According to Bloomberg, the head of PlayStation at Sony (PS4, PS5), Jim Ryan, has angered some of his employees with an internal email. He asks them to respect everyone’s opinion on the controversial topic of abortion rights and then spoke about his cats.
Where does the information come from? Gaming journalist Jason Schreier reports for Bloomberg on an internal email that Jim Ryan sent to some Sony employees on Thursday (via bloomberg). Ryan is the head of PlayStation.
This is the situation regarding abortion in the USA: Since 1973, the precedent Roe vs. Wade has made abortion federally legal in the USA, allowing every woman to decide alone whether she wants an abortion or not.
However, also because Donald Trump has populated the Supreme Court with conservative judges, the Supreme Court of the USA is now looking to overturn this ruling and return the decision on abortion to the states. It is expected that up to 26 states could ban abortion.
PlayStation head does not take a position on abortion dispute
This is the email from the PlayStation head: In the email, Ryan does not take a position on the abortion discussion but writes that the company Sony and its community is “multifaceted and diverse,” with many different perspectives.
We owe it to ourselves and the millions of PlayStation users to respect the differing opinions of everyone in the internal and external community. Respecting is not the same as agreeing. But it is fundamental to who we are as a company and as a valued global brand.
After this paragraph, Ryan is said to have written that he would like to share something light to inspire everyone to find a balance that helps cope with the stress of the uncertain world situation.
He is then reported to have written five additional paragraphs about how his cats were now celebrating their first birthday, the noises they make, and that he would like to get a dog.
A dog is after all man’s best friend, he knows his place and would fulfill useful roles, such as biting beggars or chasing balls.
How was the email received? As Bloomberg reports, some Sony employees expressed their displeasure about the email in internal discussions. Some women felt that the message did not respect their rights or trivialized them.
Someone at Sony is quoted as saying: “I have never been so angry about a cat’s birthday.”
In reactions to the email on Twitter, the phrasing “that dogs would know their place” is also criticized – in that context, it had a bad undertone.
How to handle the situation differently is shown by Destiny developer Bungie:
The choice of class and specialization significantly determines how the game feels in WoW: Shadowlands. Some prefer melee, while others prefer ranged. However, there are also players who like to adapt to the demand – and for them, a nerd on reddit has now created the perfect database.
A user on reddit wants to restart his guild with a few friends before the new expansion of World of Warcraft. They want to try new classes – but which ones should they choose?
The user goes by “ItsACrunchyNut”, describes himself as a nerd, and likes to choose his class based on what is currently needed. To find out the demand, the WoW tool wowprogress helps him. On the site, guilds can manually specify which class they are currently looking for.
The proud nerd claims he could have simply searched through a few guilds and seen from the demand what is needed – “But I’m a nerd. Why do something simple when it can also be complicated?”.
Together with a nerd colleague, “ItsACrunchyNut” conjured some IT magic and wrote a program to evaluate the demand from about 4,000 guilds that have already downed the last boss in the raid (Achievement: AoTC).
The most sought-after PvE classes and specializations in Patch 9.2
“ItsACrunchyNut” didn’t just look at the classes in his evaluation, but also at the roles and specializations (As of: 10.05.22 / via reddit.com). The numbers are estimates from the user:
Most sought-after roles
Ranged DPS: 20,100
Melee DPS: 12,800
Ranged Healer: 5,200
Melee Healer: 3,900
Tanks: 2,400
Most sought-after classes
Druid: 6,100
Priest: 5,100
Shaman: 2,600
Most sought-after specializations
Balance Druids: 3,900
All Warlocks: 3,600
Shadow Priests: 2,600
For an overview of all classes, “ItsACrunchyNut” also created a graphic, divided into classes and roles:
How were the data generated? Guilds can enter their player needs on “wowprogress” and specify how high the demand is – high, medium, low. For a “high” demand, the user set 4 players needed, for “medium” 2, and for “low” 1 player.
Thus, “ItsACrunchyNut” created a numerical database that can be represented in a diagram.
His evaluation is therefore based on estimates and is not very accurate. However, for a representation of the class and role demand of over 4,000 guilds, the chosen method is well-suited.
The last Weekend League ended earlier than expected. Now FIFA 22 is distributing compensation – but many players feel it is not enough.
What is the problem? For the current “Team of the Season” event, the timings of the Weekend League have been adjusted. Instead of running from Friday to early Monday, the Weekend League now runs from Fridays at 9:00 PM to Wednesdays at 9:00 AM. So it was at least originally announced.
However, the last Weekend League ended 24 hours early. This was displayed in the game via a countdown timer, but those who relied on the original announcement and logged in on Tuesday evening to play a few games were left disappointed.
EA Sports also confirmed on Twitter that this was a mistake.
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As compensation, the following has now been considered:
Players who qualified for the last FUT Champions Finals will receive 1,500 FUT Champions qualification points credited for the next week.
Additionally, a seasonal objective will be published at the beginning of next week, which includes an untradeable Prime Gold Player Pack and 3000 XP.
However, the response to this announcement has mostly been negative. Players evidently expected a bit more.
Of all weekends, the Premier League weekend comes with a mistake
What players criticize: Both in the FIFA subreddit and in Twitter comments, the compensation is being criticized as inadequate. The main reason: Last weekend, players could earn the Premier League TOTS players as part of the Player Picks.
Premier League cards are traditionally the most popular in Ultimate Team, and the TOTS cards are particularly strong. At the same time, they are also extremely expensive and hard to obtain in packs. Accordingly, the Weekend League is one of the best ways to acquire these cards – for some, this Weekend League is the most important one in the FIFA year.
That receiving only qualification points and a 45,000 coin pack is simply not enough for many. This is what some are saying on Twitter:
“So… you give people an average pack, which they have to play for to compensate for the loss of good packs, instead of just giving them free packs,” comments one (via Twitter).
“This cannot be the compensation given to those who missed the PL Reds. Shameful!” (via Twitter)
Another user says on Twitter: “Wouldn’t it have been easier to compensate those who didn’t manage to finish their 20 games? This seems like a strange approach.”
Similar criticism also exists on reddit: “This issue did not affect me, as I play WL on Saturdays, but this compensation is a joke for those who were affected,” writes user gobaldygooch (via reddit). He continued, “I understand that it’s probably hard for EA to determine exactly who was affected, but this compensation is terrible.”
He states that the qualification points don’t mean much, just like the XP: “So you only have a 45k pack, which you won’t get until there are no more packs for Prem-TOTS. At the same time, there will be some people who completely missed red picks of the Prem-TOTS worth hundreds of thousands of coins (untradeable).”
Overall, some players expected a better compensation here. On May 13, the Premier League TOTS in FIFA 22 will be replaced, and it will not be possible to obtain it from packs for the time being. Instead, at 7:00 PM, the Bundesliga TOTS will appear in Ultimate Team.
