In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, a discussion has erupted about what kind of tone actually prevails in successful raid guilds. 70 screenshots have been published showing the behavior of members in 2 top-50 guilds in the USA. They are rife with racist slurs. The discussion highlights that this is a problem many players encounter in WoW – not just in the top guilds.
This is how the discussion started: This week, a gallery of images was uploaded with 70 screenshots (via imgur). It mainly concerns statements from current or former members of two US guilds:
Instant Dollars (Horde – Mal’Ganis) is number 16 among the US raid guilds
Clout Gang (Horde – Zul’jin) is number 38
In WoW, a “top guild” is one that can complete the current raid at the mythic difficulty in the quickest possible time. Instant Dollars was the 16th guild in the USA to defeat the boss, Grand Executor Denerath.
In the screenshots, Discord messages from members or images from the WoW chat are predominantly visible. The screenshots reveal the excessive use of the racial N-word. It is often mentioned in connection with “lynching” or other violent actions that one might want to inflict on someone: The head must go down and similar. A few times, this is also linked with the well-known anti-gay word “Faggot”.
So in principle: “The gay, black people we have to lynch” – but with the well-known hate words.
This is the discussion: In the WoW subreddit, the discussion was supposed to be shut down because it violates the rule against attacking individual players. But ultimately, the discussion was allowed (via reddit).
The discussion reveals that this “racist language” is not a problem that only pertains to these two raid guilds, but rather a general problem many players encounter in WoW.
A user says: “We are a rather mediocre guild, and even we receive applications from players who say they want out of their current guild because it’s racist, and people simply use the N-word in the raid. That’s crazy and really disturbing.”
A player says: He was once in a guild, and as they approached a boss, one of the guild members said, “Let’s gas the Jews.” Nobody seemed to have a problem with that statement. He himself is Jewish, and it is just garbage that one cannot escape such statements, not even in a game where one runs around as a space goat. He then immediately left the guild.
Draenei are affectionately called “Space Goats” in WoW.
A player adds: She hears people jokingly say, “Let’s rape the boss,” and she always feels like her soul is leaving her body.
An apparently older user continues: “And this is not gaming culture or whatever bullshit comes to defend it. I’ve been a gamer longer than these guys have been alive, and that has never been part of any culture. When I played Legend of the Red Dragon back in the day, it was like this: Anyone who posted racist crap in the forum or anywhere else was banned immediately.”
This is what the guilds involved say: As one of the reddit moderators says, the head of Instant Dollars contacted them. He says: The people in the screenshots were in other guilds at the time.
Everyone expressed their regret over their behavior except for one player. He was then expelled from the guild while the case is being investigated.
The discussion comes 8 months after the best raid guild in WoW had to dissolve. There had been allegations of rape against a raid member that finally escalated in the summer of 2020 and led to the collapse of the guild Method.
To start Season 2 of Call of Duty: Cold War and CoD Warzone, 2 new weapons are coming to the game. The assault rifle FARA 83 and the SMG LC10. We will show you how to unlock both weapons.
What is happening right now in Call of Duty? A lot! On February 25, Season 2 started in Cold War and Warzone. This brings a new zombie mode, a brand new Battle Pass , and lots of new features in the patch notes for the update.
There are also new weapons in the game. You can unlock two weapons through the Battle Pass that you can then play with right away.
How to unlock the 2 new weapons from the Battle Pass
These are the weapons: To give you an overview of the weapons, we will briefly introduce them here:
The FARA 83 is an assault rifle
The LC10 is an SMG, which means a submachine gun
Both weapons can be unlocked completely for free. So you don’t have to invest any real money, but you will need to allocate some time for it.
Here’s how to get the FARA 83: You unlock the assault rifle at level 15 in the Season 2 Battle Pass. So just collect XP diligently, and you will unlock the weapon. Level 15 can be reached quite quickly, and those who play regularly should unlock the FARA 83 within a few game sessions.
This is the FARA 83
Here’s how to get the LC10: The SMG is available at level 31 in the Battle Pass. So you need to unlock another 16 levels to own this weapon. Therefore, plan for a bit more time, although you can probably reach this level easily with regular play.
Here you see the LC10
Can you get the weapons faster? Yes, but for that you need to invest CoD Points, the currency of the game. For 2,400 CoD Points, which is equivalent to about 24 euros, you can skip the first 20 levels in the Battle Pass.
By skipping, you will automatically unlock the FARA 83. For the LC10, you will need to play through 11 levels, which of course goes much faster than all 31 levels.
Anyone wanting to unlock the LC10 even faster can do so with CoD Points as well. You can skip one level in the Battle Pass for 150 CoD Points. This way, you can unlock the remaining 11 levels within seconds.
Season 2 in Call of Duty: With the 2nd season, a lot is changing in Cold War and Warzone. The highlight for Cold War players is likely the new Outbreak mode , where you face massive hordes of zombies. There are a total of 4 internal game modes.
Still not enough CoD? If you haven’t had enough Call of Duty with Cold War and Warzone, you might be looking forward to another project soon. Rumor has it that a CoD focused solely on zombies is in development. You can find all the info about this rumor here:
Valheim relies on difficulty and challenge to remain exciting. One of the hardest enemies in the game, the boss Bonemass, seems to pose a particularly large threat. However, the developers apparently see no reason for a nerf – on the contrary.
What kind of boss is this? Bonemass is the third boss in the game and is located in the Swamp biome. The boss is a massive, green mass of decaying corpses and skeleton parts that poison the area around them.
He has several abilities, such as creating poison clouds or summoning additional enemies to attack you. He is considered by many players to be the toughest boss so far, especially since he appears relatively early in the game.
One significant feature is that he possesses resistance to damage types from most weapons, such as piercing and slashing damage. This renders the usual equipment of many players ineffective and makes the boss tricky. Now he has even become harder.
The boss Bonemass is considered one of the hardest enemies in the game.
This is the new patch: On February 25, the developers released a new update for Valheim (via Steam). It included adjustments for three bosses: Bonemass, Moder, and Yagluth.
The developers did not reveal exactly what was changed, but the update description states: “Some balancing fixes were made to bosses to make them more challenging (you just killed them too quickly).”
Specifically, Bonemass now has a shorter cooldown on his melee attacks, Moder gains 2,500 health points, and Yagluth gets slightly better resistances and double the health, as players could previously kill him in under a minute (via Twitter).
Bonemass Sparks Discussion – Too Strong or Too Weak?
This is what players are discussing: Bonemass has been a point of discussion among players for some time. Especially solo players find him tough, a few even consider him too tough. On reddit, there are always posts from players complaining that they cannot defeat Bonemass (via reddit).
However, these posts rarely receive support. Apparently, the majority of players find Bonemass just right as he is – or at least simply not too hard. In other threads and also on Steam, there are more frequent requests from players not to make Bonemass and Valheim in general easier (via Steam).
In a thread on reddit, the user InsidiousDefeat even addresses the devs directly: “Please do not nerf Bonemass.”
Valheim should be challenging and hard, after all, players should prove themselves as powerful warriors worthy to fight alongside the Norse god Odin. Some players even suspect that Odin himself is watching their progress.
Apparently, this feeling of challenge and achievement would be lost if Valheim becomes too easy.
How do I defeat Bonemass? The main difficulty with Bonemass lies in his poison and his resistances against most weapons, especially bows and arrows. When fighting against him, be sure to pack the following:
Frost arrows for your bow, if you can already craft them
Even a simple wooden club can deal more damage to Bonemass than a hunting bow. Make sure your weapons deal blunt damage, then the third boss should not be a problem. Also, get familiar with the controls.
You can use the altar of the boss to your advantage.
Unlike Eikthyr and the Ancient, you can hardly block or parry Bonemass’s attacks. It’s better to dodge his attacks and lure him around his altar. Since he is quite slow, you can attack him multiple times after one of his attacks and then escape.
On February 24, Old School Runescape launched on Steam. We’re looking at how the classic is received by players.
What is Old School Runescape? The MMORPG Runescape, which started in 2001, has changed significantly over the years. However, not everyone in the community was pleased with these modernizations, for example to the graphics. Therefore, the development studio Jagex decided in 2013 to release an Old School version based on the classic gameplay.
Old School Runescape offers the same graphics as its release 20 years ago and the gameplay mechanics from back then. However, the developers do not go all the way back to the very beginning. The MMORPG is based on the second version from 2007.
There are frequent updates with improvements; these are developed closely in consultation with fans to maintain the classic gameplay feel.
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A classic makes a successful return
When did it launch on Steam? Since February 22, it has been possible to play Old School Runescape for free on Steam. However, the Free2Play version offers only limited content.
For $10.99 a month, subscribers enjoy the following benefits:
– 8 additional skills, including Farming, Thieving, and Berserking – Access to the entire game world map – Over 120 additional quests – Access to powerful, exclusive items – Dozens of exclusive mini-games – Additional navigation options
On October 14, Jagex released the current modern version of Runescape on Steam. However, at that time there were calls from the community who also wanted to play the Old School version on the platform. The studio fulfilled this request.
How is the MMORPG received? According to SteamDB, as of February 25 at 9:45 AM, Old School Runescape has 3,595 concurrent players. The peak even reached 5,799 users.
