Best CS:GO player in the world is in a crisis – Team wins everything but is “mentally destroyed”

Marie Friske Marie Friske Reading time 3 minutes

The war of Russia against Ukraine is troubling the Ukrainian top player s1mple. The Ukrainian is considered the best player in the world in the Steam hit Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But now there are problems within his team Natus Vincere. Now the e-sports player is considering taking a break. 

Who is s1mple? Oleksandr “s1mple” Olehovych Kostyliev (24) is regarded as a shooter icon in the eSports field. The Ukrainian professional gamer is often referred to as the best CS:GO player in the world and has held the position of AWPer in the Natus Vincere team since 2016. In addition to his successful career as a professional gamer, he also streams on Twitch.  

Even though his team recently won the big tournament “BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022”, the pro player is in a crisis. 

The war in his home country Ukraine is weighing on the pro player. In February, s1mple issued a peace appeal to Russia on Twitter. 

The consequences of the war between Russia and Ukraine have led to problems within Natus Vincere. s1mple said: “When the war began, we were mentally destroyed” (via hltv.org).

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Russians and Ukrainians successfully play together in CS:GO at Team NAVI

Who is behind Team Natus Vincere? Team Natus Vincere (lat. Born to win), short Team NAVI, is a Ukrainian professional eSports team in the CS:GO area.  

The active players include: 

  • s1mple 
  • electronic 
  • b1t
  • Perfecto
  • sdy

The team is composed of half Ukrainian and half Russian players. 

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The Russian team captain of NAVI has been released from the team.

Team kicks out Russian captain

This NAVI player came into focus: The Russian professional player Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov had been the in-game leader (IGL) for NAVI since 2019 and was extremely successful in this role. He earned over a million US dollars in prize money at Natus Vincere.

However, the turning point in his career came in May 2022. He was removed from the roster as an active member of NAVI. The reason for his dismissal was said to be, among other things, his residence in Russia and statements made by his then-wife, who had supported the war in Russia on Instagram.

s1mple expressed his regret at the departure of Boombl4 at the time and emphasized his importance for the team’s success:

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Shortly after NAVI’s dismissal, Boombl4 and his wife Anzhelika Ezieva divorced. He proposed to her on stage in November 2021 after winning a tournament.

After the separation was announced, his now ex-wife published image and video material of the pro player: She released a video showing Boombl4 allegedly consuming drugs.  

Currently, electronic replaces Boombl4 as IGL for NAVI. 

Our expertise on MeinMMO focuses on gaming. Anyone who wants to learn more about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is recommended to check official websites or news magazines: 

– Putin attacks Ukraine (via spiegel-online) 
– War in Ukraine: Russian troops take over Chernobyl, Great Britain decides on extensive sanctions against Russia (via nzz) 
– Vote in the Russia Crisis (via auswaertiges-amt) 

Top player s1mple is mentally exhausted: “We just lost against ourselves”

This is the situation for s1mple: At the IEM Katowice tournament, NAVI reached the semifinals but then lost to G2. In the Major Finals in Antwerp, the team was again defeated, this time by FaZe Clan.  

“We just lost against ourselves.” With these words, s1mple explains the team’s setbacks in a conversation with HLTV (via hltv).

In addition to the war in Ukraine and the rift within the team, s1mple currently has no permanent residence, which adds to his stress. Now the e-sports player is contemplating taking a break for several months and settling down quietly. Spain or Portugal are among the possibilities. 

Here you will find more articles about s1mple: 

What happens next with Team Natus Vincere? 

It remains uncertain whether s1mple will actually take a break and what the future holds for Team NAVI. After the defeats at IEM Katowice and Antwerp, things seem to be looking up with the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022. Here, NAVI was able to successfully assert itself against the competition and bring home the victory.

A success that might give the team a bit of hope again in such difficult and challenging times:

Here you will find a more detailed article about the dismissal of the former in-game leader Boombl4. 

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  2. navi
  3. dexerto
  4. esports.com

5 achievements in MMORPGs that hardly anyone has achieved because they are ridiculously difficult

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 5 minutes

Achievements play an important role in MMORPGs, whether officially awarded by the game or documented by players themselves. But which achievements are among the hardest? We at MeinMMO will reveal it to you.

What kind of achievements are these? In this list, we have gathered achievements that are difficult to obtain. These are not necessarily the rarest in the game, as rare achievements often require a lot of grinding. Especially achievements that require defeating many players in PvP are often only achieved rarely, such as Warlord of Draenor in WoW or God/Goddess of the Arena in GW2.

We have also excluded some achievements that were only available temporarily. One example is the achievement Scarab Lord from WoW, which required participation in the opening event of Ahn’Qiraj.

The achievements selected here are not only related to grinding and thus belong to the hardest achievements in their respective MMORPGs.

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The Legend – Final Fantasy XIV

What is this achievement? For this achievement, you need to defeat the boss in the raid Endless Shadows of Bahamut (fatal). This raid was introduced with patch 4.11 on October 10, 2017, and is aimed at players level 60.

How many have achieved it? So far, 6.1% of all players have completed this raid (via FFXIVCollect). However, the number has only increased slightly in recent weeks. In November 2021, prior to the release of the Endwalker expansion, only 4.8% had defeated the last boss of the raid, even though it had been available for four years.

What makes the achievement so difficult? The boss has several challenges:

  • After 14:04 minutes, the boss enters a hard enrage, making defeat almost impossible
  • The combat arena is surrounded by a wall that instantly kills players upon contact – and the boss has a knockback ability
  • There is a tornado ability that kills players instantly
  • A player at a distance is hit by an AoE they must quickly leave, otherwise they die immediately
  • There are several other abilities that players must know precisely, including a laser that must hit multiple targets, or else the targeted player dies

Additionally, the raid is an ultimate raid. You will always be scaled down to level 70 and the values from that time. This makes the Shadows of Bahamut a challenging boss even today.

Theoretically, the achievement can be bought if you find a group to carry you through the raid. However, this practice is frowned upon in the community.

You can watch a video of the boss fight here:

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His True Face – Tibia Online

What is this achievement? His True Face is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic achievements in Tibia Online. For it, you must be teleported to a specific room during a quest.

How many have achieved it? This is not known. However, it took over 10 years for someone to record this achievement on video.

What makes the achievement so difficult? No one knows exactly how the achievement works. In mission three of the Blood Brothers quest, you will be teleported to another room with some luck and then receive the achievement. How one gets teleported and what the requirements are remains unknown – even though the achievement was discovered in 2010.

That an achievement is completely opaque or hard to understand is not unusual in Tibia. There are still hidden achievements that players have not solved even after decades. In March, we reported on how players solved a riddle that they had been struggling with for over 5 years.

This video from 2021 shows how the His True Face achievement works:

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Tibia itself is an incredibly exciting MMORPG. It was developed in Germany and released in 1997. However, particularly in recent years, the “Old School” game has experienced a revival.

We spoke with the developers in our podcast:

Developer of the largest German MMORPG says: “In the past, MMORPGs were more exciting because you could be evil”

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Enemies will soon not kill me anymore in my favorite shooter on Steam after I have already won

Mark Sellner Mark Sellner Reading time 4 minutes

For MeinMMO author Mark Sellner, Hunt: Showdown is the best shooter on Steam, and he would have preferred not to play anything else. However, a serious error in the game made him take a break from Hunt for the last six months. Now the fix for the game’s most serious problem is coming, and new excursions into the bayou are finally no longer frustrating.

It should be no secret to readers of my articles that I’ve developed a bit of a love for Hunt: Showdown. Last year, I spent over 700 hours in the shooter and encouraged you to do the same.

However, shortly after this article during the Christmas season of 2021, I haven’t touched my favorite shooter anymore.

The reason for that, however, was not the new map DeSalle or the much fewer night maps, which I still miss very much. No, the new ammunition types and nerfs to various weapons didn’t bother me. I could live with the common bugs in the game, especially since they were usually fixed pretty quickly.

But one thing drove me completely mad in almost every round of Hunt: ping abuse. Unfortunately, I don’t mean teammates who use the ping function a bit too often to mark a location. It’s more about the deliberate abuse of a poor internet connection.

This trailer provides a first insight into the game:

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Hunt: Showdown Launch Trailer

Because in Hunt: Showdown, a bad ping is your ally. It annoyed me so much that I uninstalled the game, which I previously played daily, for months. I’d be happy to explain in detail why this frustrates me so much.

