Call of Duty: Warzone is holding its first public tournament that all adult players from North America can participate in – with a prize pool of $100,000. This is reminiscent of the Ranked mode, which is unlikely to come to Warzone (1) in the desired form.
A “Ranked mode” would alleviate the issue – strong players would then tend to play in this mode
Now, the Battle Royale is attempting a kind of Ranked mode, but the implementation is somewhat far from what players envision
CDL Tournament on Rebirth Island introduces a kind of Ranked mode
What kind of tournament is this? The “Call of Duty League Resurgence: Rebirth Island” tournament is a competition that any adult player can participate in across the designated regions.
The first tournament is for players from North America:
USA
Canada
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
To participate, one must first create an account on an external website and register their team for the tournament.
There is a prize pool of $100,000, and Warzone even provides a special limited mode for it, essentially a kind of Ranked mode:
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The tournament proceeds in 3 phases. In the “Open Stage” phase on April 5th and 6th, competitors can play the mode for 3 hours each, after which the tournament mode will be removed from the playlist.
Points are awarded for each kill in the team, and kills receive a multiplier if teams place first, second, or third. The 10 matches with the most points count.
The best 40 teams advance to the qualifying phase and compete together in private lobbies for victory. After this phase, only 8 teams remain.
In the “Main Stage”, in addition to the 8 public teams, 12 teams from the professional league Call of Duty: League join. In the finale, the remaining 10 teams compete in 6 matches for victory.
Why is this not what players want? The tournament itself is an exciting event. Without many detours, North American players can compete for $100,000 and also have the chance to play with real CoD professionals.
However, the tournament strongly resembles a Ranked mode that has been a long-standing desire of many players.
What is a Ranked mode? These are modes in competitive games that use a very strict, skill-based matchmaking system. Only players with a similar skill level are grouped together in lobbies.
Often there are additional rules – in CoD Vanguard, for example, some weapons and equipment are banned. In the MOBA League of Legends, there is a special champion selection before ranked matches, where you can ban characters for the opponents.
Warzone does not currently offer such a mode, and there are currently no signs that ranked play is a topic in the current Warzone. Implementation could be possible in the already announced second part of Warzone.
Will such a tournament come to us? The organizers currently do not want to make a definite statement about this. On the tournament’s website, the FAQs state: “We look forward to your feedback and hope to expand this to other regions in the near future” (via callofdutyleague.com).
The entire event is organized by Call of Duty: League, which includes some teams from Europe. A similar event for our region is not out of the question, but it is far from certain.
If you want to participate in a Warzone tournament, look for it online. There are some communities that regularly organize such events. However, if the organizers want money for an entry spot, you’d better look for something else without costs.
We are also interested in what you think about the topic. Would you like to see such a tournament in our region? Do you wish for a Ranked mode for Warzone? Feel free to leave us a comment.
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The Great Rift was introduced in patch 2.6 in Genshin Impact. However, you need to complete a few tasks before you can dive into the depths of the dark mines of the area. We at MeinMMO will tell you exactly what you need to do.
When do you unlock the required quest? To descend into the mines in the lower area of the Great Rift, you must have reached adventure level 28.
Additionally, you must have completed the Archon quest “A Rising Star” and the world quest “Secret Mission to Dissolve the Qixing Formation”.
Where do you find the world quest? The world quest is also located directly in the new area, which you can only accept since patch 2.6. Teleport to the Qingxu Pool in Liyue and glide west into the unexplored area and walk to the NPC “Yuehui”, who is marked with a blue exclamation point on the map.
If you have trouble finding the NPC Yuehui, it may help to speak with Katheryn from the Adventurers’ Guild in Liyue to start the main quest “Unexpected Reunion in the Depths” in the Great Rift. She will send you to another NPC who is clearly marked on the map. Nearby, Yuehui for the world quest is also present.
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Genshin Impact shows all content from Update 2.6 in the video – See here what to expect
Complete the “Secret Mission to Dissolve the Qixing Formation”
Once you’ve found the NPC Yuehui, you need to speak with “Xiqiong,” who is standing just a few meters away. She will send you to a worker camp, which will be marked on your map. There, you need to defeat some treasure looters and take the Lumenstone Catalyst from the hut.
After that, you need to return to Xiqiong, who will assign you a new quest: “Find a way to destroy the rock keys”.
To complete the quest, you first need to bring down a larger stone pillar so it shatters. You can do this by destroying the glowing rock. A small star-like crystal will emerge from the stone, which will circle around you once you collect it.
You must bring the crystal to the nearest vessel. After that, you can attack the vessel with normal attacks and it will shoot a type of Geo energy at the larger stone pillar, bringing it down. Make sure to stand in the correct position in front of the vessels, as you will only shoot in the direction you direct your strikes.
This is what the glowing stone and the vessels look like.
What happens next? The first stone pillar was just a warm-up exercise. After that, 3 more pillars will be marked on the map that you need to find.
2 of the pillars are relatively obvious on the map, while the stone pillar in the north is somewhat hidden in a cave. The cave is directly below the huge Geo stone, which even triggers a dialogue with Paimon when you approach it.
Just drop onto the ledge directly below the huge Geo stone and you will quickly discover the cave.
What happens after destroying the stone pillars? After destroying them, you need to return to Xiqiong and subsequently start a new quest called “Beginning of Exploration of the Great Rift”. A point will be marked on the map that brings you to a wooden elevator.
When you ride the elevator, you will be taken directly into the deep mines of the rift and can explore there from now on. If you also want to use the Lumenstone to create light in the mines, you will need to complete the subsequent world quests. However, you can also wander through the mines without it.
What do you think about the area around the Great Rift? Do you like it and have you already explored it, or do you not like the setting there very much? How do you find patch 2.6 so far? Feel free to write it to us in the comments.
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The new update 1.03 of Elden Ring introduced the Vessel Child, a new NPC with its own questline. MeinMMO shows you what you need to do to complete the new quest series.
Where can I find the NPC? The Vessel Child can be found in the place called Vesselburg, in the east of the Liurnia Lakes. Vesselburg is easy to overlook, but not hard to reach.
His quest is connected to those of the NPCs Diallos and Alexander, whom you meet at the Table of Grace. How they are related and what you need to do to resolve the quest of the new NPC from update 1.03 will be shown here.
This is how you get to Vesselburg to the Vessel Child
Vesselburg is located on the eastern coast of Liurnia, directly south of the Caria study hall.
You need to turn to the cliff on the south side of the tower and jump down over some protruding gravestones:
Here you find the way down.Jump from here from gravestone to gravestone.Rest at the Site of Grace, and from there you can already see the NPC.Bairn sits in front of a building on the entrance steps.
Talk to him there and reload the area from the Site of Grace. Do this until Bairn has no new dialogue lines left.
You need to complete some steps of the Diallos quest
This is how you do it: You meet Diallos at the Table of Grace. He is the guy in the silver armor with the black cloak. Here’s a quick summary of the necessary steps:
Talk to him until he has no new dialogue lines left.
Then you will find him in the north of the Academy Gate Town in Liurnia.
After that, you find him again at the Table of Grace. Talk to him there, and then he moves on.
Now you will find him in the Volcano Manor. To talk to him, you must first join the manor. Then you will find him in the dining hall.
During the Volcano Manor quest, you will encounter his brother, whom you must eliminate.
After that, you will find him again in the Volcano Manor.
Before patch 1.03, this was the end of his quest. Now there are additional steps that are directly related to the Bairn quest.
Here you can watch the necessary steps in the video:
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Find Diallos in Vesselburg and complete the Alexander quest
After you have completed the necessary steps in the Diallos quest, you will find him in Vesselburg. First, talk to Bairn and then look for Diallos in one of the houses.
It is the furthest house on the right side when you turn directly from Bairn towards the village. There you will find Diallos crouching among some jugs.
Complete all dialogue lines and reload the area. Now you will meet Bairn at the entrance of the village. Talk to him, and he will tell you that Diallos defended the village from attackers.
A few meters further, Diallos lies defeated on the ground. Talk to him and tell him that he defended Vesselburg. He then dies.
Reload the area, and you will see Bairn kneeling by Diallos’s corpse. Talk to him and complete all dialogue lines again.
Now comes the quest of the great warrior vessel Alexander into play. You need to complete it first. Then, you must hand over Alexander’s insides to Bairn, who is again sitting on his stairs in Vesselburg.
Alexander’s quest is also a long journey throughout the game world of Elden Ring. You will meet Alexander early in the game. You must free him from the hole he got stuck in, in Limgrave.