The 2,307 ratings from players so far have a 95% approval rate.
We summarize a few voices from the community for you:
fare says on Steam: ‘This is the Holy Grail of MMORPGs!’
RICKO shares (via Steam): ‘Having played it for almost 20 years and accumulated around 17,000 hours, I can say it’s a good game. No other game has constantly brought me back.’
•Eidolon• writes about Steam: ‘After playing it for 15 years, I can finally enjoy it on Steam, my favorite gaming platform.’
Rufus Drachenherz is somewhat frustrated with the Free2Play model (via Steam): ‘It’s a little demo version instead of F2P. Only a few minimal skills and quests are unlocked. Already in the tutorial, there are several indications that the game content is severely restricted and becomes fully playable only with a monthly subscription. No, thanks.’
Anyone wanting to play Old School Runescape must be aware that it is a very old MMORPG. This is already apparent from the graphics alone. Nevertheless, it is still well received by players.
Have you had experiences with Runescape? Are you playing the Old School version on Steam?
In Pokémon GO the events for March 2021 have been announced. There will be new Spotlight Hours, raid bosses, and a research breakthrough.
This was revealed: A new season in Pokémon GO will start in March, and there will be plenty of events. Niantic has now given insight into upcoming events and shows that the next month will be full of happenings.
We present all the highlights and reveal which events are particularly exciting.
All raid bosses in March 2021
What happens in the raids: It was previously announced that Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus will celebrate their debut in their Therian form. Now it is clear: Before that, the Incarnate forms of the Pokémon will appear again.
Here you can see the times of the legendary raids:
From March 1 to March 6, the Incarnate form of Landorus will appear in level 5 raids
From March 6 to March 11, the Incarnate form of Tornadus will be available
From March 11 to March 16, the Incarnate form of Thundurus will appear in level 5 raids
From March 16 to March 30, the Therian form of Thundurus will appear in legendary raids
From March 30 onwards, the Therian form of Tornadus will be available in level 5 raids for an undetermined period of time
Every Wednesday in the month there will also be a raid hour with the respective legendary Pokémon. On Monday, March 15, there will also be an additional raid hour.
Are there any Shinys? Yes, all Incarnate forms also appear as Shiny in the game. This is the first time that these Shiny forms appear in the game. The Therian forms will not be available as Shiny.
Below you can see the 3 Shiny forms of the Pokémon.
What happens in Mega raids: There will also be a rotation here. Starting on March 16, there will be a new Mega Pokémon in the raids. However, there is no information on this yet.
Bonus and Spotlight Hours in March
These are the Spotlight Hours: Also in March, there will be a Spotlight Hour every Tuesday. For one hour, a special Pokémon will be highlighted, which will then appear everywhere.
In March, there are the following hours:
March 2, 2021: Krabby is in the spotlight, and there will be double candy for sending Pokémon
March 9, 2021: Swablu will appear particularly often, and there will be double XP for evolving Pokémon
March 16, 2021: Here, Voltorb will appear particularly often, and you will receive double stardust for catching Pokémon
March 23, 2021: Geodude is the Pokémon of this Spotlight Hour, and you will get double XP for caught Pokémon
March 30, 2021: Here, everything revolves around Shelmet, and you will get double candy for catching Pokémon
These are Bonus Hours: On 3 Thursdays in the month, there will be a Bonus Hour. There will then be a special bonus for one hour:
March 4, 2021: Team GO Rocket balloons will appear more frequently in the game
March 11, 2021: You will get more candies for caught Pokémon if they are the same type as your current Mega Evolution
March 18, 2021: A raid hour with Mega Pokémon will appear more frequently for one hour
What’s in the research breakthrough: This month you can look forward to, because Inkay will appear in the breakthrough. You will receive the research breakthrough when you complete field research for 7 days in a row.
This is particularly useful because Inkay is normally a very rare Pokémon, and so you are guaranteed to get it at least once a week and possibly even in its shiny form.
You have a chance to get Shiny Inkay in the breakthrough.
How long will the breakthrough last? You can catch Inkay in the breakthrough until April 1 at 10:00 PM German time. It starts here on March 1 at 10:00 PM.
How special is Inkay: The Pokémon from Generation 6 is considered one of the rarest monsters in the game. Especially right after the release, Inkay was hardly findable.
Meanwhile, there have been some events, including the GO Fest, where Inkay appeared a little more frequently. Outside of events, however, the Pokémon remains very rare.
Especially the Shiny form is rare and sought after, as the hunt for Inkay is already difficult. Once you find one, you need luck for the shiny form. A luck that has probably been scarce for trainers so far.
Special research with Giovanni
What happens with Giovanni: The leader of Team Rocket returns to Pokémon GO, and you can defeat him again in special research. In March, the boss will be bringing a Shadow Articuno with him, which you can catch after the fight.
This special research starts on February 28 at 12:00 PM. After that, there will also be special research with Giovanni in the coming months. The plan looks as follows:
March 2021: Here Giovanni battles with Shadow Articuno
April 2021: Giovanni has Shadow Zapdos
May 2021: Here you must face Giovanni with Shadow Moltres
Giovanni brings Shadow Articuno back into battle.
What needs to be done in the special research? This is still not quite clear. However, in the past, research with Giovanni has all proceeded similarly.
You had to battle grunts and the bosses Cliff, Arlo, and Sierra. Only then did you unlock the Super Rocket Radar for the encounter with Giovanni.
These 5 events are waiting for you
A total of 5 more events have been announced for March 2021. Here is an overview.
On the hunt for legends: From March 9 to March 14, it will be about the search for legendary Pokémon. It will also revolve around the compass Pokémon Nosepass, which can also appear in its shiny form for the first time. So far, there is no further information.
New Smoke Day: On March 14, there will be a Smoke Day in Pokémon GO again. It will focus on Psychic and Steel-type Pokémon, with Drifloon being the highlight. Monsters of these types should be drawn to the event by the smoke.
Thunderbolt: From March 16 to March 22, Electric-type Pokémon will be in focus. This is supposed to be a brand new event, and the specific bonuses are still unknown.
Weather Week: From March 24 to March 29, everything will revolve around the weather in Pokémon GO. Especially Pokémon that have a connection to the weather should appear. A good example is Castform, which adjusts its form according to the weather.
Raid Weekend: On March 27 and March 28, there will be a special Raid Weekend in Pokémon GO. Legendary Pokémon should appear more frequently there. What exactly will await us there is still unknown.
What do you think of the numerous events in the month of March? What are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comments!
In March, there will also be a Community Day with Swablu. You can find the information about it here:
The online shooter S4 League was released in 2008 in Europe. The game became known especially through a television advertisement, in which it was touted as “Europe’s most successful third-person shooter.” In 2021, the game will now be discontinued.
What kind of game is it? S4 League is a free shooter where you compete in groups against other players. PvP is clearly the focus. You fight in action-packed battles, where various skills, weapons, and acrobatic stunts can be used.
You can choose from various game modes, including:
Deathmatch, with 2 teams and 6 players each
Touchdown, a mix of basketball and king of the hill
Chaser – one player gets bonus stats and fights 6 others
A battle royale with 12 players
Why is the game being discontinued? The website states that S4 League is no longer able to sustain itself financially. Therefore, it will be discontinued.
Where do you know S4 League from? The shooter became mainly known through the television advertisement on the Pro7 channel. The game is still advertised today in the gaming section there.
However, the game seems to not have been very large in recent years. There has been little discussion in the game’s subreddit, mostly revolving around high prices in the shop or many bugs in the game.
We have embedded a well-known spot from 2012 here.
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When will it be discontinued? As the developers have announced, S4 League will be discontinued on April 29, 2021. It can still be played until then, but afterward, it will join the group of deceased MMOs.
Since today, February 24, players can no longer invest real money. The shop is still available, and all items there are reduced by 95%.
Are there refunds? Those who have spent Aeria Points in the shop in the last 60 days can have them refunded. However, the support must be contacted for this. More details can be found in the official FAQs.
However, you will only receive Aeria Points back. These can, however, be invested in other games from the company Gamigo.
But for S4 League, it is now over for the time being. Is it the last game to be discontinued in 2021? At least there are still some candidates that could also meet their end this year. We have looked at some games on MeinMMO that could meet their end in 2021.
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Season 2 of Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War launched on Thursday, February 25, and brought several changes and new content. You can find the main adjustments of the two shooters here on MeinMMO.
What does Season 2 bring? On February 25, Season 2 of Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War launched early in the morning. The new season brings a lot of fresh content and many adjustments:
To give you an overview of what Season 2 brought, MeinMMO summarizes the patch notes for you in English.
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The current roadmap for Season 2
Cold War & Warzone: What both CoDs share in Season 2
What’s coming for both CoDs? The battle royale Warzone works hand in hand with the current premium title Cold War, and both share content from the new season. In Season 2, this means:
Especially the new weapons are exciting. The LC 10 is a submachine gun, and the FARA 83 is an assault rifle. They are among the most popular weapon classes and are likely to receive a lot of attention in both games.
Additionally, for the first time, a joint event of two CoDs takes place: Outbreak. In the in-game menu, you will now find the tab “Outbreak Event” at the top, where you can view challenges that promise rewards. You have to complete about half of the tasks in Warzone and the rest in the new zombie mode Outbreak in Cold War. Find out here what makes the new Outbreak mode special.
