer couple spoke with Kotaku magazine and explained that “This Girl Does Not Exist” has some initial difficulties. They tried to get streamers to play the puzzle game, but most requests were declined or completely ignored.
In one case, it was played, but received a lot of negative criticism from the streamer community chat. According to the developers, it was said that they were afraid that AI would endanger many jobs in the art industry.
Because if it is already possible to create images and entire game assets with just a few clicks by an AI, it is only a matter of time before people in these professions are completely displaced.
Anyone who wants to get an impression of “This Girl Does Not Exist” can do so for around 4 euros on Steam – but one should probably already like puzzles.
What do you think about it? A cool thing that puts AI even more in the spotlight? Or just ridiculous so far and still far from being something meaningful?
In Pokémon GO the monsters will be showing off their style again starting Tuesday, as the Fashion Week event is approaching. In addition to two new Pokémon, there will also be some costumes and plenty of Shinys. We at MeinMMO will show you what spawns and bonuses to expect.
What event is it about? Just like last year, the monsters in Pokémon GO will prepare for their big runway show again this year. During the Fashion Week, you can find new costumed monsters in the game and look forward to a Pokémon debut.
Many Shinys will be featured as well. Here are the highlights you can expect during the event:
Garstella and Aggrostella will be available in the game for the first time
Digda, Digdri, Absol, and Toxiquak will appear in stylish looks
Coifwaff celebrates its Shiny debut in the game
Yveltal returns to raids and can be caught for the first time as a Shiny
When does the event run? Fashion Week in Pokémon GO starts on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time and runs until October 3, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.
These are the new Pokémon and costumes
During Fashion Week, two new Pokémon will debut in the game: Garstella and Aggrostella. You will also encounter Shiny-Coiffwaff and Shiny-Yveltal for the first time, as well as lots of costumed Pokémon.
In addition to monsters that were already available last year in costumes, such as Sheinux with a hat, Kussilla with a bow, Elezeba with a collar, or Glibunkel with a cap, this year four more Pokémon have dressed up. We will show you what they are and briefly introduce the new monsters below.
Garstella and Aggrostella
The newcomers during Fashion Week are Garstella and Aggrostella. Garstella is a Poison and Water-type Pokémon from Generation 7. It can evolve into Aggrostella. You can recognize this small monster by its purple body, sharp white teeth, and long blue-purple hair.
During the event, it will spawn in the wild, be found in level-3 raids, and hide in the event field research tasks. To secure Aggrostella, you need to evolve Garstella. You will need 50 candies for this.
The evolution has a very distinctive appearance. Just like Garstella, it has a small purple body with big eyes and sharp teeth. However, instead of long hair, it is now surrounded by huge blue tentacles that wrap protectively around its small body.
A Pokémon that cannot be missing from the Fashion Week in Pokémon GO due to its various hairstyles is Coiffwaff. This monster from Generation 6 will also be catchable in its Shiny form for the first time in the game.
This form differs by having a dark fur and a light face. During the event, keep an eye out for it in the wild, in level-1 raids, and in research tasks. Since Coiffwaff has a total of 9 different forms that differ by their hairstyle, you can also secure various Shinys.
How these look is shown in the following reddit post by TopAssistance2:
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The legendary Dark and Flying Pokémon from Generation 6 returns to level-5 raids during Fashion Week. Yveltal boasts a high attack and good stamina, as well as solid defensive stats, making it one of the best attackers in Pokémon GO.
It also performs well in the Master League, which makes it particularly interesting for many players. Additionally, during Fashion Week, you will also be able to find the monster in its Shiny form for the first time in the game. You can recognize it by its red body and white wings.
Yveltal normal (left) and as Shiny (right)
These are the new costumes for Fashion Week
In addition to the new monsters and Shinys, you can also encounter Digda and its evolution Digdri with a hat during the event. Furthermore, there will be an Absol with sunglasses for the first time, as well as a Toxiquak with a cap.
Glibunkel, Toxiquak’s pre-evolution, was already catchable in this costume in the past. You will also find it this year during Fashion Week in the wild, in level-1 raids, in field research, and in 7km eggs, and you can evolve it into this costume for the first time.