Who writes here? Mark Sellner is an author at MeinMMO and enjoys playing shooters along with MMORPGs. He is particularly in love with Hunt: Showdown, in which he spent over 750 hours. His KD is a solid 1.9, and more than 2,400 opposing hunters had to yield to his ambitions. His preferred weapon is the Mosin Nagant Bayonet.

I won, but I’m still dead

If you have a high ping in Hunt, meaning a bad connection to the server, it’s good for you. Because even if you’re technically no longer in the game, you can still cause damage.

This led to bad pings being abused, with players from Asia or America intentionally playing on European servers to have a worse ping in the match.

If you then play against someone with a ridiculously high ping, it often happens that you get killed by your enemies even though you’ve already won.

Just imagine an opponent coming around the corner while you’re waiting for him with a shotgun drawn. You’re playing alone against a team of two players, but your chances are good.

Then the enemy finally rushes in, you neatly shoot him with a load of shotgun shells. He goes down, you’re happy, want to keep running, and then you die too. The enemy who killed you was the one you just took out of the match.

Why does this work? He has a higher ping. His shot is sent to the server later and arrives even though the user can’t shoot anymore on the server.

Shotguns are an extreme example because a single shot is enough to kill in close combat. But also with high rate of fire weapons, not just in Hunt, bad pings lead to unwanted advantages:

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The ghost shot colleague is then comfortably picked up by his teammate and continues with his match while you are out and have lost everything you had due to the permadeath mechanic.

These so-called ping abusers became so frequent for me in early January that I ended up closing the game more often with the exit combo Alt+F4 than in a normal way. To make this clear, you can watch the following video, which shows a mild form of ping abuse.

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Developers address the problem… somewhat

Now, over half a year after I left Hunt in frustration, Crytek announces that they will fix ping abuse with the upcoming update 1.9. I happily downloaded the game again and have even spent a few hours back in the bayou in recent days. However, I died again against ping abusers, which further drives my anticipation to finally return.

But how exactly the studio wants to solve the problem, they have remained silent so far. They want to assure players not to be punished for poor internet and that they should still be able to play with friends from all around the world. A commonly requested solution idea by players was simply to prohibit players from playing in other regions. Currently, they can choose and switch regions at will.

However, how they plan to stop ping abuse specifically remains uncertain if none of these functions should be restricted.

Nevertheless, not only I am relieved, but so is the community. Of course, there are other problems and bugs in the game beyond exploiting ping that are massively disruptive. For instance, weapons are unintentionally strong, buildings are unexpectedly transparent, and some players are seemingly banned unjustly.

But I have hope. Hope that I can spend time in my favorite shooter again with the new update. And even have fun. Because I would really like to recommend to you again, to definitely try out Hunt: Showdown.

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What do you think of the changes? Do you think Crytek can effectively eliminate ping abuse? Have you played against such abusers yourself and then angrily quit the game? Are there other bugs that are currently disturbing as well? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO. See you soon in the bayou!

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Catch Rattata in Pokémon GO – All information about its evolution, location and Shiny

Franzi Korittke Franzi Korittke Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO you can now catch the new Alolan Pokémon Reißlaus. We at MeinMMO show you all the information about its evolution Tectass, the locations, and whether the monster is available as Shiny.

What kind of Pokémon is it? The small Alolan Pokémon Reißlaus made its debut in Pokémon GO with the start of the Crossover event for the trading card game. But where can you actually encounter the monster? And does it have an evolution? We have addressed the most important questions about Reißlaus and summarized them for you below.

Reißlaus – Locations, Evolution, and Shiny

What is Reißlaus as a Pokémon? Reißlaus is a Bug and Water Pokémon from the 7th generation of games. It visually resembles a silverfish with its small, scale-like, silvery body and long antennae.

With the help of 400 candies, you can evolve it into Tectass. The monster is significantly larger than Reißlaus. It stands on two legs and has large claws. But even here, the silvery, scale-like body is reflected.

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Reißlaus and Tectass

Can you catch Shiny Reißlaus? No, the shiny variant of Reißlaus is unfortunately still not in the game.

Where can you catch Reißlaus? The Alolan Pokémon can be found everywhere in the wild during the crossover event for the trading card game. You can also look for the monster in level 1 raids. Additionally, you can encounter Reißlaus in the event field research “Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms”.

Whether and where Reißlaus will be available in the game after the event ends on June 30 at 8:00 PM local time is not yet known. As soon as we have more information on this, we will update the article accordingly.

Is it worth catching Reißlaus?

Reißlaus and Tectass are this strong: The stats of Reißlaus itself are not particularly strong; however, its evolution Tectass has a solid attack value. And its defense is also respectable.

Moreover, it features a very fast moveset with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor. Thus, it is a strong Bug attacker that competes with the best attackers in Pokémon GO. However, in the PvP league, Reißlaus and Tectass do not play a significant role.

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Why should you catch Reißlaus? If you’re looking for a strong Bug attacker for raids, Tectass is the right choice. However, to evolve it, you need 400 candies, so you should collect some Reißlaus.

If you’re not interested in that and prefer to rely on other strong attackers, you should still secure Reißlaus and Tectass for the PokéDex while the Pokémon is more common. Shiny hunters, however, will not get what they are looking for, at least for now.

How do you like the small Bug and Water Pokémon? Have you managed to secure a Tectass yet? Or do you not care about Reißlaus at all? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.

Are you looking for a strong legendary Pokémon instead? We will show you how you can get Mewtwo.

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With a simple setting, you can prolong the life of your graphics card

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 3 minutes

You purchased a graphics card from AMD or Nvidia and want to use the GPU for as long as possible? Then make a small adjustment: It will only take you a few seconds, but it can give your hardware many months.

Anyone who buys a graphics card often invests a lot of money and wants to game with it for the next few years. With a simple setting, you can conserve your graphics card without having to compromise on performance. MeinMMO explains how it works.

Limit your FPS to conserve your expensive hardware

You probably know the situation: You’re sitting in the main menu waiting to connect to the game server. While you wait, your hardware is already working at full speed. Suddenly, in the main menu, you have thousands of frames per second (FPS).

In practice, you can start here since you can’t do much in the main menu. Some games might even show you more than 1000 FPS in-game. However, in practice, you won’t notice much of this if your monitor can’t display more than 240 Hz.

FPS indicates how many frames per second are displayed. The more frames you receive per second, the smoother the game runs in theory. 30 FPS is the magical limit. Anything below that feels choppy and unplayable for many users.

What is the problem? The higher the FPS in-game, the more stress is put on the hardware. Your graphics card has to calculate the FPS. Hardware under stress becomes loud and hot quickly.

If you let your hardware run under such stress all the time, it theoretically has negative effects. In reality, you gain nothing from these absurdly high FPS values since you won’t notice a difference when exceeding 300 FPS.

Moreover, you can only utilize high FPS numbers if you have a monitor with a refresh rate of 240 or 360 Hz. If you only have a screen with 144 Hz or even 60 Hz, you won’t benefit from your hardware running hot under stress.

In the worst case, your hardware could even be damaged, as the discussion of damaged graphics cards in the MMO New World shows. Here, Amazon Games implemented an FPS limiter as a solution.

How to limit your FPS with an AMD or Nvidia graphics card

How much should I limit my FPS? A good decision-making aid is your gaming monitor. If you have a display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz, you should set that as the limit for your FPS. Ideally, test various settings until you find one that suits your play style best.

Limiting FPS with an Nvidia graphics card: If you own an Nvidia graphics card, proceed as follows:

  • Select the NVIDIA Control Panel in Windows. Alternatively, you can right-click and choose “Nvidia Control Center.”
  • In the left menu, navigate to 3D settings and click on “Manage 3D settings.” In the new window, select “Global Settings.”
  • There you will find the option “Max. Frame Rate.” This is usually disabled. You should enable it and select your desired maximum frame rate.

Limiting FPS with an AMD graphics card: If you want to limit your FPS with an AMD graphics card, proceed as follows:

  • Open the AMD Radeon Software, either through the Windows search or by clicking on it in the taskbar on the bottom right.
  • In the software, select the small gear icon at the top right and then choose “Graphics” from the submenu.
  • Scroll down to the bottom and select “Advanced.”
  • Enable “Target Frame Rate Control.” Here you can adjust your desired maximum frame rate using a slider.