CoD Warzone: Update 1.32 on 25.02. – Patch Notes
How big is the update? This depends on the platform you are playing on. Developer Raven provides the following sizes in the patch notes:
PS5: 17 GB
PS4: 17 GB
Xbox Series X|S: 17.9 GB
Xbox One: 17.9 GB
PC: 16.9 GB (Warzone only)
PC: 20.8 GB (Warzone & Cold War)
What’s coming for Warzone? In Season 1, everything revolved around the new map Rebirth Island. With Season 2, the story in Warzone shifts towards zombies. Along with the focus theme “Outbreak” in Cold War, one can almost call it a zombie season.
The most exciting new features for Warzone in Season 2 are:
The new modes
Adjustments to the Verdansk map
Zombies in Verdansk
The Outbreak event
The adjustments in detail
In total, the CoD developers announced two new modes for the battle royale in Season 2. One of them is already online at the season start: Rebirth Resurgence Extreme.
In this mode, you start a trio match on Rebirth Island in “Resurgence” mode, where fallen soldiers return for a while as long as a teammate is still alive. However, in the “extreme” variant, you go with 90 players to the small island instead of just 40.
The adjustments to the Warzone map Verdansk are already online. There are a few new locations, but some have also been removed:
Shipwreck – The cargo ship “Vodianoy” has run aground on the coast near the Gulag and is now fully accessible
Rocket Silos – Under the Spomenik monuments at the military base, the Tavorsk Park, and the Grazna Hills, rocket silos are now accessible
With the new “Point-of-Interest” Shipwreck in the south near the Gulag, zombies are also coming to the area. Each match offers a certain number of NPC zombies that gather at the shipwreck below. With the undead, you can complete your Outbreak event tasks, and each time all zombies are eliminated, a big loot crate with good stuff appears in the wreck. Warzone is therefore not introducing zombie modes for Outbreak tasks but rather adding zombies as a new element to the map Verdansk.
The ship now belongs to the map – just like its rotting passengers.
Not only the new POIs and zombies change the Warzone. The closure of certain areas also alters the map. With the closing of the listed bunkers, there will no longer be any red keycards. The six bunkers are exactly the bunkers with the red keycards.
Additionally, there is the Outbreak event. In Warzone, you can unlock 9 themed zombie cosmetics through challenges. For all tasks, you need to eliminate the new zombies below at the shipwreck in various ways – sometimes with vehicles, sometimes with primary equipment. If you also complete the 9 challenges from Cold War, you will receive a special weapon skin as a reward.
The weapon skin “Gray Cells” for the LW3 Tundra is available as a reward.
Warzone: Balancing, bug fixes & first playlist in Season 2
What adjustments were made? In addition to the new content and map changes, developers showcase adjustments to gameplay and several bug fixes:
Floor loot in Warzone has been changed
The longer players are in the gas, the more damage they take (Anti-Stim Glitch)
Adjustments to some attachments descriptions of the weapons from Cold War
Spawn issues in the Gulag have been fixed
Some challenges have been repaired
Heart rate sensor now does not show players with Ghost in the killcam
If you want to take a look at the complete patch notes in English, you can find them on a website from Raven Software.
What does the playlist look like? With Season 2, a new playlist has also been added. These modes can be played at the start of the season in Warzone:
Battle Royale Solo / Duo / Trio / Squad
Rebirth Resurgence Extreme
Cash Grab: Blood Money Trio
CoD Cold War: Update 1.13 on 25.02. – Patch Notes
How big is the update? As with Warzone, it also depends on your platform here. Developer Treyarch provides the following update sizes:
PS4: 11.5 GB
PS5: 19.6 GB
XBox One: 15.0 GB
XBox Series X|S: 25.1 GB
PC: 30.85 GB
What’s coming for Cold War? The content for the multiplayer of Cold War is rather modest at the start of the season. The focus here is apparently on the new zombie mode “Outbreak”. More content for the multiplayer is expected to arrive during Season 2, but at launch, there is:
New maps & modes
Map updates & improvements
New score streak
Updates for League Play
The zombie mode “Outbreak”
Expansion of the zombie mode
The adjustments in detail
As a new map, there is the 6v6 map “Apocalypse”. It is set in the jungle of Laos, near the Vietnamese border, and is thus a map with a lot of jungle. The story behind the map revolves around the new operator “Naga”, who is supposed to stop a team led by operator Woods that is searching for the kidnapped “Eagle”.
A new mode in Cold War is available at launch, the “Gun Game.” This popular party mode is already known from earlier CoDs. You are handed a random weapon, and with each kill, your firearm changes. After a death, however, you go back to the previous weapon. The soldier who lands a kill with all selected weapons first wins the game.
There is also a new score streak: Death Machine. This is a minigun that you can use for 2,200 points at your leisure. The streak is also available in the zombie mode.
The new 6v6 map is set in the jungle of Laos.
While there is only one 6v6 map at the start, there are extensive adjustments to other maps:
Cartel
Crossroads Strike
Moscow
Satellite
Raid
Express
If you want to see the adjustments to the maps in detail, check the patch notes on a Treyarch website. Here you’ll find screenshots with a slider showing you the map before and after the changes. Among them is, for example, an adjustment to the camper bushes on Cartel.
In the ranked mode “League Play”, there were also comprehensive changes – especially to the score streaks. You now have only the cruise missile and artillery available, and your streak points are reset to 0 upon death. However, both streaks cost less – artillery: 1,600 points / cruise missile: 2,000 points.
The zombie mode Outbreak is the highlight of the season start in Cold War. The new PvE mode sends you on missions and takes you solo or in a 4-player squad onto zombie-infested fireteam maps. You must fight your way through hordes, complete your tasks, and after defeating a map, you can decide whether to continue or start an evacuation to end the round. Here you’ll find out what four game modes “Outbreak” offers you.
Outbreak sends you on nasty missions against zombies.
The zombie mode is even getting bigger. There is a new field upgrade (Rushing Guardian), more tier levels for your equipment, and a new ammunition type. Particularly exciting are these tier levels. There are now two new types of etherium crystals with which you can upgrade your anti-zombie equipment to level 4 and level 5. This will make the weapons, perks, and equipment even stronger. The better crystals can be obtained in the new Outbreak mode or by completing high round numbers in the regular zombie mode.
Cold War: Balancing, bug fixes & first playlist in Season 2
What adjustments were there? In addition to the new content, there were also gameplay adjustments and a few bug fixes. The most important ones are listed here:
New vehicles for Outbreak and Multi-Team modes: Sedan (normal car) and a light truck
Shot tracking added to the combat history of the weapons
Adjustments to jumping – lower jump height, thus less landing damage
Zombie camos should now work in private games
Dead Ops Arcade can now also be played entirely in first-person mode
Many adjustments on the zombie map “Firebase Z”
The changes are comprehensive, and we summarize only the most important ones here. If you want to see the complete patch notes in English, check out the Treyarch website.
What does the playlist look like? If you dive into the multiplayer mode after the launch of Season 2, the following modes will be available to you:
Season 2 brings a comprehensive overhaul and provides Warzone with map adjustments, Cold War with new maps & modes, zombie fans with fresh content, and on top of that, there’s the battle pass. For the further course of the season, you can expect even more content, but there is currently no timeline for that. A preview of the missing content for the new season can be found in our special for Season 2 of Cold War & Warzone.
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In Fortnite: Battle Royale, several factors come into play regarding the chances of winning. But what about fairness when we look at matchmaking and crossplay? Let us know your opinion on how fair you really find Fortnite.
Here’s what it’s about: The chances of winning in Fortnite can be influenced by various things in a match – whether it’s the chosen landing spot, the location of the deadly storm zone, or the loot you encounter. However, matchmaking can already determine what opponents you will face before the match.
Matchmaking with skill-based searching and mixed platforms can be just right for some and may not be liked at all by others. A letter from MeinMMO user Rybar has drawn our attention to the topic of “fairness in Fortnite”, and therefore we now want to know from you: How fair do you find the current matchmaking in the game?
Matchmaking and Crossplay in Fortnite
This is skill-based matchmaking: In Fortnite, skill-based matchmaking was introduced in Season 10. This system ensures that players with similar skills are matched up in a round. Players are therefore more likely to encounter opponents of equal strength. The better you become, the stronger your opponents will be.
There have been recurring doubts about whether matchmaking has been removed, but Epic has never confirmed this – it should still be active. The system works by observing players’ performance in a match (for example, a victory) and then ranking them. This way, opponents of the same strength are found.
This is how crossplay works: In matchmaking, not only are opponents with similar skills chosen on your platform. Fortnite mixes all platforms and lets you compete against each other. So PS4 players play against PC players or even mobile users. Here too, it is checked whether your opponents are equally strong.
An analysis by Epic from 2020 revealed that more than 60% of all Fortnite players use crossplay while playing, teaming up with players from other platforms.
How can I vote? In the survey tool below, you can choose how fair you find the matchmaking. Please note that the voting is final. You cannot change your choice once it has been submitted.
