In Pokémon GO the Safari Zone Liverpool took place last weekend. Our author Noah Struthoff was there and had to play from home due to the coronavirus.
This was the plan: At the beginning of the year, Niantic announced the Safari Zone in Liverpool. It quickly became clear to a friend and me that we didn’t want to miss this event. So we ordered tickets along with a flight and hotel.
However, the coronavirus messed up our plans. The Safari Zone did not take place in Liverpool. Instead, every trainer was given the opportunity to experience the event spawns from home.
In the end, the Safari Zone was a complete success due to this adjustment. I caught 33 Shinies and I believe that such an event would be really great for the future.
Safari Zone from Home – Here’s how it went
These were the adjustments: Every trainer who purchased a ticket for the Safari Zone in Liverpool could benefit from bonuses on one day. On the event day, there were special spawns for 6 or 8 hours (depending on which ticket you bought) that you would have normally found in Liverpool. It didn’t matter where you were located. The account with the ticket could see the spawns and no one else.
Additionally, incense lasted for 8 hours and attracted a Pokémon every half a minute. This made it twice as effective as the usual incense.
This is how the event started: Exactly at 10:00 local time, the spawns changed, and water Pokémon appeared everywhere in my city. A highlight was the regional Pokémon Relicanth, which can only be caught in New Zealand and the South Seas.
This is how I played: I walked through my small town for the full 8 hours. I was only accompanied by one other person and avoided any contact with other people.
I constantly used the catch trick and we kept running our usual lap that we normally use for playing. I only spent half an hour using lures, which lasted a full 3 hours.
What was the haul? The spawns were incredible and reminded me somewhat of the number of spawns during a spotlight hour. In those 8 hours, I caught over 2100 Pokémon and received a total of 33 Shinies.
For me, the new Shiny Lampi and a hat Pikachu, which can’t be caught outside of Safari Zones, were particularly interesting. I caught both as Shinies.
You can find my entire haul here:
I caught a total of 33 Shinies
Safari Zone for Home – An Event with a Future?
This is the current status of live events: In May, the Safari Zone for Philadelphia will take place. This will also be held from home and not onsite.
This speaks for such an event: The Safari Zone has shown that an event with a fee can indeed be organized from home.
The spawns in my small town were comparable to the spawns at the GO Fest 2019 in Dortmund and especially the incense item makes this event playable everywhere.
If Niantic actually organizes a GO Fest for everyone from home, I can only recommend it to everyone, as you get full value for your money.
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Since people returned to Appalachia, there are companions in Fallout 76 who can join you. Currently, there are five of these allies. We will show you where to find them and how to get them to join you.
What are companions? Companions are part of the NPCs in the new Wastelanders update for Fallout 76. They are special characters that you can unlock and then settle in your camp. In Wastelanders, there are five:
Commander Sofia Daguerre, a crashed astronaut
Beckett, the former blood eagle raider
the raider punk
the settler wildsman
the guitar player (settler wanderer)
What do companions do? While the allies do not accompany you on quests and missions, they provide you with various quests and keep you company in your camp.
With the quests, you dive deeper into the story – which only applies to two of them:
Sofia and Beckett are intended to encourage players to get to know them and have deeper personalities
the wanderer, the punk, and the guitarist are just “good buddies” who hang out in the camp and provide some fun
Finding and unlocking all companions
For each companion, you must complete a task and then place a special item in your camp. However, you can only have one companion active at a time. If you want to be with someone else, you must dismantle the old item and place the new one. We will show you how to get each of the companions.
Commander Sofia Daguerre
Where can I find Sofia? The quest for Sofia starts with a distress call that you can receive near the Abandoned Bunker, which has a range that extends down into the Savage Divide near Foundation.
Roughly, you can orient yourselves by this: If you are in the Savage Divide, the distress signal can reach you. The associated quest is called “Ally: Crash Landing”.
The distress signal then leads you to that bunker, where Sofia is huddled injured in a corner. Talk to her, and she will tell you a bit about herself.
The red circle shows you the location of Sofia. The green area is roughly the reception area of the signal but extends further north and south.
How to unlock Sofia: After your first encounter with Sofia, she sends you on a short quest line with various tasks.
Spoiler: Sofia’s quest and story
You are to retrieve some data from a crashed rescue capsule with which she fell to Earth. Sofia is actually an astronaut of the United States Space Association (USSA) and was unaware of the nuclear war. It is up to you to acclimate her to this new world and help her.
Once you have completed the tasks, you can place the “USSA Console” in your camp. Once this is ready, Sofia will be found in your camp and will provide you with more tasks.
Where can I find Beckett? The quest “Ally: Narrow Escape” for Beckett starts near Rollins Work Camp and leads you to that location in the center of Ash Heap. He is likely to be the first companion new players encounter.
You should automatically receive the task when you visit the legendary merchant at her new location at Rusty Pick in Ash Heap. The signal can also be heard there.
The red circle is Beckett’s location. The green circle shows the new location of the legendary merchant.
How to unlock Beckett: Beckett is located in Rollins Prison in the large working machine at the corresponding camp. If you penetrate there, you will find the companion and can start the quest.
Spoiler: Beckett’s quest and story
During the quest, you will learn about Beckett and his past as a raider. You are to prevent him from being hanged as someone who turned his back on the gang. He commissions you to prevent his execution and eventually find his belongings.
During the quest line, you are to retrieve Beckett’s belongings from the smelters, after which you learn his camp item: Beckett’s Bar.
The Raider Punk
Where can I find the Punk? The Punk is one of the two companions for whom you need to do significantly less. You can find him in Crater, the raider’s camp located far north in the Toxic Valley.
He stands in the same building as the leader Meg. Upon entering the camp, keep to the right and go down the stairs in the building. There you will meet the punk and only need to talk to him briefly.
Without special skill checks, he will tell you after a short conversation that he prefers music to raiders, and you learn the plan for “Raider-Punk-Radio” for your camp.
The punk stands at the bottom of the stairs.
The Settler Wildsman
Where can I find the Wanderer? Similar to the punk, you do not need any special prerequisites for the Wanderer. Head to Foundation, the Settlers’ base, and enter the main building. Take the elevator down.
Near the water, the wanderer is usually standing at the shore. Unlike with the punk, however, you need a skill check. Make sure that you have invested at least 6 points in Intelligence or 8 points in Luck in your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats.