After that, you will find him again in the Gael Tunnel, and later you must defeat one of the main bosses with him. You can check out how to complete them in another video from Games from Mars:
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This is how you complete the quest of the Vessel Child and can receive a useful talisman
This is what you need to do now: If you have played Bairn’s quest up to this point and completed Alexander’s quest, you must hand over Alexander’s insides to Bairn.
Bairn is back sitting on his stairs in Vesselburg. Give him the quest item, complete all dialogues as usual, and reload the area.
Now Bairn has disappeared, and you receive a talisman.
Here you will find the exact description of the talisman
It is the Companion Vessel Talisman. It enhances the effects of throwable vessels that you can create from various materials.
These vessels can have all sorts of effects, whether elemental damage, status effects, or just explosions. They can be useful in battle, but you need to have enough materials to craft and use them effectively.
It’s certainly not a talisman that will be counted among the best. However, those who enjoy using throwable vessels often might find this talisman useful.
It is just one of many quests that you can complete in Elden Ring. Many of them are interwoven, and your actions influence various aspects of the game world.
One of the longest quests is that of Ranni, the witch. She also leads you through the game world, and you will have to fight some bosses, but you will be rewarded with some useful items, spells, and a powerful weapon.
In December 2021, the shooter secret tip GTFO left Early Access. The next big update will be released on April 13. As part of FYNG, MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic exclusively played the latest levels with the developers and discussed the past, present, and unique position of the horror co-op shooter.
The biggest fans of co-op games and horror shooters should have long heard of GTFO (short for: “Get The F**k Out”). This secret tip from Swedish studio 10 Chambers was in Early Access for exactly 2 years, before the full release in December 2021.
GTFO is a co-op shooter with a hardcore difficulty level, where you fight as 4 unfortunate guinea pigs through underground laboratories overrun by all sorts of monsters. The gameplay can roughly be divided into two phases that could not be more different:
Slow stealth phases where you try to sneak up on sleeping monsters and silently take them out with melee weapons.
Hectic combat phases when cover is blown or a security door needs to be opened. Here, often several dozen enemies rush at you in waves, and survival becomes a mad struggle.
All of this is garnished with a brutally hard difficulty level and rare supply resources, meaning every bullet in the pistol feels like a valuable treasure.
This combination is well-received by players: Of nearly 27,000 reviews on Steam, 87% are positive. Shortly after the Early Access launch, over 57,000 people watched GTFO streams on Twitch. The fact that the game is still a hidden gem is partly due to player count. Currently, about 800 people play the co-op shooter daily, but there are always brief bursts of renewed interest.
Here you can see the release trailer for GTFO:
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Check out the release trailer for the shooter hidden gem, GTFO – Launching today on Steam
These fluctuations and the niche existence are part of the plan: GTFO intentionally targets an absolute hardcore community, explicitly rejecting repetitive gameplay in loops and starting completely anew with each major update.
In the run-up to the next major update on April 13 and as part of “Find Your Next Game”, I played with the developers. I was also allowed to take an exclusive look at Rundown 6.5. I asked them why they make such unconventional design decisions, such as radically deleting and completely replacing all existing levels in the game with each major update.
Comparisons to Elden Ring? “It’s not that absurd”
Full transparency: You are the only person outside the team who has ever played this.
This sentence came up during my approximately 90-minute play session with Calle Johansson-Sundelius, the Community Manager at 10 Chambers, and Robin Björkell, the Communications Director.
We played the first level of Rundown 6.5, which the upcoming patch will reinvent GTFO. These Rundowns are one of the many special features of the shooter.
A Rundown is like its own ‘instance’ of GTFO that has an expiration date. Each Rundown consists of a variable number of levels and challenges that are available to all players for a certain amount of time.
Some Rundowns last months, others only a few weeks, but the duration is communicated in advance. Once a Rundown is over, it disappears from the game forever. With the next instance, completely new levels will come that challenge in new ways and continue the story.
They are most comparable to the “Elusive Targets” from the latest Hitman games: time-limited, unique content. The big difference is that in GTFO every level in the game is affected, and all others are lost forever.
The atmosphere in GTFO is as dense as the fog that obscures your vision in the underground laboratories of the game.
The upcoming Rundown 6.5 aims to bridge two major instances of the game, the currently available Rundown 6 and the Rundown 7 coming this year. In the next update, new dangers and even areas will be introduced that have not existed in GTFO before and could play a significant role in the future.
What exactly these new dangers and areas are, they refused to tell me during the play session. The level I played was in the lab complex, where most levels of GTFO take place. However, there were new password-protected terminals that encourage further exploration.
Players should be surprised by the other changes while playing and try to decipher the story being told in the background.
But how are new players supposed to follow this narrative when all old levels are no longer playable?
“Our community,” was Community Manager Calle Johansson-Sundelius’s proudly stated answer. The cumbersome nature of the narrative is meant to encourage players to talk to each other, exchange theories, and pay close attention to the details in the levels that also tell this story.
Calle Johansson-Sundelius, Community Manager at 10 Chambers and one of my two playmates during the interview
When I casually said that this reminded me of Elden Ring, my teammate from the developer team replied that this comparison “is not entirely absurd.” The brutally difficult and opaque FromSoftware games are not a direct inspiration, but 10 Chambers has intentionally made aspects of GTFO deliberately cumbersome and pursues a similar philosophy to Elden Ring. This goes beyond the lore and specifically concerns difficulty:
GTFO is so hardcore because we trust in our players’ abilities. We want them to figure things out themselves, or together with their co-op partners and the entire community.
This includes the necessity for players to thoroughly explore the levels together to find out how to proceed.
What sets GTFO apart from Left 4 Dead or Back 4 Blood? – “We provide real co-op”
That this is not so simple was demonstrated during this play session. We quickly realized that it is almost impossible to conduct an interview while playing GTFO. But the developers anticipated that – it is even a core aspect of the design philosophy of the shooter:
In GTFO, there should be no real opportunity to engage in small talk. We want people to immerse themselves completely in our game and communicate precisely and succinctly about what is most important. Because we want every distraction to potentially mean your death.
The developers at 10 Chambers pursue this philosophy not because they hate or want to punish players. Quite the opposite: GTFO is so difficult because the developers want to create co-op action that couldn’t be more immersive. The interplay should be the focus, and the more the players are challenged while playing, the better the cooperation has to be.
So Calle also provided me with a very enlightening example of how deep this vision goes and how it concretely manifests in GTFO:
When you start our game, you don’t see any logos from our studio, not even the game title. The game is supposed to completely and uncompromisingly suck you in from the very first second – such ‘self-promotion’ at the beginning would make that impossible.
Nonetheless, the game has become more beginner-friendly. As each Rundown completely changes the first level, the developers have repeatedly refined the “invisible tutorial” that awaits the players.
To make things more visible to newcomers, there are now also bots in the game, as well as online matchmaking and checkpoints within the levels.
These adjustments have improved the game, Calle said. They help the players without diluting the immersive hardcore experience.
With the difficulty level, 10 Chambers wants to show that they “trust in our players and their abilities.” In this way, GTFO also wants to distinguish itself from the competition that is even made easier.
We really like games like Left 4 Dead, we enjoy playing them a lot. But these co-op shooters compromise on co-op. In most groups, there’s a player who is significantly better than the others; one who rushes ahead, kills everything alone while the rest lags behind, doing their own thing and chatting with each other.
It’s fun, but we don’t want that for our game. We want real co-op, and we want to achieve that with our hardcore philosophy.
“Real co-op” means here that each player should be roughly equally skilled in shooter games. It means that players should smartly share the very limited resources among themselves. It also means that a mistake by one can lead to the downfall of the entire group. The hardcore difficulty level is intended to promote highly precise communication and thus create “real and completely uncompromising co-op gameplay.”
Before starting a so-called expedition, you can select your equipment in GTFO. You should coordinate this well with your team.
We don’t want the game to take cooperation and communication away from the players. We trust our players to handle that themselves.
How do you make a game called GTFO appealing to new players? – With a “very careful balancing act”
Not entirely unspoken, this question was of course also on the table during the discussion:
How do you convince newcomers to a game with such a hardcore philosophy and the off-putting name GTFO? Calle had a surprisingly open answer to this question. It’s a “very careful balancing act” of business and creative interests.
The fact that this is such a complicated question for the developers is also due to GTFO’s business model. The game costs a one-time fee of €39.99. This is to remain as long as 10 Chambers can afford it financially.
Dozens of enemies, little ammunition, low health points – that’s GTFO in one picture.
GTFO completely forgoes DLCs. There are no microtransactions, and all Rundowns are delivered as free updates. Rundowns 7 and 8 were announced for 2022 in a roadmap.
There is also no enforced grinding – the artifacts with status improvements that players can find in the underground laboratories become rarer the more frequently they play.