So tell us: What do you think about matchmaking? Do you think it’s good as it is, or is it unfair? Which aspects do you particularly like and which ones not at all? Or do you not care about matchmaking at all?
The survey ends on February 28.
Have fun voting and share your further opinions on matchmaking with us in the comments!
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WoW players finally want to be able to tackle the Legion raids solo. However, the WoW director has some bad news – that will take a while.
Many players of World of Warcraft only check out the latest content for a few weeks before moving on to another activity: Farming old raids. However, that is not going well in Shadowlands like it was during Battle for Azeroth. The game director revealed when that will change again – it could unfortunately be a good year away. At least that is what the WoW director says.
What was said? In a conversation with the Chinese site Gamersky, game director Ion Hazzikostas talked about the issue. He was approached about the fact that some bosses, like Eonar in Antorus, are still very difficult even with the currently best gear. Hazzikostas explained:
Regarding the difficulty of farming [old content], our principle is: At the end of an expansion, you will be relatively easy able to solo the content from two expansions ago. So at the end of Shadowlands, it should be easy to defeat the bosses of Legion – you may not take them down in one shot, but you will be able to beat them.
When the time comes, a large part of the players will be able to go back and farm Legion content. Or even BfA content, perhaps with a small group.
Why was that easier before? The problem doesn’t seem to be that the scaling of old raids is currently not working. The problem was rather that players were exceptionally strong during “Battle for Azeroth.” This lies in the numerous stacked systems that built upon each other. In addition to the already powerful Azerite gear, there was the Heart of Azeroth with additional active and passive abilities, as well as in later patches the Corruption effects that made up as much as 50% of the damage in some cases.
What does the community say? Many players who would like to farm Legion content currently are dissatisfied. They feel weaker in these raids than during Battle for Azeroth, which is due to the systems mentioned above that have all been removed. A few players understand that Blizzard had to rein in players’ power again to avoid falling into an endless spiral, but the dissatisfaction about this remains.
It feels bad that currently, one can only master content that was easy to master during Battle for Azeroth with difficulty. However, it seems that the system is working as intended again – even if that means raids like Antorus might still be too difficult for most classes for a while.
What do you think about the game director’s opinion? Is that a good principle? Or should the old raids be further nerfed since they could once be easily completed solo?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Ashe thanked the brave women who had shared their stories. Now she could share hers and finally move on.
In the summer of 2020, numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct emerged in the gaming scene. A tweet from June 20, in which a streamer made allegations against a Destiny streamer, was a kind of dam break. As a result, many victims shared their stories on social media.
YouTuber Wants to Ride Out the Scandal, but It Doesn’t Work
This is how it continued: The reports on Twitter triggered a backlash against Mini Ladd. He released a relatively short video on YouTube in the summer of 2020, in which he did not go much into the allegations. Mini Ladd emphasized that he was now returning to Northern Ireland to his homeland and would begin therapy.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Ashe thanked the brave women who had shared their stories. Now she could share hers and finally move on.
In the summer of 2020, numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct emerged in the gaming scene. A tweet from June 20, in which a streamer made allegations against a Destiny streamer, was a kind of dam break. As a result, many victims shared their stories on social media.
YouTuber Wants to Ride Out the Scandal, but It Doesn’t Work
This is how it continued: The reports on Twitter triggered a backlash against Mini Ladd. He released a relatively short video on YouTube in the summer of 2020, in which he did not go much into the allegations. Mini Ladd emphasized that he was now returning to Northern Ireland to his homeland and would begin therapy.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Ashe thanked the brave women who had shared their stories. Now she could share hers and finally move on.
In the summer of 2020, numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct emerged in the gaming scene. A tweet from June 20, in which a streamer made allegations against a Destiny streamer, was a kind of dam break. As a result, many victims shared their stories on social media.
YouTuber Wants to Ride Out the Scandal, but It Doesn’t Work
This is how it continued: The reports on Twitter triggered a backlash against Mini Ladd. He released a relatively short video on YouTube in the summer of 2020, in which he did not go much into the allegations. Mini Ladd emphasized that he was now returning to Northern Ireland to his homeland and would begin therapy.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Ashe thanked the brave women who had shared their stories. Now she could share hers and finally move on.
In the summer of 2020, numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct emerged in the gaming scene. A tweet from June 20, in which a streamer made allegations against a Destiny streamer, was a kind of dam break. As a result, many victims shared their stories on social media.
YouTuber Wants to Ride Out the Scandal, but It Doesn’t Work
This is how it continued: The reports on Twitter triggered a backlash against Mini Ladd. He released a relatively short video on YouTube in the summer of 2020, in which he did not go much into the allegations. Mini Ladd emphasized that he was now returning to Northern Ireland to his homeland and would begin therapy.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
After more than half a year of drama, Twitch has permanently banned the big YouTuber and streamer Craig “Mini Ladd” Thompson (26). He had been embroiled in a scandal since the summer of 2020: He allegedly approached underage women virtually. He confessed this in a video and apologized for his behavior. Twitch apparently took this as an admission of guilt.
This is what Twitch says: The streaming platform Twitch has permanently banned the streamer “Mini Ladd.”
“We take appropriate action when we have evidence that a user has violated our community guidelines or our terms of service.”
Twitch
This is Mini Ladd on Twitch: The 26-year-old streamer has 750,000 followers, but he hardly streams.
He had not been on air since June 2020, and even before that, he only streamed sporadically. Mini Ladd is a big influencer on YouTube, using Twitch as a secondary channel.
This is Mini Ladd on YouTube: On YouTube, Mini Ladd was a big deal at his peak. He had over 5.5 million subscribers there.
His most successful videos are “try not to laugh” challenges that reached over 12 million views. He also uploaded gaming videos for games like Mario Kart, Golf It, or GTA.
2 Women Make Allegations Against YouTube Star
This was the break: On June 23, 2020, two women, Halley and Ash, spoke out on Twitter. They wrote that Mini Ladd had manipulated them when they were still minors.
Halley wrote that he had contacted her when she was 16 and he was over 20. They had intimate conversations, and he had sent her photos of himself in underwear to show how well-endowed he was. Most of the time, he apparently talked about how he wanted to win back his ex-girlfriend.
Halley accused the YouTuber of having manipulated her and played with her feelings. Mini Ladd must have known that she had a crush on him – he just used her for an ego boost. It’s totally bizarre to say things to a minor that he said (via twitter).
The other woman, Ashe, writes on Twitter:
She was a big fan of Mini Ladd 4 years ago when she was 17.
To her surprise, he actually reached out to a group of fans, which included her.
Mini Ladd then picked her out of this fan group and sought closer contact with her.
Quickly, it became about her virginity. Ashe said: Mini Ladd asked her if he could deflower her. She answered positively.
As a result, they never met each other, but the relationship remained sexually on a virtual level. After the relationship waned, she felt used by someone she had looked up to (via twitter).
Halley said that now that this has come to light, she feels as though a huge burden has been lifted from her.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Ashe thanked the brave women who had shared their stories. Now she could share hers and finally move on.
In the summer of 2020, numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct emerged in the gaming scene. A tweet from June 20, in which a streamer made allegations against a Destiny streamer, was a kind of dam break. As a result, many victims shared their stories on social media.
YouTuber Wants to Ride Out the Scandal, but It Doesn’t Work
This is how it continued: The reports on Twitter triggered a backlash against Mini Ladd. He released a relatively short video on YouTube in the summer of 2020, in which he did not go much into the allegations. Mini Ladd emphasized that he was now returning to Northern Ireland to his homeland and would begin therapy.
After that time, he no longer streamed on Twitch. And when he uploaded videos on YouTube, they received downvotes, and he was repeatedly confronted in the comments about his misconduct.
This is what the comment section under the apology video looks like. People express their displeasure.
Mini Ladd Apologizes – Says He was Suicidal
This was apparently the reason for the ban: His last YouTube video came out at the end of 2020. In it, Mini Ladd said he wanted to go into the new year with a clear conscience. He admitted that he had behaved improperly towards his underage Twitch moderator Halley and completely wrongly towards Ashe.
He said that was not him. He regrets his behavior since then.
He explained that in 2017 he had been suicidal. However, that should not be an excuse. Mini Ladd confessed that he panicked over the danger of losing his YouTube career and tried to contain the damage. During that time, he only made things worse.
Also in this video on YouTube, fans are unforgiving. It has almost 174,000 downvotes, with only 57,000 upvotes.
Because Mini Ladd openly admits in the video to having approached his then-underage Twitch moderator inappropriately, the Twitch ban apparently followed.
In the summer of 2020, many cases of sexual misconduct came to light. We covered some on MeinMMO:
Mini Ladd had already not shown anything new on Twitch for months before the ban. On YouTube, he also stopped the regular updates in 2021. He has since lost over 500,000 subscribers.
The accusation at hand is “grooming,” the manipulation of underage women to lead them to sexual acts. This is a highly sensitive topic that provokes outrage.
We reported on a similar case in October 2020. The LoL streamer Hashinshin says the allegations of grooming against him were staged by women who wanted to blackmail him:
Call of Duty distributes its new content for free through seasons across its current games. For the new Season 2, the CoD creators released a gameplay trailer and a roadmap revealing many details about the next content cycle. In this article, you will find:
MeinMMO compiles all the information and shows what unclear hints in the trailer or the roadmap could mean. We also rely on partially unofficial information or experience. You can watch the gameplay trailer here:
https://youtu.be/JA0N7CVn0G4
Update February 25: Season 2 is now live. Enjoy the new content.