If you pass one of the skill checks, you will learn the plan for the “Wildsman Chair,” on which the Wanderer wants to rest in your camp and enjoy the surroundings.
The wildsman stands on the railings near the biotope.
The Guitar Player (Settler Wanderer)
There is a fifth companion, a wanderer who entertains you in your camp with her guitar playing. Although you can also recruit her simply by talking to her, it is difficult to find her.
According to various sources, she has several points where she can randomly appear. Therefore, searching for her specifically is not possible. Three of the more precisely named locations are
just north of the Overseer’s camp
at Spruce Knob Lake south of Foundation.
in the small camp/tower just after Vault 76 on the way to Waywards
On the “Map for everything” in Fallout 76, the Map76, there is an option to filter for her called “RETriggerCamp.” According to this filter, the wanderer has 51 spawn points across the map:
Possible spawn points according to Map76. The locations are not all confirmed, and there are reports that other NPCs or companions can spawn there as well.
However, since it is not guaranteed that she will appear, it is probably better to just play and hope that she appears randomly. If you really want to recruit her, you should frequently visit these points through server hopping and be prepared for it to take several days.
With these requirements, you can have certain “encounters” with wild animals that only have half your current level. On a route between The Mire and Cranberry Bog, there are said to be particularly many encounters:
The starting point is a crashed Vertibird in the north of The Mire.
Once you find a suitable animal, you just need to approach it or aim at it with your weapon, if an approach doesn’t work. You should then have the options to “tame” and “calm”. Use “tame” and the animal will make its way to your camp.
While there isn’t a companion like Dogmeat from the earlier Fallout titles, you can have strong Yao Guais or Deathclaws as guardians. If you’re particularly mean, you can train your animal to use it in a deadly labyrinth as a trap for other players.
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The bonus for experience points in World of Warcraft has company. With the buff “Impressive Influence” there is an additional treat: More reputation for all! However, with a limitation.
What is this bonus? Blizzard announced in a blog post that for a full five weeks there will be a 100% bonus on reputation rewards with the buff “Impressive Influence”. From April 20 to May 18, 2020, there will be double reputation from all sources for factions from Legion and Battle for Azeroth.
With the current XP bonus, you can level a character to level 120 in less than 13 hours. The new bonus allows you to unlock great rewards or even new races. The bonus will then passively apply at any time as before.
Together with the XP buff, you can then level your new race particularly quickly. If you need some help, you can find our leveling guide here:
These races you can unlock: Since WoW: Legion, there are numerous “Allied Races” that expand the portfolio of available races in World of Warcraft with additional options. New ones were added with Battle for Azeroth. In total, there are:
for the Alliance
Kul Tiran
Mechagnome
Dark Iron Dwarves
Lightforged Draenei
Void Elves
for the Horde
Zandalari Trolls
Vulpera
Mag’har Orcs
Highmountain Tauren
Nightborne
Allied races provide you with an additional mount and cosmetics. Shown here: Lightforged Draenei, Void Elves, Highmountain Tauren, and Nightborne.
Here the bonus won’t help you: With Patch 8.3 “Visions of N’Zoth”, two more factions entered the game: the Rajani in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and the Accord of Uldum in Uldum.
Both factions offer strong and useful rewards such as the third level of certain essences for the Heart of Azeroth, an infinite rune for a boost in combat, as well as cosmetic rewards and mounts.
However, “Impressive Influence” will not apply to these two factions. Only factions before Patch 8.3 are affected. This helps you catch up on older content if you haven’t done so yet.
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Due to a funny bug, players of the Casino Heist in GTA Online suddenly found it easier. They probably didn’t expect that.
What happened? The GTA player “Finnman0907” shared a funny video with the GTA Online reddit community. He calls it “Wow, a new approach to the Casino Heist”.
In it, a group of four players arrives at the GTA Online Casino dressed as pest control agents. They want to loot the vault and first need to sneak past the guard at the outer door. But one player bumps into the guard. The security man finds that not funny at all and immediately draws his weapon, but is dealt with by the players.
Then follows a loading screen for about a minute. After that, the players spawn in a completely different location with an armored truck.
A different approach to the Casino Heist was triggered, which was not intended for the pest control agents at all.
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Here’s what you need to know: For the Casino Heist in GTA Online, there are three overarching approaches: Aggressive, Stealthy, and the chosen big con. In the big con, the group disguises itself with an outfit of their choice, which they gather through preparation missions. The options are between
At the planning table, you choose the approach for your heist
This is the advantage of the bug: On reddit, players write that this bug helped player Finnman0907 and his crew. “The easiest and fastest way to get the money,” writes one user. This provided a more direct route to the vault that they could then empty.
The downside, however, is that you won’t be disguised as police for the entire heist. One player explains on reddit, “After leaving the vault, they [the opponents] know you don’t belong to Group Six.”
So, only the beginning of the heist is suddenly very easy due to this bug. Players write that they have been using the bug for a long time to make various big con approaches easier.
With this heist, you already earn a lot of money in GTA Online, but you need teammates for it. Here we show you 12 ways to quickly earn a lot of money in GTA Online. Many of them also work flawlessly for solo players.
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What is the Community Team of the Season? In this team, fans had control over the selection. Until April 19, voting was possible on the FUT community pages FUTWIZ and FUTHEAD. Players who have shown outstanding performances in the current 2019/2020 season but have never made it into a Team of the Week or Team of the Week Moments were up for selection.
We will find out which 23 players received the most votes on Friday. However, we can already get an idea with the predictions of which players could receive TOTSSF cards.
What are TOTS cards? TOTS cards (or TOTSSF this year) are particularly strong special cards that are released at the end of the season in Ultimate Team. Every Friday, a new team with highly upgraded TOTSSF cards is released.
The increase in stats is really enormous, with upgrades of 6-10 points in overall rating being quite common.
Example FIFA 19: Reus Gold card & Reus TOTS card
When is the Community TOTSSF released? The Community Team will be released on Friday at 7:00 PM in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team.
Then the cards will be available for one week in packs.
However, keep in mind that the probability of pulling TOTS cards is really very low.
On the transfer market: It is wiser to look for your desired TOTSSF players on the transfer market. However, prices here, especially at the beginning of the TOTSSF event, are likely to be quite high.