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If you see a black-haired woman with a melon in her hair and in anime style, it is very likely Suki “sukidingels”. The 28-year-old streamer has been a VTuber for 2 years and has since been experiencing a surge on Twitch. But who is she and what does she do on her channel? MeinMMO reveals it to you.
Who is sukidingels? Suki has been active on Twitch since 2013 and has been using an anime-style VTuber model since 2020. Instead of a facecam, the anime character represents the streamer.
Her character has long black hair with bright blue eyes. As a trademark, she wears a melon hairpin. Her outfit changes in the different streams.
She herself says that she particularly likes watermelons, pandas, and underwear, and refers to her viewers as the “WatermelonPandaPantsuCrew”. Also on her channel, you can find cute little pandas everywhere, eating or interacting with watermelons.
This is what sukidingels’ VTuber model looks like.
sukidingels is usually laid-back, her humor sometimes quite double-edged, and she often has a good one-liner ready. She also has no problem letting her emotions flow freely. Her viewers celebrate her style and support her vigorously (as of May 13, 2022):
Suki currently has 42,859 followers on Twitch.
About 2,330 people are subscribed to her at the moment.
Her streams are followed by an average of 1,180 people (in the last 90 days).
VTubing has been extremely trendy for some time, as shown by the streamer Ironmouse:
How does the VTuber sukidingels structure her Twitch streams?
Before 2020, Suki streamed without facecam or avatar. However, she has been gaming various games since she started on the platform. These currently include Rust, Lost Ark, Pokémon, and New World.
If she is not gaming, the streamer draws or chats with her community about anime and other topics. In between, sukidingels also sings various songs and always says goodbye in her streams with the same lullaby “Golden Light” from the anime DoReMi.
Here you can see a clip featuring Suki’s previous avatar and an emotional outburst:
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How did the streamer become known? Partly through her constant activity on Twitch, through adding the VTube model, and probably additionally through playing together with other well-known personalities like streamers Dhalucard, Dennsen, and Torro.
She was also part of Season 3 of Rustplatz, where many different streamers participated in March 2022 and conducted role-playing on a separate server. It is considered the most successful Rust project in Germany.
She also does not shy away from presenting herself in real life, as she will be at this year’s Dokomi (via dokomi.de). An anime convention in Düsseldorf, which takes place once a year and attracts a massive number of visitors. So anyone who wants can meet sukidingels there.
Meanwhile, Suki fluctuates between 700 and 1,100 viewers on average, while in early 2021, she was at an audience between 60 and 120. Definitely a significant growth and success for the German Twitch streamer.
After more than 3 years, the “Battle Royal” shooter Apex Legends has reached a new peak, attracting more players on Steam than ever before. But what has led to this recent high?
What are the player numbers? Apex Legends has maintained high player counts on Steam for quite some time now. Just in February of this year, the shooter set the previous record of 392,998 concurrent players (via SteamCharts.com). After a slight drop in player counts in March (354,000) and April (371,000), the shooter is experiencing a rebound with Season 13.
On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, a day after the Season 13 update, 411,000 players played the “Battle Royal” shooter, matching the February record.
What caused the high player numbers? On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Season 13 launched in EA’s “Battle Royal” shooter Apex Legends.
Season 13 brought significant changes with the Saviors update. Alongside the new legend Newcastle, the so-called Ranked Reloaded was introduced, along with changes to the map Storm Point and the map rotation.
The new legend Newcastle & the “Storm Point” overhaul
What can the new legend do? The new legend of the successful Battle Royale is named Newcastle. MeinMMO shows you what the new character can do.
If you haven’t seen the character trailer for the new legend Newcastle yet, you can catch up here:
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Apex Legends: Who is the new legend Newcastle and what can he do? See his skills here in gameplay
Newcastle has three abilities that distinguish him:
Revival Shield (passive ability): Revives and protects allies with a shield while pulling them to safety
Mobile Shield (tactical ability): Throws a controllable drone with Newcastle that generates a movable energy shield to protect from fire
Fortress (ultimate ability): Constructs a stronghold at allies or targets, providing cover and an advantage in battles
What was changed about Storm Point? According to the developers, their goal was to enhance the features of the Storm Point map without removing anything.
Accordingly, Storm Point received a new so-called Point of Interest, the marine creature “Sunken Beast,” which is intended to add variety to the map’s architecture.
Additionally, Respawn added a new PvE feature called IMC Armories on Storm Point, which appears at four different locations.
In the IMC Armories, you will encounter waves of the so-called Spectres. These are enemy automated combat robots that were also present in Titanfall 2. If you survive the Spectres’ attack, you can secure loot.
Respawn overhauls Ranked & removes 2-hour block from map rotation
What is the map rotation like in Season 13? In Season 13, Respawn removed the 2-hour block in the map rotation. This previously meant that only one map could be played within two hours.
Respawn recognized that two hours was too long, as this made it possible for some players to experience their entire available gameplay time. For these players, the block meant they could end up playing only a single map in a day and miss out on the rotation.
What is Ranked Reloaded? Respawn has overhauled the ranked system of Apex Legends, adding rank demotions, adjusting entry costs, and revamping rank points.
According to the developers, they made changes to the foundational pillars of the ranked system: teamwork and desire to win. The goal was to promote teamwork in Apex Legends and more accurately represent players’ skills in the future.
What the Saviors update and Season 13 bring in detail can be read on the website of Apex Legends publisher Electronic Arts (via ea.com).
You can see the epic launch trailer for the Saviors update here:
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Apex Legends shows the new legend Newcastle in the crazy trailer “Rescue”
What is the current mood in other “Battle Royal” shooters? The “Battle Royal” genre has been very popular for years. Besides Apex Legends, competitors like Fortnite and Call of Duty: Warzone also receive regular updates with new content and events.
While Fortnite recently made waves with the introduction of the “No Building Mode,” Warzone players are less satisfied with the recent Godzilla event.
MeinMMO author Maik Schneider summarizes the mood regarding Warzone’s Operation Monarch and explains why, despite the modest reactions, you should take a look at the event.
As Bethesda announced yesterday, the highly anticipated titles Starfield and Redfall have been postponed to 2023. This means Microsoft lacks 2 important exclusive games for Xbox and the Game Pass. Is it even worth subscribing to the Game Pass? MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic gives an assessment.
As Bethesda announced yesterday, the titles Starfield and Redfall will not be released as announced in 2022, but only in 2023. Starfield is the next game from the Skyrim developers, and Redfall is a vampire co-op shooter from the creators of Dishonored and Deathloop.
About the author: Marko Jevtic has been playing a lot since early childhood. Alone on Steam, he has over 1,000 games, plus he owns every console on the market. Currently, the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch are in his living room.
He is not only involved with games at MeinMMO: He is currently doing his PhD in Game Studies and teaches seminars on gaming history and current developments in the industry at several German universities.