These are the new costumes for Fashion Week
All spawns for Fashion Week
During Fashion Week, you won’t just encounter new monsters. Numerous other Pokémon with and without costumes will spawn in the wild, in raids, and in 7km eggs. We have summarized which they are for you below. All Pokémon that you can encounter in their Shiny form are marked with an (*).
Pokémon in the wild:
Smettbo in stylish look*
Kramurx*
Charmian*
Glibunkel in stylish look*
Elezeba in stylish look*
Mollimorba
Quabbel (female)
Coiffwaff*
Garstella
rarely found:
Digda in stylish look*
Kirlia in stylish look*
Absol in stylish look*
Pokémon from 7km eggs:
Digda in stylish look*
Kussilla in stylish look*
Sheinux in stylish look*
Glibunkel in stylish look*
Pokémon from raids:
Level-1 raids: Digda in stylish look*, Sheinux in stylish look*, Glibunkel in stylish look*, Zurrokex, Coiffwaff*
Level-3 raids: Smettbo in stylish look*, Kirlia in stylish look*, Absol in stylish look*, Garstella
The Fashion Week not only brings you plenty of spawns. During the event, you can also look forward to various bonuses. Here are the bonuses you can expect:
time-limited research for Fashion Week
Reward: Encounter with Digda in stylish look*, Absol in stylish look*, and Glibunkel in stylish look*
Surprises in snapshots
Event research at PokéStops
Reward: Encounter with Evoli*, Kramurx*, Eneco*, Charmian*, Glibunkel in stylish look*, Elezeba in stylish look*, Coiffwaff*, Garstella
new avatar items in the shop
New avatar items for Fashion Week
What do you think of the Fashion Week content? Which monster are you most excited about? And what bonuses would you have wished for this event? Feel free to share your opinions on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
Today, the FIFA 23 Web App is being released. To be prepared for possible login issues, you can secure what’s called “backup codes” right now.
What kind of problems could arise? Many FIFA fans are waiting for the web app release, and this evening a lot of fans will likely want to jump into the app at once.
In past FIFA releases, this typically caused login issues at launch. It was nearly impossible to get into the web app due to the overwhelming demand. However, the main issue only followed during the actual login: Many players need to re-verify themselves to access their account in the web app.
To this end, EA can send a verification code via email. However, in past releases, this step also took a long time because so many users had to be served.
But you can also try an alternative.
This is how backup codes work for FIFA 23
These are backup codes: Backup codes are an alternative verification method that you can prepare in advance of the web app release. You can use these codes at launch if the email from EA arrives late.
With these codes, you are at least prepared in case there is a delay during the early access of the web app starting today. Once the web app is released, players who already have a FUT account can log in and access features like the transfer market. If you are completely new players, you will have to wait for the game release to sign up for Ultimate Team for the first time.
Time is a valuable resource that we need to allocate in our daily lives. You told us how much of it you spend gaming each week.
Here’s what it was about: In a survey we asked you how much time you spend gaming each week. After all, free time is precious and many of us have other hobbies alongside gaming, not to mention important things like school, work, friends, and family.
You let us know your answers to this question and the survey collected over 4,500 votes. Here’s what you told us.
These are the results: A total of 4,573 readers participated in the survey at the time of evaluation on September 20, 2022. The distribution of votes was as follows:
10 to 20 hours: 1,253 votes (27.39 %)
20 to 30 hours: 1,072 votes (23.44 %)
More than 40 hours: 904 votes (19.77 %)
30 to 40 hours: 753 votes (16.46 %)
Less than 10 hours: 591 votes (12.92 %)
The majority of you are likely “evening gamers” who spend some rounds online with your friends after work or a few hours in single-player.
However, it shouldn’t be too little because less than 10 hours weekly is only the case for a minority.
Here’s what the comments say: In the comment section under the survey, some of you mentioned in your posts that you used to play more than you do nowadays. The reasons for this are diverse. Some of the most cited reasons are the “RL commitments” like school and job. But family, with whom you spend your time (or who occupy the game consoles), is also a factor.
10-30 would be the correct answer. Since it fluctuates quite a bit. But I stated 20-30 for now. I game about 10 hours a week with a buddy alone. Alone really depends on how exhausting work was or if I have plans on the weekend.