We are happy if players play an update for as long as they have fun. Whether that’s 2 hours or 200 is irrelevant to us – we don’t want to artificially impose replay value on our game.
The fact that GTFO needs new players is unavoidable for sheer business reasons. But the developers do not want to do this at any cost. The vision of GTFO as an immersive hardcore shooter is something 10 Chambers definitely does not want to give up.
We want to sell our game, of course, that’s the only way we can survive as developers. But we do not want to achieve that if we have to sell our principles as developers to do so.
Throughout the entire interview, I noticed that this uncompromising vision of an uncompromising game is at the top of the developers’ priority list. Players can feel this in the game, and I could clearly hear it from the developers’ answers to my questions.
So Calle also provided me with a very enlightening example of how deep this vision goes and how it concretely manifests in GTFO:
When you start our game, you don’t see any logos from our studio, not even the game title. The game is supposed to completely and uncompromisingly suck you in from the very first second – such ‘self-promotion’ at the beginning would make that impossible.
Nonetheless, the game has become more beginner-friendly. As each Rundown completely changes the first level, the developers have repeatedly refined the “invisible tutorial” that awaits the players.
To make things more visible to newcomers, there are now also bots in the game, as well as online matchmaking and checkpoints within the levels.
These adjustments have improved the game, Calle said. They help the players without diluting the immersive hardcore experience.
In Pokémon GO you can now encounter the new Alolan Pokémon Molunk. We at MeinMMO have taken a look at what kind of monster it is, how strong it is, and where you can actually get it.
Which Pokémon is it? With the kickoff of the Rocket Event “Team Outing”, a new monster is also found in Pokémon GO: Molunk. It originates from the 7th generation of games. But how strong is this monster anyway, and where can you actually get it? We explain it to you.
What kind of Pokémon is Molunk?
The Alolan Pokémon Molunk is of the Poison and Fire types. You can recognize it by its lizard-like gray-black body and a red decoration that extends from its back to the tip of its tail.
Molunk can be found in both its male and female forms in the game. You can evolve the female variant into Amfira using 50 candies. The male form has no evolution.
Molunk and Amfira
Is there a shiny version of Molunk? No, currently you cannot find Molunk in its shiny form in Pokémon GO. If it ever becomes available, you will recognize it by its black and white body.
How strong are Molunk and Amfira?
Molunk is not particularly strong. Its evolution Amfira can score with a good attack, but it can only rely on average stamina and defense. Thus, it does not come close to other strong Fire and Poison attackers.
In raids, you should therefore prefer to rely on a candidate from the best attackers in Pokémon GO. And even in the GO Battle League, Amfira does not play a decisive role.
How to get Molunk – Location and chances
The Poison and Fire Pokémon is currently very hidden in Pokémon GO. Even though it celebrated its debut in the game with the start of the Rocket Event, it is not that easy to get. The reason for this is its location.
Unlike other new Alolan Pokémon like Mangunior, Wuffels, or Miniras, which can be found in various ways in the game, you can only obtain Molunk from 12 km eggs.
How to get the 12 km eggs? You can only obtain these special eggs after successfully defeating the Rocket bosses Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra, as well as their leader Giovanni. The path to an egg is thus associated with considerable time investment.
To defeat Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra, you first need to find them. For this, you need a Rocket Radar. With each battle against a Rocket Grunt, you will receive a mysterious component. Once you have 6 mysterious components, you can assemble the radar and track down the bosses.
If you are still looking for the best counters against the Rocket bosses, then check out our counter guides:
Even if you finally managed to get a 12 km egg, it does not guarantee that you will get Molunk from it. After all, the small Alolan Pokémon is in great company in the 12 km eggs with other interesting monsters that can only be obtained from these eggs. With a bit of luck, you may encounter Pokémon like Ganovil or Gladiantri.
How high the chances of getting Molunk from a 12 km egg exactly are is not known. However, you can only see on the probability display below the 12 km egg that it is one of the monsters that hatch from this egg the least often.
Molunk rarely hatches from 12 km eggs
Anyone who also wants to secure an Amfira for the PokéDex must thus hope for a female Molunk. Your chances of getting one seem to be rather low.
Since it has only been available in these eggs since April 3, 2022, there are still no detailed numbers from the community of The Silph Road pointing to a specific probability (via thesilphroad.com). Once there are further insights, we will add them here in the article.
Who is The Silph Road? The Silph Road is a global community where trainers, dataminers, and Pokémon GO enthusiasts attempt to better understand the game. They analyze specific processes, such as which monsters hatch from eggs how frequently, and then publish their results on their site.
Which Pokémon you can get from eggs besides Molunk, we show you in our egg overview:
When you look at the stats of Molunk and its evolution, they are not Pokémon that belong to the must-haves in Pokémon GO. And even shiny hunters are currently not benefiting from Molunk at all.
Thus, the Alolan Pokémon is not really worth it. However, if you want to have a full PokéDex, you probably can’t avoid hatching the eggs. To keep the hatching time as low as possible, it makes sense to take advantage of certain events where the hatching distance is reduced.
When these bonuses are announced by Niantic, you will of course find out about it on MeinMMO. So it’s worth checking back regularly.
What do you think of the new Alolan Pokémon? Have you had any luck and managed to secure one from the 12 km eggs? Or are you not interested in this monster from the 7th generation at all? Feel free to share your opinion and experiences here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
Are you more interested in the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo? We’ll show you how you can get Mewtwo.
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A larger operator organized a tournament in Sea of Thieves. The prize pool: $35,000, or over €32,000. One of the participants was the well-known Twitch streamer summit1g, who was not satisfied with the “allowed” means.
On April 1st, a tournament took place in Sea of Thieves, in which summit1g participated alongside other well-known figures. The goal was to complete tasks for a sort of bingo. However, the streamer was extremely upset about the course of the event.
This is why summit1g is angry: According to the streamer and some other participants he spoke with, some of their competitors cheated when they won. However, they only found out later.
As summit1g explains in the video, there were apparently some participants who incited their viewers to hunt the other streams to gather as much information as possible. This method is called stream sniping.
What is stream sniping? In stream sniping, one watches a streamer live while they play and utilizes the information. This creates an advantage, as one knows where the opponent is or what they are doing.
One of the rules of the tournament, however, was that everyone had to broadcast live and without delay. This meant that some participants knew where their opponents were and what they were doing at any given moment. According to comments on YouTube, some of the competitors had essentially used their chats as a live ticker to sabotage.
Most participants, including summit1g, believed that this was actually prohibited – or that there was a “gentleman’s agreement” under which an accidental glance at the chat would not be immediately punished. After all, it is a form of cheating, as he puts it. However, the organizers allowed the sniping, as the streamer learned from a message from another participant:
“Hey dude, we wanted ghosting/stream sniping to be prohibited. After we asked the organizers, they said it was another element of the tournament. I thought all crews knew that.” However, that was not the case.
The streamer claims to have 56 screenshots that clearly show information about the positions of the participants. Summit1g placed fourth out of five in the tournament – right before DrDisrespect’s team.
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Summit1g sees a communication problem here. It was not clarified what is allowed and what is not. Especially more experienced streamers would assume that such unfair means are not permitted, so they wouldn’t even think to ask:
I have never experienced a tournament that allows simply sharing information across all streams. […] This is not something an organizer can just sweep under the rug. It is very important to address something like this. ‘Hey, stream sniping is allowed’ or ‘is it not?’. One assumes that it is prohibited – so one doesn’t even ask. That makes no sense! […]
This is a tournament! How can one not automatically assume that stream sniping is forbidden? Do you think people will remember to ask the organizers about it?
summit1g
The tournament was organized by BOOM.tv. The organizer frequently hosts tournaments and, according to their description, aims to help gaming communities grow and connect with each other.
Even though summit1g’s anger mainly concerns the participants who “cheated”, some of his fans see a larger problem. Such an incident can have a lasting impact on trust in all further tournaments.
Other users and participants defend the method – after all, they had asked for permission and received it. Nevertheless, stream sniping is seen as cheating and is often equated with cheats in the community. The topic keeps coming up on Twitch and in gaming in general:
The MMORPG New World is launching a free weekend. For a few days, you can play the game for free. After the major updates in recent weeks, it might be worth your while to give it a test.
Why is New World free? The developers announced the free weekend of New World on Steam on their website. Starting from April 7, you can play for free, saving yourself the actual price of at least €40. However, the event only runs for a few days, so those who want to participate should hurry.
We will show you what the event entails and how the MMORPG changed recently.
All info about the F2P weekend of New World starting April 7
How long does it last? The free weekend of New World starts on Thursday, April 7, at 7:00 PM CEST.
The end is expected on Monday, April 11, at 7:00 PM CEST.