Update February 24: We have updated the update times and completed information on the roadmap.
Update February 19: Cinematic trailer swapped for the gameplay trailer and the roadmap added. We have updated almost the entire text and incorporated the new information.
Update February 18: The Outbreak mode for zombies in Cold War is coming. Call of Duty leaked an image on the official homepage. Under the heading “Content for Cold War in Season 2”, you will find the image and more information.
Update February 17: There is now a trailer for Season 2 that provides hints about new content for the next season. We have embedded the trailer and included the hints in the text.
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Cold War & Warzone Season 2 – Trailer, Release and Update
When does the new Season 2 come to Warzone & Cold War? Season 2 started today, on Thursday, February 25.
There was a preload for the patch, or rather, the patches:
How large is the update? Depending on which platform you play on, you will need to download differently sized files.
Here are the sizes for the Cold War patch:
PS4: 11.5 GB
PS5: 19.6 GB
XBox One: 15.0 GB
XBox Series X: 25.1 GB
PC: 30.85 GB
This is the size of the Warzone update:
PS5: 17.0 GB
PS4: 17.0 GB
XboxSeries X|S: 17.9 GB
XboxOne: 17.9 GB
PC: 16.9 GB/ 20.8 GB
Here you see the first roadmap for Season 2:
Call of Duty: Season 2 Battle Pass
What does the Battle Pass bring? As in every season since the launch of Modern Warfare, the new Season 2 also brings a fresh Battle Pass into the game. For 1,000 CoD Points (about 10 euros), you get the opportunity to unlock more than 100 cosmetic and bonus items. However, you must earn the tiers with experience points. Here’s what to expect:
Warzone & Cold War Battle Pass Season 2 with 100 tiers
Even if you do not want to spend the 1,000 CoD Points for the pass, you can earn items. In the Season 1 pass, 24 of the 100 tiers were free.
The two new weapons coming to the game are always part of the free tiers and thus accessible to every player.
Who is the poster boy / poster girl of Season 2? Each season introduces a new operator that you unlock as soon as you purchase the Battle Pass. The story of the season usually revolves around this operator. Season 1 introduced an old enemy of the operator Adler – Stitch.
It is not yet certain, but currently, everything suggests that the nasty “Naga” will be the face of the next season. He is also prominently featured on the roadmap.
Which operators are also coming to the game? Besides the villain Naga, other operators will also come to the game throughout the season:
Maxis – A tough fighter from the zombie mode
Rivas – A lively soldier with a penchant for crossbows
Wolf – Comrade of Woods who loves his minigun
How you will obtain the new operators is still unknown. Leaks have already shown purchasable bundles for “Maxis”. It is currently likely that you will only obtain these 3 operators through premium currency.
The CoD Battle Pass offers a lot of items to unlock.
Season 2 has some weapons in sight
Which weapons could be in the Battle Pass? The two new weapons for the start of Season 2 are known:
LC10: SMG at tier 31 of the Battle Pass – This appears to be the SMG “Scorpion” that has appeared in several earlier CoDs
FARA 83: Assault rifle at tier 15 of the Battle Pass – This rifle appears to be inspired by the Israeli weapon IMI Galil
What weapons are also hinted at? In the lead-up to the season, some hints of many new weapons surfaced through data leaks. The roadmap now specifically shows which tools will come into the arsenal throughout the season:
R1 Shadowhunter – A powerful crossbow
ZRG 20MM – A sniper rifle with high bullet velocity but low rate of fire
E-Tool – A shovel as a melee weapon
Machete – A large knife with deadly properties
There are also ongoing speculations that weapons from Modern Warfare could come to Warzone. Currently, however, nothing suggests that the pistol, LMG, and SMG from the survival mode will come to the Battle Royale. Especially since the Sykov pistol would be OP in Battle Royale.
Content for Cold War in Season 2 – Maps, modes, equipment
What maps does Season 2 bring at the start? In terms of 6vs6 maps, some players might be disappointed by the new season’s start. The roadmap only announces a normal 6vs6 map:
Apocalypse – A jungle map in Laos, on the edge of the Vietnamese border
For the duration of the season, the roadmap shows three more maps:
Golova – A “multi-team” map, likely for larger modes like “Fireteam”
Mansion – A small firefight map
Miami Strike – A version of the Miami map during the day
What maps could come? Even though the roadmap currently does not reveal more, there are some hints in the files about even more maps. However, it is unclear when or if these maps will come into the game:
Echolon – A mix of the classic maps “Highrise” & “Dome”
Dune – Fireteam map in a desert style near the Ural Mountains
Data for 5 classic maps – Firing Range / Summit / Jungle / High Jacket / Standoff / Slums
Are there updates on new equipment? Like in Season 1, the new season also brings a fresh killstreak into play. This time it’s the “Death Machine.” This is a minigun that you can unlock during a match. However, you will have to wait; this new toy is set to arrive later in the season.
The roadmap only shows one killstreak, but the trailer suggests that the “Annihilator” could also come into play. This is a one-shot revolver with significant damage.
Other equipment that data miners have found in the files, but whose release is not yet certain:
Firing Shield – Field Upgrade: A shield that can be deployed and fired from. Similar to the field gun from CoD MW
Barbed Wire – Field Upgrade: A barricade made of barbed wire
Flamethrower – Scorestreak: Already seen in press images from Cold War
K9 Unit – Scorestreak: A dog unit for deployment
Strafe Run – Scorestreak: A precision airstrike
Cold War: Zombies gets a new mode: Outbreak
What is Outbreak? This is a new zombie mode that plays on the large fireteam maps and is set to launch with the start of the season.
With Outbreak comes a new zombie map with four new modes, differing significantly from the previous tasks in “Die Maschine” and “Firebase Z”. The map will be significantly larger and offer new content like vehicles.
This is part of Warzone and an “Outbreak Challenge Event” that runs from February 25 to March 11.
Content for Warzone in Season 2 – Map adjustments and Outbreak event
What can be expected for Warzone in Season 2? The trailer and roadmap also showcase content for the battle royale Warzone:
The new weapons will come into play
An Outbreak event with zombie content
New modes
Map adjustments
Speculations about the nuke event
What is currently very certain: the two new weapons from the Battle Pass and the later released weapons will also come to Warzone. Additionally, with the new season, the “Outbreak Challenge Event” will start.
How this will work exactly is still unknown. Due to some leaks of a joint event with Cold War, one can currently expect that zombie modes will again come into Warzone, similar to the Halloween event. You can unlock cosmetic items through challenges and have a chance at special weapon skins if you complete all challenges.
The event is also likely related to the storm and the ship that have been waiting off the coast for the season launch.
A strange ship is drifting off the coast…
What new modes are coming? The roadmap shows 2 new game modes for the battle royale:
Resurrection Extreme – Season Start
Exfiltration – Throughout the season
Resurrection Extreme is a new mode for the small map Rebirth Island and brings even more action to the small island. You play by the rules of the “Revive” mode, and as long as a team member is alive, fallen teammates return. However, 90 players will be on the map and not just 40.
Exfiltration is basically a normal battle royale in Verdansk, but with a special twist. There’s a device on the map that one team can capture. If a team captures the device and can protect it long enough, the squad wins the round. However, while capturing, the team is marked, similar to a “Most Wanted” contract. The mode will be released later in the season. More details about the two new modes can be found in our special:
However, the trailer clearly showed changes in Verdansk. There will be new underground areas, and rocket silos on the map are apparently opening up. Therefore, with Season 2, there will definitely be adjustments. However, it is unclear whether you can enter the new areas at the start or only later in the season.
A rocket silo opens at the monument over the military base.
What about a nuke event? Persistent rumors about a nuke event in Verdansk have been circulating, which could change or completely remove the map from the game. In the trailer, it says, “Learn about the beginnings of the end” – CoD expert “TheXclusiceAce” sees this as a hint at the end of Verdansk. In his English YouTube video, he suggests that this ending refers to the downfall of Verdansk.
The opening of the rocket silo has reignited rumors of the nuke event.
For example, there is speculation that operator Adler was brought to Verdansk during the Cold War after the story of Season 1 by his enemy Stitch. Stitch might be in Verdansk and could possibly be responsible for the appearance of zombies, using the gas from Rebirth Island, Nova 6, and samples from secret zombie research.
The city would be completely destroyed following the zombie attack in order to eliminate the undead hordes. However, it remains unclear whether this would occur in the story setting of the official “Cold War” or in the story of Modern Warfare.
It will be exciting to see what new content comes with Season 2. Currently, the possibilities are vast, and in the next week, it will show whether Season 2 can convince. Perhaps CoD can even change the opinion regarding the integration of “Cold War” into Warzone. So far, only a few of our readers are convinced by the integration.
You will find the most important information about the new season again here at MeinMMO.
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In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and CoD: Warzone, the new Season 2 is starting soon. This traditionally comes with a larger update. However, it won’t be released all at once. MeinMMO explains when exactly what will arrive.