MeinMMO reader Meuchelpferd
About 5 hours, but only on Sundays – that’s when our kids have a “gamer break”.
MeinMMO reader -MansorY-
However, for not all of you, the declining gaming time each week is only due to a lack of time because of real life or other hobbies. Disappointment with the current games on the market also plays a role and was highlighted in several comments.
The last big peak was with Elden Ring, that really escalated. Normally I average 10-15 hours a week, if at all. But that’s more due to the underwhelming games rather than a lack of time.
MeinMMO reader Threepwood
Now “only” 20-30 hours, whereas it used to often be >40 hours.
This is mainly due to the multiplayer titles becoming worse year by year, especially PvP titles. The long-term enjoyment of gameplay is increasingly declining, partly due to changes aimed solely at the publishers’ profit, while quality and general gameplay suffer, but also often caused by the behavior of today’s players.
MeinMMO reader BavEagle
There were also comments that the gaming time fluctuates when you find an exciting game or a blockbuster like Elden Ring comes out, where you can sink countless hours into. In that case, the weekly gametime counter can also exceed 40 hours.
Others game even less
This is how it looks in other communities: Our colleagues from GamePro and GameStar conducted the same survey among their users. Their results indicate that multiplayer and MMO players spend more time gaming each week.
Left: the survey result of GamePro. Right: the result of GameStar
At both sister sites, the gaming time of most readers is at a maximum of 20 hours per week. Only very few of their community members exceed the 40-hour mark.
How about you? Did you expect the results or do you find them surprising? What do you think of the comparison with our colleagues’ surveys? Let us know in the comments.
But no matter how much you game each day, a hardcore FFXIV fan can surely beat you:
Streamer Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo (27) criticized gambling on Twitch harshly. Tyler “Trainwreckstv” Niknam, known for his casino streams, shot back and made serious accusations against Mizkif. We at MeinMMO break it down for you.
Update: This article was originally published on 20.09.2022 – We have updated it on 21.09.2022 with new information.
Warning: This article discusses sexual violence, racist and homophobic remarks, and gambling. These topics may cause discomfort for some individuals. Please be mindful if this is the case for you.
Background: Mizkf, along with Imane “Pokimane” Anys (26), launched a call for Twitch to take action against gambling on the platform. The trigger was the scandal surrounding streamer ItsSliker, who had defrauded friends and viewers to finance his addiction.
Although ItsSliker presumably lost the money betting on sports, gambling quickly became the focal point of the criticism. On Twitch, this mainly falls under the category of “Slots.” Internet personalities are therefore calling for the category to be banned or for no advertising to be shown there.
If you have problems with gambling or are concerned about someone close to you, please contact the counseling hotline of the Federal Ministry. The counseling team of the BZgA can be reached free of charge and anonymously at 0800 1 37 27 00!
Gambling streamers do not want to be made scapegoats
Why there is criticism: Mizkif and Pokimane’s action received a lot of support, but criticism also quickly arose. Notably Trainwreck, who had been mentioned by Mizkif multiple times in connection with the demanded ban, saw himself as a scapegoat.
According to Trainwreck, casino streams should not be held accountable for the mistakes of one individual. The streamer believes the real problems lie elsewhere.
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The mood heated up after MMORPG streamer Zack “Asmongold” got involved. He called for Sliker’s ban and referred to it as a disgrace for Twitch.
Trainwreck then accused Asmongold of exploiting the Sliker situation to pursue an agenda against him, Trainwreck. It quickly became personal: “We both know deep down why the insecure little man is doing this,” Trainwreck snapped, presumably a jab at Mizkif.
In a now-deleted tweet, Mizkif stated that Trainwreck should have been banned years ago in connection with “Jolt Coin,” a cryptocurrency with which Trainwreck had been associated in 2017.
Trainwreck responded, asking if Mizkif would now send others to silence him, just as he had supposedly done “to cover up all these sexual assaults.”
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Mizkif is said to have covered up a friend’s sexual assaults
This case is presumably about: In 2021, streamer Adrianah Lee accused streamer “CrazySlick,” also known as Slick. He allegedly stalked her at a birthday party and took advantage of her intoxicated state to touch her on the neck and chest (via TwitLonger).