Both games were highly anticipated, and the postponement has disappointed many accordingly. However, this announcement has the most significant consequences for Microsoft.
The postponement of Starfield and Redfall came unexpectedly. However, this announcement was not a real surprise for many players.
So far, there has been only concept art for Starfield, and Redfall has at least leaked gameplay scenes. Thus, it was foreseeable that games without previously presented official gameplay would not come out in about 6 months.
However, particularly Starfield is a highly anticipated title for many players in the gaming community. Many hope for a sort of ‘Skyrim in Space,’ and the last Elder Scrolls game for single-player fans was released over 10 years ago.
Bethesda has intentionally played with these expectations: The release of Skyrim was on 11.11.11. The originally intended release of Starfield was on 11.11.22.
Here you see Starfield in a trailer:
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Bethesda RPG Starfield shows the first AI companion in the trailer – Vasco, a loyal robot for all occasions
However, this historical repetition will not take place now. This is not just sad for all romantics. Skyrim is still a major hit among gamers and ranks among the most popular games in the Game Pass. That the indirect successor is now coming much later devalues the Game Pass and its promises significantly.
That the big AAA releases from Microsoft are playable on the release day via the subscription service is one of the biggest selling points for the Game Pass. However, the last major exclusive title from Microsoft for the Game Pass was Halo Infinite – that was in December 2021.
Not only does the shooter currently have significant issues, but the next major exclusive title from Microsoft is not coming until 2023. Consequently, there won’t be any major exclusive hits to promote the subscription service for over a year. And this is despite major shopping sprees by gaming giants like Bethesda, Obsidian, and Activision Blizzard.
The Game Pass will likely only receive third-party titles and indie games. Overall, this is still a very good deal for the price. However, no matter how fantastic indie games like Tunic or Unpacking are, which land on release in the Game Pass – they do not appeal to such a wide audience as ‘Skyrim in Space.’
In this situation, Microsoft has made a big deal out of the Game Pass release of Starfield:
Curiously: Microsoft brings as many games exclusively for PS4 and PS5 as for Xbox
Journalist Jeff Grubb mentioned another quirky side effect of this postponement. Before Microsoft acquired Bethesda, the Skyrim publisher had already signed exclusive contracts with Sony for the games Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo.
The two Bethesda games were console-exclusive for PS4 and PS5 and are currently not available on Xbox. Microsoft itself has only released 2 exclusive games for Xbox in the last 9 months with Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5.
In other words, Microsoft will likely have released as many PS games as Xbox games between the end of 2021 and the end of 2022.
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Neither Deathloop nor Ghostwire: Tokyo are consequently in the Xbox Game Pass, although they come from Microsoft’s Bethesda. This particularly hurts Xbox fans regarding Deathloop – this acclaimed game has a rating of 88 on Metacritic and even a rare 10/10 from IGN.
The Game Pass summarizes the gaming market in 2022
However, what must be noted in all these classifications: The Game Pass is merely collateral damage from a larger trend in the gaming industry. Because it increasingly seems like this year in gaming is pretty much at a standstill.
No matter if Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Starfield and Redfall, The Day Before or the successor to Zelda: Breath of the Wild – the gaming calendar for 2022 is increasingly clearing out.
In addition, almost all popular service games are currently facing problems. Whether in CoD Warzone or Destiny 2, this kind of long-term game is either facing one of the two problems or even both together:
Players expect a steady flow of content, but instead receive irregular content drops.
The new content is not convincing.
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Ultimately, players are left with very little choice. If you want to spend your time gaming in 2022, you basically have only 3 options:
You continue playing the service games despite disappointments.
You go through your game backlog or dig out old favorites.
You play the most popular indie games or look for hidden gems.
And this is where Microsoft’s Game Pass can shine again. Because even though Microsoft primarily markets with the latest AAA titles: Players love the Game Pass because it offers so many good games outside of the mainstream.
In 2022, the Game Pass thus becomes a microcosm of the entire gaming year: Indies become much more important and can more easily find many fans despite strange concepts. Also, favorite games from the past are being dug out more often. However, those waiting for the latest AAA hits are likely to be disappointed this year.
Red-hot AAA games will be more insignificant in 2022 than ever before. And this is despite the fact that the major acquisitions of AAA studios have been a huge topic across the entire industry for months.
Conclusion: The Game Pass is still a good deal, but for different reasons
So, has the Game Pass suddenly become bad due to the postponement of Starfield and Redfall? No, certainly not.
On the contrary: It can be argued that the Game Pass can convince due to this gaming drought with its great offer. Additionally, with the subscription service, countless games can be tried without further costs. This way, you might even discover your new favorite game, completely risk-free.
However, the brand “Xbox” itself loses significant importance and prestige due to these circumstances. The Game Pass is not used for Microsoft games on Xbox or PC but for the games of all other publishers and developers.
This is definitely a bitter side effect for Microsoft. However, players can respond to this significant gaming drought more easily than ever with the Game Pass and continue to fill their leisure time with new games.
Just yesterday, on May 12, the weekly update for Lost Ark was released. The servers were offline for four hours. However, today there is an unplanned hotfix, which is expected to have a downtime of 5 hours. We from MeinMMO summarize.
What is the situation? The weekly update on May 12 was quite small. Aside from a single bug fix, there were no visible changes for the players. The update focused on backend changes to prepare for the big May update, which is set to be released next week on May 19.
Apparently there was an error, as the Twitter account of Lost Ark announced last night that there will be a hotfix today that will focus on the same issue. This fix is supposed to address issues that could hinder the big May update.
Once again, there will be no visible changes for the players themselves. However, the hotfix will actually bring more downtime than the weekly update itself.
How long will the server be down? The servers of Lost Ark will be taken down at the usual time, at 9 AM German time, and are expected to remain offline for about 5 hours. If everything goes according to plan this time, you should be able to play again at 2 PM.
We will keep you updated in this article and update it as soon as there is news.
Update 1:25 PM: You can now download a 1.3 GB update on Steam and then play, as the servers are back online. Have fun!
The tweet with the announcement:
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The community is confused – “What, two days in a row?”
How are the fans reacting? The reactions are broader than normal. A few players thank for the strong communication and solid preparations for the May update, but the majority seem quite confused and even somewhat annoyed about the renewed downtime.
Some fans are upset that these updates are being made during another downtime today and would have preferred if the server downtime yesterday had just been longer. Others firmly believe that something must have gone very wrong with the update yesterday.
This is what the fans say: Below the announcement of the downtime on Twitter, many comments reflect the situation. We would like to share some of them with you (via Twitter):
Amonsi writes: “A 5-hour hotfix only 24 hours after the weekly maintenance? I just don’t understand why you didn’t do this during maintenance.”
ZeroStreaming is also upset: “5 hours to bring a fix into the game that has been running in Korea for 3 years. That’s really a bit embarrassing.”
whiz adds: “5 hours for a hotfix? What the hell happened?”
twystd posts a YouTube link under the announcement, leading to a full hour of baby crying to express himself.