But before you can dive into the fresh content, you need to download the new update for Season 2. And the patch won’t be released all at once. So when does it actually start? When does which update come?
The Season 2 patches for CoD Cold War and Warzone will come separately, and the respective updates will not be available for all players to download at the same time. Apparently, this is to keep server load as low as possible.
When will the Cold War update for Season 2 come? First, players will be able to download the Season 2 update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The patch should be available for download on Wednesday, February 24, between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM German time and is already live for us.
However, when it will start for you within this time window is random. The patch will be available to different players at different times. After that, the update should be able to be downloaded at any time.
Coming with Season 2: The new Outbreak mode for zombies
When will the Warzone update for Season 2 come? The update for Season 2 for Call of Duty: Warzone is set to follow a day later and should be available on Thursday, February 25, between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM German time. Here, too, it seems to depend on chance when exactly you can download the update during this period. After that, it should be possible any time.
When exactly does the new Season 2 start?
Update February 25, 06:00 AM: According to Treyarch, Season 2 is now live. So if you have downloaded the updates (for Warzone and/or Cold War), you can apparently start.
Are you excited about the new Season 2 and are you there right at the start, or are the upcoming contents not motivating enough to get you back into the game?
The shooter Anthem has been struggling with issues since its release. There has been speculation for a while about whether the further development might be discontinued. Now it is officially confirmed that EA and BioWare will no longer work on Anthem Next or any updates in general.
This is what Bioware says: In an emotional blog post, Christian Dailey announced that the work on Anthem and the overhaul Anthem 2.0 or Next will be discontinued.
While it has been hard at work on the game since its release, as Dailey emphasized, 2020 was a difficult year due to COVID, and productivity was generally lower:
2020 was a year like no other, and while we at Bioware continue to make progress on all of our game projects, working from home during the pandemic has affected our productivity, and not everything that we had planned as a studio before COVID-19 can be achieved without excessive stress on our teams.
Therefore, they have now decided to cease work and focus on upcoming titles from Mass Effect and Dragon Age, as well as to bring new updates for the MMORPG SWTOR.
In conclusion, he thanked the Anthem community:
To the Anthem community: Thank you for your passion and creativity. Your feedback and suggestions certainly help shape the direction of the team, and on a personal note, your kindness and encouragement over the past year were very much needed.
What’s next for Anthem? Anthem is not to be discontinued for the time being. The game will continue in its current state. However, there will be no updates.
It is unclear how long the servers will ultimately remain online.
Anthem is being shelved after a long struggle
This is how the development of Anthem went: Anthem was released in February 2019. It quickly became clear that while the fundamental gameplay of Anthem could be convincing, the game systems could not. Especially the issue of loot was criticized.
Anthem was supposed to run for 10 years, but soon after the release, crucial updates were missing. Barely a year after release, it was stated that a major rework was to come: Anthem 2.0.
From March to November 2020, sporadic blog posts and Twitter messages about the status of Anthem Next were published.
This is the team that was originally supposed to handle Anthem Next.
Electronic Arts pulls the plug on Anthem
What was happening with Anthem Next? Anthem 2.0 (or Anthem Next) apparently spent a year and a half in an “incubator” stage. This was already a stopgap, as far as we know from insider reports:
Originally, a team in Austin, Texas, who had previously worked on the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was supposed to oversee the further development of Anthem
Moreover, it became apparent that Anthem could not be saved with “normal updates”. Hence, the project “Anthem Next” was initiated, a major overhaul of the game.
The project began in an “incubator” mode with a small team of 30 people – they were apparently supposed to do the groundwork
At first, according to insider reports, the team in Texas was still hopeful and looking forward to “saving Anthem” and had a clear vision
Now, on the 2nd anniversary of the game, in February 2021, this incubator phase of Anthem was over. EA had to decide whether to move into full production of Anthem Next or not.
Apparently, they decided against it.
Observers had foreseen this development. For it was not clear how EA could make money with Anthem Next again. Early on, BioWare and EA had ruled out charging for DLCs for the game.
A further development would likely have simply been too expensive.
Anthem was designed in 2019 as a game meant to capitalize on the significant success of Destiny. However, this game is also not as strong as it was a few years ago. Much seems to indicate that loot shooters are generally in a crisis. MeinMMO editor Schuhmann took a closer look at the situation:
In Valheim, you can breed wild boars, wolves, and Lox, allowing you to quickly and effectively obtain their resources. In our guide, we explain what preparations you need to make and what to watch out for.
At the start of your journey, you need a relatively large amount of leather scraps to craft tools and items. Constantly hunting wild boars can take a lot of time. Therefore, it is advisable to always have a supply of leather in your own backyard.
This is easy to do by simply taming and breeding the necessary pigs. They will multiply directly in your base, allowing you to easily obtain meat and scraps. Here’s how.
Note: This guide was first published on February 10, 2021. On February 24, 2021, it was supplemented by taming wolves and Lox.
Catching and Feeding Wild Boars in an Enclosure
This is how you catch a wild boar: Wild boars are aggressive animals and will chase you if you attack them or get too close. Therefore, you need to be careful when approaching them, as you must not scare them away.
To tame a wild boar, you need to feed it. Sneak close to one of the animals without scaring it, and throw it some food from your inventory. Simply drag the corresponding item from your inventory into the world or click on it while holding the Ctrl key.
Once the wild boar sees the food, it will start to eat it, as long as it is hungry.
What can I feed them? Wild boars primarily eat food that they find near the ground. From my own experience, they prefer red mushrooms. You can also feed them raspberries and blueberries.
How long does it take? Once the wild boar has eaten, a progress bar for the taming will appear. 10 red mushrooms are enough to tame a wild boar.
You will receive a notification showing how far the taming has progressed.
The taming takes a while. You can leave the animal unattended, as the presence of a player is not necessary during taming. You will receive a message once the taming is successful.
After successfully taming the wild boar, you will receive an indication of its well-being. With “E”, you can additionally pet the animal, but currently, there is no benefit to doing so.
Preparation for Taming Wild Boars
After you have tamed wild boars, they will roam freely. To prevent them from running away, you should build your own enclosure. An enclosure also makes it easier for you to tame them, as the animals cannot escape from it.
In an enclosure, the wild boars also feel comfortable in Valheim – including their offspring.
This is how you build an enclosure for wild boars: To build in Valheim, you need a workbench in the immediate vicinity. Wild boars frequently appear in meadows, and we recommend building the enclosure there.
Once the workbench is set up, you can level the ground with a hoe. The ground does not need to be perfectly aligned; it is sufficient if you can place fences properly. The so-called “Skigard” can be learned in the game at an early stage and costs you only 1 x wood.
Separate an area with the Skigards and leave a passage open. In this passage, you can either place a large gate or another Skigard if the wild boar is trapped in the enclosure.
This is how you use the enclosure: Approach a wild boar and let it follow you. It will not stop chasing you if you remain within range.
Run with the wild boar in tow to the end of the enclosure. Once the animal is in the enclosure, place a Skigard to close it. If you have secured the entrance with a gate, close both doors.
Then, move away from the enclosure and wait until the animal calms down. Afterwards, you can sneak or walk closer to the enclosure and begin feeding and taming.
To feed the animals, look into the enclosure, open your inventory, and drag the food out of the inventory slot. This way, your character will throw the item away. It does not matter whether the food is stacked or thrown individually into the enclosure.
Do you want to breed wild boars in Valheim? This only works if the animals mate in captivity. However, this is only possible if you keep at least two animals in an enclosure. Both must be tamed. Additionally, there must be enough food for the animals in the enclosure.
This is what you need to consider to obtain piglets: Based on our author’s experience, wild boars only reproduce up to a certain number. After initial estimations, a maximum of six tamed wild boars per workbench area is possible.
Once you have two tamed wild boars in your enclosure that are happy and well-fed, hearts will appear above their heads during mating. After a while, you will be able to welcome little piglets into the world of Valheim.
The little piglets feel comfortable – until we go after them.
What do I do with the wild boars? Unfortunately, wild boars do not actively produce resources. To obtain leather scraps, you still need to kill them. This might be a bit difficult at first, especially when you see the little piglets growing up. If you still want to kill them, it’s best to use a bow and arrow. This way, only one animal dies, and you won’t risk accidentally injuring another animal when handling a spear in the enclosure.
Besides leather scraps, wild boars can also provide you with trophies and meat. The loot drops from the animals are random. From our experience, wild boars most frequently drop scraps, followed by meat and trophies, which are dropped less frequently.
In addition to wild boars, you can also tame wolves in Valheim. The animals reside in the mountains and can be a danger to life and limb in packs. Without wolf armor, it is also very cold in the mountains, and you can die from the cold. We, therefore, recommend setting up a camp near the mountains and building an enclosure for taming there, similar to the wild boars.
This is how to build a secure enclosure to tame wolves: Wolves attack not only you but also objects you have built. Since a wolf’s attack is very strong, the taming enclosure should not be made of Skigards, but of palisades.
To quickly leave the enclosure, place a 1×1 ground block at its end that you can use to escape the enclosure later.