However, Slick stated that he merely wanted to check her pulse to ensure Adrianah was okay.
Note: We have requested a statement from Slick’s management regarding the situation and will insert it here as soon as we receive a response.
The incident had comparatively little impact at the time. Mizkif and his then-girlfriend Maya, with whom Slick lived, decided not to kick him out of the house. Instead, Slick was to receive help and change his behavior.
More details about the incident have since emerged: Adrianah accused Mizkif and Maya of downplaying the situation. The two allegedly also pressured her to withhold certain information (via Twitter).
Slick himself denied the allegations of Adrianah having inappropriately touched her. However, the post in which he announced that he would hire a lawyer is no longer available on his Twitter account, and there has been no further activity from him.
Slick has responded denying he ever sexually assaulted Adrianah. He also says he checked her pulse on her wrist and neck not her chest. He’s looking to sue. pic.twitter.com/cbcHP5tB4Y
What does Mizkif say about it all? Since the allegations against Slick and himself came to light, Mizkif has not been live. However, he has been active in various Twitch chats and reported there about a new twist in the case.
In his offline chat, Mizkif reported that Slick is missing and no one knows where he is. Slick had sent some farewell messages and has not been heard from since. The police have already been informed (via dexerto).
Update 21.09.2022, 10:15: Mizkif has since announced that Slick has been found and is safe. However, Slick’s behavior is inexcusable. Therefore, Mizkif has asked him to leave the shared home as soon as possible (via TwitLonger).
Controversial YouTuber weighs in with further accusations
Who is it about? Former Twitch streamer Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino is himself a controversial internet personality. Until his permanent ban, he was mainly known for his IRL streams. His community is considered extremely toxic.
How does he relate to Mizkif? Mizkif was once Ice Poseidon’s cameraman, was part of his inner circle, and became big through him. However, today the two have barely any contact, according to Ice Poseidon.
What does he accuse Mizkif of? Ice Poseidon released a series of screenshots on Twitter purporting to show private conversations with Mizkif from 2018 and 2019. In them, Mizkif apparently uses racist and homophobic insults.
The expressions are either directed at Ice Poseidon or refer to individuals who were apparently around Mizkif at the time the messages were written. Ice Poseidon captioned the post: “Mizkif, I brought you into this world, now I take you out.”
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Ice Poseidon shares offensive messages allegedly from Mizkif
As of the time this article is being written, Mizkif has not yet commented on the accusations of making racist and homophobic remarks. In his last tweet, he stated that he is working with his team to compensate the victims of Sliker (via Twitter).
Update 21.09.2022, 10:15: In a statement that Mizkif published on Twitter on 21.09., he addressed the “reprehensible” statements he made. He stated that he said these things to appear funny and cool among his friends.
What he said cannot be changed; however, Mizkif is proud of how much he has grown in these 4 years. The streamer also admitted that there is still room for improvement (via TwitLonger).
In the German Twitch sphere, gambling in streams is currently being debated heatedly. Triggering this was a show by ZDF satirist Jan Böhmermann in which Twitch streamers were criticized for promoting gambling in games, such as in the form of loot boxes.
The largest German streamer, Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris, who was the subject of Böhmermann’s parody, says he has a clean slate.
After a scandal involving hundreds of thousands of euros, there is a huge discussion on Twitch about gambling on the platform. Streamers like Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo and Imane “Pokimane” Anys threatened to strike. Now the provider is reacting and is restricting what streamers can show.
Much has happened on Twitch in recent days:
The slots category has been part of Twitch for a while and has been controversial ever since. Here, one-armed bandits and other gambling games are shown.
Twitch reacted to the controversy with a post, in which new rules are set out to better regulate gambling on the platform.
This is what Twitch says about it now: In a statement, Twitch explains that there are already rules for gambling, but some streamers simply disregard them. This is what they want to prevent now.
From October 18, new rules will apply, which will completely ban certain websites on the platform. In the message on Twitter, it says:
We will update our rules on October 18 to prohibit the streaming of gambling sites that show slots, roulette, or dice games that are not licensed in the United States or other jurisdictions with adequate consumer protection.