More tips regarding graphics cards: There are also other ways to give your graphics card new life. For one trick, you only need a screwdriver and some basic DIY skills. You can read how it works in the following article:

5 Euro and a screwdriver solved my biggest problem in my gaming PC

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3 things you must try in Season 17 of Destiny 2 before they get nerfed

Britta ♤ BeAngel Britta ♤ BeAngel Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2 there are also cool and powerful items, mods, or weapons in Season 17 that are absolute game changers and bring a lot of fun. However, especially the things that provide players in Destiny 2 a lot of enjoyment because they are very strong, could quickly land on Bungie’s nerf list. To help you enjoy the fun for as long as possible, we reveal three things that you should definitely try out right now.

The start of the current Season 17 was rocky because Solar 3.0 introduced some changes as well as several bugs into the game, which Bungie is still working on.

However, several options have now emerged in the “Season of the Haunted” that not only provide a lot of fun but are currently quite strong. Perhaps even too strong.

That’s why we are revealing our top 3 today and saying: Use them while you can!

Titan Exotic “Lorelei Splendor Helm” – The Easy Mode

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The Titan Exotic “Lorelei Splendor Helm” makes you nearly immortal.

Titans currently have a great time in Destiny 2 while resting in their Sunspots in the midst of enemies. But only if they own the Exotic “Lorelei Splendor Helm”.

In combination with Solar 3.0, it unfolds enormous capabilities and heals its wearer almost constantly. This makes it nearly impossible to die and significantly simplifies some activities in Destiny 2.

What makes this Exotic so strong? In short: Sunspots.

  • Cauterizing Flame: When you are critically wounded with full class ability energy or use a barricade, you create a Sunspot with improved restoration effects at your location. (via light.gg)

This makes it really hard to die in the game, even if you are surrounded by your enemies. You may not sustain in a top-tier Nightfall constantly, but the damage reduction and healing are still enormous and somehow crazy.

If you want to know how the Titan build with the Lorelei Splendor Helm is constructed, we recommend this guide:

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It’s no wonder that Warlocks and Hunters are a bit envious of their immortal Guardian colleagues, who are now playing as true tanks in the Titan Easy Mode, as player Banana754 demonstrates here:

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This build gets even better when you combine it with our next tip. However, this option is also something that every other class can utilize.

The Improved Weapon Perk “Incandescent”

If you like the weapon perk “Siphon”, but you want even more and bigger explosions? Then in Season 17 you can get just that with “Incandescent”.

What makes this weapon perk so strong? The weapon perk is incredibly strong in combination with Solar 3.0 because it has perfect synergy with it. You can spread Scorch among your enemies and deal continuous damage to them. This is something that Void 3.0 cannot offer, which is why you should definitely integrate a weapon with “Incandescent” into your Solar builds.

  • Weapon Perk “Incandescent” – Defeating a target spreads Scorch to nearby targets. With more powerful enemies and hostile Guardians, Scorch spreads over a larger radius.

The perk is available for example on the 900 RPM submachine gun “Calus Mini-Tool”. You can craft this weapon in the Enclave on Mars and attach “Incandescent” as an improved weapon perk to it.

  • “Incandescent” Improved: Increases Scorch stacks from 40 to 85.
A crafted Calus Mini-Tool with Improved Perks

By the way, this is not a seasonal mod. You can still get and use this perk on weapons in Season 18 and beyond.

What makes the perk even stronger: If you want to become absolutely rage-inducing in Destiny 2, you should not only look for a weapon with “Incandescent” but also equip the weapon mod “Siphon Specification”. This combination significantly increases the initial explosion damage and explosion radius, as player Nodnahs demonstrates here:

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“Incandescent” with “Siphon Specification”

The Linear Fusion Rifle “Stormchaser”

The Linear Fusion Rifle “Stormchaser” is currently considered not only a weapon insider tip in Destiny 2 from the latest dungeon “Duality”. It is also the new boss killer. Whether this was intended by Bungie remains a matter of speculation. So, now is the best time to quickly equip this monster in PvE.

“Stormchaser” – The Arc Linear Fusion Rifle from the dungeon “Duality”

What makes this weapon so strong? The weapon features an “Aggressive Frame”, which means it fires a three-shot salvo. This allows you to kill faster and deal nearly 40% more damage to a boss. By combining it with the right perks, you can counter its minor disadvantages and create a killing machine for the Power slot.

How strong “Stormchaser” is was impressively demonstrated by YouTuber and Destiny 2 player Above, who took down all raid bosses in Destiny 2 with it, commenting “Holy shit, that thing is a monster!”.

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The new “monster” in Destiny 2 comes from the dungeon “Duality”

How to get the weapon: If you want to secure this new monster in Destiny 2, you need to visit the dungeon “Duality”. It can drop in both the second encounter, the “Vault”, as well as with the final boss. The second additional loot chest provides another chance.

Which perks are recommended for the power weapon? In our tests, the weapon’s recoil was sometimes a bit too strong, which is why we recommend a roll with “Arrowhead Brake”. This also provides a boost to handling.

Check out this news about Destiny 2 as well:

If you get the weapon in this roll, it hits your enemies in PvE like a truck:

  • Masterwork: Reload Speed
  • Arrowhead Brake
  • Liquid Coils
  • Clown Cartridge or Flared Magwell
  • Tap the Trigger

For optimal boss damage in the endgame, you should also have the perk “Vorpal Weapon” in reserve for Stormchaser.

Have you already discovered these things for yourselves and are actively using them, or did you not have them on your radar at all? Do you perhaps know other really strong options that might soon appear on Bungie’s nerf list? Feel free to leave us a comment about that.

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Twitch streamer spends 15,000 € on Diablo Immortal, finds wonder item, permanently deletes character

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 2 minutes

The Twitch streamer Quin69 attempted to find a perfect gem in Diablo Immortal during an experiment. After spending €15,000 on boosted runs, he finally found the jewel. But the 31-year-old permanently deleted his character in Diablo Immortal and uninstalled the game. He urged his fans to do the same.

This was the action:

These are the gems in Diablo Immortal – in our  tier list, you can see who is currently leading among the classes:

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This is how he found the gem: At almost exactly 25,000 New Zealand dollars, just over €15,000, the moment had come: Quin69 found the gem of his dreams.

In an ecstatic moment, he broke into a screaming fit when he realized what he had found.

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“Everyone should stop playing Diablo Immortal – Delete all your accounts”

This is how it ended: Even in the same stream, Quin69 decided he had had enough of Diablo Immortal. He deleted his level 60 monk, into which he had put so much time and money, and uninstalled the game.

He stated:

“F*ck Blizzard. F*ck this dog shit game. F*ck the crap Everyone should stop playing. Delete your accounts! Let’s get out of here – I have no time for this nonsense.”

The enraged Twitch streamer, who gave the camera the middle finger, continued: Diablo 2 Resurrected can stay on his PC, Diablo 3 is already on thin ice, but Diablo Immortal has to go.

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Protest through intense gaming and spending money

This is what’s behind it: Quin69 has spent 114 hours in Diablo over the past weeks – now he is turning to “The Quarry” (via gamepro).

Diablo Immortal has a unique position because it comes from Blizzard, a historically “good developer” in the PC space that has set standards for many years. Diablo itself is considered one of the cornerstones of PC gaming.

That’s why Diablo Immortal is being scrutinized so intensely.

Several Twitch streamers have already engaged intensively with the Pay2Win mechanics of Diablo Immortal, deciding to play the game intensely and invest money, hence fully capitalizing on the traffic rather than boycotting it.

Besides Quin69, Asmongold has also chosen this path: expressing his protest by spending a lot of money in Diablo Immortal.

Twitch streamer criticized Pay2Win, spent €320 on the first day of Diablo Immortal – now has a problem

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Fortnite has one of the best stories, but unfortunately hardly anyone notices it

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 3 minutes

In Fortnite exists one of the best and most dramatic stories, yet many players in Battle Royale do not even know that it exists. Therefore, our MeinMMO author Christos Tsogos believes that the story of the BR shooter deserves a separate mode.