Waiting a bit can be worthwhile, as prices of TOTS/TOTSSF cards typically drop significantly over the course of the event.
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Where is Apres Ski in Fortnite? Now there are the new Astronomical Challenges, with which you can secure an emote. You have to dance at specific locations.
What kind of challenge is this? In Fortnite, players seek Apres Ski. This is important for one of the Astronomical Challenges, which is:
Dance for 10 seconds on the dance floor of The Yacht or Après-Ski
Where you can find Apres Ski in Fortnite is shown on the map:
Après-Ski can be found in the south of the map
Here you can find Après-Ski in Fortnite
This is Après-Ski: Après-Ski is a ski lodge in the southern mountains of the Fortnite map. It is quite large and mainly consists of a huge dance floor – the one you need to dance on.
The bass from the lodge can be heard from a distance, and the bright lights are hard to miss. On the map, you will find the lodge at the bottom, southwest of Misty Meadows in grid cell E8.
If you want to skip the journey to Après-Ski, you can also just travel to the yacht, which has been taken over by Marvel hero Deadpool. However, be prepared for a lot of resistance, as many players are currently flocking to the luxurious boat, in addition to the agents hanging around there.
This is what you get for the challenges: If you make the dance floor glow and complete the other challenges, you will receive several items. These include:
The new event emote
A new loading screen
A new banner
A spray design
Bring the rage on stage ?
Complete all Travis Scott’s Astronomical Challenges to unlock the iconic Rage emote! pic.twitter.com/0k9PJXpS52
With these items, you are well-prepared for the event starting on Friday.
These are the Astronomical Challenges: Next Friday, the live concerts of Travis Scott in Fortnite will start. However, there are new “Astronomical Challenges” to solve beforehand, which have been in the game since Tuesday evening. This will bring not only new skins and cosmetics but also the new “Rage” emoticon. The tasks are:
Dance for 10 seconds on the dance floor of The Yacht or Après-Ski
Jump on various giant astro heads
Visit the stage in the north of Sweaty Sands
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The shooter Valorant from Riot Games is very popular and is often compared to CS:GO. The well-known streamer shroud also did this. He believes that Valorant has a significant advantage.
What did shroud say? Michael “shroud” Grzesiek commented on the topic of Valorant vs. CS:GO during a livestream at the request of his chat.
He believes that the shooter from Riot Games may have the upper hand because it has a small but useful advantage:
I think [, that Valorant will be ahead,] simply because it is much easier to get into the game and is also more pleasant for the eyes. It’s a bit more casual.
Counter-Strike, on the other hand, is a bit more hardcore, just a little bit, but you never know. With the Source 2 things they have planned, it might get better, who knows.
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CS:GO could become even more interesting with Source 2
Is a competitor good for Valve? shroud also talked in his stream about the updates of CS:GO and why Valorant will benefit the game. Because for Valve, the 7-year-old shooter is currently a real cash cow. He breaks record after record and is currently the most successful title on Steam:
Valve is so smart. They know that CS:GO is their baby and they knew that for years they had no competition. And they haven’t done anything for years.
The moment Valorant appears in beta, the closed beta, they bring updates. Tyler told me that Source 2 should be released this summer and CS:GO should get a massive update. And that makes sense, because Valorant plans its release for this summer.
What is Source 2? According to various leaks and insider reports, CS:GO is expected to be updated to the Source 2 engine in the next 2 months (via Dexerto).
There are expected to be adjustments to rendering, shadows, and animations.
Rumors of the engine update have existed for years, but many sources are now mentioning this summer. That seems to make the matter more tangible.
Valorant and CS:GO differ mainly in the characters. These have special abilities, comparable to Overwatch. Here we have introduced all agents.
Other streamers and professionals also compare the shooters
What do other streamers say? Tfue, the currently most successful streamer on Twitch, has already made a comparison between the two games and came to a similar conclusion but with a different outcome.
Valorant is popular with many professionals due to its gameplay. With Riot as the developer and organizer of tournaments, they may be hoping for big tournaments.
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, 2 players demonstrate how teamwork should look like. The opponents are desperate at their tactics– The community celebrates the two.
What makes the action so cool? The special thing about the clip is how well the two soldiers work together. One provides cover with the riot shield while the other clears everything with his carbine. However, it is not the case that the shield is held up in a blunt way hoping that a hostile bullet might hit it. No, the two teammates constantly reposition and complement each other’s gameplay excellently.
What looks so smooth in here is actually not so easy in practice. It almost feels like a coordinated SWAT team; no wonder the enemies have little to counter that.
The community says: “This is how the riot shield should be used”
The players are thrilled: On Reddit, users are visibly impressed by the teamwork and celebrate the two tacticians. The defender receives particularly a lot of praise. It is also noted that the shield bearer does not sit selfishly in a corner, but actively protects his teammates.
Nice teamwork! The shield is so underrated. I use it quite often and I rarely notice that my teammates are following me for cover.
These tips are given by viewers: In addition to tips on how to play as a team, the comments often mention how to counter this style of play.
Even in Warzone, you can include the riot shield in your own loadouts
For example, it is recommended first to release a flashbang, and then throw a C4 charge behind the turtle formation. Others reply that the special perks KRD and Battle-Hardened as well as the Trophy System make the shield combination an impregnable fortress.
Are you playing as a lone wolf in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or do you rely on strong teamwork to secure your victory? If you don’t like the sluggish turtle action of the riot shield, read here why you should always carry a knife as a fast player.
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A Diablo player shared his Goblin farming route for Season 20 in Diablo 3. It is well-received by the players. We show you the spots where you should look.
What is it about? The Diablo player “Prostowned” shares his farming route with the community, where he hunts Goblins in various dungeons. By using this route, you will find not just a specific type of Goblins, but all kinds.
Farming Goblins in Season 20 – The Spots and Route
Tips to get started: Before you embark on this farming route, make sure your sound is turned on and loud enough. This way you can hear the Goblins when they are nearby. It will save you a lot of time searching.
Also, empty your inventory and make space for blood shards, so you can collect the items without losing time.
For farming, you should rely on speed builds, like the Multishot build for the Demon Hunter or the Whirlwind Barbarian. You can find these builds on our Tier List for Season 20 of Diablo 3.