Twitch lists a number of banned sites and reserves the right to add more later. However, content such as sports betting, “fantasy sports”, and poker remains generally allowed. Gambling will therefore not disappear completely, but will at least be significantly more restricted.
Gambling has not always been a topic on Twitch. The first major streamers were successful in other ways:
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Twitch: Who were actually the first successful streamers?
Gambling streams on Twitch – Also a German topic
Which countries Twitch exactly refers to with the other jurisdictions and how important, for example, German laws are for the rules cannot yet be said. However, gambling on Twitch is also a major issue here.
Streamers like MontanaBlack and Knossi have reached tens of thousands of fans with such content and have been able to grow, among other things, because of it. MeinMMO asked the well-known internet lawyer Christian Solmecke how the legal situation regarding gambling streams in Germany actually looks:
Both MontanaBlack and Knossi have now distanced themselves from the content, and with the new rules, it is likely to become more difficult for other streamers to use gambling as a main content.
However, the fact that this is not necessary for growth and reach is also shown by a new, rising Twitch star. The German streamer Fibii has quickly become one of the largest female streamers in the German area:
The probably most popular expansion of WoW, Wrath of the Lich King, is returning soon in all its Classic glory. Will you play WotLK again?
This is WotLK: The second expansion of the popular MMORPG was originally released on November 13, 2008, and was eagerly awaited by Warcraft fans. So much so that long lines formed outside many stores as people wanted to get their copies of the expansion as quickly as possible.
Next week, on September 27, 2022, the king returns, and many fans will journey to the north of Azeroth once again to experience a bit of the “way it was”.
WotLK is among the most popular expansions of WoW:
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You have decided what your favorite WoW expansion is – One addon received hardly any votes
However, in the Classic version of WotLK, not everything will be exactly as it was in the original version. There are adjustments, and some features have been taken from Retail. These include, for example:
Ability to change race and faction
The dungeon finder will not be available
The battleground Wintergrasp is not an open PvP area, etc.
In the MeinMMO survey, you voted WotLK as the best addon of WoW. Now that it is coming back, will you play it?
Here’s how you can vote: You can cast your vote as always in the survey tool below. Everyone has only one vote that they can cast, and the choice cannot be undone.
Come sit by our campfire and tell us how you feel about WotLK Classic. Will you really dive in or just take a cautious peek? Will it bring back the old feeling of WoW, or do you think the spark has gone out and it will never be “the way it was” again?
Let us know in the comments and have fun voting!
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The new class in World of Warcraft is neither here nor there – at least when it comes to its range. And that could become a problem.
The biggest feature of the upcoming WoW expansion Dragonflight is the Dracthyr Evokers. This is a new race, but above all a new class. As dragons, the Dracthyr have a DPS and a healer specialization and can deal significant damage to enemies or actively heal allies. However, the Dracthyr have a considerable problem, which, while interesting on paper, could lead to difficulties in raids and dungeons: a significantly reduced range.
Dracthyr have medium range: Unlike all other classes in the game, Dracthyr cannot be clearly classified as melee or ranged. For most abilities, they have a range of just under 25 meters – the only exceptions are their various breath attacks and movement abilities.
A bit of gameplay regarding the Evokers is here:
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3 Minuten Gameplay zu Rufer, der neuen Klasse in WoW Dragonflight
What is the problem with that? The difficulty here is that Dracthyr cannot be classically categorized as ranged or melee.
Especially in raids, it often occurs that melee players should “cuddle” at one position and ranged players at another position. That seems to be simply impossible with the Evokers. Because when ranged players are at the maximum of the “normal” ranged fighter at 40 meters, then they cannot reach the melee players as healers and cannot deal damage at range.
Evokers need to perform a balancing act here and either frequently switch their position between melee and ranged or simply get their own group that gathers separately.
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How big is the disadvantage? The disadvantage compared to other ranged players becomes clear when considering the ranges that other classes can cover. Because it is not only the positioning in the event of raid bosses with fixed positioning that is a problem, but also the reduced range in fights where players are standing far apart. Because while a Holy Priest might easily have three players in range at different corners of the room, an Evoker might not have any of those players in range.