What story is it about? In Fortnite, players are constantly forced to battle in the Battle Bus. Chased by the relentless storm, players must win the match in Battle Royale to survive. If you win, you return to the same battlefield to fight against opponents and the storm.

This is not a coincidence or just due to the “Battle Royale” mechanic. In fact, this perpetual cycle is controlled by the power of a mysterious being in Fortnite.

You are held in a time loop by the being Geno so that it can absorb and exploit the power of the Zero Point. The Zero Point grants it the power to plunge into different realities, thus being able to subjugate everything and everyone.

But a group of freedom fighters, the Seven, has made it their mission to save every reality and free the Zero Point from Geno’s clutches.

Geno cannot enter the fight himself. Therefore, he sends his underground organization, the IO, as his representative to the front lines. They eliminate everything and everyone that could get in the way of Geno’s plan.

Yet, despite a deep story that has been ongoing for years, hardly anyone knows what is happening in the narrative. Many live events at the end of a season are celebrated, yet not everyone understands why this is happening.

Captivating story, but no one notices it in Battle Royale

In Fortnite, there has been an ongoing story since Chapter 1 that has continued through Chapter 3. Epic Games has spared no effort and has created and adapted Battle Passes and live events around the story.

However, not every player notices that behind the wild Battle Royale shooter lies a profound story. If you are in Battle Royale, there are few hints about the events happening in the background.

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The villain behind the time loop – Geno

Why does Fortnite have one of the best stories? The story in Fortnite’s Battle Royale offers everything that the heart desires – suspense, drama, comedy, action, and a mysterious villain. Additionally, guest appearances bring laughter and unforgettable moments when characters like Spider-Man or The Rock drop by.

Despite the colorful setting, the narrative also feels dark and gripping. You want to know who is behind the time loop, how to stop it, and whether good will ultimately triumph over evil. Therefore, it is a shame that such a story is only told on the sidelines.

How can Epic Games change this? Fortnite’s Battle Royale is among the best on the market, but it is not built for storytelling. To provide players with a better platform, a new, separate mode would be an interesting solution.

A PvE mode, like Save the World. This should not focus on zombies but retell the story of Chapters 1 – 3 and relate it to the current events in the game.

Cool and diverse missions in the fight against the IO or even boss battles could keep players engaged in the long run.

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As a reward, older cosmetics from the respective story phase could be offered, allowing players to chase them. Previous live events could continue to take place on the Battle Royale map.

This way, Fortnite fans can experience the story in one piece without having to scour the internet to gather and piece together story fragments. Many players would welcome this, as the story in the current BR mode often seems opaque.

What do you think of the story in Fortnite? Do you also find it a pity that Epic Games does not convey the narrative directly to you, and new players cannot experience it? Should Epic Games create a separate mode where you can experience the exciting story all at once? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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German gaming streamers from Twitch cook on TV – But ‘Celebrity Dinner’ flops pretty hard

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On Sunday, the “Celebrity Dinner” aired on free TV on Vox featuring two well-known German gaming influencers: Twitch streamer Papaplatte and voice actress, streamer, and influencer Lara Loft. However, the show failed in the ratings – apparently, many fans of both simply don’t have a TV anymore.

What kind of show was it?

  • On Sunday, June 19, at 8:15 PM, the show Celebrity Dinner aired on Vox, which is a spin-off of the show “The Perfect Dinner”.
  • The aim of the show is to prepare a “perfect dinner”, cook well, and prove oneself as a host. The invited guests rate the host on a scale from 0 to 10.
  • Normally, the candidates cook for each other over 5 episodes – but in the Celebrity Dinner, all individual dinners are recorded and then edited together in one show.
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Who were the guests? For the start of a new season, Vox specifically invited “the Social Media Generation”. The 4 guests were:

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Lara Loft is one of the largest German female streamers on Twitch.

Papaplatte narrowly loses with “legendary MontanaBlack noodle casserole”

How did it turn out? The gaming streamers lost against the YouTubers:

  • MAX and Malwanne each scored 27 points and shared the victory.
  • Papaplatte landed in 3rd place with 25 points with the “legendary MontanaBlack noodle casserole” as the main dish (via YouTube).
  • Lara Loft ended up last with 24 points.

MontanaBlack presented his “noodle casserole” as a secret recipe a few years ago:

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Career and Life of MontanaBlack in 2 Minutes: What Makes Him Unique?

Poor ratings for Celebrity Dinner with German Twitch stars

How were the ratings? The ratings were really poor – the extremely low numbers were highlighted in a separate article by an industry magazine.

According to dwdl, only 350,000 viewers watched the show, which corresponds to a market share of just 1.6%. Even among the “younger viewers”, it only reached a market share of 3.9%.

The show was overshadowed among the 14-49-year-olds by the crime scene on ARD (21.3% market share), Suicide Squad on Pro7 (12.3%), and San Andreas (8.4%).

Apparently little overlap between Celebrity Dinner and gamers

What was the reason? Looking at the social media posts of the influencers who promoted the show reveals the issue: Many viewers of Lara Loft and Papaplatte simply don’t have a TV anymore.

Again and again, people ask where they can “watch it online”? They haven’t had a TV for years. If they watch anything at all, it’s only Netflix or Amazon Prime.

By the way, you can watch the whole show online on tvnow.
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Moreover, it seems that influencers polarize greatly: Among the regular viewers of Vox, many don’t even know who these people from the internet are or find it hard to connect with them, as indicated by the posts of people watching Celebrity Dinner, regardless of who’s cooking.

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It also seems that Vox has little contact points with the influencers. There are repeated reports of astonishment about this “Social Media Generation”, as if they were strange beings from an uncharted parallel world.

Regarding Papaplatte, it was said that he is “one of the 10 largest gaming streamers in the world”. This is somewhat exaggerated: he ranks 159th in followers among all Twitch channels.

TV networks have often tried to see if what works on Twitch can also succeed on TV. So far, with rather mediocre success:

Twitch star Knossi has been hosting a TV show by Stefan Raab for a month – How’s it going?

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The survival MMO Conan Exiles will likely receive its biggest expansion in 2022 – revamping almost everything

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 2 minutes

In the last few months, there has been little news about the survival game Conan Exiles, which is playable on Steam, Epic, PlayStation, and Xbox. However, a video has now surfaced showing the developers presenting a new expansion. Age of Sorcery is set to bring magic into the world of Conan and includes dozens of revisions. The release is scheduled for later in 2022.

Update June 22: The expansion has now been officially confirmed. We have replaced the video accordingly.

What’s included in the new expansion? According to the developers, Age of Sorcery and its associated patch 3.0 will be the biggest update for Conan Exiles to date. This would also surpass the Isle of Siptah expansion, which was released in 2021.

The focus here is on magic. However, it should fit into the world of Conan the Barbarian and be ‘grounded’:

  • Players choose an “Aura of Power” that allows them to use rituals and perform classic spellcasting abilities. Each Aura of Power brings different abilities and spells.
  • Spells are supposed to be “traditional” abilities that you can cast.
  • Through the rituals, you can utilize servants, mounts, and a fast travel system. However, rituals require a “Sacrificial Stone” at your base, reagents, and human sacrifices.

In addition to these spell-related contents, several revisions are also planned, including adjustments to attributes, a completely new fast travel system, and a rework of monetization.

You can view the complete announcement here:

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Survival MMO Conan Exiles presents the new expansion in detail in the video

Conan Exiles plans many revisions with Age of Sorcery, including monetization

What will be changed? Almost everything. In the video, the developers present adjustments to the following contents:

  • A new attribute and perk system
  • You can now corrupt your attributes if you give in to the Void, unlocking entirely new perks
  • The building system is completely reworked. All buildings are now found in a menu, benefiting controller users
  • Traveling is supposed to become easier through a teleport system

However, one of the biggest changes concerns monetization. The game will soon receive a battle pass and an in-game store. These are designed to include purely cosmetic innovations and offer no gameplay advantages. There will also be free rewards in the battle pass.

In return, the paid DLCs are being abolished. These were previously released regularly and primarily brought cosmetics as well.

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When will the expansion be released? Age of Sorcery is set to be released in the third quarter of 2022. This includes the months of July to September. There is currently no exact release date.

What do you think of the new expansion? Are you excited about the announced changes?