This deal is active: New players can purchase New World on offer starting from the event’s start. The standard edition and the deluxe edition are available until April 18 at 7:00 PM CEST with a 40% discount on Steam.
What about progress? Those who take advantage of the free trial can transfer their progress to the “full” version afterwards. It will be saved. So if you get a taste of it and want to play the paid version after the free weekend, you can continue where you left off.
What is not possible? If you play with a free account, you cannot purchase items in the shop. In-game purchases are only unlocked for you after you buy the game.
What has changed recently in New World?
In recent weeks, there have been exciting changes for the game. New World received its largest update in March with a new dungeon and a new weapon, the musket. The update is called Heart of Madness and has been very well received by the community.
In the following video, you can take a look at the contents of the major update:
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New World presents the largest update since release in the trailer – with new dungeon
Along with the new dungeon, the update brought the following highlights:
The new weapon musket, with which you fight enemies at short and medium range
MeinMMO MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch has already spent hundreds of hours in New World and tested the new content. He says that the new content of the last update is primarily aimed at players who already enjoyed New World and demanded more content. As a new player, one shouldn’t expect miracles.
New World has improved in these areas:
Level phase
Endgame gear
New enemies
However, the core gameplay remains the same. So if you didn’t enjoy the general gameplay style of New World back then, you probably won’t fall in love with the game now.
As part of our program Find Your Next Game: Spring, several promising titles are on tonight. Find out here what you will see today, who presents the games, and where and when you can check out our Twitch stream.
What is this FYNG anyway? FYNG stands for “Find Your Next Game”. This is a format of all Webedia sites (GamePro, GameStar and MeinMMO), where we introduce you to selected games. The goal is to draw your attention to popular titles, as well as to more hidden gems and insider tips among the games.
In spring 2022, FYNG: Spring is here to help you find your new favorite games in daily live streams until Thursday, April 7, 2022.
On our websites, you can also find more articles about upcoming games and retrospectives on classics:
FYNG on April 6, 2022 – Here’s what to expect today in the stream
When and where does it start? The stream begins on April 6 at 5:00 PM. The show takes place on our Twitch channel MAX (Monsters and Explosions). You can watch everything right here in the following embed.
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Who will be moderating? The stream will be moderated by Maurice, Natascha, Fritz, and Julius. Guests from outside will also appear in the stream from time to time.
What topics are coming up today? Today we have prepared an exciting mix of topics and games for you. Our stream begins after the warm-up at 5:00 PM with the following titles and topics:
5:30 PM – Escape Academy: You love escape rooms but don’t have any good ones nearby or have concerns about leaving the house due to the pandemic? This virtual escape room could be your thing!
6:00 PM – Two Point Campus: Are you into simulation and management games like The Sims and the Wild Student Life expansion? Here you play at a higher organizational level and can build your own university.
6:30 PM: Vampire: Swansong: Fans of the iconic role-playing game “Vampire: The Masquerade” should definitely check out this story-based RPG, as Swansong is based on this setting.
7:00 PM: Fascination Elden Ring: Why is everyone obsessed with this brutally difficult open-world RPG and what makes it so fascinating? We need to talk!
7:30 PM Diablo Immortal: “Don’t you have any phones?” – Anyone with a phone who likes Diablo should check out this upcoming MMO from Blizzard.
8:00 PM The most important MMOs 2022: Finally, there is new fuel for online game fans. A number of promising new MMO titles have been announced for 2022, and here you will find out which ones they are and when you can expect the release.
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In FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, opponents can ruin a victory by quitting the game. Players demand a change in this regard.
What is the problem? Getting a win in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team can already be stressful enough. It’s particularly frustrating when the points you hoped for disappear because the opponent simply quits the game.
However, this can happen in Ultimate Team, for example in Division Rivals or the Weekend League. Here, one must differentiate between certain cases:
If your opponent quits the game while you are leading, everything is good – you usually get the win.
If, however, your opponent quits during a draw, they get credited with a loss – but you do not get a win credited. Then you can only replay the game against a new opponent.
The latter situation can be really frustrating while hunting for rewards, since wins are what count here. The situation is particularly bitter in examples like these:
Your opponent equalizes happily in the last minute after you have dominated the game. Instead of going into extra time, they quit the game, taking away your chance for the win.
Conversely: You have fought for an equalizer after a long, hard game and might even turn the game around – but the opponent quits.
Particularly bitter: It’s tied shortly before the end and you get a penalty, but the opponent disconnects and you cannot execute it.
Your opponent receives red cards and has a weakened team, but instead of continuing to play, they quit during a draw.
These are just examples that can happen again and again in FUT – and sometimes do. The particularly nasty part is that the opponent essentially gains nothing from this, except perhaps time and the fact that you yourself do not get a win.
Many players have been complaining about this handling for a long time. This has now been discussed again in the FIFA subreddit.
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Players annoyed: “I played the whole game and the extra time for nothing”
This is what the community says: A post was shared in the FIFA subreddit that currently has over 1,000 upvotes and more than 200 comments.
User “oohjustalittlebit” explains there that, from his point of view, a lot of toxicity would be removed from the game if quitting – or leaving the game – by the opponent would fundamentally mean that you yourself get the win.
“If someone leaves the game halfway through, the other person should just get the win in the end,” the post says. “The number of people that quit when they score a lucky equalizer or are about to take a penalty or just don’t feel like playing against you anymore is obscene” (via reddit).
Several users commented that they have been wishing for a change in this direction for a long time:
“This should have happened years ago, and I’m still amazed that it hasn’t,” writes user Hack-a-Lonzo (via reddit).
“We have been demanding this for years, at least give us a solid explanation for this nonsense,” criticizes user “pwomboli” (via reddit).
“I have so many people quitting because they don’t want to play against my possession-based style, and the only reason I play this style is that everyone plays 10 deep counter-attacks and it is impossible to quickly break through their defense once you are in Division 1/Elite,” describes user “RichHii3” (via reddit).
“I played a classic cup match where the opponent quit because they missed the first penalty in the shootout,” reports another user (via reddit): “It would have only taken a few minutes longer to finish the game, and it would still have been 0:0. […] It’s crazy how far people go to avoid a loss. That should have definitely counted as a win since I played the whole game and extra time for nothing.”
Overall, most commentators advocate for such a change. However, some are also pointing out that it might lead to new problems. For example, players might start trying to annoy opponents into quitting if they know that they could get a quick win that way.
What do you think about this topic? Would you like a change, or do you find the current system good? Let us know in the comments!
In the German MMORPG Tibia, there is an item called ‘Dragon Scale Legs’, which caused quite a stir when it was discovered in the game. This item is regarded as the ‘ultimate status symbol’. We at MeinMMO spoke with the developers about why that is.
What kind of pants are these? The item in the MMORPG Tibia is called ‘Dragon Scale Legs’.
The Tibia Wiki states that the pants, with an armor value of 10, were long considered the pants with the ‘highest defensive value’ in Tibia until new pants with the same armor rating but additional bonuses were introduced (via tibia,fandom).
Only 3 pairs of the pants were said to have been distributed 15 years ago
Why is this item so sought after? The item cannot be obtained in Tibia. Apparently, only 3 pairs have ever been distributed, each directly by the developers:
The first pair of pants was received by a player named ‘Lostboy’, who controlled the housing system in the city of Thais. He was said to have held the keys that opened and closed the apartments. CipSoft decided at that time that Lostboy’s influence was so significant that they rewarded him with the first pair of pants.
The second player to receive the gift was named Pskonejott. He was thanked for helping the community in various ways, such as reporting bugs.
The third and allegedly last pair of pants is said to have been received by a hero named Albertt on July 26, 2007; he was the 100,000th player to purchase a premium account in Tibia.
There are two other pairs of pants that are rumored: one is said to have been destroyed by a player instead of being lost to another player who had killed him, as he did not want to grant that valuable loot. Another pair was supposedly offered for so much gold that it broke Tibia’s trading system. It was then reportedly exchanged for US dollars.
But apart from such legends, the 3 confirmed pairs are believed to be the only ones distributed by Tibia between 2004 and 2007, according to Tibia experts in the forums.
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This has now drawn attention: Because this item was so rare, it had almost been forgotten. However, a few weeks ago, one of the pants was found with an active Tibia player in live gameplay.
The mere sighting of the item was discussed in the forums. It is said:
A well-known collector of rare items in Tibia, Lord Warez, reportedly acquired these pants on February 23 for a “still unknown” price. He displays them in his house alongside other rare items.
The forum shows how rare this is. People are discussing the pants, as well as what the collector possibly paid (real-money trading is officially illegal) and that the pants could actually use a better-decorated house.