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Here you can see how the route for Goblin farming in Diablo 3 works
This route is recommended by the player:
Southern Highlands
Northern Highlands
Leoric’s Corridor
The Royal Crypts
Western Channel 1 & 2
Eastern Channel 1 & 2
The Sewers of Caldeum
Heart of Arreat
Tower of the Damned 1 & 2
Tower of the Cursed 1 & 2
Icefall Caves 1 & 2
Fortress of Madness 1 & 2
Act I
Southern Highlands: Run from the teleport point across the bridge to the north and look for the Cave of the Moon Clans. Search this completely on both levels.
Northern Highlands: Teleport to the Northern Highlands and search the complete area. This includes the “lower” area around the teleport point and the “upper” area that you reach via the stairs.
Leoric’s Corridor: Now teleport to “Cathedral – Level 2” and find the way to the dungeon above, “Leoric’s Corridor.” This is just a small area – search it completely.
The Royal Crypts: Clear this dungeon completely up to the entrance to the Skeleton King.
Here you go down into the Cave of the Moon Clans
Act II
Ancient Waterway: Teleport to the Waterway and search from there
The Western Channel Level 1 & 2
The Eastern Channel Level 1 & 2
The Sewers of Caldeum: Teleport to the city of Caldeum and use the dungeon entrance that is right in front of you. This will land you in the Sewers of Caldeum – search it completely.
Act III
The Heart of Arreat: This area consists of only one level. Search this completely up to the entrance to the Heart of Sin.
Tower of the Damned: Teleport to this dungeon and clear Level 1 and Level 2 there.
Tower of the Cursed: Just like in the Tower of the Damned, search here for Goblins on Level 1 and Level 2 as well.
The Icefall Caves: Teleport to the Bridge of Korsikk and enter the Fields of Slaughter from there. Search here for the entrance to the Icefall Caves. You will search this on Level 1 and Level 2.
This is what the entrance to the Icefall Caves looks like.
Act V
Fortress of Madness: Search here completely on Levels 1 and 2 for Goblins. Players say that if you find one Goblin on one of the levels, there’s guaranteed to be a second one to find.
Other Spots to Search
Also, check here if you’re looking for some variety in the route:
Halls of Agony Level 1, 2 and 3
Gardens of Hope Level 1, 2 and 3
Howling Plateau
Grove of Wailing
Once you are done, you can load a new game and start over again.
Mobile games are becoming increasingly popular, and with simple adjustments, you can enhance your smartphone for effective gaming. We present you with 7 things that can make your mobile games perform better.
This is shown in the article: While expensive gadgets can be purchased for PC and consoles for more effective gaming, with mobile games, it often remains just a simple smartphone. However, there are some aids to help you play better here as well.
Additionally, some tips can help you enjoy certain games better and provide an overall improved gaming experience. We present them to you here.
Important gadgets for the smartphone
A must-have for every gamer: If you play a lot on your phone, you need a decent power bank. Especially when games like Pokémon GO or other AR games can be played effectively on the go, you need extra battery power to ensure you always have enough juice.
Good power banks can hold over 6 charges and promise you a full battery for the whole day. This way, you can always play on the go.
We recommend a power bank with 26800mAh here. Depending on your phone, this should suffice for up to 8 battery charges:
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A controller for the phone: If you enjoy playing shooters or even one of the 7 best mobile MMORPGs on your phone, where you need to press multiple buttons quickly, you should consider getting a controller.
There are even controllers where you can clamp your phone in. You can customize the buttons so that you can play various apps easily with the controller.
We link to a controller here that has good reviews. However, keep in mind that not every mobile game works optimally with a controller:
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Play on your monitor: If you have fallen in love with a mobile game but can’t play it on console or PC, you can easily connect a screen to experience the game on a bigger scale.
This way, you can more easily recognize opponents, have a better overview, and simply experience the feeling of a console game.
For this, you can use special cables that connect your phone to a monitor via HDMI. For example, use the following cables:
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5 Tips for a better mobile gaming experience
Use your internet connection only when you need it: Many games that you can download in the app store do not require an internet connection. It’s best to switch to airplane mode when you play them.
The advantage of this is that annoying ads won’t be displayed, and you can just enjoy gaming without them. However, don’t forget to switch off airplane mode again, or you won’t receive messages and won’t be able to make calls.
Use your internet only when the games actually require it.
Don’t let your phone overheat: Hot phones often diminish your phone’s performance. So, try not to overheat it if possible.
A good start is, for example, not holding it directly in the sun. Especially in summer, this can really harm your smartphone. Try to charge your phone via cable whenever possible – wireless charging overheats your device even further.
If the phone doesn’t cool down, consider removing your extra protective case for a short time and, if necessary, turning it off for a little while. This calms the phone significantly, and after just a few minutes, it becomes noticeably better to use.
Organize your apps well: Good app management can enhance your phone’s performance. Regularly close all your apps completely. Many apps continue to run in the background otherwise and drain valuable battery life, affecting performance.
Ideally, never have more than 3-4 apps open in the background simultaneously.
This is also one reason why your phone can heat up. If you close all unnecessary apps, your device will run more smoothly.
A full battery is a good battery: If you have a 100% battery, you can not only play longer but also enjoy more powerful performance from your phone. Many smartphones enter power-saving modes when the battery is low. You may not notice this right away, but your phone will slow down or your screen will be noticeably dimmer.
So, if you want the best experience with mobile games, always play with a full battery. However, leaving your smartphone constantly plugged in is also not a solution. This weakens the battery over time, and it won’t last as long.
The Division 2 released Title Update 9 (TU9) on April 21st, bringing many smaller and some larger highlights. Now we can upgrade our old Exotics, but we have to reassess really strong items. Here is an overview of the patch note highlights.
What changes with Title Update 9? With the extensive “Warlords of New York” expansion at the beginning of March, much changed in The Division 2, and the developers are still working on the areas of improvement for the loot shooter as well as its second raid.
Update April 21 – 6 PM: The nerf of the M1A Classic including “Bakers Dozen” has been added to the official patch notes and is around 40%.
Highlights of the Patch Notes for Title Update 9
With a maintenance update on April 21, the next major update arrived: Title Update 9. The most important adjustments can be roughly divided into 3 categories:
Balance Changes
Exotic Workshop
Bug Fixes
The comprehensive patch notes are currently only available in English, and here you can find a German summary of the most exciting changes.