Conan Exiles is still one of the best MMOs out there for us. It received 78% positive reviews on Steam from over 50,000 ratings. To find out which games are still on our top list, click here:

The 15 currently best MMOs and MMORPGs in 2022

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MMORPG Lost Ark kicks out over half a million ‘players’ – Shows the extent of the bot problem

Mark Sellner Mark Sellner Reading time 3 minutes

Most players should have realized by now that bots and the trading of real money in Lost Ark is a massive problem. However, Amazon is bringing out the ban hammer once again, and this time effectively. We at MeinMMO summarize.

What is the situation? In Lost Ark, bots have increasingly become a problem. They farm massive amounts of gold, which they then sell for real money to other players. This process is called RMT (Real Money Trading) and is prohibited in the MMORPG. For a long time, Amazon seemed powerless against it, as a botter on reddit even showed how he operates over 100 accounts simultaneously.

Due to the rising prices in the game, as more gold was in circulation and due to the lack of consequences, more and more players resorted to RMT and bought gold from the bots. And where there is demand, there must be more supply, which led to even more bots. Some areas of Lost Ark were hardly playable normally.

From the outside, the MMORPG did not show the problematic situation. Even on June 13, the game had 865,000 simultaneous active players on Steam, making it one of the largest genre representatives on the platform. However, how many of those were bots could only be speculated.

It is known that situations like in this video were common:

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How did Amazon react? For a long time, not at all, which is why the bot plague in the game continued to grow into the biggest problem of the game. On June 15, community manager Roxx announced massive consequences in the forum. She promised the players that Amazon would address the problem in the course of the next week and ban numerous accounts.

Those affected include not only bots but also players who participated in RMT. They receive a temporary ban in some cases, but must then work off their debts.

The week of the ban wave is now coming to an end and recording huge successes. The MMORPG had to lose over half a million simultaneous active players on Steam, and as wrong as it sounds, this is the best thing that could happen to Lost Ark.

Why Lost Ark is so successful at all, you can see in our video:

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The 5 Reasons for the Incredible Success of Lost Ark

“Strange, suddenly everyone wants to get rid of their accounts”

How is the ban wave affecting? Currently, the player numbers of Lost Ark show that the problem with bots and RMT was even more widespread than even pessimistic estimates suggested. In the 7-day comparison, Lost Ark fell from 865,709 simultaneous active players at peak to 268,854. Therefore, at least 600,000 accounts were temporarily banned. There is currently no overview of how many bots and accounts are generally affected from Amazon’s side.

The economy has also already seen its first minor effects. A glance at the websites of gold sellers quickly reveals that the price for gold in Lost Ark has skyrocketed. Even in the RMT forums, fear is currently reigning over the valuable accounts. This, in turn, pleases the “real” players on reddit and gives them hope.

The community breathes a sigh of relief: For a long time, many fans thought that Amazon was simply powerless against the bots and RMT. However, the massive ban wave of the past week significantly improved the mood on reddit, in the forum, and on Twitter. Many are still skeptical whether this success can be maintained and whether the bots will not simply return with new accounts, but currently, things look very good for Lost Ark.

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Numerous threads on reddit are currently dealing with the topic and are celebrating that the RMT users are probably panicking to sell their accounts before they get banned. We would also like to let you read a few quotes:

  • Nightwolf writes (via reddit): “Reading all the screenshots from the RMT forums gives me a warm feeling of schadenfreude.”
  • JnazGr writes (via reddit): “Suddenly, all RMT people want to get rid of their accounts, with supposedly family reasons, strange.”
  • Breloren writes (via reddit): “Oh sweet, sweet justice. More fear for the RMTers.”
  • KevinGFX writes (via Twitter): “Not a single bot in Rethramis on the UNA server. Good job, Lost Ark, it works. Hopefully, it stays that way, even if the fight continues.”

What do you think about the current ban wave in Lost Ark? Have you also noticed that the servers are getting emptier or that the economy on your server is slowly improving? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO, we look forward to discussing with you.

Lost Ark has only 60% positive reviews on Steam now – What happened to the most popular MMORPG?

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Pokémon GO: Game trend and trainer tips at the GO Fest in Berlin – You will meet them at these times

Franzi Korittke Franzi Korittke Reading time 3 minutes

Soon, the big Pokémon GO festival will take place in Berlin. There, you can not only look forward to many spawns and bonuses but also meet a few content creators. We at MeinMMO will show you who will be at the event and when there will be autograph sessions.

What kind of event is it? In Pokémon GO, the big GO Fest 2022 already took place a few weeks ago, where players from all over the world could play. Now the event will continue as a live event on the first weekend of July in Berlin.

Those who have secured a ticket can look forward to numerous spawns and bonuses. You may also cross paths with a few popular content creators. We will show you below who you can meet and when autograph sessions are available for you.

16 Content Creators you can meet at the GO Fest Berlin

As Pokémon GO announced on its blog, you can meet a total of 16 different content creators during the GO Fest in Berlin. They will be available for autographs and photos during specific time slots.

Alongside international faces, such as TrainerTips, The Trainer Club, or ZoëTwoDots, Spieletrend, the largest German-speaking Pokémon GO YouTuber, will also be there. Additionally, you can look forward to YouTuber ChaosLady, who recently gave us an interview about Wayfarer.

All Content Creators at the Pokémon GO Fest in Berlin and Seattle

All Autograph Sessions in Overview

You can meet your favorites at the GO Fest in Berlin during the following times:

Friday, July 1, 2022

Content CreatorTime Slot
ZoëTwoDots
Kushi
Diltek
LetsGoTry
Keibron Gamer &
Toretto Master		11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
The Trainer Club
Newtiteuf
Seb et Ouss &
Spieletrend		1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Trainer Tips
ZyoniK
Kriket 23
Couple of Gaming
Sabrina Spielt &
ChaosLady		4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Content CreatorTime Slot
ZoëTwoDots
Kushi
Diltek
LetsGoTry
Keibron Gamer &
Toretto Master		11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Newtiteuf
Seb et Ouss &
Spieletrend		1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Trainer Tips
The Trainer Club
ZyoniK
Kriket 23
Couple of Gaming
Sabrina Spielt &
ChaosLady		4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Content CreatorTime Slot
ZoëTwoDots
Kushi
Diltek
LetsGoTry
Keibron Gamer &
Toretto Master		11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Newtiteuf
Seb et Ouss &
Spieletrend		1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Trainer Tips
The Trainer Club
ZyoniK
Kriket 23
Couple of Gaming
Sabrina Spielt &
ChaosLady		4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

As Niantic has communicated, they reserve the right to close the queues in advance, should it be necessary.

Where can you find the Content Creators? The autograph sessions take place on all three event days in the Meet & Greet zone. This is located in the southern part of Britzer Garten near the information tent.

Can you attend the autograph sessions without a ticket? No, anyone wishing to attend the autograph session needs a valid event ticket for the respective day.

Will there also be autograph sessions at the live event in Seattle? Yes, you can also look forward to various content creators at the GO Fest in Seattle. Which ones and when you will find them there, you can find out on the Pokémon GO website.

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More Opportunities for a Meetup

If you don’t have a ticket for the GO Fest in Berlin, you can alternatively participate in one of the 4 guided tours in Berlin. These will take place after the Community Day with Kapuno on June 25, 2022. They start at the Spandau Arcaden and Britzer Garten. Look forward to the following Content Creators:

Spandau Arcaden, Klosterstraße 3, 13581 Berlin

  • Group 1:
  • The Trainer Club
  • ZyoniK
  • Sabrina Spielt
  • ChaosLady
  • Group 2:
  • Kushi
  • Diltek
  • Keibron Gamer
  • Seb et Ouss

Britzer Garten, Sangerhauser Weg 1, 12349 Berlin

  • Group 3:
  • ZoëTwoDots
  • ThoTechtical
  • Newtiteuf
  • Group 4:
  • Couple of Gaming
  • Antonio Pavlinović from Pokémon GO Hub
  • LetsGoTry
  • Toretto Master

When do the guided tours in Berlin take place? The tours will take place on June 25, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM local time.

Is a special ticket required for this? No, you do not need a ticket to participate in the guided tours. You just need to arrive on time at the respective meeting points after the Community Day.

How do you find the planned MeetUps for the Community Day and GO Fest in Berlin? Which content creator do you definitely not want to miss? And who else would you like to meet? Feel free to let us know in the comments and connect with other trainers on MeinMMO about this topic.