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We were referred to Sebastian Wodarski, the lead product manager of Tibia. When asked why they create such a rare item, he says:
This is difficult to answer, as the Dragon Scale Legs have existed as an item for many years and thus their creation cannot be fully reconstructed. It likely just happened that way. The item was supposed to be something special that could be awarded on a special occasion.
Uniqueness is achieved by two aspects: on the one hand through the gameplay-relevant values, attributes or properties, and on the other hand through the rarity or the way in which it can be obtained. Especially items that cannot be obtained through the game and are no longer distributed can potentially become such legendary collector’s pieces, even if that wasn’t originally planned.
Nowadays, the rarity of items is usually determined with consideration of balancing aspects, and they can be obtained through the game. Individually distributed at least gameplay-relevant items such as weapons and armor are no longer given out.
Sebastian Wodarski, lead product manager of Tibia
When asked whether there are really only 3 of these items left in the game, he did not provide us with any information and did not comment on it. This surely adds to the mythos of these legendary chain pants.
More on why a successful MMORPG is developing in Regensburg can be found here:
A large Russian-speaking site on the dark web has been shut down. There, people had been trading drugs, data, and passwords for billions of euros annually.
Data and passwords regularly fall into the hands of fraudsters. Just recently, a massive hack at Nvidia caused a stir. Such data often ends up in criminal networks, where the data and passwords are sold for high prices.
One of the websites that has been trading such data for years has now been shut down. At least, that’s what the German Federal Criminal Police Office reported. MeinMMO explains what it’s all about.
Russian-speaking platform generated over 1 billion euros in 2022 alone
What platform are we talking about? The platform is “Hydra Market.” It was an illegal marketplace where users could buy numerous items at least since 2015:
illegal drugs
stolen data and passwords
forged documents
digital services such as ransomware or money laundering
If your passwords or access data ended up in the hands of hackers, you could be sure that they were eventually offered on “Hydra Market” for a lot of money.
In 2020 alone, the platform reportedly earned 1.23 billion euros from such services. This makes “Hydra Market” the largest illegal marketplace of its kind.
Now, the Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office have shut down the site in collaboration with several U.S. authorities.
What exactly happens to the seized Bitcoins worth around 23 million euros is still unknown. It wouldn’t be the first time that the state sells seized Bitcoins to interested users (via tagesspiegel.de)
It gets really absurd when people come up with particularly crazy ideas. For instance, in Eastern Europe, a few individuals started collecting FIFA in-game currency on a large scale with old PS4 consoles.
The streamer ExoHydraX was banned in August 2021 during a hot-tub livestream and both her account and partner status were removed by Twitch. But now it seems the platform has had a change of heart and lifted the ban on April 4.
Who is ExoHydraX? ExoHydraX is known primarily for her revealing posts on various social media. She actively engages with TikTok, OnlyFans, as well as Twitter and Instagram. She often appears in a bikini or tight-fitting clothes.
On Twitch, she initially played parts of the shooter Call of Duty, but when the hot-tub category appeared on the streaming service, she moved there and found greater success. At that time, an average of 2,702 viewers followed her streams.
How did the previous ban happen? The streamer herself isn’t quite sure about that. She stated that she disappeared from the livestream for 15 minutes. When she returned, she was banned. The stream was reportedly very relaxed and one of the calmest hot-tub streams, said the 23-year-old (via dexerto).
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Why was ExoHydraX unbanned? The reasons why Twitch reversed its previous decision are not known. Whether the streamer knows exactly why Twitch lifted her ban is uncertain. She certainly hasn’t shared this.
Another controversial streamer has been unbanned:Twitch recently lifted the permanent ban of the streamer NarcissaWright after she threatened a shooting at the streaming platform’s headquarters. This was met with little appreciation and understanding in the community:
Many streamers and community members often wonder about the principles by which Twitch’s mods operate due to such decisions. Some believe that women have an easier time on Twitch than men. They might be favored by the platform, both by viewers and Twitch itself.
Will ExoHydraX continue on Twitch? Yes, she will. She announced this on Twitter. However, she wants to create content other than hot-tub streams. These streams are “a thing of the past.” What exactly ExoHydraX wants to do in the future, she is not yet quite sure.
Currently, she is still in the process of finding a new name, as she does not want to stream on her old Twitch account anymore.
Developer Blizzard offers a diamond version for a card in Hearthstone, the digital card game inspired by the Warcraft world. This cosmetic costs a hefty €25 and the ability fits like a glove. Players say: The card almost feels like a meme.
However, before that, developer Blizzard released a new card for a proud €25 in the Battle.net shop: the diamond version of Drek’Thar (via battle.net).
The blind Orc and talented seer is not new to the game, but the diamond version has been freshly added. And the juicy price along with the effect immediately creates a meme mood among players.
“This must be a meme”
What’s up with the card? Drek’Thar is a follower of the Horde and offers an interesting effect for decks that work more with low-cost cards:
Drek’Thar effect: If this minion costs more than all the minions in your deck, you summon 2 of them.
The effect triggers some players immediately – as the single card is associated with very high costs of €24.99.
Additionally, it should be noted that a gold version of the card could already be obtained during the event quest “Battle for Alterac” if you chose the Horde.
This is a feast for the commentators on Reddit. You can find the thread on the subject here (via reddit.com), and we gather a few user comments for you here:
crocrococ: “lol, this must be a meme.”
Gamefighter3000: “April 1st is over, Blizzard!”
Direnaar: “This is a new low.”
The mood in the thread is quite constructive. Some users have identified themselves as “whales” – players who spend a lot of money on microtransactions.
It is argued that these are purely cosmetics. Buying the card gives no advantage to anyone, especially since the card has already been given away as a gold version.
The new card is available until April 25, 2022, and is the most expensive single card from Hearthstone in the shop to date.
The discussion about Hearthstone’s monetization is almost as old as the game itself. In the eyes of some players, the officials have again overstepped the mark with the €25 card.
We would be interested to know what you think about the topic. Is it okay as a cosmetic or still a problem? Feel free to write your thoughts in the comments.
In Pokémon GO, the features regarding Mega Evolutions are currently being revamped. A recent discovery shows new details about the planned changes, which include a feature that many players have long wished for. We at MeinMMO will show you what this is all about.
What features are involved? In Pokémon GO, trainers have had the ability to temporarily evolve certain Pokémon into Mega Evolutions for some time now. This is done using specific Mega Energy, which can primarily be collected through Mega Raids.
Who are the PokeMiners? The PokeMiners are a group of dataminers who regularly search the code of Pokémon GO for new information. They can discover new data, like features or Pokémon, before a release and make this data publicly available to other trainers.
However, since the data is unofficial, Niantic can change it at any time or even decide against a release in the game.
These are the new findings regarding Mega Evolutions
As Reddit user martycochrane mentions in his current post, the PokeMiners have come across new details regarding Mega Evolutions in the game code of Pokémon GO during their last search (via reddit.com).
The exact information concerning their findings has been shared via their homepage (via pokeminers.com). It can be inferred from this data that the first texts regarding the planned changes in the game have now been established. This allows for a better understanding of the individual processes. We have summarized all the details found for you below.
What everyone has been waiting for: Mega Evolutions in the Raid Lobby
A feature that many players have been waiting a long time for is performing a Mega Evolution in the Raid Lobby. Most players have likely experienced being invited to a raid or wanting to spontaneously participate and finding themselves in the lobby thinking “Damn, I wanted to perform a Mega Evolution.”
Currently, this is only possible outside of the Raid Lobby, which means trainers would have to leave the raid. The latest discovery from the PokeMiners shows a significant improvement in this regard for the future. You will then be able to perform a Mega Evolution directly in the Raid Lobby without needing to leave the raid.
In the Raid Lobby, there will reportedly be a notification when you can perform a Mega Evolution. Through a special menu, where you can likely see the images of the individual Megas, you will have the opportunity to evolve them.
Mega Levels and Rewards
The Mega Levels: In their first finding, the PokeMiners came across a level system related to Mega Evolutions. They can now further specify this feature. Similar to your buddy, there will also be different levels for Mega Pokémon that you can reach.
Your Pokémon will level up the more often you evolve it into a Mega Pokémon. It can reach the following three stages: Base, High, and Maximum. The respective status and the evolutions required for the next level will be displayed to you, according to the PokeMiners. Additionally, there will be a daily cap on how often you can level up your Mega Evolutions.
Rewards for Mega Evolutions: Furthermore, the PokeMiners discovered various rewards associated with Mega Evolutions during their first search. You can receive additional candies, XL candies, and an XP bonus.
These are reportedly dependent on your throwing skill. If you hit an excellent throw, you increase your chances of getting an XL candy. Moreover, there should be discounts regarding Mega Energy.