Fox’s Prayer – Damage against unprotected targets from 15% to 8%
These items will lose some of their power. However, they may still remain interesting as they provide the opportunity to add a multiplicative bonus to your damage equation. So if you haven’t installed one of the attributes on your weapons yet, you might still get a strong value here.
Fox’s Prayer had to lose a lot. Instead of 15, there’s now only 8% more damage to unprotected targets.
Additionally, there are several changes to the Exotics:
Sawyer’s Kneepads – Rework: Now provides more damage when you stand still
Diamondback – Rework: Now guarantees critical hits for 5 seconds
Lady Death – No longer influences turret skills
Bullet King – Base damage now equals the non-exotic weapon variant
Imperial Dynasty – Shorter cooldown
Dodge City Holster – Shorter cooldown
Ruthless & Reckless – Increased explosive damage
And changes to talents:
Reassigned – Shorter cooldown
Empathic Solution – Longer buff duration
Stealthy Death – Larger radius, shorter cooldown
Switch Crew – Markings remain when no skill is on cooldown.
The adjustments here were largely already known. If you want a detailed look at changes and impacts for the Exotics, check it out here:
The exotic kneepads of Sawyer are getting a new function and now provide a damage bonus.
Any more interesting changes? Not just Exotics and talents were put under review. Some missions, NPCs, and the assault rifle weapon category also receive adjustments:
Assault Rifles – Health damage can now increase to 21%
True Patriot (Gear Set) – The white buff only provides 2% armor per second now
Missions – The two Pentagon missions are now easier, as are Liberty Island. Wall Street and “Stranded Tanker” have been adjusted.
NPCs – Many smaller adjustments. Status effects deal less damage, elite enemies deal less damage to skills.
Shotgun-Sniper – All enemy shotguns deal less damage and have somewhat reduced range.
Rogue Agents – These random enemies are now not as tough – Less armor and damage.
Skills – With a shield, we can no longer aim and the sniper turret now has a 50-meter range.
Blueprints – New Warlords mods for crafting and invasion missions (first run) as well as daily projects now provide blueprints from the general blueprint pool.
Was there a hidden nerf? Yes, there was. Reports of a secret change not listed in the patch notes have been confirmed. The strong rifle M1A Classic, which includes the popular named item “Bakers Dozen,” has been heavily nerfed. The damage has dropped by around 40%.
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George Nash notes on Twitter: “M1A completely nerfed by 40%”.
In the addendum of the official patch notes, the developers apologize for this. Due to a communication error, the nerf was not included in the list.
Exotic Workshop, better Exotic loot and Raid gear for all
About the Exotic Workshop the developers already spoke extensively in their weekly livestream for Division 2 “State of the Game” and with TU9 it has now arrived in the game. We can upgrade our old level-30 Exotics to the WoNY level for an exotic component and a few materials, as well as get the chance to reroll our Exotics.
What’s up with the better Exotic loot? The activities in Division 2 have different loot quality levels. Depending on the difficulty, we receive items that do not fall below a certain minimum value for the attributes. The higher the difficulty level, the higher the minimum values of the loot.
With TU9, every Exotic now drops at the highest loot level, regardless of which difficulty you gather the exotic items. This applies to old Exotics when you reroll something, as well as for the new Exotics that came with “Warlords of New York”.
What about the Raid gear? There are a few gear sets from which only the armor pieces “Chest” and “Backpack” were previously obtainable in the Raid “Dark Hours.” With TU9, you can now obtain these sought-after pieces with special talents outside of the raid. Thus, there are no more raid-exclusive gear sets.
At the crafting bench, we can now upgrade and reroll Exotics.
Massive Bug Fixes with TU9
The list of bug fixes is very long. More than 50 entries decorate the patch notes. Here are some of the most interesting solutions:
Raid – Razorback sometimes did not drop raid keys upon completion. This has been fixed.
Acosta Go-Back – Now has the correct description.
Aces & Eights – The backpack talent should now work correctly.
Nemesis – Now works correctly with the Focus talent.
Specializations – Mods did not scale correctly at level 40.
UI – Many small fixes in malfunctioning menu displays.
Missions – Many errors of stuck NPCs or broken covers have been fixed.
Open World – Hunter activities could often not be repeated after a death. This has been fixed.
April was a bit marked by the DPS glitch for Division 2, which led to many bans and account rollbacks. The developers took strong action and had to defend themselves against a lot of criticism, but were also praised for it. It will be exciting to see how the current changes are received by the agents.
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A group of former employees of ArenaNet, the developer of Guild Wars 2, has come together in a new studio. They aim to revolutionize MMOs and online games and have an exciting vision.
What kind of studio is this? When the president and founder of ArenaNet Mike O’Brien left the studio in October 2019, some developers followed him, some of whom had been employed at ArenaNet since 2000.
Together, they founded ManaWorks, a new developer that has provided insights into future plans over the past 4 weeks. And these sound very interesting and above all ambitious.
Initial concepts for a possible game from ManaWorks.
Zero Latency for a New Online World
What is ManaWorks planning? The developers plan an online world where players can interact and experiment with their environment and fellow players in real-time. According to Mike O’Brien, players would spend more than half of their online playtime just hanging out with friends or in the game world.
The game could be something like the ultimate sandbox. He mentioned various examples of what is possible in single-player games but is mostly not utilized in MMOs and online games:
You should be able to move boxes that other players stand on, which then get moved as well.
You should be able to jump from high cliffs onto a moving vehicle or onto a fellow player’s mount.
You should be able to swing on a rope that fellow players hold or can throw to you.
The developers of ManaWorks believe that solving puzzles and tricky challenges in an online world would be even more fun.
As an example, they mentioned the popular The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is considered one of the best open-world games ever and has also impressed MeinMMO author Leya Jankowski. The desire for an MMORPG in this style has been expressed before.
What are the challenges? The crux of the plans is latency, as everything you do comes with a delay due to the internet connection and spatial distance when it reaches the other party.
Their goal is therefore a project with Zero Latency, as they call it, and they even presented it in a video.
The video does not show real and finished gameplay but only “dummy material” to illustrate what the developers want to achieve. They also use in-game material from GW2 and WoW, where they hold a race in which both players believe they have won from their perspective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_gONyd9WKI
High Ambitions, but Can It Work?
The team at ManaWorks has recently been very active on Reddit and discusses their ideas in various threads. They see the launch of a new studio as an opportunity to start fresh and come up with their own concept.