This is how you catch a wolf in Valheim: Wolves are aggressive animals and will chase you as soon as you get too close. To fend off their attacks, you should carry a bronze or higher shield. Once you find a wolf and have drawn its aggression, run to the previously built enclosure and lock the animal inside.
This is how you tame the wolf: Wolves eat raw meat. Throw this into the enclosure and quickly move away. The aggression range of wolves is larger compared to wild boars, and they will only start to eat after you have moved away.
To tame a wolf, you should throw a stack of raw meat into the enclosure. After some time, the taming is successful, and you can command the wolf to follow you with “E”.
Wolves are faithful companions in Valheim and also provide fur and meat.
This is how wolves breed in Valheim: To obtain wolf puppies, you must have at least two tamed wolves in an enclosure. In addition, there must be enough raw meat available in the enclosure for them to mate. Hearts will appear above the animals as soon as mating occurs. After a short time, you’ll be able to celebrate new pups with the wolves.
Small, cute, and quite hungry: puppy wolves in Valheim.
Taming Lox in Valheim
Lox may seem very cozy and peaceful at first glance despite their size. However, like wild boars and wolves, they are aggressive and will attack you if you get too close.
You can find these animals in the plains and feed them moltberries and barley. Like with wolves and wild boars, you can lure the animals into an enclosure, making it easier to tame them. In our tests for the guide, stone walls proved to be very effective.
What you can do with a Lox: Currently, you can only tame and interact with Lox if you have tamed them. As of February 24, 2021, it is still not possible to breed the animals. If this changes with an update, you’ll find out here.
Lox are leisurely and primarily feed on moltberries.
Lox provide you with fur and Lox meat that you can use for cooking. From this, you can prepare Lox meat pie, which is one of the best foods in Valheim.
With a little practice, breeding wild boars, wolves, and Lox in Valheim is easy to learn. With the tamed animals, you obtain a reliable source of leather scraps and can fully focus on other adventures in the mystical world of Valheim.
Schalke 04 is having a mixed year in 2021. While the team ranks at least 6th out of 10 in League of Legends, the football team is not faring well. This could spell trouble for the LoL pros as well.
Update: Schalke has since commented on the rumors. In a statement on Discord, it says:
We are currently evaluating various options that the club can take depending on the circumstances it finds itself in at the end of this Bundesliga season. This includes, among other things, selling the LEC slot to an interested buyer.
However, no decision has been made yet, and even if the club is relegated, we don’t necessarily have to sell.
What is going on? Schalke 04 is one of several football clubs in Germany that are also active in e-sports. The club has professionals in FIFA, Pro Evolution Soccer, and two teams in League of Legends.
However, the LoL pros might face problems in the future, as the French site L’Équipe – in German “The Team” – reports. Due to poor performance in the football Bundesliga, Schalke 04 needs to cut costs. They are currently threatened with relegation to the second division, with significant debts.
Maintaining a team in the highest European league, the LEC, costs money. And that might need to be saved in the future.
The current Schalke roster consisting of (from left to right): Broken Blade, Gilius, Abbedagge, Neon, and Limit.
Starting Spot in the LEC Could Be Sold for 20 Million Euros
What does the report say? To bring a team into the European LEC, you now have to buy a starting spot from another organization. There is no classic promotion and relegation.
According to L’Équipe, Schalke 04 bought a starting spot for 8 million euros. The value is now said to be up to 20 million. Money that the club might need, which is reported to be over 200 million euros in debt according to ESPN.
The report also states that interest in the LoL league has increased, but due to corona, many e-sports teams have reportedly lost several hundred thousand euros. A reason for this is the lack of ticket sales.
Within Schalke 04’s management, it has already been mentioned that a sale might soon be necessary for economic reasons. However, they hope to be able to prevent this (via Dotesports).
How is the football team doing? Currently, Schalke 04 is at the bottom of the table. With only 9 points, not only relegation is threatening, but a real debacle.
There are ongoing reports in the media about how bad things are for the club and how many professionals could leave immediately if relegation occurs. The situation in football is anything but rosy.
How is Schalke performing in e-sports? In the virtual Bundesliga in FIFA 21, Schalke is only faring slightly better. Here, the team is ranked 12th out of 13, with only Eintracht Braunschweig performing worse (via Virtual Bundesliga).
In League of Legends, however, things are looking slightly better. With 5 wins and 6 losses, the team is currently in 6th place out of 10 with chances of making it into playoffs and even 3rd place. However, they have recently suffered 4 consecutive losses.
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The team largely still consists of the players who achieved a small miracle in 2020. In the “Miracle Run”, they made it to the playoffs after 11 losses and from a nearly impossible position:
Furthermore, the club still has the Schalke 04 Evolution team in the Prime League, a regional league for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. They are currently in 4th place out of 10 and even won the Summer Split last year.
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The new TOTW 22 is now available in FIFA 21. And some cards from the Team of the Week look really useful.
When does TOTW 22 come out? The Team of the Week 22 is available now – that is, Wednesday, February 24, at 7:00 PM – in FIFA 21. The cards will remain in the packs for one week before being replaced by the next TOTW.
How to get cards from the TOTW: You can draw the cards from packs, but you need a lot of luck, especially for top players. Alternatively, you can get them on the transfer market, where they can be expensive. Lastly, you can also find them as Player Picks in the Weekend League rewards if you’ve reached a corresponding rank.
We will show you which players secured a TOTW card this week due to strong performances in real football.
TOTW 22 featuring Ronaldo and Rashford
Here is the complete TOTW 22: The new TOTW features some strong cards. Here is the overview:
GK: Handanovic (90)
RB: Lucas Vazquez (85)
CB: Keane (84)
CB: Romero (84)
LM: Rashford (89)
CM: Bernardo Silva (89)
CM: Luis Alberto (87)
CM: De Paul (84)
ST: C. Ronaldo (95)
ST: Haller (84)
ST: Isak (82)
Bench:
GK: Rui Patricio (86)
CB: Maripan (81)
CAM: Younes (84)
LM: Caio (82)
LM: Steffen (82)
LM: Mavididi (81)
ST: Kangin Lee (80)
GK: Phillips (80)
CB: Van den Bergh (76)
RF: Lucas Piazon (78)
ST: Berisha (77)
RF: Wilks (76)
The best cards in TOTW 22
The Top 3 in the new TOTW 22
Cristiano Ronaldo naturally leads the TOTW 22 with his new 95-rated card in attack. The Portuguese is among the best in the world and is equipped with pace, strong dribbling, and incredible finishing. This card is among the best in Ultimate Team.
Marcus Rashford only has a rating of 89, but he is one of the meta players who simply perform better than their stats. Since the stats of this TOTW card also look strong, the Englishman is likely to be a real offensive weapon.
Handanovic has made it into TOTW 22 as a goalkeeper, now breaking the 90 rating. The goalkeeper is generally a very secure asset and should provide reinforcement in Serie A, especially if you are looking for a new goalkeeper for your team.
Alongside these cards, there are several interesting players as well. Bernardo Silva, for instance, received a very strong looking 89-rated card in central midfield, which shines with very high dribbling. Additional high ratings come for Lucas Vazquez (85), Luis Alberto (87), or Rui Patricio (86).
The Bundesliga in TOTW 22
A Bundesliga duo has made it as well
The Bundesliga is back as well, although not with absolute top cards.
Amin Younes from Eintracht Frankfurt stands out at the top of the Bundesliga selection with an 84-rated card after a strong performance over the weekend.
Wolfsburg’s Steffen has received an 82-rated card at LM that is rather average. However, his top ratings lie in pace and dribbling.
Are you still looking for reinforcements for your team that you can get without coins? Then check out the Icon Swaps 2 in FIFA 21.
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In Valheim food significantly determines how strong your Viking is. MeinMMO shows you the best foods with the strongest buffs and tells you which food combinations bring the biggest bonuses.
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What is food good for? In Valheim, you don’t need food to survive – after all, you’re essentially already dead, as Valheim is the world after your demise. Instead, food provides you with buffs.
Food increases your maximum health, your maximum stamina, and the amount of health you regenerate regularly. Depending on how well and balanced your diet is, these buffs are better or worse. You can eat up to three different types of food at the same time and keep their buffs active.
The effect of food decreases over time, becoming weaker. Once the icon in your status in the lower left starts to flash, you can consume new food. As a rule of thumb: the more challenging the food is to make, the stronger it is.
Tip: Use the “Rested” bonus to get the most out of your regeneration. If you spend some time at rest, you become rested and receive a bonus on your health and stamina regeneration.
The 5 best foods
These foods are the most worthwhile: There are five recipes that grant you particularly strong bonuses. However, you mostly learn these late in the game:
Lox Meat Pie: +80 health and stamina each, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Serpent Stew: +80 health and stamina each, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Blood Pudding: +90 health and +50 stamina, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Fish Snacks: +60 health and +90 stamina, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Honey: +20 health and stamina each, 5 healing per tick, lasts 300 seconds
You can learn the Serpent Stew relatively early, as it only requires serpent meat. All other recipes you won’t learn until you can enter the Plains. Honey is on this list because no other food has such strong healing values. It is only worth consuming raw for this purpose – it’s better processed into mead for stronger buffs.