Free Mega Evolutions
In their previous search, the PokeMiners discovered a hint in the source code indicating that it should be possible to perform a free Mega Evolution in the future. The assumption was that this relates to the rewards trainers receive for reaching the various levels.
In their current finding, they have found more detailed information about this. Accordingly, the functionality of free Mega Evolutions has something to do with cooldown. There is a cooldown period after a Mega Evolution, which currently extends for several days.
When you level up your Pokémon, this cooldown decreases. During this cooldown, you can still Mega Evolve your Pokémon. Depending on how much time is left, the required Mega Energy will be reduced accordingly, similar to Home transfers. However, exact figures for the duration of the cooldown are not yet available based on the current findings.
Collecting Mega Energy
Some trainers had hoped that the changes regarding Mega Evolutions would also alter the collection of Mega Energy. However, according to the current information in the game code, everything remains the same. This means participation in Mega Raids continues to be necessary.
Mega Evolutions in Trainer Battles
Another wish that trainers expressed after the release of the last finding is the allowance of Mega Evolutions in the GO Battle League. Indeed, the PokeMiners have now found hints that Mega Pokémon will soon be allowed in Trainer Battles.
Whether this will also affect the GO Battle League is not evident from the finding, but the announced Mega Surprise at the end of the season may indicate this.
What does the community say about this finding?
The first details have generated much anticipation in the community. The new finding from the PokeMiners is also receiving quite a bit of positive feedback. Especially the ability to perform Mega Evolutions in the Raid Lobby is garnering support from many trainers (via reddit.com):
Own_Fortune_6940: “Evolution in the lobby is extremely important. I hate going into a raid and immediately having to exit again because I see my team and forgot to do a Mega Evolution.”
martycochrane: “I feel the same way! That’s why I think I’m most excited about it, haha. And the fact that it indicates when you can evolve further is great. Hopefully, more people will use their free Mega at least.”
Teban: “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I am actually excited about Mega Evolutions! Edit: It looks like we still have to do Mega Raids for the initial Mega Energy (assuming there are no field research quests)?”
KuriboShoeMario: “I believe a Mega event is on the horizon. This stuff will probably be in the game by the end of May. It might mean Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Latios / Latias will also be introduced.”
Hints toward a release of Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios come from another earlier finding, which indicates hints on the first legendary Mega Pokémon.
Whether and when it will actually happen and the new features will be established in the game remains to be seen. As soon as there is new info about this, you will find it here at MeinMMO.
What do you think about the changes to Mega Evolutions? Are you also excited to finally be able to evolve your Megas in the Raid Lobby? Or are you hoping more for an allowance in PvP battles? Let us know here at MeinMMO.
A new trend from overseas is spreading in the German streamer scene: boxing. The mega event between streamers Trymacs and MckyTV attracted many hundreds of thousands of viewers, and it didn’t even take place on Twitch or YouTube. MeinMMO author Maik Schneider was also fascinated by the event and thinks that such events are exactly what viewers want.
My general interest in streams is rather low. Although I follow the German streamer and YouTuber scene a bit, I prefer watching highlights and reactions than actually being live on Twitch.
The boxing match at “The Great Fight Night” between Trymacs and MckyTV did intrigue me, though. I watched almost the entire event and found it very entertaining – there may have been a few “interviews” too many.
My personal interest in the event made it clear to me how simple the recipe for a successful stream can sometimes be: Make a crossover, show emotions, and let yourself be seen when you fail.
Celebrity boxing matches are a secret recipe known everywhere
It took a while for boxing matches to arrive among German streamers. Entertainer Stefan Raab already knew in 2001 during his match against professional boxer Regina Halmich that he was landing a hit.
7.74 million viewers watched the first match in 2001, including a broken nose for Raab. The “comeback of the killer belly” in 2007 attracted up to 10 million TV viewers. Raab drove into the hall with an 8-ton tank (via presseportal.de).
Back then, as today, the recipe remains: Let people see how you fail. The more emotions displayed, the better. MeinMMO author Schuhmann wrote a special on the topic and explains why the colorful title Fall Guys went through the roof in 2020:
When celebrities box, it attracts viewers for 20 years
Streamer boxing matches offer exactly what makes Twitch unique: Unrestrained emotions, protagonists on the edge of their sanity, and in the end, one of the two fighters “fails”.
There have already been several such streamer/influencer events that garnered unbelievable attention:
Logan Paul in an exhibition match against Floyd Mayweather
Ibai streamed an event on Twitch like “The Great Fight Night” (via dotesports.com)
Reached more than 1.5 million simultaneous viewers on Twitch – to this day the second highest value (via twitchtracker.com)
Leon Machère and StandartSkill boxed each other on YouTube in February 2022
Reportedly, the YouTube stream reached over 770,000 simultaneous viewers (via esports.com).
In comparison: In 2020, the Twitch record from Horrorcamp by Knossi and associates with nearly 330,000 viewers was considered a significant milestone among German streamers.
Trymacs stated that “The Great Fight Night” brought around 500,000 viewers to the screen (via instagram.com). And the event didn’t even take place on the usual streaming platforms of the target audience, but on joyn, a project of German private television.
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3 things that make boxing matches successful on Twitch
1. Emotional connection
We watch or follow influencers because they allow us glimpses into parts of their lives. Some less so, some more – some completely and almost without compromise.
People like to learn things about other people. The person doesn’t even have to be particularly likeable. Often, it’s the emotions displayed and the reasons behind reactions that captivate us to a streamer or celebrity. Because the actions lead back to emotions in the viewer.
One wants to continue following the streamer’s life and over time, knows what emotions these people evoke in us. If we like the emotions, then we stick around.
Seeing 2 amateurs dedicate themselves to training for months and letting go of all inhibitions in a boxing match is appealing.
Especially failure is often well received. Because on the one hand, it is often entertaining, and on the other hand, it is exciting how people deal with it.
A streamer with weaknesses often comes across as very likable because it promises a lot of “humanity” and also stands for self-confidence when one copes with one’s failures.
Box amateur Trymacs is a good example – he is one of the biggest streamers in Germany. He is known for his “fails,” which people love to laugh at – unless triggered by some awkward action.
In a boxing match, there is at least one loser at the end. Just the prospect of seeing a streamer physically fail generates a lot of interest.
Another, somewhat more tangible concept is crossovers. 2 well-known streamers do something together. When the participants know each other better, there are already significant overlaps in the target audiences.
This usually brings viewers an exciting added value and is also often worthwhile for the streamers if a few followers drop off from the crossover partner.
In a boxing match, the genre crossover is added. There are not only 2 streamers to be seen, but the protagonists are also in a completely unfamiliar role. One can’t exactly predict how they behave, how they react.
The uncertainty represents another factor why boxing among streamers or known celebrities is so appealing.
The boxing match between Trymacs and Micky wasn’t even the highlight of the evening for me. The whole event was a mega crossover of the German streamer scene and many big names were on site in Cologne.
Knossi is making mischief with Monte, UnsympathischTV is complaining about the prices at the bar, Tanzverbot conducted an embarrassing interview with Marc Gebauer, who wandered through the crowd in a white suit. Plus, the first hard fight between Rumathra and Vlesk, including the KO punch.
In my opinion, truly “failed” that evening were only the laid-off commentators and moderators from television – Rumathra wasn’t even pronounced correctly by the officials on site.
What do you think about boxing matches between streamers and the reasons why it is so well received by people? Feel free to leave a comment with your opinion on the topic.
The military shooter Ghost Recon Breakpoint has reached the end of its development. There will be no new content from now on. The team bids farewell with a statement.
This is the status of the game: From now on, Ubisoft will not release any content updates for their shooter Ghost Recon Breakpoint. For the past four months, everything revolved around the last major piece of content, Operation Motherland. But now it’s over. Approximately two and a half years after release, further development will not continue.
We are showing you here the statement of the team and the recent status of Breakpoint.
“We hope you continue to enjoy yourselves”
What the team says: On Twitter, the developers from Ubisoft published a statement:
Hey Ghosts,
First, we want to thank you for all the love and support you have shown to the game. Over the last 2 years, we have released more than 11 updates and supported several unique initiatives. From the Ghost Experience, the return of AI team members, special operations with Sam Fisher, collaborating with R6 operators in Operation Amber Sky, and lastly our “Plant a Tree Project”, we have been busy adding additional content to Ghost Recon Breakpoint.
In the last four months, we released our final content piece: the brand-new mode “Operation Motherland”, tons of new items, including iconic outfits for the 20th anniversary and Quartz items for Ghost Recon Breakpoint.
We will continue to maintain our servers for Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and we truly hope that you will continue to enjoy the game and have fun playing solo or in co-op with your friends.