What do you think about it? Do you think it’s bad that the servers are going down again or do you not mind it so much? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
The heartbeat sensor was for a long time the top item in tactical equipment in Call of Duty: Warzone. After numerous changes, the situation is now different. If you still don’t want to miss the advantages of the sensor, there is a very strong alternative equipment.
Why has the heartbeat sensor become obsolete? At the latest since the introduction of the new map Caldera in Call of Duty: Warzone, the popularity of the item has been declining steadily. The item was nerfed and other things were buffed.
Because the snapshot grenade provides you with better reconnaissance and can even give your team a kind of wallhack that hardly lets you miss any nearby enemies.
Expert calls snapshot tactic “broken”
What makes the snapshot grenades so good? You throw the equipment similarly to a grenade, and within a radius of 25 meters, all enemies are briefly highlighted, even through walls.
In comparison to the heartbeat sensor, you have a much better idea of where your opponent is.
Together with the red perk “Refill”, you have the chance to find out the exact position of enemies nearby every 25 seconds.
Enemies with the “Battle Hardened” (yellow) perks, however, are protected from the highlighting effect. But you still get a brief hitmarker from enemies with the perk.
The snapshot tactic can be pushed to the limit in a team. If you are out with a squad of 4 and everyone is equipped with the Refill perk, you theoretically have a new snapshot grenade ready every 6 seconds.
As a result, you essentially gain the ability to wallhack. A complete team equipped with 8 snapshot grenades can find you, no matter how well you hide.
The recommendation to switch from the heartbeat sensor to snapshot and “Refill” comes from the Warzone expert and YouTuber “JGOD”. We have embedded his English video on the topic here:
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Often it is not aiming or brute force that will get you ahead in Warzone. It is the little mechanics, the spontaneous tactics that give you an advantage over enemies.
The snapshot tactic definitely belongs to those cunning maneuvers that also mentally wear down your opponents. Just imagine getting notified every few seconds that a snapshot grenade is revealing you.
Streamer Corinna Kopf (Fortnite) has been banned from Twitch, apparently due to issues with her profile picture. The last time Kopf was banned, she outrageously switched to Facebook Gaming. This time, however, she seems to be taking the ban lightly. It is not the first time.
Who is Corinna Kopf?
Corinna Kopf is a streamer on Twitch with 834,400 followers: However, she is best known as an influencer on Instagram (6.4 million followers) and Twitter (2.5 million followers): There, she likes to post pictures of herself in swimwear.
In gaming, Kopf was mainly known in 2018 and 2019 for her streams of the online shooter Fortnite. After that, she disappeared from Twitch and continued to stream on Facebook Gaming for years. For a while, she was the girlfriend of one of the biggest Twitch streamers, Turner “Tfue” Tenney, with whom she was together during his Fortnite phase and was seen in his streams.
Kopf has now received a 24-hour ban from Twitch.
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What was she banned for? Kopf was apparently banned from the platform for her profile photo on Twitch. She violated the nudity rules of Twitch (via twitter). The profile picture is displayed on Twitch only very small.
Kopf herself cannot understand the ban, she says:
Twitch is so picky about the decisions regarding what to ban people for. I can’t even say what I was banned for, but I see string bikinis on Twitch all day long. It doesn’t make sense to me, it’s actually totally weird.
She claims to be very modest on Twitch, has never done hot tub streams, wears nothing offensive. She believes she hasn’t even worn a bikini on her channel.
Thank you Twitch for protecting kids with microscopes
What is the problem? In the email from Twitch, it states that she was banned for a violation in her channel profile.
On reddit, people believe that her profile picture somewhere in the background shows naked women, apparently on a poster. The profile picture in question can be seen here (via twitch.tv).
A user remarks:
Thank God, Twitch, you are protecting all the little kids on the platform. One of them must have a microscope that can see 2 pixels of breast.
What happened the last time she was banned? In December 2019, Kopf was already banned from Twitch – she had just packed her things and switched to Facebook Gaming. She has only been back on Twitch since March 2022 – it didn’t take long for Twitch to notice her:
Do you sometimes play the career mode in FIFA 22 and think “with my skills, I could definitely become a football coach”? William Still has experienced something similar – but with the help of the “Football Manager”.
When looking at simulation video games nowadays, it’s no wonder that sometimes you think: “Well, with everything I accomplish here – I should be able to do that in real life too.” It is easy to get lost in the details of some simulators. Even FIFA 22’s career mode sometimes makes you think: “I could definitely play in the Bundesliga.”
Something similar is reported by William Still. Still is now 29 years old and regularly stands on the sidelines of professional football as an assistant coach for the Belgian top club Standard Liège. A circumstance that he also owes to the game “Football Manager” – as Still recounted in an interesting portrait by “Sportbible“.
“I believe Football Manager has helped me become a better coach”
This is what Still says: Together with his brother Edward, Still played hours of Football Manager in his youth – first the “F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001”, then “Championship Manager”. “The worst phase came when I was about 14 or 15. You looked at the clock and it was 10 PM and you said: ‘Oh, I will go to bed at midnight’. And the next thing you know, it’s half past four in the morning,” Still remembers today.
“Football Manager gave me the impetus to build a team,” he says today. While he was good at football, the game gave him the first impression of what it was like to manage a team: “I believe that people who play Football Manager understand the game a little better. You have to go into great detail to win and be successful, especially nowadays where the game is becoming increasingly complicated. I appreciate people who are so passionate and immerse themselves so deeply into the game.”
The Championship Manager opened the Still brothers’ eyes to what coaching could look like
Still describes that a large part of the game actually corresponds to what happens in real life: “It sounds silly to say, but there were so many aspects that came up again and made sense.”
This includes transfer activities with offers and counter-offers, but not only that: “There are also general talks with the players, the setup of training plans, fitness groups, and training programs, both collectively and individually.”
Of course, you can also play the game “casually,” focusing only on transfers and that’s it. Then it’s not so close to reality. But the more you delve into the details, Still says, the more the game resembles real life: “I believe Football Manager has helped me become a better coach.”
Today, William Still stands on the sidelines in Liège – he was introduced here
This is how William Still’s career has gone so far
Sportbible describes how Still went from long nights playing Football Manager to becoming a coach. Even in real football, Still had something to show, having played in the fourth Belgian league. At 17, he then decided not to pursue professional football further. Instead, he moved to England to complete his sports degree.
As part of a course on video analysis and football training, he ended up at the club “Preston North End”. There he coached the U14 team.
After returning from England to Belgium, he met Sint-Truiden’s coach Yannick Ferrera after a game. He asked Ferrera if he could be of any use – without a contract, without money. Ferrera asked him if he could film and edit games – and he could.
Soon after, Still was also supposed to provide analyses of the videos. And now it was working.