In the description of the food, you can see how strong it is. We have colored it for you: bonus health (red), bonus stamina (blue), and healing power (green)
Where do I learn them? You should have already found most ingredients on your travels, and usually, only one ingredient is missing before you can learn the recipe. You can find mushrooms, honey, and thistles in the Meadows and the Black Forest. Blood Bags can be found in the Swamp with the leeches. In our guide, you can read how to survive in the dangerous swamp.
The serpent meat for the stew can only be obtained from sea serpents in the ocean. You can take them down by yourself, but it’s easier with a friend. A second player can harpoon the serpent, and you can jointly drag it to shore to take it down there.
Lox meat, as well as cloudberries and flour for the pie, can only be obtained in the Plains, the hardest of the currently playable areas. Flour is obtained by grinding barley, Lox meat can be found with the larger Lox (which you can also tame) and the berries are scattered throughout the Plains, such as raspberries in the Meadows. Flour is also an ingredient in the Fish Snacks and Blood Pudding.
The large Lox in Valheim can be tamed.
For the Fish Snacks, you also need raw or cooked fish. You can get this with a fishing rod that you have to buy from the merchant Haldor. Haldor hides somewhere in the Black Forest and you can easily find the merchant on this map.
Recipes for all foods
These are all the recipes: For your convenience, we have listed all the recipes for prepared foods here. We left out simple foods like meat that is merely hung over the fire or raw mushrooms and berries, as these do not count among the best foods anyway.
Berry Jam (x 4): 8 x Raspberries, 8 x Blueberries
Carrot Soup: 1 x Mushroom, 3 x Carrot
Sausages (x 4): 2 x Intestines, 1 x raw meat, 4 x Thistle
Turnip Stew: 1 x raw meat, 3 x Turnip
Bread: 10 x Barley Flour
Fish Snacks: 2 x cooked fish, 4 x Barley Flour
Blood Pudding: 2 x Thistle, 2 x Blood Bag, 4 x Barley Flour
Lox Meat Pie: 2 x Cloudberries, 2 x cooked Lox meat, 4 x Barley Flour
Serpent Stew: 1 x Mushroom, 1 x cooked serpent meat, 2 x Honey
How do I prepare food? To prepare food, you need a cauldron. You learn this as soon as you can enter the Black Forest and process ores there. You will need:
10 x Tin
a forge (4 x Stone, 4 x Coal, 10 x Wood, 6 x Copper, and a Workbench)
You then must place the cauldron over a campfire or fire pit. You can interact with it as if it were a Workbench and simply produce the corresponding foods. Therefore, it is not necessarily worth making more than one cauldron unless several people want to cook.
Since you can use up to three different foods at once, there are numerous combinations that result from the recipes. We present you some of the best combos.
The best stamina combo
Lox Meat Pie
Serpent Stew
Fish Snacks
total stamina bonus: +250
With stamina, you can attack more frequently and thus better strike or gather resources. Use this combination when you have a friend in the group who tanks bosses for you or when you want to gather ores and resources.
The best health combo
Lox Meat Pie
Serpent Stew
Blood Pudding
total health bonus: +250
With more health points, you can withstand more hits. Use this combination best when you want to play as a tank or venture into dangerous areas where you expect stronger or numerous enemies. Pay attention to the pesky mosquitoes, probably the most dangerous enemies in Valheim especially in the Plains.
The best combo starting from the Black Forest
Turnip Stew
Carrot Soup
cooked meat
total stamina bonus: +140
total health bonus: +110
With this combo, you should be able to get through the game for some time and even survive the mountains quite well. Alternatively to the meat, you can consume berry jam, which gives you 10 more stamina and 10 less health. Once you reach the swamp, sausages are also worthwhile. These can be produced in large quantities and are comparably strong like Turnip Stew.
Bonus: The best combo at the beginning
cooked meat
grilled Neck tail
mushrooms
This combo is best suited for brand new players because you can easily obtain all the ingredients. You only need the tails of the necks, meat from wild boars or deer, and mushrooms from the forest. With this combo, you reach 113 health points and a good amount of stamina to sprint longer or gather resources.
If you venture into heavier areas or want to specifically fight enemies, you should additionally supply yourself with mead besides food. Mead serves in Valheim both as a healing and stamina potion and as a buff against frost or poison damage. In our guide, you will learn how to ferment honey and make mead.
Additionally, you should always pay attention to your equipment. Pack strong armor and weapons when you set out. The best weapons in Valheim are listed here for you. The type of weapon you choose is also important – skeletons, for example, are vulnerable to blunt damage and resistant to piercing damage.
With our tips, you are otherwise ideally prepared to explore Valheim and face its dangers. The biggest challenges then are the bosses and their mechanics. We explain in detail how to find and kill each of the five bosses in Valheim.
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Old School RuneScape has appeared on Steam, an MMORPG that is probably older than some of you. The popular game was released on Steam on February 24, 2021.
Update February 24: Old School RuneScape is now live on Steam.
What kind of MMORPG is this? Old School RuneScape is somewhat of a remake of the classic version of RuneScape from 2001. Over the years, the MMORPG has undergone many graphical and content changes, which not everyone appreciated.
For this reason, the developers decided in 2013 to set up an “Old School” version. It is based on a build of the game from 2007 and still offers the same old graphics that made RuneScape so popular back then.
Old School RuneScape does not look impressive, but it attracts tens of thousands of players.
What makes it so special? The players of Old School RuneScape are hardcore fans who want their game just the way it was in 2007. When the developers wanted to introduce a change to the equipment in 2018, the players prevented it.
What makes Old School RuneScape so good? The MMORPG remains true to its roots and has not undergone major changes. Many players appreciate this, and veterans enjoy the nostalgia that still prevails.
In addition, Old School RuneScape stands out with its simplicity, which anyone can jump into. Even newcomers quickly find their way, and the graphics are not unnecessarily polished at the expense of gameplay or content.
Additionally, there is a skill system where players improve in a skill by using it. This enhances long-term motivation.
Is it worth it? Currently, according to the official website, over 94,000 people are actively playing RuneScape (as of January 28). In addition, there are players who are currently not online. The community is still huge.
If you enjoy playing MMORPGs in a group, you will definitely find enough fellow players in Old School RuneScape. The community is also connected through trading and shared content like dungeons.
RuneScape works just as well alone. Many players are now taking on so-called “Iron Man Challenges.” In these, they may not trade with other players or accept items from them. They are only allowed to use the items they find themselves.
The announcement of the PS Plus games for March 2021 seems to be delayed. So far, there has been no statement regarding which games will be available next month.
When will PS Plus games be released? Sony usually reveals which games PS Plus subscribers can expect next month by the last Wednesday of the month at 5:30 PM. Delays are quite unusual.
So far, however, there has been no official announcement of the new free games for March 2021. Sony has also not disclosed official information regarding when these will come and why the announcement is delayed.
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, a State of Play will take place at 11:00 PM – an announcement around this time would at least be conceivable. As soon as Sony announces the titles, we will inform you on MeinMMO.
You will likely be able to download the games on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, if everything goes according to plan.
The benefits of PS Plus at a glance: In addition to the monthly free games, subscribers also receive the following:
One of the latest rumors about Call of Duty suggests that a standalone title is in development, focusing solely on zombies. We will show you the info here.
What’s happening in Cold War? Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is now launching its second season and bringing important content into the game. Among other things, the new game mode “Outbreak” comes to the shooter. This is a massive zombie mode that you can play in various variants.
But there is more information about zombies. The PvE mode is popular among many players. So popular, in fact, that there might be work on a standalone title. But where is the information from, and what is behind it?
Play CoD Zombies as Standalone?
This is what the leak says: The Twitter user and CoD leaker Tom Henderson writes in a tweet that another project on zombies in Call of Duty is being developed. This is currently in the initial stages of development. The special thing is that this project is not currently tied to any title. So far, it is not a mode for an already existing game.
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That the mode is not tied to any game suggests that it could be a standalone. So a Call of Duty with zombies that you can purchase without having to buy another game.
When more information will be available is still unclear. As the project is allegedly still in the early phases of development, such a standalone title could still be far off.
Where do the infos come from? Tom Henderson has already made a name for himself in the Call of Duty community. Previously known as “LongSensationYT,” he correctly predicted that Call of Duty: Warzone would be Free2play . And he said that back in August 2019, even before Warzone was officially released in March 2020.
What do fans say about the leak
Players’ opinions: On Twitter, the post by Tom Henderson is a hot topic of discussion. Players express their wishes and opinions about a standalone zombie game for Call of Duty.
User @jellomaster00 expresses clear wishes for the maps:
“All World-at-War maps including the remasters
All Black Ops maps and remasters
Black Ops 2 maps and the origins map as well
Maps from Black Ops 3
Black Ops 4 maps and the scrapped ones as well
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User 7noir_ suspects that the new zombie mode from Cold War was just a “prototype” for a fully realized zombie game (via Twitter).
Others imagine that the new Call of Duty for 2021 might simply focus on zombies. Even if that would be really unusual. However, other users say they wouldn’t even complain about it (via Twitter).
How would you feel about having a zombie game from CoD as a standalone? Do you like the zombie mode so much that you would buy it, or do you play it so little that this decision would be irrelevant to you?
Feel free to share your opinions here in the comments on MeinMMO and explain why you hold that view.
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