On behalf of the entire Ghost Recon team, we want to thank you once again for your constant support and love for the franchise. The feedback you have provided us on Ghost Recon Breakpoint has been very helpful and will help shape the future of the franchise.
In the comments, many thank the game and the experiences they were able to have with it. User @_Hunk_1992: writes: “Thank you for making the game. It was my #Breakpoint for getting into the franchise. I will be very attentive to news in the future. It’s hard to say goodbye, but thank you!”
User @dementiaGmg writes: “I have to say, at launch it was a mess, but over time it got better and I eventually really liked it. I enjoyed the RPG features; you could customize your playstyle as you wished. Maybe I’ll come back to see what has been added since I stopped playing.”
What happened recently in Breakpoint? In December 2021, the news spread that Breakpoint now wants to rely on NFTs. A controversial addition to the game that sparked many discussions. This refers to the Quartz items that Ubisoft also mentioned in the statement.
Only a few weeks later, the competition laughed at the poor revenue from the NFTs. These contents are also discussed under the statement on Twitter. A user writes that Breakpoint was so good until they tried to force NFTs into the game. That was really disappointing.
Should you try the game now? MeinMMO author Maik Schneider took a look at Ghost Recon Breakpoint in January 2021. He had been following the game since its chaotic release. His conclusion: Ubisoft’s biggest flop of 2019 is now a really good shooter. Find out in the article whether the shooter is worth it for you now.
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The latest Hearthstone expansion is approaching. We show you all 135 new cards that you can get in “Journey to the Sunken City”.
The Hearthstone year 2022 is ushered in with the first expansion. Now that all cards are known from the reveal stream, we can present all the new features from “Journey to the Sunken City”.
This time there are even two new keywords that bring a breath of fresh air into the Hearthstone routine.
The first is “Berg”. Cards with this effect allow you to look at the bottom 3 cards of your deck to promote one of them to the top – so it will be the next card you draw. The mechanics go hand in hand with many card effects that ensure that particularly powerful cards are banished to the bottom of your deck.
The second keyword is “Colossal” and can be found on particularly powerful minions. This means that this minion is too large to be a single creature. Colossal minions summon additional body parts, which are usually connected to the main part of the body through various effects, enabling exciting interactions.
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The roadmap in Lost Ark has been a hotly discussed topic for a long time. Now it is finally official and live, the schedule for the next months is set, and apparently, Amazon has done everything right because the community is celebrating the upcoming content – if there weren’t one thing. We from MeinMMO summarize.
What’s wrong with the roadmap? It was one of the biggest, if not the biggest, topic in the “Lost Ark” community over the last few weeks. When are new classes coming and which ones? When will there be new content? These questions occupied the fans almost daily.
With the published roadmap, there is now at least an answer for the next two months, and it makes most players happy. Because alongside new events, skins, and so on, new raids, classes, and a new continent are also coming to the MMORPG.
To summarize, the following contents will definitely appear by the end of May:
Many fans did not understand why the Arcana was chosen, although in most polls, the Lance Master was clearly ahead of most other classes. Furthermore, players wanted more quality-of-life features and were dissatisfied that high-end content came to the game too quickly.
The new schedule from Amazon is set to bring the new high-end raids only at the end of May, if at all. They say that player progress needs to be monitored for that, and these contents will only appear in May under reservation.
Nevertheless, most fans feel addressed by the changes. The two new classes excite many players within the community, and the announced quality-of-life changes also bring great joy.
This seems to have temporarily saved the new roadmap’s mood in the community and even managed to bring back some people who had already quit the game. As a fan confirmed on Reddit: “I actually had quit, but now I have to come back.”
This is what the fans say: To get a bit closer to the mood in the Reddit of Lost Ark, we would like to share some statements from the community:
Cloudyworlds writes about the QoL changes: “Oh my God, this will save me so much time. This is really genius.”
EristicMeow is excited about the new class: “I can’t wait to be one of thousands of new Lance Masters!”
BankaiPwn writes: “These are the best changes ever, great job!”
MyPostForAiur is also excited: “Okay, the Lance Master is coming, I don’t need to know anything else. I’m so incredibly happy about this!”
MadMeow wishes for new mages: “One sorceress. The 5th martial artist and the 4th warrior are coming, and we still only have one real sorceress. That feels wrong.”
What do you personally think of Amazon’s roadmap? Are you excited about the Lance Master or would you rather have something else? How do you assess the situation of the sorceresses in Lost Ark? Is the sorceress enough for you? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments here on MeinMMO, we look forward to hearing from you.
Furthermore, they listened to the community and replaced the Arcana with the Lance Master, which positively resonates with fans on Reddit. However, some love the numerous quality-of-life features even more than the new classes.
The Lance Master wields two staff weapons into battle.
“I can hardly decide what I like best”
The community celebrates the announcements: The feedback from the players in Lost Ark is overwhelmingly positive according to the announcements. The thread of the roadmap gathered over 3,500 upvotes and 1,100 comments on Reddit within a few hours, most of which are positive.
The only disappointment comes from fans who are still waiting for mage classes. Because with the Sorceress, there is currently only one real mage in our version of Lost Ark. Both the Summoner in beta and the Arcana in the wrong roadmap have been postponed for the time being, which annoys some players.
Nevertheless, most fans feel addressed by the changes. The two new classes excite many players within the community, and the announced quality-of-life changes also bring great joy.
This seems to have temporarily saved the new roadmap’s mood in the community and even managed to bring back some people who had already quit the game. As a fan confirmed on Reddit: “I actually had quit, but now I have to come back.”
This is what the fans say: To get a bit closer to the mood in the Reddit of Lost Ark, we would like to share some statements from the community:
Cloudyworlds writes about the QoL changes: “Oh my God, this will save me so much time. This is really genius.”
EristicMeow is excited about the new class: “I can’t wait to be one of thousands of new Lance Masters!”
BankaiPwn writes: “These are the best changes ever, great job!”
MyPostForAiur is also excited: “Okay, the Lance Master is coming, I don’t need to know anything else. I’m so incredibly happy about this!”
MadMeow wishes for new mages: “One sorceress. The 5th martial artist and the 4th warrior are coming, and we still only have one real sorceress. That feels wrong.”
What do you personally think of Amazon’s roadmap? Are you excited about the Lance Master or would you rather have something else? How do you assess the situation of the sorceresses in Lost Ark? Is the sorceress enough for you? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments here on MeinMMO, we look forward to hearing from you.
In a world exclusive interview, MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski spoke with two leading developers about Diablo Immortal. Wyatt Cheng (Game Director) and Joe Grubb (Principal Game Designer) explain what changes are to come between beta and release, and how the balance between PvE and PvP content looks.
On the occasion of Find Your Next Game and the upcoming release of Diablo Immortal, we still had questions about the big mobile offshoot of Diablo, such as: changes from beta to release, the balance between PvE and PvP content, loot, and social features.
MeinMMO: Diablo Immortal already feels quite “finished”. What still needs polishing and at what point do you say: Now we are done?
Cheng: The goal is to launch in the first half of 2022. So we are already on the final stretch, and I think we can do it. The main focus we are currently trying to address is incorporating feedback from the last beta. There was feedback about:
the Paragon system, allowing players to continue leveling after reaching the maximum level
the strength of set items that were introduced there and which players obtain from dungeons
the social system
Diablo Immortal is an MMO, which differentiates it from other Diablo titles, especially Diablo 3. You could play Diablo 3 in multiplayer, but many still played solo. Immortal aims to make social interactions rewarding and interesting. We have looked at how players behave to see how often they visit dungeons in groups, how many friends they accumulate or join clans. Such activities should be worthwhile, and we are now adjusting that.
One of the biggest changes since the beta is to facilitate social interaction
MeinMMO: What were the experiences with the social components in the game? Were they used often or were you not entirely happy with them?
Cheng: The biggest change we are making is to the Cycle of Strife, our biggest feature. There is a faction called “Immortals”, a group of about 300 players who have defeated all other challengers in PvP. That’s why they are the Immortals and can do special things that no one else on the server can do – like a special raid for 48 players, Kion’s Ordeal.
To become an Immortal, you first have to join the “Shadows” faction. The Shadows have the opportunity to challenge the Immortals once a week to claim the title.
One of the biggest changes is happening here. When you wanted to become a Shadow in the beta, you had to join the faction and then become part of a “Dark House” with other players. If your group was successful, all houses were dissolved, and a few people became Immortals. If they were then overthrown, they returned to being adventurers. But a week later, when the houses reformed, you had to find everyone again.
We are now getting rid of that system of having to find the groups again. Instead, we are using clans. These are permanent social structures that you can join. The entire clan starts as adventurers and can then become a shadow that can challenge an immortal clan. If you are successful, the whole clan will become the new Immortals. This way, you can stay together for as long as possible without having your groups constantly dissolved and needing to find your friends again.