Sint-Truiden was promoted and Ferrera moved to the top league competitor Standard Liège. Ferrera took him along as a video analyst.
Soon after, he moved to Lierse SK, where Still helped not only with video analysis but also with training. Then in 2017, the coach there was dismissed – and Still was to take over on an interim basis at age 24. He simply couldn’t believe it:
I was heavily involved, but going from assistant to real manager was something else. I said about ten times to [the club president]: ‘I don’t think you understand. I am only 24. This isn’t happening.’ But he said it was fine. From that day forward, I was the head coach of a Belgian second division club and was basically living my dream.
In October, he then returned to Belgium again – to Standard Liège, where he took on the role of assistant coach again.
In Belgium, William Still even faced his brother Edward, who is the head coach at RSC Charleroi. You can see: The football manager sessions have apparently advanced both brothers.
Now Still is planning long-term to become a head coach himself again.
Do you also have a game that you think could influence your career path in the future? Let us know in the comments.
The title image is from the introductory video of William Still at Standard Liège on YouTube.
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Mechanical keyboards have switches installed. But which switches should I choose when I want to buy a new keyboard? MeinMMO presents the most important switches and explains the differences.
If you want to buy a mechanical keyboard for your computer, you need to decide on key switches. These are installed under the keys and ensure that your inputs are registered by the computer.
Which switches are the best? There is no simple answer. It depends on you and what you want to do with your future keyboard. Depending on whether you are just gaming, working a lot, or need the keyboard for various purposes, different switches are recommended.
Therefore, we will explain which key switches exist and what you need to consider when buying a keyboard.
Switches: Types and Differences
What are key switches? Switches are located under the keycaps of your keyboard. A mechanical switch consists of a base, a spring, and a stem. The stem ultimately determines what type of switches you have in your keyboard.
What types of switches are there? The three most well-known switch types are linear, tactile, and “Clicky” switches. These types have different properties and are suitable for specific tasks.
In addition, there are also silver, black, and green switches, which we want to mention for completeness.
Why are there different switches? The switches differ in various properties. Each switch has a different actuation point. The actuation point describes how far you need to press the key until the switch activates. The total distance is referred to as the total travel. It also requires different amounts of force when you press a key. The required force is measured in centinewtons (cN). The less force you need, the faster you can press the keys.
Different types reflect different needs. Some people want to have particularly fast keyboards but hate the loud clicking of keys. Others, however, want the “click” because it makes them feel more precise.
Linear Switches (red)
Red switches are linear switches. This means you do not feel or hear the switch when you press the keys. There is no resistance when you want to press the keys, so you don’t notice when you have pressed the key.
For whom are the switches recommended? Linear switches are mainly aimed at gamers who focus on high speed in their key presses. The required force is lowest at 45 cN.
Actuation Force
45 cN
Travel Distance
2.0 mm
Total Travel
4.0 mm
Clicky Switches (blue)
Blue switches are known as “Clicky” switches. They get their name from the sound, the “click,” that the switches make with each activation. You get clear audible and tactile feedback when you press the keys. Blue switches require more force than the linear type.
For whom are the switches recommended? Blue switches offer you tactile and audible precision. The clicking sound while typing is also very satisfying. Keyboards with “Clicky” switches are mainly aimed at heavy typists but are also suitable for gamers.
Actuation Force
60 cN
Travel Distance
2.2 mm
Total Travel
4.0 mm
Tactile Switches (brown)
Brown switches are a compromise between red and blue switches. They are quieter than blue switches but offer a clear actuation point. You feel a slight resistance indicating that the key has been successfully pressed.
Brown switches thus try to combine the advantages of both types by forgoing the “click” of the switches while retaining the clear pressure point. The force required lies between the red and blue switches, and the travel distance is similar to that of the red types.
For whom are the switches recommended? Brown switches represent the best compromise if you want to write and play with your keyboard. The tactile feedback remains, while the noise is reduced. This is especially helpful when you sit in an office and don’t want to disturb your colleagues or when you play with a sensitive microphone.
Actuation Force
55 cN
Travel Distance
2.0 mm
Total Travel
4.0 mm
Silent Switches
Silent switches make no noise when pressed. Silent switches are now available from various switch types. The most well-known German manufacturer Cherry offers both red and black switches in silent models.
For whom are the switches recommended? Silent switches are simply quieter than standard switches. However, you usually pay more for the silent models.
Can I hear them somewhere? If you want to hear the differences between the switches, you can do so directly at Cherry. At the manufacturer Cherry you can listen to all the switches with their sounds. This also helps you if you want to decide on a switch type but are unsure about the volume of the keys.
The new TWaB for Destiny 2 has been released, bringing new prospects for the long-dusty PvP. Bungie is confident that their proposed changes will refresh the Crucible, but what exactly will change and will it truly bring a breath of fresh air? We will show you!
What are the PvP highlights? Bungie revealed many smaller changes and adjustments to PvP in their new TWaB from May 12. However, there are also larger innovations that the development team plans to introduce in the upcoming seasons, so Guardians can thrive in them. Here are the highlights to look forward to:
New mode in Season 17 – Rift
Iron Banner becomes a major event
New PvP Triumph seal – This time for the Iron Banner
New large PvP map in Season 17
Return of the “Zone Control” mode
This also includes smaller changes that only affect individual PvP modes. But are all these “innovations” enough, or is this mainly reheated content?
A new mode – At least temporarily limited
What is the problem with PvP in Destiny 2? Aside from the fact that the PvP mode in Destiny 2 is plagued by cheaters and hackers, many players also complain about the lack of content. For years, there has been little love for the existing modes, and hardly any new content has been delivered.
This is what the new mode in Destiny 2 will look like
Much of it feels very old and unloved, as in the eyes of the community, Bungie has done very little for PvP for far too long. However, with Season 17, this is supposed to change, according to the developers.
The Iron Banner is expected to resemble a major event, similar to the one from Eva Levante. Lord Saladin will decorate the Tower in the style of the Iron Lords during his event and present the new mode “Rift”. In return, the event style will ensure that the Iron Banner will only appear twice in Season 17 and upcoming seasons:
Week 2 (starts on May 31)
Week 8 (starts on July 12)
Additionally, you will be able to earn a new Triumph seal, worthy of Lord Saladin’s tough mode. There will also be a new map called “The Divide”, which is reportedly large and located in the surroundings of Savathûn’s Throne World.
A look at the new PvP map in Destiny 2, starting in Season 17.
If you are more interested in new loot or new knightly armor, you will have to be patient. The developers have not yet confirmed any new items. But you can still look forward to the fact that old past armors and cosmetics from the Iron Banner will likely be obtainable again from Lord Saladin.
Bungie explicitly uses the term “cosmetics”. Anyone who knows Destiny 2 knows that this primarily refers to shaders or ornaments. It is possible that players can earn the old armors from year one in the form of ornaments, which are very rare.