Pokémon GO wants to send you outside more frequently, but trainers feel that it can’t be done without 3 old features. We show you what they are.

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WoW: With this overview, farming mounts becomes child’s play

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Do you enjoy collecting mounts in World of Warcraft? Then this website recommendation will be your most loyal companion that you won’t want to miss.

While many players in World of Warcraft mostly find enjoyment in raids, dungeons, or PvP, there is also a large number of collecting enthusiasts who primarily gather mounts, pets, or toys.

However, with over 8 expansions, there are now so many mounts, pets, and toys that even veterans are slowly losing track. Fortunately, there is a website that can help you out and make collectors’ hearts race: Simple Armory (link to the website).

What kind of website is this? Simple Armory is, as the name suggests, a significantly simplified view of Blizzard’s official Armory. Here you select your character and then get a handy overview of which collectible items – like mounts – you already own and which ones you still lack. The mounts are categorized into different groups, such as the various expansions or individual addon features like raids or Torghast. This way, you can see at a glance which mounts or pets you already have and which ones are still missing from your collection.

A simple, small overview of all the mounts available.

Where do the data come from? To get your data and read it, Simple Armory does not require you to provide Battle.net login details or anything similar. The site simply accesses Blizzard’s official Armory, where almost all characters are stored anyway.

While there is the option to manually add more data, such as to import the list of missing toys – because the Armory from Blizzard cannot do this yet, and thus Simple Armory cannot access it either. To do this, you would need to use the interface addon “Simple Armory”.

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What else can the website do? One of the best features of the website is that it greatly simplifies your search for mounts. You can simply tick “Show Planner” at the top of the respective page, and you will be shown a new page. Here, it lists step by step which actions you should take in what order to farm as many missing mounts with maximum efficiency. The list even specifies which portals and routes you should use or where you need to bind your hearthstone to save as much time as possible.

Just enter your character on the site and see which animals are still missing and what you should start with.

What do you think about this website? A cool tool that can structure a collector’s day in WoW significantly?

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Pokémon GO: Items from the 1-Coin Box revealed – Starting June 20

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The new Weekly Box starting June 20 in Pokémon GO is known. You will receive these 42 items this week for 1 coin in the Event Box.

What kind of box is this? Every week, a new box becomes available for purchase for 1 PokéCoin in the Pokémon GO shop. A few weeks ago, it still contained Remote Raid Passes, but now the contents change regularly.

Through data miners who work with the contents and changes of the game, it is already known what contents you will find in the box starting June 20.

1 Coin Box starting June 20 – Contents

What’s inside? In the box, you will find:

  • 20 Razz Berries
  • 10 Nanab Berries
  • 10 Silver Razz Berries
  • 2 Snorlax

The box mainly revolves around berries, which you can also obtain by spinning PokéStops and through other activities in the game. The new contents of the Weekly Box were shared by the Twitter account of PokeMiners.

When will the box be available? Around 06:00 AM on June 20, the box should be unlocked for you. If you can’t see it, it is recommended to restart the game once. After that, the package should be visible to you.

You will find the box next to the other packages in the shop.

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How long is the box active? You can find the box in the shop for one week and have enough time to clear your inventory and make space for the items.

One week later, on June 27, there will be a new box bringing different contents. What will be inside remains to be seen.

What do you think of the contents of the 1-coin Event Box this time? Let us know your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and tell us if you can make use of the berries and Snorlax, or which items you would prefer to have in the Weekly Box.

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Dead by Daylight: You are currently at the blood points cap with only 5 matches – It has never been easier

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In Dead by Daylight, you are currently earning up to 7 times Bloodpoints. This allows you to level up all characters in no time.

Farming Bloodpoints is a rather lengthy task in Dead by Daylight. It takes a lot of time and an iron will to endure the tough introductory phase in Dead by Daylight and unlock a solid repertoire of Perks, Items, and Add-ons. However, currently, it is easier than ever. Because the bonus this year increases the Bloodpoints earned to up to 630%.

How to get so many Bloodpoints? The “Trick” at this event is the “Fearsome Flan.” This is a new Offering that can only be found in the Bloodweb during Dead by Daylight’s 6th birthday. When you use the Flan, the Bloodpoints earned by all players in the match (Survivors and Killers) are increased by 106%.

That alone would be a huge boost, but it gets really strong when all 5 players use such a Flan. In that case, the bonus increases to an astonishing 530%. If you combine this with a Perk that increases Bloodpoints by another 100% (“We’ll Live Forever” for Survivors and “Barbecue & Chili” for Killers), the bonus even climbs to 630%!

Are you looking for an alternative to Dead by Daylight? Then you might want to take a look at Texas Chainsaw Massacre…

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks like Dead by Daylight and at least just as crazy

Usually, you will find a Flan in every newly generated Bloodweb, but there can be more.

Here are a few calculation examples:

  • If you have a rather bad match and would only get to 10,000 Bloodpoints, the full bonus gives you a whopping 73,000 Bloodpoints.
  • If you have a perfect match and go home with the maximum of 32,000 Bloodpoints, these bonuses increase the yield to 233,600 Bloodpoints!

Or in other words: 5-6 solid rounds and you will reach the Bloodpoints cap of 1,000,000.

Of course, you are dependent on other players using their Flans – but that is currently happening very often. If in doubt, just find a regular group of players as Survivors to guarantee at least a bonus of 424%.

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What to do with all the Bloodpoints? The Bloodpoints are particularly suitable for unlocking new Perks for Killers and Survivors. This is the perfect opportunity for newcomers to get a foothold in Dead by Daylight and to really rake in points even in rather bad matches.

It’s raining Bloodpoints – many are currently taking advantage of this.

Veterans, on the other hand, can use the points to unlock some Prestige cosmetics or simply to stock up on plenty of Add-ons and Items, as these remain available even after the event.

How long does the event last? Even though you keep the “Fearsome Flan” in your inventory after the event ends, you should use the time now to spend them. The event will last until June 30th and has a whole range of other rewards in store.

Have you already stocked up on Bloodpoints? Or can you make less use of them?

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5 rare armors in Destiny 2 that hardly any Guardian possesses – Do you have them?

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 5 minutes

In Destiny 2 there are many armors that could be earned over the years. Some of them are so rare that hardly any player knows or has seen them. We will show you 5 rare armors that will make every Guardian jealous.

Which armors are we talking about? This is a wild mix of armor sets for every class. We have referred to general gameplay sources, PvP, but also raids.

These are truly the rarest armors, as they either had very high requirements or were simply only briefly earnable at the beginning of Destiny 2. We have come to the following results:

  • The first Event Solstice armors
  • Iron Banner ornaments from quests in Seasons 2 and 3
  • Ornaments from the Leviathan raid on Prestige
  • Armors from the faction games of Seasons 2 and 3
  • Flawless ornaments from the Trials of the Nine

In the following, we will show you how these armors look, how they were earnable, and what makes them so rare compared to other armors in the world of Destiny 2.

5. The first Solstice armors of 2018

Destiny 2 Solstice armor
A cool and golden armor for diligent Guardians

How could the armor be earned? This armor could be earned in the very first Solstice event in Destiny 2. As a new event, players had to upgrade their gear for the first time until it could reach the level of our symbol photo.

What makes the armor so rare? The armor is so rare because it belongs to the first Solstice event. Until then, Destiny 2 players knew nothing of such an event.

Either you slept through this event or the requirements were too high for you to upgrade your armors twice. Some steps even required you to complete the Prestige Raid on the Leviathan.

Your progress for the armor only applied to the class with which you started. The remaining armors of the second or third Guardian had to go through the same grind torture again, which was an enormously lengthy challenge.

4. Iron Banner ornaments from Season 2 and 3

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“Iron Banner” ornaments from Season 2
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“Iron Banner” ornaments from Season 3
Both ornaments from the Iron Banner are rare and seldom seen

How could the armor be earned? In Season 2 and 3, the armor could be earned from Lord Saladin through a challenging quest. Compared to the new quests that Lord Saladin now imposes on the Guardians, players had to work hard for the cool Iron Banner armors at the beginning of Destiny 2.