As Mike O’Brien writes, it would take months of work just to end up jumping onto a fellow player’s mount while in flight. And that does sound like an incredibly cool idea.
He also emphasizes that there is no finished system yet and certainly no game. What exactly kind of online game it will be and what scope the project might take will also depend on a future publisher.
The Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney believes he is now too famous to succeed in Fortnite tournaments. He thinks players are after his fame and are thus hunting him down.
This is the situation: The Fortnite pro Tfue participated with his partner “Scoped” in the “Fortnite Champions Series” in Duo mode. In the grand final, there was a problem in the last round.
Other duos allegedly targeted Tfue intentionally, the streamer claims. He thinks they are after his “clout”.
In the last round of the finals, even more teams landed at the same location as Tfue than usual. His duo partner “Scoped” said there were 4 opposing duos that landed with them.
The Twitch streamer seems to have a clear opinion about it: The players are after him.
“I just have the most viewers. If they can’t qualify, then they can at least try to kill me, you know?”
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Tfue then decided to avoid the fights and go fishing at the beach, which is further away.
But then the next problem arose. While he was in the storm fishing for fish that he could eat to regain his health, an opposing duo appeared out of nowhere.
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Both charged at Tfue and played very aggressively. During this encounter, he was eliminated.
“They are clout farmers. Every time in the final round. These kids are just damn clout farmers. What are they even doing?”
Players are after his clout
What does Tfue mean by that? “Clout farmers,” as Tfue calls them, want to thrust themselves into the spotlight. This works particularly well with streamers who are very well-known.
Many viewers will be present in the stream. If they kill this streamer, their name appears on the screen, and everyone can see it. Now everyone knows who killed the famous streamer.
Moreover, they can brag about having killed a well-known streamer or pro. They usually regard this as a significant achievement.
In this case, it works out well because Tfue was number 1 on Twitch in 2019 and has many fans. He is very well-known in the Fortnite scene. Therefore, he thinks these players would intentionally sabotage his tournament experience to have their 5 minutes of fame.
In this final, they might have succeeded, as there were an average of 113,000 viewers on Tfue’s stream (via sullygnome), who now know the names of the opponents. Was it worth it?
Tfue thinks he is too famous and players are thus after him.
In Valorant, you can not only shoot and plant spikes. There is a hidden jumping puzzle for skilled players in the game. Where to find it and how to master it, you can learn here.
What is a jumping puzzle? Jumping puzzles are small jumping mini-games in games. You must navigate a tricky obstacle course and demonstrate your mastery of the game’s movement mechanics. The jumping games in Guild Wars 2 are particularly notorious, but there is also a hidden jumping puzzle in Valorant.
The optimal way to the jumping puzzle
Where is the jumping puzzle in Valorant? To find the jumping puzzle, you need to enter the training mode in the beta of Valorant. From the shooting range, head left to the courtyard. Then, as soon as you enter the courtyard, go right and you will find a broken staircase and some colorful footprints.
Here at the wall adorned with colorful graffiti, the puzzle begins.
This is the starting point. As soon as you step on the footprints, your round in the jumping puzzle begins, and you will receive an on-screen message.
The footprints mark the start.
How to complete the jumping puzzle? Once you have started the puzzle, you need to follow the footprints one by one, jumping completely around the mysterious floating Italian villa ruin that represents the training level. You can tell you are on the right path by the colorful footprints.
Every few steps you will find a checkpoint. If you fall to your death along the way, you will respawn at the last checkpoint. But be careful, if you shoot at the “Reset” label found at the checkpoints with your weapon, your progress will be completely reset.
To get through here, you must be able to jump masterfully – or take hero Jett.
Where does the jumping puzzle end? The last stage of the puzzle revolves around the destroyed bell tower that you still need to climb. At the top is the end of the puzzle where you can admire a trophy. However, there seems to be no reward other than the glory of having completed it (currently).
What is the best way to solve the jumping puzzle? In the jumping puzzle, precise jumps are essential. If you jump incorrectly or mess up your timing, you will fall to your death and have to continue from the last checkpoint.
Therefore, the hero Jett among all agents in the game is the best choice here, as she can float slowly and propel herself into the air with her skills. So for your first steps in the course, Jett is definitely the best choice.
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But if you are looking for a real challenge, try the puzzle with another hero. How that can work has been shown in the video by YouTuber OccyPlays. Have fun trying it out!
Here are more guides: If you are interested in more about the movement in the game and especially want to know which sounds you and your opponents can hear in Valorant, take a look at our guide to Riot’s new tactical shooter.
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The new Title Update 9 brought not only various changes and fixes for The Division 2, but finally also a concrete hint about the 2nd raid. It looks like it will launch soon.
Wait, a new raid? There was something: Currently, The Division 2 only offers one raid – Operation: Dark Hours. However, the game was supposed to have a 2nd raid long ago. This was originally planned as part of the 2nd DLC of Year 1, Episode 2 – The Last Castle, as well as Title Update 6.
Since then, this top PvE activity has been rather quiet. Until today. Because after the big new Title Update 9 (TU9) has been released today, in-game hints about the postponed raid have emerged. We summarize what is known so far.
These hints have now emerged: If you go to the helicopter pilot on the elevated platform at the White House or look at the raid section in the group management, you will notice that a new tab has been added today.
The announcement of the new raid
This is located to the right of Operation: Dark Hours. An industrial area is shown there, with the heading “Coming Soon”. In addition, there is a brief accompanying text.
What speaks for the raid? First of all, that a new tab has been added in the raid section. Furthermore, the background image and the text provide additional hints.
Thus, the 2nd raid has already been referred to as a Foundry raid by the developers, meaning a foundry raid. There, players were supposed to encounter the True Sons, as was once mentioned in an earlier presentation at E3 2019. A first concept art was also already shown back then:
Foundry raid
The background image of the new raid tab could also very well depict a foundry. Additionally, the accompanying text mentions that some workers had set up a camp in a metal foundry and were modifying the machines to produce vital items. The True Sons apparently didn’t like that. They killed most of the workers (and apparently nested there).
Everything fits together.
When will the new raid start? There is no exact date yet, but it cannot be long now. After a long delay, Massive would hardly write “Coming Soon” if players still had to wait a long time for the raid. Some hope that further details will be revealed in the upcoming State of the Game on April 22.