Or to make the area coverage comparison clearer:
A priest with a range of 40 meters covers a total of 5,020 m² of area where he can heal characters.
An Evoker with a range of 25 meters covers only 1,960 m² of area where he can heal characters.
The colleagues from wowhead have published an illustrative graphic that shows how big the differences in range are:
The range of the Evokers and other classes compared. (Image source: wowhead)
The dark green area shows the range of most healing and damage abilities of the Evokers, the orange area the range of all other ranged players. The red circle indicates the 50-meter line, the maximum range for the two breath attacks of the Evokers.
In boss fights with widely spread players, Evokers are therefore likely to be unsuitable as “group healers” and are likely to be assigned to melee players, who traditionally stand closer together.
With the current design of the Dracthyr Evokers, Blizzard has created an additional challenge that bosses now have to be designed around. Because the fact that Dracthyr will need “special treatment” in every boss fight is unlikely to be in the interests of the raid leader.
What do you think? Do players just have to learn to deal with the peculiarities of the Evokers? Or should Blizzard simply increase the range to match that of other ranged players?
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Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe, a Twitch streamer and YouTuber, conducted a memorable interview at SPOBIS. At Europe’s largest sports business event, he introduced himself as “Mr. Knabe”, the head of the LoL team Eintracht Spandau. He was playing a role and he took it very seriously. After 20 minutes, the moderator had enough.
Eintracht Spandau is a phenomenon in the e-sports scene of League of Legends. With the popular influencer HandOfBlood as the figurehead, the club managed to build a large fan base in no time.
The strategy behind it: Don’t just be a club, be an entertainment machine.
HandOfBlood loves to slip into crazy roles in his YouTube videos, dresses up in suitable costumes, and often exceeds the pain threshold – his own, when the costumes are too crazy, and his viewers’, when he drinks cow’s milk as a cat.
The latest exceeded pain threshold is that of Alex Schlüter, among others a moderator at the streaming service DAZN. He was HandOfBlood’s discussion partner.
However, the streamer stuck to his uncomfortable role of “President Knabe” – and saw it through to the end. Until Schlüter leaves the stage saying, “I would stop at this point”.
How the interview went, we show you on MeinMMO.
More about the German LoL phenomenon Eintracht Spandau can be found in the video:
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Everything you need to know about the LoL team Eintracht Spandau – in 4 minutes
Moderator leaves the stage during President Interview
The panel at the “SPOBIS” fair dealt with the topic: “How to become one of the most well-known and popular sports presidents in the country within a year.” A serious professional topic with a serious moderator. However, the guest speaker had a different plan.
HandOfBlood did not miss the opportunity to appear as President Knabe. The streamer often takes on this role when he appears in connection with his LoL team Eintracht Spandau.
However, President Knabe is… peculiar. A parody. A serious guy who takes things out of context and expresses strong opinions – all with a humorous background.
Moderator Alex Schlüter apparently expected an engaging conversation about the scheduled topic. But it was supposed to go differently.
In the meantime, there is a video of the entire interview on the YouTube channel of Eintracht Spandau (via youtube.com). Here in the article you can find a summary of the action.
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It started off noticeably. President Knabe is not even properly seated when he shouts into the camera: “Uli, if you see this […] you wouldn’t have thought, would you? With your football club, you’ll soon be in the district league if it continues like this.” The reference to “the game against Augsburg” makes it clear he is speaking to Uli Hoeneß, former president of the football club Bayern Munich.
The moderator Schlüter is still fully engaged, joking along. Even when President Knabe said he and Hoeneß had smuggled “Nürnberger” out of prison, the moderator laughs along: “Let’s leave it at that.”
It continues in that rhythm. When asked what Eintracht Spandau actually is, Knabe responds with a monologue about the spelling of e-sport. The emphasis on the word is on the “E”, which is of course pronounced in German.
Schlüter still wishes for an answer to his question and said, “Somehow I didn’t get it.” Knabe replied with a cheeky, “I figured as much.”
Mr. Knabe does everything to annoy the moderator. Source: Twitch
Transfers, Jersey Sponsors, Half-Time Songs
Then, there actually are some appropriate answers. But it is not about Eintracht, but about e-sports as a serious sport.