What makes the armor so rare? The armors in the old Iron Banner had to be fought for with effort at that time. For the Iron Banner ornaments from Season 3, you needed the following things to prove your worth:

  • Class item: Reach rank 5 in the Iron Banner
  • Leg armor: Defeat 100 enemies in the Iron Banner with your super
  • Chest armor: Defeat 100 enemies in the Iron Banner with power weapons
  • Gauntlets: Complete 21 Iron Banner challenges
  • Helmet: Win 25 matches in the Iron Banner

The progress was counted account-wide, but not everyone wanted to go into the Iron Banner and endure this torture, so many gave up on the challenge. For this reason, both old Iron Banner armors take the last place on our list.

3. Ornaments from the Leviathan raid on Prestige

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With these ornaments, you can show off to raid players

How could the armor be earned? The Praetorian ornaments from the raid “Leviathan” are among the rarest raid armors in all of Destiny 2. You could only get these pieces if you completed the Leviathan raid on Prestige. By finishing the Prestige, you received the class item and the chance to secure the remaining armors.

To do this, you simply had to run through the whole Leviathan raid and complete any challenge that Calus, then the reigning Cabal Emperor, imposed on you. For every completed challenge, there was an armor ornament.

What makes the armor so rare? The difficulty was not in completing the challenges in the Leviathan but in mastering the Leviathan on Prestige.

The mechanics of the final boss were considered one of the most complicated ever at that time. But as if that were not enough, the Prestige mode also added another level of difficulty since your opponents dealt more damage. This meant that only real PvE talents could get their hands on these ornaments.

2. Armors from the faction games from Season 2 and 3

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The faction armors from Season 3

How could the armor be earned? In the early days of Destiny 2, there were also the faction games. You had to choose one of the three known factions and play in the name of the alliance for them:

  • Future War Cult
  • New Monarchy
  • Dead Orbit

Once that was accomplished, there was a wide range of tasks to complete to receive all armor ornaments. Completing lost sectors, grenade kills, or participating in a Nightfall with equipped faction armor were conditions that had to be met.

What makes the armor so rare? The faction games were unfortunately considered one of the least popular events in Destiny 2 at the time. They were seen as unnecessary and did not provide cool loot or armors like the Iron Banner. Therefore, many players skipped the event and missed out on the ornaments.

However, players who earned these ornaments from Season 2 and 3 can now rejoice because these gear pieces are truly among the rarest in Destiny 2.

1. Flawless ornaments from the Trials of the Nine

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All Flawless ornaments from the Trials of the Nine (via. DestinyTracker)

How could the armor be earned? These are the Prestige ornaments from the Trials of the Nine, the predecessor to the Trials of Osiris.

This armor is the rarest in the game and could only be obtained in the hardcore 4 vs. 4 PvP mode “Trials of the Nine”. To do so, you had to have a flawless ticket and win additional matches to get the chance at one of these extravagant ornaments.

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What makes the armor so rare? To obtain a flawless ticket in the Trials of the Nine, you could not lose a single match.

If you had won nine matches in a row, the Emissary of the Nine initially rewarded you with cool loot, but no ornaments. These could only be obtained after you became flawless, following wins.

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You were also matched with tougher opponents through matchmaking, which made earning the ornaments no easier. The fact that only PvP gods could win these armors makes them the rarest in the entire Destiny 2 universe.

But what about you? Are you one of the proud owners of these armors and do you have all the ones we listed or did you miss out on some or even ignore them? Let us know in the comments if your collection includes these gems.

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  2. Season 2 - Fraktionsrüstungen
  3. Warmind.io
  4. Polygon

Twitch streamer sinks over 15,000 € in Diablo Immortal until he gets the desired item

Irina Moritz Irina Moritz Reading time 2 minutes

The streamer Quin69 has been trying for days to obtain a 5/5 star gem in Diablo Immortal. He succeeded after investing over €15,000 into the game.

The situation in brief:

  • Diablo Immortal has been criticized since its release for its strong monetization system, which many players describe as exploitative and Pay2Win.
  • This led to the game being bombarded with negative reviews on the review platform Metacritic, making it the lowest-rated game there.
  • Twitch streamer Quin69 is primarily known for his streams of Path of Exile, but he is also involved in all forms of Diablo, currently mainly in Diablo Immortal.
  • He has set out to obtain a 5/5 star gem, no matter the cost.

About two weeks after the release, he found out exactly what it costs.

“Thank you for this authentic Diablo experience”

This is what Quin69 says: In a self-experiment, Quin69 set out to show how much of a scam Diablo Immortal is. His goal was to obtain a 5/5 star gem. They are among the most powerful items in the game and correspondingly rare.

Quin69 has therefore decided to keep spending money on the €15 Rifts until he receives his desired item. This cost the streamer over 25,000 New Zealand dollars, which is approximately €15,121.57.

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On Twitter, Quin sarcastically celebrated his “victory” with the comment, “Thank you, Blizzard and Diablo Immortal, for this authentic Diablo experience.”

In the podcast Allcraft by streamer Asmongold, he also discussed Diablo Immortal and commented on the game as follows:

The game was in development for 4 years, right? It’s a reskin of an already existing game and they packed in the identical algorithm that generates the Rifts. That should have taken a few months. I’m not a developer, but that’s just laziness.

It’s a mobile game with the same code and the same assets as Diablo 3. And I wonder: What did they spend 4 years on?

Quin believes that the developers invested more time in the concept and implementation of the monetization of Diablo Immortal than in the game itself.

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Big success despite criticism

This is how Diablo Immortal is doing financially: Despite receiving criticism and bad reviews from all sides, Diablo Immortal seems to be doing very well financially. Within the first week after release, it made over $10 million in revenue.

This number has since more than doubled. A whopping $24 million in revenue has been reported by the tracking site AppMagic. Within the first two weeks after launch, Diablo Immortal also recorded over 5 million downloads. China does not seem to be included in the numbers yet.

What is your opinion on the monetization of Diablo Immortal? Have you spent any money, are you playing it Free2Play, or are you completely staying away from it? Let us know in the comments.

Blizzard developers have assured, in light of the criticism, that the funding model of Diablo 4, which is highly anticipated by many, is different from that of Immortal:

Blizzard employees emphasize: Diablo 4 will not be monetized like Immortal

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A couple tells us how they met in the MMORPG: “Of course, the biggest problem was the distance”

Irina Moritz Irina Moritz Reading time 5 minutes

MMORPGs and online games are a place where millions of people meet and get to know each other every day. We at MeinMMO have spoken to a couple who met in World of Warcraft.

While quests, raids, and PvP undoubtedly represent the core content of MMORPGs, it is the social interactions and playing together that make this content something special. Many of us made good friends online, with whom we played in a guild and sometimes met outside the game, like a Star Citizen guild from Austria.

You get to know each other through shared activities, talk regularly in voice chats, and have fun together. Thanks to the shared hobby, there are also tons of conversation topics, and it rarely gets boring. And sometimes, it happens that two people fall in love and even end up getting married.

We at MeinMMO spoke with such a couple from World of Warcraft.

“It was something as banal as: ‘Cool name’.”

MeinMMO: Hello you two! Briefly tell our readers who you are and what you do.

Cloudakera: Hi, I am Cloudakera! I am 33 years old and originally from Hamburg. I am a trained merchant for insurance and finance and still work in an office professionally. I’ve been a passionate gamer since my childhood. SNES and Super Mario World got everything rolling. You wouldn’t believe it, but I played football for years and still go to the gym regularly. A healthy appearance is very important to me.

Aimedis: Hi there, I am Aimedis and I am 29 years old. I live by the beautiful Lake Constance and studied business administration there. I am currently working in the family business. I am a passionate bookworm and a big Harry Potter fan – my naming in WoW is thanks to Cloudakera having contacted me at all (laughs).

MeinMMO: How did each of you get into WoW? 

Cloudakera: I started back in “Wrath of the Lich King” (Blood Elf Paladin) on a private server and loved the expansion. But then I switched to the official servers for Cataclysm and explored the Alliance side with my Worgen warrior.

Aimedis: My sister used to play WoW Classic with her boyfriend, and I was so fascinated by it that I was allowed to create a character. At some point, I played so often on her PC that I created my own account. So I’ve been playing since Classic and haven’t missed an expansion.

Fans of FFXIV and Pokémon can even have a real-life wedding styled after their favorite games.

MeinMMO: How did you meet?