It will be released as free content and originally counts towards Year 1 content of The Division 2. Even if you only own the base game, you can tackle the 2nd raid.
The raid will therefore be playable with both level systems. There will be a version for agents at equipment level 515 (base game) and one for agents at level 40 (Warlords expansion).
Some glitches and bugs can be quite annoying in Pokémon GO. But one error causes more laughter – and some fans smell a feature here.
This is the glitch: Reddit user D3d3D could hardly believe his eyes when he just fled from a battle with a wild Chikorita. Instead of reappearing normally on the map, the cute Grass Pokémon suddenly stared at him with huge eyes.
A giant Chikorita suddenly stomped around the map, which he documented in a Reddit post for posterity:
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The user saw the overly large Chikorita as a direct comparison to the classic monster-lizard Godzilla. However, some Pokémon fans in the comments were reminded of another element from the Pokémon games.
When you say “glitch”, I hear “feature”
Community celebrates the glitch: On Reddit, the post is well received. The users are having fun with the picture and first assume that Niantic probably wanted to drop a subtle hint that the trainer shouldn’t even try to ignore a wild Chikorita. They give him various quotes (via Reddit) to say:
“Where do you want to go, Trainer?”
“Do you want to ignore me?”
“You can’t escape”
These are some ideas from players about what the Grass Pokémon might have wanted to express with this mutation. “You say ‘glitch’, I hear ‘feature'”, User BMal-Suj (via Reddit) said excitedly about the giant Pokémon.
Is Sword & Shield involved? This also applied to players who saw a reminder of the current generation of main Pokémon games. Because in those, giant Pokémon play a literally big role.
Dynamax and Gigantamax are the phenomena that transform monsters in Pokémon Sword and Shield into gigantic and sometimes altered forms of themselves.
Giant Pokémon participate in battles only in Sword & Shield
“I didn’t expect Niantic to bring Dynamax into the game so quickly,” said User matteeeo91 with a wink about the new “feature”.
Whether Dynamax will eventually land in Pokémon GO is of course still open. Features like Mega Evolutions from previous games or entire lines of Pokémon are still missing in the game. But who knows – maybe one day you really can catch a giant Chikorita.
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In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, numerous bugs are annoying players. The developers have now addressed 3 bugs that will soon be fixed.
This is what happened: With the start of Season 3 in Modern Warfare and Warzone, several bugs were introduced that can sometimes determine the outcome of a match.
Now Joe Cecot, the Co-Design Director of Infinity Ward, has spoken out about some bugs and explained the current status.
Issues with Challenges and Glitches
On Twitter, Joe Cecot responded to some users who reported the issues to him. He addressed 3 bugs.
This problem with challenges exists: A player reports that he needs to get kills with Claymores for a challenge, but the kills are simply not counting. Cecot states that a suitable fix is already in the works.
These glitches ruin Ground War: In the large game mode Ground War, some glitches are causing trouble. On the map Downtown, a player suddenly spawns in a completely bugged house after respawning. He reports that he gets eliminated immediately upon exiting.
Another glitch affects the map Aniyah Palace. Players are said to have landed on the palace due to a glitch. Cecot mentioned that he has looked into the issue and the developers are now working on a solution.
Premature spawns in Search and Destroy: In the “Search and Destroy” game mode, premature spawns are annoying players. Many fans report that they were able to start the round 10 seconds before everyone else and could thus reach the enemy spawns early.
Joe Cecot responds to this and says: “Terrible bug that we cannot reproduce in development.” It seems that so far no solution has been found. However, since the developer referred to the bug as “terrible,” one can hope that a solution is being sought vigorously.
Anyone who wants a detailed overview of all known bugs and glitches should check the developers’ Trello board. There, they are all listed in English, and you can also see how far the resolution process has progressed.
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Ultimate Team in FIFA 20 can only be played with top cards? Not at all! A player has played over 1,000 matches with Mario Gomez – and is diligently collecting goals. MeinMMO inquired: Why would someone do that?
Over 1,000 times Gomez: If you’re often on the FIFA subreddit, you’ve probably seen him here and there: The user “RusherRO” has made a name for himself as “The Gomez Guy” with his posts.
For months, the player, who is named Markus Kilzheimer in real life, has been posting his successes with the standard card of Mario Gomez. This card is not particularly strong compared to earlier versions of Gomez (and also current top cards). Nevertheless, Kilzheimer has 1,112 matches in Ultimate Team, which is already a huge amount. But Gomez also delivers: 1,115 goals and 269 assists are an unbelievable ratio.
The Gomez statistic with over 1,000 goals is impressive
Fans celebrate “the Gomez Guy”
Beloved by the community: On Reddit, the posts of the “Gomez Guy” gained more and more attention. The numbers increased with the matches played – when Kilzheimer recently reached 1,000 matches with Gomez, there were 4,800 upvotes (via Reddit).
“I didn’t expect that,” he told MeinMMO in an interview. Many people initially thought the matches came from Squad Battles – but they all came from online matches: “That’s out of the question, as I don’t really like that mode.” For challenges, he had removed Gomez from the team: “It was important to me because I wanted to see how far I can go online.”
Kilzheimer’s opponents often see the celebrating Gomez
Apparently, his new Reddit fans felt the same way:
“What made me happy and what one of my goals with the Reddit posts was, is that people use their favorite players. Sure, Gomez with 58 pace is an extreme case, but most people look away if the striker only has 75 pace.”
In FIFA, especially in the Weekend League, it’s often the case that you encounter extremely strong meta cards rather than players who simply enjoy playing with their favorite guys: “The more it made me happy when people wrote that they started using their favorite player. It showed me that the posts had some impact.”
Only Flashback Gomez can replace Gomez
Just a joke: The whole story originally started out of whim:
“Gomez is my absolute favorite player. Still, I did not intend to play with him for so long. It started when I jokingly asked in our FIFA group if I should play a Weekend League with Gomez. So I played one, and it was fun. The first one didn’t go great, of course, but it motivated me to adapt and optimize the card with certain chemistry styles.”
Now it’s going well. With a strong team that Kilzheimer built around Gomez, he has risen to Division 3. He usually finishes the Weekend League in Gold 2 – at least until recently: “On the weekend, Gomez scored me 52 goals for the first time this year in Gold 1.”