These are not only themed, like the appearance of samurais, but also stand out from the standard sets of the Iron Banner. Many players had long hoped to be able to obtain these armors again someday. So if you are just curious about new customization options, Season 17 may have a lot in store for you within the Iron Banner.
Are the changes enough? It’s hard to gauge, as every player defines their priorities differently. Some Guardians want to be able to play without cheaters finally, while others want more new maps or brand new modes that can bring variety.
When considering the changes that Bungie has prepared, there is something for everyone. Unfortunately, not on a huge scale, but rather in small bites. The sad thing is, however, that the “new” Rift mode will initially be available only in the Iron Banner during Season 17. You will have the chance to play the Rift mode for a total of only 2 weeks during the two Iron Banner events in Season 17.
The developers mentioned that you will only fully enjoy the Rifts when Season 18 starts, as this mode will then also be implemented into the Crucible’s rotation. At least the new map can be thoroughly tested, as it will already be available in the Crucible starting from the release of Season 17 on May 24.
What do you think of the innovations Bungie has prepared for Destiny 2 regarding PvP? Do you find them cool, or do you think these announcements are too little and you actually want many more maps and modes in the Crucible? Please feel free to share your opinions in the comments!
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Even though the dungeon master has fallen, WoW: Shadowlands still has a Season 4 that runs a bit differently than you are used to. One aspect of this unique season is Blizzard’s experiments with mechanics, for example in raid loot. Soon there will be vendors and upgrade options.
What will change with raid loot? In Season 4 of WoW: Shadowlands, Blizzard’s developers are experimenting with 2 new mechanics regarding the most powerful loot in the game:
Currency “Puzzling Cartel Dinar” to purchase raid loot from vendors
“Shards” that you can use to upgrade raid loot
Raid bosses that are marked with the Season 4 affix will give you the strongest loot of the season – “Fated” loot. This has a higher item level than the normal raid loot before Season 4.
The Season 4 affix rotates between the 3 raids of Shadowlands – Castle Nathria, the Sanctum of Domination, and the Mausoleum of the First. This is to ensure that all Shadowlands raids are relevant in Season 4.
You will only receive the “Fated” loot from the raid with the affix. However, if you are looking for a raid item that drops from a boss that is not marked with the season affix, the hunt for the “Fated” version will be harder, as that raid has the affix only every 3 weeks.
The new mechanics aim to lessen the loot bad luck and the lower chances for items from specific bosses due to the rotation. MeinMMO explains the experiments in detail.
What happens in Season 4? Normally, an expansion of WoW ends in the season where the last raid boss falls. Not so in Shadowlands, here comes an additional Season 4.
However, it does not bring new loot or content but tries out some things – such as raid rotation, possibly including M+ raids.
Some changes are also coming to M+ dungeons. A total of 8 dungeons will offer the possibility to play them on M+. 6 of those are from past expansions such as Legion, Battle for Azeroth, or Warlords of Draenor.
The release date for Season 4 is still unknown.
WoW experiments with raid vendors to reduce loot bad luck
How does the currency work? During Season 4, you can acquire a total of 3 “Puzzling Cartel Dinar” in the raids. This is done via a quest where you must defeat “Fated” bosses that are marked with the Season 4 affix:
Dinar 1 – 30 kills
Dinar 2 – 20 kills
Dinar 3 – 10 kills
The number of kills may still change
You will receive the quest upon entering a raid in Season 4
With the currency, you can pay 3 specific vendors, each of whom has loot from one of the Shadowlands raids available. This allows you to choose 3 pieces of the best loot in the game during Season 4.
However, the corresponding bosses that count for the quest cannot be “pushed”, meaning they cannot be infinitely repeated. Not even on different difficulty levels do they count double.
According to the developers, it takes at least 3 weeks to get the first Dinar and up to week 6 to get Dinar number 3. But only if you defeat the maximum number of Fated bosses each time.
Once you have spent all 3 Dinar, the vendors disappear for you and are no longer available in Season 4.
From the vendors, you will receive normal raid loot with an item level between 278 and 285. However, it is “Fated” loot. To also provide heroic or mythic raiders with access, the second new mechanic with the “Shards” helps.
Here you can find a brief outlook on the new WoW expansion:
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Everything you need to know about the new WoW expansion “Dragonflight” in 3 minutes
How does the shard system work? In heroic and mythic raids, each boss has a 100% drop chance for a “Shard” to drop in Season 4.
Currently, it is planned that you can combine 20 of these “Shards” into a new upgrade material. This material can be used to upgrade “Fated” raid loot:
Normal to Heroic
Heroic to Mythic
This way, you can upgrade the normal items purchased from raid vendors for the more challenging raids. It is important that only the “Fated” loot you obtain from vendors or the raids marked with the Season 4 affix can be upgraded.
If you want to take a closer look at the developers’ information yourself, you can find the English blog post in the WoW forum here (via blizzard.com).
Overall, the raid experiments create more opportunities to obtain your desired item. However, the chance for specific items goes down due to the rotation.
Through the upgrade options of normal “Fated” items to their mythic level, you can play raids at different difficulty levels more often within a week and then upgrade the items.
This definitely brings a new dynamic to the loot system of the raids, and we are interested in what you think about the “experiments”. Feel free to leave us a comment on the topic.
Elden Ring has had a problem in PvP since release. So-called AFK farmers are raking in tons of runes without doing anything for it. This wastes the time of other players and annoys the entire community. Now a player has gone on a successful revenge mission – without lifting a finger.
They go to a place with their horse that cannot be reached on foot
Then they constantly lure in new PvP intruders.
Since they cannot summon a horse, they are stuck and cannot attack the opponent.
These players are now ‘trapped’ in the farmer’s world. To continue playing, they must either give up or lose to the farmer’s helpers.
The AFK farmers are rewarded with runes for these retreats. Therefore, they purposefully position themselves in remote corners of the map and receive hefty rewards for twiddling their thumbs and doing nothing. They take the fact that the fun of others is ruined into account.
The reddit user Teasnarker had enough of this. Furious, he wanted to mess up the AFK farmers’ plans. For this, he devised a sneaky plan: He became a bush himself.
In the video, we explain how multiplayer in Elden Ring actually works:
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Everything you need to know about the multiplayer in Elden Ring
“I hid in a bush for 3 hours”
What upset the player so much? Teasnarker explains his situation like this: “I ambushed an AFK farmer in Liurnia – no joke – five times in a row. He is on top of a cliff, where you simply cannot reach him. After 4 pointless invasions, I had enough.”
The concept of fairness in the multiplayer of Elden Ring is a controversial one, as we discussed in this article:
What did the player do? During his 5th invasion, Teasnarker ran away, sat in a bush, and used the Mimic’s Veil. With this item, the player transforms into an object in the environment – and was able to perfectly camouflage himself in the bush. Some see parallels to NPC Boc.