Cloudakera: It happened in 2012. I was balancing on the rooftops in World of Warcraft in Stormwind with my Worgen warrior and observing the guild chat a bit. I was relatively new to the guild, and since I am quite shy, I never write anything in the guild chat or whisper to unfamiliar players.

But then I noticed the player name Hedwig in our guild chat. Since I am a huge Harry Potter fan myself, I quickly messaged the person. It was something as banal as: “Cool name”.

Hedwig (Gnome Rogue) replied nicely, and then we continued chatting for hours. When it came time to say goodbye, we briefly confirmed friend requests, and then we were offline.

Hedwig is the name of the snowy owl in Harry Potter, introduced in the first book (Philosopher’s Stone). Hagrid gave it to Harry for his 11th birthday. She brings Harry his mail and is also his loyal companion and friend.

The next morning, I logged in again, and this time I was directly messaged by the person. We chatted for hours again and then exchanged phone numbers at goodbye.

Over WhatsApp, we learned that we couldn’t be further apart. I in Northern Germany and she in the South (about 800 km).

MeinMMO: What did your typical day in WoW look like?  

Joint Answer: We did dailies together and farmed equipment through dungeons and LFR. Of course, always together in TS or Discord. Nowadays, we know each other so well that we understand each other without words when leveling our twinks together.

“The biggest problem was, of course, the distance”

MeinMMO: How long did it take before you decided to meet for the first time in real life? 

Joint Answer: We met in-game in the summer of 2012, and the first real meeting took place in the summer of 2014 in Berlin. It happened that we were both in Berlin at that time. I, Cloudakera, was there for work, and my wife was there on vacation for the weekend.

MeinMMO: What were the biggest difficulties you had to overcome in the relationship? 

Joint Answer: The biggest problem was, of course, the distance and also the thought of where this should lead and how (or especially where) a shared future could look like. After all, we both had our lives and our families in completely different places. 

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MeinMMO: What tips do you have for gaming couples in long-distance relationships or those who met in online games? 

Joint Answer: Take the leap, meet up, and take some risks! This is definitely easier said than done, but we are beyond happy that we took the risk and couldn’t have done better.

MeinMMO: Is there anything else you would like to say to our readers in the end? 

Be nice to each other! Try to let players make mistakes too. Especially new or inexperienced players are often bullied or kicked out of groups. This zero-tolerance for mistakes in MMORPGs is getting worse and ruining many games. After all, we all play for a reason: to have fun! Also say something nice, and who knows, maybe you’ll meet your soulmate.

We sincerely thank Aimedis and Cloudakera for the conversation and wish them all the best in their marriage.

Do you also know couples who met in MMORPGs or online games? Or has it even happened to you? Tell us your stories in the comments.

Final Fantasy XIV shows: This is how crazy a MMORPG wedding looks in real life

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In the new anime MMORPG, you can earn real money, now it is being flooded despite criticism

Irina Moritz Irina Moritz Reading time 3 minutes

The MMORPG Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds is being besieged by bots that farm the in-game currency Territe and drive the login queues into the thousands. To bypass the queues, regular players have to resort to using credit cards.

That’s why Ni no Kuni is overrun: The launch of the MMORPG Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds in the West was not auspicious. The strong Pay2Win monetization of the game and the announcement of cryptocurrency and NFTs sparked a shitstorm.

However, it is precisely these much-criticized features that are now causing the servers of the MMORPG to burst at the seams. Players of Ni no Kuni are currently reporting extremely long queues and hours of waiting time because the game is overrun by bots.

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Bot armies of Ni no Kuni (Image source: YouTuber Doctor Diggs)

The bots flood the servers of the game to mine the in-game currency Territe, which can be mined in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Through a multi-step conversion process, it can then be converted first into “Territe Tokens,” then into MARBLEX Tokens, and finally into cryptocurrencies.

Since Netmarble likely did not expect such an influx of bots, the servers cannot handle the number of simultaneous logins, resulting in long waiting queues.

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An overview from Netmarble shows the conversion steps from Territe and the current exchange rate.

“I waited all day and couldn’t play”

This is how players can bypass the problem: The long queues mainly affect Free2Play players, and some are very frustrated about it. Like almost every MMORPG, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds has its dailies and regular tasks that must be completed to earn rewards.

To skip the queue, players can use their credit card and purchase the Daily Adventurer’s Pass, which costs only $7.99. For some, the offer may sound tempting, as waiting times reportedly range from 30 minutes to many hours.

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Players have to wait several hours to get into the game

However, the “Daily Adventurer’s Pass” is not quite what it sounds like. Players do not have to pay $7.99 daily to skip the queues. Instead, it is a monthly premium subscription that comes with additional benefits, such as login bonuses, along with the login skip.

Moreover, the pass was not introduced only after the emergence of the bot problem by Netmarble but has been in the game since the release.

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These are the reactions: Nevertheless, many players are not happy with this development, even though the login skip is not a new invention to profit even more from the bot problem. On reddit, social media, and in the official forums, players complain about the bot problem:

  • “You advertise for pets while real players leave the game because it has been completely taken over by bots.” – Jan Michael Ting on Facebook.
  • “They [Netmarble] got greedy and killed the global game within a month.” – Edde0425 on YouTube
  • “I feel like I’m seeing more bots than real players right now.” – UselessRyu in the official forums.

To combat the influx, Netmarble initially announced that no further characters can be created on the affected servers. This will at least stop the creation of new bots for the time being, but it also affects real players.

What do you think about the situation in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds? Share your opinion in the comments.

If you’re looking for other MMOs and multiplayer games in anime style, we have a list for you:

The 7 best anime MMORPGs in 2022

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Twitch streamer calls on US senator for loot box discussion – and he responds

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

Asmongold was successful with his plans. US Senator Ted Cruz reacts – and talks about loot boxes and gambling in games.

A few days ago, we talked about how streamer Asmongold reached out to US Senator Ted Cruz and wrote to his office to discuss loot boxes in games. Quicker than Asmongold probably expected, there was now a response.

What happened? Streamer Asmongold has had enough of microtransactions in general and loot boxes in particular. Especially after Diablo Immortal, he now wants to use his influence to draw political attention to the issue. He hopes that loot boxes will be banned sooner or later in more countries and classified as gambling. In his view, they not only destroy good games, but also the lives of vulnerable people and children, who are thus raised to gamble from an early age.

In one of his recent streams, Asmongold announced that he has contacted the office of US Senator Ted Cruz from the Republicans, hoping that this would lead to a conversation or at least an exchange.

What happened now? In one of his latest streams, Asmongold learns that Ted Cruz has responded to the request – and even talks about it for quite a while. He did this in his own podcast “Verdict with Ted Cruz”.

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In fact, Cruz demonstrates familiarity with the topic. Although he wouldn’t touch MMORPGs, he is a casual gamer and has also spent money in games to buy progress and save “6 or 12 months of time”. Nevertheless, he emphasizes that he fundamentally dislikes the idea of buying such advantages in games.

His co-host Michael Knowles didn’t shine on the topic and seemed to be more focused on “Pac-Man” and “Donkey Kong”, even getting corrected by Cruz that “that’s definitely not what this is about.”

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What else did Cruz say? The most interesting statement is probably that Ted Cruz is willing to listen to arguments and talk about the topic. It is in his interest to protect children from gambling. However, he also believes that loot boxes and the ability for adults to spend money in a game are not necessarily something the state should have the authority to ban or interfere with.

In any case, he showed a willingness to engage in conversation. And it is already clear: if a conversation between politician Ted Cruz and one of the biggest streamers, Asmongold, should actually take place, it could set a new Twitch record.

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What does Asmongold think about the matter? Asmongold appeared clearly surprised, and in a positive way. He did not expect such a comprehensive initial response. However, he also emphasizes that his intention is not about other political views. Now that a Republican politician has reacted, he wants to reach out to the Democrats – in his opinion, it should now be much easier since there has already been a reaction from the Republicans.

Asmongold repeatedly emphasizes that his goal is to make loot boxes and similar mechanics at least inaccessible to children, which he considers an important first step. He is not particularly concerned with which politicians he talks to in order to achieve this goal. What they represent and say otherwise is just “background noise that is not important for the matter.”

What do you think about a US senator responding to a Twitch streamer? Is it a good thing that Asmongold is initiating? Or is it ultimately just a huge PR stunt from both sides?

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