RusherRO’s team provides solid support for the goal scorer
Of course, the best man in the club cannot be replaced. Except by himself perhaps: “Yes, a flashback card would definitely replace my gold card,” Kilzheimer admits. Reddit fans are hoping that this flashback card will come – and would wish that “The Gomez Guy” gets it first.
He would probably be the only option for a change in attack
Some even hoped that EA might catch wind of the story and release the flashback card to celebrate the 1,000 matches. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen – but maybe 2,000 would be an option?
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Today, the major Title Update 9 (TU9) for The Division 2 has been released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The new patch brings various changes and bug fixes to the game and is accompanied by maintenance, during which the servers will be offline for several hours. Here you can find everything important about the process and the patch notes.
Update 12:30: As Massive announced on Twitter, the servers on all platforms are now coming back online. The maintenance is over, and TU9 is now live. By the way, anyone logging into The Division 2 until May 5 will receive the Soda Backpack Charm and 3 Clothing Containers for free.
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What is new in the update? Today, The Division 2 receives the Title Update 8.5 and already the second major update in April – the Title Update 9 (TU9). The developers at Massive are making numerous changes to their shooter and are trying to improve the game further based on player feedback and address many critical issues like annoying bugs.
However, the new patch comes with a multi-hour maintenance and server downtime. Therefore, there will be a longer forced pause this morning.
Everything Important about Today’s Maintenance and Title Update 9
This is how the maintenance will proceed today:
The maintenance starts today at 9:30 AM German time. At the same time, the downtime begins, and the Division 2 servers go offline
The estimated duration of the server downtime will be around 3 hours according to Massive. During this time, you cannot play – at least not The Division 2
If everything goes as planned, the servers should come back online around 12:30 PM German time, and the maintenance will end
Keep in mind that these details are not set in stone and serve only as a rough framework. It is possible that the maintenance ends earlier than planned or extends by several hours if unforeseen problems arise. Both have occurred multiple times in the last weeks and months.
If there are any changes to today’s process, we will update this article accordingly.
How big is the update? According to Massive, the update is expected to be around 10 GB in size. The exact size may vary depending on the platform.
The Exotic Workshop
What changes with Title Update 9? Here are the patch notes: The major TU9 addresses numerous issues in The Division 2. Therefore, not only is the patch itself substantial, but also the corresponding patch notes are more extensive this time.
Some of the key changes include:
The Exotic Workshop, a new feature that allows you to upgrade your old Exotics to the new maximum level and reroll their attributes.
Game balance changes – affecting missions, AI, and NPCs
Changes to Exotics
Changes to talents
Changes to named items
Changes to loot and rewards
A multitude of bug fixes for various areas of the game
Throughout the day, we will publish an article that examines the numerous changes and new features in detail. Until then, we have linked the official patch notes for Title Update 9 for you. These are available only in English:
One of the most important changes from Title Update 9 for many will likely be the Exotic Workshop. If you want to learn more about this feature, we have already reported extensively about it. In the following article, you can find out how the Exotic Workshop works in detail and what exactly it entails: The Division 2: TU9 is Coming – Here are the Key Changes
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The Twitch streamer InvaderVie has urged her viewers to subscribe for a fee. She dismisses mundane excuses like “I am unemployed” or “I have no money.” The Twitch clips of her appearance are causing discussions online. Even other streamers like Felix “xQc” Lengyel see this critically.
This is currently causing a discussion: Some Twitch clips are circulating online in which the streamer InvaderVie asks her viewers to support her financially with a subscription. The main clip has already been viewed over 340,000 times and is being discussed.
InvaderVie is bold and demanding in her word choice and demeanor, instead of being nice and friendly. Ultimately, it comes down to: Everyone has enough money to support her. Anyone who cannot afford the 5 US dollars for a subscription per month should stop watching Twitch and look for work.
It doesn’t matter how much money you earn or how much you have, because I’m not asking you for a larger financial contribution. […] A subscription is 5$, at most, in another currency, maybe 10$. It doesn’t matter how broke you are: If you have time to watch Twitch, you definitely have 10$. If you don’t have 10$, then you should not watch Twitch, but try to earn money.
The Twitch streamer InvaderVie
This makes the discussion even worse: Due to the impacts of the global pandemic, many people have become unemployed in the USA.
A viewer told the streamer that he is now unemployed and all his money goes to bills and food; otherwise, he would support her.
But even that did not count for the streamer. She seems to nod understandingly but then says: It’s only 5$. Surely he can spare that.
When some in the chat complain about the streamer, InvaderVie calls these commentators “immature cheapskates” and mocks them.
They would sit in their childhood room and “masturbate as hard as possible,” but they must be quiet so their parents in the other room don’t hear them.
While portraying the critics so pitifully, InvaderVie adjusts a plush toy and smiles.
“Brain Dead” – “Set Up Like a Camgirl” – “Brazen”
This is how others react: On reddit, it says:
She is sitting there, looking at a screen and telling others to subscribe. That’s not entertainment. The demand is brazen.
Others compare the way she streams to that of a “cam girl”, a virtual sex worker.
If no one subscribes, as a streamer you must create a better environment, deliver a better stream, or offer better rewards.
Twitch: Service Provider and Customers
That’s why the clip is causing so much uproar: The entire stream was over 4 hours long, and the 3 clips show only a portion of that. Nevertheless, these isolated comments create a lot of discussion material.
The harsh thing about InvaderVie’s clips is that these harsh messages come across as if the queen bee is speaking to her drones. With a smile and well-articulated, she makes clear demands of her viewers and makes it clear that if they cannot meet them, they should get to work.
Disagreement is confidently dismissed with a shake of the head and a smile. In the process, even the plush toys in the frame cannot overshadow the fact that this is about a business relationship between the customer, the viewer, and the service provider, the streamer. Money plays a decisive role.
This is a behavior that many viewers and other streamers on Twitch criticize: Because it emphasizes the “commercial” aspect of the relationship between streamer and viewer and portrays it drastically.
The streamer Pokimane is very successful on Twitch. She has found a different approach to her followers.
It can be done differently: Successful streamers on Twitch strive to avoid making this “service provider-customer” relationship so openly apparent, instead fostering more of a community spirit.
The most successful streamer on Twitch is Imane “Pokimane” Anys. She is currently playing a lot of Valorant.
She sees her viewers as “friends to hang out with” – but there are clear boundaries.