Because the AFK farmer’s helpers could not find him this way and the player did not want to give up, the farmer did not receive a single rune: “I AFK-farm the AFK farmer.”
For 3 patient hours, Teasnarker sat in the bush, turning an invasion into a very special revenge mission. The PvP in Elden Ring was, at least in this match, a battle of two players who most likely didn’t even have their hands on the controller.
Teasnarker may not be able to do anything himself, but he takes it with humor and satisfaction. He recommends the community to imitate this tactic:
I like it in here. There are rocks and leaves and sometimes a beetle flies by to keep me company. If you ambush an AFK farmer and have some time, I recommend doing it too. But you have to take a different bush. This one is mine. […]
The bush is now my home. I can’t get out. You can’t force me to do that.
Currently, the international tournament “Mid Season Invitational 2022” is taking place in Busan for League of Legends: The representatives from China, Royal Never Give Up, won all their group stage matches at MSI, but the results have now been annulled by Riot Games. RNG must repeat their 3 LoL matches. The reason was a discrepancy in ping.
This is the situation:
At the MSI 2022 tournament, 11 LoL teams are competing, each the best in their respective regions. Traditionally, the representatives from the two major Asian regions: China (RNG) and South Korea (T1), are seen as favorites to win the tournament. The European representatives G2 are considered outsiders, although they see it quite differently.
All teams are playing on-site in Busan, South Korea. Except for the representatives from China, Royal Never Give Up: Due to the COVID situation, the team from China is not participating.
After RNG had already won 3 group stage matches, a big mess occurred on day 3. Riot Games annulled the 3 matches in which RNG was involved.
The German representatives, Eintracht Spandau, are still a few steps away from being allowed to participate in the MSI:
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Everything you need to know about the LoL team Eintracht Spandau – in 4 minutes
Ping discrepancy leads to annulment of 3 matches
What is the problem? Because all teams are playing in Korea, except for RNG, Riot Games set the technology so that everyone should play with a 35 ping to create equal conditions: Both the Chinese and the 10 teams on-site should play under exactly the same conditions to ensure fair competition.
Ping refers to how quickly a player’s input is actually implemented in the game. The lower the ping, the better. In LoL, ping is crucial for skill shots, reactions, and evasive maneuvers.
But Riot Games reported on day 3 that there were problems. In Busan, the desired 35 ping was not achieved. This became apparent now (via twitter). They will now change the configuration to reduce latency to the targeted level.
The matches of RNG had a “ping discrepancy”: Therefore, it was decided by Riot Games that it would be in the best interest of fair competition to repeat all 3 matches in which RNG was involved.
This is how it is being discussed: It is definitely a strange situation. People are now discussing on Twitter whether it is really fair for RNG to “play 3 more matches” than everyone else. Additionally, RNG would also play without the noises of the arena.
The fairness of the tournament overall is being questioned because RNG is playing under these different conditions than the 10 teams on-site.
Ultimately, it is believed that it will end up being a duel between T1 and RNG.
In general, the tournament is also being viewed critically at the moment because the group stage provided little excitement. In the first days, there were mainly clear victories for the favorites and hardly any surprises.
For years, RNG has been associated with one name: Uzi, who might be the best mechanical LoL player in the world:
In Pokémon GO the research for the Air Adventure was accidentally reset for some players. As an apology, there is now a research for you that you can easily solve.
Which research was reset? In the past few days, the Air Adventure event was running in Pokémon GO. In a Limited Research, you were supposed to catch Pokémon and were rewarded with Mega Energy for Latias and Latios. Additionally, you received 3,000 XP and an encounter with a Flying Pikachu. Due to an error, the progress of some trainers was reset.
The new research “Electric Swarm in the Sky” is now active for you. We will show you what it involves and what Niantic says about it.
Electric Swarm in the Sky – This is what Niantic says
This is included in the research: The tasks of the new research are straightforward and can be solved quickly.
Catch a Pokémon
Reward: 50 Mega Energy for Latias
Take a snapshot of a Pokémon outdoors
Reward: 50 Mega Energy for Latios
Stage reward: If you complete both tasks and have collected your rewards, you will additionally receive 3,000 XP and also an encounter with a flying Pikachu. Once you have collected all this, the time-limited research is complete.
The old research included the following tasks that were accidentally reset:
Catch 10 Pokémon (gave 50 Latias Energy)
Catch 30 Flying Pokémon (gave 50 Latios Energy)
Additionally 3,000 XP and an encounter with a flying Pikachu
This is what Niantic says about it: On Twitter, the support account of Niantic posted on May 13 at 08:48 AM:
“We apologize to the trainers whose time-limited research for the Air Adventure event was reset before the event ended. A time-limited research with the same rewards is now available for all trainers until May 18 at 8:00 PM local time. Thank you for your understanding.”
In the comments on Twitter, players thank for the clarification and the compensation.
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Mega-Update in Pokémon GO
What’s happening in Pokémon GO? Currently, the Water Festival in Pokémon GO is ongoing. This brings special spawns, new Pokémon, special 7-km eggs, a new shiny, and special raids for you.
There are also spotlight hours and raid hours coming up for you. In the Community Day, Alolan Geodude is the focus this May.
Diablo 3 is celebrating its tenth anniversary and wants to celebrate it with you. In the announcement, the developers explain that they have now improved Season 26 and that a feature of the season will remain in the game forever.
What feature is it about? In the current Season 26 of Diablo 3, which has been running since April 15, there is the endgame activity “Echoing Nightmare”. This feature was specifically developed for the current season as a seasonal theme. It is based on content that was already seen in the game a few years ago. The revised version of it is now active and is intended to stay.
Additionally, the D3 team wants to improve S26 now and is introducing a special bonus that will remain active until the end of the chapter.
“A lot of positive feedback, that’s why Echoing Nightmare stays”
This is what Blizzard says: In the latest blog post from May 12, the team writes that they have received “a lot of positive feedback on Echoing Nightmare” and that players have had “so much fun”. Due to the feedback from the community, Blizzard has decided to make “Echoing Nightmare” a permanent feature in the game. It will remain active even outside of S26, and you can use it again and again.
It is a horde mode that you activate after you have received the corresponding item from a boss. You then teleport to an arena via Kanai’s Cube, where gradually more and stronger enemies appear. In relation to your completed difficulty, you will then receive strong loot.
Bonus for Season 26: The current season aims to be more attractive for players, and therefore, there is a bonus on bounties. “From today until the end of Season 26, all bounties will be doubled,” it says in the blog post.
The team explains that the bonus affects the Horadric Caches. If you complete five bounties in an act, you will receive double the number of caches, based on the game’s difficulty. This does not affect the drop rates of rewards.
How do you like the change that a seasonal feature is becoming permanent content? Do you like Echoing Nightmare so much that you want it to be permanent?