There, the president immediately introduced a new definition: the so-called A-sport – old sport or “sport by old definition”. This refers to established sports such as football or basketball. As an e-sports club, one does not want to be confused with A-sport clubs.
Still cheerfully and with a grin, Schlüter asks the next question: “What is the secret recipe of Eintracht Spandau?” It still seems as though the moderator actually expects serious answers. But not with President Knabe.
The great A-sport clubs lead by example, right? I always say: Play down the boot nicely, concentrate on what you can do – they can write that down – transfers, jersey sponsors, half-time song. We at Eintracht do nothing else for several decades. Great name, great coat of arms, anthem, that’s it.
Now the moderator shows the first signs that the interview is getting on his nerves. Because Alex Schlüter continues to try to squeeze proper answers from the parody sitting next to him. But a long pause before the next question speaks volumes.
Schlüter doubts Knabe’s statements and probes further – the explained recipe is not enough to win e-sports fans over to his side. In the question, the moderator refers to Eintracht Spandau as the “St. Pauli” of e-sports. A perfect setup for President Knabe:
Ugh, I can’t hear that anymore. Some dude said that to the press once, now it’s being “copy-pasted”. I don’t understand the comparison – St. Pauli is in Hamburg, Spandau is in Spandau. […] And fans like those from St. Pauli don’t want to have either. They don’t even buy VIP tickets or anything like that. […] The most appropriate way, and that’s how I justify it – Uli, there he is again, he once helped them out […] the savior games of St. Pauli […] since then he is the absolute messiah there. And I am the messiah of Eintracht Spandau. Next question!
“Uh… fictional? We’re not fictional”
Now comes the question where it slowly gets out of hand. Because moderator Schlüter wants to talk with the fictional character President Knabe about fictional things surrounding Eintracht Spandau. So also about the invented role of President Knabe.
The interesting term “referential sports satire” is mentioned, and Schlüter wants to know something about content production and storytelling surrounding Eintracht Spandau.
Knabe responds: “Uh… fictional? We’re not fictional. The only fictional things are our competitors’ title hopes.”
Schlüter probes further, mentions the numbers reached on YouTube, and wants to know something about the secret of success. Knabe replies: “The answer is before you. It’s mostly because of me. […] The numbers you have written down don’t matter to me that much. […] As long as we are ahead of our rivals, the losers from BIG.”
The exchange continues like this for a few minutes. At some point, the first “Mr. Knabe, are you serious?” comes from the moderator. When the president lightly laughs off FIFA as a “basis democratic organization” and connects “Franz” with an envelope, it was also too much for moderator Schlüter.
After that, the moderator shifted the topic to sponsors, and President Knabe concluded that security was needed. Excitement in sports does not arise from uncertainty about who wins. For example, in football: Nothing has changed for years, and the same clubs keep winning.
By the way, we already had the team from Eintracht Spandau on MeinMMO in the podcast:
Schlüter makes one last attempt to take something serious away from the conversation. He asks if fans want security, is that the reason why only a third of Eintracht Spandau’s budget goes into sports development. Knabe replies:
[…] As if a third of our budget only goes into sports and bla, so don’t come at me with that. We are first season, we became vice-champions and qualified for the Europa League. […] Whether a Hans Wurst was entertained in the end is irrelevant to me. […] You need trophies in the cupboard, otherwise the sponsors wouldn’t be involved. Right now with us, it’s like: Federal Youth Games for adults – we’ve just finished shot putting, broke the 3-meter mark, and now we get a nice orange slice from Mom. That’s where we are right now.
Completely professionally and with only a minimal visible shake of his head, moderator Alex Schlüter ends the interview at this point: “Mr. Knabe, I would stop at this point”. A yelling President Knabe defiantly calls after him: “Get lost!”.
Then Knabe finishes the panel alone. In his last moments, he gives more insight than in the whole 15 minutes prior and explains that his entertainment product doesn’t end with the conclusion of a match, but only really begins afterwards.
But then the role kicks back in, and in the end, President Knabe trivializes his statements again. What a performance.