MeinMMO: That actually sounds reasonable, considering how social systems work in MMORPGs. But we were also curious about the system and were surprised that PvP constitutes such a large part of the game. In the predecessors, there were really crazy builds with super strong synergies. How will the balance work in Diablo Immortal, especially in PvP?
Grubb: The advantage is that in Immortal we don’t have 1v1, but group fights. This allows more freedom in balancing. Everyone on the battlefield has a role and an influence on the fight, without a small detail that gives the advantage. Everyone can participate and influence the outcome of the battle, regardless of the level of their build or skills.
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Everything you need to know about Diablo Immortal – in 3 minutes
“We do not want a guild to reign endlessly“
MeinMMO: In faction-based PvP MMORPGs, there is sometimes the problem of power guilds – players who simply dominate the server and only accept the best players. How will you tackle that?
Cheng: We have 2 measures against it, but first a point: If there are strong players who team up with like-minded people, then that means there is something to team up for. So I don’t see that as entirely bad.
Still, we do not want an immortal guild to reign endlessly. That’s why shadows become a bit stronger each week, depending on how they perform. They receive about a 5% damage increase in PvP. And after a few weeks, this bonus can become strong enough to overthrow the Immortals.
Another rule in the game states that you cannot become an Immortal if you were one in the previous cycle. There must be at least 100 new players coming to power.
In extreme cases, you have 2 guilds alternating. But since the dark clans also fight against each other for the right to become Immortals, we expect more like 4 or 5 clans. We observed this in the beta as well.
For everyone who is not interested in this complex 100-player PvP and just wants to play with their friends, there are “Warbands.” This is a feature that focuses on you and your group of 8 close friends. This is meant to feel more like family. Because in MMOs with large clans of 30-100 players, you rarely get to know the people well. You usually have 4-8 really good friends, and for them, we want to create a unique social structure.
MeinMMO: So, if I’m not interested in the big Immortal war at all, can I just go with my friends and do dungeons?
Cheng: Yes, that’s right! Dungeons and especially raids. We have raids for 8 players. So you can play these raids up and down with your 7 friends.
Grubb: The Warbands are meant for PvE-oriented goals and do not play a role in the Cycle of Strife. And as Wyatt already said, we want to create an endeavor for the Warbands with raids and dungeons.
How powerful does my smartphone need to be for Diablo Immortal?The specs: The MMO will offer large PvP battles, for which the phone must have corresponding performance. We asked about the specs that Blizzard provided to us after our conversation.
iOS – iPhone 6s and better – iOS 11 and better
Android – Android 5.0 and better
CPU: SDM450 Snapdragon 450 / Exynos 7884 and better GPU: Adreno 506 / Mali-G71 MP2 and better RAM: 2GB and better
*Note: These are expected but not final specs, as the game’s optimization is still being worked on.
As an MMO, Diablo Immortal will constantly be expanded with raids and bosses
MeinMMO: We also found the balance between PvP and PvE particularly interesting. We had the feeling that the endgame is very PvP-heavy, but we also know that there are many people who place more value on PvE. What does the balance look like, how much PvE is there and how much PvP is there? Can I still have fun if I only play PvE?
Grubb: Immortal is designed to last for several years and receive updates – including raids. We have only shown a few of the Helliquary bosses so far and tested them in the beta, but more will come with higher difficulty levels. Just as players are used to from MMOs and endgame raid content. Evergreen content that we can continuously expand and renew.
MeinMMO: Are there other loot that can be obtained from different activities? Or: Do I need to engage in PvP and PvE to get everything?
Cheng: Good question. [He thinks for a long time.] I actually wanted to say that you can get everything in PvE. But I have to think briefly about whether that’s really true. I believe you get everything from PvE, yes.
But there are rewards for PvP, which is why I hesitate so much. You get additional drops or more currencies for the vendors. The currencies can also be obtained elsewhere, for example in the Battle Pass. So yes, I believe you get all rewards from both areas. PvP is more of an alternative way to obtain them.
Grubb: I believe the only thing PvP offers that PvE does not are the buffs at the end of the cycle. They depend on your performance in the previous cycle. But these are not buffs intended to significantly modify your character. So you don’t need them for PvE content.
Wyatt Cheng, Game Director of Diablo Immortal
MeinMMO: What do I need these buffs for then?
Grubb: They are more of a reflection of your participation in the cycle. If you performed well, defeated many opponents, you receive a buff that shows that. Like a PvP title.
Cheng: Shadows and Immortals are part of the PvP system, but that doesn’t mean you as an individual have to participate. You can join the shadows and complete a few “missions” to help your Dark House. This way, you receive a buff at the end of the cycle without ever entering an 8v8 battle.
MeinMMO: Assuming I wanted to be one of the players who want to get the absolute maximum out of their character. What would I have to do?
Cheng: Every item can drop anywhere. We stick to the traditional Diablo experience of randomness. I think the best way is the raid content. But you never know where you will ultimately find your items.
Diablo Immortal is a large and ambitious MMO
MeinMMO: One last question to conclude: Mobile games have a reputation for being casual, although they are becoming increasingly complex. Some people are wondering how “hardcore” Diablo Immortal will be. On a scale from casual to core, where would the game be?
Grubb: It’s a Diablo game, and that’s core. That it runs on mobile doesn’t change that. It’s a full-fledged Diablo experience. Everything fans had in previous titles regarding the depth of the game is brought back.
Cheng: Immortal is a large and ambitious MMO. When you look at other MMOs, you find a wide range of different player types that take different things from their games. One likes PvP, another goes raiding, a third stands around in town making new friends. And all of that has its justification.
We have many different activities for players. And hopefully, the different types here will find something to do. If you want to slay monsters, you can go into an Elder Rift. That takes about 5 minutes. If you’re into group play, you can raid with your warband and face tricky bosses.
I assume players will find something they enjoy and want to do.
A new feature of Elden Ring is the summoning of spirits. These can assist you at certain difficult points in the game. How to summon and improve them is revealed by MeinMMO in our guide.
What are these spirits? You can find so-called spirit ashes in Elden Ring. With the corresponding item, you can use this ash to summon spirits.
These are NPCs that take the form of various enemies from the game world but fight on your side.
Finding the Spirit Calling Bell and Summoning Spirits – Here’s How
You receive the Spirit Calling Bell from the witch Renna.
This is Renna, from whom you get the item.
Where can Renna be found? You can initially find her in the Church of Elleh, which you discover right after the tutorial. There is also a merchant and a blacksmith’s anvil to perform the first upgrades.
However, Renna only appears there after you have activated the grace site at the ruins before the gate. If you do that, you will also receive Torrent, your spirit horse.
Now you just have to fast travel back to the grace site at the church and find Renna on a wall, to the left below the church tower.
Talk to her and confirm that you are the Accursed.
If you missed her, there is a second way:
If you take too long to get your mount, you will not find her there anymore.
But that’s no problem. As soon as you find yourself at the table of grace, you can buy the bell from an NPC for 100 runes.
Here you see the merchant from whom you get the bell.
Here’s how to summon spirits: Throughout the game, you can find many of these spirit ashes and gain many useful helpers in your collection.
Then you need to have enough FP, or mana, to perform the summoning. To increase your FP, you can level up the “Spirit” attribute or use certain talismans.
This is only possible in certain areas, where you encounter particularly many or tough enemies.
Furthermore, summoning is possible during most boss fights.
Where can you summon spirits? You can recognize it by a gravestone symbol that is shown at the bottom left of the screen, above your quick items, when you enter such an area.
You will automatically encounter them during the game if you keep your eyes open. There are spirits that support you with buffs, can fight from a distance, and can even fly or be summoned in large groups.
But remember: You can only activate one summoning at a time. Also, be aware that you can only use the strongest spirits if you have enough FP. So you will need to increase your spirit attribute.
Improve Spirits and Complete Roderika’s Quest
To do this, you need to find Roderika and complete her quest. You will first meet her at the grace site “Stormveil Shack”. Talk to her there.
She will ask you to take a message to the Chrysalids in Stormveil Castle. However, you first need to get there and get past Margit, the 1st boss.
While exploring the castle, keep an eye out for a large dining hall. There you will find the item Chrysalids’ Memento, which you must bring back to Roderika.
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Now you will meet Roderika at the table of grace and need to talk to her. You will have to repeat this a few times until she asks if she should ask the blacksmith for work.
Confirm, and she will later offer the option to improve spirits with spirit tallow at the blacksmith.
The spirits are especially useful for players who have trouble with the difficulty level of Elden Ring, but cannot call on other players for help. Especially for solo players, they can make your life easier.