In Fortnite there are many pickaxes that players can earn through new Battle Passes, events, and the item shop. However, we show you the 5 rarest from the item shop that have not appeared for ages.
What are pickaxes in Fortnite? Pickaxes or harvesting tools are tools with which you can destroy and break down obstacles. Every new player starts with a gray standard pickaxe and can earn or purchase new designs over the course of new seasons or in the item shop.
We chose pickaxes in this list that can only be purchased in the item shop, as these may be offered again, giving players a chance to acquire a rare piece someday.
Rare pickaxes from season passes cannot be obtained again, as season items can no longer be earned after the season ends. We will therefore constantly update this list if any of the rare candidates happen to find their way into the item shop.
5 of the rarest pickaxes in Fortnite from the shop
How do we determine the rarest pickaxes from the shop? We gathered information from progamesguide, which has cataloged a list of all items from Fortnite. Their list has also dated all the release data. We compared all pickaxes based on when they were released and how often they appeared. This led us to the following candidates:
5. Flimsie Flail
Flimsie Flail
What kind of pickaxe is this? This tool features an inflated boxing buddy with which you can bash your opponents. This harvesting tool was released on March 2, 2019, in Chapter 1 Season 7. After its release, this pickaxe appeared only twice in the shop before disappearing on March 4, 2019. Since then, collectors have waited 1165 days for this pickaxe (as of May 11, 2022).
How much does the pickaxe cost? The harvesting tool has a rarity of “Rare” and therefore costs 800 V-Bucks. In line with its appearance, the pickaxe belongs to the “Hot Air” set.
4. Empire Axe
Empire Axe
What kind of pickaxe is this? The “Empire Axe” ranks fourth among the rarest pickaxes. The harvesting tool first appeared in the shop in Chapter 3 Season 1 and last appeared on February 28, 2019. Since then, players have waited 1166 days for its return (as of May 11, 2022).
How much does the pickaxe cost?How much does the pickaxe cost? The harvesting tool has a rarity of “Rare” and therefore costs 800 V-Bucks. The pickaxe does not belong to any set.
3. Armature
Armature
What kind of pickaxe is this? This simple pickaxe named “Armature” ranks third. It has been 1167 days since the pickaxe returned to the shop (as of May 11, 2022). The release took place on January 25, 2019, in Chapter 1 Season 7.
How much does the pickaxe cost? The harvesting tool has a rarity of “Uncommon” and therefore costs 500 V-Bucks. In line with its appearance, the pickaxe belongs to the “Tech Ops” set.
2. Tooth Pick
Tooth Pick
What kind of pickaxe is this? This massive tool with a fixed tooth is called “Tooth Pick” and ranks second. The release took place on December 14, 2017, in Chapter 1 Season 1. This absurd club last appeared in the shop 1195 days ago (as of May 11, 2022).
How much does the pickaxe cost? The harvesting tool has a rarity of “Rare” and therefore costs 800 V-Bucks. The tool does not belong to any set.
1. Drumbeat
Drumbeat
What kind of pickaxe is this? This is the rarest pickaxe that you can buy – The drumstick “Drumbeat”. It was released in Chapter 1 Season 5 on September 2, 2018, and has only been brought to the item shop twice since then. Since then, 1345 days have passed (as of May 11, 2022) without this pickaxe returning to the shop.
How much does the pickaxe cost? The harvesting tool has a rarity of “Uncommon” and therefore costs 500 V-Bucks. In line with its appearance, the pickaxe belongs to the “Flower Power” set.
The good thing about these items is that you might eventually get the chance to acquire one of them to also possess rare items. So if you want a piece of history from Fortnite, don’t give up, eventually these items will return to the shop so you as a new player can obtain something from Chapter 1.
What do you think of the cool items? Are you also a collector in Fortnite, or are you not interested in the various designs of the pickaxes since they all do the same job? Let us know in the comments how you feel about it!
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Simon “ungespielt” Wiefels, kurz Unge, wollte in seinem letzten Twitch-Stream einmal Kanäle von kleinen YouTubern anschauen, jedoch stieß er direkt auf ein Problem und fragte: “Wie kommen wir dahin?”
Was ist das Problem? Unge startete in seinem letzten Twitch-Stream ein neues Projekt. Es hat zwar noch keinen Namen, jedoch möchte er im Rahmen dieses Projekts nun Videos von kleineren YouTubern ansehen und vielleicht auch bewerten.
Allerdings gestaltete sich die Findung solcher kleiner Kanäle als äußerst schwierig, da es auf YouTube keine Kategorie oder Features gibt, um schnell kleinere Channels ausfindig zu machen. Unge fragte auch als allererstes “Wie kommen wir dahin, ist die Frage. Wie kommen wir dahin?”
Klickt man bei YouTube auf eine Kategorie, wie Gaming, Sport oder einfach auf “Entdecken” werden einem sofort größere Content-Creator vorgeschlagen, die schon mehrere 1.000 Aufrufe generieren konnten. Die, die aber nur 100 oder noch weniger Aufrufe bekommen, findet man nirgends flott.
Funcom is working on a new game in the Dune universe. Not much is known yet – but at least a few details have now emerged through an announcement from the developer.
Now there is at least a new step in the development of the game: Funcom officially announced on its website that they are looking to fill several positions for the game in the “Multiplayer Open World Survival Genre.” There is also a first piece of artwork:
A first artwork of the game shows what the world might look like (via funcom.com)
“Sand under the fingernails” – What kind of world does Dune offer?
Funcom describes in the context of the job offers that both the novel series by Frank Herbert and the new film adaptation excite entire generations of fans: “It is the perfect setting for the Multiplayer Open World Survival Genre,” the announcement stated.
The new game is set on the desert planet Arrakis, which is also the main setting in the 2021 film “Dune” with Timothée Chalamet. There, the planet is shown to be extremely hostile to life – not only due to the destructive climate and the desert itself but also the constant danger of attracting massive sandworms if one does not know how to navigate safely through the desert.
Such a constant threat presents itself indeed for a game where survival is at stake. Funcom explains in the announcement that the Dune survival game will be their most ambitious project yet. For this, they are now looking for numerous new employees in many areas of development:
Join us as we build a Dune for all fans to realize the dream of traversing the ever-changing landscape, with sand under the fingernails and spice in the air.
The Dune survival game would already be the second Dune title from publisher Funcom: The strategy game “Spice Wars” just debuted in April 2022.
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Strategy game in the Dune universe launches tomorrow in Early Access on Steam – See the latest gameplay here
When will the survival game come out? There is still no official date, let alone a hint. However, since the game does not even have an official name yet and is currently in the process of searching for numerous employees for the project, a release is likely still a long way off.
However, it is known that the German developer “Nukklear” is on board as a co-developer – the studio announced this in December 2021. Nukklear calls it an “ambitious AAA project” on its own website, so one should not expect a small game.
